Manchester United

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History:
Manchester United was formed in 1902 after their predecessors, Newton Heath, went bankrupt. However, it is usual to give the date of the club's foundation as 1878 when the dining room committee of the carriage and waggon works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company formed the Newton Heath L and YR Cricket and Football Club. They won the Manchester Cup as early as 1866 and as Newton Heath FC were admitted to the Second Division in 1892.

Club Info:

Stadium- Old Trafford
Address- Sir Matt Busby Way
Old Trafford
Manchester
MI6 0RA
Capacity- 68,936 Seats
Chairman- Martin Edwards
Manager- Sir Alex Ferguson
Assistant Manager- Steve McClaren
Chief-Executive- Peter Kenyon

TITLES:

1 Incredible Treble- 1999

European Champions' Cup/League- 1968, 1999

Toyota Inter-continental Cup- 1999

European Cup Winners' Cup- 1991

European SuperCup- 1991

7 Division One Championships- 1908, 11, 52, 56, 57, 65, 67

6 Premiereship (new format) Championships- 1993, 94, 96, 97, 99, 2000

10 FA Cup Trophies- 1909, 48, 63, 77, 83, 85, 90, 94, 96, 99

1 League Cup (Worthington Cup Today)- 1992

2 Doubles- 1994, 96

General Information:

Nicknames- Red Devils, United
Sponsors- Vodafone
League Scoring Record- Dennis Violett (32), 1959-60
Record Victory- 10-0 vs. RSC Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, 26/9/56
Record Defeat- 0-7 vs. Blackburn Rovers, Division 1, 10/4/26 and vs. Aston Villa, Division 1, 27/12/30
Record Transfer Fee Received- �7m from Internazionale for Paul Ince, July 1995
Record Transfer Fee Paid- �12.6m to Aston Villa for Dwight Yorke, August 1998
Colours:
Home- Red Shirts, white shorts and black stockings
Away- Blue shirt with silver hooped trim and black shorts, black stockings
Third- White shirts, blue shorts, black socks

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