Bobby Charlton is Manchester United through and through. He was a member
of the original Busby Babes and has devoted his career to the club,
playing in 754 games over 17 years. During that period he won everything
the game had to offer, played alongside some of the greats such as Best
and Law, suffered devastating defeats and was involved in one of the
greatest football tragedies of all time. Here, for the very first time,
he tells the story of those United years.
With his beloved Reds he tasted FA Cup victory in the emotional final of
1963, won three first division championships and in 1968 he reached the
pinnacle of club success, winning the European Cup. Inevitably, such
highs are balanced with no less dramatic lows, such as the 1957 European
Cup semi-final, the highly charged 1958 FA Cup loss which followed only
weeks after the horrors of the Munich Air disaster, and the 1969
European Cup defeat by Milan.
He is one of the true gentlemen of football and the legacy that Bobby
Charlton gives to United is beyond compare.