The 10 greatest football managers of all time - No 1: Sir Alex Ferguson

To celebrate the fact that the new Football Manager 2010 demo is exclusively available to download on MirrorFootball NOW it's Manager Week on MirrorFootball.

All week we've been counting down the Top 10 managers in history via the pages of our amazing archive section .

Which means a wealth of never before seen pictures, original match reports from the Daily Mirror's back pages and the chance for you to leave your memories of the great men in question.

Which brings us to the greatest football manager of all time. Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present...

Sir Alex Ferguson - The great Scot

And you can see the rest of the list by clicking the links below

2: Brian Clough - Old Big 'Ead himself

3: Bill Shankly - nothing was more important to him than football. Not even life or death

4: Sir Matt Busby - the original Red Devil and father to United's brightest Babes

5: Sir Alf Ramsey - England's World Cup winning general

6: Bob Paisley - Liverpool legend who was there during the bad times as well - one time his team even came second...

7: Sir Bobby Robson - a football legend who will never be forgotten

8: Herbert Chapman - the Arsene Wenger of his day

9: Bill Nicholson - the double winner who left Spurs in good Nick

10: Jock Stein - the first British manager to win the European Cup.

 

And don't forget to get the latest lowdown on Football Manager 2010 via our exclusive new features blog .

And let us know who you think the greatest managers of al time are by leaving your comments below...

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