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Manchester United nice, Colin Webster, has been awarded a league winner’s medal.
In keeping with the membership’s official web site, Webster “has turn into the ultimate participant to be honoured by the membership and awarded a retrospective championship winners’ medal”.
“Webster, who sadly handed away in 2001 on the age of 68, was one in all 18 gamers who missed out on a medal as a consequence of qualifying standards which has now been up to date by the English Soccer League”.
Gamers who’ve performed 5 league video games or extra in a title profitable marketing campaign are actually entitled to a medal and these new guidelines have been “utilized retrospectively to historic championships”.
“The 1956/57 First Division medal was offered to Colin’s brother-in-law and three nephews by fellow Welshman and former United winger Mickey Thomas”.
The Welsh worldwide performed 79 occasions for the membership and was part of the squad on the time of the tragic Munich air catastrophe, which will likely be remembered at Outdated Trafford in the present day earlier than United’s match in opposition to West Ham.
Nevertheless, the participant was not the airplane as he had missed the European tie as a consequence of sick well being.
The award of Webster’s medal is a milestone because it “marks the tip of an necessary mission undertaken by the membership to make sure that its former gamers had been rightfully recognised for his or her achievements”.
In complete, 21 league medals had been awarded to 18 former gamers together with three league titles within the 50s, two within the 60s and the 1974-75 Second division title.
Earlier this season, 1968 European Cup winner David Sadler “obtained his 1964/65 First Division medal at his residence in Bowdon, Larger Manchester, in August 2023”.
Sir Alex Ferguson additionally offered additional medals earlier than United’s residence conflict versus Nottingham Forest in the identical month.
The membership completed by stating, “Manchester United want to specific its heartfelt gratitude to all our former gamers for his or her immense contribution to our nice historical past, and likewise lengthen because of the households for his or her cooperation as a part of this mission”.
