Matt Busby

Arsenal Disrespecting The Cup? Who Cares!

The League Cup saved Manchester United in a way, surprisingly, after we’d dismissively referred to it as the Mickey Mouse Cup or Worthless Cup for the years preceding that win a few years back. Truth be told, it will be always...

Football: Scott Murray on why the League Cup is still an important competition

Why the League Cup still has its place in English football It was once as good as the FA Cup, and even in its current form it acts as a vital harbinger of the future Liverpool celebrate with the Milk Cup. Because while the...

George Edwards: Energetic left-winger for Birmingham City, Cardiff City and Wales

When the university graduates Steve Heighway and Brian Hall took to the field for Liverpool's all-conquering team of the 1970s, the comedians on the Kop – and there has never been any shortage of them – thought it was...

ESPN Classic: The best of the best?

Who is the best manager to have ever plied his trade in Britain? GettyImages Sir Alex holds the Champions League trophy aloft in 1999. Sir Alex Ferguson polled 38.2% of the vote to comfortably beat Jose Mourinho into second...

10 memorable matches that have shaped Sir Alex's 22 years at United

Sir Alex Ferguson has said his favourite match as manager of Manchester United was the 5-3 win at Tottenham in 2001. EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP FINAL 1991: UNITED 2 BARCELONA 1 A game that gave United supporters belief that they...

Celtic 'have to get into Manchester United's faces' says Paddy Crerand

Paddy Crerard, the former Celtic and Manchester United midfielder, believes the European champions' domestic commitments might give Celtic a glimmer of hope when they meet again on Wednesday. Been there, done that: Paddy...

The Last Word: Special One can stand tall but is he the greatest?

At six o'clock this morning – the very day when his former clubs Derby and Forest meet – Brian Clough came back to Nottingham. Not as his charismatic self, sadly, but by lorry in the form of a statue to be unveiled by his...

The ultimate numbers game: Phil Brown's scientific strategy

Fittingly enough, it was behind the door labelled "War Room" at his club's training ground that Hull City's manager, Phil Brown, sat back yesterday to discuss the prospect of his side's journey to Old Trafford this afternoon.

Alex Ferguson: why I don't pray - and other Manchester United secrets

It is one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s greatest strengths. When the chips are down – and, boy, were they down at 1.34am in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on May 22 – the Manchester United manager retains an almost superhuman ability...

BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Team Award

Lisbons Lions | Match Page | Pictures | The Road to LisbonHonours The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award is given by the public broadcaster on an annual basis to the sporting team or partnership considered by a panel...