“It sounds stupid, but it was as if the stadium went quiet at that exact moment,” recalls former Manchester United defender David May.
“All you could hear was the snap of his leg — as if two shin pads had collided — then the scream.”
He is thinking back to April 8, 1996, the day Coventry City defender David Busst suffered a horrific leg-break at Old Trafford. For many, it remains the worst football injury captured on film.
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With four games to go in the Premier League season, Manchester United were six points clear of Newcastle United having played a game more.
Coventry were a point adrift of safety, but they made a start
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