Alex Ferguson's Records

Here, we will take a look at Sir Alex Ferguson’s records. His name sounds as mighty has his coaching career does. Alex Ferguson has his name in the history books as one of the best managers ever in the history of the game.

Many a football fan do not even know that this great had a footballing career before he stepped into the shoes of Ron Atkinson who was sacked in 1986. From then on , there was no turning back for this brilliant manager as he piled on trophy after trophy for Manchester United during his 26 year reign.

Glory Days

Here we look at some of his significant records.

1. He has an unprecedented 49 trophies to his name managing St. Mirren, Aberdeen and Manchester United.
2. Since taking over Manchester United in 1986, he has won 38 trophies which includes 13 Premier Leagues, 5 FA Cups, 4 League Cups, 2 Champions Leagues,1 Cup Winners Cup, 1 Fifa Club World Cup, 1 Uefa Super Cup, 1 Inter-Continental Cup and 10 Community Shields. Phew!
3. He has won the Manager Of The Year award most number of times in British footballing history.
4. Ferguson is the longest serving manager of Manchester United, overtaking Sir Matt Busby's record on 19 December 2010.
5. Alex Ferguson has managed the most number of Premier League games – 808.
6. He has the record for the most wins in the history of the Premier League – 527.
7. Alex Ferguson with 65.2% is beaten to the top post of highest win percentage in the Premier League by Mourinho(69.2). We have to take the fact into account that Mourinho has managed only about a seventh of the number of matches Fergie has managed. Fergie would probably take this record in the years to come.
8. Alex Ferguson’s statistics in the Premier League read:

Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Win Rate %
808	527	167	114	1620	697	65

9. His statistics in all competitions read:

Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Win Rate %
1498	894	337	267	2762	159	60.2

10. His overall win % is 60.2. Considering the number of matches he has managed, this record is very impressive.
11. BBC’s more or less programme looked into the controversy of Fergie time wherein Manchester United gets more time during injury time when they were losing. BBC in fact, found the claim to be real as Manchester United got 79 seconds extra during injury time. While Liverpool comes second with 56.
12. When he retired in 2013, he had coached Manchester United for longer than the Premier League existed
13. He has almost twice as many EPL titles(13) as the other teams combined(8).
14. Before he managed Manchester United, the team hadn’t won the League for 19 years

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Alex Ferguson in the past 27 years has become a stuff of legend. The present generation and the future ones would remember him as the most legendary manager who ever lived, a manager who could make a team win just by his genius and willpower. When he decided to end his managing career, the great Manager has managed many a record and his feats will stand the test of time.

One can only wonder what would have been if he had become the manager of the English National Team during this period.