Source: Daily_Mail
Simply the best: Fergie voted the greatest Football Manager of all time
Sir Alex Ferguson may have enjoyed a trophy-laden career with St Mirren, Aberdeen and Manchester United but now it has been confirmed, the Scotsman is the greatest football manager of all time.
Fresh off the back of a fine Champions League win in Moscow, Fergie can now prepare for the clash with north west rivals Liverpool safe in the knowledge that he his held in higher regard than former Kop boss Bill Shankly.
Ferguson who has won 33 trophies in 22 years at Old Trafford topped the poll carried out by the makers of Football Manager 2010 with 26 per cent of the vote, Shankly came in third with just nine per cent.
TOP 10 MANAGERS EVER*
1. Sir Alex Ferguson - 26 per cent
2. Sir Bobby Robson - 14%
3. Bill Shankly - 9%
4. Brian Clough - 8%
5. Sir Matt Busby - 6%
6. Sir Alf Ramsey - 5%
7. Jose Mourinho - 4%
8. Arsene Wenger - 3%
9. Bob Paisley - 2%
10. Jock Stein - 1%
As polled by Football Manager 2010
The poll features other Knights of the Realm such as the late, great Sir Bobby Robson, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alf Ramsey but despite their fine records, none of them can match Sir Alex's two decade long domination of the English game.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is celebrating his 60th birthday, may be a little miffed at coming just eighth and Old Big 'Ead Brian Clough would have had a word or two to share on his fourth-place standing.
The self-proclaimed 'Special One', Jose Mourinho polled just four per cent of the vote.
Another Premier League crown this year and United will finally eclipse Liverpool's tally of 18 titles, plus Fergie will have the completed the job he set out to do when he first arrived in Manchester and knock his arch-rivals 'off their perch.'
