Friday October 9, 2009
Ferguson unveils stamp honouring United legend Busby
LONDON: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson described the late Sir Matt Busby as “one of the truly great football managers” as he unveiled a new stamp of the club’s legendary former boss yesterday.
The Scot who survived the 1958 Munich air disaster and rebuilt the decimated team into European Cup winners a decade later is one of 10 people featured in a series of stamps which celebrate the lives of eminent Britons.
Presenting Busby’s stamp to the cameras at United’s Old Trafford home, Ferguson said: “They are all illustrious names in this latest issue of commemorative stamps.
“Great Britons indeed and there can be no doubting that Sir Matt Busby deserves his place amongst such eminent company. He was one of the truly great football managers.
“Everyone at Manchester United will take great pride from this honour which has been bestowed on the late, great, Sir Matt Busby.”
Busby managed United from 1945 to 1969, also winning the FA Cup twice and league championship five times, and is the club’s longest-serving manager, although Ferguson, with 23 years under his belt, is closing in on the record.
He was seriously injured in the Munich crash in which eight of his players died, but shaped a new team featuring George Best into European champions. Busby died of cancer in 1994 aged 84.
A framed print of the stamp was also given to the Scottish Football Museum at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
Other people celebrated in the series of stamps include writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, renowned for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, Wimbledon winner Fred Perry and speed record breaker Donald Campbell. — AFP
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