Sir Alex
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PM’s adviser on standards resigns after Priti Patel’s pass for bullying
- UK
- November 20, 2020, 16:33
Boris Johnson’s adviser on ministerial standards has quit after the prime minister refused to sack home secretary Priti Patel for bullying civil serva(...)

Sports clubs get smarter in their search for top management
- Work
- May 3, 2020, 13:55
When Liverpool football club’s owner Fenway Sports Group identified Jürgen Klopp as the team’s potential manager, it compiled a 60-page report on him.(...)

Ken Early: Solskjær is neither miracle man nor complete disaster
- Soccer
- April 22, 2019, 06:00
Manchester United finally decided to sack José Mourinho in December after losing 3-1 at Anfield. Four months into the season, this was Mourinho’s seve(...)

Alex Ferguson on what sets leaders apart
- Business
- September 26, 2015, 07:00
When Sir Alex Ferguson became a professional footballer in the early 1960s, he earned £16 a week (£300 in today’s money) in a sport that was a solid (...)

Steven Gerrard and the ‘Top, Top’ Chop
- English Soccer
- January 2, 2015, 15:41
This article first appeared in Eight By Eight Magazine in March 2014. Last October (2013), 500 journalists attended the Institute of Directors (...)

Alex Ferguson in Dublin on same day of Keane book release
- Irish News
- October 3, 2014, 18:11
Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is due to appear at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce annual dinner next week on the same day that Roy(...)

United fan dials 999 and demands to speak to Sir Alex
- English Soccer
- January 23, 2014, 12:10
A distressed Manchester United supporter dialled 999 and demanded to speak to Alex Ferguson moments after his team’s shock defeat in the league cup.G(...)

Humble pie on the menu for Manchester United
- Soccer
- January 13, 2014, 12:00
Manchester United fans are insufferable. They are patronising, overly self-assured and dismissive. I say this as a lifelong Man United fan. For the Ka(...)

David Moyes says David de Gea proving a safe pair of hands for Manchester United
- English Soccer
- December 28, 2013, 01:00
David Moyes believes that David de Gea’s performances in goal have made him as valuable to Manchester United as Wayne Rooney or Robin van Persie. De G(...)

Keane is out of the question as the Alex Ferguson roadshow hits Aberdeen
- Soccer
- November 6, 2013, 01:01
As John Delaney was unveiling Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane as the new Irish soccer leadership on the Pat Kenny Show Sir Alex Ferguson was staging his (...)