February 6th 1958. The Day a Great Team Died!

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60 years on Remembering the Dead and injured of Munich some of whom like Bobby Charlton and Harry Gregg have had to carry the scars of that dreadful night for the whole of their lives.

RIP those who died and have died since and my thoughts and prayers go out to them their families and the survivors who can never shed their memories of that tragic night.

Munich 1958 by Thomas Hardeman

Roger Byrne, best captain of all,
On the 5th of February he last kicked a ball.
David Pegg, dashing down the wing,
Full-backs he played against couldn’t mark a thing.
Tommy Taylor, simply world-class,
He could shoot, cross, defend and pass.
Eddie Colman, nicknamed ‘Snakehips’,
His name was on every Mancunian’s lips.
Big Duncan Edwards, greatest ever seen,
Better than Best, Cantona, Ronaldo and Keane.
Liam Whelan, a Catholic through and through,
He had a wand of a right foot – and a wand of a left one too.
Mark Jones, a big family lover,
Don’t forget, he was more than just cover.
Geoff Bent, didn’t play that last game,
Without him, United’s defence never was the same.
Geordie Tom Curry, a coach, he made the first team smooth.
Bert Whalley, also a coach, but he was busier with youth.
Walter Crickmer, at United for 31 years,
Few people would have such loyal careers.
The journalists were England’s best,
Swift, Clarke, Rose, Ledbrooke, Davies, Jackson and Thompson would never again return west.
Sir Bobby Charlton, with a blistering shot,
In the World Cup ’66, the best of the lot.
Sir Matt Busby, the father of the side,
Twice he received the last rites but it wasn’t him who died.
Harry Gregg, dangerously brave,
He survived but he didn’t win a medal he so craved.
The survivors in red
As Sir Matt had said:
“Manchester United will rise again.”
But we will always feel the pain.

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Was born 5 years later,but read a lot about the disaster.Read a lot about their phenomenal skills,and how they performed.R.I.P.

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