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On this day in 1958...

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  1. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
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    ...23 people lost their lives in the Munich Air disaster.

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  2. bum_chinned_crab

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    I wouldve loved to have seen Edwards play just to see if he was as good as everyone makes out.

    Not wanting to take this off topic and talk about Italian football again but the whenever Munich is remembered I always think of Superga and how hardly anyone knows about it. This article sums it up perfectly:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rob-atkinson/superga-footballs-forgotten-air-disaster_b_2628422.html

    The entire all-conquering Torino team, the best in Italy by a mile at that point, were killed and, unlike United, they never recovered. At the time every one of the outfield players for the Italian national side played for Torino. Just imagine that, it's ****ing incredible.

    Both truly awful disasters.
     
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  3. StrovolosTiger

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    RIP
    There but for the grace of God.

    Manchester United players:
    Manchester United staff
    Journalists
    Other passengers
     
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  4. Ernie Shackleton

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    One of the blackest days in the history of football.

    A tragic loss of life.

    RIP.



    You shouldn't single out individuals but Edwards could have gone on to be the greatest English footballer of all time.
     
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  5. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    I remember the day well I just came in from cubs, and my father told me about the crash.
     
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  6. yerman

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    I can't remember where I was when JFK was shot or when Churchill died or other landmark events we are told everyone remembers but I have a picture in my mind of being stood at a bus stop waiting to go home after choir practice (for our younger members church choirs were a big thing in those days) when one of my mates told me the news.
    I didn't wait for the bus but ran home and only believed the news when my dad confirmed it.A sad day for all football fans.
     
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  7. Yardley Tiger

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    Yes, a very sad day. I was very fortunate to see them play a few times as I was a student at Manchester Tech.
     
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  8. Der Alte

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    On the night of the tragedy the BBC cancelled a television programme (a play I think) starring Wilfred Pickies - apparently it was set in Manchester and might have included reference to United.
    Although I never saw the team play "live" my first ever recollection of televised football was the FA Cup Final the previous year when (I think) they lost against Aston Villa and Jackie Blanchflower ended up as the stand in goalie - no subs in those days of course. He immediately became a hero in my eyes but, although he survived at Munich, he wasn't able to play again.
     
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  9. Devontiger

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    My dad was in the army based at Chelsea Barracks. He went to watch the last game they played at Highbury on Feb 2nd against Arsenal. It ended 4-5 to United. He still says it the best match he has ever seen. Freezing weather muddy pitch the Babes all in white playing some great football. He said Edwards scored first a tank of a man dominating the pitch and spraying passes everywhere, Bobby Charlton scored a couple, he had just started to become a regular. He has still got the programme, or should I say I have, he gave it to me many years ago, something I will always treasure. Apart from my play off final programme!!!!!
     
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