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My Manchester United Years: The Autobiography |  | Author: Bobby Charlton
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Pages: 438
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0755316207
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.334092
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Publication Date: May 29, 2008
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 Sir Bobby Charlton - Man Utd years January 4, 2010
Happy Edith (England)
Judging by the reaction of my brother in law when he received this as a gift, I'd say its excellent.
Great story - and very well told August 21, 2009
S. M. Saunders (Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland)
There are plenty of other reviews, so I won't go on too much. But I will say that this is THE finest sports biogaphy, or autobiography, I've ever read.
It's not just that it's a wonderful, moving, and as we all know, tragic story - it's the way it is written. Quite clearly the collaboration between Bobby Charlton and James Lawton has worked superbly.
I do have just one complaint, though - why does Charlton insist, throughout the book, on referring to the late, great Sir Matt Busby as "the Old Man"? To me it smacked of a little disrespect - which I would think highly unlike the real Bobby Charlton.
Despite this, I have no hesitation in giving this book five stars - and now I'm eagerly off to start the second part, Charlton's account of his years playing for England.
 book review August 10, 2009
Mr. R. Clancy (blackpool lancs)
A moving book for anyone but a must for any football fan who grew up in manchester in the fifties will never forget that terrible feb day of the munich disaster which left its mark on all in the city.
Having regularly travelled myself from manchester to new york and had bob as a fellow passenger i often wondered particularly around the time of sep 11th what went through his mind . Any guilt at surviving when so many of his friends perished should be gone now when one considers the wonderful example this man has set not only as a footballer but as a human being ,
True World Class September 7, 2008
Paul Hanratty (Tyne and Wear)
I always admired Bobby Charlton as a footballer but thought he seemed a little distant as a man. This well-written autobiography seeks to redress that balance and my overall impression is of a man who recognised his own talent but was also generous in that regard to others. No one can fail to be moved by his account of Munich and his clear love for his friends who tragically lost their lives. I wasn't born at the time but as a football fan I wonder how brilliant that team would have been had the air crash not happened.
The press always made a big thing of Charlton and Best not liking each other when the truth is so obviously that here were two immensely talented men who moved in different social circles. Bobby was a family man whereas George was a much younger, single man revelling in the pop-star attention he was receiving. Significantly, Dennis Law who was the other member of this talented triumvirate appeared to lead his own life as well and appeared to have little interest in the game other than playing.
I loved the stories of Nobby Stiles and his propensity to cause mayhem in public. I was also interested in Bobby's explanation of the story surrounding Alex Ferguson prior to his reign becoming successful. I always believed that he would have been sacked if Man Utd had not beaten Forest in that famous FA Cup tie, when in fact, the truth seems considerably different.
Bobby Charlton was a true world-class footballer and his value in the modern game would be astronomical. I dislike autobiographies from 20-something footballers who have hardly lived, but applaud this tome from a man who has had time to reflect upon a very full and successful career. I look forward to reading his memoirs of playing for England. Thoroughly recommeded.
A Great Ambassador July 17, 2008
Mr. Peter Steward (Norwich, England)
Bobby Charlton is a survivor and one of the few people who genuinely deserve the accolade of "sporting legend.". At times the first part of his autobiography rather rambles but it is nice to have his own account of his life.
The Charlton story has been chronicled many times. Here Bobby shows just why he is one of this country's greatest footballing ambassadors. The centre point of the book is the Munich air crash disaster that saw the Busby Babes decimated with the loss of many players including the incomparable Duncan Edwards who has been held up by many to be the greatest ever English footballer. Lives were cut short and Charlton was left to wonder just why he had been saved and got out of the crash with just a few cuts and bruises.
We hear that he has been haunted by the crash virtually everyday of his life. But Charlton is a survivor who came to terms with the losses and helped to re-build Manchester United. Here he reminisces on the past, the great players such as Law and Best and today's young Lions. He heralds Paul Scoles as the ultimate and complete professional football (despite leaving him out of his best ever Manchester United team).
Charlton is never going to be confrontational or controversial, but there are some interesting passages here which suggest that a contributory factor to the Munich crash was the need to return to the United Kingdom due to a directive from the Football Association. Charlton also comments on the lack of support from Alan Hardacre of the FA for European Football and the vision from Sir Matt Busby that Europe was the future of football (and how true has this been). He also tackles the family feuds between himself, his brother Jack, his wife and his strong willed mother. There is a great honesty about this book as you would expect from such a gentleman. The book also includes his post Manchester years before returning to the club as a director.
Charlton names his best ever Manchester XI. He is far too modest to include himself in this team. Other people must do this for him. And whilst accepting his laudatory comments regarding Paul Scoles I have to say that the author himself is probably the perfect professional and possibly (just possibly) England's greatest player of all time. It says much for the modesty of the author that the book is almost written as an outsider looking in and marvelling at the skills of others. I had the honour a number of years ago of talking to Bobby Charlton about his soccer school for a newspaper article. I found him quite a difficult man to talk to as he seemed rather shy. Reading this book shows that he has always shunned publicity and obviously takes a little bit of getting to know. I look forward to the second volume of his autobiography that deals with the England years and obviously focuses on the 1966 World Cup triumph.
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