HISTORY OF MANCHESTER UNITED

HISTORY OF MANCHESTER UNITED

Manchester United F.C. (commonly abbreviated as Man Utd, Man United or just MU) is a top football club in the UK, based in Old Trafford, Manchester,
Formed as Newton Heath L & YR F.C. in 1878 as a football team Railway Company depot Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Newton Heath, the name changed to Manchester United in 1902.
Though always been one of the strongest teams in England, then since 1993 Manchester United won a major dominance in the domestic championship under the direction of Sir Alex Ferguson - the dominance of a scale not seen since the end of Liverpool FC in the mid-1970s and the early 1980s. Since the passing of the era of the Premiership in 1992, Manchester United is the most successful team with twelve win the championship trophy.
Despite its success in the domestic competition, success is still difficult to be repeated in the European championships, they only ever won the Champions League three times throughout its history (1968, 1999, 2008).
Since the 86-87 season, they have won 22 major trophies - this is the highest number among the clubs of the Premier League. They have won 19 Premier League trophies (including the time still called Division One). In 1968, they became the first English team to win the European Champions League, after defeating SL Benfica 4-1, and they won the European Champions League for the second time in 1999 and again in 2008 after beating Chelsea FC in the final. They also hold the record for winning the FA Cup 11 times. [4] In 2008, they became the first English club and the club managed to become the second European Champion Club World Cup.
On May 12, 2005, U.S. businessman Malcolm Glazer became majority owner of the club by buying shares worth £ 800 million (U.S. $ 1.47 billion), followed by a lot of protests from supporters fanatics.Early years (1878-1945)

Manchester United team at the start of the session 1905-06, which was then won two in Division 2 and up.
The team was first formed as Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railwaiy FC in 1878 as the works team of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the railway station in Newton Heath. Green team jersey - gold. They played on a small field on North Road, close to Manchester Piccadilly railway station for fifteen years, before moving to Bank Street in the nearby town of Clayton in 1893. The team had entered the Football League the previous year and began to sever its links with the train station, became an independent company, appointing a secretary of the association and pengedropan "L & YR" from their name to become Newton Heath FC alone ..
Shortly thereafter, in 1902, the club neared bankruptcy, with debts of more than £ 2500. Field Bank Street they have been closed. [5]
Before they broke up the team, they accept investments from J. H. Davies [ket 1], director of Manchester Breweries. Initially, a team legend, Harry Stafford, the club captain, exhibiting dogs St. Bernard [ket 2], and Davies decided to buy a dog. Stafford declined, but was able to influence Davies to invest in the club and become club chairman. [6] held a meeting to change the name of the association. Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic were among the names suggested, before Louis Rocca, a young immigrant from Italy, said "Gentlemen, why do we not use the name of Manchester United?" [7] The name stuck, and Manchester United officially came into existence on 26 April 1902 . Davies also decided to replace the elected team colors and red and white as the color of the Manchester United team.
Ernest Mangnall appointed as club secretary replacing James West who resigned on 28 September 1902. Mangnall working hard to lift the team into Division One and failed at the first attempt, ranks fifth in Division Two League. Mangnall decided to add some players to the club and recruit players such as Harry Moger, Dick Duckworth, and John Picken, there is also Charlie Roberts who made the biggest impact. He bought £ 750 from Grimsby Town in April 1904, and took the team to third position klasmen end of the season 1903-1904.
They then promoted to Division One after finishing diurutan two Division Two 1905-06 season. Their first season in Division One ended poorly, their ranks eighth klasmen. Finally they won the first league title in 1908. Manchester City are being investigated for paying players above specified regulatory FA. They were fined £ 250 and sentenced to eighteen players they can not play for them again. United quickly took advantage of this situation, hiring Billy Meredith and Sandy Turnbull, and others. New players should not be playing before New year 1907, a result of the suspension from the FA. They began playing in the 1907-08 season and United target title at that time. A 2-1 victory over Sheffield United launch ten times United's winning streak. But in the end, they closed the season with a 9-point advantage of their rivals, Aston Villa.
Clubs need two years to bring the trophy again, they won the Division One League trophy for the second time in the 1910-11 season. United moved to their new ground at Old Trafford. They played their first match at Old Trafford on February 19, 1910 against Liverpool, but they lost 4-3. They did not get the trophy again in 1911-12 season, they are not supported by Mangnall again because he moved to Manchester City after 10 year with United. After that, they played 41 years without winning a trophy.
United again relegated in 1922 after ten years of playing in Division One. They went up the division again in 1925, but the difficulty to enter the ranks of the top league Division One and they go down the division again in 1931. United won the achievement of the lowest levels ever league position of 20th in Division Two 1934. force them back when the season 1938-3.