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Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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Always
Competing
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Winning
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United
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Premier

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