The Busby Babes

The Busby Babes
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Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 1845964411
ISBN-13 : 9781845964412
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Busby Babes by : Max Arthur

The Busby Babes

The Busby Babes
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1910692573
ISBN-13 : 9781910692578
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Busby Babes by : Richard Skinner

The Busby Babes is a tale of spirit, courage and the eternal bonds of friendship. It is about a group of men whose passion for football led them to unparalleled success and unprecedented glory. But it also cost many of them their lives. Matt Busby, the patriarchal Manager of Manchester United, revolutionised English football by bending the rules and pushing the limits. At Manchester United, he created a team of boy wonders, the Busby Babes, a group of players who became the game's first superstars, heroes to millions of people. But, just as they were on the verge of world acclaim, disaster struck... Richard Skinner's authoritative account tells the story of their astonishing achievements to a new generation of adoring football fans. Researched extensively and exhaustively, the book reconstructs in detail the drama of their journey from schoolboys to junior team players, from becoming League Champions to their glorious efforts in Europe. Supported by Harry Gregg and Albert Scanlon's moving testimony, the book provides a more complete picture of the Busby Babes than ever before. This is their definitive story.

The Men Who Were the Busby Babes

The Men Who Were the Busby Babes
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Publisher : DB
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 1780911580
ISBN-13 : 9781780911588
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Men Who Were the Busby Babes by : Tom Clare

This book tells the story of 18 players plus Assistant Manager, Jimmy Murphy, who made up the main squad of the famous Busby Babes. There is still as much an aura about them now as there was before the tragedy of Munich. The Busby Babes. What a great name

Roger Byrne

Roger Byrne
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Total Pages : 175
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ISBN-10 : 1901746143
ISBN-13 : 9781901746143
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Roger Byrne by : Iain McCartney

Manchester United have enjoyed more than their fair share of great players down the years, but none has been more committed to the cause than the subject of this biography, Roger Byrne. Brought up in Gorton, a working-class suburb of Manchester, Byrne was at first a promising wing-half, later even turning out at centre-forward, but he came into his own as a left full-back fir United and England. Indeed so committed was he to his position that he threatened to leave United unless Matt Busby returned him to the position following an experimental period on the left-wing. footballers were woefully underpaid. Indeed, Byrne and his team-mates refused to take part in a BBC film under the working title 'training with the Champions' because the players were not going to paid enough. However despite these clashes with authority, Byrne remained fiercely loyal to his manager, team-mates and the club's growing army of supporters. By 1958 he and Matt Busby had forged a team of great talent and great resource only for the Munich air disaster to take the Babes away. Who knows how good Roger's team could have become if fate had not intervened?

The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich

The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 37
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ISBN-10 : 9780007343546
ISBN-13 : 000734354X
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich by : Jeff Connor

A moving story of how a legendary football team was lost to tragedy – and how this disaster irrevocably altered the lives of the survivors and the bereaved families, and ultimately brought shame on the biggest football club in the world.

The Busby Babes

The Busby Babes
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 78
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ISBN-10 : 9781845968236
ISBN-13 : 1845968239
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis The Busby Babes by : Max Arthur

On 6 February 1958, a plane took off from a snowy Munich airport carrying probably the finest club side the world has ever known. Moments later, the aircraft crashed, killing some of the most legendary names in British football. This book is dedicated to those players - Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor, the mighty Duncan Edwards and the others whose lives were cut off in their prime - and their indomitable manager, Sir Matt Busby. Max Arthur has sought out all the players who survived the crash and spoken to the relatives and friends of those who died. From these interviews, sometimes serious but often humorous, he has captured their remarkable spirit and created a unique portrait of all the Busby Babes.

Duncan Edwards: The Greatest

Duncan Edwards: The Greatest
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780857207814
ISBN-13 : 0857207814
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Duncan Edwards: The Greatest by : James Leighton

One of the greatest players of all time, Duncan Edwards's story is one of tragic heroism. From a working class Dudley upbringing, Edwards rose to great heights at Manchester United. In only five years, he helped United to win two League Championships and to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup. Edwards made his England debut in a game against Scotland at the age of 18 years and 183 days, becoming the youngest player for England since WW2 - a record which stood until Michael Owen's debut over forty years later. He went on to play 18 games for his country, including all four of the qualifying matched for the 1958 World Cup, in which he was expected to be a key player. Sir Bobby Charlton described him as 'the only player that made me feel inferior' and Terry Venables claimed that, had he lived, it would have been Edwards, not Bobby Moore, who would have lifted the World Cup as captain in 1966. Page-turning and poignant, author James Leighton tells a story of a magnificent sportsman and great man - the perfect antidote to the headline-grabbing footballers of today.

The Last Busby Babe

The Last Busby Babe
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Publisher : Pitch Publishing
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 1801500746
ISBN-13 : 9781801500746
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Busby Babe by : SAMMY. BARTON MCILROY (WAYNE.)

Return Of The Busby Babes

Return Of The Busby Babes
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9781471009280
ISBN-13 : 1471009289
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Return Of The Busby Babes by : Des Dillon

A story of "what if"? In darkest Lanarkshire a worse than non-descript football team start turning in some sensational results. The local psychic & a former peripheral Busby Babe from Cardiff know what's happening - but the beer filled, domestically chaotic players have no idea. Leave your reality at the front cover and enjoy this hilarious trek thro' the ghost ridden team's progress through the season.

Forever a Babe

Forever a Babe
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Publisher : Booklocker.Com Incorporated
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 1601457812
ISBN-13 : 9781601457813
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Forever a Babe by : Tom Clare

Forever a Babe is Tom Clare's account of his early life growing up in post war Manchester alongside the emergence of Manchester United's famous young soccer team, the 'Busby Babes'. It is a tale of their triumphs and ultimate tragedy.