"I once rang him up and was on for 10 minutes about players and he told me about every player, their strengths and their weaknesses. I put the phone down and I said 'I bet he even knows the Dunfermline groundsman' so I rang him back and said 'Hey Alex, I forgot to ask you about the Dunfermline groundsman' and, by God, he did know his name and where he came from!"
Sheffield United's Neil Warnock on Fergie

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Added on March 15, 2007, 3:37 pmI remember that one. Also he talk about the youngest scorer for England, something about James Milner and Rooney.

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"You're a ----' bottler Incey! You cannae handle the stage, can you? You are a ----' bottler!"
Alex Ferguson to Paul Ince at half-time, Barcelona, 1994.

"I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell."
Alex Ferguson after winning the European Cup on May 26th, 1999.

"I thought the first 45 minutes were the best of my time as a manager."
Alex Ferguson after United had come back from 2-0 down to beat Juventus 3-2 in Turin, Italy in what was later heralded as one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history.

"I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago."
Alex Ferguson after equaling Sir Matt Busby's Premiership record

"That's boIIocks!"
Sir Alex Ferguson after beating FA Premier League champions Chelsea FC 1-0 on November 6th 2005 when asked if the previous week where Manchester United had endured much criticism was the worst week of his career.

"At the end of this game, the European Cup will be only six feet away from you and you'll not even able to touch it if we lose. And for many of you that will be the closest you will ever get. Don't you dare come back in here without giving your all".
Alex Ferguson's half time team talk during the 1999 European Cup Final

"It would have been Sir Matt Busby's 90th birthday today, but I think he was up there doing a lot of kicking."
Alex Ferguson post match after winning the European Cup 1999

"My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their ----- perch. And you can print that."
Sir Alex Ferguson responding to Alan Hansen questioning Sir Alex Ferguson's future as Manchester United manager in September 2002 in the Guardian.

"Just ----- patch him up"
Sir Alex Ferguson to a club physio after kicking a boot at David Beckham's head which left him needing stitches above his eye.

"It was a freakish incident. If I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could I would have carried on playing!"
Sir Alex Ferguson to the media after the incident had happend.

"It's getting tickly now - squeaky-bum time, I call it".
Sir Alex Ferguson on the 2002/2003 end of season title race. A phrase now used very often in newspapers at all levels of football.

"On you go. I?m no ----- talking to you. He?s a ------ great player. Yous are f----- idiots."
Sir Alex Ferguson speaking to the media about Juan Sebastian Veron

"It keeps those ------ from the media out."
Ferguson about the new ?Fortress Carrington? training complex.

"I am such a bloody talented guy. I might go into painting or something like that."
Sir Alex on life after management.

"He's a bully, a ------ big-time Charlie".
Alex Ferguson on Paul Ince

"They say he?s an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I?ve got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!"
Sir Alex Ferguson on Arsene Wenger

"It is totally out of the question. There is no way we would sell him, or any of our best players"
Sir Alex Ferguson before selling David Beckham 12th April 2003

"What the ---- are you lot playing at? That is the biggest load of shlte I?ve ever seen. Not one of you can look me in the eye, because not one of you deserves to have a say. I can?t believe you?ve come here and decided to toss it off like that cr@p you?re playing out there."
Half-time at Sheffield Wednesday, 1998.

"If he was an inch taller he'd be the best centre half in Britain. His father is 6ft 2in - I'd check the milkman."
Sir Alex Ferguson on Gary Neville

"When an Italian tells me its pasta on the plate I check under the sauce to make sure"
Alex Ferguson before Manchester United played Inter Milan in the Champions League Quarter Final 1999

"Whether dribbling or sprinting, Ryan can leave the best defenders with twisted blood"
Sir Alex Ferguson on Ryan Giggs

George Best quote: "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered"

Best quote: "I went missing quite alot...... Miss England, Miss Wales, Miss world....."

Best quote: "In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol. It was the worst 20 minutes of my life."

Best quote on why he went to America: "I was driving through London when I saw an advert saying 'Drink Canada dry' "

Best quote on his liver transplant blood transfusion: "I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes."

Best quote: "Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world, that is the ultimate salute to my life."

Best quote: "If I had been born ugly, you would never have heard of Pelé"

Best quote: "When I die I'd like to be remembered as the greatest footballer of all time. When that day comes, they won't talk about the booze, the women, the fast cars. They'll talk about the football"

Correct me if i'm wrong. I thought Martin Tyler said "Jenas by name, Genius by nature"

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Added on March 28, 2007, 4:16 pmOne of the fiercest derdy game in England.
But i remember seeing a Scouser seat next to a Evertonian when Everton beat Liverpool 3-0 earlier this season on TV.

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