For some, it was the last time they ever watched a United game. FC United of Manchester were formed that summer and many in United’s hardcore chose to support the rebel club rather than the Glazers.

In Manchester, FC United of Manchester fans sing “Two Uniteds but the soul is one”, but in Bucharest it’s the battle for that soul which has caused so much angst and numerous legal disputes.

Snow falls on the wreck of a BEA Elizabethan Airliner which crashed on take-off at Munich, Germany, Feb. 6, 1958, killing 21 ...