IN October 1962, more than four years after suffering serious injuries in the Munich air disaster that claimed the lives of 23 people, including eight of his Manchester United players, Matt Busby arrived in Glasgow to be presented with the Glasgow Charity Cup.
Two months earlier, on August 8 (a few days, incidentally, after the death of Marilyn Monroe), Busby’s United team had beaten a Glasgow select by four goals to two at Hampden. The Glasgow side had five players each from Rangers and Celtic, and one from Partick Thistle, but it wasn’t strong enough to prevent a defeat. The Glasgow Herald’s Cyril Horne reported that United had won “after a late recovery which surprised the Glasgow Select team just as much as it did the crowd of some 82,000.” Three Scots in the Manchester side - David Herd, Ian Moir and Denis Law - did the late damage.
When Busby returned in October to be presented with the cup by Lord Provost Jean Roberts, it was revealed that the match had raised a record £14,000, which would be distributed to 67 good causes organisations. The cup had been established in 1876 and had now raised a grand total of almost £320,000.
Mrs Roberts told Busby that she hoped that the Glasgow team would be given a chance the following year to reclaim the trophy. Busby said he knew his directors would be so pleased with the outcome of the match that he was sure that United would be back.
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