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Rare matchday programme for Manchester United game meant to be played two days after the Munich air disaster could net thousands of pounds at auction

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A rare Manchester United matchday programme for the game meant to take place two days after the Munich air disaster has been put up for auction for £8,000.

The 'Holy Grail' of football programmes was made for the team's cancelled game against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford on February 8, 1958.

The 12-page magazine was printed around the same time United's plane crashed on take off in Munich on February 6. The team were returning to England after playing a European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade on February 5.

Of the 23 people who were killed in the tragedy, eight of them were players who formed the famous 'Busby Babes' team.