The very scarce unnumbered Manchester United v Leyton Orient postponed programme 19th January 1963, a four page emergency edition printed in black & w
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The very scarce unnumbered Manchester United v Leyton Orient postponed programme 19th January 1963, a four page emergency edition printed in black & white, inscriptions to front cover The 1962-63 football season was savaged by a severe winter and on publication of this programme United hadn't played since Boxing Day. As a result of producing a number of full prints runs for postponed matches, United took the precaution of producing an 'emergency edition.' On the front page Matt busby apologises to supporters asking them ''to accept this condensed edition of the United Review as a sign of the times!'' He adds ''When the weather allows us to forecast matches with some degree of certainty the full page edition will be back again!'' However, there was no let up in the weather and the Leyton Orient fixture was postponed. The match was eventually rescheduled as United's final match of the season and played on 18th May. This programme is in a group of United's scarcest post-war issues together with the Wolves postponed from the Munich season, the Sarajevo away from the 1968 European Cup winning campaign and the away leg of the 1968 World Club Championship v Estudiantes of Argentina.