Listed below are the men who have managed over 1,000 competitive matches in English League and Cup
football in the modern era, and in what is arguably, the most competitive football environment in
the world:
- Dave Bassett
- Alan Buckley
- Sir Matt Busby CBE
- Brian Clough OBE
- Steve Coppell
- Sir Alex Ferguson CBE
- Dario Gradi MBE
- Brian Horton
- Lennie Lawrence
- Harry Redknapp
- Sir Bobby Robson CBE
- Joe Royle
- Denis Smith
- Jim Smith
- Alec Stock
- Graham Taylor OBE
- Graham Turner
- Neil Warnock
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In November 1959 Bill Shankly was approached by two men at the end of a Huddersfield game. One
was Tom Williams, the Liverpool chairman, the other Harry Latham, a director. "How would you
like to manage the best club in the country?" asked Williams. "Why?" Shankly replied, sharp as
ever. "Is Matt Busby packing it in?
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Jesus Almeyda 01 November @ 05:09 PM EST
Efsane Matt Busby ayakta, Bobby Charlton, Liam Whelan ve Mark Jones çömelmiş halde onu
izliyorlar. Antrenörün futbolcuya katacağı şeyler sınırlıdır diyenlere gelsin. Sene 1953.
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SoccerLens 23 October @ 05:49 AM EST
Why did Eric Cantona start wearing his collar up? Which player got so drunk after a
title-winning party he wet himself in a taxi? Why did Andrew Cole and Teddy Sheringham fall out?
And which international star burnt his wedding tackle on a scalding hot tea urn?
Glory Glory!
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Fernando Torres and Bruno (@ The Spoiler)I bring you shocking "news" from this weekend's
Sunday Express (a British tabloid with less
class than Silvio Berlusconi):
"Sir Alex Ferguson is planning an audacious raid on Liverpool for Kop striking hero Fernando
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Regardless of how football pundits dissect Alex Ferguson's managerial achievements as compared
to the likes of Matt Busby or Bill Shankly, there is a begrudging admiration for the manner in
which he fulfilled his promise to knock Liverpool "right off their fucking perch."
That was an ambitious gauntlet thrown by a budding manager who had just taken over the reins at
Manchester United while Liverpool were dominant and had established a stranglehold on the
titles.
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Everyone knows that Alex Ferguson is arguably the most highly rated manager of all time in the
English game. He persevered through a rocky start, eventually winning his first trophy. Since then
Manchester United have never looked back, going through a stage of domination that has left them on
the brink of overtaking Liverpool at the summit of English football.
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Duncan Edwards and George Best. Entwined in Manchester United's history and mythology. Separated by
only a few years, they may as well have been from different worlds. Edwards, the man child, the
phenomenal athlete who would run all day for Matt Busby and who stood to conquer the world. Best, a
man child in a very different way, the prodigy who did conquer the world.
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Manchester United and Manchester City lock horns in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford in the
English Premier League on Sunday in a match that will mark the 50th anniversary of the Munich air
disaster. Man United's Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the Premiership at the moment and
one of the three best [.
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