During the 1957 – 58 season they played the great Manchester United team known as the Busby Babes at home in the 3rd round of the FA Cup , attracting a record crowd of 21,000 . This was just a month before eight of the United players lost their lives in the Munich air disaster . However , at the end of that season , the club dropped into the newly formed Fourth Division after a reorganisation of the Football League which saw the abolition of the regionalised Third Divisions
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
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