{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6298f82a0567ea001241e383/6398f7e335ac7000122fbca7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Man Who Saved Man U","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6298f82a0567ea001241e383/1654719873387-44a3e0d22bab09958594fc24192f4947.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>December 19, 1931. Walter Crickmer, the team secretary for a struggling Manchester United, is making the lonely walk up a long driveway to meet with a local businessman by the name of James W. Gibson. Though Gibson has no affiliation with the team and isn't even a fan of the sport, he's been targeted as the man to save Manchester United. But Gibson is not offering the club a simple loan; he's got big plans for the future that will come to be known as \"The Gibson Guarantee.\"</p><p><br></p><p>Why was Manchester United in such a dire financial position? And how did Gibson manage to not only become the team's primary investor, but also steward the team into unparalleled success that continues nearly a century later?</p><p><br></p><p>Specials thanks to our guests. Dr. Gary James, organizer of the International Football History conference and author of \"Manchester: A Football History,\" Jim White, author of \"Manchester United: The Biography,\"&nbsp;Jon Reeves, author of \"The Battle for Manchester\", and Alan Embling, the great-nephew of James W. Gibson.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The HISTORY® Channel"}