Munich Tragedy 6 February 1958, Gone But Not Forgotten

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Busby Babes film to be shot in North East

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David Tennant to star in Busby Babes BBC drama

David Tennant will play Jimmy Murphy who helped piece together the team after the accident.

David Tennant is to star in a new BBC drama about Manchester United and a plane crash that killed eight of the team's players in 1958.

United will bring to life the disaster using first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families.

The players, who became known as the Busby Babes - after manager Sir Matt Busby, became the youngest side to win the football league.

Tennant, best known as Doctor Who, will play Welsh-born coach Jimmy Murphy.

Murphy, from Rhondda, was not involved in the fatal crash but helped to piece together the team as Busby recovered from his injuries.

He managed to steer United to that season's FA Cup final and in the same year, as Wales coach, guided his country to the World Cup quarter-finals, where they lost to eventual winners Brazil.

At the time of the accident the team were on their way home from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade.

During a stop-off in Munich to refuel, the Ambassador prop-plane skidded off the runway on the third attempt to get airborne for the onward flight.

Half of the 44 passengers - including players, United staff, journalists, supporters and crew - were killed.

Actor Jack O'Connell, who has appeared in Skins, will play Bobby Charlton and Sam Claflin from Any Human Heart will play Duncan Edwards , who died 15 days after the crash.

The actor playing Busby is yet to be named.

Chris Chibnall, whose credits include Torchwood, has written the series.

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Dougray Scott joins Busby Babes

Dougray Scott will play Sir Matt Busby in United

Dougray Scott is to star as Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby in new BBC film United.

The Mission: Impossible II star will appear alongside David Tennant in the new drama about how the 'Busby Babes' became the youngest side to win the football league, before the squad was ripped apart when eight perished in the Munich air crash in 1958.

David will play coach Jimmy Murphy. Murphy was not involved in the fatal crash but helped to piece together the team as Busby recovered from his injuries.

The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the story of the disaster which virtually wiped out the team, and the battle to overcome the devastation.

The team was returning from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade and had stopped to refuel in Munich. But the Ambassador prop-plane, operated by BEA, skidded off the runway on the third attempt to get airborne for the onward flight.

Half of the 44 passengers - including players, United staff, journalists, supporters and crew - were killed.

Jack O'Connell, who has appeared in Skins, will play Bobby Charlton and Sam Claflin from Any Human Heart will play Duncan Edwards, who died 15 days after the crash.

Executive producer Simon Heath said: "Chris Chibnall has written an authentic and moving version of this heartbreaking story, which with the help of a great cast, we hope will be a fitting tribute to those who survived and those who lost their lives at Munich."

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19 April 2011 Last updated at 03:20 GMT

Munich air tragedy remembered in TV drama

By Neil Smith
Entertainment reporter, BBC News


David Tennant (far left) and Dougray Scott (far right) head up the United cast

The true story of Manchester United's famous 'Busby Babes' and the 1958 plane crash in Munich that claimed eight of their lives is recreated in new BBC film United.

We report from the set of the TV drama, in which Dougray Scott appears as manager Matt Busby and David Tennant plays coach Jimmy Murphy.

On a park in east London, a group of young men are spending a very chilly Monday morning playing football.

It might be any friendly kickabout, were it not for the heavy leather ball, their old-fashioned kits and the cameras filming them do it.

"The ball is not yours, it's the team's!" exhorts a tall onlooker in a blue tracksuit. "The ball is round to go around!"

The accent might sound Welsh but the features are unmistakably Gallifreyan, belonging as they do to former Doctor Who star David Tennant.


Scott plays Matt Busby to Tennant's Jimmy Murphy in the drama

On the touchline stands another figure in a brown Trilby and tan overcoat. On closer inspection, he is revealed to be the Scottish actor Dougray Scott.

For the purposes of today, though, he is Matt Busby - the legendary Manchester United manager who will be forever synonymous with the players who perished in the Munich air disaster of February 1958.

At the time of the accident his team were on their way home from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade.

After a stop-off in Munich to refuel, the Ambassador prop-plane skidded off the runway on its third attempt to get airborne for the onward flight.

The crash, which resulted in 23 fatalities, remains the most tragic and emotive episode in the club's history.

Small wonder, then, that the makers of United insist they took pains to depict the event both tactfully and sensitively in their 90-minute drama.

"We've made every endeavour to be as accurate and truthful as possible in spirit and intention," says director James Strong.

'Respectful'

"We want this to be a fitting and appropriate memory of these amazing players, this amazing team and this amazing story that a lot of people are aware of."

"It's a fascinating period of Manchester United's history and a fascinating period of football in general," Scott agrees.

"It's an interesting and important story. The film-makers want to pay homage to that and be respectful to all the people involved."


Bad weather in the north of England necessitated an extra day of shooting in London

Among those people is Bobby Charlton, who walked away from a disaster in which seven of his team-mates died.

United staff, sports journalists and crew members were also killed. An eighth player, Duncan Edwards, survived the crash but died in hospital later.

United stops just short of recreating the crash, limiting itself to dramatising events immediately preceding and following it.

Yet its scenes of burning debris, dead bodies and wounded victims makes it a harrowing watch every Manchester United fan is sure to have an opinion about.

The drama goes on to show Murphy, who was not involved in the accident, rebuilding the decimated team as Busby recovers from his injuries and Charlton grapples with his grief.

For all the tragedy, though, United is not without humour, scenes in which alcohol is swigged before matches and pipes are puffed in the changing room offering a light-hearted commentary on how the beautiful game has changed over the years.

'Long overdue'

"On a very basic level it's a true story," says Tennant. "But it also looks at the arbitrary nature of fate, the capriciousness of life and the triumph of the human spirit.

"It's extraordinary that the story hasn't been dramatised before. There's never been a straightforward film or TV drama about this extraordinary dramatic story and it's long overdue."


Bobby Charlton (Jack O'Connell, held aloft) is a key figure in the story

Most of United was shot before Christmas in and around the North East of England. Because of heavy snow, though, Strong was unable to get footage of his players actually playing.

"Unfortunately we picked the worst winter in living memory so we didn't manage to shoot any football stuff," he explains. "There was literally snow on every single pitch."

"It's a bit tricky when you're making a film about football which, inevitably, has to be shot outside now and again," says Tennant.

"There were a few scenes that had to hang over so we could find a patch of grass to shoot them on."

The scenes in question feature in a training montage that shows Murphy putting his charges through their paces.

The footage is also included in a cinema newsreel about Busby's fresh-faced team shown prior to their European trip - the calm before a storm that to some is as raw today as it was more than five decades ago.

Yet if there is any pressure on Scott's shoulders, the 45-year-old is wearing it well as we take refuge from the cold in his well-heated trailer.

"The only responsibility I feel is to portray Matt Busby as truthfully as possible with all the tools I have available to me," he says in his low Scottish burr.

"I'm not the writer; I'm just an actor. My job as an actor is to try and bring this character to life."

United can be seen on BBC Two on Sunday 24 April at 2100 BST.

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United on BBC2

The bare facts are familiar to football fans the world over. On February 6, 1958, BEA Flight 609 carrying the Manchester United team back from their European Cup quarter-final against Red Star Belgrade crashed on take-off at Munich airport, killing 23 passengers, among them eight of the so-called Busby Babes.

The stories of tragedy and heroism behind these headlines are perhaps less familiar. How the team’s 21-year-old star, Duncan Edwards sent a telegram to his landlady after the aborted second take-off telling her of the flight’s cancellation and assuring her he’d be home the following day. How goalkeeper, Harry Gregg battled to drag his fellow passengers from the flaming wreckage to safety. How manager Matt Busby and others found themselves overwhelmed with guilt simply for surviving. And how an unsung coach, Jimmy Murphy, kept the club together as Busby lay close to death in his Munich hospital bed. These tales among others inform United, the first feature film to tell the human story of this landmark in football history.

“It’s the story of the first superstar football club, how boys with so much promise were destroyed by such a random and tragic accident,” explains United’s producer, Julia Stannard. “It’s the human story about what that does to the people involved and their relatives and the community and how you rebuild a team when something like that’s happened.”

More info here : http://www.munich58.co.uk/film-united/index.asp

It shows the strength of character and the belief this manager has in the quality of this team. You get confidence when you get on a roll. You are not struggling and you get your players back. There are goals in the team and, defensively, you are sound. It is a good feeling. - Edwin van der Sar

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Sir Bobby Charlton after Munich Air disaster

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Foto Peringatan Munich Air Disaster di OT from official web :

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Munich Air Disaster: 54 Years Later, Pause and Remember



Today is one of those days when football fans should put aside their differences, rise above their hatred for other clubs and take time from their day to remember the 1958 Munich Air Disaster that claimed the lives of 23 people, including nine Manchester United players and three Manchester United staff members.

Sir Matt Busby had assembled a team of young players who had taken the English league by storm and won league titles in 1956 and 1957 with an average age of 21 and 22, respectively. They were nicknamed "The Busby Babes" and looked set to dominate English, and possibly European, football for many years to come. Until that fateful night.

United had been in Belgrade to play a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade, the champions of the country then known as Yugoslavia. Following a 3-3 draw, a result which sent United through to the semifinals of the competition on an aggregate score of 5-4, the team were to return to England to continue their fight for a third successive First Division crown, a feat only two teams had managed previously.

Due to the small size of their aircraft, it was not possible for the team to fly directly from Belgrade to the UK, so a refuelling stopover in Munich was part of the itinerary. That first leg of the trip was carried out free of incident, save for a one-hour delay in take-off due to United's Johnny Berry losing his passport, which was then located.

After refuelling, the plane prepared for take-off, but due to issues with one of the engines, the crew were forced to abandon their first two attempts to get airborne. As the crew prepared for a third attempt, heavy snow began to fall on the runway, and with the addition of rain and strong winds, things became precarious.

The third take-off attempt would prove to be disastrous. A build-up of slush at the end of the runway that prevented the plane from reaching the required speed for take-off, combined with a lack of room to abort the attempt led to one of the heart-wrenching occurrences in the history of English football.



Twenty-three people lost their lives in the crash that occurred when that third take-off attempt failed and ended in disaster. All told, eight players, three members of staff, two crew members, eight members of the press and two others who were along for the trip died.

The players whose lives were lost were Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Coleman, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Liam Whelan. The eighth player lost as a result of the accident was Duncan Edwards, who survived the accident but died 15 days later from his injuries.

The staff members who passed away were Walter Crickmer, who served as a the club secretary, and two members of Sir Matt Busby's coaching staff, Tom Curry and Bert Whalley.

The crew members lost in the accident were Tom Cable, a cabin steward, and the co-pilot Kenneth Rayment. Rayment was the last person to die. He survived for three weeks but died in the hospital as a result of brain damage stemming from the accident.

The media corps were also strongly affected with the deaths of Alf Clarke of the Manchester Evening Chronicle, Donny Davies of the Manchester Guardian, George Follows of the Daily Herald, Tom Jackson of the Manchester Evening News, Archie Ledbrooke of the Daily Mirror, Henry Rose of the Daily Express, Eric Thompson of the Daily Mail and former England goalkeeper Frank Swift, who was working for the News of The World. Swift died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.

The accident also claimed the lives of Bela Miklos, who was the travel agent who had made the arrangements for the trip, and Willie Satinoff, who was a close personal friend of Sir Matt Busby's and was along for the trip on the invitation of Sir Matt.



These 23 people lost their lives as a result of that accident, while 21 others managed to survive. Of those 21, only eight survive to this day.

While we should obviously remember the 23 first and foremost, it is also important to spare a thought for the 21 survivors and especially for the eight who remain with us today.

This must surely be the hardest day of the year for them as they remember their friends. Spare a thought also for the families and friends of all 44 people on board who suffered the agony of waiting to hear news of their loved ones, and for those left to grieve and mourn in the aftermath of this horrific accident.

As I said at the beginning, today is a day to put aside your differences with regards to football and unite as football fans to remember those who died. Regardless of your affiliation with a club, regardless of what religion you practice or what God you pray to, today is a day to take a moment and pay tribute to those who died.

Today is a day to remember that there are some things in life that are simply more important than football.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1055054-munich-air-disaster-54-years-on-pause-and-remember?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=world-football

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ini adalah bentuk penghormatan saat pertandingan beberapa tahun lalu.

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A minute of silence for those flowers of Manchester ..... #RIP