Manchester United Facts and Figures
By Dave James Anthony
Manchester United Football Club were formed in 1878 and were originally known as Newton Heath Football Club, before becoming MUFC on the 26th April 1902. Since 1902 Manchester United have won a wealth of titles and trophies. They have won the English league title 18 times, 7 of these being the old English division 1 title and 11 being the Premier League most recently for the 2008/09 season.
Man Utd have won the European Cup/Champions League 3 times and were the first English team to win the competition when they beat Benfica in 1958, they went on to win it again in 1999 and again in 2008 beating fellow English team Chelsea on penalties in Moscow.
The FA Cup is the world's oldest cup competition and Manchester United have won it 11 times, which is more than any other team, they last won the cup in 2004. Other honours include 3 League Cup Titles, 17 Community/Charity Shield's, 1 Cup Winners Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 Fifa World Club Cup.
Ryan Giggs has played more games for Manchester United than any other player and has played over 800 games for the club since making his debut in 1991. He is the only player to have scored in every season of the Premier League, and kept up the record for the 2008/09 Premier League season by scoring against West Ham United at Upton Park.
Denis Law scored the most goals in a season for Manchester United in a season when he scored 46 goals for the club in all competitions during the 1963/64 season, Dennis Violett scored the most league goals in a season when he netted 32 times during the 1959/60 campaign and more recently Cristiano Ronaldo scored the most goals in a 38 game league season during the 2007/08 Premier League winning campaign.
Sir Bobby Charlton has scored the most goals for Manchester United netting 249 times in his 758 appearances for Utd. The clubs second top striker is Denis Law who scored 237 times in his 404 appearances for the club.
United have always signed quality players in the transfer market as well as rearing their own players through their famous youth academies. The clubs record transfer fee is for Dimitar Berbatov who they signed for £31,000,000 from Tottenham Hotspur in 2008 before that the record signing was Rio Ferdinand who signed for the club from Leeds United in 2002.
United record win was 10-0 when they defeated Anderlecht in the European Cup in 1956 and the clubs record defeat is 7-0 and they have lost by that amount three times, most recently in 1931 to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
History of the Manchester United Shirt
By Patrick Attlee Platinum Quality Author
Manchester United F.C. is an English football club that plays in the English Premier League. Their home ground is Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The Red Devils as they are affectionately known boast over 300 million world-wide fans. Meaning that out of every 20 people on earth, one of them will be a Manchester United Fan! Currently managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United are one of the most successful teams in the history of English football and have won 21 major titles since he was hired in 1986. During its remarkable history, many famous players have run out in the famous Manchester United shirt which can trace its roots back when Manchester United were called Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club.
The famous strip, familiar to millions around the world today has come a long way since the club's early days in the late 1800s. In the Newton Heath days, the shirts were made up of yellow and green sections (1878 - 1892) with some additional colour schemes being used such as a red and white shirt (1892-1894) coupled with blue shorts. There was also a brief period where a white shirt with a red sash was deployed. This all changed in 1902 when the club changed its name to Manchester United. At this point the club radically altered the kit colours to red shirts, white shorts and black socks. This colour scheme has been the basis of the home kit ever since.
The away strip is white jerseys, black shorts and white socks however different looks to this strip have existed. The most notorious of these was the all-grey strip used in the 1995-1996 season. Bizarrely, Manchester United did not win a single game when wearing this strip, the players claiming that passes were going astray because it was too hard to see their team-mates! The Manchester United Third Strip is all-blue out of respect to the kit used in the 1968 European Cup triumph.
The Manchester United shirt worn for home games today is red with a white stripe running down the back. A patch with the words "The Red Devils" on an image of the team's devil mascot is sewn on the bottom-left of the shirt. The club logo is on a red shield on the left breast. The emblem has been altered through the years but takes its inspiration from the crest of the City of Manchester. The "Red Devil" was added in the 1960s after Matt Busby heard the nickname being used by a local rugby club. The away shirt in use today is white with blue piping at the edges. It has red trim on the neck and the club emblem is on a white background on the left breast.
I hope this article has provided an interesting snapshot into the history of the Manchester United Shirt, and if your million dollar question on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" is "What was the first name Manchester United F.C. were known by?", you won't need to use a lifeline!
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By Patrick Attlee Platinum Quality Author
Manchester United F.C. is an English football club that plays in the English Premier League. Their home ground is Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The Red Devils as they are affectionately known boast over 300 million world-wide fans. Meaning that out of every 20 people on earth, one of them will be a Manchester United Fan! Currently managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United are one of the most successful teams in the history of English football and have won 21 major titles since he was hired in 1986. During its remarkable history, many famous players have run out in the famous Manchester United shirt which can trace its roots back when Manchester United were called Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club.
The famous strip, familiar to millions around the world today has come a long way since the club's early days in the late 1800s. In the Newton Heath days, the shirts were made up of yellow and green sections (1878 - 1892) with some additional colour schemes being used such as a red and white shirt (1892-1894) coupled with blue shorts. There was also a brief period where a white shirt with a red sash was deployed. This all changed in 1902 when the club changed its name to Manchester United. At this point the club radically altered the kit colours to red shirts, white shorts and black socks. This colour scheme has been the basis of the home kit ever since.
The away strip is white jerseys, black shorts and white socks however different looks to this strip have existed. The most notorious of these was the all-grey strip used in the 1995-1996 season. Bizarrely, Manchester United did not win a single game when wearing this strip, the players claiming that passes were going astray because it was too hard to see their team-mates! The Manchester United Third Strip is all-blue out of respect to the kit used in the 1968 European Cup triumph.
The Manchester United shirt worn for home games today is red with a white stripe running down the back. A patch with the words "The Red Devils" on an image of the team's devil mascot is sewn on the bottom-left of the shirt. The club logo is on a red shield on the left breast. The emblem has been altered through the years but takes its inspiration from the crest of the City of Manchester. The "Red Devil" was added in the 1960s after Matt Busby heard the nickname being used by a local rugby club. The away shirt in use today is white with blue piping at the edges. It has red trim on the neck and the club emblem is on a white background on the left breast.
I hope this article has provided an interesting snapshot into the history of the Manchester United Shirt, and if your million dollar question on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" is "What was the first name Manchester United F.C. were known by?", you won't need to use a lifeline!
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