UNITED KINGDOM: MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER ALEX FERGUSON IS KNIGHTED IN QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Record ID: 336858

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER ALEX FERGUSON IS KNIGHTED IN QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
  • Date: 12th June 1999
  • Summary: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK. (MAY 27, 1999) 1. MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS ON OPEN TOP BUS PARADING TREBLE TROPHIES. 2. ALEX FERGUSON DIRECTING OPERATIONS ON BUS. 3. FERGUSON MOUNTING STAGE TO HUGE RECEPTION FROM CROWD PACKED IN ARENA. 4. FERGUSON AND PETER SCHMEICHEL IN EMOTIONAL AWE OF RECEPTION FROM FANS. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th June 1999 13:00
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  • Location: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA771BUL0XJ4LY6HF7UWFY2JE14
  • Story Text: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says he is
    delighted at being knighted by the British government.

    "I am delighted and honoured.I see this as an honour
    not just for me but for the people who have supported me
    through my life and made me what I am," Sir Alex Ferguson in a
    statement released on Saturday (June 12).

    "Manchester United's success is not just down to me but to
    the players who have to deliver on the pitch and to the people
    at Old Trafford, past and present, who have made it the
    greatest football club in the world."
    Scottish-born Ferguson, 57, is the longest-serving manager
    in England's premier league.He started at Manchester United
    in 1986 and last month became the first manager to achieve the
    treble of the English premiership title, F.A.Cup and European
    Cup.

    Sources close to the manager said the players would
    continue to call Ferguson "boss" rather than Sir Alex on the
    training ground.


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