Editing Matt Busby (section)

===European glory and retirement===
[[File:Matt Busby statue Old Trafford.jpg|thumb|upright|A statue of Sir Matt Busby in front of [[Old Trafford]] stadium]]
The biggest success of his career came on [[1968 European Cup Final|29 May 1968]] when the team won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. He retired as manager at the end of the following season, having announced his intention to do so on 14 January 1969,<ref name="otd">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/14/newsid_3334000/3334059.stm |title=1969: Matt Busby retires from Man United |work=BBC On This Day |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/01/15/archives/busby-ends-career-as-a-soccer-coach.html?sq=Matt%2520Busby&scp=4&st=cse |title=Busby ends career as soccer coach |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=52 |date=15 January 1969 |access-date=25 April 2009 }}</ref> but remained at the club as a director, handing over managerial duties to trainer and former player [[Wilf McGuinness]].<ref name="otd"/> When McGuinness was sacked in December 1970, Busby returned to the manager's seat on an interim basis until a new permanent appointment was made after the end of the season. The job went to [[Frank O'Farrell]] in June 1971 after United were unsuccessful in approaching [[Jock Stein]] and [[Don Revie]].

He carried on as a club director for 11 years, before being made president in 1980.<ref name="otd"/>

Busby was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1958 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41404 |date=3 June 1958 |page=3521 |supp=y }}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] following the European Cup victory in 1968 in [[1968 Birthday Honours|that year's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44600 |date=31 May 1968 |page=6299 |supp=y }}</ref> He was made a Knight Commander of St Gregory by the Pope in 1972.