
Sir Alex Ferguson becomes Eintracht Frankfurt new manager in German’s Bundesliga
Sir Alex Ferguson given lifetime membership by Eintracht Frankfurt
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Sir Alex Ferguson given lifetime membership by Eintracht Frankfurt
19/03/2024 – 15:32
Ferguson scored a hat-trick against Frankfurt in his first game for Rangers, a pre-season friendly in 1967 which the Scottish giants won 5-3.
Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been given a lifetime membership by Eintracht Frankfurt due to his links to the Bundesliga club.
Ferguson scored a hat-trick against Frankfurt in his first game for Rangers, a pre-season friendly in 1967 which the Scottish giants won 5-3.
The 82-year-old was also a spectator at Ibrox when the two sides met in the semi-finals of the European Cup seven years earlier, the German club winning the second leg 6-3 to complete a 12-4 victory on aggregate.
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐.
There are plenty of points of contact โ and were the reason for a personal conversation with the legendary trainer and manager.
โ Eintracht Frankfurt (@eintracht_eng) March 19, 2024
โThat was unbelievable,โ Ferguson recalled in an interview published on Frankfurtโs website.
โIn the first leg, Frankfurt beat Rangers 6-1. I was at the second leg when Eintracht came to Ibrox with 70,000 spectators.
โOf course we felt hopeful and told ourselves that Rangers could come back. In the end they lost again by six goals.
โI was a Rangers fan and only lived about 200 metres from Ibrox. I also attended the final (against Real Madrid at Hampden Park) and hoped Frankfurt would win as they had beaten Rangers.
โAt the time I was 17 years old and played for Queens Park FC from Glasgow. It was a great game. (Richard) Kress scored the first goal. We said to ourselves, โwow, a great German teamโ.
โBut then there were (Ferenc) Puskas, (Alfredo) Di Stefano and (Paco) Gento. I donโt think there will ever be another team as charismatic as the Real Madrid team at the time.
โPuskas scored four goals and Di Stefano three. They were fantastic players and the 7-3 win was an incredible game. There was no shame in losing this game. Frankfurt had proven itself in the semi-final against Rangers.โ
Scotland will face Germany in the group stages of this summerโs European Championship and Ferguson was jokingly asked if the hosts had โan outside chanceโ of beating Steve Clarkeโs side.
โNo chance,โ Ferguson said with a laugh. โScotland isnโt that bad, you know. They have good midfielders, two good full-backs. There have only been difficulties in the striker position in recent years.โ
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