Munich Air Disaster Blank Teamsheet feature from United Review
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Munich Air Disaster Blank Teamsheet feature from United Review

As the team was announced – with crowther included – some filled it in. Harry Gregg, Survivor and goalkeeper. Bill Foulkes, survivors and captain. Ian Greaves, 23-year-old left back. Freddie Goodwin, described as “the best reserve half -back in the country.” Ronnie Cope, Reserve Center. Stan Crowther, new signing from Aston Villa. Colin Webster, Welsh International. Alex Dawson, 17-year-old forward and lights FA Youth Cup. Ernie Taylor, new signing from Blackpool, 32 years. Mark Pearson, 18-year-old local boy. Shay Brennan, 20-year-old inuti-Fresh Fresh Off National Service.

Then the ground became silent. Deeply silent. Some grip on their programs. Some looked at the ground, others to heaven, others over the pitch where their heroes would never play again. Some just closed their eyes.

The rush followed, and a constant hum was resumed. They hid by some of them in the crowd. But with the judge’s whistle, the pain was able to pause for Murphy, Foulkes and Gregg, concentration and determination in its place.

At 19:58, Shay Brennan did. His right -footed corner in swinging corners, he remembered, “swung beautifully under the dazzling headlights flowed on to the target of a wind thrill and curled over the” keeper’s head in the net. “

Another type of silence followed. The short intake of breaths. And then the outbreak of noise. “Hats and scarves flew up in the air, many who are never seen by their owners again, but who cared?” recalled a spectator. “There were also tears, since never before a lonely goal could mean so much to so many.”

United won 3-0. Brennan did two, Dawson One, and Cope and Young Pearson stood out. “Their maturity, Polish and skill left one wondering what other magic is hidden in Old Trafford,” wrote a reporter.

The Daily Express Said United “was born again.” Another summarized the nation’s feeling. “There is the crystallization of the British idea of ​​sports! There is triumph of adversity we all like! Well done, Manchester United. ‘

‘If there was ever confirmation of a long -term policy, it was,’ posed Manchester guard. And they were right. It was Busby and Murphy’s unmatched commitment to young people and developed their own who had allowed it. They had only signed two players to supplement the survivors of the two Munich.

The MirrorThe first page claimed, “something of a shadow seemed to lift when United won.” It did. Foulkes cried and a tearful Jimmy Murphy explained: “Now we know that the future has his sunshine.”

But the shadow returned. It returned in reality in United’s situation. Jimmy now had to choose a team for Saturday’s league visit in Nottingham Forest. But not just for the first team, also reserves, a team and B team, all of which would resume their fixtures. And Cope had a strained back, Pearson a blue -marked foot and Brennan a proposal.

And then Duncan Edwards died and the world seemed to be a really dark place again. Despite the magnificent cup of triumph, a new black cloud filled the air.