{"id":5382,"date":"2026-05-03T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:43:56","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-taken-to-hospital-after-feeling-unwell-before-liverpool-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5382","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson taken to hospital after feeling unwell before Liverpool match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>The legendary gaffer was expected to attend the Man United v Liverpool match, but fell unwell.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson has been taken to hospital after falling unwell before the Manchester United v Liverpool match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Expected initially to attend the iconic rivalry at Old Trafford, the United and football legend has been taken as a precaution, as per Mail Online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Ferguson, 84, was taken an hour before the match kicked off. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The Scot previously had a health scare after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 2018, which he recovered from after undergoing successful surgery. It is understood that this latest incident is not related.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Speaking about the scare in the 2021 film &#8216;Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In&#8217;, he said: &#8220;There were five brain haemorrhages that day. Three died. Two survived. You know you are lucky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>United started the major clash against Liverpool on fire, scoring after only six minutes courtesy of Matheus Cunha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Michael Carrick&#8217;s Red Devils then doubled their advantage after only 14 minutes too, courtesy of Benjamin Sesko bundling home following a Freddie Woodman attempted save. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Sir #Alex #Ferguson #hospital #feeling #unwell #Liverpool #match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary gaffer was expected to attend the Man United v Liverpool match, but fell unwell. Sir Alex Ferguson has been taken to hospital after falling unwell before the Manchester United v Liverpool match. Expected initially to attend the iconic rivalry at Old Trafford, the United and football legend has been taken as a precaution, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2397,1315,2845,1957,2135,2440,3081,5549],"class_list":{"0":"post-5382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-alex","9":"tag-feeling","10":"tag-ferguson","11":"tag-hospital","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-match","14":"tag-sir","15":"tag-unwell"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}