United have announced a series of special tributes that the club will make regarding the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster next year.
The Reds have been given special permission for the players to wear a one-off retro 1950s style kit for the derby match against Manchester City on 10 February – four days after the official anniversary.
The kit will have no sponsor logos or player names – nor will it be sold to the public.
It is even reported that photographs of the strip will not appear until the day of the match to stop unauthorised replicas being made.
Some 23 United players, staff and journalists were killed on 6 February 1958 when their plane crashed at Munich airport as the team flew back from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade.
The disaster ripped the heart out of manager Matt Busby’s all-conquering young team who were known as the Busby Babes – killing among others Duncan Edwards, perhaps the most gifted player of his generation.
Sir Bobby Charlton was a notable survivor of the disaster – along with Busby himself who was badly injured.
Among the other events and commemorations to mark the 50-year anniversary will be the creation of a free, permanent exhibition telling the story of the Busby Babes.
The exhibition, to be unveiled in the South Stand tunnel at Old Trafford – which is also being renamed the Munich Tunnel - will be open to all visitors and designed to educate younger fans about the Busby Babes' early triumphs, the tragedy of the crash, the rebuilding process and United's eventual European Cup triumph in 1968.
A memorial service involving survivors and relatives of those who died will be held in the Manchester Suite at Old Trafford.
The service will coincide with the moment in 1958 that the plane crashed.
