Tag: Munich air disaster
Why was Manchester United’s ill-fated team called Busby Babes?
6 February 1958 will always be remembered as a black day in the footballing world. It was this day that a young Manchester United team went through the darkest stage of their life. Eight players from the famed Busby Babes perished in a horrific crash at the Munich-Riem Airport, Germany. The tragedy came to be known as the ‘Munich air disaster’.
