Manchester United Pay Touching Tribute to Former Club Players and Officials Who Were Victims of the Munich Air Disaster in 1958 (Watch Videos)
On February 6, 1958, a plane carrying Manchester United players and officials from a match against Slavia Prague, landed in Munich for refuelling where it crashed, resulting in casualties. A reported total of eight first-team players lost their lives alongside club officials and journalists. This day would go down as one of the saddest in the club's history.
Manchester United paid a touching tribute to the victims of the Munich air disaster in 1958. The club took to Twitter to share a video of the ones who lost their lives in the accident that day and also reshared a video from 2018 where players and members recorded a moving poem to remember the event.
Watch Video and Post:
Remembering those we lost on that fateful day in Munich, 64 years ago.#FlowersOfManchester 🌹
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) February 6, 2022
February 6, 1958.
Forever in our hearts.#FlowersOfManchester 🌹 pic.twitter.com/eKsocj2Ufk
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) February 6, 2022
Here's The Poem:
𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒔.
In 2018, our participants joined @ManUtd players to record this moving poem to mark the 60th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.
Today, we share it again, as we remember the #FlowersOfManchester 🔴❤️ pic.twitter.com/rOk3tsdIDQ
— Manchester United Foundation (@MU_Foundation) February 6, 2022
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