24 Facts About Darren Ferguson

Darren Ferguson was born on 9 February 1972 and is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of League One club Peterborough United.

Darren Ferguson 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.

Darren Ferguson was appointed Preston North End manager on 6 January 2010.

Darren Ferguson was dismissed on 29 December 2010 after a string of poor results.

Darren Ferguson is the son of former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Darren Ferguson has two siblings: a twin brother, Jason, and an elder brother, Mark.

Darren Ferguson's father brought him through the youth ranks at Manchester United, giving him his first team debut in 1990.

Darren Ferguson spent five years at Wolves, during which they qualified for the Division One play-offs twice and finished in the top 10 on four occasions, but never gained promotion to the Premier League.

Darren Ferguson left Wolves in 1999 to sign for Dutch side Sparta Rotterdam, but only made 14 appearances.

In 2001,29-year-old Darren Ferguson was linked with the management post at Wrexham, following the departure of Brian Flynn.

Darren Ferguson later stated he was disappointed not to be considered for the management position, and stated the club would have done better under him than they did under Carey.

Shortly after his father celebrated 20 years as manager of Manchester United, Darren Ferguson followed him into football management.

Darren Ferguson led the club to a 10th-placed finish in his first season of management.

Darren Ferguson was named League Two manager of the month for March 2008, after Peterborough won six games out of eight in the month.

Darren Ferguson won the League One Manager of the Month award for March 2009, following six straight wins.

Darren Ferguson left Peterborough in November 2009, by mutual consent, with the club bottom of the table.

In January 2010, Darren Ferguson signed as manager of Preston North End.

On 12 January 2011, Darren Ferguson was re-appointed as manager at Peterborough on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

Darren Ferguson was appointed manager of League One club Doncaster Rovers on 16 October 2015.

Darren Ferguson resigned from his role as manager on 4 June 2018, after guiding Rovers to 15th-placed finish in their first season back in League One.

Darren Ferguson was re-appointed as manager of League One club Peterborough United on 26 January 2019 for the third time with a deal agreed until the end of season after the dismissal of Steve Evans, with Gavin Strachan as his assistant.

In May 2021, after missing out on the previous season's play-offs due to the season being curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Darren Ferguson successfully guided Peterborough to promotion to the Championship.

Darren Ferguson returned for his fourth stint as manager to Peterborough United on a contract until the end of the season with the club sitting in eighth position in League One.

Darren Ferguson appeared at Macclesfield Magistrates' Court on 23 January 2008, and was charged with common assault, to which he pleaded not guilty.