After their Champions League final win over Chelsea in a penalty shoot-out in Moscow, Manchester United's Alex Ferguson has deservedly received praise for the total of honours he has won during his coaching career.

Former Liverpool boss Bob Paisley's name was also mentioned and his array of honours is also impressive, to say the least. Critics have suggested that Ferguson is the best manager of modern times and Paisley the top boss of the past.

Their list of honours:

Alex Ferguson (30 years as manager): 13 domestic leagues; 9 FA Cups; 3 League Cups; 2 European Cups; 2 Cup Winners' Cups; 2 UEFA Super Cups; 1 Intercontinental Cup.

Bob Paisley (nine years as manager): 6 league titles; 3 League Cups; 3 European Cups; 1 UEFA Cup; 1 Super Cup.

Other detailed events, records for the completion of 2007-08 read:

At the Reebok Stadium, Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester United for their first win over the Red Devils since 1978.

Ryan Giggs scores his 100th Premier League career goal in Manchester United's 2-0 win over Blackburn at Old Trafford.

Only Everton and Bordeaux progress to the knock-out phase of the UEFA Cup on maximum points. The Merseysiders topple AZ Alkmaar 3-2 away to leave the Dutch flabbergasted after the first European home defeat in their history. The Dutch side had played 32 matches in front of their own fans since their continental debut in 1977.

League Two side Peterborough break their transfer record to sign goalkeeper Joe Lewis from Norwich for 400,000.

Nicolas Anelka's 5m move to Chelsea makes him the most expensive player in the history of the game as his total cost has now risen to €87m in the transfer market.

Stoke City pay a club record fee of €1.28m for the capture of defender Leon Cort from Crystal Palace.

Costly Alves

Brazilian striker Afonso Alves signs for Middlesbrough for a club record fee of 2.1 million.

At Old Trafford, Manchester City upset Manchester United 2-1 for their first double on their neighbours since 1969-70 and their initial victory at this venue since 1974.

Ryan Giggs, of Manchester United, appears in his 100th Champions League/European Cup match to become only the eighth player to reach this milestone.

Following Liverpool's 2-0 home win over Inter, the Reds claim their 100th European game victory at Anfield.

Arsenal become the first English club to win at Milan, 2-0, to move into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

At Palmerstone Park, Queen of the South reach the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, defeating Dundee 2-0 for the first time since 1950.

Three of the remaining FA Cup semi-finalists come from the Championship, Barnsley, Cardiff and West Brom. The only Premier League side left are Portsmouth after their surprise win over favourites Manchester United. The last time the top flight had only one club in the last four of the Knock-Out competition was way back in 1908.

Defender Jamie Carragher becomes the first Liverpool player to star in 100 matches in European competition.

England becomes the first European country to have four clubs in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

100th cap for Becks

David Beckham earns his 100th cap for England, joining the other centurions of Billy Wright, Sir Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore and Peter Shilton.

After their 5-3 aggregate win over Arsenal, Liverpool reach the semi-finals of the Champions League for the third time in the last four years.

Rangers move into the semi-finals of a major European competition, defeating Sporting Lisbon 2-0 on aggregate in the last eight of the UEFA Cup, for the first time since 1972.

In the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, First Division side Queen of South knock Aberdeen out after a home 4-3 triumph to reach the first final in this competition in their 89-year history.

Spanish forward Fernando Torres creates a Liverpool record after he scores in seven consecutive top-flight matches at Anfield in the 3-1 home win over Blackburn.

Aldershot secure their return to the Football League − 16 years after they went into oblivion, becoming the last English side not to complete their league campaign − with a draw at Exeter. Aldershot also win the Conference championship.

Hamilton end their 19-year exile from the Scottish Premier, clinching the First Division title with a 2-0 home win over Clyde.

The Scottish PFA name Celtic's Aiden McGeady as Player and Young Player of the Year, following in the footsteps of team-mate Shaun Maloney who achieved the same feat two seasons ago.

Paul Scholes, of Manchester United, chalks up his 100th appearance in the Champions League competition.

The Champions League final in Moscow will be an all-English showdown. Manchester United advance to their first final since 1999 while Chelsea will make their first ever appearance in the top match in club football.

After their penalty shoot-out win over Fiorentina, Rangers reach the UEFA Cup final for the first time in their history.

For the second year running, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is voted the Football Writers Player of the Year. Former Arsenal player Thierry Henry was the last to receive the accolade in successive seasons, 2003 and 2004.

For the third straight season, Liverpool's Pepe Reina claims the Golden Glove award for the most number of clean sheets in the Premier League.

For a record 10th time, Manchester United, under the management of Ferguson, win the Premier League title.

Derby County are officially the worst team in Premier League history after their total of 29 defeats in a season. Their tally of 11 points is also a new negative record. Sunderland had held the unwanted record of the Premier League's worst team, having gathered 15 points in 2006.

Torres's total of 24 league goals since joining Liverpool from Atletico Madrid sets a record for goals scored by a foreign player in his first season in the Premier League. The overall total of 33 is also a record for a baptism campaign.

The FA Cup is won by Portsmouth (1-0 triumph over Cardiff) for the first time since 1939. A name from outside the game's mega-rich top four sides has won the cup for the first time since 1995, when Everton defeated Manchester United.

Also, the FA Cup has been won by a side led by an English manager, Harry Redknapp, for the first time in 13 years since Joe Royle edged Alex Ferguson in the 1995 final (Everton vs Manchester United 1-0).

Moreover, this is the first time in 17 years that a pair of English managers, Redknapp and David Jones, contested an FA Cup final, since Tottenham's Terry Venables and Nottingham Forest Brian Clough took the limelight in the 1991 final (2-1 for Spurs).

Stoke City gain promotion to the top flight for the first time since 1985, while play-off winners Hull City will compete with the big boys for the first time in their history.

For the first time in European Cup history, no foreign side has succeeded in ousting a team from England in the 2007-08 Champions League competition. Premier League clubs were eliminated in all-English clashes − Arsenal lost to Liverpool, the Reds then bowed out to Chelsea and the Blues lost to Manchester United in the final.

Doncaster Rovers return to the second grade of the English game for the first time since 1958, following their play-off final win over Leeds United at Wembley.