Fergie donation to library named after him

SIR Alex Ferguson has donated a collection of his personal memorabilia to a university that renamed its library in his honour.

Items include his A-licence coaching certificate from 1979 and a diary from 1993 - the season he won his first Premier League title with United.

The handwritten diary shows notes recording United’s 3-1 win at Old Trafford over Blackburn Rovers on May 3, 1993 – the night Reds fans celebrated a first league title since 1967.

A Scottish League shirt, an early coaching notepad from his time managing Aberdeen, a certificate from his days in the Boys’ Brigade, a League Managers Association manager of the year trophy and Sir Alex’s security pass from the 1986 World Cup in Mexico also feature.

The Scot, who led United to 38 trophies between 1986 and 2013, is considered to be one of the world’s greatest football managers.

The 77-year-old has been a long-time supporter of Glasgow Caledonian University and was a founding donor of the GCU Foundation.

He visited this week to make the donation while officially opening the university’s Sir Alex Ferguson Library.

The collection, housed in a display called Sir Alex - My Story in Objects, will be open to students, staff and the public.

Sir Alex, who was born in Govan, Glasgow, said: “I’ve had a brilliant relationship with GCU over many years now and it is an absolute honour that the university has chosen to name its library after me.

”The university was keen to give an insight into the person the library has been named after and I hope that donating personal items from my life will help to do that.”