Watching this video brings to mind an occasion many many years ago when, as an apprentice engineer, I was placed under the guidance of one of the senior staff members by the name of George, who happened to an avid Wolves fan with a particular dislike of Manchester United, and with whom I would often discuss football and his recollections of matches from days gone by. On the day in question I asked him if he had even seen Duncan Edwards play. "I certainly did" he replied. "And, in your opinion, just how good was he, George", I asked. Given his dislike of Manchester United, I reasoned that his view would hardly be one seen through rose tinted glasses. George momentarily lifted his gaze skywards, as if seeking inspiration for the appropriate words. He then lowered his gaze and looked me straight in the eye and asked:..."Did you ever see Pele play, son?"...."Yes George, I did"....George finished the conversation with the following two words:....."Forget Pele".
In an alternate universe, Duncan Edwards survived the Munich plane crash, became Manchester United and England captain and led both his club and country to an almighty haul of domestic and international trophies. The greatest 'What If' story in football history.
My late Father used to tell me as a boy just how good Edwards was, he used to say that it was difficult to explain just how good he was and my Dad knew his football. I remember watching Bryan Robson play for united and he was really on top of his game and i asked my Dad how they compared, my Dad replied that Robson was a really good player but that Edwards was on a completely different level entirely and as i knew that my Dad thought Robson was a good player his answer went some way to explaining just how good Edwards was .
It oddly sad and wonderful at the same time to watch Duncan Edwards. Sad for his loss and wonderful to see and hear the talent of what he had and what he could have achieved. Before my time but all the compliments and talk about him, is so consistent that the man definitely meets the myth/legend.
He was able to play against Di Stefano in 1956/57, theheavyroller had rare footage of it on here. The video "Duncan Edwards playing for Manchester United and England" has some of the footage with him tackling Di Stefano. I don't think he ever played against Puskas though.
RIP sir bobby charlton. with reference to bobbys words ive been researching duncan edwards. RIP duncan. he looked magnificent . consider the ball weight when wet , the boots which were terrible and the pitches in those days. to me he looks like a cross between charlton & moore X10. i am a newcastle fan & i remember older relatives , my grandads & older uncles talking about duncan edwards and how great he was when i was young.
Bearing in mind that the great Bobby Charlton once said that Duncan Edwards was the only player who made him feel inferior and who he could never hope to emulate, I think we can get some idea of just how great his potential was.
Duncan Edwards:- The Greatest footballer these shores have ever produced. God bless you, and Sir Matt and Sir Bobby ❤. Men of character and talent in sharp contrast to the Leach Glazer family who are currently sucking the life out of the club. #GlazersOutNow
If Jimmy Armfield and been fit and Maurice Norman had not broken his leg a year before the World Cup in 1966, the England defensive unit would have been Banks, Armfield, Norman, Moore, Wilson, Edwards. Every single player world class. Possibly by then you could have left Stiles (who was an amazing number 4 himself) in and put Edwards in the Charlton's role and replaced Peters with Charlton on the left. What a side that would have been! RIP Duncan, you deserved a better fate.
21 when he died in 58 8years later england won the World Cup he played left half how many caps would he have got don't think Bobby more would have got 106 caps but Bobby can't score goal but still a great reader of the game rip Bobby and duncan
Really nice haircut Bobby and now finally I have seen two clips of Duncan Edwards.. I look forward to welcoming him back in the new system. after the resurrection takes place, and having a game in the park with coats for goalposts.. Him and Jimmy Greaves can pick sides..
Apparently Duncan Edwards was the best English footballer ever and that includes Gazza Hoddle and Rooney in fact Man United have had two out of the best 10 players ever Edwards and George Best thanks Man United from a Blade
19 year old Edwards (along with Tommy Taylor and Roger Byrne) would have lifted the World Cup in 58. Probably also 62. Then we won 66 and the 1970 semi-finalists were a better team than 66. Four world cups on the bounce..........................
@@ga-ow7yf Because I was alive at the time of the Munich air disaster and into football in a BIG way. Edwards was the real deal, versatile and able to play in a number of different positions; Moore was a one-track pony with Jack Charlton alongside him on internationals doing the donkey work in defence.
Tavy@ when i see duncan edwards play like george best i would rate him up there with best, maradona, pele, eusebio, beckenbauer....and so many more. But tbh i just havent saw him do half of what george did at age 21. George had won the european cup at age 21. So why has no player ever rated duncan with pele, best, puskas, di stefano, gento, eusebio, beckenbauer. Never never and he played at the same time as them, except george best. When people die young there always the greatest at what they did. Like singers, actors, sportsmen, its all alot of shit. Pat crerand who played for man utd from 1962 to 1971. Said a good line, he said "if there not good enough to get a mention when there alive then there not good enough when there dead. A mean just becouse some one dies then all of a sudden there that good, there this great, no am sorry but how can some one just become the greatest ever just becouse they die and we all know its just not true" paddy was right but. He said "the grave yards are full of the greatest players ever seen, well that week any way" i know right now beckanbauer was much better than duncan. He could slow the game down to actually take a break and sit down lol a thot he was as good as any one except best and maradona. There the only two, he was as good as pele becouse he could do what pele could do, but not best or diego, they had more than the lot, they were entertainers, showmen on a stage.
Tony Kay, Sir Bobby Charlton, Nobby Stiles, Wilf McGuinness just a few players that rate him the best they ever saw. This was a special player, I can show you things said when he was alive. Also some fans of other clubs rate him with players like Pele & Best. At 21 Edwards had won 2 league titles like Best, I'll send you things I have saved from when he was playing. What if Best had died at 21? You wouldn't believe his hype?
"In the Manchester Evening Chronicle Football Pink the following Saturday the United correspondent, Alf Clarke, was quick to sing Duncan’s praises in his regular column. He began by repeating his prophesy that Duncan was certain to be England’s future captain, and he continued with the following; “The chief problem is where to play him. He is a brilliant wing half back, can also adapt himself to centre half back, and now both Manchester United and England realizes his potential in attack. That is where I think that he should be played. That is why United did so well at Huddersfield last weekend, and why the Under 23’s won so handsomely at Clyde. We cannot escape from the fact that Duncan Edwards is the greatest young player of his age. I know we have had our Bastins, Carters, Dohertys and others, but I rank Edwards as the best young player I have ever seen.” "Combine the ability of Eric Cantona, and the strength and application of Roy Keane, with the Distribution of Glen Hoddle and the temperament of Paul Scholes, and you are somewhere near to the sort of player Duncan Edwards was. Younger readers may well think that to be somewhat of an exaggeration, but, believe me, Duncan Edwards was that good."
Ridiculous. Sir Bobby doesn't count? Duncan was the best player in a team that stuffed Garrincha's Brazil 4-2. In 1958 Pele's Brazil couldn't beat England after Munich let alone before. He would have won 3 world cups. Forget Man U, look at England's results in 1956-1958. People talk Pele about his international career, not his club. Duncan was the best player in a better side than Pele. Maybe ask the Germans who called him 'boom boom' and the newspaper headline stating he's 'the greatest player to ever have set foot in their country'. He was our best centre half, left half and scored a hat-trick for England as centre forward. The others you mention couldn't tackle. Edwards did it all.
Never read so much crap in one post. He’d won two league titles by the time he was 21 and they were in the semi final of the European Cup when the crash happened, every chance he could also have had a winners medal at 21 if he lived. He never played at the same time as most of those players you mentioned why should he play like George Best? He was a completely different footballer, he could do it all and play in every position. When Bobby Charlton who’s not prone to exaggerated statements says he’s the best player he ever played with then I listen. I suspect you’re a bitter Celt.
Put those players of today in a heavy kit, boots, bladder ball and churned up farm fields, lets see how average they would've been, nonsensical when you don't say things in relative..
@@donnachamcgowan I think the story is Jimmy Murphy turned up at his house at 2am & Duncan said it was his dream to play for Man Utd. Something like that, it's in the DVD about him.
Sir Bobby Charlton picking Duncan Edwards & other all time greats in a world XI in 2001.
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Watching this video brings to mind an occasion many many years ago when, as an apprentice engineer, I was placed under the guidance of one of the senior staff members by the name of George, who happened to an avid Wolves fan with a particular dislike of Manchester United, and with whom I would often discuss football and his recollections of matches from days gone by.
On the day in question I asked him if he had even seen Duncan Edwards play. "I certainly did" he replied. "And, in your opinion, just how good was he, George", I asked. Given his dislike of Manchester United, I reasoned that his view would hardly be one seen through rose tinted glasses. George momentarily lifted his gaze skywards, as if seeking inspiration for the appropriate words. He then lowered his gaze and looked me straight in the eye and asked:..."Did you ever see Pele play, son?"...."Yes George, I did"....George finished the conversation with the following two words:....."Forget Pele".
Totally agree with George and I'm not a fan of Man United either
Good for you
The reason I started supporting United as a kid. The name tales and phenomena ❤️ god bless you big dunc
In an alternate universe, Duncan Edwards survived the Munich plane crash, became Manchester United and England captain and led both his club and country to an almighty haul of domestic and international trophies. The greatest 'What If' story in football history.
Sounds a wonderful place. If only.
He would have been England captain in 66 and in his prime
The thought of Law, Charlton, Best and Edwards - Jesus Christ.
If my grandma had a wheels……….
My late Father used to tell me as a boy just how good Edwards was, he used to say that it was difficult to explain just how good he was and my Dad knew his football. I remember watching Bryan Robson play for united and he was really on top of his game and i asked my Dad how they compared, my Dad replied that Robson was a really good player but that Edwards was on a completely different level entirely and as i knew that my Dad thought Robson was a good player his answer went some way to explaining just how good Edwards was .
Imagine Edwards, Best, Charlton and Law in the same team. RIP Duncan
I read somewhere that if not for the 1958 Munich Air-crash - Best would not have broke into the United team at all.
Do you have any idea who the big names in Australian Football and League even are ...
It oddly sad and wonderful at the same time to watch Duncan Edwards. Sad for his loss and wonderful to see and hear the talent of what he had and what he could have achieved. Before my time but all the compliments and talk about him, is so consistent that the man definitely meets the myth/legend.
It’s a shame we never saw Duncan edwards against puskas and de Setefano and European cups ⚽️⚽️⚽️
He was able to play against Di Stefano in 1956/57, theheavyroller had rare footage of it on here. The video "Duncan Edwards playing for Manchester United and England" has some of the footage with him tackling Di Stefano.
I don't think he ever played against Puskas though.
Proud to be a Dudley lad. Always touch his statue. Remember Bobby C coming to our School watching us play football.
Brilliant. Whats football about. Great Memories. All the best.
RIP sir bobby charlton. with reference to bobbys words ive been researching duncan edwards. RIP duncan. he looked magnificent . consider the ball weight when wet , the boots which were terrible and the pitches in those days. to me he looks like a cross between charlton & moore X10. i am a newcastle fan & i remember older relatives , my grandads & older uncles talking about duncan edwards and how great he was when i was young.
Man Utd legend.
My old man told me he was the greatest ever and anyone who knows anything about the game would agree.
Yes my old mate who was 30 years older than me told me the same.
The England team sheet in 66’ would have looked different if that accident hasn’t occurred
Our greatest young man.
Sadly we'll never know how great Duncan Edwards could have been.
Bearing in mind that the great Bobby Charlton once said that Duncan Edwards was the only player who made him feel inferior and who he could never hope to emulate, I think we can get some idea of just how great his potential was.
The entire European football landscape would have to be rewritten had the Busby Babes survived.
Duncan Edwards:- The Greatest footballer these shores have ever produced. God bless you, and Sir Matt and Sir Bobby ❤. Men of character and talent in sharp contrast to the Leach Glazer family who are currently sucking the life out of the club. #GlazersOutNow
Just saddens me such a loss
My dad was a red (im a blue) his eyes woukd redden when he spoke about duncan
Proud to say I was named after him
If Jimmy Armfield and been fit and Maurice Norman had not broken his leg a year before the World Cup in 1966, the England defensive unit would have been Banks, Armfield, Norman, Moore, Wilson, Edwards. Every single player world class. Possibly by then you could have left Stiles (who was an amazing number 4 himself) in and put Edwards in the Charlton's role and replaced Peters with Charlton on the left. What a side that would have been! RIP Duncan, you deserved a better fate.
I heard also people felt a player called Tony Kay was good enough to make the team.
@@tt99football56His betting scandal let him down, Mark Jones and Eddie Colman where still young enough in 1966
Don't forget if Jimmy Greaves was fit and started. England wouldn't need extra time.
David Pegg and Eddie Coleman might have broke through into the Squad at least..
21 when he died in 58 8years later england won the World Cup he played left half how many caps would he have got don't think Bobby more would have got 106 caps but Bobby can't score goal but still a great reader of the game rip Bobby and duncan
They'd have played in the same team, Edwards as one of the 3 midfielders.
Bobby scored many great goals ?
Bobby Charlton is still alive
It's a true shame he died so young
@@mattensinger7: He's talking about Bobby Moore, not Bobby Charlton.
Really nice haircut Bobby and now finally I have seen two clips of Duncan Edwards.. I look forward to welcoming him back in the new system. after the resurrection takes place, and having a game in the park with coats for goalposts.. Him and Jimmy Greaves can pick sides..
Apparently Duncan Edwards was the best English footballer ever and that includes Gazza Hoddle and Rooney in fact Man United have had two out of the best 10 players ever Edwards and George Best thanks Man United from a Blade
And bobby chRlton
Yes these players probably could not do his laces.
19 year old Edwards (along with Tommy Taylor and Roger Byrne) would have lifted the World Cup in 58. Probably also 62. Then we won 66 and the 1970 semi-finalists were a better team than 66. Four world cups on the bounce..........................
He was 21 in 1958, taylor and byrne would've been too old in 1970 poss 1966 too
@@shaka7594 Read my words again. I said Taylor, Byrne and Edward would have lifted the Cup in 58 and probably also 62
@@shaka7594 and Edwards was 19 when he died in 58
@@reddishtykeshe was 21, as was stated above.
The thing Mullery doesn't say is Duncan would have been Captain, not Moore.
Spot on. Moore was not in the same class as Duncan Edwards.
@@Pokafalva How do you know.
@@ga-ow7yf Because I was alive at the time of the Munich air disaster and into football in a BIG way. Edwards was the real deal, versatile and able to play in a number of different positions; Moore was a one-track pony with Jack Charlton alongside him on internationals doing the donkey work in defence.
Bobby Moore was a great player and captain just ask pele
T.B.E...... no doubt!
Might have known how good he could have been if I could hear the audio clearly
Audio seems fine for me & everyone else that commented. The whole video you can't hear well or one bit?
He was the best of his era....not sure about the best ever? Asking a lot,but the greatest loss for sure
People exagerate especially when someone dies. Who knows if he'd have been what people say. He was clearly very promising.
I don't know that much about Duncan but I've been watching some content lately on him and it's such a travesty he was taken far too early
Tavy@ when i see duncan edwards play like george best i would rate him up there with best, maradona, pele, eusebio, beckenbauer....and so many more. But tbh i just havent saw him do half of what george did at age 21. George had won the european cup at age 21. So why has no player ever rated duncan with pele, best, puskas, di stefano, gento, eusebio, beckenbauer. Never never and he played at the same time as them, except george best. When people die young there always the greatest at what they did. Like singers, actors, sportsmen, its all alot of shit. Pat crerand who played for man utd from 1962 to 1971. Said a good line, he said "if there not good enough to get a mention when there alive then there not good enough when there dead. A mean just becouse some one dies then all of a sudden there that good, there this great, no am sorry but how can some one just become the greatest ever just becouse they die and we all know its just not true" paddy was right but. He said "the grave yards are full of the greatest players ever seen, well that week any way" i know right now beckanbauer was much better than duncan. He could slow the game down to actually take a break and sit down lol a thot he was as good as any one except best and maradona. There the only two, he was as good as pele becouse he could do what pele could do, but not best or diego, they had more than the lot, they were entertainers, showmen on a stage.
Tony Kay, Sir Bobby Charlton, Nobby Stiles, Wilf McGuinness just a few players that rate him the best they ever saw. This was a special player, I can show you things said when he was alive. Also some fans of other clubs rate him with players like Pele & Best. At 21 Edwards had won 2 league titles like Best, I'll send you things I have saved from when he was playing. What if Best had died at 21? You wouldn't believe his hype?
"In the Manchester Evening Chronicle Football Pink the following Saturday the United correspondent, Alf Clarke, was quick to sing Duncan’s praises in his regular column.
He began by repeating his prophesy that Duncan was certain to be England’s future captain, and he continued with the following; “The chief problem is where to play him.
He is a brilliant wing half back, can also adapt himself to centre half back, and now both Manchester United and England realizes his potential in attack.
That is where I think that he should be played.
That is why United did so well at Huddersfield last weekend, and why the Under 23’s won so handsomely at Clyde.
We cannot escape from the fact that Duncan Edwards is the greatest young player of his age.
I know we have had our Bastins, Carters, Dohertys and others, but I rank Edwards as the best young player I have ever seen.”
"Combine the ability of Eric Cantona, and the strength and application of Roy Keane, with the Distribution of Glen Hoddle and the temperament of Paul Scholes, and you are somewhere near to the sort of player Duncan Edwards was.
Younger readers may well think that to be somewhat of an exaggeration, but, believe me, Duncan Edwards was that good."
I believe Bobby !
Ridiculous. Sir Bobby doesn't count?
Duncan was the best player in a team that stuffed Garrincha's Brazil 4-2.
In 1958 Pele's Brazil couldn't beat England after Munich let alone before. He would have won 3 world cups.
Forget Man U, look at England's results in 1956-1958. People talk Pele about his international career, not his club. Duncan was the best player in a better side than Pele.
Maybe ask the Germans who called him 'boom boom' and the newspaper headline stating he's 'the greatest player to ever have set foot in their country'.
He was our best centre half, left half and scored a hat-trick for England as centre forward. The others you mention couldn't tackle. Edwards did it all.
Never read so much crap in one post.
He’d won two league titles by the time he was 21 and they were in the semi final of the European Cup when the crash happened, every chance he could also have had a winners medal at 21 if he lived.
He never played at the same time as most of those players you mentioned why should he play like George Best? He was a completely different footballer, he could do it all and play in every position.
When Bobby Charlton who’s not prone to exaggerated statements says he’s the best player he ever played with then I listen.
I suspect you’re a bitter Celt.
He was just an average player in terms of football today.
He's one of the best players ever & no doubt would be today.
Put those players of today in a heavy kit, boots, bladder ball and churned up farm fields, lets see how average they would've been, nonsensical when you don't say things in relative..
and even harry kane dont win a single trophy...let alone england players achieve top 3 Ballon Dor votes nowadays lol..
your a clueless clown mate
Duncan edwards Should have played for Wolves he watched Wolves from. A very young age ....He was a Wolves fan
A big miss by Wolves who were a great team in them days.
How did he slip trough the Wolves Scouts when Wolves were the best team in England at that time ...???
@@donnachamcgowan I think the story is Jimmy Murphy turned up at his house at 2am & Duncan said it was his dream to play for Man Utd. Something like that, it's in the DVD about him.
@@donnachamcgowanHe had his mindset already on Man Utd even before Jimmy Murphy arrived, utd was well known for its youth even then
His put dudley on the map. Dy 01384 👍🏿