Matt Busby

It’s the book he’s most proud of, published just before Manchester United went mega

Jack Charlton’s assistant also played under Matt Busby for Manchester United

He was always a little out of his time, combining charm, menace and old-fashioned masculinity

1950 Soccer World Cup: USA 1 England 0 - shock victory for team of minnows

As the great Matt Busby wrote, you can win without affection but you will gain nothing

The title was destined for a city haunted by tragedy - Michael Thomas didn’t read the script

He was a chip off the same granite block as Matt Busby, Bill Shankly and Brian Clough

The Dubliner’s acrimonious departure in 1973 left a mark he carried with him

Irishman won the European Cup in 1968 and made over 500 appearances for the club

Eamon Dunphy among those to hone their trade beneath creaking inner-city tenements

Goalkeeper was an incredible embodiment of human spirit in adversity - a hero

Former Manchester United goalkeeper twice returned to the burning fuselage

Academy with an eventful history is about to reach a 4,000th-match milestone against Everton

The broadcaster on his friendship with the footballer, the 'skinny kid' from Belfast

It is a derby, it is United; how could it not have been a night of furious passions and tension?

United had a grim and turbulent procession of managers between Busby and Fergie