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From The Stars Revisited: Sir Matt Busby and the Decline of Manchester United 1968-74

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On Sunday 12th May 2013, Sir Alex Ferguson addressed the crowd after his last match in charge at Old Trafford and demanded they stand by their next manager. What followed was years of underachieving and chaos, it was as if a gypsy curse had struck the club that is still to be lifted. Yet this wasn’t the first time a long-serving United boss had bequeathed the club a crown of thorns…

On 29th May 1968 Manchester United won the European Cup, yet less than six years later they were relegated from Division One and Sir Matt Busby was at once the hero and villain of the piece. How could a man regarded as "Mr Manchester United" preside over such a sharp decline, the break-up of a footballing Camelot?

This is a tale of a football family torn apart by greed, jealousy, conceit and complacency. The 1968 triumph was illusory, a gift from the Gods perhaps. Could it be that Manchester United had, in fact, never stopped falling since the Munich air disaster of 1958?

John Ludden tells the story of United’s first decline in a dramatised manner as Sir Matt Busby struggles to come to terms with succession planning, player revolts and clueless owners…

Language: English

Pages: 297

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: March 17, 2024

From The Stars Revisited: Sir Matt Busby and the Decline of Manchester United 1968-74

0/5 ( ratings)

On Sunday 12th May 2013, Sir Alex Ferguson addressed the crowd after his last match in charge at Old Trafford and demanded they stand by their next manager. What followed was years of underachieving and chaos, it was as if a gypsy curse had struck the club that is still to be lifted. Yet this wasn’t the first time a long-serving United boss had bequeathed the club a crown of thorns…

On 29th May 1968 Manchester United won the European Cup, yet less than six years later they were relegated from Division One and Sir Matt Busby was at once the hero and villain of the piece. How could a man regarded as "Mr Manchester United" preside over such a sharp decline, the break-up of a footballing Camelot?

This is a tale of a football family torn apart by greed, jealousy, conceit and complacency. The 1968 triumph was illusory, a gift from the Gods perhaps. Could it be that Manchester United had, in fact, never stopped falling since the Munich air disaster of 1958?

John Ludden tells the story of United’s first decline in a dramatised manner as Sir Matt Busby struggles to come to terms with succession planning, player revolts and clueless owners…

Language: English

Pages: 297

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: March 17, 2024

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