Today is the 66th anniversary of the Munich air disaster when 23 people, including 8 of the Manchester United players, died when the aeroplane in which they were returning to Manchester from a European Cup match in Belgrade crashed when trying to take off at Munich airport after a refuelling stop. Thirteen days later the team played their first game since the crash, an FA Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday, and pictures of the front of the programme of that match, and of the team sheet on the middle pages are frequently shown. When the programme went to be printed the club had no idea which players would be available so there are blanks where the names of the players are normally shown. Here are pictures of each of the pages in that programme.
Duncan Edwards succumbed to his injuries at the hospital on 21st February, two days after this match.
Johnny Berry and Jackie Blanchflower never played again.
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