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How the Busby Babes thrilled us

The Manchester United team decimated in Munich on that fateful day in 1958 has become the subject of football folklore.

Here, on the 60th anniversary of the tragedy, we present the personal memories of three men who saw what made the Busby Babes so unique…

Ken Merrett, Manchester United club secretary from 1988 to 2007

"United were unquestionably the glamour team of the 1950s. Everyone knew all about them. I remember going to watch the European Cup tie against Athletic Bilbao at Maine Road in 1957, and that was just an incredible evening.