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Duncan Ferguson’s phone had been buzzing relentlessly for 48 hours and not even a night spent pacing the floor provided time to clear the digital backlog.
As soon as news broke that he had been named the manager of Forest Green Rovers, the ping-ping-ping of messages started. Carlo Ancelotti and his son Davide, with whom Ferguson had such a rapport at Everton, both sent their well wishes, as did countless others.
There is a huge amount of goodwill towards Ferguson, with many eager to see him succeed at the League One club, but those who typed out their good wishes to him were going to have to wait for a reply. For this, he felt he had to apologise but, really, there was no need.
Duncan Ferguson led Forest Green Rovers to a 2-1 defeat in his first game as manager
Ferguson is an open book with his emotions and just as his celebrations after he led Everton to a 3-1 win over Chelsea as caretaker boss in December 2019 will never be forgotten — when he picked up ball-boys and twirled them in delight — the same will be true for his reaction to this stomach-churning 2-1 loss at Shrewsbury.
‘The nerves I had before were exactly the same as that first Everton game,’ said Ferguson, in that broad Glaswegian burr. ‘I was just as bad, absolutely. It does nae matter what level of football you are at, does it? We wanted to win.
‘It’s exciting times, I’d hardly slept for three days. I won’t be able to sleep after this, I promise you. I’m not sure I can bring myself to look back on it, to be fair. I’ve had hundreds of messages and I
