The events of that black day of Thursday 6th February 1958 even now are no easier to absorb. The cruelty and enormity of the tragedy on that fatal day is hard to believe , it was 3pm, the BEA Elizabethan airliner had already tried to take off twice on the main runway at Munich airport [...]

The autumn of 1957 was a carefree, buoyant time for Manchester United fans. They had watched as the team had made a decent start to the season and also as they had brushed aside the Shamrock Rovers club from Dublin, in the first round of the European Cup. After being League Champions for the previous [...]

After the euphoria of the victory against Bilbao on that never to be forgotten evening of 6th February, 1957, the fans had to wait until the 11th April for the 1st leg of the European Cup semi-final. United also had to wait to find out who they would be playing as joining them in the [...]

It was quite late on Thursday January 17, 1957, when the silver Elizabethan aircraft lifted out of Bilbao’s small municipal airport, and into the dim, grey, wet and cloudy, Spanish afternoon. The United players had spent the previous four hours or so helping to free the aircraft of ice and snow, and now they just [...]

After the hard fought battle with Borrussia Dortmund towards the end of November 1956, Manchester United had to wait another eight weeks before they would face European opposition again in the European Cup. They had been paired with Athletico Bilbao in the forthcoming quarter final tie, and the matches were to be played in Bilbao [...]

“The best player that I’ve ever seen, the best footballer that I’ve ever played with for United or England, the only other player who ever made me feel inferior.” Those are the words of one of the greatest players ever to grace the world football stage, one of the greatest ambassadors of the game, and [...]

The City of Manchester, and also the rest of the country, started to feel for the very first time, “European Football Fever” in October of 1956, following the emphatic demolition of Belgian Champions Anderlecht by United in their very first tie in this new European Cup competition. Significantly, the 10-0 winning margin, and the display [...]

History was made on the evening of September 12, 1956 – when thanks to the vision of United manager Matt Busby, the club became the first English club to compete in European competition. In truth, if Busby had wanted to test his beloved “Babes” in competition against the cream of Europe’s best football teams, the [...]

Good Friday fell on April 19th in 1957 – 50 years ago . I have some very strong and fond memories of that day and the weekend that followed. Being brought up in a strong Catholic environment, Good Friday was a “Holy Day” and in our family, was normally observed in just such a way. [...]

“Captain Marvel”, “Captain Fantastic”, “Captain Reliable”. All accolades given to Captains of Manchester United during the last thirty years. United have had some great Captains at the Club down through the years and they have all left their own legacy on the Club’s history. Roger Byrne is certainly up there with the best of them, [...]