Manchester United player Garry Birtles was born. Today: 68 years old. He has 64 appearances and 12 goals for the club
Lisandro Martinez was signed from Ajax
Sergio Romero was signed from Sampdoria
Roy Carroll was signed from Wigan Athletic
players, managers, commentators quotes
“I've never played for a draw in my life.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
"Here there are no heroes. It is about the team"
Javier Chicharito Hernandez
"This is Manchester United football club, this is the theatre of dreams."
Sir Bobby Charlton
"Name On The Trophy!" Commentating the final of 99
Clive Tyldesley
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
George Best
"I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."
George Best
"99% of footballers want to play for Manchester United. The rest are liars."
Gordon McQueen
"Manchester United Will Never Die" 1958 after the aircrash at Munich
Jimmy Murphy
"when the seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Eric Cantona
"I never wanted Manchester United to be second to anybody. Only the best would be good enough."
Sir Matt Busby
"Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world."
Eric Cantona
"You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team."
Eric Cantona
"Winning the Ballon d'Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United."
Paul Scholes
"Pelé called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life."
George Best
“you learn more from defeats than you do from victories”
Sir Alex Ferguson
"Football, Bloody Hell" After winning the champions league against Bayern Munich
Sir Alex Ferguson
“When I arrived down here I went to see Jimmy Murphy. Both Matt and Jimmy were at stages in their careers where they had time to offer me advice. Jimmy was still scouting for the club and I went and had lunch with him and he expressed this great desire to see youth coming back into the club. He was a very emotional man, a great servant to the club, and I would have liked to have listened to him more over the years”
Sir Alex Ferguson
"Mountains are there to be climbed, are'nt they?" After coming back against PSG In the Champions league
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
“We spoke to him, but his reply was short and simple: ‘If you want me to play for you, you would have to buy this club.’ Scholes on moving to Inter Milan
Paul Scholes
"If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both."
George Best
"There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster."
Michael Owen
"The Premier club in the Premier League - that is Manchester United!"
Martin Tyler
"You can change your your wife, your politics, your religion. But you can't change your favorite football team"
Eric Cantona
"My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*cking perch. And you can print that."
Sir Alex Ferguson