MUNICH REMEMBERED: Neville, Sir Bobby and United fans flock to Old Trafford to remember those in 1958 air disaster

Gary Neville and Sir Bobby Charlton were among the crowd to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in the 1958 Munich air disaster.
Thursday marked the 56th anniversary of the tragedy, when many of the Busby Babes died.
A large number of supports flocked to Old Trafford in order to remember the United players and staff involved.

Respects: Manchester United fans gathered at Old Trafford to remember those who died in Munich

Remembered: Sir Bobby Charlton and Gary Neville were among those who made their way to Old Trafford

Turnout: As always, a large group of fans were there on the anniversary

They had just progressed to the European Cup semi-final when their plane crashed on the runway as it tried to take-off.
Sir Bobby was pulled away from the blaze by goalkeeper Harry Gregg as seven team-mates - Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Liam Whelan - died instantly.
Duncan Edwards lost his battle in hospital 15 days later.
Charlton hasn't spoken publicly about the disaster often, but did open his heart to ITV's Michael Parkinson.
Talking at the time, he said: 'I thought, "Why me? Why am I here with nothing happened to me other than a little gash on the head" and all these other friends had been killed?
'I felt it wasn't fair, why should it be me? It took a long time for me to feel better about it, certainly.
'It was such a momentous event, for so many young people to die just on the verge of the great success that was ahead of them, and I couldn't understand why.'

Memories: Fans always travel to United on the anniversary to pay their respects

Forever there: United have a poignant memorial wall for supporters to always go and visit