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THE REAL SIR MATT

DAVID EMERY GIVES HIS VERDICT ON A BOOK ABOUT MANCHESTER UNITED LEGEND SIR MATT BUSBY

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Sir Matt Busby, the Definitive Biography, by Patrick Barclay, published by Ebury Press, price: £20, Rating out of 10: 9

SIR Matt Busby had many superb qualities that singled him out as one of the finest football managers of all time.
He recognised talent and he recognised it young. He built three great teams that played great football. He was a supreme man-manager who possessed an unquenchable fighting spirit. And he never forgot a name. Well, he never seemed to anyway.
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