Busby Babes, scaring Bayern and Harry Kane - Shamrock Rovers in Europe
For Shamrock Rovers, the first League of Ireland side to play in the European Cup, Thursday's trip to Stamford Bridge is the latest..
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The "Busby Babes" were the group of footballers, recruited and trained by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy, who progressed from the club's youth team into the first team under the management of the eponymous Matt Busby from the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. The squad most associated with the name "babes" was that of the 1957–58 season, many of whom died in the 1958 Munich air disaster, and who, with an average age of 22, had been touted to dominate European football for the next few years.
For Shamrock Rovers, the first League of Ireland side to play in the European Cup, Thursday's trip to Stamford Bridge is the latest..