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But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.

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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
Derby
Unpredictability
Scotland
Match
Today
Always

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