Sir Alex Ferguson's wife, Lady Cathy, is well known for being the bedrock behind her husband's hugely-successful career at Old Trafford,.
Sir Alex Ferguson's wife, Lady Cathy, is well known for being the bedrock behind her husband's hugely-successful career at Old Trafford, playing a major role in a number of key decisions throughout the Scot's 26-and-a-half year reign.
In the wake of her passing, we have taken a look back at Cathy's role in persuading Sir Alex Ferguson to make a U-turn on his original decision to retire in 2002. Sven-Goran Eriksson had emerged as the outstanding candidate to replace him, with the Swede in charge of the England national team at the time.However, Ferguson later claimed that his wife was instrumental in changing his mind, while the thought of Eriksen taking over 'terrified him', according to the Mirror.
Ferguson was expected to retire after his side finished third in the Premier League and failed to lift single piece of silverware. But that wasn't such a fitting end to the script. Instead, he chose to extend his stay at the Theatre of Dreams, where he would go on to win six more Premier League titles, the Champions League, the FA Cup and three League Cups, a Club World Cup and five community Shields, cementing his legacy as the most successful Premier League manager of all time.
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