{"id":2093,"date":"2018-02-06T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2018\/02\/06\/manchester-stands-still-memory-busby-babes-60-years-after-fatal-munich-air-disaster\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T15:11:54","slug":"manchester-stands-still-memory-busby-babes-60-years-after-fatal-munich-air-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/manchester-stands-still-memory-busby-babes-60-years-after-fatal-munich-air-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester stands still in memory of the Busby Babes 60 years after the fatal Munich Air Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Sixty years have passed since the unexpected tragedy of the Munich Air Disaster claimed the lives of 23 players and staff. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Manchester and the UK&nbsp;was shook to the core when the lives of these extraordinary footballers lost their lives on&nbsp;6&nbsp;February 1958. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">To commemorate the deaths of many of the The Busby Babes, the name given to the Manchester United squad after Sir Matt Busby, manager at the time,&nbsp;injected the squad with many players from the youth system.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Manchester United is holding a ceremony outside the lower east stand underneath the memorial plaque of the Munich disaster, ahead of a minute\u2019s silence at 3.04pm,&nbsp;marking the time of the fatal crash. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Only two survivors of the catastrophe remain, Sir Bobby Charlton and Harry Gregg, with both paying their respects today. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Manchester United Supporters Club Sligo told NQ: &#8220;The tears in his (Bobby Charlton) eyes nearly 60 years on brings the hurt and pain home.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">The crash brought a devastating blow to the city. Many of the players who passed away came through Manchester United\u2019s youth system and players such as Roger Byrne grew up on the streets of Gorton. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Nora Milarvie, 80, whose late husband attended both United and City home matches during the 50s and 60s, recalls that the awful news \u201cstung.\u201d Her husband, Bob, said he was \u201cso upset\u201d as many of the players were \u201ca joy to watch\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">With both Manchester clubs holding a&nbsp;palpable animosity in recent years, the rival&nbsp;clubs suspended their&nbsp;rivalry to pay respects. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Both Twitter accounts of the clubs changed their profile pictures to the clock commemorating the time of the crash as well as releasing the hashtag \u2018A CityUnited\u2019 \u2013 something Manchester City and United released following the Manchester Attack of May last year. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Lifelong United fan, Steve Hopwood, 54, said that the tribute felt \u201cvery personal\u201d as he \u201cgrew up hearing about it\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">He added that the recovery from their \u201cdecimated youthful squad to then becoming European Cup champions only 10 years later in 1968,\u201d with many of the same players who survived the crash, \u201cwas something of a romantic story\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixty years have passed since the unexpected tragedy of the Munich Air Disaster claimed the lives of 23 players and staff. 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