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Hairdryer treatment
Alexander Chapman Ferguson, Kt,
CBE, popularly known as Sir Alex or Fergie, was born 31 December 1941 in
Govan, Glasgow. Having presided over 23 years of phenomenal and
sustained success at Manchester United, he is rightly regarded as the
modern game’s greatest manager. Infamous for his uncompromising,
competitive nature and ferocious temper - Sir Alex’s reputation for
letting his players know ‘what he thinks’ was dubbed ‘the hairdryer
treatment’ following a much publicised dressing room showdown with David
Beckham in 2003. Sir Alex is considered a working class hero who has
struck it rich in the sport of kings. ‘It was a freakish incident. If I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn’t happen again.’
The Year that Shook the Kop (King Kenny Jubilee)
Kenneth
Mathieson Dalglish MBE (born 4 March 1951, Glasgow, Scotland, UK) is
most noted for his phenomenal successes playing and managing Liverpool
FC. On 10th August 1977, Liverpool manager Bob Paisley paid £440,000, a
British record at the time, to bring Dalglish in from Scottish club
Celtic, as a replacement for Kevin Keegan, an Anfield hero. He made his
LFC debut, wearing Keegan's famous number seven shirt in the Charity
Shield, at Wembley on 13 August 1977. At the end of his first season,
Dalglish had played 62 times, scoring 31 goals. These included the
winning goal in the 1978 European Cup final at Wembley. His years at
Liverpool marked the club's most successful period, winning seven league
titles, three European Cups and five domestic cups. He is widely
acknowledged as one of the games all time greats. In 2009, he was named
by FourFourTwo football magazine as the greatest post-war British
striker, and he was placed first in Liverpool's list of '100 Players Who
Shook The Kop'.
Carré Magique (Magic Square blueprint)
During
the 1980s, the French national team exhibited an elegant, skilful, and
attacking style of play. Similar to their South American counterparts
the team earned the nickname of the "Brazilians of Europe". They
flourished under their coach Michel Hidalgo, and were led by the
immensely gifted playmaker and captain Michel Platini, who, alongside
Jean Tigana, Alain Giresse, and the tough tackling Luis Fernández,
formed 'Le Carré Magique' ('Magic Square'). Considered to be one of the
greatest midfield quartets in the history of the game, they developed a
blueprint system that has been repeatedly emulated. Le Carré Magique
were the heart of the French national team throughout the 80's. In
Spain, FIFA World Cup 1982, they were knocked out (quite literally) by
Germany in an infamous semi-final clash. In 1984, they became champions
of Europe in Paris, steering France to a 2-0 victory over Spain in the
UEFA European Championships Final. Platini scored the first of the two
goals in the final. Incredibly, it was his 9th goal of the tournament,
and France's 14th across an undefeated five-game passage to the final.
Cruijffiaans Thereom (Pythagorus in Boots)
Born
25th of April 1947 in Amsterdam, Holland, Hendrik Johannes Cruijff
(Cruyff) was one of the most famous exponents of the football philosophy
known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels for Ajax of Amsterdam
and KNVB. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all
time. He was described as 'Pythagoras in boots' for the complexity and
precision of his angled passes. He played with such grace, technique,
accuracy and vision but his temper was sometimes volatile and his
opinion was always available. His football theories, and his way of
expressing himself became popularly known as 'Cruijffiaans'. His most
famous one liner is a mix of brilliant insight and simple logic: 'Ieder
nadeel heb z'n voordeel' ('very disadvantage has its advantage').
Brazil's Little Bird
Manuel
Francisco dos Santos was born in Pau Grande, a district of Magé, in the
state of Rio de Janeiro (October 28, 1933 – January 20, 1983). He was
known by the nickname 'Garrincha' (Portuguese for 'little bird'). His
nickname is thought to have derived from his love of hunting small wrens
'garrinchinhas' and the fact that he was as small as a little bird,
which prompted his eldest sister to call him garrincha. He had several
birth defects: his spine was deformed, his right leg bent inwards and
his left leg six centimeters shorter and curved outwards. None of which
impeded his ability to play football at the highest level. He was
immensely popular in Brazil, and was also called Alegria do Povo (Joy of
the People) and Anjo de Pernas Tortas (Angel with Bent Legs). A
right-winger and twice World Cup winner he is widely regarded as the
best dribbler in football history. Pelé is the most instantly
recognisable player for those outside Brazil but Garrincha is the one
with whom most Brazilians associate. Unlike Pelé, Garrincha was unable
to pull himself out of poverty. His tragic story is not much known
outside of Brazil, but after a series of financial and marital problems,
he died of cirrhosis of the liver.
El Doctor
Sócrates
Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, born 19 February 1954
in Belém do Pará, Brazil. one of the great midfielders and most
compelling characters in modern football history, Sócrates captained the
Joga Bonita Brazil squad in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. In the same
period he graduated from the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto,
receiving a doctorate in medicine; and later a doctorate degree in
philosophy. Revered in his homeland he is notorious for his love for
life, along with a passion for both cigarettes and alcohol!
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