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This is a thread for you to bring out certain incidents, facts and stories about our club through the years and any of its personalities which one might not be aware of.
I'll start off.
This one's about Herbert Bamlett.
During his time as a referee, he was appointed to take charge of the our FA Cup quarter-final match against Burnley in 1908/09 season. The match was played at Burnley's Turf Moor ground where the weather conditions were horrible, with snow falling heavily. With only eighteen minutes to go and Burnley winning 1-0, Bamlett called it a day and abandoned the match. A replay was organised which United went on to win 3-2!
We went on to beat Newcastle United in the semi-final and Bristol City in the final at Crystal Palace to take home the Cup.
Bamlett,meanwhile, went on to manage United in the late 1920s.
With relation to Sir Matt, in addition to managing United he also guided the British Olympic football team to a semi-final place in the 1948 Olympics and was Manager of Scotland in 1958, giving an eighteen year old by the name of Denis Law his first cap.
Jimmy Murphy,who was Sir Matt's first signing at the club who went to serve us faithfully as assistant manager till 1971,had missed the tragedy at Munich because of his commitments as manager of the Welsh national side.
Then,he heroically guided his patched up team to an emotionally charged Wembley Cup Final against Bolton Wanderers,losing 2-0.
This might be well-known to some of you,nevertheless,
In 2000,Ferguson announced he would retire at the end of the 2002 season and could have had a dream ending to his career in his home city of Glasgow with the Champions League title but Leverkusen had other ideas.We finished trophyless that year and many believe,it was this set-back that made Ferguson postpone his retirement,he then signed a new three-year deal, and the Scot appointed former Portugal and South Africa coach Carlos Queiroz as his new assistant at Old Trafford. He also smashed the British transfer record to land defender Rio Ferdinand from Leeds for the 2002/03 season.
Finally, its worth pointing out that Steve Bruce also shares the same birthdate as Sir Alex on New Year's Eve.
I'll start off.
This one's about Herbert Bamlett.
During his time as a referee, he was appointed to take charge of the our FA Cup quarter-final match against Burnley in 1908/09 season. The match was played at Burnley's Turf Moor ground where the weather conditions were horrible, with snow falling heavily. With only eighteen minutes to go and Burnley winning 1-0, Bamlett called it a day and abandoned the match. A replay was organised which United went on to win 3-2!
We went on to beat Newcastle United in the semi-final and Bristol City in the final at Crystal Palace to take home the Cup.
Bamlett,meanwhile, went on to manage United in the late 1920s.
With relation to Sir Matt, in addition to managing United he also guided the British Olympic football team to a semi-final place in the 1948 Olympics and was Manager of Scotland in 1958, giving an eighteen year old by the name of Denis Law his first cap.
Jimmy Murphy,who was Sir Matt's first signing at the club who went to serve us faithfully as assistant manager till 1971,had missed the tragedy at Munich because of his commitments as manager of the Welsh national side.
Then,he heroically guided his patched up team to an emotionally charged Wembley Cup Final against Bolton Wanderers,losing 2-0.
This might be well-known to some of you,nevertheless,
In 2000,Ferguson announced he would retire at the end of the 2002 season and could have had a dream ending to his career in his home city of Glasgow with the Champions League title but Leverkusen had other ideas.We finished trophyless that year and many believe,it was this set-back that made Ferguson postpone his retirement,he then signed a new three-year deal, and the Scot appointed former Portugal and South Africa coach Carlos Queiroz as his new assistant at Old Trafford. He also smashed the British transfer record to land defender Rio Ferdinand from Leeds for the 2002/03 season.
Finally, its worth pointing out that Steve Bruce also shares the same birthdate as Sir Alex on New Year's Eve.
