Obviously this song is about the British Airways crash that happened February 6th, 1958 which killed 7 members of Manchester United's football (soccer) team.
If you remember the day as vividly as the members of Futureheads, and myself, you will recall watching the tele and seeing a newscaster come on once an hour to update viewers on the status of the soccer stars.
(none of this was actually obvious for me, and I had to look it up, the following is an article about the event)
The plane was actually BEA British European Airways,they merged with another airline BOAC to form British airways in 1974..,.....7 players died in the crash and an 8th the great Duncan Edwards died later on the 21st february 1958
.23 people were killed in all...
The plane was actually BEA British European Airways,they merged with another airline BOAC to form British airways in 1974..,.....7 players died in the crash and an 8th the great Duncan Edwards died later on the 21st february 1958
.23 people were killed in all...
Obviously this song is about the British Airways crash that happened February 6th, 1958 which killed 7 members of Manchester United's football (soccer) team.
If you remember the day as vividly as the members of Futureheads, and myself, you will recall watching the tele and seeing a newscaster come on once an hour to update viewers on the status of the soccer stars.
(none of this was actually obvious for me, and I had to look it up, the following is an article about the event)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/6/newsid_2535000/2535961.stm
The plane was actually BEA British European Airways,they merged with another airline BOAC to form British airways in 1974..,.....7 players died in the crash and an 8th the great Duncan Edwards died later on the 21st february 1958 .23 people were killed in all...
The plane was actually BEA British European Airways,they merged with another airline BOAC to form British airways in 1974..,.....7 players died in the crash and an 8th the great Duncan Edwards died later on the 21st february 1958 .23 people were killed in all...