Unhappy customer gets refund on Fergie’s book after pointing out 45 factual errors
 

One disgruntled customer was so unhappy with Alex Ferguson’s autobiography that he was offered a full refund after pointing out a catalogue of factual errors.
The book itself has received mixed reviews, with some subject areas getting a great deal of attention (David Beckham surely nodding in agreement), while others are glossed over, but one man was not so much upset with the style, layout or subject matter, but the fact there were so many factual mistakes, a grand total of 45 in total.
Fergie’s second account of his life, entitled My Autobiography, became the UK’s fastest-selling non-fiction book since records began, shifting 115,547 copies in its first week on sale, but one customer decided to email publishers Hodder and Stoughton over his misgivings with many of the dates stated in the book.
According to The Mirror, Hodder and Stoughton CEO Jamie Hodder-Williams replied to the email from the member of public to offer a refund.
“We did in fact go through several stages of fact-checking with this book, with a reading from within Manchester United as well as from a specialist football fact-checker,” he said.
“Although a very large number of corrections were made we plainly did not pick up everything,” he is quoted as saying in his email.
“If you would like to send the book to me at our head office address, stating where you bought the book and at what price, we will refund your expenditure and postage.”
The inaccuracies include Fergie’s claim that United got 11 years of service out of former captain Roy Keane when in fact they had 12, extolling the magnificence of Rio Ferdinand’s performance against Man City in the semi-final of the Carling Cup at Old Trafford in 2009 when it was actually the following year, asserting that Ryan Giggs made his United debut aged 16 (he was 17) and the recollection of having his pacemaker fitted in April 2002 when it actually went in in March of 2004.
When asked for comments on Fergie’s blunders, word has it that ‘Arry Redknapp said that it is still a “top top book”, while Arsene Wenger said he didn’t see the mistakes, so he could not comment on them

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Not sure many autobiographies are actually factual :laugh:

:joker:

They should all be classified "Fiction":cat:

David and Victoria Beckham probs

Yeah he got a few dates wrong I spotted when reading it, but seriously how long has he managed for...he's going to forget tiny details :laugh:


Ergh. I still miss him :(

David Moyes looking to find tips on how to manage a title winning team.

Step 1) intimidate refs
Step 2) anybody gets out of line or looks like they are going to be more famous than you, launch a puma king: size 9 at them.
Step 3) Wind up Arsene Wenger
Step 4) unleash a complete nutcase in central midfield then when he turns on you ship him off.
Step 5) point to your watch at the end of the game when your winning or point to the fourth official if your losing.

I hope you're not talking about lovely Cork man Roy, our new No.2, assistant Manager :nono:

So not only is the book a pile of sh*t its an inaccurate pile of sh*t.

:hugesmile:

I love his punditry though, the amount of times I've hoped for him to just stick his nut on Adrian Chiles for being the worst ITV football 'host' in the history of televised sport is unbelievable. And I'm not even a violent person.

The Scousers have learned how to read. This could be dangerous.

...and of course, chew wads and wads of chewing gum while looking like a demented cow on an acid trip.

He probably stuck it underneath the desks at school too.

Somebody else wrote it! How can it be called an autobiography? It's a biography at best... and a work of fiction at worst.