Late Tackle

FERGIE, THE PLAYER

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
16 September 2019

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FERGUSON ON THE FIELD
IT’S hard to believe that it’s now six years since Sir Alex Ferguson hung up his hairdryer to enjoy a wellearned retirement.
We all know what sort of manager he was – tough, demanding, ruthless etc. While John Lennon may have sang about mind games, Fergie used them at every opportunity to get that vital edge over the opposition.
‘Fergie Time’ has become part of the lexicon of football and is defined as ‘a generous or excessive amount of time afte...

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