Seven Manchester United footballers are among 21 people killed when their plane crashes in Munich in February 1958. The British European Airways plane caught fire shortly after take off with 38 ...

More than 60 years ago, on February 6, tragedy struck the world of football when a plane carrying Manchester United players crashed in thick snow at Munich Airport. A total of 23 people lost their ...

One fan described it as "beyond contempt". Twitter Seven of the players were killed immediately in the crash at Munich airport as they returned from a European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade.

David Peace has written about footballing icons such as Brian Clough – The Damned United – and Bill Shankly – Red or Dead – ...

A service to mark 60 years since the Munich air crash which killed 23 people, including eight Manchester United players, has taken place. The crash, on 6 February 1958, happened on United's return ...

Mark Finnigan, 24, from Liverpool, was witnessed making a hand gesture which could be interpreted as related to the Munich air disaster, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.

An Everton fan who mocked the Munich air disaster during a match at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground has been banned from stadiums. Mark Finnigan pleaded guilty to making offensive gestures ...

Sir Jim Ratcliffe appeared along with Sir Dave Brailsford and Sir Alex Ferguson to mark the 66th year since the disaster which took the lives of the Busby Babes Following the fatal crash on 6 ...

On 6 February 1958, a charter plane crashed after refuelling in Munich. The accident claimed the lives of 23 people, including eight Manchester United players and three officials. We will never ...

When Duncan Edwards was in the hospital after the plane crash, he found himself with a broken pelvis, multiple leg fractures, ...

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg, a survivor of the 1958 Munich air disaster, has died at the age of 87. Gregg, who had only been at United for two months at the time of the crash ...