Tag Archives: Sir Matt Busby
Football Book of the Year shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Football Book of the Year has been announced with former winner James Montague among the six contenders for this year’s top prize in the 16th Sports Book Awards.
His probe into football’s super rich owners — The Billionaires Club — contrasts sharply with Tom van Hulsen’s book — Game Changers — on Dutchmen Arnold Muhren and Frans Thijssen, who were the outstanding stars of Bobby Robson’s Ipswich Town team three decades ago.
Tags: Bob Paisley, Bob Paisly, Football Book of the Year, Guillem Balague, Ian Herbert, Ipswich Town, James Montague, Liverpool FC, Manchester United, Mauricio Pochettino, mike collett, Owen Amos, patrick barclay, Shortlist, Sir Matt Busby, Tom van Hulsen
FWA Q&A: Neil Harman
NEIL HARMAN on chatting with Sir Matt...Contemplation Point...and wonderful Fox piesHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
If you count marking up the newspapers for delivery as a 14-year-old in Leigh-on-Sea and then doing shifts before and after school behind the counter in the same local newsagents, I suppose that's my only other profession. I left school at 16 and joining the Evening Echo, based in Basildon as a junior sports reporter and from there it has been journalism all the way.
Tags: Bangor City, Bill Fox, Bill McNeill, Billericay, Blackburn, Bobby Moore, David Walsh, Elland Road, Evening Echo, Leigh-on-Sea, liverpool, Mike Ingham, Neil Harman, Newcastle, Peter Jones, Real Madrid, Ron Atkinson, Sir Matt Busby, Stan Collymore, Steve Curry
FWA Spotlight: Busby’s other ‘Babes’ did Britain proud
MATT BUSBY stroked his chin, took a puff of his trademark pipe and delivered his verdict. "Most of the players were strangers to each other," he said. "My first task was to shake hands all round and try to remember some of the names. I wondered what I’d taken on. I realised right from the start that many hectic weeks of hard graft lay ahead."Tags: Olympics, Sir Matt Busby, Team GB
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