Manchesterplatz I Man Utd Munich Air Crash Site

Manchesterplatz I Man Utd Munich Air Crash Site - 21.09.2023
Our trip to the Munich memorial site....
The Manchester United Memorial commemorates the victims of the 1958 Munich plane crash.
In 2004, Manchester United built a lasting memorial on the spot where the accident took place, whose main piece is a football pitch with the names of those who died etched into a football pitch. It was the club's way of thanking the people of Munich for their care and support of the people of Manchester.
Located at "Manchesterplatz" is a memorial stone with the names of those who died in the plane crash on 6th February 1958.
In memory of them, part of the street "Rappenweg" was renamed to "Manchesterplatz" and the memorial was erected.
It is a square between two streets, with no buildings or features at all apart from the monument. It is tucked away a short walk from the U- and S-Bahn station Trudering.
The date of 6th February will forever be circled on the calendars of everyone connected with Manchester United.
On that day in 1958, the darkest day in United's history, 23 people - including eight players and three members of the club's staff - suffered fatal injuries in the Munich Air Disaster.
The team had been travelling back from a European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade when their aircraft stopped in Germany to refuel. The first two attempts to take off from Munich airport were aborted; following a third attempt, the plane crashed.
The eight players who perished were Geoff Bent (aged 25), Roger Byrne (28), Eddie Colman (21), Duncan Edwards (21), Mark Jones (24), David Pegg (22), Tommy Taylor (26) and Liam Whelan (22). Edwards, considered by many to be the finest player of his generation, died 15 days after the accident.
The three club officials who were killed were secretary Walter Crickmer, trainer Tom Curry and coach Bert Whalley.
Thanks for watching and stay safe!
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[@Alfa-Gdog]

Lewis and Dad this is one of the best and most touching vlogs you have ever made. I would have loved to have been there with you guys and I'm so glad you got to experience the memorial.❤👍😢

[@UKSTRAINS]

We'll never forget our Busby babes.. 🔴🌹

[@itchyfeetwilltravelk5122]

Awesome, great to see the other side of the club. No just match day.

[@aungphyokyaw8619]

👏🤓😭

[@SebastianHernandez-uo4be]

There's a film called United it's about the same tragic event for the Manchester united team and the film was way sad along with the real life event as well ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
We'll Never die! We'll Not Forget that saddest day that occurred

[@davidomara1142]

we'll never die, we'll never die, we'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the red flag flying high cos man united will never die. Great vlog!