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 players Bill Foulkes (l) and Harry Gregg (r) with Daily Mail cameraman Peter Howard (c) after they had survived the plane crash which killed 21. Seven members of the Manchester United football team were among those dead when the plane crashed after takeoff here. The team were flying home from the match against Red Star Belgrade
Posted: 13th, January 2010 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
