The Champions League is back at Old Trafford. This is why it matters so much

“Old photos of Manchester United’s history fill the walls of the Old Nag’s Head public house in the city centre and many feature the club’s illustrious European history. There’s George Best with the European Cup in 1968, manager Sir Matt Busby and Best with the big cup too. There’s a bleak snowy field in Munich after the 1958 air disaster, a huge 1968 colour picture of a toothless Nobby Stiles parading the European Cup with his sidekick Paddy Crerand equally jubilant. Best again, wearing a sombrero in Lisbon in 1966 after one of his and the team’s greatest performances, and more modern photos. …”
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