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The Flowers of Manchester
On one cold and bitter Thursday in Munich, Germany,
Eight great football stalwarts conceded victory,
Eight men who will never play again who met destruction there,
The flowers of British football, the flowers of Manchester
Matt Busby's boys were flying, returning from Belgrade,
This great United family, all masters of their trade,
The Pilot of the aircraft, the skipper Captain Thain,
Three times they tried to take off and twice returned back again.
The third time down the runaway disaster followed close,
There was a slush upon that runaway and the aircraft never rose,
It ploughed into the marshy ground, it broke, it overturned.
And eight of the team were killed when the blazing wreckage burned.
Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor who were capped for England's side.
And Ireland's Billy Whelan and England's Geoff Bent died,
Mark Jones and Eddie colman, and David Pegg also,
they lost their lives as it ploughed on through the snow.
Big Duncan he went to, with an injury to his frame,
And Ireland's brave Jack Blanchflower will never play again,
The great Sir Matt Busby lay there, the father of his team
Three long months passed by before he walked again.
The trainer, coach and secretary, and a member of the crew,
Also eight sporting journalists who with United flew,
and one of them Big Swifty, who we'll ne'er forget,
the finest English 'keeper that ever graced the net.
Oh, England's finest football team its record truly great,
its proud successes mocked by a cruel turn of fate.
Eight men will never play again, who met destruction there,
the flowers of English football, the flowers of Manchester
RIP
On one cold and bitter Thursday in Munich, Germany,
Eight great football stalwarts conceded victory,
Eight men who will never play again who met destruction there,
The flowers of British football, the flowers of Manchester
Matt Busby's boys were flying, returning from Belgrade,
This great United family, all masters of their trade,
The Pilot of the aircraft, the skipper Captain Thain,
Three times they tried to take off and twice returned back again.
The third time down the runaway disaster followed close,
There was a slush upon that runaway and the aircraft never rose,
It ploughed into the marshy ground, it broke, it overturned.
And eight of the team were killed when the blazing wreckage burned.
Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor who were capped for England's side.
And Ireland's Billy Whelan and England's Geoff Bent died,
Mark Jones and Eddie colman, and David Pegg also,
they lost their lives as it ploughed on through the snow.
Big Duncan he went to, with an injury to his frame,
And Ireland's brave Jack Blanchflower will never play again,
The great Sir Matt Busby lay there, the father of his team
Three long months passed by before he walked again.
The trainer, coach and secretary, and a member of the crew,
Also eight sporting journalists who with United flew,
and one of them Big Swifty, who we'll ne'er forget,
the finest English 'keeper that ever graced the net.
Oh, England's finest football team its record truly great,
its proud successes mocked by a cruel turn of fate.
Eight men will never play again, who met destruction there,
the flowers of English football, the flowers of Manchester
RIP
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Re: The Flowers of Manchester - Munich remembered, never forgotten.
Fri, February 4, 2005 - 9:34 AMVery well put, Cheeky, I may not like Man Utd but that was a football tragedy. -
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Re: The Flowers of Manchester - Munich remembered, never forgotten.
Fri, February 4, 2005 - 9:48 AMWell it wasn't my own words... but the who tragedy in still in the hearts of many OT regulars, whether they remember the event or like me, wasn't born. -
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Re: The Flowers of Manchester - Munich remembered, never forgotten.
Fri, February 4, 2005 - 10:16 AMThanks for the history lesson....good Monkey.
cheers~
Steve
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Re: The Flowers of Manchester - Munich remembered, never forgotten.
Fri, February 4, 2005 - 3:50 PMIt's sad to think that Duncan Edwards and co were young men when they died. My Dad, a Newcastle fan, says Edwards was one of the best players he ever saw for his age. Just think what Man U could have achieved if the crash had never happened? They might have dominated football domestically and in European terms.. -
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Re: The Flowers of Manchester - Munich remembered, never forgotten.
Fri, February 4, 2005 - 3:55 PMYou don't run into too many people who can say they saw Big Duncan play, but those fortunate enough to say they did all talk about him the same way. He would certainly have been in the 66 WC winning team.
I had the fortune of meeting Sir Bobby Charlton once. I honestly think the tragedy is always on his mind.
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