SIR ALEXANDER MATTHEW BUSBY

Coached the English club Manchester United.

Before World War II, Matt Busby, who was born in the town Orbiston county of Lancashire, was playing at Manchester City and Liverpool, spent several caps for Scotland in place wingers. Even as a player, he showed a propensity for coaching and immediately after the war, Busby was offered a position assistant coach at Liverpool. However, thirty-six, Matt chose to lead the distress club Manchester United as a head coach. It happened in February 1945.

In previous decades this club has lacked the stars from the sky. Champion of England was only twice, and last time in 1911. Only once won the FA Cup - in 1909. The war has brought Manchester United a huge toll: the stadium at Old Trafford was almost completely destroyed by bombing, the players had to play on someone else's Stadium Maine Road. " Club ticket office was empty, but the club hung on the debt of 15 thousand pounds - at the time a very large sum. Sleeves rolled up, Matt Busby went to work.

Perhaps the most important quality this person was the ability to understand people and to rally around him those whom he fully trusted. The first discovery was the Welshman Busby, Jim Murphy, former footballer, who became an assistant coach for Manchester United and his right hand. However, Busby was able to seek and obtain carrying out its orders. Outwardly it may seem harsh, even rude person, but at the same time has always been for his players - those whom have seen like-minded people dedicated to the club - a caring guardian.

In Manchester United were good players - defenders John Carey, John Aston, Allenby Chilton, forwards, Stan Pearson, Charles Mitton, Jack Rowley. However, the club obviously needed to strengthen team work and testing.

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Busby demanded from the players strong and selfless play in their places, teamwork lines of defense, midfield and attack and mutual insurance. No special tactical innovations, he did not invent, the team played in a classic case "double-ve, but Busby was able to make the most out of each player and experimented except by trying them in different positions until you achieve the best results.

However, most Busby took care to strengthen the line of attack, ensuring the fastest possible transfer of the ball in someone else's penalty area. The importance he attached to and the fact that the team showed a bright, beautiful football, enthralling the audience. On this side of the Great Game, he once spoke thus: "When the play first-class teams - football magnificent sight. I love its drama, polished skill game, its well-oiled rhythm with the added flavor of contrasting styles. His great games, for me, anyway, with nothing comparable in the world of sport. I feel a sense of romance, wonder and mystery, beauty and poetry. "

Painstaking work of Matt Busby to the formation of the command ostroatakuyuschey game pretty quickly coming to fruition. In 1947 Manchester United became the vice-champion, conceded Liverpool. In the next two seasons, he again found himself second, and in 1948 won the FA Cup, winning the final in Blackpool "- 4:2. Advances have allowed to recover the stadium at Old Trafford, to pay off debts and even get a handsome profit.

But Matt Busby looked far into the future, which reorganized the club youth football school and has established an extensive breeding work. Scouts Manchester United traveled all over England in search of young football talent. The results were brilliant - in 1952, Manchester United became the champion, and by mid-1950's Busby managed to create a truly great club, collecting a brilliant ensemble superbly played by young players.

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Among them were Bobby Charlton, Eddie Colman, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and the young, feeding special hopes striker Duncan Edwards. Soon a young team, "Manchester United have not otherwise known as" Busby's boys "This young team with a strong line of attack recklessly, cheeky and fun to burst into the elite of English football, and it seemed to her no rival, not terrible. In 1956 and 1957, Manchester United twice in a row was the champion of England. In 1957, he could win the FA Cup, but unexpectedly lost in the finals Aston Villa - 1:2.

In 1957, "Manchester" as boldly broke and in the European Champions Cup, reaching the semifinals, where nevertheless gave great Real Madrid, who in those years won the Cup five times in a row. But in 1958 Manchester United again reached the semifinal of the Champions Cup, winning on aggregate Belgrade "Crvena Zvezda".

February 6, 1958, when the club returned to England, from Belgrade after the game with "Crvena Zvezda", tragedy struck. The aircraft, which flew the players, making a stop in Munich for refueling after takeoff crashed to the ground. In the crash killed 28 passengers, among them 8 "Busby boys, including the pitcher, and great hopes Duncan Edwards, 3 and 8, the head of the club of journalists who accompanied the team to the game. One of the journalists was the famous Frank Swift, the former England goalkeeper and club Manchester City.

The rest of the players were destined to survive, the very same Matt Busby was seriously injured, underwent several operations and a long time recovering. After the tragedy, he has long feared to fly on an airplane for the first time decided to take off, but pretty loaded before the flight of alcohol.

At the whim of fate, the plane was not an assistant Busby Jim Murphy, who also was coach of Wales, and just in those days worked with the Welsh team.

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He led Manchester United, while Busby had been treated. Bloodless team was able nonetheless to reach the FA Cup final but lost to Bolton Wanderers FC - 02.

A few years after Manchester United remained average. But Matt Busby once again, carefully, gradually, created a great team of bright new talents. Already in the early 1960's in the club there were such stars as Denis Law and George Best, and next to them brilliantly acted "veteran" of the club Bobby Charlton.

"Manchester" reborn, again showing an effective offensive game. In 1963 the club won the FA Cup in 1965 and 1967, became the champion of the country. The supreme achievement of the same coaching Matt Busby was winning the European Cup in 1968.

The following season, Matt Busby announced that completing his coaching career, which he gave in 1924. He became general manager of Manchester United, however, in the season 1970-1971 was again led the club as a coach, but then totally and completely focused on administrative work. In 1982 he was elected president of the club Manchester United.

England appreciated the great achievements of Matt Busby at the coaching position on merit. Back in 1967 he was made an honorary citizen of Manchester, and after winning the European Cup Queen Elizabeth II created him a knighthood. In 1983 in his honor was named one of the streets of Manchester. Sir Matt Busby died in January 1994, two years before entering the stadium at Old Trafford there was a bronze statue of him.