The Ultimate Football Legend Series: Manchester United - The Busby Years: The man that built the club that defined a generation.

There have been books written and films made about the Matt Busby era at Manchester United. But if anyone tried to write a piece of fiction based on the events of those 26 years, they would be accused of stretching the bounds of credibility. This is a tale that nobody in Hollywood could ever have conceived. A tale of untold horror and eventual triumph, with a cast featuring some of the greatest footballers of all time and possibly its greatest manager. It is a tale that begins in the aftermath of the Second World War, as new manager Matt Busby surveyed the scene of a bombed out Old Trafford. It goes through the 1950s as he built a team of potential world-beaters only to see his team destroyed in the Munich air disaster of 1958; before rebuilding, as he said he would, and winning the European Cup ten years later. In this publication are words by legendary Manchester United writer David Meek, who knew Busby and his players well; Andy Mitten, one of the most knowledgeable of all United writers working today, and the hugely-respected World Soccer editor Gavin Hamilton. Their writing is supplemented by archive material taken from World Soccer during Busby’s reign. This is an unbelievable story, yet it happened.