Sat in the directors’ box with Sir Alex Ferguson for the recent 2-0 derby win, maybe, at the age of 89. Or speaking on the radio about the Busby Babes’ assault on the 1955/56 First Division title, 70 years on.
Alas, Saturday marks 68 years since the tragic passing of one of English football’s most legendary players. And the word ‘legendary’ is the right choice. Because the majority of fans today will not have seen Duncan play. What we know of him largely comes from the stories and testimonies that have followed in the long, sad decades since he left us.