Sir Matt Busby

Inspired by http://www.utdforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117050

And in the week where Sir Matt would have been 100 years old, thought it would be nice to have a few pics:

fantastic...cheers for those


we will win it for Sir Matt just like we did in 68, 99 and last year

we always win it for Sir Matt

what a man

I met him once & he was a really nice bloke

Originally Posted by Sam the Sanitary Man

I met him once & he was a really nice bloke

met him when i was ten and then again about 20 years later,and he still remembered our first meeting,great man,

^ Top Red

Originally Posted by M-13

what was this for?

was he known as a hard style manager?

Like Fergie, ruling by fear when he had to etc?

Originally Posted by Pop

Anyone know the story behind this pic?

Seen a great pic the other day from 1972 when Busby was made Knight Commander of St. Gregory by the Pope.

Originally Posted by Fat Al

Anyone know the story behind this pic?

i think its the league cup final 1983

designed to quell the bad feeling between the two sets of supporters

worked a treat

Originally Posted by Stickman

was he known as a hard style manager?

Like Fergie, ruling by fear when he had to etc?

Asked my dad this and he said he was ruthless, didn't show it in public though.

Reading Dunphy's biography at the moment, A Strange Kind of Glory.

It's a good book and tells us as much about the state of the game in England between 1930-1960 as it does about Sir Matt himself.

He could be ruthless when needed, like putting the lawman on the transfer list...

He reminds me of my grandad and i just want to cuddle him.

Originally Posted by Brock

Reading Dunphy's biography at the moment, A Strange Kind of Glory.

It's a good book and tells us as much about the state of the game in England between 1930-1960 as it does about Sir Matt himself.

He could be ruthless when needed, like putting the lawman on the transfer list...

its a very good book and it pulls no punches. he was very ruthless when necessary, vain on occasion, indulged in favoritism and in the case of wilf was pretty spineless.