| | Amazon.co.uk: The Boss: the Many Sides of Alex Ferguson: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson: Books: Michael Crick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Alex McLeish [then playing for Ferguson at Aberdeen], for instance, says that when his father died unexpectedly in his early forties Ferguson stepped in and "assured me that he would take my Dad's place as much as he could in keeping me up to scratch". |
 | | Not surprisingly, given Ferguson's and Manchester United's notorious media wariness, there is little fresh material from centre-stage, but a widespread of new interviews with some of the supporting-cast in this extraordinary drama are well used, as is material from contemporary media reports, and books, including Ferguson's, that have long since drifted out of print. |
 | | Michael Crick investigates Ferguson's rise from the back streets of Govan to being the manager of the most famous football club in the world with forensic detail and research that would make even the most seasoned investigative journalists envious. |
| www.amazon.co.uk /Boss-Many-Sides-Alex-Ferguson/dp/0743207483 (1311 words) |