Appointed Manchester United manager in late 1972, Tommy Docherty took the club on an amazing journey that encompassed relegation battles both unsuccessful and successful, rebirth and instant promotion from the old Second Division and two successive FA Cup Finals - all in just four and a half years. While his Old Trafford football was beautiful, Docherty was a complicated and less than perfect man, as illustrated by the fact than within weeks of winning the club their first trophy for a decade he was sacked following allegations about his private life.
