Sir Alex Ferguson: The Career.

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Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson, born 31 December 1941, will go down in the history books as one of, if not the best manager of all time. His 48 trophies won as a manager make him the most successful British football manager in history.

Having recently celebrated 25 years in charge of Manchester United I’ve decided to try and copy his football management career on Football Manager 2012.
Fergie’s career

East Stirlingshire (1974)
St Mirren (1974-78)
Aberdeen (1978 – 86)
Scotland (1985-86)
Manchester United (1986-)

Fergie’s Trophies

St Mirren

Scottish First Division (1) – 1976/77

Aberdeen

Scottish Premier League (3) – 1979/80, 1983/84, 1984/85
Scottish Cup (4) – 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86
Scottish League Cup (1) - 1985/86
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) – 1982/83
UEFA Super Cup (1) – 1983

Manchester United

Premier League (12) – 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11
FA Cup (5) – 1989/90, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2003/04
League Cup (4) – 1991/92, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10
Community Shield (10) – 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
UEFA Champions League (2) – 1998/99, 2007/08
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) – 1990/91
UEFA Super Cup (1) – 1991
Intercontinental Cup (1) – 1999
FIFA Club World Cup (1) – 2008​



Outside of this, Fergie also has, among other things, 10 Manager of the Year Awards and 26 Manager of the Month Awards.
It is my aim to reach this level of success. I hope you’ll follow and comment where possible. Here we go…


UPDATES

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Season Four (Part One)

Season Four (Part Two)

Season Five

Season Six

Season Seven

Season Eight

Man Utd!

Career so far...

East Stirlingshire (21/06/11 - 27/11/14)
Aberdeen (27/11/14 - 20/05/19)
Manchester United (20/05/19 - present)

Stats

Pld - 395
Won - 256
Drn - 65
Lst - 74
Gf - 1001
Ga - 448

Win% - 64

5 league wins - Sco 3rd, 2nd and 1st Division, SPL (2017-18, 2018-19)

3 cup win - Challenge Cup (2012); Scottish Cup (2017, 2018)

14 Manager of the Month awards

4 Manager of the Year awards​
 
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Gonna be interesting to see if you can do it. Will follow :)
 
Good luck, very hard challenge to be as good as Sir Alex, I'll follow.
 
(Note: I’ve already played through the first two seasons so I’ll do two full season posts then more regular updates from now on)


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Alex Ferguson appointed new East Stirlingshire manager​


Rookie manager Alex Ferguson has today been announced as the new man in charge of Scottish Third Division side East Stirlingshire. The minnows are confident that Ferguson has the necessary attributes to turn the Shire from the whipping boys of Scottish football into a respectful league outfit.

Ferguson, a former Rangers striker, is said to be releasing the challenge of improving the fortunes of the Scottish part-timers in what is his first football management job.
Being a part-time club we are going to have to rely of free transfers and loan signings. Having managed lower leagues clubs before I know after the first season to start looking at some of the youngsters released from the SPL clubs.
July 2010

Scottish Challenge Cup First Round
Livingston 2 v 1 East Stirlingshire

League Cup First Round
East Stirlingshire 6 v 0 Queen of the South

August

Elgin City 1 v 3 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 3 v 2 Stranraer

Clyde 0 v 2 East Stirlingshire

League Cup Second Round
East Stirlingshire 1 v 2 Kilmarnock

East Stirlingshire 1 v 1 Annan

Peterhead 3 v 2 East Stirlingshire

September

East Stirlingshire 1 v 2 Queen’s Park

Alloa 0 v 3 East Stirlingshire

October

East Stirlingshire 6 v 1 Berwick

East Stirlingshire 0 v 0 Elgin City

Scottish Cup Second Round
Keith 0 v 0 East Stirlingshire

Scottish Cup Second Round Replay
East Stirlingshire 3 v 0 Keith

East Stirlingshire 6 v 0 Montrose

November

Stranraer 0 v 1 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 2 v 1 Clyde

Annan 3 v 2 East Stirlingshire

Scottish Cup Third Round
Morton 3 v 0 East Stirlingshire

December

East Stirlingshire 3 v 1 Peterhead

Queen’s Park 1 v 3 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 2 v 1 Alloa

Berwick 1 v 2 East Stirlingshire

Montrose 0 v 3 East Stirlingshire

January 2012

Elgin City 0 v 5 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 4 v 1 Stranraer

Clyde 2 v 0 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 0 v 0 Annan

February

Peterhead 0 v 3 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 3 v 0 Queen’s Park

East Stirlingshire 2 v 1 Berwick

Alloa 1 v 1 East Stirlingshire

March

East Stirlingshire 3 v 0 Montrose

East Stirlingshire 3 v 1 Elgin City

Stranraer 2 v 1 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 8 v 0 Clyde

Annan 0 v 4 East Stirlingshire

April

East Stirlingshire 3 v 0 Peterhead

East Stirlingshire 3 v 0 Alloa

Queen’s Park 1 v 2 East Stirlingshire

Berwick 3 v 1 East Stirlingshire

May

Montrose 1 v 4 East Stirlingshire​


EAST STIRLINGSHIRE STORM TO THIRD DIVISION TITLE!!​


Before the season began many pundits were saying that the best that East Stirlingshire fans could hope for was to avoid finishing bottom of the entire football league. However, under the stewardship of manager Alex Ferguson club has rocked up the league and claimed a shock league win and a first ever Third Division title.

Fans and pundits alike agree that Ferguson deserves full credit for such a remarkable and unexpected feat. His mix of strict discipline and free-flowing attacking football have taken the Shire to dizzy new heights and shown that Ferguson is one of the hottest properties in Scottish Football. Surely if this success continues it won’t be long before some of the bigger Scottish clubs come calling for Ferguson’s services.

Ferguson himself has refused to get carried away. He knows that it could all come crashing down if his players don’t continue to knuckle down. The Second Division will represent a much sterner test for his young side and some wheeling-and-dealing will be required to strengthen the side and prepare them for the bigger challenges ahead.

 
Very interesting; sounds like it's going to be fun, so I'll be following.
 
Season Two – East Stirlingshire – Scottish Division Two
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After the largely unexpected promotion last year, we realise the task in hand is much greater this season. In truth I only really expected to consolidate in Division Three in my first season then push for promotion during the second season. However, promotion has us ahead of schedule and I’m fairly confident that the group of players we had last season are very capable of avoiding relegation this season, which is the main aim. Anything above that will be a bonus.
Key Signings​


Again free transfers and loan signings are the only way will can conduct out transfer activities. I managed to keep Jordan Brown (MC), Ryan Fraser (AMR) and Mitchel Megginson (ST) on loan from Aberdeen for a second season. All three players were fantastic last year.

On top of that we secured some free signings who are more than capable of excelling at this level. The most notable were: Maxime Blanchard (DCR) from the French lower divisions; Lee Molyneux (DL), a former Everton trainee; and Nathan Porritt (AML), an ex-Middlesbrough winger.

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August

Challenge Cup First Round
Elgin City 1 v 3 East Stirlingshire

League Cup First Round
Dumbarton 2 v 3 East Stirlingshire

East Fife 1 v 5 East Stirlingshire

Challenge Cup Second Round
East Stirlingshire 6 v 2 Hearts

East Stirlingshire 6 v 0 Cowdenbeath

Stirling 0 v 4 East Stirlingshire

League Cup Second Round
East Stirlingshire 5 v 2 St Johnstone

September

East Stirlingshire 5 v 0 Queen of the South

Stenhousemuir 0 v 2 East Stirlingshire

Challenge Cup Third Round
Queen of the South 0 v 4 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 2 v 1 Dumbarton

Berwick 0 v 3 East Stirlingshire

League Cup Third Round
East Stirlingshire 2 v 3 Rangers

October

Airdrie Utd 2 v 5 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 3 v 0 Arbroath

Challenge Cup Semi Final
Livingston 1 v 2 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 1 v 1 East Fife

November

Cowdenbeath 2 v 3 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 1 v 1 Stirling

Queen of the South 1 v 5 East Stirlingshire

CHALLENGE CUP FINAL
East Stirlingshire 2 v 0 Stenhousemuir

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East Stirlingshire 3 v 0 Stenhousemuir

Dumbarton 3 v 7 East Stirlingshire

December

Scottish Cup Third Round
East Stirlingshire 1 v 0 Brechin

East Stirlingshire 2 v 0 Berwick

East Stirlingshire 1 v 2 Airdrie Utd


Arbroath 1 v 3 East Stirlingshire
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Ferguson unsuccessful in St Mirren application:


The sacking of the Buddies manager Jim Jeffries in December gave me an opportunity to chance my luck with a sneaky job application. However, it was unsuccessful with Derek McInnes chosen instead. Hardly surprising but St Mirren did say they were flattered by my interest so it seems other clubs are taking notice of my success. McInnes failed to stop St Mirren being relegated from the SPL so a poor start in Division One could well see St Mirren looking for a new manager once again.
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East Fife 3 v 0 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 2 v 2 Cowdenbreath

Stirling 0 v 0 East Stirlingshire

January 2013

East Stirlingshire 1 v 0 Queen of the South

Scottish Cup Fourth Round
St Johnstone 1 v 0 East Stirlingshire

Stenhousemuir 1 v 2 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 2 v 2 Dumbarton

February

East Stirlingshire 2 v 2 Arbroath

Berwick 0 v 0 East Stirlingshire

Airdrie 1 v 2 East Stirlingshire

March

East Stirlingshire 4 v 1 East Fife

Cowdenbreath 2 v 4 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 1 v 1 Stirling

Queen of the South 4 v 3 East Stirlingshire

April

East Stirlingshire 2 v 0 Stenhousemuir

Dumbarton 0 v 1 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 2 v 0 Berwick

May

Arbroath 1 v 3 East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire 2 v 0 Airdrie Utd


FERGIE LEADS THE SHIRE TO AN UNPRECEDENTED DOUBLE!!
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THE FAIRYTALE CONTINUES!! Two consecutive promotions have propelled East Stirlingshire to new heights. Usually stuck in the doldrums of the Scottish Third Division, the Shire are now preparing for life in the second tier of Scottish football.

Furthermore to cap off a remarkable season East Stirlingshire won the Scottish Challenge Cup with a convincing victory over bitter rivals Stenhousemuir. The fans and board are thrilled this astonishing achievement and point to their manager, Alex Ferguson, as the main reason behind this great resurgence.

 
Looks really good! Saw a similar one last year. Hope this one goes as well as that did! :)
 
Cheers for the comments everyone. Next update asap
 
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