Martyn Busby

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Martyn G Busby (born Slough, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) May 24, 1953) was a former professional footballer mainly with QPR.

He signed professional forms in 1970 and made his debut in a 1-2 defeat against Leicester City in April 1970. He played midfield and was considered one of the brightest prospects that the QPR youth team had produced for many years.He began establishing himself in the first team towards the end of the 1971-72 season when he started the last fourteen matches.The 1972-73 season again saw him start every game until catastrophe struck in a game against Fulham at Craven Cottage in October.He suffered an extremely badly broken leg and it was thought at the time to be career-ending.After the best part of eighteen months out of the game he did return to play but was never quite the same player and remained only a fringe player until he transferred to Portsmouth in 1976 and later the same year to Notts County before rejoining Rangers in September 1977.

He went on to play 146 league games for Rangers scoring 17 league goals in his 2 spells with the club. He retired in 1980 following injury. He is the younger brother of former Fulham striker Viv Busby.

He had a brief spell as joint manager of Maidenhead United with Alan Devonshire from June 1996 to March 1997 when he stepped down, leaving Devonshire to go it alone.