One of my most prized footballing items is this card from my father-in-law containing an autograph from Roger Byrne, captain of Manchester United. It contains the following quote from my father-in-law, a Manchester City fan, btw
The autograph was collected by me in the mid ’50’s when we would see Roger Byrne walking his dog in our local park in Burnage, Manchester. He would join in our game of football.
It is perhaps a measure of the enormous confidence throughout United’s great side of this era that Roger Byrne felt able to comment cheerfully “Never mind, we’ll be back next year” after defeat in the 1957 FA Cup final.
With hindsight, it was a painfully poignant remark as of course United bravely returned to Wembley in 1958 but, Byrne, killed in Munich, did not.
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