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Fergie: The Lost Tapes

Manchester United’s Greatest Era Retold

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UNITED'S GREATEST MANAGER – TOLD LIKE NEVER BEFORE

'Wayne Barton's knowledge of Manchester United is unparalleled' The Mirror

'The pre-eminent writer on Manchester United' Martin Edwards

ON THE 40TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SIR ALEX FERGUSON'S ARRIVAL AT UNITED, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE CLUB'S GREATEST MANAGER – TOLD THROUGH PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD RECORDINGS.

For more than two decades, Sir Alex Ferguson defined dominance in world football. Winning thirteen league titles, two European Cups, five FA Cups, four League Cups and one Cup Winners' Cup, he built one of the most formidable dynasties the sport has ever seen.

Forty years on from his arrival at Manchester United, his extraordinary story is re-examined in a ground-breaking way.

Through 400 hours of exclusive audio archives recorded between 1986 and 2013, Wayne Barton uncovers the authentic voices of Sir Alex Ferguson and the players who shared in Manchester United's golden age. Rich in first-hand testimony, the result is an unparalleled portrait of a managerial genius.

This is Ferguson's United as it has never been heard before – a definitive, intimate and forensic account of the most successful era in football history..

The book includes EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS with Andres Iniesta, Jamie Carragher, Martin Edwards, Rene Meulensteen, Michael Knighton, Paul Parker, Ron Atkinson, Harry Redknapp and more.


As well as RARE RECORDINGS from David Beckham, Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson, Phil Neville, Arsene Wenger, Peter Schmeichel, Jaap Stam, Brian McClair, Mark Hughes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt, Ole Gunnar Solskj.r, Teddy Sheringham, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and more.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Martin Edwards
Prologue
1. Beginnings
2. Bequeathment
3. Change
4. Rotterdam
5. 25 Years
6. Premier
7. The First Double
8. Selhurst
9. Kids
10. Au Revoir, Bonjour
11. The Summit
12. After Glory
13. Bye-Bye Beckham
14. The Perch
15. Strings
16. Deep Cut
17. The Impossible Dream
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
References and Sources

Product details

Published 24 Sep 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 368
ISBN 9781399420372
Imprint Bloomsbury Sport
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Wayne Barton

Wayne Barton is the author of twenty books on Manc…

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