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Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Soccer
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