Manchester's finest
how the Munich air disaster broke the heart of a great city
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Word Count
99,000 words, Guess
Page Count
396 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemanchestersfines0000hall_t0x4
- ISBN-101405649232
- ISBN-139781405649230
- OCLC Control Number228197102
- Open LibraryOL29552843M
Classifications
- DDC796.334094273309045
Description
On 6 February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed in a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from an icy runaway in Munich. On board were the Manchester United football team, returning from their 3-3 draw against Red Star Belgrade, as well as a number of journalists and other passengers. Twenty-three of the forty-four passengers and crew aboard died. News of the disaster sent shockwaves around the world. Manchester's Finest tells of this terrible air crash, but it is also the story of the immediate aftermath of the disaster and the effect on the city of Manchester. It paints a vivid picture of Manchester at that time, from February 1958 to the end of the season in May when a patched-up team, carried along on a great wave of emotion, reached the FA Cup Final. It is about the fans, the people of Manchester and about the place of a football team in the heart of a city.
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