Ferguson on BBC's programme of Utd

The manager didn't watch the BBC's programme 'United' which was based around the Munich air crash. "I didn't watch it," he said. "I don't think we need any TV programme to portray the history of our club. It's been established for a long time. Ignore the stuff on that programme."

Interesting comments by him, I also never watched it. Was it accurate? but as Ferguson said the history is established and I will take Ferguson's advice and not watch it.

 

I didn't see it.
However I read the Newspaper article about it early last week and there is massive inaccuracies even with the way Matt Busby was portrayed to have dressed.They portrayed him as a gangster in a sheep-skin coat and a tilby hat.He never wore either.

 

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Don't know much about hats but could have sworn he did.

 

He wore them on occassion, but very rarely. Busby's own son criticises the programme for showing him wearing a trilby and coat all the time, when he was one of the first managers to wear a tracksuit for most matches.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13181651

 

There were some historical inaccuracies but I did think it caught something of the heartfelt sorrow in Manchester and across the country I'm a lifelong Sunderland fan and can remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news of the plane crash. The only comparable event in my lifetime that had the same impact was the assassanation of Kennedy.

 

911?

 

For some reason in that drama Busby sounded Russian instead of Scottish.I know he was of Lithuanian descent,but he was born in Scotland and had a Scottish accent.Did you know his real name was Alexander,Matthew was his middle name.But he called himself ''Matt''.

 

Wasnt his tracksuit wearing after the crash though, this film only showed one season, not busby's whole career?

 

robin why are you calling the police??? By the wy it is 999

 

'Artistic licence' I think they call it or 'based on a true story'. T.V. & films always dramatise for effect and one has to accept that.

 

I thought it was good Sad though.

 

I was 15 when it happened and the ramifications stretched throughout the football community and many non United supporters sent heartfelt messages to the club, it was a really touching act. I do wonder if the same would happen today having conversed with many 'fans' on here.

It was a drama and I'm sure there were inaccurracies but for a tv programme it was sombre, touching and well shot.