Duncan Edwards: Eternal: An intimate portrait of Manchester United’s lost genius

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Duncan had just played for England and was a first-team regular. Jimmy told us that was there for us to accomplish too. That we were good enough too. So we should not always look for him to get us out of trouble, we should rely on ourselves to make it happen. "He said, ‘Go and tear them apart like I know you can do.’” Wayne Barton is the author of twenty books on Manchester United. He has been described as the leading writer and an ‘encyclopaedia’ on the club and in 2020, former owner Martin Edwards described him as ‘the pre-eminent writer’ on the club. This fascinating new biography, with support from friends and relatives, includes rare and unseen pictures and tells the story of the boy who left his home in Dudley to earn his Manchester United debut at the age of 16 – and made such an impression that he was an England international at 18. Team-mate Bobby Charlton summed Edwards up best: "Sentiment can throw a man's judgement out of perspective. Yet it is not the case with him. A few are great, and deserve respect. But Duncan Edwards was the greatest." With the growing legend of Duncan Edwards, Jimmy Murphy relayed a new message to his players before the first leg at Stamford Bridge.

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The book, which will be released on February 16, includes new interviews from United and English football heroes as well as unseen photographs from an iconic career and life that was agonisingly cut short by the Munich Air Disaster in 1958. To help you reduce the use of non-reusable carrier bags, NFM offers you a wide range of tote bags made from eco-cotton and other recycled materials NFM Eco bagsThat's just one of the many interesting insights and fascinating anecdotes from 'Duncan Edwards: Eternal', a new biography from the renowned author of 20 United books Wayne Barton. Team-mate Bobby Charlton summed Edwards up best: “Sentiment can throw a man’s judgement out of perspective. Yet it is not the case with him. A few are great, and deserve respect. But Duncan Edwards was the greatest.”

Duncan Edwards: Eternal: An intimate portrait of Manchester

Upon landing, Duncan confided in Express writer Bob Pennington. Pennington asked if it would be okay to report the story – but Edwards asked him not to. It was already informally known that Duncan hated flying. Even going to Ringway Airport with Molly to watch the flights take off sometimes made him apprehensive. Whether or not this particular story would be one of embarrassment more than it might stir some political unrest was not quite certain – Duncan was due to be demobbed, and may well have had that on his mind too. The Manchester Evening News will publish a series of excerpts from the upcoming biography, including this one on how Edwards survived two miraculous brushes with death on the very same day:The book, which will be released on February 16, includes new interviews from United and English football heroes as well as unseen photographs and is written with contributions from Edwards’ friends and family.

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Our Europa League opponents warm up for Thursday's return match at Old Trafford with a comfortable victory in La Liga. Money Matters Neurodiversity Preparing for University - Subject Reading Lists Reading For Pleasure Stationery Wayne has interviewed and worked with players through every decade of the club’s post-War years. In recent years Wayne has produced films in conjunction with his books, working on ‘Too Good To Go Down’ in 2018 and ‘True Genius: George Best’ in 2022, both for BT Sport.I had a similar feeling when reading this as when I read Forever Young about Adrian Doherty. Even though I knew the ending, one of tragically unfulfilled potential, it didn’t stop me from pouring over the excellent detail of the days and weeks leading up to and after the crash. He said to us all, whilst Duncan was sitting there, that we were not to have a ‘Duncan Edwards complex’,” recalls Wilf McGuinness.