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    ta 100% UNOFFICIAL aa I MT en Bad i ae WTA wes. . nStY HAE MUNICH ~ TREBLE WINNERS ~ S1 BOBBY - NED - PRRRRARARRARRRR RED nen 7 a i i SRR RRARRARRRAR ERED nh aha TULL tep inside the Theatre of Dreams, home to one of the greatest clubs in sport and witness to countless stirring comebacks, flashes of genius and last-gasp winners. Yet while the hallowed turf of Old Trafford eeu ree oe cee ccs Cantona and Rooney, it was not always Manchester United's fortress. In fact, the club wasn’t always known as it is today. Welcome to the story of the railway workers’ team that would become a mega-club. Within these pages you will meet the men who founded United, relive the glory days of the Busby Babes and commemorate the tragedy that changed the club forever. per eee Ce Ree ee er cad players, celebrate its finest moments, and find out what may lie ahead now that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the boy from Ce eR eae cee empire, has parted with over £1 billion to purchase a 27.7 per cent stake in the club. Is a sleeping giant finally about ere 4 L FUTURE 1 r FourFourTwo g From the Heath to the Theatre of Dreams The making of English footbal’s biggest club The Busby Babes How a youthful evolution transformed United's fortunes Munich Inside the disaster that cloimed 23 lives and devastoted a club Rising from the ashes, United marched to gloryin 1968 United they fall {AS the golden years faded, United found themselves adrift When United stopped Liverpool doing the treble 22 years before United dd, Liverpool so neaty clinched the big three That's entertainment It wasn't always plain salling with Big Ron, but it was never dul either ‘The man from Aberdeen Inlate 1986 a struggling United turned to a fery Scotto save then The Class of 92 ‘Meet the legendary members ofthis iconic clutch of young stars, The 50 greatest Red Devils of al time We lst the finest United stars ever to pull on that famous re jersey Eric Cantona Tentrums,Trawlers. Tricks. Trophies. How Cantona transformed United United dominate the ’90s ‘first league title in 26 years acted os a springboard to further glory Itbegan as ajoke between team-mates, but by May 1999 the Red Devils were on the cusp of immortality ‘The new millennium For United, the world was never going to be enough, and os the 21st century unfolded Fergie's charges were ready to fight for more silverware Wenger vs Fergie By the summer of 96 Fergie ruled as English footbal's undisputed king. ‘And then a pioneering French manager took the reins at Arsenal Fergie's double winners ‘The 2007-08 season would begin with victory over Chelsea, and it would end in similar fashion on a famous night in ¢ rain-soaked Moscow Rio Ferdinand ‘The former United stolwart discusses winning it all at Old Trafford and hy he was so relieved to avoid spot-kick duty in Moscow United's fight to return to the top Fergie's deporture was always going to leave a massive void, but few ‘expected United to fall quite so far without his guiding hand She Devi ‘They may be late tothe game, but United's women are certainly making up for lost time ‘The rise and fall of Ronaldo ‘They say never go back, and perhaps, given how everything ended, it would have been betterf CR7 hadn't Sir Bobby ‘We remember the stunning career of Sir Bobby Charlton from his remarkable achievements onthe pitch to his success offit as an| ‘ambassador for the club he gave is life to Al the small things [After almost two decodes of Giazer rule during which Unitee’s efforts on the pitch have largely come to resemble the crumbling arena in which they play, ightSir,im Rotcliffe ands tear finally be about to return t 3 ‘once-formidable club to the perchit fought so hard to reach? La a HE HEATH THEATRE Starting life as a railway side playing on a mud patch in Newton Heath, the world's biggest _| football club took.a few years to become Manchester United ee te club thot was to become one fthe biggest and ‘most success the word started ie nouspiiousty in 1878 a5 Newton Heath L¥R Lancashire and Yorkie Rivoy) Ther original cm was noloer then proving roiiwoy workers ith some exercie and entertainment {tthe end ofa hard day's labour. At that tine, ports ofthe newly industioised Manchester, ovrege fe ‘expectancy wos 0s ite os 35; many people's everyday thes consisted of werk and dink and not much ele. As ‘tisnow, soit wo: then - the managerial oes werent ‘cxting oof alrism when they trted Newton Heth so muchas tying to get afew more productive years cuter their workforce ‘though the nent formed cb di pay matches, they were mostly gait other raiwey’teoms ad as there wos no league or formalstructure tothe sport that te resus have nat been recorded of ony sporadically in local newspapers. It ost unt 1892 that Newton Heath by then they had dropped the LY, though intuth the majo of ther players were ill employed by the avy) rat entered the League. y then tod already ben running for ve seasons, anda the 1892-93 season twos expanded totwo disions to accommodate gowinginterestin the sod. Nevrton Heath's debut league match, on3 September 1832, wos at lackbun Rovers famous Ewood Park ground, a tough opener ‘gait one ofthe top teams ofthe day who had acd won te FA Cup five times by then, Rover ls boasted Jock Southworth on England intrntionl who scored 97 goal in 108 games fr cb Precctbly, Newton Heath oe 4-3, athough they at ear gave o good account of themselves after conceding thre goals inthe fst ten mutes Tey siered anather,heovier, 4-0 defeat to Rovesin the fre round ofthe FA Cup. Newton Heath werent ot thet stage, quit read for League football ond won ony sco ther 30 matches that season fa futher sixwere drawn, However, thirst home match was notable success thy beat Welverhampton Wanderers 10-1. Wanderers were «good sie who would goon to win the FA Cup that Seoson, Dut hey were outclassed onthe dy, witha hat trek om the clubs est ret goalscorer, Bob Donaldson 10 The Story of Mon Ute FourFourtwo.com “NEWTON HEATH FINISHED ROCK BOTTOM OF THE TABLE IN THEIR FIRST SEASON” ther sucesses ware few and far between though ond Newton Heath firished rock bao ofthe table in the fst season five pont edt of Accrington Norues had ben set in place regaring relegation and prometiono twos decided thatthe bottom tree lubsin the Fst Division would pla off against the top tren the ‘Second Oisin. Tht meant match agaist Sma Heath ate t0 become Birmingham City wich resutedin a 1-1 draw. Thereplay ent in Newton Heaths vou, 5:2, thus securing ther place inthe top fight for thei secon season, interestingly the other two botton three cube, Accrington and Notts County, othloe the play-off, 0 ‘hefeld United ar Darwen respectively ond were relegated (Of the pitch, tere were problems too. YR tld the cub that they ould have to leave the Noth Road ground - tin self bod news os it wae not mach of ground, lacking even changing facies the Players usualy trudged of tthe The Crowns pub some haf amie ‘10 to get changed) butt meant leaving behind two stonds for spectators thatthe cub hod tought. Altemts to move the stands ‘ded in ere, 0 they had tobe left behind, Tat ist season was to prove a shor ved respite for Newton Heath The flowing season they again ished bottom ofthe tobe, {and hs ime ther was no ply-off (or test match s they were then called) to save them. They went down tothe Second Dison, ond oul spend the following 12 seasons ther. The most notable event of those otherwise unremarkable 12 yors come 1902 when focal businessman John Henry Daves, oweathy brewery owner who was clso more to the Tate & Lye Group heres, wos persuaded to ivestin the cl. Davies wos both rch and influent onde brought within tre further investor, each ofthe men pating £00 in Davis moved the cub to Bank Stet changed ts name to Manchester United (they nolenger played near, nor hod ony ‘Connections with, Newton Heth, ond switched thei gree-and gold shits tothe famous redone, Te lub we now know as United hod been properly oen Fons stil ocesionall payhomoge tothe b's vigil sp by sporting green-and-gol hits, hts and scores, ‘he move to Bank Steet resulted in ahugeinceasein the number offen attending each match The average crowd size ore than doubled, rom around 500 who went to Newton Heath estimates re ote varobe os there was na stndord mechanem for counting the numbers through the turnstiles in those days) to most 100006 the c's first season os Unitd, Even then United fone were demanding, though They wonted ose ther club do better than temble around inthe mide ofthe Second ONiion. nancial scandain which both secretary James West nd captain Hoty Stofford were embroiled sow the former eign andthe ater be banned rom the gome fru yrs, bu this etual hed the fortuitous result of ringing est Mangralto the cli (se below ‘The srrize orquston ofthe Manchester Cy ford ine wos rmostrsroe by Mangrll Bly Meret, the Welsh winger, wos the sonst superstar, ondhiscopure was coup ofthe same order asthe gring fc Cantona following a casual enquiry 6 yers later He wos cls the fst n aongbne of wingers ot the club who have captured the fan imaginations, fom Gordon Hilland Steve Coppel to Jesper Olen an yan Giggs, anethe str ofa style of pay which hs been synonymous with United ever since Now Unt had a fearsome aftcking tie-up bal onto asl defence, andin the 1907-08 season they tookthe league by star, nrg ther ft tn games and ieding from gun ope, Ltimately wining the league by rine points. Meng delivered ‘nother logue tile thre seons later and fie A Cp arguably themore sought-after trophyin thse dys) in 1808, Buoyed by ther roning sucess, Davies had invested £50,000 nto the club to build anew stadia a Old Troford, vost sum of money ct that ime. Ther fest match a the new stodium tok place on 19, February 1910; though the dy wes portly spl by vistors Lverpoo, ofall teams, who won 4-3, mattered the Theatre of Dreoms hod orved ite its owner and manogr, Unites stadium wos yors chead of lstime. Featuring ahuge stan an onesie, rows of wooden benches ‘on anather ond terraces fering stoning room for 80000 fons, ‘was the mast impressive stadium ofits et abo boosted a pitch vite decent drinage so instead ofthe mud bath that Newton Heath ‘ead play on there wos 0 beaut it of tur which further ‘encouraged the players to ply 6 possing game ‘though Mangnal and Davies el out ~over money, sie often the case between owners and managers ond the former eignedin {ft of paue the pleces were In place for United to experience Rist ‘golden og Lil did those ossocioted with the clubrealse tht t would be ‘ver 40 yors unt their nex league tite and emest os ong bore canather FA Cup triumph FourFourlwo.com The Soryof Man Ute 31 12 The Story of Mon Ute FourFguftwo.com hugo. aN heyeors between Word Wor land World Wor I were ‘ones of ural for United ight af them (across to Afferent periods) were spent nDision Two anonly ‘oncein 20 seczons di they nish inthe top haf of Dison One ~ in 1925-26, when they scrapped ther ‘way toninth out of 22 teams) and reece theironly FACup semifinal ofthe interwar yor, Their most Important mateh a tha pes not even come in ‘the top fight butin the 1923-34 eearen when they hod to win ante ost day at Miwos Den to ovoid relegation tothe Thr Dison Neth They do, 20, ane never agein came close to eropping down thot for, butt was salutary lesson fr llimvlved with he el. ‘Thelesson appeared te have been learnt ond theclub decided thatthe answer tothe dre nancial stats layin puting in place © structure for producing town players Thus wes bor the Manchester United Juric Athletic ub (MULAC) ond brining through youth team players become aroizon tre Johnny Corey and Stan Peotson were two ofthe Fst to benef fom MUL, ond both went onto make over 300 oppeorances fr the cub. Carey hada formidable carer in football becoming a coach and working at Blackbur Rovers, Everton ond in is native Republi of elon, Pearson wos o United fon and ved just hundreds of yrds awey fom the ground, He scored 148 gots in league cn cp, putting him 12th inthe list of llstime United goalscorers. fhe hd dene nothing ese nhs football career, Pearson would always have been af fevourte «tO Toor fr his hat tick agoinst Liverpool ina 5:0 win on 11. September 1946~the last ha-ick agains ierpoel unt Omixor Berbatov in 2010, ‘Al that tie United wee using Maine Rood os avenue fr thei home games es Old Tord had suered extensive bomb damage uring the war. om the ashes ofthe Theatre of Dreams andthe underperforming team ofthe 1920s and 1930s wos bom ane ofthe atest cub sides ofl ime. nthe orchitect ofthat being work wos one Mat Busby. hock in 1930, the club's unica fer and scout, aus Rocca, had recommended the cls buy 6 21-year-old Manchester ly winger named Matt Busby, but the club couldn aise the £150 transfer fee demanded bythe chy rol The deol never happened, but Rocca tnd Busby stayed in touch, and when he decided to call tine on his Playing carer and moe nto management, Rocca persuaded him to ems o United. Choirman Jes Giron hod the freight to ogee Bisby’ appointment eventhough Busby demanded level of Conte over the club that was let unheard ofa those days. ‘The piece ofthe gsc fited into place when Bushy bumped Into Welshman Jey Murphy at an cy fotbal metehin Ber, Italy, in spring 1945. Recaling the rary tines they hod met onthe fel, Busty had no hesitation in ffering Murphy the jot of hie aslstont. he Busby ero, ded and abetted by Mp, gon on October 1945, United started the post-wor years with a bon, ishing second four seasons ot of fv hey were fourthin the other and ding the 1948 FA Cup to their onours. That was the famous 4-2 win aver «Blackpool side featuring Son Mortensen cnd Stoney Matthews Blackpool id twice in the game, but goals om Jeck Rowley hs secon), then fom Pearson and John Anderson inthe final en ‘minutes wee encugh to bring te cup back to Manchester Four years ater they claimed thee rst league ie mover 40 yers, but that was more ast hua than the dawning of new age. Even they won the 1951-52 league tie, the ever prescient Busby could sees tom were ageing ond werein ned of new baad. Othe 24 Players who made league oppearencesin the 1952 championship ‘inning side, only six remained by the time of hee net win, four ars ltr In the place of deporting glans suche Carey, Pearson, Rowley ond lent Chilton come names to canjure with: Roger Byme, Eee Clman Torry Tylor, Dennis Vl, il Foulkes ond, of ‘course, Duncan Edwards. The Busby Babes Thebirh ofthe Bushy Scbes con be tacked back tothe uitaly setting of Kimornock on 28 October 1953, fend to mark the Instletionofoolghts et the Scotch c's Rugy Pork ground 2.2by decided he woud omit both Rowley and Pearson in favour of Viet ond Joc loncvower, bth just 2. Tylor lo played, ont kKimomockFstoron John Lvngstane reals his father saying thot Taylor wos the best centre-forward he had aver sea. Tha youngeers played wellin 3-0 win ond Busby decided to ge youth ts hed. (ver the falling couple of seasans he did eccosionaly have second ‘thoughts os to whether he hod gone too for down the youth route “UNITED STARTED THE POST-WAR YEARS WITH A BANG, FINISHING SECOND FOUR SEASONS OUT OF FIVE (THEY WERE FOURTH IN THE OTHER) AND ADDING THE 1940 FA CUP TO THEIR HONOURS” 14 Te Story of Mon Ute FourFourTwo.com a i “GOALSCORER SUPREME, TAYLOR NOTCHED 131 GOALS IN 191 APPEARANCES AND WAS STILL OWLY 26 WHEN HE DIED” tao quickly But whenever he wovered, Murphy was quick ta reassure him that he wos ding the right thing. ‘The Busby Baber were abunch of young players who were so exceptional’ cficult to assess quite how gos they were some 70 year on, espacial tle TV footage of them remains. Bu what ‘we do have accounts of matches they played ond, cbove al, the prions ofelow stars who ployed aginst and alongside ther, Roger Bye was the cptain and a born led, described by Bobby Charlton a somehow set opot. with « wonderful confidence in his ‘wntalent and he pessd ton so efrtessy, You any had see him at work to feel a surge ofl spreading through the team” John Doherty, o teammate and frequently reemmate, cid simply that me was as good et-back as hos ever payed the game Payers ike Roger operate in ther own word You just hoveto let them get on with tan then marvel at what they achieve, Bye ave ot United ite bit before most a his elem Babes which perhape gave him a natural authority, but he wes sty janes by Ede Colman Nicknamed Srokehips for is snewy movernent, Colman wos the hear and sul ofthe team, IByme was abi of loner ancy from the pitch, Colman wos an extrovert whe wanted to lve if othe ul Murphy sod of hi that “he wos on ign. He hod things you could teach," whe Bl Foulkes - hardly known for hie gushing oprasos of elow players said "he cys made you fel hoppy tobe ave, He woe somebody you couldn begin toreplace” ‘And what of oman Tor? Goalscorer supreme, Taylor notched 131 goals in 181 appearances. Sel only 26 when e ie, Tylor could reasonably have expected to play for another fur seasons ot the highest evel. IT he'd maintained sior sor ate, he would hove 16 The Story of Mon Ute FourFourTwo.com ended up close to being United's alltime leding goalscorer. AS he ‘so notched 16 inhis 19 England games, ts cler tht Taylor was a goalscoreron apar withthe ver best ofthe best Tylor wos actualy hoppy plein for Borsey, but Nis hometown club desperately ‘needed the money atone to United would bring and he turned cut tobe the siging that crystolised the buz thet wos bung at ‘he clu. Murphy described him a5 "the fil piece in ou gsow’, hile Jacke Blanchtower, perhaps Teylr’s doses iend atthe clu, recald that, "Wel were hving rouble wth the centre-forward postion before Try Taylor ave. We needed obi tang ‘centefonword and Tommy wes ial The hard-working Taylor wos fanatical toner, and ony rough ‘edges he hod as a esl of nat coming uptheough United junior ranks were quid ou. Teammate ln Greaves recalled that Taylor wos alway doing extra heading practice despite ready being the best header of he bal othe eub. "That wos dedeation for yu, He was never satisfied o be good, he struedto Become the best. Tory Tylor was the bes striker lever saw, nevermind ving the good fortune tpl wth ‘tthe str ofthe 1955-56 season, Ouncan Edwards was on National Seve an traveling oon frm United gomes, home or ‘may, rom hisbose in Shrewsbury. Edwards wos ineploceable His heading ably talent to pla with his back to goal and hod the ball up. hislong, raking posses and his dynamic presence galvnised the team in away that nobody before -°orgubl since had done ‘bby Chaton has clways maintoned tha “totally believe Duncan dwords wos the best player Lever saw ar am hey to see Yes, now allabout Morodono, Bes, Low and the others, but you ose geet payers ke Tom Finney and Stanley Mathews who was the geotest, they would el you os they id me, they hod seen ‘rything tke Duncan” Backto-bock league ties in 1955-56 and 1956-57 were jst ‘eword fora Unted team that swept oll before ther. They also reached the F Cup final in consecutive seasons In 1957, they ‘4sappoitngy lost 2-10 Aston Via though the sore dosent ARSENAL OUTCUNNED ee ee ete ete Rieter ee ee ont eee rents eee gain. On1 February 1958, they rove to Highbury fr what [oie eee tre meetr tiene overeat everyone eee een tae perreenrwe trans nt mre np ree ee eee ere ere ea ete toners ee tanto eee eee ee eee TI Pore ate peeled rene eh weer tation eee eer Sree eer ere ee ere eer Reet et eee a ey begin toe the tr game, song challenge rom Vile oy Wood led theater ing car ‘moteh wit en men - ond with J ing year, having ously suv alban and Fuh - bath in replays - Uni nthe ina Bot side that boosted \yoFew minutes nt the ter McPrlnd on goalleeper the day before cimost the veri goal The succumbed ‘Ofcourse the bigger story sinstene that they enter the European Cup. It seems cic to magine now, butte Footbal 3.8 were vey mich opin the competition ond even ried Yo hat United become the fst English eb to toke every and were above some serious rip in king rmiting plenty themselves reneverthehome tem were ike they might bear rut the flowing yer. With Madrid ging on othe trophy vi 0 comfertab for that United were not that for oft United into Europe, cand tubo, Europeonchalenge. ge nd Re Str Bel Below ily een Sae cenimpromty of that United ng home he ‘etur glsing 4-0. The tere eversin Munich ul conather decade before finaly trop tha Busby wes sinister they poy fr a UES ~ — a ~ 5 Ped I; 6 February 1958was the day.a team died, os the Busby Babes were wiped out in one of Hi Renae ee mene i - ace ~ < ~ = : a eee ee te Uuropeing image shows Manchester United ning up before the str ofthe Exxopean Cup quate-na secand-eg match versus Red Star Belden the Yugosivoncoptl A3-3 dow ensured that hey progressed to. ser-fnal against AC Mion on ‘pening bite gave United a 3-0 led after barely half hour's play, ond elthough Red Star fought back, they could find the fourth goo thot wou hove forced onather game (there wes no“away goals re in those dae Hours ater, ve ofthe United pleers who'd fectued inthe match were dead. So were teammates Davi Pegg ily Whelan and Geof Bent Jacke Blehower ond Jonny Bey woul survive but reve played football agin, Dennis Vol, Kenn Morgans ond Ray ‘Wood were never as good again. As Morgans wastotall The Daly Maton the Soth aniversary of the cash," sayed fr two more years but {wasnt ely interested. missed the boys 0 much ust ‘ant seem tocar The Murich ai-dzaster woe jst a foctbaling raged: twos © man one. An avidabe cosh wos eriginaly put down to plot ‘eo, but captain Jes Tain was late exonerated andthe cosh cxcived tothe amount of susty ce onthe runway wich prevented the aeroplane generating suficient peed for sole take-off The lane hod stopped the Munch-Rem Aiport for fueling on the way boc rom Blgrode, where the weother conn ha been good. In Munch they were much more hotordous én should have led tothe postponement of the fight home. Indeed, Duncan Edwords hed sent ‘telegram tohislondody wth words to that tect. ‘tthe English Football League had never been entitle ‘supporters of Mtt Busby determination to ener the European Cup, ‘ond they were’ prepored to make ony Fiture concessions othe English champions. With that concem asthe borkop, and odes te proveto League Secretary Alan Hardoker that they could compete in Europe without comprising their rapialyimproving) form ot home, the decson was token to try to get home. It wos ftefl one ‘Ae the Aiepaed Ambassador Bish European Airways fight 609 tempted toke-of, captain Tain ond co-plt Kenneth Rayment ‘eae they were going to getup into theo The dcroft careered ‘through the por petimeter fence andhit@ hous fortunctly nore ‘ofthe occupants were hurt) which burt int flames A section ofthe Steen plone then stuck wooden hu housing ruck ile wth ‘hel which promptly exploded \ihen ou see pictures ofthe wreckage onthe runway, what sts yous’ tet so many peopl ded t's that oy survived. The rear section ofthe plone had sheored off ondbits of atcroh were ‘strewn some distance avy (Morgans wos not discovered unt ‘everl hours fer the cash. numberof the suvhors were ether two shocked to help too badly inured todo so Blanchiower, or ‘example, hod one of his arms amor everedin the accident and wos ‘20 pied in lace by his deed coptin, Roger Bye. However, there were also some string tries of heroism. Cail i phatogropher Peter Howard helped Albert Scanlon and Roy Wood, who were ‘ropped by ders, ond journalist Frank Tylor whose le crm ond ‘ght eg were badly broken, os were is colarbone and rine of his 20TTe Story of Mon Ute FourFourTwo.com ‘bs. Thain mecnshile, had armed himzlf with re extinguishers ond ‘aie tling everyone who wos mobile to get lear o the plane wos rushing to get the Fires under conto n particular the ane round the starboord engine tht was treaening to blow up. ‘And then there wos Hoty Gogg The story of ho Gogg went bcktime ond te again into the seiderng ris ofthe pane to find ond fe his teormates hos passedint legend Itis encopsultedin his rescue of er ik the peegnont wie ofthe ‘ugoslaan air altace to London, ander bay. Greg also dragged Charon and Viet to sofety and st with a pinned Busby unt he ‘ould be feed. For mary years aerwards Gregg sured fom ‘survior'gultond couldnt bert face the widows and famiy of hs deod teammates It wasn't unt the 4oth anniversary ofthe crash, ‘ring a meme ot Manchester Cathedral tha he met Joy Byne, ‘ow of Roger, who asked hin, “Harty Gregg, why have you been torturing yourself for 40 years?” ‘Gregg elings were understandable. At one pont he, Murphy ‘and il Foulkes walked around the Reets der za osptl in “Munich whe Cie Surgeon Georg Maurer gave them anossessment ‘ofeach mons chances of survival Johnny Bey, who hod foctred skull ona broke ow, elbow, plus and leg, wos deemed nlkely tw pulltveugh but head ater spending two months inhosptl uring which time he was not informed which of is teammates had ‘ded. doctors fet the shock would be too much ors heath, “GREGG DRAGGED CHARLTON AND VIQLLET 10 SAFETY AND GAT WITH A PINNED BUSBY UNTIL HE COULD BE FREED” Forte Soth aniversary of he Munich lt doster Gregg etumed tothescene ofthe cash for ]@ BBC TV documentary. The Munich Rem Airport wos the city’s international porta thot time, bu today thot reins ae the main terminal bldg on the contro tower, \whichae protected monuments There Gregg met Zoran ule, on of Vr, wth wham she was pregnant the tine. It brought regg ful ce and perhops provided the goalkeeper — who aways wanted tobe remembered fori football ther than his herism 2 ‘measure f closure ond peace The igtin those dries after the cosh wos Jy Murphy. Murphy had traveled to Begyode withthe team because he doubled os manager of Wes ond they hod crcl Worl Cp qualifier ogons isroal Car Wes victory saw them qual, ond amid the celebations Murphy etuned to Oi aor, where Busby/s crear tod im ofthe cree, “She a many peop had been ie fetucing] some a the players. wen intomy ofce ond stated t cry But even while he mauimed, Murphy wae the one who kept the fle ave, who insisted that the Cub would ge ogin, and who gotthem tough the matches thet flowed the matches no fone wanted t play. Bushy, who wosso bdly injured that he wos given the las ites on two separate occasions, urged Murphy to keep the flag fying Gregg sed to cy thatthe greatness ofthe Busby Babes era wes founded onthe portnership. nthe immediate aftermath ofthe cosh there wos so much for Murphy todo, he barely hod time to gree. Not only wos Busby na bad way, but coach Bert Whale and trainer Tom Cry had oo been kil. Murphy sid he was in “metal tur through sheer sorrow 0 fl competey on my oun.” murphy ese to pone, however, and gadaly assessed his options, ringing England international mie Tylor for lockpok ‘nd the tough acing hall back Stn Crowther rom Aston Vile United swept int the fal ofthe FACup.ona wove of mation, beating Shefild Wednesday, West Bromwich Abion and Fulham, before runing out of stom nthe final. There, ol fesBoton Wanderers, beating fe international payers incuding the grect Nt Lothouse, were to strong, winning 20 While stil hospital Susby wos asked how ong t woul Yoke to rebuld Unted and he repledfv yor. 9 1963, they won the FA Cup andtwo years later they wo the league. Busy’ estimated. timeframe was uncannily occurte, but nthe ntevring yeas the cluded acquied two geniuses and several more top plyers Denis tawhod made his nameat Manchester hy before a tig-money mee to Torin in 196 lain fotbol neve suited the ‘Scotsmon, however, nd inthe sure of 1962 be etrned to Manehester~ond his previous lodgings and lead end become The King. Hs ightring refieres and determination to sore ot ‘leoss brought Law 237 gol rom just 40k appearances ona the place inthe alltime ist of United goalscorers. He would bovehed ‘more bt for is rqulr nurs, whch come obout i pare ue toh desire to getnte dangerous oeas. Law tive on being ena fee hand tobe creative. “We avays fet hott he oposton scored one, we could score twa they score two, we could ge thee. I drt boys workout thot wey, but that os the feeling, ond it wes ll very special forme." "Tthink Ve found you egerius."So soda telegrmto the club ‘Yom Chit Scout 0 Bishop on Seeing a 15-yer-ldNorthem sh paying fr Cregogh Boy’ Club in Blfst. George Bast os 0 ‘maverick and never esy to manage, much ess contol, but he wos Undeiabyofeotbling genius. usby sod of him, "George Best was gted wth more individual bit than ary other layer Love seen” while the lot, ect Graham Taylor added, "What George dd ‘was to show tha tacts and formations ore forthe malo of us, lhe the genius plays the game na way that simply beyond mere moras Together with Bobby Chaton Low and Best formed atumniate cof alia great who would it United back to the very pinnacle of the spor. FourFourlwo.com The Sioryof Man Ute 21 el = aT aus Ten years after the Munich air disaster, Sir Matt Busby guided his side to Victory in the European Cup final on an emotional night at Wembley cee nahumid May night ot Wembiey when the fra whistle blew to confirm Manchester United a the first Engh sie to win te European Cup thank too 41 victory over Benfica ater etre time the ret. thought oftheir exhausted players was to share the ‘moment with thir emtonal manager Mat Buby. By the time mary of them got to him he wes: ciready suroundedby a gaggle of photographers and jublot fans who had got onthe itch, but they \etied ther way through the crowd to eoch hug him, “This wos unquestionably the pinnacle of his football if," his captin en tht right Si Bobby Corton has recalled, for dayshe had been reminded ofthe meaning of he game, the legocy of Munich and how hie bay had den pst of thi trophy. So many people belived this ight was for him and about hi, soit was atu everyone wanted to touch him ot the end ofthe game” ‘lowing George Best, who ed scored United's crucal second sgoaln the ro os tightly embraced hs manager. "Icon stl see Matt’ foce tthe end ait were yesterdy," Bes sok beforehis| death in 2005.*He wasn't cing, that camelater, but he leaked as if he should have had hala oer him He had one of those foes that lights up, the te pictures you se f saints... hod achieved. something which had almost cost him his ie." ’s is celebrating players later went on aap of honour eldng the European Cup, he football coespondent ofthe Manchester {Guardin Ere Todd speculted Busby would look tothe heavens seeking the approval of what he called “te spirits of Murch” "The moment Bobby took te cup I cleansed me" sid Busby. "t ose my pain ofthe gut of going into Exxope. It wos my justcation [eas] the rents ight of my if, the atiment of my dearest with tobecome the Fist English side to wn the European up. tm proud ofthe team, proud fo by Charon ana Bly Foulkes who have traveled thelong eod with me Busby journey od begun in the summer of 1956 wit is decison to toe hs young si, then the champion of England, nto the European Cup forthe fit time, Less than te yes later 23 oop, neudng eight of his players, would die in plane cosh ono Snow-

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