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About Man Utd - an encyclopaedia of Manchester United Football Club

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About Man Utd is an online encyclopaedia of Manchester United

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Introduction

Manchester United is a highly successful English football club, with millions of 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 one of the first English clubs 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 Champions League in the same season (1998-1999), and most recently won the Premier League title in 2010-2011.

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 127 seasons, been led by 19 different managers, played 5,335 competitive matches and been represented by 863 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: Tomasz Kuszczak

Kuszczak was born and brought up in Poland, where he played his early football. In 2000 he joined Hertha BSC in Germany, where he remained for four seasons. At the end of his contract, in 2004, he was brought to ... more >

From the matches database: 2001 vs Spurs

Early in the 2001-2002 season, Alex Ferguson sold Jaap Stam and replaced him with Lauren Blanc. It was a controversial exchange that was thought, by some, to weaken Manchester United’s defence. In their previous Premiership away game Manchester United conceded ... more >

From the seasons database: 1994-1995

1994-1995 nearly brought a second successive Premiership and FA Cup double. An extra few goals in the final week of the season would have done it. But the lack of goals, plus the absence of a key player, meant a ... more >

From the managers database: James West

West came to Newton Heath from Lincoln City. The arrangement was that he would share the managing of the team with fullback, Harry Stafford. It wasn’t a good time for Newton Heath, on or off the field. There was little ... more >

From an ‘About Man Utd’ article

The eastern end of the ground began with open terracing and continued as such until the early 1970s. This made it the last side of the ground to provide any seating or any protection for its occupants. Instead of a ... more >

Sources of further information

The 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:

About Man Utd - Manchester United Book Reviews

Jim White:
Manchester United - The Biography

About Man Utd - Manchester United Book Reviews

The Official Illustrated History
of Manchester United

About Man Utd - Manchester United Book Reviews

Andrew Endlar:
Manchester United: The Complete Record

About Man Utd - Manchester United Book Reviews

Ivan Ponting:
Manchester United Player by Player

About Man Utd - Manchester United Book Reviews

John White:
The Official Manchester United Almanac


.. and the following websites are useful sources of facts and figures:

The official club site:
www.manutd.com

The relevant wikipedia pages:
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_united

The popular Manchester United statistics site:
www.stretfordend.co.uk

The site of the Association of Football Statisticians:
www.11v11.com

A few quiz questions

Which Manchester United player holds the record for goals in a season?

Who has been Manchester United’s most successful manager?

In which match against Arsenal was Sol Campbell sent off for striking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?

In which season did Sir Alex Ferguson change his mind about retirement?

What phrase first appeared in print following a Liverpool - Manchester United game in 1951?

Which Manchester United manager played for Liverpool and Manchester City?

Latest news

08 JunFormer player, Phil Neville, announces his retirement. He made 386 appearances for Manchester United between 1995 and 2005.
07 JunYoung fullback, Guillermo Varela, joins Manchester United from Atletico Penarol in Uruguay.
30 MayFormer player, Mark Hughes, is appointed manager of Stoke City.
24 MayThe death is announced of Ron Davies , who played for Manchester United between 1974 and 1975.
24 MayAssistant manager, Mike Phelan, and goalkeeping coach, Eric Steele, leave the Club following the appointment of David Moyes.

Latest matches

19 MayWest Bromwich Albion  5 - 5  Man Utd
12 MayMan Utd  2 - 1  Swansea City
05 MayMan Utd  0 - 1  Chelsea

Next match

11 AugMan Utd  vs  Wigan Athletic

Current season

  P W D L F A
Premiership 38 28 5 5 86 43
FA Cup 6 3 2 1 11 7
League Cup 2 1 0 1 6 6
UEFA Champions League 8 4 1 3 11 9
All matches 54 36 8 10 114 65
seasons
wins
draws
losses

Last year’s news

19 JunTomasz Kuszczak signs a two-year contract at Brighton & Hove Albion. He made sixty-one appearances for Manchester United over five seasons.
18 JunManchester United's first match of the 2012-2013 season is against Everton at Goodison Park.

Matches played on 19 June

Manchester United has played 0 matches on 19 June, winning , drawing and losing . To view a match in more detail, click the relevant year.

A winning team from 19 June

average age0  -  
name
Manchester United
earlier name (pre 1902)
Newton Heath
earlier name (pre 1893)
Newton Heath L&YR
club first established
1878
ground
Old Trafford
(capacity 76,212)
club address
Sir Matt Busby Way
Old Trafford
Manchester
M16 0RA
telephone
+44 (0)161 872 1661
offical website
www.manutd.com
owner
Malcolm Glazer
chief executive
David Gill
secretary
John Alexander
manager
Sir Alex Ferguson
assistant manager
Mike Phelan
first team coach
Rene Meulensteen
club captain
Nemanja Vidic
current players (this season)
Oliveira Anderson
Tiago Bebe
Alexander Buttner
Michael Carrick
Tom Cleverley
Larnell Cole
Rafael da Silva
David de Gea
Jonny Evans
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Darren Fletcher
Ryan Giggs
Javier Hernandez
Phil Jones
Shinji Kagawa
Michael Keane
Will Keane
Anders Lindegaard
Federico Macheda
Luis Nani
Nick Powell
Wayne Rooney
Paul Scholes
Chris Smalling
Ryan Tunnicliffe
Antonio Valencia
Robin van Persie
Marnick Vermijl
Nemanja Vidic
Danny Welbeck
Scott Wootton
Ashley Young
most appearances
1941Ryan Giggs
2758Bobby Charlton
3718Paul Scholes
4688Bill Foulkes
5602Gary Neville
most goals
1249Bobby Charlton
2237Denis Law
3211Jack Rowley
4197Wayne Rooney
5179George Best
most matches managed
11500Alex Ferguson
21140Matt Busby
3370Ernest Mangnall
4292Ron Atkinson
5278Alf Albut
major honours
  1907-08 Championship
  1908-09 FA Cup
 
  1910-11 Championship
 
  1947-48 FA Cup
 
  1951-52 Championship
  1955-56 Championship
  1956-57 Championship
 
  1962-63 FA Cup
  1964-65 Championship
  1966-67 Championship
  1967-68 European Cup
 
  1976-77 FA Cup
 
  1982-83 FA Cup
  1984-85 FA Cup
  1989-90 FA Cup
 
  1990-91 Cup Winners Cup
  1991-92 League Cup
    Euro Super Cup
  1992-93 Premiership
  1993-94 Premiership
    FA Cup
  1995-96 Premiership
    FA Cup
  1996-97 Premiership
  1998-99 Premiership
    FA Cup
    Champions Lge
  1999-00 Premiership
    Intercon Cup
 
  2000-01 Premiership
  2002-03 Premiership
  2003-04 FA Cup
  2005-06 League Cup
  2006-07 Premiership
  2007-08 Premiership
    Champions Lge
  2008-09 Premiership
    FIFA Club Cup
    League Cup
  2009-10 League Cup
 
  2010-11 Premiership
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