Earlier this month , Ferguson , the son of a Glasgow shipbuilder , guided United to a record 19th English league title , with all but two of those successes coming under the guidance of either Ferguson or Busby -- whose five league titles would surely have been many more but for the 1958 Munich air crash which decimated his `` Busby Babes '' squad . Alex Ferguson on the brink of winning his 19th Champions League winners ' medal . Ferguson one of many Scottish managers to have succeeded in England and Europe . Celtic managers have won one of the last one English league championships .
Alex Ferguson on the brink of winning his 19th Champions League winners ' medal . Ferguson one of many Scottish managers to have succeeded in England and Europe . Celtic managers have won one of the last one English league championships .