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Darren Ferguson

Darren Ferguson

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Defending and attacking when overloaded

Defending and attacking when overloaded

In Possession
A progressive, multi-directional drill, this session is based around players attacking quickly whilst recognising and exploiting the space to finish with a shot on goal.
Rotation and movement

Rotation and movement

Skills & Techniques
This session is about rotation and movement between players. Central to this is finding the spare man, with players knowing what to do with the ball when they have it. Awareness, movement, passing and communication are key.
Switching play with penetration

Switching play with penetration

Attacking
This session is about changing the point of attack. It shows players the different ways we can do this, allowing the team to attack at pace once we have created overloads.
Stepping out and creating overloads in a 3-5-2

Stepping out and creating overloads in a 3-5-2

In Possession
The 3-5-2 formation remains hugely popular in modern football, though with so many teams becoming smart to its threat, we need players to be adept and precise in their execution of the set-up if it is to continue to reap rewards.
Playing through teams in a 4-4-2 formation

Playing through teams in a 4-4-2 formation

In Possession
Try this session to get your wide players or strikers receiving in between the lines. The focus is on quality of passing and timing of movements.

Biography

Darren Ferguson is in his third stint as the manager of Peterborough United. As a player, he was coached at Manchester United by his father, Sir Alex Ferguson. He won the Premier League with the club, before going on to spend much of the remainder of his career in the lower divisions with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wrexham.

His first managerial appointment was as player-manager of Peterborough in 2007. He led the club to successive promotions, guiding them to the second-tier of English football for the first time in 17 seasons. He was also voted the LMA’s League One Manager of the Year in 2009.

After a spell at Preston North End in 2010, he returned to Peterborough and led the club to promotion back to the Championship via the League One play-offs. After two seasons in the Championship, he joined Doncaster Rovers in 2015 and led the club to automatic promotion through a third place finish in League Two in 2017.

He subsequently became Peterborough United manager for a third time in January 2019 and returned the club to the Championship as League One runners up in 2021.

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