Centenarian commentator honoured at Utd game

THE man who reconnected Matt Busby with Old Trafford following the Munich air crash in 1958 took centre stage at Manchester United yesterday afternoon.

Les Burgess was the hospital radio commentator for United during those dark days, part of a 16-year stint in the job, and it was his task to speak with Busby direct from his Munich hospital bed to give United fans assurance the “father of football” would pull through.

“A crowd of us got together and formed the hospital commentaries, so I ended up speaking to Matt from the ground while he was in hospital,” Burgess explained.