After Manchester United's 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich, The Red Army (TRA) wrote: "Last night, TRA presented a badge to every Bayern fan who came to Old Trafford to commemorate the 65-year work of Munich citizens to maintain the Manchester Square monument in Munich, and you have preserved the memory of Busby Baby." The badges are attached to a postcard with the following message:
Dear Munich, thank you for preserving the memory of Baby Busby, the Manchester United fans tra and all Manchester United fans, I hope you will accept this little symbol as a sign of our goodwill towards Manchester United for 65 years, the eagle on the badge represents Manchester United and was used in the 1958 FA Cup final, which took place less than 3 months after the Munich air crash and has been adopted as one of the tra logos.
The idea was entirely designed and funded by TRA and ahead of the game against Bayern, 40 TRA fans had already taken a special leave of absence to come to Old Trafford to have their badges attached to every seat of the visiting team. TRA has a good relationship with the fan team of Bayern Munich (as well as other European teams), and the two teams drank and interacted together before the Manchester United and Bayern Munich match. ”
In the Manchester United match against Bayern Munich, the Bayern fan team put up a banner at Old Trafford, saying that the ticket cost 50 pounds, and the Glazer was a little too greedy.
There are actually two Munich air crash memorials in Germany, the first of which is an early wooden monument, located in Trudering, on the outskirts of Munich, near the old Munich airport. In 2004, a monument was rebuilt near the old monument with the inscription in English and German: "In memory of all those who lost their lives in the Munich air crash on February 6, 1958." There is also a small piece of text underneath the monument, which presumably means to express Manchester United's gratitude to Munich.
This monument was sponsored and funded by Manchester United itself, Bayern Munich club, Munich City Hall gave some help, when it was unveiled, David Gill, Ferguson, Bobby Charlton and others participated, in 2008, the city of Munich ** according to the location of the monument, this area was renamed "Manchester Square", which is why there will be a Manchester Square in Munich, Germany.
After the square was built, Bayern Munich's fan team would often help lay flowers and help with daily maintenance. Every time Manchester United travels to Munich, the coaching staff and the team go to Manchester Square to lay flowers, and this year's away games are also gone.