As a tribute to the team torn apart so tragically 50 years ago, a huge picture of the XI lining up before the European Cup quarter-final 3-3 draw with Red Star Belgrade, 24 hours before the air crash, now graces the stadium.
The portrait, that includes victims Duncan Edwards, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, Tommy Taylor and Roger Byrne, is spread across the glass frontage of Old Trafford above the statue of Sir Matt Busby.
It will inspire memories of an irreplacable set of players.
Don't miss our 'Munich Remembered' 48-page tribute supplement, on sale from Monday, January 28.
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Whaley Bridge Cynic (16/01/2008 at 16:19)
I live in a Derbyshire village with a Stockport postcode and the nearest football team is Macclesfield.The vast majority follow City or United, but with such a potential for cross support the rivalry is usually harmless.
Last summer, feeling extremely bored and frustrated with the events at Eastlands and slightly irritated by the number of United fans kicking City when they were down I adopted the personality of a middle aged Wolves fan still bitter from the lack of respect afforded to their Championship winning team of 1958. Education is a dangerous thing and judging by the number of abusive responses, I was obviously more succesful than my original intention.
Last Saturday the only Wolves fan in the village was abused by a number of travelling United fans, much to his complete bewilderment. That was my fault.
City and United have followed different routes to the same destination. When the Premier League began United were entering a golden age, both on and off the pitch. City on the other hand were in the middle of a downward spiral.
United were the first Club to recognise the potential of marketing and the value of paying the highest wages. Consequently the ticket prices began to rise each Season with the loyal followers from the bad old days being the first to suffer.
Ironically City's abysmal results provided the catalyst for a more loyal support and most fans remember the late nineties with grat affection.
In 2000 we paid £20 for a ticket at Selhurst Park. This was the first time that City fans had been asked to pay that much.
By last Season the prices had doubled yet the football was probably the worst in our entire history.This was the main source of our disatisfaction.
In other words City fans were ripped off the moment we got back into the Premier League rather than on a gradual basis at Old Trafford.
The more that City copy United the better we become. You may be amused to know that the biggest dissent this Season concerns the number of Thai nationals in the City end at Stamford Bridge.
I hope that the derby game is a tribute to the Busby babes, but please remember that both sets of fans have their fair share of idiots. This is a subject very sensitive to all City fans as we don't feel the Media give us a fair crack of the whip.
For what it's worth I consider Ronaldo to be the greatest player in the World, but feel that United lack a goalkeeper in the Schmeichel mould. This might prove costly in the latter stages of the Chamions League. I also suspect that our vast improvement is about to plateau.