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.
