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Article: How the religious divide nearly wrecked our love; The wife of Alex Ferguson reveals for the first time why they could not wed in church.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- September 10, 1998
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Alex Ferguson's wife has revealed for the first time how Glasgow's sectarian divide almost wrecked her romance.
In the week that Ferguson is at the forefront of the biggest takeover in football history, Cathy has told how the couple overcame the religious differences between her Catholic family and Alex's Protestant parents.
At that time, 30 years ago, it would have been unthinkable for the couple to get married in church, unless one of them converted.
Although she admitted there was pressure from their families for one of them to change religion ...