Darren Ferguson
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Darren Ferguson (born 9 February 1972) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of League One club Peterborough United.
Between his first and third stints with Peterborough, he also managed Preston North End and Doncaster Rovers As a player, Ferguson was managed at Manchester United by his father, Sir Alex Ferguson.
He won a Premier League title and the FA Charity Shield in 1993 with the club before going on to spend most of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wrexham in the lower divisions of English football. Ferguson's first managerial appointment was as player-manager of League Two Peterborough United in January 2007.
After two successive promotions, and guiding the club to the second-tier of English football for the first time in 17 seasons, Ferguson was relieved of his duties on 9 November 2009, with Peterborough United at the foot of The Championship. Ferguson was appointed Preston North End manager on 6 January 2010.
He was dismissed on 29 December 2010 after a string of poor results.
On 12 January 2011, he was again appointed as the manager of Peterborough United, where he took the club to the League One play-off Final at Old Trafford, and in this match won promotion to the Football League Championship, the club's third promotion in four years, with a 3–0 victory over Huddersfield Town. Peterborough United spent two seasons in the Championship after winning promotion.
On 4 May 2013, Ferguson's side were relegated to League One after losing to Crystal Palace 3–2 on the final match of the season.
Personal life
In June 2003, Ferguson married Nadine Metcalfe.
On 23 October 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his estranged wife on the driveway of his father's home in Wilmslow, Cheshire. He was released on bail. He appeared at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court on 23 January 2008, and was charged with common assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. On 10 April 2008, he changed his plea to guilty and was fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £200 in court costs.
Playing career
Ferguson was born in Glasgow. Sir Alex Ferguson, the son of former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. He has two brothers, Jason, and Mark, his elder brother.
His father was introduced by his father to Manchester United's youth ranks, giving him his first team debut in 1990. Ferguson played in United's first 15 games of the new Premier League from 1992-93, during the absence of the injured Bryan Robson, and although he did not start a league game until November, he did enough games to qualify for a championship winner's medal at the end of the season (which, at the time, was a minimum of ten matches).
However, his first-team opportunities were slim in 1993-94, when he was traded to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £250,000. His final season at Old Trafford saw just five first team appearances, and with the addition of squad numbers in the Premier League that season, he would have been issued with the number 18 shirt, which will be worn by Simon Davies again.
He spent five years with Wolves, qualifying for the Division One play-offs twice and finishing in the top 10 on four occasions, but never gained promotion to the Premier League. In 1999, he left Wolves to join Sparta Rotterdam, but he played only 14 times.
He appeared for Wrexham between 1999 and 2007, scoring 51 goals. Ferguson led them to promotion to Division Two in 2002–03. In a 2–0 win over Southend United in 2004, 2005–05, he also helped the club win the Football League Trophy (in English football), the Football League Trophy, for the second time.
Managerial career
Following Brian Flynn's departure in 2001, a 29-year-old Ferguson was working at Wrexham's management position. Joey Jones, the caretaker's boss at the time, was also helping with caretaker duties. Ferguson was sacked in January 2007, but coach Brian Carey was sacked instead. Ferguson was once more a candidate after Denis Smith was fired in January 2007, but instead we were introduced coach Brian Carey.
Ferguson and Carey had clashed, according to reports, because Ferguson had been planned to be drafted. Carey, who had been on the substitutes bench for his first game, denied this. Following a loss to Leyton Orient a year ago, the two had argued a year ago. Ferguson later expressed disappointment at his inability to be considered for the management role, and said the club might have done more under him than they did under Carey.
Ferguson followed his father into football management just after his father's 20th as manager of Manchester United. He left Wrexham to become the player-manager of Peterborough United's fellow League Two team. Keith Alexander, the former boss of the nation, had been fired after a string of six consecutive losses. In his first season as boss, he led the club to a tenth-place finish. He took Posh to second place in League Two in his first full season as a manager. After Peterborough won six games out of eight in the month, he was named League Two manager of the month for March 2008.
He led Posh to second place and automatic promotion to the Championship in his second full season, 2008-09. Following six straight victories, he earned the League One Manager of the Month award for March 2009. Ferguson left Peterborough in November 2009 by mutual consent, leaving the club in last place in the table.
Ferguson was appointed manager of Preston North End in January 2010. On January 23, 2010, he was playing at home as a boss, against Chelsea, who lost 2–0. Ferguson was charged with misconduct by the FA on September 14, 2010 after a 4–3 loss to Burnley in the tunnel to the referee.
Ferguson had a comeback victory in September 2010 after being 4–1 down at Elland Road during a difficult year as boss of Preston, only a year ago. Ferguson said, "I have never been involved in such a thrilling sport."
After 49 games in charge, winning 13, drawing 12, and losing 24 games, he was fired as boss on December 29, 2010. Preston North End is currently in last place in the Championship table.
Sir Alex Ferguson recalled all three Manchester United players on loan at Preston following his son's dismissal by Preston; Joshua King, Ritchie De Laet, and Matty James. In addition, Stoke City manager Tony Pulis recalled the two Stoke players on loan at Preston; Danny Pugh and Michael Tonge. Preston had cut five key first-team players, effectively ending the team's relegation in a single week.
Gary Johnson resigned as the manager of Peterborough United in January 2011, putting the club several points behind the playoff places. Ferguson was re-appointed as boss at Peterborough on a four-and-a-half-year deal on January 12, 2011. His first match ended in a loss to league leaders Brighton & Hove Albion, but Peterborough beat Hartlepool United 4–0 the following week.
The club ultimately finished fourth in League One, and after beating Milton Keynes 4–3 on aggregate, they then advanced to the Play-off Final against Huddersfield Town. Peterborough went on to beat Huddersfield 3–0 to reclaim the Championship, just one year after being relegated. Peterborough had become the top-scoring team in the country by the end of the season, with 106 goals in total.
After winning promotion, Peterborough spent two seasons in the Championship before being relegated to League One after losing 3–2 on the last day of the season. With seven minutes remaining, Peterborough had led the match but lost in the final minute; a draw would have been enough to keep Peterborough in the Championships. They earned the most points in a relegated team's career during the season, with 54 points on record. Ferguson left Peterborough United by mutual consent on February 21, 2015, following a 3–0 home loss at Milton Keynes Dons, which placed the team 15th in the League One table.
Ferguson was appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers, a League One club. They were relegated at the end of the 2015-16 season, but the club won promotion back to League One in May 2017. Ferguson resigned as boss on June 4, 2018 after leading Rovers to their 15th place finish in their first season back in League One.
Ferguson was recalled as the boss of Peterborough United, for the third time since Steve Evans' dismissal, leaving Gavin Strachan as his assistant. Ferguson also guided Peterborough to the Championship in May 2021, after missing out on the previous season's play-offs due to the COVID-19 pandemic's cancellation of the season, the season was postponed.
Ferguson resigned during a phone call to joint-owner Darragh MacAnthony on February 20, 2022, the following day from a last-minute 1–0 loss to relegation rivals Derby County, leaving Peterborough in 23rd position, five points away from safety.