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  • 01 Jan, 1970
  • Kick-off, 03:00

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Man United
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Man United Facts

  • Manchester United were founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway). Among the other clubs that were founded on that year we can find Grimsby, Everton FC, Ipswich Town and West Bromich Albion

  • 6/2/1958 will always be a sad memory for this great club. After a match vs Red Star Belgrade the plane crashed in Munich. 23 people died in that crash, out of them, 8 players.

  • Only 4 players of Man United won the Ballon d’or. Denis Law (1964), Bobby Charlton (1966), George Best (1968), Cristiano Ronaldo (2008).

  • Louis Van Gaal became the first non-British manager for Manchester United in 2015.

  • The club captain’s St. Bernard dog wandered off during a fund raising event and John Henry Davies, a local brewer, found it and returned it. When he learned the club was on the verge of folding, he invested in it, and brought his own changes. It was then the club became Manchester United proper, and red shirts with white shorts became the norm.

  • Manchester United Highest win in European competition was against Anderlecht from Belgium. 10-0 to the red devils

  • 1902 was the year that the club changed its name to “Manchester United” after names such as Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic were ruled out.

  • Manchester United PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

  • Manchester United was the third club in history to win Treble in 1999. The 2 clubs that have done it before were Celtic (1967) and Ajax Amsterdam (1972).

  • Ryan Giggs has the most apps for the club, 963 apps.

  • During the years A lot of players wore the Captain armband. a.Johnny Carey was the first non-British captain b.Bryan Robson is the one who served the most as  the club captain c.Eric Cantona was the first non-British captain d.Antonio Valencia was the first captain from a non-European country

  • Sir Alex Ferguson is the longest serving manager of Manchester United. 26 years, 1500 matches. The trophy list is very long.

  • The nickname “The Red Devils” cameout during the Sir Matt Busby’s time. It was because of Salford’s Rugby team that were holding the same nickname.

  • Highest home attendance at Old Trafford: 76,098 v Blackburn Rovers, 31 March 2007

  • Zidane Iqbal became the first British-Asian player to play for Manchester United in Dec 2021. It was in The UEFA Champions League match VS Young Boys Bern from Switzerland.

  • 10–1 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, First Division, 15 October 1892 is the Highest win for Man United.

  • The reason for Newton heath to play with the yellow and green colors was the corporate colors of their employer, they were known as the ‘The Railwaymen’. There’s a mention of ‘Newtonians’ in the Manchester Guardian in 1882 and ‘The Heathens in 1887 before ‘The Heathians’ became an established nickname.

  • Paul Ince and Michael Owen are the only player to play for Manchester United and Liverpool during the Premier League era.

  • In 1998 Man United Bought Jaap Stam in a fee of 10,750,000 which made him the first player to come for more than 10m

  • Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United in 2009 with a world record of transfer fee of 80 mil GBP.

  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer broke the non-losing away record in the Premier League. His record stands on 29 away matches with no losing. He broke Arsenal’s record from 2004.

  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was the first non-British man to be a player and a manger of Manchester United.

  • Man United (including Newton Heath) were relegated 5 times to the second devision (seasons: 73/74, 36/37, 30/31, 21/22, 1893/94)

  • Viv Anderson was Sir Alex Ferguson’s first signing and the first black player to play for England in an official match. Wilfried Zaha was his last Signing.

  • Jack and Roger Doughty were the first brothers to play for Manchester United.

  • Wayne Rooney is the top scorer of the club with 253 Goals.

  • Sir Alex Ferguson hold the record of champions league finals of the club. 4 Finals, 2 Wins.

  • Only 4 players won the World Cup while they were playing for Manchester United. Bobby, Charlton, Nobby Stiles and John Connelly did it with England in 1966. Paul Pogba won with France in 2018.

  • Fabio and Rafael Da Silva were the first non-British brothers to represent Manchester United.

  • Before 1902, Manchester United were known as Newton Heath, during which time they first played their football matches at North Road and then Bank Street in Clayton. In 1910 Man United moved to play at Old Trafford. The first match was agains out biggest rivals, Liverpool. The match ended with a lose of 4-3.

  • There were a few players to win the champions league with Man United and another team. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Edwin Van Der Sar (Ajax) and Gerrard Pique (FC Barcelona) among them.

  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the first manager to come back from a lose at home of 2 goals difference in the knock out stage of the UEFA Champions League. He did it in 2019 against PSG.

  • 69,591 fans came for Roy Keane’s testimonial. The highest amount of fans for a testimonial match of Man United player.

  • Manchester United Are the highest Premier League holders. 2 times 9-0 wins. It was against Ipswich Town and Southampton.

  • Old Trafford was bombed during World War 2 in 1941, United's first game back at Old Trafford was played on 24 August 1949, as 41,748 spectators witnessed a 3–0 victory over Bolton Wanderers.

  • Nikola Jovanovic is the first non-British player to join Manchester united. He came in 1980. During his time he had 21 Apps and 4 Goals.

  • There were few people to play and manage Manchester United: Clarence 'Lal' Hilditch, Wilf McGuiness, Ryan Giggs, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick.

On This Day

Birthday
29 May, 1949

Manchester United player Brian Kidd was born. Today: 77 years old. He has 266 appearances and 70 goals for the club

Event
29 May, 2008

The Trinity – On 29 May 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Manchester United’s first European Cup title, a statue of the club’s ‘holy trinity’ of George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton, entitled ‘The United Trinity’, was unveiled across Sir Matt Busby Way from the East Stand, directly opposite the statue of Busby.

Event
29 May, 1968

Man United wins their first European cup! 4-1 against Portuguese side, Benfica Lisbon

Match Event
29 May, 1968

European Cup - Final: Man United played VS Benfica at Wembley
Man United won the match.
The score: 4 - 1
The manager was Sir Matt Busby

Famous Quotes

players, managers, commentators quotes

  • "Mountains are there to be climbed, are'nt they?" After coming back against PSG In the Champions league

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

  • "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

  • "when the seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"

    Eric Cantona

  • "This is Manchester United football club, this is the theatre of dreams."

    Sir Bobby Charlton

  • “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

  • "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

  • "Name On The Trophy!" Commentating the final of 99

    Clive Tyldesley

  • "99% of footballers want to play for Manchester United. The rest are liars."

    Gordon McQueen

  • "I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."

    George Best

  • "My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*cking perch. And you can print that."

    Sir Alex Ferguson

  • “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

  • “I've never played for a draw in my life.”

    Sir Alex Ferguson

  • "Pelé called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life."

    George Best

  • "Football, Bloody Hell" After winning the champions league against Bayern Munich

    Sir Alex Ferguson

  • "Winning the Ballon d'Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United."

    Paul Scholes

  • "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

    George Best

  • "Here there are no heroes. It is about the team"

    Javier Chicharito Hernandez

  • "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

  • "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 your wife, your politics, your religion. But you can't change your favorite football team"

    Eric Cantona

  • "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

  • “you learn more from defeats than you do from victories”

    Sir Alex Ferguson
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