My grandad who's just turned 97,season ticket holder at old Trafford since 1947 and hardly missed a game up until 2019 when ill health stopped him going, claims to this day that Duncan Edwards was easily the best footballer he's ever seen, and that's quite a claim.. The lad had it all... Rip big Duncan..

@esp2017

Ай бұрын

I lost my grandad two years ago, he was at Wembly for the EC final, he couldn't speak higher Edwards (and Violet, loved Violet). He said nobody has ever come through and taken over at the age he was, the only player he ever mentioned as similar was Rooney (in terms of playing like a man when he's still a boy). Because of what we are now, I'm glad my grandad wasn't able to witness some of the shame the players have put on this badge in the last decade.

So emotional watching this. Just thinking of what he could have achieved. He had it all.

@tt99football56

Жыл бұрын

Yea a big loss to the game

The football fans of Dudley are brought up knowing that the great Duncan Edward's was our greatest footballer. The statue in the town of Dudley is visited regularly by football fans from all over the country.

My childhood hero. Simply brilliant.

@tt99football56

Жыл бұрын

How good was he? Who has been most like him since?

@normfoster99

Жыл бұрын

@@tt99football56 Can't think of any Englishmen. He was big, strong, powerful, could tackle, could head the ball and could shoot with both feet. Nearest I can think of is Beckenbauer, but he was a different type of player. I was 11 and playing for my home town juniors in Duncan Edwards position and was devastated when he died, especially after he survived the crash but died later in hospital.

@tt99football56

Жыл бұрын

@@normfoster99 I've heard of players like Gerrard, Robson, Kevin Beattie, Rooney or De Bruyne being compared. Wilf McGuiness stressed though, that he was so complete he was Keane, Robson & Gerrard in one player. Was he as good as George Best?

@normfoster99

Жыл бұрын

@@tt99football56 Different sort of player entirely. Best was special, but he wasn't the complete all-rounder.

@tt99football56

Жыл бұрын

@@normfoster99 The two best British players you've seen?

My Dad's All time favourite player RIP ✌

My dad(RIP) said he cried the day this great young man died,even though he was a lifelong Orient fan

@gh-vi9tk

Жыл бұрын

My late father was also a lifelong Orient fan & rated Edwards, myself a utd fan.

@aberamagold7509

Жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone was smiling that day or the days afterward.

First footage I've ever seen of him. I knew about him from a young age. I'm a Liverpool fan and my old fella an Evertonian. He saw him play and said he was incredible. Not too dissimilar to Steven Gerrard he said. Fast, powerful and very technical.

Like a mixture of Bobby Charlton and Steven Gerrard. Strong skilful totally two footed !

I was 4 1/2 at the time of the Munich disaster. I can still remember my parents being upset when they heard the news of Duncan’s passing. My Dad was an Evertonian and my Mum a Preston North End supporter as her bring her had played for them and win an FA Cup winners medal. I was a United supporter and still am and always will be.

_"Everything I did, he did better. Big Dunc was the only player, who made me feel inferior."_ -Sir Bobby Charlton.

@alslevie1986

Жыл бұрын

Alot of players made that one trick pony Bobby Charlton the senile old bastard inferior. He took a shit in the dishwasher, that is what happens when you have dementia.

Great long passing too !

His potential was off the chart.....strong , two great feet quick , great in the air , and as brave as a lion ,....its a tragedy he died so young,..greatness would have been inevitable he was that Good......May he rest in peace 🙏

@Inglese001

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Bobby Charlton always said that he played with two great players George Best and Duncan Edwards.

@ringlora2

Жыл бұрын

he was the greatest, had he lived it wouldn't even be a debate. he was just so unfortunate to have played back when lots of it wasn't televised..

Had he lived he could have led England to World Cup glory 4 years earlier in 1962. Such a tragic loss to his family first and foremost, and to the game in general.

If you seriously watch him, analyse him compared to the other players on the pitch, he's miles ahead of them. The way he moves, his technique, his speed...he plays like a modern footballer. Seriously, look at every other player and their body language, they look sluggish almost in comparison to Duncan. And the absolute power he had to hit that ball like a rocket...that's difficult even with a modern football, let alone one of those heavy and hard old footballs! you can tell he's a natural athlete and he's bloody fast.

@DudeSilad

Жыл бұрын

@igor putin Athletes with ability. Back in the 50's, up to the 90's, footballers were never as well physically trained. They still had the ability. Just players these days like to do more fancy tricks but there was always players who were head and shoulders above, Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney, Edwards, George Best, Dalglish.

@DudeSilad

Жыл бұрын

@igor putin no point engaging in conversation with somebody with no knowledge. I'm not a primary school teacher.

I had the privilege of watching them play. The Busby babes what a tragedy.

@tt99football56

Жыл бұрын

A big loss to the game, Edwards or Best? & how would you describe his game?.

@Fred-fl2fo

Жыл бұрын

@@tt99football56 Edwards was a great loss as was all the rest. We were nearly there the European cup was in our grasp then gone. We were in shock I was nine years old when they died. I was playing out side after coming home from school and the Manchester evening news delivery paper boy was shouting out that they had crashed. It has never left me the love we all had for that team. Best was a revelation never seen anything like him and haven't since. Used to see him at the bowling ally in Stretford. Lovely guy.

@peterwoodward1382

Жыл бұрын

My dad was somewhat older than you Fred and he said he (Duncan Edwards) would have been the greatest player of all time. I cried when I read the story some years after it happened, it changed so many things especially for England and more so for Manchester United, everything from then on is history. I am a West Ham United follower having lived ten minutes from Upton Park, my brother is a mad Manchester United fan.

@Fred-fl2fo

Жыл бұрын

@@peterwoodward1382 I was eleven years old when they died. My dad was born in Stretford . We used to go every Saturday and paid 9 pence to get in the Stretford end we used to call him the tank. Ive seen Mathews when he played for Stoke. Great times the best times the 1950 1960.

@peterwoodward2788

Жыл бұрын

@@Fred-fl2fo I was lucky enough to see Mathews once at Upton Park, he was in the twilight years then and your are correct the 50's 60's was when the game was at it's best, sadly it is no longer the true definition of the working man's game. Question do you think that Edwards and Moore would or could have played in the same England team, from what I hear I think Edwards and Moore would have made life very tough for opposition countries.

quality with both feet.. amazing all rounder

Absoulute Colossus ,most complete player ever ,had everything in his game

@Weareeverything2023

Жыл бұрын

Agree, I know some people who saw him live, everyone of them considered without an equal. Such a shame the game lost such a talent, along with so many others.

@douglasthomson1169

Жыл бұрын

A pretty absurd claim to make. Clearly he was highly rated at the time, but the passage of that time has polished the reputation. Truthfully no one can say how good he would have become down to tragic events. To elevate him above proper England ''midfield'' legends such as Charlton, Ball, Brooking, Wilkins, Robson, Gascoigne, Gerrard, Beckham, Lampard et al is simply misty eyed nonsense.

@DudeSilad

Жыл бұрын

@@douglasthomson1169 You lost a bit of kudos when you had Beckham and Lampard in there. They were good at what they did but it was limited. Robson was all action but he wasn't technical like Gazza. The only modern player you can compare to Edwards is Gerrard. Did you say Wilkins?? Oh my. The crab.

@ringlora2

Жыл бұрын

@@douglasthomson1169 charlton himself said edwards was better than him, and would have surpassed everything he achieved, the only player that made him feel like he was inferior

@douglasthomson1169

Жыл бұрын

@@ringlora2 False modesty from Charlton who I rate as England's greatest player. The truth of the matter is we will never know how good Edwards would have become, and elevating him above several others with strong claims because of tragedy is frankly nonsense.

This is the player Sir Bobby Charlton said was the best he’d ever seen or played alongside.They also say that if he’d survived the Munich crash and been fit enough to carry on playing,he’d have been the England captain in the 66 World Cup final, and not Bobby Moore.Duncan Edwards MUST have been some player.

@keithsymons5708

Жыл бұрын

But he was

@DudeSilad

Жыл бұрын

My old fella saw him at Goodison. Said he was immense.

I hope to follow in Duncan’s footsteps as he is my 3rd cousin I want to make the family proud

@DylanFowler

Жыл бұрын

Make your family proud by working hard and enjoying playing the game, at whatever club you play for.

I'm a scouser, aged 48 but it's really sad seeing this. Imagine what could've been.

If he hadn't been killed, people would have said things like Franz Beckenbauer is the next Duncan Edwards. And then others would have said no way, there will never be another Duncan Edwards. It would have been very interesting to see how those two matched up in 1966.

what could have been for england with the busby babes and above all edwards, they would have been the greatest england.

Would Bobby Moore have lifted the world cup in 66 no he wouldn't have been in the team if Munich had never happened English football history would have totally different a generation of talent was sadly lost Duncan Edwards was outstanding even in the few years he played

@CIMAmotor

Жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't Moore have been in the team? Nonsense.

@johncarroll772

Жыл бұрын

Moore would have been playing alongside Edwards in 66

@DudeSilad

Жыл бұрын

Very strange outlook. Moore was a centre half and Edwards a left winger although he'd have probably have become a central midfielder.

my dad was duncans cousin, he sat next to bobby charlton at his funeral...we never heard the last of it...

Could imagine how much he would have been today

@tt99football56

Жыл бұрын

A world record fee for sure

For those that missed Liverpool's 7 - Nil slaughtering of Man United on Sunday, when the Kop sang "Fergie's right, your fans are sh1te" The slime from Man-Chest-oh sang "The S#n was right, you're murderer's". This in spite of the Hillsborough report exonerating Liverpool fans fully. The mancs will never change.

And that’s in the net and it’s a goal.

Who was the cameraman ? Stevie Wonder ?

He looks a bit like Gerrard (bet the UTD fans will love this comment!)

@peterwoodward1382

Жыл бұрын

You mean Gerrard looked a bit like Duncan Edwards

@tt99football56

Жыл бұрын

Compared as players to

Should have signed for Wolves but United paid off his family

@peterwoodward1382

Жыл бұрын

That is not something I heard

Maybe if he's better than Sir Bobby Charlton Sir: 1. In WC 1962 he can take England to Reach final but sorry Brazil still better 2. In Euro 1964 England will reach Semifinal but host Spain still too Powerfull than England 3. England will be the champion in WC 1966 and Euro 1968 4. Manchester United will be get 5th UEFA Champions Cup in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966, and 1968

@ringlora2

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't just him they lost, it was several other top players, England were robbed, and Edwards was the central piece to that side, Charlton wasn't even the main one in it...imagine what could have been when you consider a man that was later knighted still couldn't have eclipsed this player, and years later said he felt like he was a weaker player than Edwards.

Could have been the new Phil Jones.