MANCHESTER United hero Liam Whelan told fellow passengers he was prepared to die seconds before a plane carrying his team crashed on take-off. Just 22, the devout Dubliner lost his life 60 years ...

It was a team more than cut in half in a cruel instant. Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Liam Whelan were killed instantly. So too was Geoff Bent, who had ...

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster in which eight members of Matt Busby’s Manchester United team lost their lives – Ireland’s only ‘Busby Babe’ Liam Whelan is ...

Liam Whelan (43) of no fixed abode, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing serious harm and robbery of the victim in Dublin city on 25 August 2023. Whelan was ...

FA Youth Cup final programme, 1953. Within weeks of signing, Whelan had scored in both legs of United’s 9-3 aggregate victory over Wolves. League Championship celebration menu from 1957.

United spotted a teenage Liam Whelan playing for Home Farm in Dublin in 1953 and quickly signed him up. A clinical forward, he was unusually polished and graceful for such a young player and had ...