Duncan Edwards: Eternal: An intimate portrait of Manchester United’s lost genius

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Then, in the 55th minute, Duncan struck one of his trademark goals; receiving the ball in the Chelsea half, two home defenders launched into tackles but literally bounced off him, such was Edwards’ upper body power. If those United kids had played as Murphy believed they could, then his team-talk may well have gone down in history.

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Team-mate Bobby Charlton summed Edwards up “Sentiment can throw a man’s judgement out of perspective. Eternal’ is the complete story of an extraordinary footballer, whose influence on Manchester United and the success that followed can still be felt today. Edwards will always be a colossal figure in United history and, since his tragic passing in 1958, tales of the late great Busby Babe have become legendary. As with other titles by this author, you live and breathe football and especially Manchester United.The idea of having something out there that tells the story of Duncan how it was, to a lot a people it might be sacrilege… that you’re scratching away the myth and the legend, but I feel it’s important to do that for some of these people,” said Wayne. The Manchester Evening News will publish a series of excerpts from the upcoming biography, including this story that epitomises Edwards' remarkable skill on the pitch. For a giant spotlight toppled from its mast high above the area and crashed – smack into the seat where Dunc had been sitting. Written by author Wayne Barton, the book attempts to interpret Duncan’s life and career, and it has been fully authorised by the family of the lost genius. We didn’t know this at the time, but we did get a shock when one of the players exclaimed: ‘Look – out of the window!

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Dudley’s favourite son was 21 when he died from injuries sustained in the Munich Air Disaster, yet his legacy lives on and he is still described by many as the greatest player there ever was.They might even be the top three you’d speak of, in terms of how precious the stories are and how careful you’ve got to be in telling that story. Team-mate Bobby Charlton summed Edwards up best: “Sentiment can throw a man’s judgement out of perspective. But they just wanted some sort of record on him that portrayed him as a normal, every-day lad, and the person they knew. Yes, I’ll use some interviews from after Duncan passed, but I used a lot of interviews from the time and press reports from at the time.

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Yet, even 65 years on from unjustly early death, the new biography 'Duncan Edwards: Eternal' shines new light on the life and career of a remarkable young man. As I was going along, you look at the match reports and you see that there are some teething problems in his game.The book, which will be released on February 16, includes new interviews from United and English football heroes as well as unseen photographs and is written with contributions from Edwards’ friends and family. Whether or not this particular story would be one of embarrassment more than it might stir some political unrest was not quite certain – Duncan was due to be demobbed, and may well have had that on his mind too. Duncan Edwards was the jewel in the crown of the Busby Babes, an all-time legend at just 21, who was denied the chance to hit even greater heights by the Munich Air Disaster in 1958. I went down to Dudley a few times and I was talking to different people, and everyone that’s been to Dudley will know the regard that he’s held in.

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At half-time Jimmy was a bit quiet, and we were all thinking he was going to blow,” McGuinness said.What could and would have been is the mystery of this book and the reason why Manchester United is what it is today.