Manchester United player Arnold Muhren was born. Today: 75 years old. He has 98 appearances and 18 goals for the club
Manchester United player Clarence Hilditch was born. He has 322 appearances and 7 goals for the club
Mark Bosnich was signed from Aston Villa
players, managers, commentators quotes
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
George Best
"Football, Bloody Hell" After winning the champions league against Bayern Munich
Sir Alex Ferguson
"My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*cking perch. And you can print that."
Sir Alex Ferguson
"Name On The Trophy!" Commentating the final of 99
Clive Tyldesley
"Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world."
Eric Cantona
“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
"99% of footballers want to play for Manchester United. The rest are liars."
Gordon McQueen
"Winning the Ballon d'Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United."
Paul Scholes
"I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."
George Best
"This is Manchester United football club, this is the theatre of dreams."
Sir Bobby Charlton
"When I used to hear Muhammed Ali proclaim to the world he was the greatest I used to smile. You see, the greatest of them all was an English footballer named Duncan Edwards"
Jimmy Murphy
"There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster."
Michael Owen
"You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team."
Eric Cantona
"Manchester United Will Never Die" 1958 after the aircrash at Munich
Jimmy Murphy
“I've never played for a draw in my life.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
"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
“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
“you learn more from defeats than you do from victories”
Sir Alex Ferguson
"I never wanted Manchester United to be second to anybody. Only the best would be good enough."
Sir Matt Busby
"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
"Here there are no heroes. It is about the team"
Javier Chicharito Hernandez
"when the seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Eric Cantona
"Mountains are there to be climbed, are'nt they?" After coming back against PSG In the Champions league
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
"Pelé called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life."
George Best