Manchester United Remembered: Busby Babe Albert Scanlon’s Funeral

SOME THINGS transcend football club loyalty. Not many. Football fans are a dedicated lot. All of English football does not win when a club side takes the European Cup. All English football fans – besides the lucky few who back the winners – are upset. Goes the mantra: Anyone but them. But some things unite. The deaths of Manchester United footballers in the Munich air crash is one of those things. Busby Babe Albert Scanlon has been buried. A sad day. A day to remember:

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Manchester United team group (l-r): Duncan Edwards, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, Ken Morgans, Bobby Charlton, Dennis Viollet, Tommy Taylor, Billy Foulkes, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Roger Byrne

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Posted: 13th, January 2010 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink