Manchester United
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
50 Facts About Manchester United
- Manchester United play at Old Trafford
- Manchester United were formally known as Newton Heath LYR Football Club.
- Newton Heath formed in 1878 and turn professional in 1885.
- Alex Ferguson is the longest Serving Manager.
- Manchester United formed in 1902.
- Matt Busby was the manager when Manchester United won their first European Cup.
- As of end of 2010 Manchester United have won 18 league title.
- As of end of 2010 Manchester United have won 11 FA Cups
- The Manchester Untied Club Crest is derived from the Manchester City Council Coat of Arms.
- Newton Heath originally played on North Road.
- Newton Heath were evicted in June 1893 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.
- Denise Law is the player who scored most goals in one season totaling 46 in all competitions
- Manchester United first won the league in 1908.
- A year later in 1909 Manchester United won their first FA Cup.
- Manchester United started playing at Old Trafford in 1909
- Manchester United has the highest average attendance of any team in Europe.
- Manchester United’s first trophy was the Manchester Cup.
- Manchester United’s first national honour came in 1908 when they won the Football League first division.
- Manchester United main rivals are Manchester City and Liverpool
- Manchester United once played their home games at the former home of Manchester City, Maine Road whilst Old Trafford was being reconstructed after Second World War bombings.
- The Manchester United Supports Club is the official supports club.
- Manchester united were the first football club to be float on the London Stock Exchange in 1991.
- Sharpe Electronics became Manchester United’s first shirt sponsor.
- The kit first manufacturer was Umbro.
- Manchester United current Chairmen are Joel Glazer & Avram Glazer.
- John Chapman was the first manager outside of England to manage Manchester United.
- Manchester United have won the European Cup three times.
- Ryan Giggs has made most appearances for Manchester United.
- Harold Harse and George Best are the only two player to score sex goals in one game.
- George Best, Denise Laws, Bobby Charlton and Cristiano Ronaldo have won the Ballon d’Or whilst playing for Manchester United.
- Dimitar Berbatov is currently the highest transfer fee Manchester United have paid for a player.
- The first transfer for which Manchester United (then Newton Heath) had to pay a fee was the transfer of Gilbert Godsmark from Ashford in January 1900. Manchester United paid Ashford a fee of £40 for Godsmark.
- Manchester United’s first 100,000 signing was for Denise Law.
- Cristiano Ronaldo’s 80 Million pound transfer to Real Madrid was the highest Manchester United have recouped.
- Jack Robson was Manchester United’s first full time manager.
- Manchester United’s record win came against Anderlecht in the European Cup beating them 10-0.
- Manchester United’s record defeat came against Blackburn Rovers in 1926 losing 7-0
- Manchester United’s record FA Cup defeat was to the hands of Burnley in 1901 losing 1-7.
- Manchester United’s longest unbeaten run is 45 games from 26 December 1998 to 3 October 1999.
- Manchester United’s Most League goals scored in a season is 103 in the seasons 1956-57 & 1957-58.
- The highest home attendance for Manchester United was at Maine Road totalling 83260 people.
- The highest away attendance was against real Madrid in the European cup totalling 135000 in 1957.
- The longest streak Manchester United have gone without conceding a goal is 14 matches in 2008/2009 season.
- Ryan Giggs scored Manchester United’s fast goal in 14 seconds.
- Ruud Van Nisterooy is the player to score most goals in consecutive matches scoring 10.
- David Gaskell is the youngest first team to play for Manchester United at ages 16 years and 19 days.
- Manchester United were the first team to win the Premier League
- Manchester United hold the record for the most Premier league records.
- Manchester United hold the record with Liverpool for most Football League titles.
- The honorary president of Manchester United is Martin Edwards
About the Author
Perlo Frank is an avid Manchester United fan as well as a Manchester Escort. She also owns her own agency where she empolys many Manchester Escorts.
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