Manchester United supporters head to the stadium in droves to offer their respects to the man ‘we owe everything to’
Perhaps it was apt that the skies cleared and the sun shone. That Storm Babet chose this day to subside in Manchester, the clouds lifting over a city united to celebrate, as well as mourn, one of its greatest sons.
Sir Bobby Charlton was born in Ashington, Northumberland, but common consent agrees that he found a home for life at Manchester United. The son of a miner forged by the steel of Sir Matt Busby’s homegrown teams steered the club into the modern day with Sir Alex Ferguson; three red knights who shaped United’s history.
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