Alex Ferguson My Autobiography (35 page)

First knock-out round AC Milan (Italy) (h) 0–1, (a) 0–1, Agg: 0–2

Qualifying round 3 Debrecen (Hungary) (h) 3–0, (a) 3–0, Agg: 6–0

Group phase Villarreal (Spain) (a) 0–0, Benfica (Portugal) (h) 2–1, Lille (France) (h) 0–0, Lille (a) 0–1, Villarreal (h) 0–0, Benfica (a) 1–2 (Finished fourth in group)

Group phase Celtic (h) 3–2, Benfica (Portugal) (a) 1–0, FC Copenhagen (Denmark) (h) 3–0, FC Copenhagen (a) 0–1, Celtic (a) 0–1, Benfica (h) 3–1 (Finished first in group)

First knock-out round Lille (France) (a) 1–0, Lille (h) 1–0, Agg: 2–0

Quarter-final Roma (Italy) (a) 1–2, (h) 7–1, Agg: 8–3

Semi-final AC Milan (Italy) (h) 3–2, (a) 0–3, Agg: 3–5

Group phase Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) (a) 1–0, Roma (Italy) (h) 1–0, Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) (a) 4–2, Dynamo Kiev (h) 4–0, Sporting Lisbon (h) 2–1, Roma (Italy) (a) 1–1 (Finished first in group)

First knock-out round Lyon (France) (a) 1–1, (h) 1–0, Agg: 2–1

Quarter-final Roma (Italy) (a) 2–0, (h) 1–0, Agg: 3–0

Semi-final Barcelona (Spain) (a) 0–0, (h) 1–0, Agg: 1–0

Final (Moscow, Russia) Chelsea 1–1 (Won 6–5 on penalties)

Group phase Villarreal (Spain) (h) 0–0, Aalborg BK (Denmark) (a) 3–0, Celtic (h) 3–0, Celtic (a) 1–1, Villarreal (a) 0–0, Aalborg BK (h) 2–2 (Finished first in group)

First knock-out round Internazionale (Italy) (a) 0–0, (h) 2–0, Agg: 2–0

Quarter-final Porto (Portugal) (h) 2–2, (a) 1–0, Agg: 3–2

Semi-final Arsenal (h) 1–0, (a) 3–1, Agg: 4–1

Final (Rome, Italy) Barcelona (Spain) 0–2

Group phase Beşiktaş (Turkey) (a) 1–0, VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) (h) 2–1, CSKA Moscow (Russia) (a) 1–0, CSKA Moscow (h) 3–3, Beşiktaş (h) 0–1, VfL Wolfsburg (a) 3–1 (Finished first in group)

First knock-out round AC Milan (Italy) (a) 3–2, (h) 4–0, Agg: 7–2

Quarter-final Bayern Munich (Germany) (a) 1–2, (h) 3–2, Agg: 4–4 (Lost on away-goals rule)

Group phase Rangers (h) 0–0, Valencia (Spain) (a) 1–0, Bursaspor (Turkey) (h) 1–0, Bursaspor (a) 3–0, Rangers (a) 1–0, Valencia (h) 1–1 (Finished first in group)

First knock-out round Marseille (France) (a) 0–0, (h) 2–1, Agg: 2–1

Quarter-final Chelsea (a) 1–0, (h) 2–1, Agg: 3–1

Semi-final Schalke 04 (Germany) (a) 2–0, (h) 4–1, Agg: 6–1

Final (Wembley) Barcelona (Spain) 1–3

Group phase Benfica (Portugal) (a) 1–1, Basel (Switzerland) (h) 3–3,

Oţelul Galaţi (Romania) (a) 2–0, Oţelul Galaţi (h) 2–0, Benfica (h) 2–2, Basel (a) 1–2 (Finished third in group)

Round of 32 Ajax (Netherlands) (a) 2–0, (h) 1–2, Agg: 3–2

Round of 16 Athletic Bilbao (Spain) (h) 2–3, (a) 1–2, Agg: 3–5

Group phase Galatasaray (Turkey) (h) 1–0, CFR Cluj (Romania) (a) 2–1, Braga (Portugal) (h) 3–2, Braga (a) 3–1, Galatasaray (a) 0–1, CFR Cluj (h) 0–1 (Finished first in group)

Round of 16 Real Madrid (Spain) (a) 1–1, (h) 1–2, Agg: 2–3

Winners: 1999, 2008

Finalists: 2009, 2011

Winners: 1991

Champions: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013

Runners-up: 1995, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2012

Winners: 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004

Finalists: 1995, 2005, 2007

Winners: 1992, 2006, 2009, 2010

Finalists: 1991, 1994, 2003

Winners: 1999

Winners: 2008

Winners: 1991

Winners: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

Joint winners (with Liverpool): 1990.

Listed here is the name of every player to appear in a senior competitive fixture for Manchester United during Alex Ferguson’s time as manager, up to the end of season 2012–13

Albiston, Arthur

Amos, Ben

Anderson

Anderson, Viv

Appleton, Michael

Bailey, Gary

Bardsley, Phil

Barnes, Michael

Barnes, Peter

Barthez, Fabien

Beardsmore, Russell

Bébé

Beckham, David

Bellion, David

Berbatov, Dimitar

Berg, Henning

Blackmore, Clayton

Blanc, Laurent

Blomqvist, Jesper

Bosnich, Mark

Brady, Robbie

Brazil, Derek

Brown, Wes

Bruce, Steve

Butt, Nicky

Büttner, Alexander

Campbell, Fraizer

Cantona, Eric

Carrick, Michael

Carroll, Roy

Casper, Chris

Chadwick, Luke

Chester, James

Clegg, Michael

Cleverley, Tom

Cole, Andy

Cole, Larnell

Cooke, Terry

Cruyff, Jordi

Culkin, Nick

Curtis, John

Davenport, Peter

Davies, Simon

Davis, Jimmy

Diouf, Mame Biram

Djemba-Djemba, Eric

Djordjic, Bojan

Donaghy, Mal

Dong, Fangzhuo

Dublin, Dion

Duxbury, Mike

Eagles, Chris

Ebanks-Blake, Sylvan

Eckersley, Adam

Eckersley, Richard

Evans, Jonny

Evra, Patrice

Ferdinand, Rio

Ferguson, Darren

Fletcher, Darren

Forlán, Diego

Fortune, Quinton

Foster, Ben

Fryers, Zeki

Garton, Billy

Gea, David de

Gibson, Colin

Gibson, Darron

Gibson, Terry

Giggs, Ryan

Gill, Tony

Gillespie, Keith

Goram, Andy

Gouw, Raimond van der

Graham, Deiniol

Gray, David

Greening, Jonathan

Hargreaves, Owen

Healy, David

Heinze, Gabriel

Hernández, Javier

Higginbotham, Danny

Hogg, Graeme

Howard, Tim

Hughes, Mark

Ince, Paul

Irwin, Denis

Johnsen, Ronny

Johnson, Eddie

Jones, David

Jones, Phil

Jones, Ritchie

Kagawa, Shinji

Kanchelskis, Andrei

Keane, Michael

Keane, Roy

Keane, Will

King, Joshua

Kléberson

Kuszczak, Tomasz

Laet, Ritchie de

Larsson, Henrik

Lee, Kieran

Leighton, Jim

Lindegaard, Anders

Lynch, Mark

McClair, Brian

McGibbon, Patrick

McGrath, Paul

Macheda, Federico

McKee, Colin

Maiorana, Giuliano

Manucho

Marsh, Phil

Martin, Lee A.

Martin, Lee R.

May, David

Miller, Liam

Milne, Ralph

Moran, Kevin

Morrison, Ravel

Moses, Remi

Mulryne, Philip

Nani

Nardiello, Daniel

Neville, Gary

Neville, Phil

Nevland, Erik

Nistelrooy, Ruud van

Notman, Alex

Obertan, Gabriel

O’Brien, Liam

O’Kane, John

Olsen, Jesper

O’Shea, John

Owen, Michael

Pallister, Gary

Park, Ji-Sung

Parker, Paul

Persie, Robin van

Phelan, Mick

Pilkington, Kevin

Piqué, Gérard

Poborský, Karel

Pogba, Paul

Possebon, Rodrigo

Powell, Nick

Prunier, William

Pugh, Danny

Rachubka, Paul

Ricardo

Richardson, Kieran

Robins, Mark

Robson, Bryan

Roche, Lee

Ronaldo, Cristiano

Rooney, Wayne

Rossi, Giuseppe

Saha, Louis

Sar, Edwin van der

Schmeichel, Peter

Scholes, Paul

Sealey, Les

Sharpe, Lee

Shawcross, Ryan

Sheringham, Teddy

Silva, Fábio da

Silva, Rafael da

Silvestre, Mikaël

Simpson, Danny

Sivebaek, John

Smalling, Chris

Smith, Alan

Solskjaer, Ole Gunnar

Spector, Jonathan

Stam, Jaap

Stapleton, Frank

Stewart, Michael

Strachan, Gordon

Taibi, Massimo

Tévez, Carlos

Thornley, Ben

Tierney, Paul

Timm, Mads

Tomlinson, Graeme

Tosic, Zoran

Tunnicliffe, Ryan

Turner, Chris

Twiss, Michael

Valencia, Antonio

Vermijl, Marnick

Verón, Juan Sebastián

Vidić, Nemanja

Wallace, Danny

Wallwork, Ronnie

Walsh, Gary

Webb, Neil

Webber, Danny

Welbeck, Danny

Wellens, Richie

Whiteside, Norman

Whitworth, Neil

Wilkinson, Ian

Wilson, David

Wilson, Mark

Wood, Nicky

Wootton, Scott

Wratten, Paul

Yorke, Dwight

Young, Ashley

Aberdeen FC

AF at

referees

Abramovich, Roman

AC Milan

Adams, Tony

Agüero, Sergio

Ajax

Aldridge, John

Allardyce, Sam

Alonso, Xabi

Anastasi, Pietro

Ancelotti, Carlo

Anderson: language problems

signs to Manchester Utd FC

2008 Champions League

2009 Champions League

Anelka, Nicolas

Anfield

Arsenal FC

Arsène Wenger

players

Robin van Persie

2003 FA Cup

2003–04 UEFA Champions League

2005 FA Cup final

2008–09 UEFA Champions League

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Arshavin, Andrey

Aston Villa FC

Athletic Bilbao

Atkinson, Martin

Atkinson, Ron

Atlético Madrid

Babel, Ryan

Balotelli, Mario

Barcelona

2008–09 Champions League

2010–11 Champions League

Barthez, Fabien

Basel

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

BBC

Bean, John

Bébé

Beckenbauer, Franz

Beckham, David

and AF

and bad games

as a celebrity

FA Youth Cup

injuries

LA Galaxy

Manchester Utd FC

1998 World Cup

Real Madrid

talent

Bellamy, Craig

Bellion, David

Benfica, SL

Benítez, Rafael ‘Rafa’

at Chelsea FC

at Liverpool FC

2011–12 Champions League

Berbatov, Dimitar

Bergkamp, Dennis

Best, George

Birmingham City FC

Birtles, Garry

Blackburn Rovers FC

Kenny Dalglish

Phil Jones

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Blackmore, Clayton

Blair, Tony

Blanc, Laurent

Blatter, Sepp

Borussia Dortmund

Bosnich, Mark

Bould, Steve

Brown, Gordon

Brown, Terry

Brown, Wes

Bruce, Steve

injuries

and Peter Schmeichel

at Sunderland FC

BSkyB

Buchan, Martin

Buffon, Gianluigi

Busby, Sir Matt

Bushell, Dave

Busquets, Sergio

Butt, Nicky

Büttner, Alexander

Cahill, Tim

Çakir, Cüneyt

Calderón, Ramón

Cambiasso, Esteban

Campbell, Alastair

Campbell, Davie

Campbell, Gordon

Cantona, Eric

marks AF’s 25 years as Manchester Utd FC manager

popularity

receives nine-month ban

signs to Manchester Utd FC

talent

view of Arsène Wenger

and Vinnie Jones

Capello, Fabio

resigns from England

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

Carling Cup

Carlos, Roberto

Carragher, Jamie

Carrick, Michael

injuries

positions

Robin van Persie

signs to Manchester Utd FC

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

2012–13 season

Carrington

Carroll, Andy

Carter, Jimmy

Cartmel, Brian

Case, Jimmy

Ĉech, Petr

Celtic FC

Jock Stein at

signs Roy Keane

Chamakh, Marouane

Champions League
see
UEFA Champions League

Charlton, Bobby

after retirement

appearance record

Hillsborough commemoration

talent

view of AF

Chelsea FC

and José Mourinho

players

rumours of racism against

signs Torres

2004–05 UEFA Champions League

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Cheyrou, Bruno

Clattenburg, Mark

Clegg, Mike

Cleverley, Tom

injuries

returns to Manchester Utd FC

2009–10 UEFA Champions League

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Clough, Brian

Cluj, CFR

Cohen, Frank

Cole, Andy

and Dwight Yorke

goal-scoring

Cole, Ashley

Collymore, Stan

Community Shield (2011)

Connor, Frank

Coquelin, Francis

Corrigan, Martin

Coventry City FC

Crewe FC

Crozier, Adam

Cruyff, Johan

Cruyff, Jordi

Crystal Palace FC

Cunningham, Willie

Dalgarno, Les

Dalglish, Kenny: at Blackburn

at Liverpool FC

Suárez/Evra incident

Dallek, Robert

Davies, Norman

Davis, Jimmy

Dein, David

Derry, Shaun

Desmond, Dermot

Di Canio, Paolo

Di Matteo, Roberto

Diouf, El Hadji

Djemba-Djemba, Eric

Doherty, Paul

Donachie, John

dope testing

Downing, Stewart

Drogba, Didier

Drumchapel Amateur FC

D’Urso, Andy

Dyke, Greg

Džeko, Edin

East Stirlingshire FC

Eckersley, Richard

Edwards, Martin

as CEO

signs Mark Bosnich

view of AF

view of Jim Lawlor

Anderson

Eintracht Frankfurt

Elite Sports Agency

England

AF offered manager’s job

Euro 2012

2002 World Cup

2010 World Cup

Eriksson, Sven-Göran

Essien, Michael

Eto’o, Samuel

Euro 2012

Europa League (2012)

European Cup: 1991

1999

2004

2005

2008

2009

2011

Evans, Jonny: AF suspends

at Manchester Utd FC

2011 Community Shield

2011–12 Champions League

2012–13 season

Everton FC

Evra, Patrice: disciplined by FA

first goal in Europe

signs to Manchester Utd FC

Suárez saga

William Prunier

2008–09 UEFA Champions League

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

FA (Football Association)

coaching

Mark Clattenburg incident

Suárez/Evra incident

suspends Rio Ferdinand

FA Cup: 1990

1995

2003

2004

2005

2011

FA Youth Cup

Fàbregas, Cesc

Fallon, Sean

Fashanu, John

Fayed, Mohammed

FC United of Manchester

Fenton, Ron

Fenway Park

Ferdinand, Anton

Ferdinand, Les

Ferdinand, Rio

AF’s retirement

celebrity status

eight-month suspension

injuries

and John Terry incident

joins Manchester Utd FC

2011 Community Shield

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

and UNICEF

views of

Fergie and Son
(BBC)

Ferguson, Alex: Aberdeen FC

and Arsène Wenger

BBC bust-up

and Cathy Ferguson

charged with improper conduct

and David Beckham

Drumchapel Amateurs FC

East Stirlingshire FC

family life

final season with Manchester Utd FC

friendship with Bill McKechnie

game plans

Harmony Row Youth Club

health problems

horse racing

interest in America

interest in JFK

interest in wine

and John Magnier

joins Manchester Utd FC

and the Labour Party

management style

manager–player relationships

Managing My Life

Manchester Utd FC takeover

and the media

offered England manager job

outside interests

Queens Park Rangers FC

receives fines

retirement u-turn (2001)

retires from Manchester Utd FC

rivalry with Mourinho

Roy Keane

runs pubs

is sent off during matches

St Mirren FC

25 years as Manchester Utd FC’s manager

Wayne Rooney

Ferguson, Alexander (AF’s father)

Ferguson, Cathy (AF’s wife): AF lets Phil Neville go

AF’s retirement (2013)

AF’s retirement u-turn (2001)

family life

horse racing

Manchester City FC win (2012)

marries AF

runs pubs

and son Darren’s football career

Ferguson, Darren (AF’s son)

career

childhood

football career

Ferguson, Jason (AF’s son)

career

childhood

Fergie and Son

interest in football

Ferguson, Mark (AF’s son)

career

childhood

interest in football

Ferguson, Martin (AF’s brother)

AF’s retirement

2002 World Cup

Ruud van Nistelrooy

works in pubs

FIFA Presidential award (2011)

FIFA World Cup: 1998

2002

2006

2010

Figo, Luis

Fitzpatrick, Tony

Fletcher, Darren: illness

positions

and Roy Keane

2011–12 Champions League

Football Association (FA)

coaching

Mark Clattenburg incident

Suárez/Evra incident

suspends Rio Ferdinand

football boots

Forlán, Diego

Fortune, Quinton

Frizzell, Jimmy

Fry, Barry

Fulham FC

Gaal, Louis van

Gallagher, Gary

Gascoigne, Paul

Manchester Utd FC tries to sign

talent

Gattuso, Gennaro ‘Rino’

Gazidis, Ivan

Gea, David de

illness

signs to Manchester Utd FC

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

2012–13 season

Gerrard, Steven

Gibson, Darron

Gibson, Steve

Giggs, Ryan

AF’s retirement

and celebrity world

character

Class of ’92

FA Youth Cup

injuries

2002 season

2003 season

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

2008–09 UEFA Champions League

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

2012–13 season

Gill, David

Carlos Tévez

Gabriel Heinze

marks AF’s 25 years as Manchester Utd FC’s manager

Michael Carrick

Nani

Owen Hargreaves

resigns as CEO

Robin van Persie

Ronaldo

Roy Keane

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Suárez/Evra incident

Tom Cleverley

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Wayne Rooney

Gillespie, Keith

Giroud, Olivier

Gladwell, Malcolm

Glazer, Avi

Glazer, Joel: AF retires

Manchester Utd FC takeover

Glazer, Malcolm

goalkeeping

Golden Boot (2013)

Gouw, Raimond van der

Gradi, Dario

Graham, George

Grant, Avram

Grant, John

Gregg, Harry

Greig, John

Guardiola, Pep

Halberstam, David

Halsey, Mark

Hamann, Dietmar

Hannover ’96

Hansen, Alan

Hargreaves, Owen

and England team

2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Harmony Row Youth Club

Harper, Joe

Harrison, Eric

Hazard, Eden

Hazard, Oscar

Heinze, Gabriel

Helsingborgs IF

Henderson, Jordan

Hendry, Tommy

Henry, John

Henry, Thierry

Herbert, Harry

Hernández, Javier ‘Chicharito’

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

2012–13 season

Highclere Syndicate

Hillsborough tragedy

Hodgkinson, Alan

Hodgson, Roy

Hogg, Graeme

Holland, Steve

Houllier, Gérard

Howard, Tim

Hyypiä, Sami

Iceland

Ince, Paul

Iniesta, Andrés

Inter Milan

Irwin, Denis

Ivanović, Branislav

Jarvie, Drew

Johnsen, Ronny

Johnson, Seth

Johnstone, Jimmy

Jol, Martin

Jones, Mike

Jones, Phil

signs to Manchester Utd FC

2011 Community Shield

2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Jones, Vinnie

Jong, Nigel de

Joorabchian, Kia

Juventus

Kagawa, Shinji

Keane, Roy

at Manchester Utd FC

fall-out with Verón

injuries

joins Celtic FC

leaves Manchester Utd FC

as manager

and Mick McCarthy

MUTV interview

relationship with AF

relationship with team-mates

suspensions

as TV critic

2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Keegan, Kevin

Kennedy, John F

Kennedy, Michael

Kenwright, Bill

Kenyon, Peter

leaves Manchester Utd FC

signs Ronaldo

Kershaw, Les

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