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Aberdeen Football Club is set to honour Sir Alex Ferguson with a bronze statue outside the Pittodrie Stadium in recognition of his exploits at the club.
“Sir Alex’s contribution to the Club was immense and it’s fitting that we honour him in this way,” says the Scottish club.
He managed the Dons from 1978 to 1986 before joining Manchester United where he won 38 trophies with the English Premier League club, creating a dynasty that lasted for three decades.
Ferguson’s Aberdeen won three Scottish league titles, four Scottish Cups and the European Cup Winners’ Cup against Real Madrid in Gothenburg, 1983.
Alex Ferguson expressed his delight with the recognition in a club statement: “I am thrilled and honoured by this recognition from Aberdeen Football Club, where I spent a fantastic and memorable part of my managerial career.”
Aberdeen said Ferguson’s statue will be the first of a series that is being planned to “celebrate and honour the Club’s heroes”.
The bronze statue will be located on the external concourse outside the Richard Donald Stand and a photograph of Ferguson celebrating Aberdeen’s Scottish Premier Division victory in 1980.
Meanwhile, Ferguson already has a statue outside of Old Traffordand and Manchester United named one of their stands after him.