Sjötta febrúar ár hvert minnumst við flugslyssins þar sem 8 leikmenn Manchester United, 3 starfsmenn félagsins og 12 aðrir létust.
Leikmennirnir voru Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne fyrirliði, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor og Liam Whelan.
Walter Crickmer, ritari félagsins, Bert Whalley yfirþjálfari og Tom Curry þjálfari létu einnig lífið.
Sæmi Jóns says
Ég ætla vona að liðið okkar heiðri minningu þeirra er fórust með því að vakna til lífsins og klára tímabilið með sóma. Man Utd forever.
Atli Þór says
For everyone laughing at Manchester
United, allow me to tell you a story.
Railway workmen came together to play
football once and dared to dream. A
dream to make something more of their
lives.
That is Manchester United.
The team lost its first ever competitive
game 6-0 to Bolton Reserves. It got
relegated in its second season of
competitive football. In January 1902, it
was asked to shut down because of
debts. It didn’t. Instead it came back up
and won the league, a FA
Cup and a charity shield 2 years later.
That is Manchester United.
From 1922 to 1940, United were
relegated again and again and again.
Faced with bankruptcy in 1931, United
were on the verge of disaster again.
Instead, the team held on and fought on.
Finishing 2nd in 1947, 1948 and 1949; 1st
in ’52, 55 and 56.
It won the FA Cup in 1948 and became
the first English team to play in Europe. It
had to wait 41 years for glory.
That is Manchester United.
A plane took off on February 6,
1958. To greatness it seemed. And came
crashing down. 8 players died.
Facing despair and doom, the club fought
on. It reached the final of the FA Cup that
year. Without a first team, it plodded on
and rebuilt. 7 years later, as
the fallen 8 smiled from above, the team
won the title in 1965 and 1967. And the
European Cup in ’68.
That is Manchester United.
For 25 years it waited to win again,
getting relegated, losing Managers and
players as rivals laughed. It didn’t fall
then either. A league title in 1992, a
double in ’93 and a treble in ’99. That is
Manchester. Blood, toil, sweat and tears.
That is Manchester United.
Our squad needs a reshuffle you say. Our
tactics are outdated you say. You laugh
because you think we are down. You
laugh because you think we are lost. We
smile because we have seen it all. We
smile because we know we will ALWAYS
be back. Wins from incredible positions.
Glory from the darkest despair.
That is Manchester United.
We are Manchester United.’
This is why I love this team,
We may not be the best team in the
world, we may not be the greatest of
them all but we are the most
inspirational team ever!
That is what separates us from others, we
are a team to look on to.
I don’t know, when we’ll be back, maybe
this year, maybe next, maybe in 5-10
years time, but believe me down and
out? Not a bit of it. We’re never out.
And no, this is not blind faith, but belief.
Man Red 4eva