Alex Ferguson's worst defeats as a manager - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the 6-1 defeat to Manchester City was his worst day in football.
But is is it his biggest defeat as a manager?
It turns out that this is only the third time (in 2,061 games spread over 37 years) that a team
managed by Ferguson has conceded six goals in a game.
Alex Ferguson's worst defeats as a manager - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the 6-1 defeat to Manchester City was his worst day in football.
But is is it his biggest defeat as a manager?
It turns out that this is only the third time (in 2,061 games spread over 37 years) that a team
managed by Ferguson has conceded six goals in a game.
How was the Friday night experiment for you? Partick Thistle fan Tom Hogg has his
doubts:
According to the papers, the Scottish Football League will examine the attendance at the Partick
Thistle v Greenock Morton match in its trial slot of Friday evening, against last season's
equivalent Saturday fixture as a measure of whether to extend Friday night football to other
matches.
How was the Friday night experiment for you? Partick Thistle fan Tom Hogg has his
doubts:
According to the papers, the Scottish Football League will examine the attendance at the Partick
Thistle v Greenock Morton match in its trial slot of Friday evening, against last season's
equivalent Saturday fixture as a measure of whether to extend Friday night football to other
matches.
Charlie Adam: We have a squad at Liverpool that is able to challenge
Anfield's £7m summer signing from Blackpool has learned from the mistakes his father made as a
player The Wikipedia entry for Charlie Adam covers every personal detail and statistic to be
expected for a Liverpool and Scotland international football player.
Do our footballers ever ruminate on how a modern Scotland can persuade the rest of the world that
it is embracing innovation and shifting away from our old "tartan and shortbread" image?
Probably not.
But at least one star of yesteryear is probably immensely relaxed about the nostalgic power of
plaid and a unleavened biscuit phenomenon.
Bizarrely enough Kenny Milne, once of Hearts, Cowdenbeath, Partick Thistle and Falkirk, is given
the full Wikipedia treatment.
The entry begins:
Milne endured a difficult upbringing in life and was raised and looked after by a pack of wolves in
the Scottish Highlands. The wolves are meant to be the only remaining one who still remain in
Scotland and the bond created between the wolves and Milne was said to have stunned the experts who
continued to watch this amazing real life Jungle Book story until they felt it was safe to remove
Milne from his adopted parents and move him onto human parents.
Rangers 3 v Kilmarnock 0
Some wag (me) suggested on Twitter last night that this would have been a more effective Beattie to
play up front for Rangers.
Not that it mattered as the home side - who were more than happy to dish out a few brutal
challenges - overpowered a fairly ineffective Kilmarnock.
