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The United Photo Detective: Ajax away 1976

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Taken before the Reds' game with Ajax in Amsterdam, on 15 September 1976, it captures a whole world of feeling and emotion. And mystery...

Because when we first found this monochrome masterpiece lurking unnoticed in our archives, it well and truly set the mind racing. The fans in the photo look so young, so full of pride, so energetic in their love for United, you couldn't help but think: who are these people? Where are they now? What happened to them on that trip? Or even in the years afterwards?

Most importantly, did they make it home safely?