a Welsh wizard at the turn of the century
who also found time to help establish the
players' union.
The halfback line of Duckworth, Roberts and Bell were revered for the
way they introduced United's first great era of success with two
Championships and an FA Cup win before the First World War.
So it has continued down the years with
Sir Matt Busby building three great
teams. The likes of Johnny Carey, Stan
Pearson, Jack "Gunner" Rowley, Johnny
Morris and Charlie Mitten brought Busby
his first trophy in 1948 and who knows
what his Babes like Duncan Edwards,
Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Tommy
Taylor and David Pegg would have gone
on to achieve but for the tragedy of the
Munich air crash in 1958. The Swinging Sixties
produced Sir Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and
George Best as well as Nobby Stiles, Pat Crerand,
Bill Foulkes and Alex Stepney as
Manchester United became champions of Europe.
