Sir Alex Ferguson 'buys £1.2million five-bed house in idyllic Cheshire village to be closer to his grandchildren' after selling his 結婚の/夫婦の home after death of his beloved wife Cathy

Sir Alex Ferguson has bought a £1.2million house in an idyllic village next door to his son Darren so he can be の近くに to his grandchildren.?

The Man Utd legend snapped up the five-bedroom 所有物/資産/財産 in Goostrey, Cheshire after putting his former family home on the market for £3.5million に引き続いて the death of his beloved wife, Cathy.?

Sir Alex and Lady Cathy had three sons, 12 grandchildren and one 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandchild.?Darren is also a football 経営者/支配人 and 現在/一般に 作品 at?League One club Peterborough 部隊d.

Goostrey, his new home, first appeared in the Domesday 調書をとる/予約する of?1086 and has become a base for footballers 含むing?Raheem 英貨の/純銀の - who lived there when he was at Manchester City.?

It has two pubs, the 栄冠を与える Inn and the Space Invader - 以前 known as the Red Lion - and several 地元の shops, a 地位,任命する office and a cafe. His move was 報告(する)/憶測d by The Mirror.?

Sir Alex is joined by his grandchildren on the pitch at Old Trafford as he celebrated Man Utd winning the Premier League

Sir Alex is joined by his grandchildren on the pitch at Old Trafford as he celebrated Man Utd winning the 首相 League?

Goostrey, his new home, first appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 and has two cosy pubs

Goostrey, his new home, first appeared in the Domesday 調書をとる/予約する of 1086 and has two cosy pubs?

It has become a base for footballers including Raheem Sterling - who lived there when he was at Manchester City

It has become a base for footballers 含むing Raheem 英貨の/純銀の - who lived there when he was at Manchester City

The couple's football manager son,?Darren Ferguson, inside their old home

The couple's football 経営者/支配人 son,?Darren Ferguson, inside their old home?

Earlier this month it 現れるd Sir Alex had put the Cheshire house he 株d with his wife of 60 years up for sale に引き続いて her death in October 老年の 84.?

The football legend has 述べるd Lady Cathy, who he met in 1964, as a 'bedrock' in his life. Last week, he joked she?'would've gone mad' after he spent £650,000 on two horses before winning the Bahrain International トロフィー.?

Their former detached home is?据えるd on what 広い地所 スパイ/執行官s are あられ/賞賛するing as 'one of Cheshire's most 望ましい roads' and is?positioned within a 'very 私的な, gated and 安全な・保証する' 陰謀(を企てる).?

The home is?'deceptively spacious,' によれば the 所有物/資産/財産 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing, and has a 素晴らしい 歓迎会 area that is outfitted with a 包む-around staircase and?grand chandelier. It was last sold for £2.3m in 2007 and is 存在 申し込む/申し出d without a chain.

Sir Alex was one of the 井戸/弁護士席 known 直面するs to …に出席するd?Sir Bobby Charlton's funeral?earlier this month. He was …を伴ってd by long-serving Old Trafford receptionist Kath Phipps.?

The house Sir Alex 株d with Lady Cathy 誇るs a bespoke open 計画(する) breakfast kitchen, its very own gym, a dressing room and modern games room.?

The kitchen 申し込む/申し出s a 素晴らしい granite work surface, a walk in pantry and cupboard, breakfast 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業-style seating and 二塁打 glazed patio doors 主要な out to the garden, によれば the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing.?

Sir Alex has listed the five-bedroom mansion that he shared with Lady Cathy for £3.5million

Sir Alex has 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d the five-bedroom mansion that he 株d with Lady Cathy for £3.5million

The house Sir Alex shared with Lady Cathy boasts an impressive games room

The house Sir Alex 株d with Lady Cathy 誇るs an impressive games room

The property's living room is fitted with a 'flame coal effect gas fire', double glazed patio doors and a large speaker system

The 所有物/資産/財産's living room is fitted with a '炎上 coal 影響 gas 解雇する/砲火/射撃', 二塁打 glazed patio doors and a large (衆議院の)議長 system?

Sir Alex Ferguson and Lady Cathy were married for 57 years and had three sons before her death

Sir Alex Ferguson and Lady Cathy were married for 57 years and had three sons before her death?

Ferguson in his Cheshire home during アマゾン 文書の?Sir Alex Ferg uson: Never Give In

Lady Cathy was interviewed in what appeared to be the living room

Lady Cathy was interviewed in what appeared to be the living room?

Lady Cathy was by Sir Alex's 味方する throughout his long football career, and helped nurse him 支援する to health after his 一打/打撃 に引き続いて his 退職 after 26 years at Man Utd in 2013.?

When he 発表するd his 退職 as club 経営者/支配人 in 2013 after an 前例のない period of success for the Red Devils, Sir Alex said: 'My wife Cathy has been the 重要な 人物/姿/数字 throughout my career, 供給するing a bedrock of both 安定 and 激励.?Words are not enough to 表明する what this has meant to me.'

He has also 述べるd her as the only person in the world he does not answer 支援する to - やめる something for a man renowned for 問題/発行するing terrifying 'hairdryer 治療s' to footballers not pulling their 負わせる.?

部隊d said に引き続いて her death: 'Everyone at Manchester 部隊d sends our 深く心に感じた 弔慰s to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family on the passing of Lady Cathy. Lady Cathy was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandmother, and a tower of strength for Sir Alex throughout his career.'

The kitchen offers a stunning granite work surface, a walk in pantry and storage cupboard, breakfast bar style seating and double glazed patio doors leading out to the garden

The kitchen 申し込む/申し出s a 素晴らしい granite work surface, a walk in pantry and 貯蔵 cupboard, breakfast 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業 style seating and 二塁打 glazed patio doors 主要な out to the garden?

The house offers a grand hallway with a large wooden staircase in the centre

The house 申し込む/申し出s a grand hallway with a large 木造の staircase in the centre?

The home is 'deceptively spacious,' according to the property listing

The home is 'deceptively spacious,' によれば the 所有物/資産/財産 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing

Sir Alex put the stunning 7,000sf Cheshire home up for sale just six weeks after Lady Cathy died

Sir Alex put the 素晴らしい 7,000sf Cheshire home up for sale just six weeks after Lady Cathy died?

The former manager was one of the well known faces to attended Sir Bobby Charlton's funeral earlier this month. He was accompanied by long-serving Old Trafford receptionist Kath Phipps

The former 経営者/支配人 was one of the 井戸/弁護士席 known 直面するs to …に出席するd Sir Bobby Charlton's funeral earlier this month. He was …を伴ってd by long-serving Old Trafford receptionist Kath Phipps?

Last week, Sir Alex joked she 'would've gone mad' after he spent £650,000 on two horses before winnin
g the Bahrain International Trophy

Last week, Sir Alex joked she 'would've gone mad' after he spent £650,000 on two horses before winning the Bahrain International トロフィー

部隊d said に引き続いて her death: 'Everyone at Manchester 部隊d sends our 深く心に感じた 弔慰s to Sir Alex Ferguson and his family on the passing of Lady Cathy. Lady Cathy was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and 広大な/多数の/重要な-grandmother, and a tower of strength for Sir Alex throughout his career.'

The couple met while they were both working at a typewriter factory in Glasgow.?

In 2021 文書の Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In - directed by their son Jason -?Cathy 明らかにする/漏らすd she had 初めは thought Sir Alex looked like a '凶漢' before she 軟化するd on him and they went on a cinema date.?

She said: 'I just saw him walking through and I thought he was a 凶漢. Then I 設立する out he was a footballer and that didn't make him any different to me.?

'He bought me a box of Liquorice Allsorts at the movies, of which he ate all of them, and a 地元の paper when we (機の)カム out. That was my romantic day.

'We got married in Glasgow registry office in 1966 and that was the start. I went to my work and he went to his football.'

At the time the city was divided by sectarianism - Lady Cathy was a カトリック教徒 while Sir Alex was Protestant -?but the footballer was に引き続いて the example of his father, who himself had 'broken a タブー' by marrying a カトリック教徒 woman.

Lady Cathy had been married to Sir Alex since 1966, with the couple having met while they were both working at a typewrite r factory in Glasgow. They are seen on their wedding day?

Cathy and Alex Ferguson - who were married for nearly 60 years - embrace each other in an undated photo

Cathy and Alex Ferguson - who were married for nearly 60 years - embrace each other in an undated photo

Alex, Cathy and their three sons, Mark, Darren and Jason, with the European Cup winners cup trophy and the Scottish Cup trophy

Alex, Cathy and their three sons, 示す, Darren and Jason, with the European Cup 勝利者s cup トロフィー and the Scottish Cup トロフィー

The couple pose for a photo with their first son, Mark. This photo was taken in 1968 when Sir Alex was playing for Falkirk

The couple 提起する/ポーズをとる for a photo with their first son, 示す. This photo was taken in 1968 when Sir Alex was playing for Falkirk?

The couple in the kitchen of their home in Glasgow when Sir Alex was still playing for Rangers

The couple in the kitchen of their home in Glasgow when Sir Alex was still playing for 特別奇襲隊員s?

In a 2021 文書の about his life,?Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In, the football legend 解任するd 存在 quizzed about his wife's 宗教 when he was 調印 for 特別奇襲隊員s in 1967.?

He said he didn't say anything at the time because he was desperate to play for the club he had supported while growing up in Govan, Glasgow, but regretted not telling the club to 'f*** off'.??

He said:?'Glasgow is a city where there is a divide. It's Protestant and カトリック教徒, 特別奇襲隊員s and Celtic.

'I heard 特別奇襲隊員s 手配中の,お尋ね者 to 調印する me and of course having supported 特別奇襲隊員s as a boy and having lived 200 yards from the ground I was pretty excited about it.

'He says, ''I have to ask you a question about your wife. I believe she is カトリック教徒, were you married in a chapel?''. I said, ''No we got married in the registry office,'' and he says, ''Oh, that's 承認する''. I should have told him to f*** off.

'I really should have but having supported 特別奇襲隊員s as a boy and having the 適切な時期 to go out and play for 特別奇襲隊員s, you are 用意が出来ている to take nonsense. I let myself 負かす/撃墜する there and I let my wife 負かす/撃墜する ? that was the most important thing ? because she was a devout カトリック教徒.'

Ferguson said his memories of 特別奇襲隊員s 'weren't very happy' and he never played for the club again after?存在 made a 'scapegoat' for the 1969 4-0 Scottish Cup final 敗北・負かす by Celtic.

He went on to become the most successful 経営者/支配人 in England football history, racking up 49 トロフィーs. At Manchester 部隊d alone he won 13 首相 League 選手権s, five FA Cups and two 支持する/優勝者s League 肩書を与えるs.?

Lady Cathy leans over for a chat with her husband during a match between Peterborough and Ipswich in 2009

Lady Cathy leans over for a 雑談(する) with her husband during a match between Peterborough and Ipswich in 2009?

The Fergusons watching a football game together from the stands on September 8, 2022

The Fergusons watching a football game together from the stands on September 8, 2022

In 2002, Lady Cathy had been instrumental in 納得させるing Ferguson to 逆転する his 決定/判定勝ち(する) to retire at that point, going on to manage the club for a その上の 11 years before 結局 calling time after the death of Cathy's sister.

解任するing the conversation they had when he first tried to retire, Sir Alex said: 'One, your health is good. Two, I'm not having you in the house. And three, you're too young anyway.'

But in 2011 the 部隊d legend finally decided it was time to leave Old Trafford.?

'I won't be managing here any more than three years at the very, very most. Without question. I can 保証する you of that,' he said at the time.?

'You have to think about time for yourself. I think my wife deserves a bit of my time, too. The older you get, the more you feel 有罪の about it.

'My wife, Cathy, was the one who talked me out of retiring last time but she wouldn't do that now.'?

The Fergusons had three sons together - 示す, born in 1968, and twin boys Darren and Jason, born in 1972 - and 12 grandchildren. Darren is a football 経営者/支配人 like his father.

Referring to their home life, Alex once said: 'Cathy is fantastic with the kids.?It's a 軍の 操作/手術 with her. If any of them misbehave, they're in the doghouse.'

Within the 2021 文書の about Sir Alex, Ferguson 献身的な his career to Cathy.

Jason Ferguson said in the film that his mother had been his father's '激しく揺する', 追加するing: 'She has 許すd him to indulge in his obsession.

'She more or いっそう少なく brought me and my brothers up on her own and made sacrifices to 許す him to do what he did.'

Lady Cathy was by Sir Alex's side throughout his long football career, and helped nurse him back to health after his stroke followin
g his retirement after 26 years at Man Utd in 2013

Lady Cathy was by Sir Alex's 味方する throughout his long football career, and helped nurse him 支援する to health after his 一打/打撃 に引き続いて his 退職 after 26 years at Man Utd in 2013

The couple before the unveiling of a statue of Sir Alex at Old Trafford in 2012
The Fergusons at an event in?1996

The couple before the 明かすing of a statue of Sir Alex at Old Trafford in 2012 (left) and at an event in?1996

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