How much would Duncan Edwards be worth today? | Best goals & Skills | Rare Footage
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- Опубліковано 11 гру 2022
- Due to some new footage that got discovered lately we have quite a lot of Duncan Edwards on tape now - including a full game against Didi's Brazil. I've compiled all of the best bits into the most comprehensive (up to date) compilation of Edwards' career.
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Disappointed not to play against Duncan on 1951 in a school cup game on Dudley,My team was from Holyhead Rd school on Wednesbury. Was told by one of Duncan's team mates, good job he ay playing against you it's like playing against a man. We all loved this son of our Black Country,Wolves,Albion ,Walsall we all felt the same.It was a great honour that this Black country lad played for Man United. I know they loved him like we did. Had pleasure in seeing him play at schoolboy international level and make his debut against Scotland at Wembley and score. Went to pay homage at his Statue on Dudley a couple of weeks ago.A Black Country man to another' still the tears in my eyes.Yes,to me The Greatest.
Lovely story, thanks for sharing it
I used to like staying in Wednesbury on the canal. Beautiful
My Dad always said Duncan Edwards was the Best player he ever seen, he used to go to Roker Park regular and would also go to St James just to watch this lad play, his hero at Sunderland was Len Shackleton who was a bit of a magician with the ball, But said Duncan Edwards made him look ordinary and was the only player that constantly did, died so tragically young but when you hear Bobby Charlton talk about him the way he did, you know he was more than just a bit special.
Bobby Charlton rated him no 1. He was that good, a sad and tragic loss.
this is from somebody who played with Moore, Best and against Pele
@@flemit35 A somebody who is the greatest English footballer ever. Edwards was amazing. Imagine if the lad lived until 1966?
@@ikemreacts Imagine if that team didn't die what they would have done in Europe
@@declanshanahan3888 I know. We never got to see the best United team of all time. Could have been the best side, ever, in any league. RIP to the lads.
@@ikemreactsbuddy said greatest English player ever 😂
My grandad said to me 2 weeks ago Duncan Edwards is the greatest player he ever saw live.
Surely your grandad never saw a brazillian or an argentine play.
@@sashafalcon5143 OK? 🤔
Brilliant footage. Had it all, 2 footed, awareness, good touch, could pass, defend and look after himself. You'd never know he was 18-21 by that footage.
My Dad at 78 still talks about his greatness even now. Anyone who saw him play or shared a pitch with him NEVER talked about Duncan Edwards as being overrated or average, that says it all to me. They all raved about his wonderful talent and what should have been.
I'm a Scouser, LFC fan, but this saddens me. All that potential cruelly taken away at 21. RIP DUNCAN.
Beautiful comment sir massive respect nothing wrong with this the world needs more understanding. End of 🙏🏼🙏🏼✌🏼✌🏼💪🏼💪🏼 peace
Jude Bellingham , Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton rollled into one and he’s 20 … running the show like a show quarter back, poise, balance, anticipation, elegance, strength and skill. Incredible
Duncan Edwards was ahead of his time as a footballer fantastic player and we have to remember the balls from that Era were brutal so it makes his short career as a football player that more special.
I am from dudley and went to same school but how do u compare him to Bobby Moore or Bobby Charlton oo pele etc in the fifties it was a different game wolves were a better team Bobby was dunces best mate
@@georgerobinson1952george2joan Other people rate him just as highly, also Moore & Charlton began in the 50's so the game wasn't that much different.
I'm 62 and I would like to have seen this guy play. He would be one of the greatest today.
My late father used rave about Duncan Edwards and said he was the greatest player he ever seen. Sadly there wasn’t much footage of Edwards to confirm what my father said… or so I thought until I saw this video. Wow, I can now fully I understand my father’s love and admiration for Duncan Edwards.
I’m pretty speechless to be honest and my only thought is……. Is there any thing this guy couldn’t do?
Absolute genius.
My dad played , with Duncan Edwards for Worcestershire school boys, and I've got the the picture which was taken before the game, not long after he was playing for England schoolboys international football team, my dad never talked about football match but when he did it was always about Duncan Edwards
Only 21 too, he had an exciting career ahead of him. Rest in Peace my midfielder
Duncan edwards will always be in utd history for al time along with all the Munich victims,and as a salford lads of 60yrs old same respect for Eddie colman a salford lads and a friend of Duncan,jez time goes but the tears never dry
My father saw Duncan Edwards play in a friendly match here in Portugal. Portugal won rather handily the game 3-1, but my father would always claim the standout player had been Duncan Edwards ("he could turn the game around just like that!"), who should be then only 18 years old. Watching this footage, I have to agree that his passing skills and vision were uncanny. The speed with which Edwards transitions from defense to attack and sprays passes forward is truly phenomenal. I believe only the Hungarian Boszik could compare to him in that era.
I have lived in southern Spain for 25 years. In one of the Spanish sport papers, Marca, a few years ago, there was an article about Duncan Edwards and it basically said that no one team could ever have bought him. Some compliment.
Truly glorious gesture so raw and authentic I completely believe and love it real football fans recognise real players, and talent pele called it the beautiful game for a reason it captures people hearts 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👌🏼👌🏼❤️✌🏼
Makes you want to cry... Greatest loss on football ever.
History missed the Edwards vs. Pelé World Cup.
I really enjoyed that amazing tribute!
When he tragically passed away at the age of 21 he really was the best player in every outfield position on any pitch. Such a tragic loss for the sport and community. I would highly recommend the biography entitled:”Duncan Edwards-The Greatest” for any other fans.
This is, by far, the best football channel on UA-cam. The quality and the amount of footage displayed about vintage players - and with commentary - is astonishing. Keep it up!
Had he lived he would probably have captained England in the World Cup of 1966. Bobby Moore would have been second choice in his position, while Beckenbauer would have been trying to prove he was as good as Edwards. The Busby Babes team would likely have prevented Real Madrid from winning five consecutive European Cups. Tragic there are so many might-have-beens. Being a Scot, I wished we had a Duncan Edwards.
I doubt that Edwards would've played at centre-back, it's a bit of a weird cliché with him, Moore and 1966 World Cup. He would've played in midfield, which was his best position, with Moore marshaling the backline and Charlton playing slightly further forward.
@@HarmsFootballBeckenbauer played more as a midfielder in 66’ and 70’. The Libero position was a relatively late development in his career occurring after 70’ for the NT.
@@princesofthepower3690 My comment about Edwards not being a centre back was in response to "Bobby Moore would have been second choice in his position". Not sure what Beckenbauer has to do with it (and, also, he settled as a libero a bit earlier but wasn't playing as one for Germany because of Schulz, not because of his preference).
When a Scotsman says “Wish we had him.” about an England player you know just how good Duncan Edwards was.👍
He looks decidedly contemporary, with vision, strength, pace, and with so much time on the ball and when deciding his next move. Like most great players it was difficult to read what he was going to do until he was halfway past you. RIP.
The only footballer I wish I had seen play. My late dad who did see him play said he was a young boy inside a man's body. Bobby Charlton said Duncan was the only person he felt inferior to both as a man and a footballer. That statement says it all. God bless Duncan.
He was the only player my Dad raved about.
If Bobby Charlton said he was that good you have to believe it.
Charlton has played against the greatest
Charlton was a great.
Me too mate, he moaned about everyone else!!!!!!
How composed was this fellow? Obviously a freak of nature. He has everything.
In 70 years of watching football one of its greatest players
Best British player?
Beckenbaur was shut down by Bobby Charlton in The 1970 World Cup it wasn’t until Bobby Charlton was taken off could Beckenbaur excel. I don’t think anyone ever shut down Duncan Edwards.
Thank you for this footage. I am fascinated by Duncan, have several of the programmes from matches he played in, and wish he had lived to fulfil his potential. It is one of the great what-ifs in sport.
OK that was impressive. You watch a lot of these old compilations and wonder what the fuss was about for so many of the old players but this guy was clearly a wonderful footballer.
Great compilation of Edwards showcasing his all round ability and versatility.
Maravilloso!! Y que gran jugador. Lo conocía como un futbolista aplomado y portentoso, con ese gran físico que parecía una aplanadora pero me sorprendió mucho verlo hacer pases de 30-40 metros hacia sus alas en ambos perfiles... Que gran video, te felicito!
His roll reminds me of Roy Keane, breaking up play and driving the team on
My late parents saw him play for England against Ireland in Dublin in 1957 - said he was best player they ever saw on a football field. My dad always maintained with Duncan Edwards and star striker Tommy Taylor , England would have been World Champions in 1958. Munich changed all that.
Pele and garrincha would disagree that 😂
@@ZecamilleoGarrincha didn't play in 58 and edwards would've had the young Pele in his back pocket, they had beaten them 4-2 in 1956 with that squad of brazil for 58 bar pele, england even missed 2 penalties
@@shaka7594 😂 sure.
@@ZecamilleoDifferent kind of players. Edwards was everything on the pitch.
@@shaka7594Garrincha, Vava, Zagalo, Zito, Bellini and Orlando all played against Sweden in the 1958 WC final but didn't play against England in 56. Nonetheless England would have been stronger in 58 with Byrne, Taylor, and Edwards. It would have been interesting to see the two teams pitched against each other.
As a Leeds United fan, this is hard.. but Duncan Edward is and always will be 1 of the greatest footballers of all time, he could do everything, defend, play short or long pass, cross a ball, dribble through everyone, score goals, he could read the game 3 or 4 passes ahead of it..He was the ultimate player.. RIP Duncan a player and role model sadly missed to this day
A newspaper man once said I used to laugh when I heard Ali say I’m the greatest. I’ve seen the greatest and it was a young lad from Dudley. A rock in a raging sea
the boy from Dudley wat he gave us,great memories that we wish we could have been there to see live,not enough words to describe this young guy and his tolel skills,not just the games he played for utd but in his national service he played for the force's,along side playing for utd,in fact matt busby was so impressed with his skills in Germany in game played Duncan uf front wat did he do,scored 3 goals,enough said
I've always had this thing about outstanding players who can do things those around them or play against can't match whilst remembering that the greatest players need excellent players around them to bring out their best which is where Duncan playing along side his talented indispensable teammates in the Busby Babes (& Jimmy Murphy's Boys) can help the genius player reach their full potential.
Duncan was ahead of his time in tactics and training (Jimmy Murphy said he was the most strategic player he ever met) and awareness of training and care of both body and mind. A great player can predict the likely options of where the game will be played moves ahead before others see it which is why you see in many of these clips he is there to intervene and tackle just in the right place at the right time.
I'm not a ManU fan but have tears in my eyes when I see what was lost in such a tragic way by a ridiculous urgency and pressure to get home on schedule despite the fear of all aboard the plane of possible impending doom.
3:08 I loved him and cried when he died I was 14 and still do my son who is 34 is named Duncan Edwards Eastwood
My Mum said she'd never seen our Dad cry until Man U's plane went down
I was also 14 when he died, and I cried too. Could still cry now when I think about that day.
Back in the time when the ball weighed about eight stone
A player without a weakness ,.....he was that good ,....there's 3 levels of a footballer,......there's good footballers,.......there's great footballers .......then there's Duncan Edwards
Thats the best football channel on the platform for sure. Incredible work.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful footage what a player no weakness absolutely stunning player
Sir Bobby survived the crash and got 65 more years... But his comments on Duncan Edwards makes on wonder how good he could have become. Watched a lot of English football in the 70´s on TV, guess he would still might have been a major force.
He wasn’t playing with the new ball, the best pitches or boots. They weren’t much better than semi pro in many respects. So imagine if he was playing today. Awesome doesn’t do him justice. Busby had a word for him : incomparable.
What a footballer! One of the greatest ever!
It's incredibly uplifting and sad to see how incredibly gifted Duncan Edwards was. Uplifting because he simply had everything you could possibly want in a footballer. He was just better at everything than everyone else. It's sad because he was taken so young - (just a young lad really) - when he was on his way to writing his name into the history books as the greatest footballer of all time, with no exceptions or arguments. He really was that good!
Notice how in those days there was no rolling over in agony after just being touched by an opposing player!
Great times they were, I was a kid when Edwards played, when football was a man’s game. Nowadays they fall over if an opposing player looks at them sideways.
Thanks for posting this
great compiliation, thanks.
Boy what could have been had that plane not taken off that day.
this is some insane footage
Unglaublicher Spieler ⚽👏👏 er seiner Zeit legnst voraus!
What strikes me is how totally 2 footed Edwards was , he used left and right shots and passes in equal measures.
Tom Finney and bobby Charlton had this same gift , they really were total footballers.
To this day, Edwards remains a folk hero, a tragic tale of what could have been. Up until 2019, Edwards had long remained the youngest player to have ever been capped for England. Had he lived, he would have been England's Greatest. But fate is both punctual and heartbreaking...
Most underrated channel on UA-cam
Bobby Charlton said he was in awe of Duncan Edwards. He was the best player he ever saw.
This is always a hard question to reply to, the way he was dominating the midfield he would cost 100 M€ being able to do the same today but it doesn't mean it would been able to do it (or not).
We mustn't underestimate the potential of adaptation of older player with a modern training.
Anyway thanks for the footage once again.
Why am I absolutely gutted, all these years after?
Great footage, what a player
Yo from Ireland......he looked damn good
Priceless wish I could see him play what a legend
What a fantastic player
He had it all . Simply outstanding player.
If Duncan had reached his peak, I think he would have cost more than the Etihad stadium! He's still worth more than that to United even now!
Boy could we do with him now 😢
My father was born in manchester in 1935 , left there to come to ireland in 1952 . I remember him telling me he and his parents would go back to visit his family , he used to go and see the babes play with his father and cousins . I remember dad telling me how good the babes were and how his favourite player was Duncan Edwards . How much more success would he have had if his life had not been so cruelly taken at the age of 21 .
Similar with my dad. Born in Manchester in 48, before coming to Jersey in the 70’s. Raved about the babes & being a heartbroken 10 year old after Munich. Always spoke about just how great the babes & Edwards were.
Said Best and Charlton didn’t compare to Edwards. And they weren’t exactly bad players
What a combination that would have been at the back for England Edwards and moore ,the ultimate in football fantasy!
I am from Liverpool, It is very sad what happened at Munich Air Port regarding the Manchester United Team BUT people Must remember that many other people died in that Air Port Crash and they are forgotten. Coming back to the football aspect, I blame the Football League secretary forcing Manchester United to get back to play a League match that could have been re-arranged!. Again what a tragedy for all who died and the survivors.
My late Father would always tell me how Good Duncan Edwards was , he would say that he would have gone down as the Greatest player England has ever produced if his life hadn't been cut short. My Father saw a lot of football in his lifetime and he would always give credit to any great player from any era however he always said the greatest two players he saw were Duncan Edwards and John Charles, even better than Pele or Maradona in his opinion and he didn't say that lightly.
Immortal. God bless big Duncan. Up the reds!
Nice work
¡Fantástico! Quisiera saber si podrías hacer un video con pases (largos y cortos) de Di Stefano
At some point - surely. I love watching Don play.
had so much potential, biggest club in the world, all dished up for him, but life had other plans, RIP ur in a better place now
What people forget is we would have won the WC in 58 and 62. We had already destroyed Brazil in 56 and got a draw against Sweden in their ground.
That team had Matthews, Wright, Haynes, Edwards, Byrne and Taylor.
Brazil could only get a 0-0 4 months after Munich at the WC.
You add Byrne, Taylor and Edwards to the 58 squad and nobody touches them. By 1962 we had added Moore, Greaves and Hunt.
Great player as he was, you wouldnt be talking about Pele without Munich.
Best player ever to put on a United strip or an England one
One of our own from the West Midlands. Would have become one of the worlds greatest players.
George Best is the greatest ever to pull on any shirt let alone Utd shirt! Yes Duncan Edwards is one the greatest ever no doubt about that!
@@johnhughes8466 saw Best over 100 times live , bloody genius, But believe me Duncan was number one
@@davidburns6681Matt Busby said Duncan was the greatest player he ever had greater than Charlton law or best he says it in a 1973 interview where he called Edwards incomparable
@@johnhughes8466 Edwards was better. Bobby Charlton said so. Who should I believe - him or you?
He tackled the "great" di Stefano and got a kick in the back of the leg as he walked away. You can take the boy out of Argentina but.....
All that by the age of 21, absolutely amazing, RIP.
Looks a genuine world great
Pity about dreadful background music, get rid please.
Press "M"
Absolutely. Not even needed.
If there is footage of him from outside Villa cup final and Brazil 56, there must be full games? Where did you find the other footage?
@theheavyroller + all the bits and pieces that you can find online. Do check out his channel as there's a lot of footage - not always 90-minute games but sometimes 30 to 60 minutes of highlights, some including Edwards. His channel is a gem.
@@HarmsFootball thank you! I will
The greatest footballer ever to come from the Black Country.
The. Greatest footballer in world football
After Steve Bull
If he had lived would surely have captained England for years after Billy Wright had retired
English footballs missed out on one of the all time greats I know he is praised anyway but he died at 21 was nowhere near his peak
Words cannot say how good Duncan was.He would have got better with age.He would have captained England to world cup glory in 62 and 66.
Unsung hero of Old Trafford
Just bought the new book on him I'm taking Bobby charltons word on this he must be that good .
The brave Dudley boy
Harms,you Don't have footage of Nicolae Dobrin?
Not specifically, I don't think so.
@@HarmsFootball Too bad,would love to see the Dobrin in your type of video compilation.
We will never know how great he might've become
Who do you think was greatest of all time, and who do you think could have been, 1st guy I seen talk about duncan
When he played he was brilliant against who he played with and who he played against
Obviously a very, very good player but , as with all very good players of the past, he is remembered as being even better than he actually was ( and he WAS very, very good). The tragedy of his untimely death has added quality to those memories. Sorry if that seems a bit negative but do remember I am agreeing that he was very, very good !
What do you base that on? He was getting rated as high as he does now while he played in match reports etc. Also 3rd place in the Ballon d'Or.
Pity some of the footage is grainy and dark. Doesn't really do justice to obviously a great player rip Duncan Edwards
Tragic that he never got the rewards that Bobby got ,who he taught to be the best English player -Had he lived,Bobby would be the 2nd best English player-RIP to our lost legends
I know I watched him play.
Never saw the great guy play live and is my biggest regret.
The man was supposed to captain England in 1966... but it was Mr Moore destiny not Duncan
How many games there are on these clips?
On Footballia there are only 2 game of him
There are three full games of his available (vs Villa, vs Brazil and against U21 Italy). And the rest is from different highlights - of which there are relatively many. Check out @theheavyroller 's channel, he's regularly sharing some gems from that era.
@@HarmsFootball thanks bro, great job
In the 66 world cup he would have been 29. Almost certsinly he would have been captain and in central defence with Bobby Moore.
If only
If Duncan Edwards Bobby Moore would have played in 66 world cup