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Munich survivor dies at age of 74
One of the survivors of the tragic Munich Air Disaster Albert Scanlon has passed away at the age of 74 while in hospital in Salford suffering with kidney problems and pneumonia.
Full Story1958 : Munich Air disaster kills United Players
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 [...]
Full StoryThe Greatest – Duncan Edwards
“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 most [...]
Roger Byrne – Busby Babe
“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, [...]
Full StoryRay Wood – Busby Babe
Ray Wood is a name often forgotten about whenever the “Busby Babes” are mentioned. The signing of Harry Gregg in December 1957 seemed to signal the end of Ray’s career at Old Trafford, but personally, I would never have bought into that theory. At the time of the tragedy he was still too good a [...]
Full StoryMark Jones – Busby Babe
That the “Busby Babes” were the glamour team of their era is beyond doubt. Sir Matt had quietly introduced his youngsters into First Division football between the 1952 – 53, 1953-54, and 1954-55 seasons. It had taken three years to assemble this array of mercurial young talent, and there had been some setbacks along the [...]
Full Story“The Wizard of the Wing” – Johnny Berry
He was the smallest, the oldest, and the vice – captain of that great “Busby Babes” team of the 1950’s. Born on June 1st 1926, in the Hampshire town of Aldershot, he was considered as being “too small” to make a career in football with the “Shots.” How wrong could people have been! So when [...]
Full Story“The Smiling Executioner” – Tommy Taylor
His smile would have brightened even the darkest room. With his black curly hair, mischievous eyes, that smile and good looks, Tommy Taylor, standing at 6’1” tall and weighing in at 13 stones, he was the epitome of the professional athlete. Like the “Bestie” of a few years hence, it is true to say that [...]
Full Story“Snake Hips” – Eddie Colman
Cheeky, precocious, exuberant, effervescent, bubbly, exciting; all those words could be used to describe Eddie Colman. But as far as football is concerned, you could only ever describe him as supremely gifted and talented. He was certainly one of those players that left an indelible imprint on your memory with his own style of playing [...]
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