FEBRUARY 6TH - The flowers of English football, The flowers of Manchester

Numquam Moribimur · Feb 5, 2013

One cold and bitter Thursday in Munich, Germany,
Eight great football stalwarts conceded victory,
Eight men will never play again who met destruction there,
The flowers of English football, the flowers of Manchester
Matt Busby’s boys were flying, returning from Belgrade,
This great United family, all masters of their trade,
The pilot of the aircraft, the skipper Captain Thain,
Three times they tried to take off and twice turned back again.
The third time down the runaway disaster followed close,
There was slush upon that runaway and the aircraft never rose,
It ploughed into the marshy ground, it broke, it overturned.
And eight of the team were killed as the blazing wreckage burned.
Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor who were capped for England’s side.
And Ireland’s Billy Whelan and England’s Geoff Bent died,
Mark Jones and Eddie Colman, and David Pegg also,
They all lost their lives as it ploughed on through the snow.
Big Duncan he went too, with an injury to his brain,
And Ireland’s brave Jack Blanchflower will never play again,
The great Matt Busby lay there, the father of his team
Three long months passed by before he saw his team again.
The trainer, coach and secretary, and a member of the crew,
Also eight sporting journalists who with United flew,
and one of them Big Swifty, who we will ne’er forget,
the finest English ‘keeper that ever graced the net.
Oh, England’s finest football team its record truly great,
its proud successes mocked by a cruel turn of fate.
Eight men will never play again, who met destruction there,
the flowers of English football, the flowers of Manchester
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A Broken Plane, A Broken Dream.
A Broken Heart, A Broken Team.
No Words Were Said, A Silent Vow.
We Loved You Then,We love you Now

55 ago , thank-you lads....RIP you'll live forever and ever in the hearts of EVERY UNITED fan.

Playboy Red Devil · Feb 5, 2013

RIP

Numquam Moribimur · Feb 5, 2013

Every year I post this because every year I get more and more worried about the memory of the that team and that one day the busby babes will be forgotten. Read this and pass it on to a RED because this may just be the most important thing ever written on MUFC.

http://www.joinmust.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32962

J'can · Feb 5, 2013

you cant post about the busby babes without mentioning THAT post. you know the one i am talking about from a couple years back.......

Invincible · Feb 5, 2013

Numquam Moribimur said: ↑

Every year I post this because every year I get more and more worried about the memory of the that team and that one day the busby babes will be forgotten.
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How on earth do you figure that will happen?

SyedZada · Feb 6, 2013

Father to son tales never die NM, they never did when there was no media no record, they wont now, rip.

Vasu · Feb 6, 2013

RIP all who perished in this terrible tragedy.

johno · Feb 6, 2013

Someone can't spell February.

delmundo · Feb 6, 2013

never forget

Stud83 · Feb 6, 2013

9-part Munich documentary from the official site:

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F.../Feb/video-munich-documentary-nine-parts.aspx

JC7rox · Feb 6, 2013

RIP.

Always in our thoughts.

revelationx · Feb 7, 2013

RIP

sdotsom · Feb 6, 2014

February 6. Flowers of Manchester. RIP.

Some good stuff at the club website.

http://www.manutd.com/en/Home/News And Features/Munich Remembered/2014/Feb/video munich documentary nine parts.aspx

Father Ted · Feb 6, 2015

February 6.

nykx · Feb 6, 2015

i raise my glass in your honor.
never forget

Father Ted · Feb 6, 2017

February 6.

sdotsom · Feb 6, 2017

Rest in peace. Saw some nice pictures of the people at the memorial today.

gatekeeper2 · Feb 6, 2017

They will never be forgotten. And what the club achieved a decade later will always be remembered and honored.

United 16 · Feb 11, 2017

Beautiful .. pic.twitter.com/qjjS98eczd
— David May (@DavidMay04) February 11, 2017

United 16 · Jan 28, 2018

The Munich disaster’s long shadow still falls on us all, 60 years on

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...saster-60-years-manchester-united-anniversary

Father Ted · Feb 5, 2018

Bump - 60 years

Ashur · Feb 6, 2018

The tragedy viewed from a different perspective.

www.bbc.com/sport/football/42845471

Ashur · Feb 6, 2018

United have unveiled 2 commemorative plaques at the site of the crash in Munich.

www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/11238868/manchester-united-supporters-unveil-munich-on-crash-site

gatekeeper2 · Feb 6, 2018

https://scroll.in/field/867716/alwa...players-fans-remember-busby-babes-60-years-on

Ashur · Feb 6, 2018

Updates of the 60th anniversary memorial of the Munich disaster.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-munich-memorial-live-14252829