Hints:
Sheffield
make-do-and-mend
Jimmy
Manchester United Football Club
Matt Busby
League
Europe
With a bit of luck and a fair tail wind, I think we should be able to put out a team for the match against Sheffield Wednesday. It'll be a make-do-and-mend team, but we can do it.
Jimmy, Jimmy, it's not that simple. Those players weren't insured. No. We just don't have enough money to bring in new people. No. Now, we've talked about this and we've come to a decision. As an option, we think it is both practical and honourable. For the time being, we're going to shut down Manchester United Football Club.
Hear! Hear!
No. Not. No. This club's needed more than ever now.
Now be honest.
You'll never get enough players to pull on a Manchester United shirt in so short a space of time.
I can do it.
Can't be done.
Don't tell me what can't be done! When Matt Busby brought me here, they told us it couldn't be done that Manchester United would never make a success, told us couldn't win the League playing kids, we couldn't match the best teams in Europe, and every bloody time we proved them wrong. So, with respect, sir, it can be done. It will be done. I will make sure of it.
You're letting your grief dictate your actions.
What else have we got?
There's no virtue...
Grief's our fuel now.
It's not practical.
Let me speak. I know those lads better than anyone. I found them. I nurtured them. I stood with them, morning, noon and night, through pissing rain, and gales and snow. They let me mould their lives from the ground up, and they repaid me. They repaid this club with their skill and their passion, and now their lives. I'll not reward them by buckling.
Jimmy, we all want to honour the memory of those who died.
No, no. No, it's not about their memory. It's about showing who we are to the world, showing we'll not be bowed by tragedy. Because how we are in the future will be founded on how we behave today. I am putting out a team. You'll have to manhandle me from this building before I'll stop. Any questions?