article_snippet.sent: Sir Alex Ferguson, the quiet years.
article_snippet.sent: No singular drive, no all-consuming discipline that keeps Sir Alex Ferguson  on the go from
article_snippet.sent: There’s certainly nothing that comes close to football for the famous Fergie, who has instead chosen to spend Sir Alex Ferguson  retirement devoting Sir Alex Ferguson  to any number of causes; at last count, Sir Alex Ferguson  was associated with a good dozen charities or foundations.
article_snippet.sent: And it will surprise no-one to learn that, while doing Sir Alex Ferguson  bit for UNICEF, Barnardo’s et al, a little of the old firebrand spirit still burns brightly.
article_snippet.sent: If you want to build a statue to a Govan radical who led a rent strike and changed more than just her own wee corner of the world, Sir Alex is the man you call.
article_snippet.sent: Sir Alex Ferguson, in Glasgow on Thursday to make a £5,000 donation to the Remember Mary Barbour Fund, actually physically writing out a cheque towards a permanent memorial, revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson life hasn’t so much slowed down as merely changed gear since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down as Manchester United manager in the summer of 2013.
article_snippet.sent: The 73-year-old, who had lived and breathed football since making Sir Alex Ferguson senior debut at the age of just 16, was famous not just for the trophies won – Sir Alex Ferguson haul of 49 assorted cups and prizes making Sir Alex Ferguson easily
article_snippet.sent: Britain’s most successful ever manager
article_snippet.sent: Raised to believe that hard work was as necessary as breathing, Britain’s ability to push players hard was based at least in part on the example Sir Alex Ferguson set Sir Alex Ferguson.
article_snippet.sent: That work ethic, simply part of Sir Alex Ferguson upbringing in Govan, isn’t something Sir Alex Ferguson’s let slide just because Sir Alex Ferguson no longer has one demanding day job.
article_snippet.sent: Football is no longer the dominant factor in Football life, with even questions on the game receiving short shrift, although – and this wasn’t always the case back in Football managerial days
article_snippet.sent: Wherever Ferguson's haul of 49 assorted cups and prizes making Wherever Ferguson easily Britain’s most successful ever manager .
highlights_snippet.sent: Sir Alex Ferguson has lived and breathed football since making Sir Alex Ferguson  senior debut at the age of just 16 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Sir Alex Ferguson 's haul of 49 assorted cups and prizes making Sir Alex Ferguson  easily Britain’s most successful ever manager .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Football is no longer the dominant factor in Sir Alex Ferguson 's life .
  