I'll admit it, first time I've seen a lot of the Busby Babes on TV (BBC4 with Bobby C)

Originally Posted by The Watcher

The passion with which Harry Greg spoke about the Babes really struck me. Especially towards the end, when talking about the effect of the crash on all the families. Very moving stuff. So too was the look of sheer joy on Sir Bobbys face when watching his old team mates on film. Thought he spoke very eloquently about that great team.

As for Edwards, he must have been some player if Charlton rates him as the best he ever played with!

Loved the colour footage of the Lads playing in '57 too. I wasn’t aware that we’d played in blue before the ’68 final. And the game at Bilbao in 1957. I've read about that game, but never seen any footage. £#%&! me, the conditions they played in looked terrible.

Two very good shows.

Duncan had a great sidekick that complemented him by the name of Eddie 'Snakehips' Coleman. Small and very skillfull and tricky.

Originally Posted by Lone Drinker

I was sent to do the accounts on site at a horrible,shitty textile sweastshop on the edge of the City centre in about '86 or '87.Got in conversation with the book-keeper there who was on what would barely have passed for a minimum wage at that time.Turned out to be Jackie Blanchflower.Cracking bloke he was and we spent a good while talking about football and I don't recall the tiniest resentment of how he was treated which was simply the way things were done in those days in the absence of 'grief counsellors' who spring up everywhere today.

Ashtrays on motorbikes > grief counsellors

Originally Posted by The Watcher

There's some great stuff about Coleman in "Strange Kind Of Glory". If you haven't read, I really would advise getting it. Does a wonderful job of re-creating the pre Munich era Manchester United. Recently been republished.

Also, a picture of the team, post-munich, in Milan before the 1958 European Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg. They look cool as £#%&!

http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?i...4532552qs7.jpg

Cheers, I'll try & get hold of that book.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

There's some great stuff about Coleman in "Strange Kind Of Glory". If you haven't read, I really would advise getting it. Does a wonderful job of re-creating the pre Munich era Manchester United. Recently been republished.

Also, a picture of the team, post-munich, in Milan before the 1958 European Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg. They look cool as £#%&!

http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?i...4532552qs7.jpg

currently half way through it

dunphy can actually write

Originally Posted by Billy Baroo

currently half way through it

dunphy can actually write

Beautifully at times. He writes with a flare I find is missing from most contemporary football books.

Certainly the best book about Manchester United and Sir Matt I've ever read.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Beautifully at times. He writes with a flare I find is missing from most contemporary football books.

Certainly the best book about Manchester United and Sir Matt I've ever read.

have you read the book by the journo who survived the crash

he and busby were the last two left in the hospital, the name escapes me right now

for first hand reporting on the accident and the immediate aftermath it is both excellent and harrowing

Originally Posted by Billy Baroo

have you read the book by the journo who survived the crash

he and busby were the last two left in the hospital, the name escapes me right now

for first hand reporting on the accident and the immediate aftermath it is both excellent and harrowing

Never read that.

Can you remember the name of the journalist who wrote it?

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Never read that.

Can you remember the name of the journalist who wrote it?

found it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Team-Die...24914&s r=8-1

Originally Posted by Billy Baroo

found it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Team-Die...24914&s r=8-1

Cheers

The Bilbao game is interesting, and must have been thrilling; United lost the 1st leg in January away 5-3, and won through 3-0 in Manchester on February the 6th 1957.

I once saw film of ex-United players - Munich survivors - talking about that Bilbao game; about how they'd been bored at the airport in the terrible conditions and had been larking around and helping the aiport workers clear ice and snow off the plane and runway so that they could get home quicker.

Anybody know of this film - ITV I think it was, possibly around the 40th anniversary?

Watched the prgramme last night - it was truly amazing. I bang on about my family knowing the busby babes through Uncle Stan , but it's true. I just wish, in a way, things were different. Let's hope it passes cleanly, and with the respect it deserves

Originally Posted by miss white

Let's hope it passes cleanly, and with the respect it deserves

..I'm not so sure that it will.

I think there's a minutes silence at Wembley tomorrow before the England game, which no doubt will be ruined..
...+ I've got a feeling the City fans will behave like the backward @#%&!s that they are on Sunday.
Really hope I'm wrong.

the Billy Whelan programme was excellent, what a player he was and could have been

the BBC 4 programmes were interesting as well lots of footage I hadn't seen before

BBC 4 last night was moving, especially with Sir Bobby. Also the clips showed great movement and passing. The way Sir Bobby talked about Duncan Edwards seriously makes you think that he could have gone on to the best ever.

Going to be an emotional day tomorrow and Sunday.

I wish I booked to go to Munich now, should of went on my own

Originally Posted by Flowers of Manchester

BBC 4 last night was moving, especially with Sir Bobby. Also the clips showed great movement and passing. The way Sir Bobby talked about Duncan Edwards seriously makes you think that he could have gone on to the best ever.

Going to be an emotional day tomorrow and Sunday.

I wish I booked to go to Munich now, should of went on my own

why?? did you not go to the crash site before?

no mate

Asked a few if they were up for it esp as it was only £30 odd for a day trip, at the time of checking the flight details...but Ste was the only one up for it but its his boy's birthday tomorrow.

we went before one of the Euro ties with Munich, not too sure I could handle being there tomorrow

Just seen it.

Great programme, very very emotional.

If you have the chance to catch it on MUTV tomorrow (as its free it air) you must catch it.

Entire history of how the Busby Babes started, to the crash and the aftermath.