The movie is based on 1958 Manchester United team that was the youngest ever to win the English League Football League. They were called the "Busby Babes" and they progressed from the club's youth team into the first team under the management of Matt Busby and the guidance of assistant manager Jimmy Murphy. It is also the story of the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of their lives and the lives of fifteen others.
The movie primarily focuses on Bobby Charlton who makes and then starts for the team in 1956 playing for Jimmy Murphy. Manager Matt Busby persuades the English League to let the United play in the European cup, but gets the OK only if they can get back in time for regularly scheduled league games.
Busby, who is hurt, blames himself for rushing the team back to meet its obligations even though the conditions were bad. It is up to Jimmy Murphy to pull the team together. The Board wants to shut down the team for the time being, but Jimmy says it will be done. Jimmy begins recruiting players to fill in for the team. Bobby Charlton doesn't think he can play without his mates but he eventually comes around. Jimmy fields a team for United's next game and Bobby comes to watch.
Bobby comes back and helps lead the team to the FA Cup Final just three months after the tragedy. Matt Busby comes back and talks to the team before the game. hey lost in the finals 2 - 0, but the United was back.
A pretty good movie which told an interesting story, but really didn't do that job of getting you involved in it. It was an amazing story though. Well worth seeing just fir that.
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