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Five Games That Changed Me: Chas Banks MBE

Related Topics: Munich air disaster, Busby Babes

At Manchester United, more than perhaps any other football club, the highs are deeply, emotionally connected with the lows.

Chas Banks MBE, the secretary of MUDSA – football’s oldest disabled supporters’ association – knows that better than most.

Raised in the shadows of Old Trafford, he can remember watching the glorious Busby Babes play as a young child, only to see three of their bodies taken down Chester Road in hearses just two months later, after the Munich Air Disaster. “Total silence,” is his recollection. “It's a bit upsetting even now, thinking about it.”

Chas is also one of the few fans to take part in this series that has picked a United defeat.