The death of Alexander Ferguson (Sir Alex Ferguson's father) occurred only a couple of months before the beginning of the end of Old Labour.
The elder of his sons, Alex Ferguson, was preparing Aberdeen for the League Cup final when James Callaghan's Government suffered a single-vote defeat in the house of commons at the hands of coalition of Conservatives, Liberals, Scottish Nationalists and Ulster Unionists. Five weeks later, a general election saw Margaret Thatcher become Britain's first female PM.
Ferguson was working very hard at this time in Aberdeen. His aspiration had been to go a high as Scotland could offer, which entailed overcoming the fatalism ingrained in the footballing culture of this and other countries where, decade after decade, the same two or three clubs are to found sharing the trophies. It meant for Ferguson, to beat Rangers and Celtic on a regular basis.
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