Ferguson's 26 years at United: 38 trophies, 13 titles, 1999 Treble

📰 Sir Alex Ferguson led Manchester United for more than 26 years and won 38 trophies. 📌 Key points 🗓️ Ferguson managed United from November 1986 to May 2013. 🏆 He won 13 Premier League titles. 🌍 He lifted the Champions League twice, in 1999 and 2008. 🔁 United won the league, FA Cup and Champions League treble in 1999. 📉 United have not won the league since he retired. 📝 What happened 🗓️ Ferguson took charge on 6 November 1986, with United 21st – second from bottom – in the top flight. He stayed until the end of the 2012/13 season, retiring in May 2013. 🏆 In that time United won 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and two Champions Leagues among 38 trophies. In December 2010 he overtook Sir Matt Busby as the club's longest-serving manager. 🔁 The high point was 1998/99, when United won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League – the first continental treble by an English club. Ole Gunnar Solskjær's stoppage-time winner against Bayern Munich in the final prompted Ferguson's famous "Football, bloody hell". 📊 By the numbers • 26 years in charge (November 1986 – May 2013) • 38 trophies at United • 13 league titles, 5 FA Cups, 2 Champions Leagues • League titles for United since he retired: 0 🔭 Why it matters United have been through a string of managers since Ferguson left without getting back to the top of the league, so his era remains the club's benchmark. In any "greatest manager" debate, his name sits alongside Pep Guardiola, who built defining sides at Barcelona and Manchester City.