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Article: Manchester City believes applause not silence will drown fans who disrespect Munich tribute
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- January 22, 2008
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Manchester City supporters are worried some of the club's fans will disrupt rival Manchester United's planned minute of silence to mark the 50th anniversary of the Munich air crash that killed eight of its players.
The neighbors meet at Old Trafford Feb. 10 in a Premier League game _ four days after the anniversary _ and United plans hold various tributes to honor the 23 people who died in the crash in 1958.
The tributes include a minute's silence before kickoff. But City has called on United to change it to a minute's applause in case some of the City fans go to the game to disrupt its neighbor's tributes.
"With a minute's applause there would be less chance of ...