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Report claiming Sir Matt Busby’s plaque has been removed has angered a lot of fans

Published 23:13 4 Sept 2016 BST

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Report claiming Sir Matt Busby’s plaque has been removed has angered a lot of fans

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Red Devils supporters are furious after a plaque commemorating Sir Matt Busby has been reportedly removed from Old Trafford .

This claim was made in a report from the Manchester Evening News. The piece also details how Sir Matt's grandchildren were told they would no longer have access to seats in the director's box. Busby is credited with rebuilding the club following the 1958 Munich air disaster, in which 23 lives were lost, including eight players. He was injured in the disaster, but recovered and transformed the team into a dominant force featuring players such as Dennis Law and George Best.   Manchester Evening News claim a source informed them that the Busby family will no longer have their seats in the director's box, which would mark the end of a practice that has lasted over 40 years at the club. The source also told them the plaque had been removed.
  “Worse than that they have removed the plaques on the seats, including the one with Sir Matt Busby’s name on. That name has been on his seat for nearly 50 years - so who is going to sit there now?”
This report has been doing the rounds on social media and fans are not happy about the idea of the club treating the club legend and his family in such a manner. https://twitter.com/Johnludds/status/772536122551533568 https://twitter.com/jonmikesav8/status/772520412186021888 https://twitter.com/InnaMUFC_Vettel/status/772519122592735233 https://twitter.com/nikos1977/status/772518669284941824 https://twitter.com/mufc_anna/status/772517900745932801 SNAPCHAT

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Report claiming Sir Matt Busby's plaque has been removed has angered a lot of fans