THE GLORIOUS PAST
| FOUNDED :- | 1878 |
| Turned Professional :- 1885 | |
| Limited Company : - 1907 | |
| FORMER NAMES :- | 1878 - 1880 Newton Heath LYR |
| 1880 - 1902 Newton Heath | |
| ADDRESS :- | Old Trafford Manchester M16 ORA |
| PHONE :- | (0161) 872 1661 |
| PRESENT GROUND CAPACITY :- | 56,387 |
| RECORD ATTENDANCE :- | 70,504 v Aston Villa, Division I, 27th December 1920 |
| PITCH MEASUREMENTS :- | 116 yards x 76 yards |
| MANAGERS SINCE 1903 :- | Ernest Mangnall, John Robson, John
Chapman, Clarence Hilditch, Herbert Bamlett, Walter
Crickmer, A Scott Duncan Sir Matt Busby, Jimmy Murphy,
Wilf McGuiness, Sir Matt Busby, Frank O'Farrell Tommy
Docherty, Dave Sexton, Ron Atkinson, Alex Ferguson Nov 1886 - |
| RECORD TRANSFER PAID :- | £12,600,000 to Aston Villa for dwight Yorke, August 1998 |
| RECORD FEE RECEIVED :- | £7,000,000 from Inter Milan for Paul Ince, July 1995 |
| LEAGUE SCORING RECORD :- | 32, Dennis Viollet, Division I, 1959-60 |
| HONOURS :- | Premier League: Champions
1992-93,1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97. Runners Up - 1994-95, 1997-98 |
| 1st Division: Champions - 1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1964-65, 1966-67. | |
| 1st Division: Runners Up -1946-47, 1947-48, 1950-51, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1979-80, 1987-88, 1991-92. | |
| 2nd Division: Champions - 1935-36, 1974-75. | |
| FA Cup: Winners - 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996. Runners Up - 1957, 1958, 1976, 1979, 1995. | |
| League Cup: Winners - 1992. Runners Up - 1983, 1991, 1994. | |
| European Cup: Winners - 1967-68 - | |
| European Cup Winners Cup: Winners - 1990-91. | |
| Super Cup: Winners 1991. | |
| PREVIOUS SEASONS:- | FA Carling Premiership 94/95 |
| FA Carling Premiership 95/96 | |
| FA Carling Premiership 96/97 | |
| FA Carling Premiership 97/98 |
| Manchester Utd are probably
England's most famous club; they were formed in 1878 as
Newton Heath and elected to Division 1 in 1892. The
pre-war years saw the league championship at Old Trafford
twice whilst the FA Cup was won in 1909 but since the
second World War, they have been far more successful
under two different managers. The first was Sir Matt Busby who arrived in 1945 and won 5 league championships and 2 FA Cups. Tragedy befell Utd in 1958 when their young team known as the 'Busby Babes' was decimated in an air crash in Munich while returning from a European Cup tie in Belgrade. However, 10 years later, a team including greats like Bobby Charlton and George Best became the first ever English team to lift the European Cup, beating Benfica 4-1 in the final. Flamboyant managers such as Tommy Docherty and Ron Atkinson followed but none could bring the championship back to Old Trafford. Scot Alex Ferguson was appointed in 1986 and to begin with, it looked as though he would go the same way as his predecessors. However, the FA Cup win of 1990 heralded the start of good times which were continued with the European Cup Winners Cup success a year later. In 1992, Utd grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory as their late slip-up handed Leeds Utd the title but the advent of the Premier League finally saw them triumph 26 years after their previous title win. The following season saw Utd better this by winning the double (beating Chelsea 4-0 in the FA Cup final). |