Fergie: the man who made the impossible possible

ALEX FERGUSON’S achievements at Old Trafford will be put into focus by Manchester United supporters ahead of the 25th anniversary of his appointment as manager when they unveil a banner on the Stretford End for this afternoon’s match against Sunderland that says simply: The impossible dream made possible.

It is a particularly apt description of what Ferguson has done for a club that had gone 19 years without a league title when he first arrived from Aberdeen on November 6, 1986 declaring he wanted to “knock Liverpool off their perch”.

His time in Manchester may have begun with a miserable 2-0 away defeat at Oxford United but since then Ferguson has delivered 37 trophies including 12 Premier League titles to leave United 19-18 ahead of their old rivals in the list of all-time champions; so no wonder he has become such an icon.