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About Man Utd - an encyclopaedia of Manchester United Football Club

About Man Utd - an encyclopaedia of Manchester United Football Club
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About Man Utd is an online encyclopaedia of Manchester United

Introduction

Manchester 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 124 seasons, been led by 19 different managers, played 5,156 competitive matches and been represented by 841 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: Stan Pearson

Pearson was born in Salford and grew-up supporting Manchester United. He joined the club at sixteen, turned professional at eighteen and made his first senior appearance before he was nineteen. He helped Manchester United win promotion from the second division ... more >

From the matches database: 1963 vs Leicester

In 1962-1963, Manchester United appeared in the FA Cup Final for the first time in five years. They had lost in 1957-1958, post-Munich. They had also lost in 1956-1957. They hadn’t actually won the FA Cup since 1947-1948, when Matt ... more >

From the seasons database: 1990-1991

In 1990-1991, Manchester United won their first European trophy since 1967-1968. They reached the final of the League Cup and moved from thirteenth to sixth in the league. It wasn’t a bad season, although it was yet another without winning ... more >

From the managers database: Ron Atkinson

Atkinson was a completely different character to his predecessor, Dave Sexton. He was easy-going and extrovert, he enjoyed conversation and could tell a good joke. In comparison with Sexton, he sparkled (literally, in fact, with his large collection of rings ... more >

From an ‘About Man Utd’ article

Jimmy Murphy was Sir Matt Busby’s assistant throughout Busby’s years at Old Trafford. He served MU for twenty-six years as coach and assistant manager.  ... 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

In which season did David Beckham miss training to look after his family?

Who was part of a legendary back-four ahead of the 2006 World Cup finals?

Who is third (after Charlton and Law) in the list of top Manchester United goalscorers?

In which season did Roy Keane first appear for Manchester United?

Which full-back played for Docherty, Sexton, Atkinson and Ferguson?

In which game at Wembley did David Herd score twice?

Latest news

11 MarInvestment Bank, Nomura, will act for the 'Red Knights' as they put together a bid to buy Manchester United.
11 MarManchester United signs a five-year sponsorship deal with Telekom Malaysia.
10 MarManchester United defeats AC Milan 4-0 at Old Trafford.
10 MarManchester United moves into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
10 MarWayne Rooney scores twice against AC Milan and reaches thirty goals for the season.

Latest matches

10 MarMan Utd  4 - 0  AC Milan
06 MarWolverhampton Wanderers  0 - 1  Man Utd
28 FebMan Utd  2 - 1  Aston Villa

Next match

14 MarMan Utd  vs  Fulham

Current season

  P W D L F A
Premiership 29 20 3 6 67 24
FA Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1
League Cup 6 5 0 1 11 4
UEFA Champions League 8 6 1 1 17 8
FA Charity Shield 1 0 0 1 2 2
All matches 45 31 4 10 97 39
seasons
wins
draws
losses

Last year’s news

11 MarManchester United defeats Inter Milan 2-0 to move into the Champions League quarter finals.
07 MarManchester United progresses to the FA Cup semi-finals with a comfortable 0-4 victory over Fulham.

Matches played on 12 March

Manchester United has played 21 matches on 12 March, winning 13, drawing 5 and losing 3. To view a match in more detail, click the relevant year.

2006Man Utd  2 - 0  Newcastle United
2005Southampton  0 - 4  Man Utd
2003Man Utd  1 - 1  Basel
1995Man Utd  2 - 0  Queens Park Rangers
1994Man Utd  3 - 1  Charlton Athletic
1989Aston Villa  0 - 0  Man Utd
1988Man Utd  4 - 1  Sheffield Wednesday
1985Tottenham Hotspur  1 - 2  Man Utd
1983Man Utd  1 - 0  Everton
1980Man Utd  0 - 0  Everton
1977Man Utd  1 - 0  Leeds United
1966Chelsea  2 - 0  Man Utd
1949Man Utd  3 - 0  Stoke City
1938Man Utd  1 - 0  Fulham
1932Man Utd  2 - 1  Plymouth Argyle
1930Arsenal  4 - 2  Man Utd
1927Birmingham City  4 - 0  Man Utd
1921Man Utd  1 - 1  Bradford City
1910Arsenal  0 - 0  Man Utd
1904Man Utd  3 - 1  Burnley
1894Man Utd  5 - 1  Blackburn Rovers

A winning team from 12 March

Below is the successful team from 2006 that beat Newcastle United at Old Trafford. Ages and number of appearances are shown, and are correct as on this day in 2006. To view the match in more detail, click here.

Edwin van der Sar  (Holland)35  41  
Gary Neville  (England)31  498  
Mikael Silvestre  (France)28  324  
John O'Shea  (Republic of Ireland)24  191  
Rio Ferdinand  (England)27  157  
Wes Brown  (England)26  212  
Cristiano Ronaldo  (Portugal)21  127  
Ji-Sung Park  (Korea Republic)25  37  
Wayne Rooney  (England)20  83  
Louis Saha  (France)27  58  
Ryan Giggs  (Wales)32  662  
Patrice Evra  (France)24  9  
Ruud van Nistelrooy  (Holland)29  211  
average age27  -  
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
Ken Ramsden
manager
Sir Alex Ferguson
assistant manager
Mike Phelan
first team coach
Rene Meulensteen
club captain
Gary Neville
current players (this season)
Ben Amos
Oliveira Anderson
Dimitar Berbatov
Wes Brown
Michael Carrick
Fabio da Silva
Rafael da Silva
Ritchie De Laet
Mame Biram Diouf
Jonny Evans
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Darren Fletcher
Ben Foster
Darron Gibson
Ryan Giggs
David Gray
Owen Hargreaves
Joshua King
Tomasz Kuszczak
Federico Macheda
Luis Nani
Gary Neville
John O'Shea
Gabriel Obertan
Michael Owen
Ji-Sung Park
Wayne Rooney
Paul Scholes
Zoran Tosic
Antonio Valencia
Edwin van der Sar
Nemanja Vidic
Danny Welbeck
most appearances
1828Ryan Giggs
2758Bobby Charlton
3688Bill Foulkes
4634Paul Scholes
5590Gary Neville
most goals
1249Bobby Charlton
2237Denis Law
3211Jack Rowley
4179George Best
5179Dennis Viollet
most matches managed
11321Alex Ferguson
21140Matt Busby
3368Ernest Mangnall
4292Ron Atkinson
5275Alf 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
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