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“The title of the book might confuse people: Why has he put an ‘s’ on the end of Munich? He does that because ‘Munichs’ is used as an insult, a way to taunt Manchester United fans. In 1958, a plane carrying their team back from a European competition crashed in Germany in the ice. A lot of the players on board died or were injured. It was a team that was packed full of young talent. Sir Matt Busby was the manager, and they were called the ‘Busby Babes.’ The crash wrecked the Manchester community. There is something very poignant about these very young players: one minute you’re watching them run around playing football and scoring goals, and you’re cheering them, and the next minute they’re dead. That’s hard to compute. I cried about six separate times while reading this book. It is very, very moving.” Read more...
The Best Sports Books of 2024: The William Hill Award
Alyson Rudd, Journalist
