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Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby, CBE, KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–1971 season. His manager records and longevity at the helm of Manchester United are only surpassed by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Before going into management, Busby was a player for two of Manchester United's greatest rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool. During his time at City, Busby played in two FA Cup Finals, winning one of them. After his playing career was interrupted by the Second World War, Busby was offered the job of assistant coach at Liverpool, but they were unwilling to give him the control over the team that he wanted and he took the vacant manager's job at Manchester United instead.
Born to Alexander and Nellie Busby in a two-roomed pitman's cottage in the mining village of Orbiston, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Busby was raised a practising Roman Catholic of Lithuanian ancestry. When he was born, Busby's mother was told by the doctor "A footballer has come into this house today". Busby's father – a miner – was killed by a German sniper during the First World War at the Battle of the Somme, while three of his uncles were killed in France with the Cameron Highlanders.
Actors: Jon-Paul Gates (actor), Philip Jackson (actor), Richard Morrison (miscellaneous crew), Christian Henson (composer), Kate Ashfield (actress), Paul Hillier (miscellaneous crew), Brian Cox (actor), Dean Wares (miscellaneous crew), Anne Reid (actress), Toby Stephens (actor), James Callis (actor), Sarah Teboul (miscellaneous crew), Natascha McElhone (actress), Jane Jackson (miscellaneous crew), Joanna Eatwell (costume designer),
Plot: Set in 1984 and inspired by true events, 'Believe' is a funny and touching fictional tale about the legendary Manchester United football manager Sir Matt Busby, who helps a wayward boy fulfill his dream. An act of petty crime by 11 year old Georgie becomes a collision of fate as Sir Matt tracks him down, only to discover that the boy is an extraordinarily gifted footballer and captain of a team of unruly talents. Having lived with football all his life and survived the tragic 1958 Munich plane disaster, in which eight of his young players were killed, Sir Matt is still committed to continue his work of 'training lads for life' and so begins a thrilling adventure as Sir Matt Busby, comes out of retirement to transform a young group of scallywags into a dream team.
Genres: Drama,Actors: David Tennant (actor), Dougray Scott (actor), Kate Ashfield (actress), Jill McCullough (miscellaneous crew), David Calder (actor), Bill Fellows (actor), Clint Mansell (composer), Mark Timmons (miscellaneous crew), Tim Healy (actor), Werner Daehn (actor), Neil Dudgeon (actor), Jamie Carmichael (producer), Joel Holmes (miscellaneous crew), Peter Gunn (actor), Dean Andrews (actor),
Plot: United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
Keywords: 1950s, airplane-crash, airplane-trip, assistant-coach, british-soccer, englishman-abroad, head-wound, historical-event, hospital, loss-of-friendActors: Daniel Pemberton (composer), Catherine Geary (miscellaneous crew), Lorcan Cranitch (actor), Michelle Fairley (actress), Chris Patterson (miscellaneous crew), Nick Mirsky (producer), Marshall Leviten (producer), Richard Dormer (actor), Des McAleer (actor), Hilary Salmon (producer), Paul Kennedy (actor), Hazel Webb-Crozier (costume designer), James Doran (actor), Luke de Woolfson (actor), Mark Thornton (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,