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Outraged Manchester United fans have attacked Facebook for refusing to remove a page mocking the 1958 Munich air disaster in which 23 people died - including 11 players and staff.

The group, 'I like to Munich Munich' is named after the 90s pop song 'I like to move it'.

It appears to have been set up by Leeds United fans and contains hundreds of slurs against Man U, mainly based on the 1958 air disaster.

The group's picture has the words "ha ha" above a picture of the wreckage of the aircraft.

The 1958 team was decimated by the crash, which wiped out many of the "Busby babes", including Roger Byrne, the captain, and Tommy Taylor.

Matt Busby the manager, was left seriously injured and player Duncan Edwards died in hospital 15 days later.

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News (MEN), a spokesman for the club said: "We are very disappointed that Facebook have chosen not to take it down.

"The site is more than controversial.

"It is deeply offensive to those who lost their lives - some of whom were not attached to Manchester United."

The page currently has more than 1,200 'likes'.

But a Facebook spokesman said: "Facebook is a place where people can openly discuss issues and say what they think, governed by reasonable rules.

"Some 845 million people use the site around the world, meaning there will always be views that some people find offensive.

"We have a set of rules intended to maintain a safe environment for the wide range of people using the site, but pages or groups that express a controversial opinion will not be removed just because they are controversial.

"We encourage people who come across content or behaviour that makes them uncomfortable to use our reporting tools."

Wilf McGuinness, who played for and managed United, was one of the Busby babes, but was not on the plane because an injury prevented him from playing.

He told the MEN: "Anybody who could do something like this is an idiot and it sickens you.

"There must be something wrong with them mentally."


Sky