Michael Crick gives an assessment of Manchester United Football Club from the time when Matt Busby resigned in 1969. He looks at the ownership, management, politics and economics of the club, using interviews with the club's players, officials and supporters to piece together the truth. Michael Crick has been a United follower since the late 1960s. He is a reporter with the ITN's Channel 4 News and his previous works include a study of Arthur Scargill.