While there was a Manchester United before Sir Matt Busby, it bore no comparison to the Manchester United that now occupies Sir Matt Busby Way. The Reds were “a team with no ground and no money”, as the Scot succinctly put it. Throw in the absence of any tangible success for over three decades prior to Busby’s arrival, and a glance to the present day underlines just how much of his groundwork has gone into the goliath institution known around the modern world.
An ex-Manchester City and Liverpool player with no managerial experience, taking his first role at an ailing club; success was by no means nailed-on, but seldom have two parties been a better match for one another.