Recommended reading

[sweynforkbeard]

After all the kerfuffle, hand wringing and soul searching of the last few days, why not curl up and relax with, 'The Lost Babes,' by Jeff Connor. Connor 'traces the rise of the greatest Manchester United side of all time, but he also paints a dark picture of a club that glorified itself on the myth of munich while neglecting the families of the dead and the surviving players.'
Particularly edifying is Chapter 11, 'Eric the Readies,' which details how the United testimonial game for the Munich families and survivors on 18 August, 1998 -hey only 40 years too late- was hijacked by Saint Eric Cantona and his family and entourage. Cantona, according to the book, received as expenses over twice the £47,000 that went to each deserving recipient of the match proceeds. I wonder when we''ll see a BBC 'drama/doc' hagiography about that?
Blues - we, meaning fans and MCFC, will sort out how to conduct ourselves. But please spare us from the manufactured outrage of United PLC- the biggest hypocrites in world football.

 

[Soulboy]

After all the kerfuffle, hand wringing and soul searching of the last few days, why not curl up and relax with, 'The Lost Babes,' by Jeff Connor. Connor 'traces the rise of the greatest Manchester United side of all time, but he also paints a dark picture of a club that glorified itself on the myth of munich while neglecting the families of the dead and the surviving players.'
Particularly edifying is Chapter 11, 'Eric the Readies,' which details how the United testimonial game for the Munich families and survivors on 18 August, 1998 -hey only 40 years too late- was hijacked by Saint Eric Cantona and his family and entourage. Cantona, according to the book, received as expenses over twice the £47,000 that went to each deserving recipient of the match proceeds. I wonder when we''ll see a BBC 'drama/doc' hagiography about that?
Blues - we, meaning fans and MCFC, will sort out how to conduct ourselves. But please spare us from the manufactured outrage of United PLC- the biggest hypocrites in world football.

Spot on.

The rags can teach us nothing about dignity.

 

[Anonymous]

Will be digging that one out for sure. The real story of Munich sadly for the rags does not fit in with their cosy, flowers of AIG picture of things.

But just like the press, why let the truth get in the way of a good myth.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

After all the kerfuffle, hand wringing and soul searching of the last few days, why not curl up and relax with, 'The Lost Babes,' by Jeff Connor. Connor 'traces the rise of the greatest Manchester United side of all time, but he also paints a dark picture of a club that glorified itself on the myth of munich while neglecting the families of the dead and the surviving players.'
Particularly edifying is Chapter 11, 'Eric the Readies,' which details how the United testimonial game for the Munich families and survivors on 18 August, 1998 -hey only 40 years too late- was hijacked by Saint Eric Cantona and his family and entourage. Cantona, according to the book, received as expenses over twice the £47,000 that went to each deserving recipient of the match proceeds. I wonder when we''ll see a BBC 'drama/doc' hagiography about that?
Blues - we, meaning fans and MCFC, will sort out how to conduct ourselves. But please spare us from the manufactured outrage of United PLC- the biggest hypocrites in world football.

Well, I for one am surprised by the baviour of that big sky-advertising 'socialist' Eric Cantona. No doubt his expenses went to the needy and infirm.

 

[The Silver Surfer]

yep very well said.

What some fans say are just words at the ed of the day.

The clubs actions (utd) were far, far worse.

Talk about those in glass houses.

 

[Anonymous]

Cantona is as big a champagne socialist as anyone of the Gallaghers, Blair, Derek Hatton etc.

When zee vertbolla eez arskt to pleh, ee sez 'yes' because he knows feefty pound nots weel be srown.

He is an execrable and fetid example of what that club stands for.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

No other similar event has been more massaged and revised than this. The book does justice to a notion of balance of which MANUre and its fans seem to be incapable of understanding.

It was an undoubted tragedy and the real tragedy was the loss of many young men who had fulfilled but a fraction of their lives and the sporting promise they had shown. But let's not put another coat of polyurethane gloss on how the club reacted to some of the survivors.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

It's ok for them to shit on the victims of Munich but it's not ok for us to mention it in passing?

Fuck the rag cunts, if they hadn't shat on their own they wouldn't have us reminding them of it the dirty fucking inbred wankstains.

 

[bluelol]

After all the kerfuffle, hand wringing and soul searching of the last few days, why not curl up and relax with, 'The Lost Babes,' by Jeff Connor. Connor 'traces the rise of the greatest Manchester United side of all time, but he also paints a dark picture of a club that glorified itself on the myth of munich while neglecting the families of the dead and the surviving players.'
Particularly edifying is Chapter 11, 'Eric the Readies,' which details how the United testimonial game for the Munich families and survivors on 18 August, 1998 -hey only 40 years too late- was hijacked by Saint Eric Cantona and his family and entourage. Cantona, according to the book, received as expenses over twice the £47,000 that went to each deserving recipient of the match proceeds. I wonder when we''ll see a BBC 'drama/doc' hagiography about that?
Blues - we, meaning fans and MCFC, will sort out how to conduct ourselves. But please spare us from the manufactured outrage of United PLC- the biggest hypocrites in world football.

Good post, I like the bit that does't ever mentioned how United threw the families of the player that perished out of the homes to accommodate the new intake of players families, so iv'e been informed.