Wayne Barton
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first heard May 2026
last heard 14 Aug
Wayne Barton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And Gordon adds a second goal in the second half, a deflected free kick, but a bit of a...
an error for the defender to get in the way of it, really, because he was struck with such power.
So, I mean, talk us through the atmosphere that day, because, I mean, United fans, obviously, they were gaining kind of a notorious reputation anyway, particularly in the early part of the 70s.
We've talked about the occasions in which the home games had to be moved and everything like that.
The Red Army had been definitely infamous in the way that they travelled in the second division.
But it was certainly an incredible atmosphere that day, wasn't it?
Yeah, it is funny the way that you talk about that, because anyone who really, really gets into the meat and bones of United's history will know that even before Busby came along, in the era before this podcast, basically, I'm sure that maybe in time we'll go back and look at that era, but
United was still seen as one of the most romantic clubs in the country, mostly because they'd faced financial ruin twice.
Their first great team after they'd become known as Manchester United were they had superstars from Manchester City who sort of defected across town, sort of Billy Meredith, sort of
When they won the first title in 1908, they were seen as a great footballing side, one of the great first footballing sides in English football history.
In fact, I'm pretty sure, I'm not that old, and Paddy isn't as well, so I should read that note.
But the reports at the time were that United basically were the most glamorous first division side that had ever won the title.
So we're now advancing to a time where obviously you've got Munich, you've got the relegation, you've got the romance of the European Cup.
It was a storyline club, really.
The way in which they were developing, it was like a real life soap opera and people were intrigued by that.
And there is no doubt, obviously there was a human affection for what happened.
after Munich, but there was also a curiosity of the romance of coming back, the fact that they went down, the fact that Dennis Lowe had scored a backheel to send them, well, symbolically send them down, all of these things did add to the theatre, as Bobby Charlton would later call it, so this intrigue that United were, you know, in fight back, you know, it
And the fact that, you know, now you had a generation of, like I said earlier, a generation of support were following the fathers who watched the Busby Babes.
They watched United going to the European Cup, but now they were able to travel themselves and see that there's a really feverish connection to this team, United.
And the youthfulness, I think, added to it as well.
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