Manchester United F.C.

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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Manchester United
Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as
Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester
United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.

In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first
English football club to win the European Cup, ten years after the Munich air disaster
that claimed the lives of eight players. The current manager, Alex Ferguson, is the most
successful manager in the club's history, having won 26 major honours since he took
over in November 1986.[3]

Having won 18 league titles, four League Cups and a record 11 FA Cups,[4]
Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football. Full name Manchester United Football Club
The club has also won three European Cups and is unique in having won a Premier
Nickname(s) The Red Devils[1]
League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League Treble, in the 1998–99 season.
Founded 1878, as Newton Heath LYR F.C.
Manchester United is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in
Ground Old Trafford
the world.[5][6][7][8] The club is said to be worth £1.19 billion, making it the most
(Capacity: 75,957[2])
valuable football club in the world.[9] After being floated on the London Stock
Exchange in 1991, the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal Owner Glazer family
valuing the club at almost £800 million.[10] Co-chairmen Joel & Avram Glazer
Manager Alex Ferguson
League Premier League
Contents
2009–10 Premier League, 2nd
1 History Website Club home page
1.1 Early years (1878–1945) (http://www.manutd.com/)
1.2 Busby years (1945–1969)
1.3 1969–1986
1.4 Ferguson years (1986–present)
2 Crest and colours
3 Grounds
4 Support
4.1 Rivalries
5 Global brand
5.1 Sponsorship Home colours Away colours Third colours
6 Ownership and finances
7 Players Current season
7.1 First-team squad
7.2 Reserves and academy
7.3 Former players
7.4 Club captains
7.5 Player records
8 Club officials
8.1 Managerial history
9 Honours
9.1 Domestic
9.2 European
9.3 Worldwide
9.4 Doubles and Trebles
10 References
11 External links
11.1 Independent sites

History
Early years (1878–1945)

Main article: History of Manchester United F.C. (1878–1945)

Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and
Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath.[11] The team
initially played games against other departments and rail companies, but on 20 November 1880, they
competed in their first recorded match; wearing the colours of the railway company – green and gold
– they were defeated 6–0 by Bolton Wanderers' reserve team.[12] By 1888, the club had become a
founding member of The Combination, a regional football league. However, following the league's
dissolution after just one season, Newton Heath joined the newly formed Football Alliance, which ran A chart showing the progress of
for three seasons before being merged with the Football League. This resulted in the club starting the Manchester United F.C. through the
1892–93 season in the First Division, by which time it had become independent of the rail company English football league system from
joining as Newton Heath in
and dropped the "LYR" from its name.[11] After just two seasons, the club was relegated to the 1892–93 to 2007–08
Second Division.[11]

In January 1902, with debts of £2,670 – equivalent to £210,000 as of 2011[13] – the club was served
with a winding-up order.[14] Captain Harry Stafford found four local businessmen, including John
Henry Davies (who became club president), each willing to invest £500 in return for a direct interest
in running the club and who subsequently changed the name;[15] on 24 April 1902, Manchester
United was officially born.[16][17] Under Ernest Mangnall, who assumed managerial duties in 1903,
the team finished as Second Division runners-up in 1906 and secured promotion to the First Division,
which they won in 1908 – the club's first league title. The following season began with victory in the
first ever Charity Shield[18] and ended with the club's first FA Cup title. Manchester United won the
The Manchester United team at the First Division for the second time in 1911, but at the end of the following season, Mangnall left the
start of the 1905–06 season, in club to join Manchester City.[19]
which they were runners-up in the
Second Division In 1922, three years after the resumption of football following the First World War, the club was
relegated to the Second Division, where it remained until regaining promotion in 1925. Relegated
again in 1931, Manchester United became a yo-yo club, achieving its all-time lowest position of 20th place in the Second Division in 1934.
Following the death of the club's principal benefactor, J. H. Davies, in October 1927, the club's finances deteriorated to the extent that
Manchester United would likely have gone bankrupt had it not been for James W. Gibson, who, in December 1931, invested £2,000 and
assumed control of the club.[20] In the 1938–39 season, the last year of football before the Second World War, the club finished 14th in the
First Division.[20]

Busby years (1945–1969)

Main article: History of Manchester United F.C. (1945–1969)

In October 1945, the impending resumption of football led to the managerial appointment of Matt
Busby, who demanded an unprecedented level of control over team selection, player transfers and
training sessions.[21] Busby led the team to second-place league finishes in 1947, 1948 and 1949, and
to FA Cup victory in 1948. In 1952, the club won the First Division, its first league title for 41
years.[22] With an average age of 22, the media labelled the back-to-back title winning side of 1956
"the Busby Babes", a testament to Busby's faith in his youth players.[23] In 1957, Manchester United
became the first English team to compete in the European Cup, despite objections from The Football The Busby Babes in Denmark in
1955
League, who had denied Chelsea the same opportunity the previous season.[24] En route to the
semi-final, which they lost to Real Madrid, the team recorded a 10–0 victory over Belgian champions
Anderlecht, which remains the club's biggest victory on record.[25]

The following season, on the way home from a European Cup quarter-final victory against Red Star
Belgrade, the aircraft carrying the Manchester United players, officials and journalists crashed while
attempting to take off after refuelling in Munich, Germany. The Munich air disaster of 6 February
1958 claimed 23 lives, including those of eight players – Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman,
Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Billy Whelan – and injured several
more.[26][27]

Reserve team manager Jimmy Murphy took over as manager while Busby recovered from his injuries
and the club's makeshift side reached the FA Cup final, which they lost to Bolton Wanderers. In
recognition of the team's tragedy, UEFA invited the club to compete in the 1958–59 European Cup
A plaque at Old Trafford in honour
of the players who died in the alongside eventual League champions Wolverhampton Wanderers. Despite approval from the FA, the
Munich air disaster Football League determined that the club should not enter the competition, since it had not qualified.
[28][29]
Busby rebuilt the team through the 1960s by signing players such as Denis Law and Pat
Crerand, who combined with the next generation of youth players – including George Best – to win
the FA Cup in 1963. The following season, they finished second in the league, then won the title in 1965 and 1967. In 1968, Manchester
United became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4–1 in the final[30] with a team that contained three European
Footballers of the Year: Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best.[31] Matt Busby resigned as manager in 1969 and was replaced by the
reserve team coach, former Manchester United player Wilf McGuinness.[32]

1969–1986

Main article: History of Manchester United F.C. (1969–1986)

Following an eighth-place finish in the 1969–70 season and a poor start to the 1970–71 season, Busby was
persuaded to temporarily resume managerial duties, and McGuinness returned to his position as reserve team
coach. In June 1971, Frank O'Farrell was appointed as manager, but lasted less than 18 months before being
replaced by Tommy Docherty in December 1972.[34] Docherty saved Manchester United from relegation that
season, only to see them relegated in 1974; by that time the trio of Best, Law, and Charlton had left the
club.[30] The team won promotion at the first attempt and reached the FA Cup final in 1976, but were beaten
by Southampton. They reached the final again in 1977, beating Liverpool 2–1. Docherty was dismissed
shortly afterwards, following the revelation of his affair with the club physiotherapist's wife.[35][32]

Dave Sexton replaced Docherty as manager in the summer of 1977. Despite major signings, including Joe
Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Gary Bailey, and Ray Wilkins, the team failed to achieve any significant results;
they finished in the top two in 1979–80 and lost to Arsenal in the 1979 FA Cup Final. Sexton was dismissed in
1981, even though the team won the last seven games under his direction.[36] He was replaced by Ron
Atkinson, who immediately broke the British record transfer fee to sign Bryan Robson from West Bromwich
Albion. Under Atkinson, Manchester United won the FA Cup twice in three years – in 1983 and 1985. In
1985–86, after 13 wins and two draws in its first 15 matches, the club was favourite to win the league, but
finished in fourth place. The following season, with the club in danger of relegation by November, Atkinson Bryan Robson was the
was dismissed.[37] captain of Manchester
United for 12 years, longer
Ferguson years (1986–present) than any other player.[33]

Main article: History of Manchester United F.C. (1986–present)

Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson's dismissal,[38]
and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league.[39] Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the
club was back in 11th place the following season.[40] Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, victory over
Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup Final replay (after a 3–3 draw) saved Ferguson's career.[41][42] The
following season, Manchester United claimed its first Cup Winners' Cup title and competed in the 1991 UEFA
Super Cup, beating European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 in the final at Old Trafford. A second
consecutive League Cup final appearance followed in 1992, in which the team beat Nottingham Forest 1–0 at
Wembley.[37] In 1993, the club won its first league title since 1967, and a year later, for the first time since
1957, it won a second consecutive title – alongside the FA Cup – to complete the first "Double" in the club's
history.[37]
Alex Ferguson has been
manager of Manchester Manchester United's 1998–99 season was the most successful in English club
United since November football history as they became the first team to win the Premier League, FA
1986. Cup and UEFA Champions League – "The Treble" – in the same season.[44]
Losing 1–0 going into injury time in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final,
Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored late goals to claim a dramatic victory over Bayern
Munich, in what is considered one of the greatest comebacks of all time.[45] The club also won the
Intercontinental Cup after beating Palmeiras 1–0 in Tokyo.[46] Ferguson was subsequently knighted for his
services to football.[47]

In 2000, Manchester United competed in the inaugural FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil,[48] and won
the league again in the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons. The team finished as runners-up in 2001–02, before
regaining the title in 2002–03. They won the 2003–04 FA Cup, beating Millwall 3–0 in the final at the Ryan Giggs is the most
Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.[49] In the 2005–06 season, Manchester United failed to qualify for the decorated player in English
knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over a decade, but recovered to secure a football history.[43]
second-place league finish and victory over Wigan Athletic in the 2006 Football League Cup Final. The club
regained the Premier League in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, and completed the European double by beating Chelsea 6–5 on penalties
in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. Ryan Giggs made a record 759th appearance for the club in this
game, overtaking previous record holder Bobby Charlton.[50] In December 2008, the club won the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup and followed
this with the 2008–09 Football League Cup, and its third successive Premier League title.[51][52] That summer, Cristiano Ronaldo was sold to
Real Madrid for a world record £80 million.[53] In 2010, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2–1 at Wembley to retain the League Cup,
its first successful defence of a knockout cup competition.[54]

Crest and colours

The club crest is derived from the Manchester City Council coat of arms, although all that remains of
it on the current crest is the ship in full sail.[55] The devil stems from the club's nickname "The Red
Devils"; it was included on club programmes and scarves in the 1960s, and incorporated into the club
crest in 1970, although the crest was not included on the chest of the shirt until 1971 (unless the team
was playing in a Cup Final).[55]

A photograph of the Newton Heath team, taken in 1892, is believed to show the players wearing a
red-and-white quartered jerseys and blue shorts.[56] Between 1894–96, the players wore distinctive
green and gold jerseys[56] which were replaced in 1896 by white shirts, which were worn with blue
shorts.[56] After its name change in 1902, the club colours were changed to red shirts, white shorts,
and black socks, which has become the standard Manchester United home kit.[56] Very few changes
were made to the kit until 1922 when the club adopted white shirts bearing a deep red "V" around the Manchester United badge in the
neck, similar to the shirt worn in the 1909 FA Cup Final. They would remain part of their home kits 1960s
until 1927.[56] In 1934, players sported cherry and white hooped shirts, but the following season the red shirt was recalled after the club's
lowest ever league placing of 20th in the Second Division.[56] The black socks were changed to white from 1959 to 1965, where they were
replaced with red socks up until 1971, when the club reverted to black. The current home kit is a red shirt with a white collar, worn with
white shorts and black socks.[57]

The Manchester United away strip has more often than not been a white shirt, black shorts and white socks, but there have been several
exceptions. These include the navy blue shirt with silver horizontal pinstripes worn during the 1999–2000 season,[58] and the current away
kit which is a white shirt with red and black flashes on the sleeves, with black shorts and white socks.[59] An all-grey away kit worn during
the 1995–96 season was dropped after just two games because players claimed to have trouble finding their team-mates against the
crowd.[60] In 2001, to celebrate 100 years as "Manchester United", a reversible white/gold away kit was released, although the actual match
day shirts were not reversible.[61] The club's third kit is often all-blue, this was most recently the case during the 2008–09 season, to
celebrate 40 years since it was worn for the club's first European Cup win in 1968.[62] Exceptions include blue-and-white striped shirts worn
during the 1994–96 season, an all black kit worn during the Treble winning season, and white shirts with black-and-red horizontal pinstripes
worn between 2003–05.[63] The club's 2008–09 season away kit – a white shirt with blue and red trim, worn with blue shorts and white socks
– was used as the club's third kit during the 2009–10 season.[64][65]

Grounds
Main articles: North Road, Bank Street, and Old Trafford

Newton Heath initially played on a field on North Road, close to the railway yard; the
original capacity was about 12,000, but club officials deemed the facilities inadequate for a
Old Trafford
club hoping to join The Football League.[66] Some expansion took place in 1887, and in Theatre of Dreams
1891 Newton Heath used its minimal financial reserves to purchase two grandstands, each
able to hold 1,000 spectators.[67] Although attendances were not recorded for many of the
earliest matches at North Road, the highest documented attendance was approximately
15,000 for a First Division match against Sunderland on 4 March 1893.[68] A similar
attendance was also recorded for a friendly match against Gorton Villa on 5 September
1889.[69]

In June 1893, after the club was evicted from North Road by its owners, Manchester
Deans and Canons, who felt it was inappropriate for the club to charge an entry fee to the
ground, secretary A. H. Albut procured the use of the Bank Street ground in Clayton.[70] It Location Sir Matt Busby Way,
initially had no stands, by the start of the 1893–94 season, two had been built; one Old Trafford,
spanning the full length of the pitch on one side and the other behind the goal at the Greater Manchester,
"Bradford end". At the opposite end, the "Clayton end", the ground had been "built up, England
thousands thus being provided for".[70] Newton Heath's first league match at Bank Street Broke ground 1909
was played against Burnley on 1 September 1893, when 10,000 people saw Alf Farman
score a hat-trick, Newton Heath's only goals in a 3–2 win. The remaining stands were Opened 19 February 1910
completed for the following league game against Nottingham Forest three weeks later.[70] Owner Manchester United
In October 1895, before the visit of Manchester City, the club purchased a 2,000-capacity
Operator Manchester United
stand from the Broughton Rangers rugby league club, and put up another stand on the
"reserved side" (as distinct from the "popular side"). However, weather restricted the Construction cost £90,000 (1909)
attendance for the Manchester City match to just 12,000.[71] Architect Archibald Leitch (1909)
When the Bank Street ground was temporarily closed by bailiffs in 1902, club captain Capacity 75,957 seated[2]
Harry Stafford raised enough money to pay for the club's next away game at Bristol City
Tenants
and found a temporary ground at Harpurhey for the next reserves game against
[72] Manchester United (1910–present)
Padiham. Following financial investment, new club president J.H. Davies paid £500 for
the erection of a new 1,000-seat stand at Bank Street.[73] Within four years, the stadium
had cover on all four sides, as well as the ability to hold approximately 50,000 spectators, some of whom could watch from the viewing
gallery atop the Main Stand.[73]

However, following Manchester United's first league title in 1908 and the FA Cup a year later, it was decided that Bank Street was too
restrictive for Davies' ambition;[73] in February 1909, six weeks before the club's first FA Cup title, Old Trafford was named as the home of
Manchester United, following the purchase of land for around £60,000. Architect Archibald Leitch was given a budget of £30,000 for
construction; original plans called for seating capacity of 100,000, though budget constraints forced a revision to 77,000. The building was
constructed by Messrs Brameld and Smith of Manchester. The stadium's record attendance was registered on 25 March 1939, when an FA
Cup semi-final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Grimsby Town drew 76,962 spectators.[74]

Bombing in the Second World War destroyed much of the stadium; the central tunnel in the South Stand was all that remained of that quarter.
After the war, the club received compensation from the War Damage Commission in the amount of £22,278. While reconstruction took
place, the team played its "home" games at Manchester City's Maine Road ground; Manchester United was charged £5,000 per year, plus a
nominal percentage of gate receipts.[75] Later improvements included the addition of roofs, first to the Stretford End and then to the North
and East Stands. The roofs were supported by pillars that obstructed many fans' views, and they were eventually replaced with a cantilevered
structure. The Stretford End was the last stand to receive a cantilevered roof, completed in time for the 1993–94 season.[32] First used on
25 March 1957 and costing £40,000, four 180-foot (55 m) pylons were erected, each housing 54 individual floodlights. These were
dismantled in 1987 and replaced by a lighting system embedded in the roof of each stand, which remains in use today.[76]

The Taylor Report's requirement for an all-seater stadium lowered capacity at Old Trafford to around 44,000 by 1993. In 1995, the North
Stand was redeveloped into three tiers, restoring capacity to approximately 55,000. At the end of the 1998–99 season, second tiers were
added to the East and West Stands, raising capacity to around 67,000, and between July 2005 and May 2006, 8,000 more seats were added
via second tiers in the north-west and north-east quadrants. Part of the new seating was used for the first time on 26 March 2006, when an
attendance of 69,070 became a new Premier League record.[77] The record was pushed steadily upwards before reaching its peak on 31
March 2007, when 76,098 spectators saw Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 4–1, with just 114 seats (0.15 percent of the total
capacity of 76,212) unoccupied.[78] In 2009, reorganisation of the seating resulted in a reduction of capacity by 255 to 75,957.[2][79]

Support
Manchester United is reputed to be the most popular football club in the world, with the highest average home attendance in Europe.[80] The
club's worldwide fan base includes more than 200 officially recognised branches of the Manchester United Supporters Club (MUSC), in at
least 24 countries.[81] The club takes advantage of this support through its worldwide summer tours. Accountancy firm and sports industry
consultants Deloitte estimate that Manchester United has 75 million fans worldwide,[6] while other estimates put this figure closer to
333 million.[7]

Supporters are represented by two independent bodies; the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA), which
maintains close links to the club through the MUFC Fans Forum,[82] and the Manchester United Supporters' Trust (MUST). After the Glazer
family's takeover in 2005, a group of fans formed a splinter club, F.C. United of Manchester. The West Stand of Old Trafford – the "Stretford
End" – is the home end and the traditional source of the club's most vocal support.[83]

Rivalries

Main articles: Manchester derby, Liverpool F.C. and Manchester United F.C. rivalry, and Leeds United A.F.C. and Manchester
United F.C. rivalry

Manchester United has major ongoing rivalries with three clubs: Liverpool, Manchester City and Leeds United.[84][85] The most hotly
contested derby fixture is often versus Liverpool, described by Ryan Giggs as "probably the most famous fixture in English football",[86] as
both teams have dominated certain periods of English football.[87] The rivalry is considered a manifestation of the cities' competition during
industrial times, when they competed for supremacy of the north-west; Manchester was famous for its textile industry, while Liverpool was
considered the world's pre-eminent port.[88] This fixture also has a history of hooliganism; at the 1996 FA Cup Final, an unidentified
Liverpool fan spat at Eric Cantona and threw a punch at Alex Ferguson as a victorious Manchester United team walked up the steps at
Wembley Stadium to collect the trophy from the Royal Box.[89] At an FA Cup match in 2006, an ambulance carrying Alan Smith, who had
broken his leg during the match, was attacked by Liverpool fans.[90]

Informally known as the "Roses Rivalry",[91] the rivalry with Leeds United has its origins in the Wars of the Roses fought between the House
of Lancaster and the House of York, Manchester United representing Lancashire and Leeds representing Yorkshire.[92] Independent research
by the Football Fans Census showed that in English football Leeds and Manchester United are among the top three clubs which fans of other
sides feel passionately against.[93]

Global brand
Manchester United has been described as a global brand; a 2009 report valued the club's trademarks and associated intellectual property at
£329 million, and gave the brand a strength rating of AAA (Extremely Strong).[94] In 2010, Forbes magazine ranked Manchester United
second only to the New York Yankees in its list of the ten most valuable sports team brands, valuing the Manchester United brand at
$285 million (16 percent of the club's $1.835 billion value).[8] The club is currently ranked third in the Deloitte Football Money League
(behind Real Madrid and Barcelona).[95]

The core strength of Manchester United's global brand is often attributed to Matt Busby's rebuilding of the team and subsequent success
following the Munich air disaster, which drew worldwide acclaim.[83] The "iconic" team included Bobby Charlton and Nobby Stiles
(members of England's World Cup winning team), Denis Law and George Best. The attacking style of play adopted by this team (in contrast
to the defensive-minded "catenaccio" approach favoured by the leading Italian teams of the era) "captured the imagination of the English
footballing public".[96] Busby's team also became associated with the liberalisation of Western society during the 1960s; George Best, known
as the "fifth Beatle" for his iconic haircut, was the first footballer to significantly develop an off-the-field media profile.[96]

As the first English football club to float on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club raised significant capital, with which it further
developed its commercial strategy. The club's focus on commercial and sporting success brought significant profits in an industry often
characterised by chronic losses.[97] The strength of the Manchester United brand was bolstered by intense off-the-field media attention to
individual players, most notably David Beckham (who quickly developed his own global brand). This attention often generates greater
interest in on-the-field activities, and hence generates sponsorship opportunities – the value of which is driven by television exposure.[98]
During his time with the club, Beckham's popularity across Asia was integral to the club's commercial success in that part of the world.[99]

Because higher league placement results in a greater share of television rights, success on the field generates greater income for the club.
Since the inception of the Premier League, Manchester United has received the largest share of the revenue generated from the BSkyB
broadcasting deal.[100] Manchester United has also consistently enjoyed the highest commercial income of any English club; in 2005–06, the
club's commercial arm generated £51 million, compared to £42.5 million at Chelsea, £39.3 million at Liverpool, £34 million at Arsenal and
£27.9 million at Newcastle United. A key sponsorship relationship is with sportswear company Nike, who manage the club's merchandising
operation as part of a £303 million 13-year partnership established in 2002.[101] Through Manchester United Finance and the club's
membership scheme, One United, those with an affinity for the club can purchase a range of branded goods and services. Additionally,
Manchester United-branded media services – such as the club's dedicated television channel, MUTV – have allowed the club to expand its
fan base to those beyond the reach of its Old Trafford stadium.[6]

Sponsorship
In an initial five-year deal worth £500,000, Sharp Electronics became the club's first shirt sponsor at the beginning of the 1982–83 season, a
relationship that lasted until the end of the 1999–2000 season, when Vodafone agreed a four-year, £30 million deal.[102] Vodafone agreed to
pay £36 million to extend the deal by four years, but after two seasons triggered a break clause in order to concentrate on its sponsorship of
the Champions League.[102]

To commence at the start of the 2006–07 season, American insurance corporation AIG agreed a four-year £56.5 million deal which in
September 2006 became the most valuable in the world.[103][104] At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, American reinsurance company
Aon became the club's principal sponsor in a four-year deal reputed to be worth approximately £80 million, making it the most lucrative shirt
sponsorship deal in football history.[105]

The club's first kit manufacturer was Umbro, until a five-year deal was agreed with Admiral Sportswear in 1975.[106] Adidas received the
contract in 1980,[107] before Umbro started a second spell in 1992.[108] Umbro's sponsorship lasted for ten years, followed by Nike's record-
breaking £302.9 million deal that will last until 2015; 3.8 million replica shirts were sold in the first 22 months with the company.[109][110] In
addition to Nike and Aon, the club also has several lower-level "platinum" sponsors, including Audi and Budweiser.[111]

Ownership and finances

See also: Malcolm Glazer ownership of Manchester United

Originally funded by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, the club became a limited company in 1892 and sold shares to local
supporters for £1 via an application form.[15] In 1902, majority ownership passed to the four local businessmen who invested £500 to save
the club from bankruptcy, including future club president J.H Davies.[15] After his death in 1927, the club faced bankruptcy yet again, but
was saved in December 1931 by James W. Gibson, who assumed control of the club after investing £2,000.[20] Gibson promoted his son,
Alan, to the board in 1948,[112] but died three years later; the Gibson family retained ownership of the club,[113] but the position of chairman
passed to former player Harold Hardman.[114]

Promoted to the board a few days after the Munich air disaster, Louis Edwards, a friend of Matt Busby, began acquiring shares in the club;
for an investment of approximately £40,000, he accumulated a 54 percent shareholding and took control in January 1964.[115] When Lillian
Gibson died in January 1971, her shares passed to Alan Gibson who sold a percentage of his shares to Louis Edwards' son, Martin in 1978;
Martin Edwards went on to become chairman upon his father's death in 1980.[116] Media tycoon Robert Maxwell attempted to buy the club
in 1984, but did not meet Edwards' asking price.[116] In 1989, chairman Martin Edwards attempted to sell the club to Michael Knighton for
£20 million, but the sale fell through and Knighton joined the Board of Directors instead.[116] . Manchester United was floated on the stock
market in June 1991 (raising £6.7 million),[117] and received yet another takeover bid in 1998, this time from Rupert Murdoch's British Sky
Broadcasting Corporation. This resulted in the formation of Shareholders United Against Murdoch – now the Manchester United
Supporters' Trust – who encouraged supporters to buy shares in the club in an attempt to block any hostile takeover. The Manchester United
board accepted a £623 million offer,[118] but the takeover was blocked by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission at the final hurdle in
April 1999.[119] A few years later, a power struggle emerged between the club's manager, Alex Ferguson, and his horse-racing partners, John
Magnier and J. P. McManus, who had gradually become the majority shareholders. In a dispute that stemmed from contested ownership of
the horse Rock of Gibraltar, Magnier and McManus attempted to have Ferguson removed from his position as manager, and the board
responded by approaching investors to attempt to reduce the Irishmen's majority.[120]

In May 2005, Malcolm Glazer purchased the 28.7 percent stake held by McManus and Magnier, thus acquiring a controlling interest through
his investment vehicle Red Football Ltd in a highly leveraged takeover valuing the club at approximately £800 million (then approx.
$1.5 billion).[121][122] In July 2006, the club announced a £660 million debt refinancing package, resulting in a 30 percent reduction in
annual interest payments to £62 million a year.[123][124] In January 2010, with debts of £716.5 million ($1.17 billion),[125] Manchester
United further refinanced through a bond issue worth £504 million, enabling them to pay off most of the £509 million owed to international
banks.[126] The annual interest payable on the bonds – which mature on 1 February 2017 – is approximately £45 million per annum.[127]
Despite restructuring, the club's debt prompted protests from fans on 23 January 2010, at Old Trafford and the club's Trafford Training
Centre.[128][129] Supporter groups encouraged match-going fans to wear green and gold, the colours of Newton Heath. On 30 January,
reports emerged that the Manchester United Supporters' Trust had held meetings with a group of wealthy fans, dubbed the "Red Knights",
with plans to buying out the Glazers' controlling interest.[130]

Players
First-team squad

As of 14 January 2011[131][132]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player No. Position Player

1 GK Edwin van der Sar 17 MF Nani
2 DF Gary Neville (club captain)[133] 18 MF Paul Scholes
3 DF Patrice Evra 20 DF Fábio
4 MF Owen Hargreaves 21 DF Rafael
5 DF Rio Ferdinand 22 DF John O'Shea
6 DF Wes Brown 23 DF Jonny Evans
7 FW Michael Owen 24 MF Darren Fletcher
8 MF Anderson 25 MF Antonio Valencia
 9 FW Dimitar Berbatov 26 FW Gabriel Obertan
10 FW Wayne Rooney 28 MF Darron Gibson
11 MF Ryan Giggs 29 GK Tomasz Kuszczak
12 DF Chris Smalling 33 FW Bébé
13 MF Park Ji-Sung 34 GK Anders Lindegaard
14 FW Javier Hernández 37 MF Robert Brady
15 DF Nemanja Vidić (team captain)[133] 45 DF Oliver Gill
16 MF Michael Carrick 49 MF Ravel Morrison

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player No. Position Player

Danny Welbeck (at Sunderland until 30 June Tom Cleverley (at Wigan Athletic until 30 June
19 FW 35 MF
2011)[134] 2011)[139]
Federico Macheda (at Sampdoria until 30 June 38 FW Nicky Ajose (at Bury until 30 June 2011)[140]
27 FW
2011)[135] Ben Amos (at Oldham Athletic until 30 June
40 GK
Ritchie De Laet (at Portsmouth until 30 June 2011)[141]
30 DF
2011)[136] Joe Dudgeon (at Carlisle United until 30 June
44 DF
31 MF
Corry Evans (at Hull City until 30 June 2011)[142]
2011)[137]
Mame Biram Diouf (at Blackburn Rovers until 30
32 FW
June 2011)[138]

Reserves and academy

For the reserve and academy squads, see Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy.

Former players

For details of former players, see List of Manchester United F.C. players and Category:Manchester United F.C. players.

Club captains

For a list of club captains, see List of Manchester United F.C. players#Club captains.

Player records
For player records, including player awards, see List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics.

Club officials
Owner: Glazer family via Red Football Shareholder Limited[143]
Honorary president: Martin Edwards[144]

Manchester United Limited

Co-chairmen: Joel Glazer & Avram Glazer[145]

Chief executive: David Gill[145]
Chief operating officer: Michael Bolingbroke [145]
Commercial director: Richard Arnold[146]
Chief of Staff: Ed Woodward[147]
Non-executive directors: Bryan Glazer, Kevin Glazer, Edward Glazer & Darcie Glazer[145]

Manchester United Football Club

Directors: David Gill, Michael Edelson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Maurice Watkins[148]
Club secretary: John Alexander[149]
Global ambassador: Bryan Robson[150]

Coaching and medical staff

Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson[151]

Assistant manager: Mike Phelan[152]
First team coach: René Meulensteen [153]
Goalkeeping coach: Eric Steele[154]
Fitness coach: Tony Strudwick[155]
Reserve team manager: Ole Gunnar Solskjær[156]
Managerial history
Main article: List of Manchester United F.C. managers

Dates[157] Name Notes

1878–1892 Unknown
1892–1900 A. H. Albut
1900–1903 James West
1903–1912 Ernest Mangnall
1912–1914 John Bentley
1914–1922 Jack Robson
1922–1926 John Chapman First manager from outside of England
1926–1927 Lal Hilditch
1927–1931 Herbert Bamlett
1931–1932 Walter Crickmer
1932–1937 Scott Duncan
1937–1945 Walter Crickmer
1945–1969 Matt Busby
1969–1970 Wilf McGuinness
1970–1971 Matt Busby
1971–1972 Frank O'Farrell First manager from outside the United Kingdom
1972–1977 Tommy Docherty
1977–1981 Dave Sexton
1981–1986 Ron Atkinson
1986–present Alex Ferguson Both most honours won and longest serving in Manchester United's history[151]

Honours
Manchester United's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which it won as Newton Heath in 1886.[158] In 1908, the club won its first league
title, and won the FA Cup for the first time the following year. In terms of the number of trophies won, Manchester United's most successful
decade was the 1990s; the club won five league titles, four FA Cups, one League Cup, five Charity Shields (one shared), one UEFA
Champions League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.

The club currently holds the record for the most FA Cups, with 11, and the record for the most FA Cup Final appearances, with 18.[159]
Manchester United and Liverpool have each won a joint-record 18 top-division titles, but Manchester United holds the record for the most
Premier League titles (11), and was the first English team to win the European Cup in 1968. The most recent trophy came in August 2010,
when the club won the FA Community Shield.

The only major honour that Manchester United has never won is the UEFA Europa League,[160] although the team reached the quarter-finals
in 1984–85 and the semi-finals of the competition's precursor tournament, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, in 1964–65.[161][162]

Domestic

League

First Division[163] (until 1992) and Premier League:[163] 18

1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99,
1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
Second Division:[163] 2
1935–36, 1974–75

Cups

FA Cup: 11
1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
League Cup: 4
1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
FA Charity/Community Shield: 18 (14 outright, 4 shared)
1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 (* shared)

European

European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 3

1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08
 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
1990–91
UEFA Super Cup: 1
1991

Worldwide

Intercontinental Cup: 1
1999
FIFA Club World Cup: 1
2008

Doubles and Trebles

Doubles:
League and FA Cup: 3
1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99 (as part of the Treble)
League and League Cup: 1
2008–09
European Double (League and European Cup): 2
1998–99 (as part of the Treble), 2007–08
"The Treble" (League, FA Cup and European Cup): 1
1998–99

Especially short competitions such as the Charity/Community Shield, Intercontinental Cup (now defunct), FIFA Club World Cup or Super
Cup are not generally considered to contribute towards a Double or Treble.[164]

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