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Manchester United could have done more for the families after the Munich air disaster

Philip Quinn and Gary O'Toole were the guests for the Sunday Paper Review on Off the Ball to look...



Manchester United could have d...
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Manchester United could have done more for the families after the Munich air disaster

Philip Quinn and Gary O'Toole were the guests for the Sunday Paper Review on Off the Ball to look back at the big stories from the week. 

A piece from Daniel Taylor in the Guardian caught the eye as we approach the 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster.

"It was a tragedy and a few years ago a book came out and I don't have it with me and I can't remember the name of it but it was written about the families of those who were left behind after the crash and a number of them - and this surprised me - a number of them were quite bitter towards Manchester United and how they felt they had sort of been shunned," Quinn told Joe Molloy. 

"They had lost loved ones. Some wives had lost husbands, some mothers had lost sons, some sisters had lost brothers and after the initial period of mourning - United sort of moved on but they kind of forgot about those who were left behind. 

"In those days if you were playing for Man United - you were put up in a house. And, if you were married, your wife was with you and there was children involved in some of the families and, after a few weeks later, there was a nock on the door 'sorry, that's our house.'

"There were people who wanted to speak about it and did. I know some of the names of the families, Mark Jones, was one family, he died in the crash in '58 and he was married with a child and others as well, and they spoke about it 'we didn't really want to talk about it but United didn't really do that much for us' and some people were quite vociferous and very bitter saying 'it's about time'.

The full discussion can be heard here:

Manchester United could have done more for the families after the Munich air disaster

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