The memorial events around 6 February are well known, thanks to the sterling work done by fan groups like Munich58 and the Manchester Munich Memorial Foundation (MMMF). But less well known is a smaller event which takes place in Munich’s Marienplatz city-centre square the day before the anniversary.
At 5pm, when the bells rung in the square, travelling Reds presented their United scarves to the Munich residents around them, in a ‘random act of kindness’ to thank the city for its help in 1958 and the years since.
“I got the original idea when I bumped into somebody from the village of Trudering [the location of Munich’s old Riem Airport] in 2015,” explains United fan Steve Donoghue.