Fergie Rises by Michael Grant

Fergie Rises by Michael Grant

Alex Ferguson was not the greatest manager football has ever seen when he turned up in Aberdeen one June morning in 1978. In fact he really wasn't anything special at all.

'The glut of books on Alex Ferguson's Manchester United Revolution is exactly why this one is so interestingA neat idea by an author whose account is superbly written.' Scotsman 'Best Scottish sports reads of 2014' 'This is a book that takes the evidence from a series of witnesses to burgeoning genius. The testimonies are stunning, insightful, sometimes bitter, mostly awed and regularly funny.' The Herald 'Having interviewed many of those under Fergie's Pittodrie stewardship, he brings much fresh insight into a period covered too briefly in his autobiography.' FourFourTwo 'The most fascinating part of Alex Ferguson's career is his eight years taking Aberdeen from no-hopers to beating Real Madrid in a European Final. All the greatest stories have a beginning and this is it.' Shortlist 'Thoughtful and informative.' -- Kevin McCarra The Times 'Excellent new tome.' -- Stephen McGowan Scottish Daily Mail 'A masterful re-telling of how Ferguson was "made" at Aberdeen.' -- Alan Pattullo Scotsman 'It is Grant's own passion that permeates and defines Fergie Rises and makes it the book that all of us would have loved to have written.' -- David Innes Aberdeen Voice 'Grant has painted a vivid tableau of a bygone age on a giant-sized canvas.' -- Neil Drysdale STV Aberdeen

MICHAEL GRANT is chief football writer for the Herald and has written about the game since the 1980s, covering three World Cups and three European Championships. He has been a regular presenter and guest on BBC radio. As an Aberdeen supporter from childhood, he lived through the astonishing transformation of that club during Alex Ferguson's years as manager from 1978 to 1986. His first book was The Management: Scotland's Great Football Bosses, co-written with Rob Robertson in 2010. It was short-listed at the British Sports Book Awards 2012. At Pittodrie he can be found in the press seats for work and the South Stand for pleasure. When Aberdeen talk of moving to a new ground he puts his fingers in his ears.

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ISBN 13	9781781310939
ISBN 10	1781310939
Title	Fergie Rises
Author	Michael Grant
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2014-08-21
Number of pages	352
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