carlyluvsunited
22-01-2008, 09:06 AM
City fans beg United to call off silent tribute for Munich crash
Manchester City's official supporters' club has written to Manchester United urging
them to abandon plans for a minute's silence to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the Munich air disaster at next month's derby.
The appeal comes after chants of "We're all going to the golden jubilee", sung to
the tune of Yellow Submarine, were heard at a recent match, confirming City's
worst fears, that some supporters may disrupt the tributes to the 23 people,
including eight members of Matt Busby's team, who were killed on February 6
1958.
United play City on February 10 and, partly at the suggestion of one of the
survivors, Sir Bobby Charlton, the club have opted to hold a minute's silence
rather than a minute's applause. That has led to Kevin Parker, the general
secretary of City's supporters' club, writing to express concern that "some
supporters will show a complete lack of respect".
The letter says: "We plead with Manchester United to change from the proposed
minute's silence to a minute's applause to allow all true football fans a chance to
show their respects. In this way any idiots who do not share these views will be
drowned out rather than highlighted. We think it is obvious that if there is a
minute's silence some fool will interrupt it and this will reflect very badly not only
on Manchester City but on Manchester and football supporters in general."
The supporters' club has copied the letter to the Premier League in the hope that
it will put pressure on United. "We have to accept that, while there is some
friendly rivalry between the two sets of supports, there is also a great deal of
hatred and there will be some City fans who do not want to go along with any
recognition of the disaster," Parker said last night.
City's official stance is that they will go along with whatever United want, but
privately they are alarmed and have written to the 3,000 who have tickets
asking them to "uphold our good name". The letter, signed by the manager,
Sven-Goran Eriksson, and the captain, Richard Dunne, points out that Frank
Swift, a former City goalkeeper, was among the Munich dead in his work for the
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Manchester City's official supporters' club has written to Manchester United urging
them to abandon plans for a minute's silence to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the Munich air disaster at next month's derby.
The appeal comes after chants of "We're all going to the golden jubilee", sung to
the tune of Yellow Submarine, were heard at a recent match, confirming City's
worst fears, that some supporters may disrupt the tributes to the 23 people,
including eight members of Matt Busby's team, who were killed on February 6
1958.
United play City on February 10 and, partly at the suggestion of one of the
survivors, Sir Bobby Charlton, the club have opted to hold a minute's silence
rather than a minute's applause. That has led to Kevin Parker, the general
secretary of City's supporters' club, writing to express concern that "some
supporters will show a complete lack of respect".
The letter says: "We plead with Manchester United to change from the proposed
minute's silence to a minute's applause to allow all true football fans a chance to
show their respects. In this way any idiots who do not share these views will be
drowned out rather than highlighted. We think it is obvious that if there is a
minute's silence some fool will interrupt it and this will reflect very badly not only
on Manchester City but on Manchester and football supporters in general."
The supporters' club has copied the letter to the Premier League in the hope that
it will put pressure on United. "We have to accept that, while there is some
friendly rivalry between the two sets of supports, there is also a great deal of
hatred and there will be some City fans who do not want to go along with any
recognition of the disaster," Parker said last night.
City's official stance is that they will go along with whatever United want, but
privately they are alarmed and have written to the 3,000 who have tickets
asking them to "uphold our good name". The letter, signed by the manager,
Sven-Goran Eriksson, and the captain, Richard Dunne, points out that Frank
Swift, a former City goalkeeper, was among the Munich dead in his work for the
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