Sir Alex voted the greatest Football Manager of all time
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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson voted the greatest Football Manager of all time - ahead of late greats Sir Bobby Robson, Bill Shankly and Brian Clough
Simply the best: Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been voted the greatest manager of all time by experts behind the new Football Manager 2010
Sir Alex Ferguson may have enjoyed a trophy-laden career with St Mirren, Aberdeen and Manchester United but now it has been confirmed, the Scotsman is the greatest football manager of all time.
Fresh off the back of a fine Champions League win in Moscow, Fergie can now prepare for the clash with north west rivals Liverpool safe in the knowledge that he his held in higher regard than former Kop boss Bill Shankly.
Ferguson who has won 33 trophies in 22 years at Old Trafford topped the poll carried out by the makers of Football Manager 2010 with 26 per cent of the vote, Shankly came in third with just nine per cent.
TOP 10 MANAGERS EVER*
1. Sir Alex Ferguson - 26 per cent
2. Sir Bobby Robson - 14%
3. Bill Shankly - 9%
4. Brian Clough - 8%
5. Sir Matt Busby - 6%
6. Sir Alf Ramsey - 5%
7. Jose Mourinho - 4%
8. Arsene Wenger - 3%
9. Bob Paisley - 2%
10. Jock Stein - 1%As polled by Football Manager 2010
The poll features other Knights of the Realm such as the late, great Sir Bobby Robson, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alf Ramsey but despite their fine records, none of them can match Sir Alex's two decade long domination of the English game.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is celebrating his 60th birthday, may be a little miffed at coming just eighth and Old Big 'Ead Brian Clough would have had a word or two to share on his fourth-place standing.
The self-proclaimed 'Special One', Jose Mourinho polled just four per cent of the vote.
Touchline legends: Late greats Sir Bobby Robson (2nd) and Brian Clough (4th)
Another Premier League crown this year and United will finally eclipse Liverpool's tally of 18 titles, plus Fergie will have the completed the job he set out to do when he first arrived in Manchester and knock his arch-rivals 'off their perch.'
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such voting tends to be biased.
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but who can disagree?
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in the modern era, after EPL is formed, maybe, he is the best, but overall, he is among the top.. well, unless he wins another 5 UCLs... :P
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why no fabio capello and Johan cryuff?
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I guess none of them have such a long and successful career... Its difficult to win, but it's even more difficult to keep the spirit going for 20, 30 years...
Most of them on the list have good short successful period but not as long as Fergie... Who have gone on to rebuild teams over and over...
Brian Clough wasn't as successful as most think, he only manage to win two league titles in all his career as a manager and they were 6 years apart too... And if that qualify as great, then Fergie is rightly the greatest of them all... 11 league titles, 2 CL... Probably no other managers would win 11 league titles for a long time to come...
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He deserves it.
Man U has been a top domestic and continental team consistently for the past 20 years.
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i like fm 2010!