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Manchester United Remembered: Busby Babe Albert Scanlon’s Funeral

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Manchester United Remembered: Busby Babe Albert Scanlon’s Funeral

SOME THINGS transcend football club loyalty. Not many. Football fans are a dedicated lot. All of English football does not win when a club side takes the European Cup. All English football fans – besides the lucky few who back the winners – are upset. Goes the mantra: Anyone but them. But some things unite. The deaths of Manchester United footballers in the Munich air crash is one of those things. Busby Babe Albert Scanlon has been buried. A sad day. A day to remember:

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Manchester United manager Matt Busby (fourth l) celebrates with Brian Kidd (l), Pat Crerand (second l) and Bill Foulkes (third l) after their 4-1 win as Benfica's Jose Torres (third r) pushes his way past United's Tony Dunne (second r) and Bobby Charlton (r) in dejection

Posted: 13th, January 2010 | In: Sports | Comment

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