Tommy Martin: To Alex Ferguson memories aren't nostalgic, they're foundation of an extraordinary life

Never Give In, the new documentary directed by Alex Ferguson’s son Jason, is the latest autobiographical effort to understand what drove him to become the dominant figure in British football

Alex Ferguson

As befits someone who famously loves to read books about great historical figures, no one has attempted to take the measure of Alex Ferguson’s life as often as the man himself.

Never Give In, the new documentary directed by Ferguson’s son Jason, is the latest autobiographical effort to understand what drove him to become the dominant figure in British football, coming after two previous books on his life. It hinges on the brain haemorrhage suffered by Ferguson in 2018, a near-death experience that left him terrified of losing his memory. Recovering in hospital, Ferguson scrawled the word ‘Remember’ repeatedly on the pages of a puzzle book.