Every Man Utd fan should watch new Jimmy Murphy documentary ‘Sculpting A Hero’

Those are the very first words of a brand-new documentary, released today (1 June), that commemorates the making and the unveiling of a magnificent new statue of one of our club’s greatest heroes.

 

Newer fans, or younger fans, might not be so familiar with the name Jimmy Murphy. After all, a quick scour of the record books might note only that he managed the first team for a mere 22 matches. But they were some of the most challenging in United’s long and storied history.

 

They came, of course, in the wake of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster – the day that will forever define us as a club. In the painful, panicked months after that dark day, Jimmy was the man who kept our club going, while manager Matt Busby lay shattered, motionless on a bed in Bavaria.

 

Now, after years of fan campaigning, Jimmy’s heroic efforts – and his wider career as arguably this country’s finest developer of young footballers and a superb assistant to Busby – have been honoured in Old Trafford’s new statue. And Jimmy Murphy: Sculpting A Hero is the story of that long journey to honour this Herculean Welshman.