Munichs
Peace, David2025
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February 6, 1958, British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on take-off at Munich Airport. On board were the young Manchester United team, 'the Busby Babes', and the journalists who followed them. Twenty-one of the passengers died instantly, four were left fighting for their lives while six more were critically injured. Twenty-four hours later, Jimmy Murphy, the assistant manager of Manchester United, faced the press at the Rechts der Isar Hospital: 'What of the future, you ask? It will be a long, hard struggle. It took Matt Busby, Bert Whalley and myself twelve years to produce the 1958 Red Devils. It was long, hard, tiring work, but we succeeded. At the moment, I am so confused, so tired and so sad, I cannot think clearly, but what I do know is that the Red Devils will rise again.' 'Munichs' is the story of how Manchester United rose again.
Main title:
Munichs / David Peace.
Author:
Peace, David, author
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2025.
Collation:
464 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Faber & Faber, 2024.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780571381173 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
5458857