How Sir Alex Ferguson became a fairy godfather for young managers | Simon Burnton

The 82-year-old’s impact on football goes far beyond his own success with the advice he gives to up-and-coming managersAt around this time in 2006, soon after Chelsea beat Manchester United at Stamford Bridge to secure a second successive league title, Sir Alex Ferguson’s phone rang. It was some bloke called Aidy Boothroyd, at the time just some gobby, upstart young coach who had somehow landed his Watford team in the Championship playoffs. “I phoned him up, asked for some advi