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IntroductionManchester United is a highly successful English football club, with supporters across the world. Its current players include Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand, and among its former players are Bobby Charlton, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. Manchester United is presently managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in English football. Manchester United was the first English club to play in Europe (1956) and the first to win the European Cup (1968). Returning from a European tie in 1958, Manchester United lost eight players and various club officials in the Munich air disaster. Manchester United is the only English club to have won the Premiership, the FA Cup and the UEFA Campions League in the same season (1998-1999), and is the current holder (2008-2009) of the Premier League title. This website‘About Man Utd’ is an online encyclopaedia of Manchester United. It comprises profiles and articles, backed by a huge database of facts and figures. Since 1886, Manchester United has competed in 125 seasons, been led by 19 different managers, played 5,171 competitive matches and been represented by 843 players. At ‘About Man Utd’, each of these seasons, managers, matches and players has its own page - over six thousand of them! To enjoy the site, use the menu bar at the top of each page or any of the numerous links. From the players database: Patrice Evra Despite his youth, Evra is much travelled. He was born, into a large family, in Senegal, West Africa. He spent most of his childhood in France. He began his professional football career in Italy, subsequently played in France and is ... more > From the matches database: 2004 vs ArsenalArsenal went through the whole of the 2003-2004 season undefeated. The run continued into 2004-2005 and had reached forty-nine games when Manchester United and Arsenal met at Old Trafford. Before the game, Manchester United trailed Arsenal by eleven points. ... more > From the seasons database: 1967-19681967-1968 will always be remembered as when Matt Busby finally found his holy grail. In the last match of the season, Manchester United beat Benfica 4-1 at Wembley to win the European Cup. ... more > From the managers database: Matt BusbyAlexander Matthew Busby was born in Orbiston, North Lanarkshire, in 1909. As a young man he was a professional footballer, playing for Manchester City and Liverpool and also representing Scotland. The second world war brought his playing career to an end ... more > From an ‘About Man Utd’ articleDavid Gill is the current Chief Executive of Manchester United FC Ltd, having first joined the Board as finance director in 1997. ... more > Sources of further informationThe facts, figures, dates and occasions that tell the Manchester United story are presented in many publications and on many websites. The following are useful reference works:
The official club site: The relevant wikipedia pages: The popular Manchester United statistics site: The site of the Association of Football Statisticians: A few quiz questionsWho was part of a legendary back-four ahead of the 2006 World Cup finals? Which seventeen year period brought three FA Cups but no League titles? What followed a European Cup quarter-final away leg tie against Red Star Belgrade? Which Manchester United manager went on to manage the Iranian national team? Who has played for Manchester United in many different positions - including goalkeeper? In which season did Manchester United lose a final to second division Sheff Wed? |
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