Tag Archives: Matt Busby
Old Trafford
Old Trafford, Manchester is one of the most impressive football stadiums worldwide and is home to Manchester United. There’s been a long arduous history over Old Trafford and here, we are going to look at the beginning of a new stadium, the destruction which followed, the rebuild and of course what stands proud today on [...]
Full StorySir Alex Vs. Sir Matt
As a United fan, I consider myself quite lucky that two of the greatest managers to ever grace the game have done so at our great club. It’s fair to say our trophy cabinet would look decidedly bare in comparison to what it is now if we hadn’t had these two legends running the show. [...]
Full Story1958 : Munich Air disaster kills United Players
The events of that black day of Thursday 6th February 1958 even now are no easier to absorb. The cruelty and enormity of the tragedy on that fatal day is hard to believe , it was 3pm, the BEA Elizabethan airliner had already tried to take off twice on the main runway at Munich airport [...]
Full StoryThe European trail 1957/58
The autumn of 1957 was a carefree, buoyant time for Manchester United fans. They had watched as the team had made a decent start to the season and also as they had brushed aside the Shamrock Rovers club from Dublin, in the first round of the European Cup. After being League Champions for the previous [...]
Full StoryEnd of the Dream – Real Madrid April 1957
After the euphoria of the victory against Bilbao on that never to be forgotten evening of 6th February, 1957, the fans had to wait until the 11th April for the 1st leg of the European Cup semi-final. United also had to wait to find out who they would be playing as joining them in the [...]
Full StoryThe greatest game I have ever seen
It was quite late on Thursday January 17, 1957, when the silver Elizabethan aircraft lifted out of Bilbao’s small municipal airport, and into the dim, grey, wet and cloudy, Spanish afternoon. The United players had spent the previous four hours or so helping to free the aircraft of ice and snow, and now they just [...]
Full StoryThe European Trail – January 1957 – 1st Leg
After the hard fought battle with Borrussia Dortmund towards the end of November 1956, Manchester United had to wait another eight weeks before they would face European opposition again in the European Cup. They had been paired with Athletico Bilbao in the forthcoming quarter final tie, and the matches were to be played in Bilbao [...]
Full StoryThe European Trail – October 1956
The City of Manchester, and also the rest of the country, started to feel for the very first time, “European Football Fever” in October of 1956, following the emphatic demolition of Belgian Champions Anderlecht by United in their very first tie in this new European Cup competition. Significantly, the 10-0 winning margin, and the display [...]
Full StoryThe European Trail – September 1956
History was made on the evening of September 12, 1956 – when thanks to the vision of United manager Matt Busby, the club became the first English club to compete in European competition. In truth, if Busby had wanted to test his beloved “Babes” in competition against the cream of Europe’s best football teams, the [...]
Full StoryEaster 1957 – The Babes Last Title
Good Friday fell on April 19th in 1957 – 50 years ago . I have some very strong and fond memories of that day and the weekend that followed. Being brought up in a strong Catholic environment, Good Friday was a “Holy Day” and in our family, was normally observed in just such a way. [...]
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