'Matt Busby for Prime Minister!'

A large group of supporters ended up in the West End, dancing in the fountains of Trafalgar Square, making their way down Whitehall and into Downing Street where, around midnight, chants of 'Wilson out, Busby in' were heard. Harold Wilson was, of course, the Labour Prime Minister at the time.

The United boss may not have got that job, but he was knighted for his achievement in rebuilding the club that was devastated by the Munich Air Disaster, an awful accident that came very close to costing him his own life.

It says much about the man that he refused Paddy Crerand and Alex Stepney's attempts to get him to join the team up the steps to collect the trophy he had chased for so long, and with…