Munich Memorial & Meredith

51 years ago... and after all the memorial services, media documentaries of last year and the big game against Manchester City this year is one of quiet reflection.

Get a call from my old mate Andy who spends a lot of time doing local history stories. Do I fancy a walk around Southern Cemetery as he wants to find some old graves for his research. It's a pleasant walk and the weather is fine. Think I'll try and find the legendary Billy Meredith's grave. He died back in 1958 a few months after the Munich disaster at the ripe old age of 84.

Go the office at the Cem' where they are very helpful. If you haven't a grave number and a section letter you'd never find what you came for amongst the thousands of headstones. Personally I find old graveyards fascinating but I don't think I'd like to be out here on my own at night. We soon find what Andy is looking for. So you have two biffas wandering around checking the bottom right hand corner of tombstones to spot the section and number of where we are.

We do some photography, check out the First World War memorial, spot the Sir John Alcock grave - he's the first man to fly the Atlantic with his mate Brown back in 1919 and trudge back for coffee. Anyway Billy Meredith's grave is easy to find it's number U760 with a fairly new headstone payed for by the PFA. Though a lot of funeral services for those killed at Munich were held at this cemetery and crematorium only three of them were buried here.
Links : Munich memorials
Forever Remembered (entry for 2008)