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| Manchester City to mark United’s 1958 Munich air crash Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:45 AM PDT MUNICH, Sept 26 – Manchester City will put sporting rivalry aside to mark the 1958 Munich air disaster, which killed 23 people including eight Manchester United players, with a wreath-laying ceremony tomorrow. The players, officials and journalists, among them former City and England goalkeeper Frank Swift who was travelling with the team as a reporter, died on Feb. 6, 1958, when the plane crashed on a cold and snowy day in Munich. "It's refreshing, we appreciate that from Manchester City," Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson told a news conference on Monday. "And of course one of their own players was killed in the crash, their former players anyway." United were travelling back after a game against Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia. A Manchester City delegation, expected to include lifetime chairman Bernard Halford, will lay a wreath at the memorial on Manchesterplatz ahead of City's Champions League Group A match against Bayern Munich later in the day. "I think it's a good sign that the game is not as bad as sometimes we think, I think there's an element of supporters' contribution in a different way which is not nice," Ferguson said. "We appreciate what Manchester City are doing if that's the case, well done." – Reuters |
| Injuries blunt United attack for Basel game Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:47 AM PDT  Manchester United's Javier Hernandez is treated by medical staff during their English Premier League soccer match against Stoke City in Stoke, northern England September 24, 2011. – Reuters pic Rooney missed Saturday's 1-1 draw with Stoke City in the Premier League after injuring his hamstring in training, while his usual strike partner Hernandez was forced off early in the match with a dead leg. Defenders Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling will also miss the match against the Swiss side at Old Trafford with ankle and groin injuries respectively. "He's not playing tomorrow," Ferguson said of Rooney, who has scored nine league goals this season. "It's difficult to assess hamstring injuries .. he did a bit of jogging this morning but that's all. It's difficult to say (when he will be back)." Ferguson added at today's news conference that Hernandez's injury was "straightforward" and expected him to be available for Saturday's home league game against promoted Norwich City. United drew 1-1 at Benfica in their opening Group C game in Europe's elite club competition. Basel were 2-1 winners over Romania's Otelul Galati. – Reuters |
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