SIR Alex Ferguson has suffered a disastrous start to the jumps season – after Paul Nicholls confirmed his Cheltenham Festival winner was out for the year. Man Utd legend Sir Alex was

Sir Alex had an incredible body of work on his CV at Pittodrie and experienced leading Scotland into the 1986 World Cup finals, when Jock Stein tragically passed away after suffering a heart-attack during the play-off win over Wales.

Sir Alex Ferguson has already given his honest verdict on how he would view a Premier League title race between Manchester City and Arsenal.

Kalif Du Berlais was rated ‘up with the best two-mile chasers I’ve trained’ by Paul Nicholls but was beaten by 23 lengths in his first test of the new campaign

Remember that famous Sir Alex Ferguson quote about Tottenham Hotspur? Ferguson simply said to his Manchester United players, ‘Lads, it’s Tottenham’ as his pre-match talk before

Sir Alex Ferguson tried to exploit an obscure FA rule to avoid a replay during his time at Manchester United. Ferguson enjoyed a legendary spell at Man United, winning an impressive 13 Premier League titles. He also won five FA Cups, with his latest triumph coming in the 2003/04 season.

Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic cemented their status as arguably the Premier League’s best ever centre-back partnership, while Edwin van der Sar kept 14 clean sheets in a row between November and February. That is still an English top-flight record. Unsurprisingly.

Brendon McCullum has instituted the no-fear Bazball style of play into England’s cricket team and Gary Neville sees echoes of Alex Ferguson’s approach