Ferguson speaks of a time when he was abused by Man's fans. United

You're staying in bed and you're lonely, ” says Sir Alex Ferguson while remembering when he was in the hospital exactly three years ago, after he suffered a stroke and approached death. “You may feel lonely and scared,” continues the biggest manager in British football history until you relive that terrible moment.

Ferguson and I just started an interview that is shaped by many expensive, rolling memories. The memory of the shipyards in Glasgow and life as a child in Govan. It relives the pain and sectarianism that he experienced in Rangers, the passion and transformation he generated in Aberdeen and the early abuse by fans at Manchester United. The memories of his father, who broke down until football reunited.

We are joined by Jason, his son, who worked a very touching documentary on Ferguson's life. Jason would describe the most shocking moments of May 5, 2018, when his father was losing his memory and voice.

This was a lot of trouble for me,” says Fergie. “He went after the operation when I lost my voice. That was the scary part. I knew I was alive, but only, and I started thinking: “A telling me the truth/” Operation went well but you're in that loneliness. It can be frightening. When I lost my voice, I thought: “Never told me [that this would happen]. ”

Ferguson couldn't talk for 10 days. A permanent silence would lose it, but memory loss could be even more devastating. The documentary opens with the 79-year-old who sounds insecure when his son starts the quiz: “Quizin? Ferguson says. “Testone...test my memory?”

After confirming that he knew the name of his birth and the date of his marriage, Ferguson seems certain when he asked who scored the first goal for Manchester United when he became the manager.

“John Sivebaek,” says he only remembered the Danish victory goal that was scored against November 22, 1986. He sways when asked about his sons' birthday and smiles when asked to say the name of the travel agent Aberdeen used as their coach in the unstoppable successes between 1978 and 1986. “Harry Hines,” he said smiling. Hinesi. ”

His son asks him.

There's a long pause. Nothing,” says Ferguson.

The interview with Ferguson is extremely rare and comes with certain conditions. He won't answer questions about Manchester United and the situation of this club today, about the Glazer family or Ed Woodward, or whatever it is about the European Super League.

Jason and I began working on a series of interviews in 2016 and spent 18 months re - creating Ferguson's life. Jason knew the material was very powerful and met Andrew McDonald's, who made some successful movies, and John Batsek.

In this movie where he has Ferguson's son, we hear him calling the police. Is the patient breathing? He says yes but continues: “is not good. ”

There is hesitation when asked about his father's name. Then, in a trembling voice, he says: “Alexander Ferguson. ”

Did he pause and use Dad's full name to protect their privacy? The answer is yes.

He was told that his father had only 20 percent chances of being saved. But Ferguson had always been a great warrior. He walked out of the operation saying: “I hope everything's fine with my memory. I hope everything's fine with my memory. ”

Ferguson shakes his head and smiles. The backup therapist came every day and was phenomenal. She made me write down the names of my family and players. It then moved me to write down the names of animals, fish, and birds to see if I remembered them. Gradually and my voice returned. But the most important thing was that my memory did not touch me. ”

Jason recalls: “He wrote letters to his mother, me, his brothers, and all his grandchildren. They were, physically, farewell paper. ”

Ferguson's back, slowly.

The city of Glasgow remains the foundation of Ferguson's life and the documentary. He had not spoken to his father from 1961 until 1963. Ferguson played for St. Johnstone at the time, which he says: “My father had a plan for me when I was a football player, which I did not agree on. This created that abyss between us. ”

Ferguson was slightly diverted, and this caused him not to be chosen for the first team to leave Friday night. When his father challenged him to be more disciplined, he protested. At that time he played for the reserve, which upset his father. “Go your way,” told him. This had caused Ferguson to drink enough to spend the night in prison.

But it was a heic that had marked against Rangers that brought him back to Dad.

When he signed for Rangers later, he became the most expensive player in Scotland. But his two years of Rangers, from 1967 to 1968, were bitter because of the sectarianism that hurt him but also motivated the new Ferguson. Here's what his son says: “I knew how proud my father was that I was playing for Rangers, and the sadness he felt he ended up losing him in the finals when they made the sacrifice. This became the motivating force. ”

Ferguson was asked by a director of Rangers if he had married Kathy, his wife, in a Catholic church. When he heard Ferguson was married in a municipality office he was badly angry.

The players were good [with me] because they had no interest in that kind of thing [such as religion]. So it was terrible when Rangers drove me away. I never played for four months. I was practicing myself and then I moved to Falkrik.

But how does Ferguson feel after half a century after Rangers won first title after 10 years this season? Big fight. Jason's a Celtic fan. I like to call him on the phone when Rangers beat them. Funny is, the only team I've ever seen Saturday night is Queenés Park, my first team. I had a good experience as 16 years old when I played for him. People think it's a team of amateurs but you gotta be too strong to play for them.

After becoming a champion of Aberdeen in Scotland, he also won the European Cup of Cup winners in 1983 and defeated Bayern Munichun but also Real Madrid. Yet, they had no training field. They had to exercise in a local park where they had to remove the remains of dogs.

Ferguson became Manchester United coach in November 1986 and the documentary is powerful in the capture of abuse by fans he and his family suffered over three years in this club.

Jason admits that “everything was bigger [than in Aberdeen]. Club, stadium, media. This was the first time I experienced the losses of my father's team and the fan response was hard to deal with.” He and his twin, Darren, joined his older brother Mark in the kitchen with his father. Mark told Ferguson: “is not walking. You will not succeed here. This is killing us. ”

Ferguson assured his sons, and all wanted the family back to Aberdeen, that he would reverse the situation. Mark thought his father was the crazy “”. But what did Jason think you were 16 years old at the time? “It made no sense that he was so confident that we would eventually get out of the situation. ”

It was hard for Ferguson because his wife was unhappy at Manchester. “I knew that thing,” he says. “but we were moving forward in the youth academy. Matt Busby had rebuilt the club [in the '50s and '60s] with fantastic young players. I wanted to do the same. People who think about the big players in United States think about Ronaldo or Keane. But the spirit of the club in my time was through young players like Beckham, Giggs, Scholes and the Neville brothers. ”

But did Ferguson suspect himself in those years? When you lose a number of matches and fans carry banners like “Three years of reasoning and we're still shit. Ta-Ra Fergie” you think where you're going. I was convinced that training sessions were good. I was convinced that interacting with the players was the right one. The mayor told me everything was okay. Bobby Charlton came to practice and told me everything was going to be fine.” But some of the journalists were terrible.

But what Fergiet felt like was the movie made by his son: “I watched the movie only when it was finished. I never got involved in it. But when I first saw him, I cried. It was very emotional and I think Jason did a great job. He touched me. ”