if so how did you feel when he left the club?
2007-05-12 03:19:37 · 13 answers · asked by manc.lass 4 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
I watched United from 1955 when I was a kid and i saw the great Busby Babes team that got killed at Munich. Busby was a great manager and I was at his last match when he came out onto the pitch. The applause was tremendous. There was a great sense of loss when he went especially as he was replaced by Wilf McGuiness, a former Busby babe who did not meet the great man's standards. After a succession of managers we got Sir Alex who has become the greatest manager of any English club. Sir Matt was much loved and respected at a time when money was not the sole motivator. Most of his signings were local lads from Manchester and Salford with a few Irish and Scots thrown in.
2007-05-12 04:53:18 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of us may be in our sixties, but we're not exactly ancient yet! Only those not yet 40 might have trouble remembering Sir Matt Busby and his time at Old Trafford. The revered Scot will always be acknowledged for the rebuilding, not only of the Manchester United team after the tragic Munich air disaster, but the revamping of Old Trafford itself following severe damage suffered during WW2. I thought the time was right when he finally stepped down, as the game was changing rapidly and Busby was losing touch with the new ways.
2007-05-13 16:41:30 · answer #2 · answered by Wee Shuggy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A gentleman and a great manager. The Busby babes were a joy to behold, what a tragedy they didn,t get to reach their full potential. Those were the days when the game was played as it was meant to be played, hard but fair, not a cheat in sight.
Sorry! I got carried away on a tide of nostalgia, in answer to your question Sir Matt didn,t leave utd, as previously mentioned, he moved on upstairs.
2007-05-12 08:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by osprey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn't really leave the club did he? He just got 'moved upstairs'. I think at the time his squad from the '68 European Cup win was starting to age at the same time and the whole team needed an over-haul - the relegation in '74 (although Busby wasn't manager at the time) was a result of this. I think the board just felt it was time for a new face.
I remember Dalglish bailing out of the Liverpool job when he realised all his team were coming up to retirement age. Souness had to come in and deal with the mess and if affected his reputation as a result. Dalglish seemed to come out of it all unscathed.
2007-05-12 03:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by Tufty Porcupine 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I remember Sir Matt very well although I was quite young. What a great manager he was. The Busby Babes were really something.
2007-05-12 03:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sir Matt Busby was one hell of a manager
Sir Alex aswell
just ashame Brian Clough was such a big head
RIP BRIAN
From The Late Brian Clough Supporters Club in Dortmund Germany
2007-05-12 03:29:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is this the same Matt Busby mentioned in the Beatles song "Dig it" ?
http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Dig_It_Lyrics.html
2007-05-12 03:35:20 · answer #7 · answered by Rockabilly Philip Paul 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I wasn't born when he was the manager of Man United but he has my utmost respect for everything he achieved at the club.
The way he carried on after the Munich crash is an inspiration to us all.
2007-05-12 05:03:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he was a great manager, he had the best Man united team of all time, not a bought team full of foreigners...
2007-05-12 04:04:34 · answer #9 · answered by Rod Stewart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
manc lass, wait a couple of more years when fergie retires... i bet the feeling will be more or less the same...
2007-05-12 03:45:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋