Manchester United has always had an unbreakable association with Ireland, north and south, with some of the club’s most ...

David Peace’s gripping account of the Munich air disaster, 67 years ago today, has much to say about the way media has ...

Busby’s entire coaching staff was killed, and the man himself was badly injured enough that he was given last rites twice before he recovered. United put together a makeshift team of reserve players ...

The third novel in David Peace’s football trilogy, Munichs is the story of the aftermath of the plane crash that killed eight ...

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest footballers in history, turns 40 today. He is still playing, still scoring goals and ...

Duncan Edwards was famously described by Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton as the only player that ever made him ...

Jackie Blanchflower and Dennis Viollet – to safety. Gregg plays in the first game after the disaster and is the rock on which the United of the 1960s will be built. Peace takes us into the heart ...

Exactly 67 years ago today, football suffered its darkest day when a glittering generation of footballers lost their lives in ...

Just like in 1999, though, United began to purr as the new year arrived. A Dennis Viollet hat-trick helped the Reds avoid a humiliating defeat to FA Cup minnows Workington Town and he scored ...