I came to be in Economy is shown 1960, less than two years after the air disaster at Munich. The tales who lost their lives that day should have been the first team I supported. I will have viewed Tommy Taylor and Duncan Edwards in their prime, but like millions of others, I was robbed of these benefit when the planes carrying the team crashed into the slippery ground at the end of the runway aMunich Airpot in 1958. This is the true story about my relationship with Manchester U . s .. My story obviously begins in the early sixties, when i begun to play, watch and love football, but before I can tell it, سرمایه گذاری مدیریت ثروت LFC I must share a few facts and a little history.
Manchester U . s . is the biggest soccer team in the world. In fact, they are by far the biggest sports franchise in the world. It’s major advantages, like the ability to sell merchandise all over the world, but it also has disadvantages like losing its identity as a local team. I know will take the wealth, as long as it continues to be committed to the team, but there is an air of sadness when half the decorations at Old Trafford don’t speak properly.
U . s . have been winners of Europe three times and have won the Premiership ten times, more than anybody else by a country kilometer. They have also won more FA Glasses than any other team and are the only English team to be crowned Winners of the world, and they have achieved this honor twice. U . s . have the biggest club arena in The british isles, holding more than 76, 000 and this is excessively small for most games. I’ve been disappointed so many occasions when I’ve failed to get a ticket to a big game. Applications are usually over-subscribed and the ballot generally seems to skip my membership number with obvious occasionally. Old Trafford would easily fill 100, 000 if there was a sensible way of growing the arena.
The current team comprises millionaire superstars but it’s not necessarily been the case. In fact, they have not necessarily been called Manchester U . s .. Surprisingly, they have not necessarily played in the famous red t-shirts either; their first kit was green and gold, reflecting the colours of the industrial company where it all began in a suburb of Manchester. In the nineteenth century, Manchester was the heart rhythm of The united kingdom. The industrial wave came to be in Manchester and it was the most productive industrial city in the world. Manchester was also the birthplace of the railway.
In 1878, a small grouping of football crazy railway workers created their own soccer team. These were called, Newton Heath D. Ymca. Ur. (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway). Newton Heath was refused entry into the Football Little league on several occasions and because of the failure to fight the wealthy teams of the day, they struggled financially. Like so many twists and turns in the U . s . legend, this adversity led to opportunity and the birth of success. Club Captain Henry Stafford took his Saint Bernard dog to a fund raising event for the ailing club. Case itself barely broke even, and worst still, the dog went missing. A few days later the dog was discovered at the home of local brewer and wealthy entrepreneur, Henry Davies. When Davies, a rugby and bowls fan, met with Henry Stafford, he was interested by the clubs story and bought them, injecting much needed cash. Like many a vacationer on his last legs, Newton Heath had been saved by a Saint Bernard dog.
Henry Davies also moved the club to a new ground at Bank Street in Clayton. This became three miles away from the railway works at Newton Heath and closer to Manchester city hub. He decided to change the name of the club and after much soul searching the names of Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic were both declined (thankfully) and Manchester U . s . came to be in 1902. Within two months U . s . were promoted to the First Division (the premier little league of its day) and in 1908, U . s . won its first little league title, now playing in the famous red t-shirts.
U . s . were also dancing off the pitch as well. In 1910, they moved from their old Bank Street Arena to a new purpose built ground at Old Trafford. It was just in the chip of time. Two days after moving to Old Trafford, strong years blew down the main wooden stand at Bank Street. Even in the early days, the fortunes of Manchester U . s . would have made an Oscar winning The movies screenplay.
When Old Trafford was opened on February 19th 1910 it was termed the best football arena in the world. (It is remarkable how a century later it is still regarded as one of the best football stadiums in the world. ) The cost of the 1910 version seems modest today but it was a lot of money of 60, 000 pounds at the time, with a capacity of 80, 000.
During the Second World War, the Luftwaffe added their bit of history to the legend by bombing the bottom. It was 1949 before it re-opened; looking exactly the same as it had before the bombing. In 1950, a roof was added to the famous Stretford End which packed in 20, 000 fanatical U . s . proponents. When floodlights were installed in the late fifties, Bobby Charlton remembered that thousands of fans were congregated beyond the ground before the season had started. They just wanted to participate the story and experience the floodlights for the first time. U . s . has always had that type of support.
The team’s fortunes were along throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s, mainly down. In 1930 they made their worst ever start to a season, losing their first twelve games, and we thought the 1970’s were dreary! It was in 1945 that Shiny Busby joined U . s ., having declined Liverpool. Shiny was still at the helm of the club twenty-five years later.
Busby’s impact was immediate, leading the team to second place in four out of five years before eventually winning the champion for the third time in the clubs history in 1952. This became the end of one era and the start of the most legendary period in the history of sport, the birth of the famous Busby Babes. The Babes redefined football, winning successive titles in 1956 and 1957.
Most of the Busby Babes had graduated through the ranks, beginning with the youth team. Shiny decided that although these were incredibly young, he could not leave them out of the first team. The average age of the team that won the champion in 1956 was just 23. The following year, they won it again with a teenager called Bobby Charlton now in the team. The team had eleven stars but the two stand outs were Duncan Edwards and Tommy Taylor, most likely the best two players in the world at that time. Tommy was signed from Barnsley and have scored an amazing 131 goals in just 191 games. Duncan is still revered by those lucky to see him play as the greatest player of all time.
In 1958, U . s . were chasing after their third title in a line and at the beginning of February went to System, winning 5-4 in what has since been termed the greatest game ever. Of course, it was completely overshadowed in what happened just a few days later. Having triumphantly bumped out Red Star Belgrade on their way to the Western european Cup partially final; disaster minted. After refueling at Munich airport, the aircraft crashed only after 3 o’clock on February sixth. Twenty one people died, including seven players, David Pegg, Liam Whelan, Eddie Colman, Roger Byrne, Geoff Curved, Tommy Taylor and Mark Jones. Fifteen days later, the great Duncan Edwards joined them in heaven, dying from his wounds. The Busby Babes were cut down before they’d even reached their prime. I still cry when i watch the Pathé News report of the day. The best way I can think to describe the feelings of the nation came by way of an unknown poetry, ‘The Flowers of Manchester’ first published in people journal ‘Sing’ and later caused by publisher Eric Winter after his death. There is an amazing a cappella song version by Mick Groves of the Spinners people group. Mick, a fellow Salford lad, claims his proudest ever moment was when he sang it softly to Shiny Busby and Louis Edwards (then chairman of United). Mick’s song can be found easily on the internet and if you haven’t heard it, make sure you have a box of tissue handy. Here are those amazing words.