what a loss. he is indeed a great manager and good one at that. i pray united don't make mistakes in naming his successor. This is definately a big blow for all united fans but i must say, sooner or later this is definately gonna happen. Will miss this man big tym, the influence he commands both on and off the field is legendary. United for life.

Mourinho is not daftt enough to take over from SAF,for two reasons.
1)he cannever replicate the success SAF had at Manu.
Infact,no manager can match SAF achievements at Manu
2)he would be destroying whatever legacy he had at chelsea.
That would be the highest form of betrayal and chelsea fans will never forgive him.

It's now clear that Mourinho is coming to Old Trafford.

Porthable: we've had special ones, only ones, crazy one, guarding ones. But there as been only one Sir Alex Ferguson, the ONE! Its a privilegde to have knwn u! Up Barca!

There is only one "SPECIAL ONE".
It's jose mourinho.

ehis999: I'm sure Rooney will be happy to see Sir Alex go...
This guy - SAF was very confident only three days ago about his future...Clearly, he's been forced out!

I strongly doubt that a deal has been brokered with a new manager and that a replacement will be announced in 48 hours...

On point. He was forced out, and me likey. He seems to be making some wrong tactical decisions of late. Plus, the fact that he always favour British players ahead of the other competent ones. Thank God Hernandez and Rooney can now have a reason to stay back, while some overrated average one -legged winger like Valencia can find their way back to the bench where they rightly belong, or possibly be demoted to the reserve.
Fergie is an all time greatest, but he has killed Man U on a number of occasions with his tactical misfits. The champions league final defeat we suffered in d hands of Barca at d wembley stadium is still fresh in my memory. we lost this match not because we do not have the personnel, but because Fergie failed to realise d players dat would bring home d expected result. How would u pair an ageing Giggs with Carrick in d midfield against d best midfielders in d world and be expectin a victory?
That was how he removed Ando, a player who seemed to be d only life in d team against Chelsea, and started crying foul after bin defeated.
Yes, he has achieved a lot for the club, but his retirement was imminent, and if the right manager is appointed to take over more, laurels will be brought to carrington. #GGMU

solomon111: Mourinho is not daftt enough to take over from SAF,for two reasons.
1)he cannever replicate the success SAF had at Manu.
Infact,no manager can match SAF achievements at Manu
2)he would be destroying whatever legacy he had at chelsea.
That would be the highest form of betrayal and chelsea fans will never forgive him.

who cares about okada fans ?

weld sir...u are d best.

Leemak: End of a Racist regime, now african players can now have a stay @ Man Utd....but upon all sha kudos to u SAF for ur much Howard Webb aided-achievements.....Adieu Old Papa!

How did Howeb Webb assist. United played 5 champions league matches against English clubs and won all of them, whether home or away or in a neutral ground. Was Webb there when United beat Chelsea 3 tmes in Champions League? Look at the gap n EPL, how many matches has Webb handled?

Thank GOD he's gone, EPL wll be better without him Alex ferguson.

FERGUSON FACT
Sir Alex Ferguson's all-time Manchester
United record (from 06/11/1986):
Played: 1604
Won: 965
Drawn: 360
Lost: 279

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/22445673

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Sir Alex Ferguson factfile

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LONDON (AFP) – Factfile on Alex Ferguson, who announced his retirement as Manchester United manager on Wednesday:

Name: Alexander Chapman Ferguson

Age: 71

Date of birth: December 31, 1941

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Playing career

Position: Striker

Teams: Queen’s Park (1957-1960), St Johnstone (1960-1964), Dunfermline Athletic (1964-1967), Rangers (1967-1969), Falkirk (1969-1973), Ayr United (1973-1974)

Playing honours

St Johnstone

Scottish Football League Division Two (1): 1962-63

Falkirk

Scottish Football League Division Two (1): 1969-70

Managerial career

Teams: East Stirlingshire (1974), St Mirren (1974-1978), Aberdeen (1978-1986), Scotland (1985-1986), Manchester United (1986-2013)



*Sir Alex Fergoson


Managerial honours

St Mirren

Scottish First Division (1): 1976-77

Aberdeen

Scottish Premier Division (3): 1979-80, 1983-84, 1984-85

Scottish Cup (4): 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86

Scottish League Cup (1): 1985-86

UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1): 1982-83

UEFA Super Cup (1): 1983

Manchester United

Premier League (13): 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13

FA Cup (5): 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04

League Cup (4): 1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10

Community Shield (10): 1990 (shared), 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

UEFA Champions League (2): 1998-99, 2007-08

UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1): 1990-91

UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991

Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999

FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

Individual

Premier League Manager of the Season (10): 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11

UEFA Manager of the Year (1): 1998-99

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award (1): 1999

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award (1): 2001

English Football Hall of Fame (Manager) : 2002

European Hall of Fame (Manager): 2008

FIFA Presidential Award: 2011

Other

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE): 1983

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE): 1995

Knight Bachelor (Kt.): 1999
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/sir-alex-ferguson-factfile/

Sir Alex ferguson isn't just a great manager he wasn't a bad player either. He scored 170 goals in 317 appearances for Queens Park, St. Johnstone, Dunfermline, Rangers, Falkirk and Ayr United from 1957 to 1974.

Sir Alex's last game for Manchester United against West Brom will be his 1500th game as manager of United. LEGEND!

misterh: Fergie should be celebrated by all EPL fans irrespective of their club affiliations. Retire in Peace, Fergie.

whatever they give you smoke I want some. 'UP BLUES' EPL is better off without that mofo.

Managers since 1986:
Madrid - 24
Inter - 19
Chelsea - 18
Bayern - 14
Juventus - 14
Man City - 14
Milan - 13
Man Utd - Sir Alex
THE GREAT THERE WAS, THE GREATEST
THERE WILL BE.
Only One - Sir Alex Ferguson#respect

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Foxy_Ultimate: [size=20pt]Manchester United is the greatest club ever!!![/size]

lwkm..u sure dey aren't more dan dis??

windows8: can't believe u wrote dis sh it, a true sport fan gives praises whn due

you can't force someone to give praises to who they dont want to. Suck on that Sucker

Indeed the end of an era. I hope Man U administrators can find another manager that\ll fit in his shoes.

Ferguson's final masterstroke
The 71-year-old will end his reign of over a quarter of a century at the end of the season, leaving the Premier League champions to look forward into the unknown

Thank You Very Much Sir Alex.. Manutd Forever

Alex Ferguson - The Chelsea horror!

Last home defeat - Chelsea
Last FA Cup defeat - Chelsea
Last League Cup defeat - Chelsea
Last Charity Shield defeat - Chelsea.

Let's review the facts. Before Manchester United's match against my Chelsea team on the 5th of May, Sir Alex Ferguson wrote in the matchday program, "I certainly don't have any plans at the moment to walk away." Then I beat him 1-0 and David Luiz laughed at him. This was the second time I beat his team this season. Clearly Mr. Ferguson finally realized that I am the better manager and felt he had no other choice but to go against his word and retire in shame. This is a fact.

His decision also comes after I was named Premier League Manager of the Month for April 2013. Not "Interim" Manager of the Month. Just Manager of the Month. Because that is what I am. Mr. Ferguson has not won this award since October 2012. Even Brian McDermott has won it since then and Reading are getting relegated. Ouchfact.

I also knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup and got Chelsea into the Europa League final using only my superior tactics and ring of mouth hair. Mr. Ferguson could not even get Man United into the Europa League because he knows I am the lizard king of second-tier European competitions and he would just lose to me yet again. Intimidationfact.

Now that Mr. Ferguson has run away from me, scared and with a broken hip because I figuratively sat on him all season, and The Stupid One is going to take credit for the team I have built at Chelsea next season, there is only one next step. I will volunteer to become manager of Manchester United. I have already proven that I have the shamelessness necessary to work for a rival of my beloved Liverpool and a club that does not respect me, so that is not a problem. And since I was the last man to beat Mr. Ferguson, it is like I am Dorothy and my house landed on the the Wicked Witch of the East, so I get to wear her ruby slippers. Shoefact.

While I finish planning my Fergie-Free Fiesta and making arrangements to destroy all references to him at Man United before I arrive, I will leave Mr. Ferguson with one final thought before he hobbles into the cruel abyss of retirement: Marco Materazzi is a liar. ClimacticFact!


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/rafa-benitez-takes-credit-sir-alex-ferguson-decision-120352881.html

victormini: Managers since 1986:
Madrid - 24
Inter - 19
Chelsea - 18
Bayern - 14
Juventus - 14
Man City - 14
Milan - 13
Man Utd - Sir Alex
THE GREAT THERE WAS, THE GREATEST
THERE WILL BE.
Only One - Sir Alex Ferguson#respect

And madrid is making it bigger than MU

Suljosh: whatever they give you smoke I want some. 'UP BLUES' EPL is better off without that mofo.

And who is the mofo? 'CHELSKI'' Rubbish club.

hotwax: Let's review the facts. Before Manchester United's match against my Chelsea team on the 5th of May, Sir Alex Ferguson wrote in the matchday program, "I certainly don't have any plans at the moment to walk away." Then I beat him 1-0 and David Luiz laughed at him. This was the second time I beat his team this season. Clearly Mr. Ferguson finally realized that I am the better manager and felt he had no other choice but to go against his word and retire in shame. This is a fact.

His decision also comes after I was named Premier League Manager of the Month for April 2013. Not "Interim" Manager of the Month. Just Manager of the Month. Because that is what I am. Mr. Ferguson has not won this award since October 2012. Even Brian McDermott has won it since then and Reading are getting relegated. Ouchfact.

I also knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup and got Chelsea into the Europa League final using only my superior tactics and ring of mouth hair. Mr. Ferguson could not even get Man United into the Europa League because he knows I am the lizard king of second-tier European competitions and he would just lose to me yet again. Intimidationfact.

Now that Mr. Ferguson has run away from me, scared and with a broken hip because I figuratively sat on him all season, and The Stupid One is going to take credit for the team I have built at Chelsea next season, there is only one next step. I will volunteer to become manager of Manchester United. I have already proven that I have the shamelessness necessary to work for a rival of my beloved Liverpool and a club that does not respect me, so that is not a problem. And since I was the last man to beat Mr. Ferguson, it is like I am Dorothy and my house landed on the the Wicked Witch of the East, so I get to wear her ruby slippers. Shoefact.

While I finish planning my Fergie-Free Fiesta and making arrangements to destroy all references to him at Man United before I arrive, I will leave Mr. Ferguson with one final thought before he hobbles into the cruel abyss of retirement: Marco Materazzi is a liar. ClimacticFact!


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/rafa-benitez-takes-credit-sir-alex-ferguson-decision-120352881.html

Pls remind rafa bernie that the prize is Epl title. Not one match win.

ZUBY77:

Pls remind rafa bernie that the prize is Epl title. Not one match win.

And no other club has won EPL b4? Boring.

SAF, one of the greatest European managers of all time, is an institution by himself! I wish him good luck in his future endeavours.

n0m0705:
It is loser like you that is contesting it, keep on crying it will not change SAF as a FOOTBALLING DIETY

Somebody wins the league 13 times in 26 seasons is good not great...that's not exceptional...i'd offer him a long service award!

So tha dude had supposedly been chewin gum fo 26 yearz. Mehn, datz incredible, deng!

hotwax:

And madrid is making it bigger than MU

SAF is good ... surely, he deserves a long service award...greatest english manager probably so...

THE FALL OF MANU BEGINS FROM 2DAY...