Man United will mark 60th anniversary of Munich Air Disaster with memorial service on February 6 and minute's silence at Huddersfield game

Daily Mail | January 23, 2018

Manchester United have announced plans to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.

The club will hold a special memorial service inside Old Trafford on Tuesday, February 6 when a minute's silence will be observed at 3.04pm, the exact time of the tragedy which took the lives of 23 people including seven of the Busby Babes.

United's flight had stopped to refuel in Munich as they returned home from Belgrade where Sir Matt Busby's side had overcome Red Star to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup.

Manchester United will mark the 60th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster with a memorial service inside Old Trafford on February 6

23 people died when the plane carrying the United team back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade crashed in Munich on February 6, 1958

A minute's silence will be held ahead of United's match with Huddersfield on February 3

The Munich memorial clock outside Old Trafford - eight United players died in the crash

United fans hold aloft red and white scarves on the 50th anniversary back in 2008

The club will also hold a minute's silence before kick-off when United face Huddersfield Town on Saturday, February 3.