[71] On 19 May 2014, it was confirmed that Louis van Gaal would replace Moyes as Manchester United manager on a three-year deal, with Giggs as his assistant. [138] The strength of the Manchester United brand was bolstered by intense off-the-field media attention to individual players, most notably David Beckham (who quickly developed his own global brand). [157][158] Nike announced that they would not renew their kit supply deal with Manchester United after the 2014–15 season, citing rising costs. Manchester United will be without new signing Edinson Cavani for their trip to Newcastle on Saturday, with the Uruguayan forced to quarantine following his arrival in the UK. Man United midfielder Scott McTominay has claimed his team mates are behind boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, after rumours circulated that Bruno Fernandes had lost faith in his manager. The reason for dropping it being that the players claimed to have trouble finding their teammates against the crowd, United failed to win a competitive game in the kit. [139] During his time with the club, Beckham's popularity across Asia was integral to the club's commercial success in that part of the world. The following season, they finished second in the league, then won the title in 1965 and 1967. [180] The annual interest payable on the bonds – which were to mature on 1 February 2017 – is approximately £45 million per annum. The 33-year-old third-choice goalkeeper is begging Manchester United to release him of his contract this month in order to earn him a move to the United States, according to reports.

Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) depot at Newton Heath. Whilst official club sources claim that it occurred on 26 April, the meeting was reported by the, Red Football Shareholder Limited: Group of companies' accounts made up to 30 June 2009. The Stretford End was the last stand to receive a cantilevered roof, completed in time for the 1993–94 season. The Manchester United board accepted a £623 million offer,[170] but the takeover was blocked by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission at the final hurdle in April 1999. [98] Newton Heath's first league match at Bank Street was played against Burnley on 1 September 1893, when 10,000 people saw Alf Farman score a hat-trick, Newton Heath's only goals in a 3–2 win. [227] The club's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which they won as Newton Heath LYR in 1886. [24], In 1922, three years after the resumption of football following the First World War, the club was relegated to the Second Division, where it remained until regaining promotion in 1925. [27] They then won back-to-back league titles in 1956 and 1957; the squad, who had an average age of 22, were nicknamed "the Busby Babes" by the media, a testament to Busby's faith in his youth players.

Famous faces such as Sir Bobby Charlton, David Beckham, Eric Cantona and Wayne Rooney have all played for the club. [35] The team won promotion at the first attempt and reached the FA Cup final in 1976, but were beaten by Southampton. conflict, Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year winners, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester_United_F.C.&oldid=983262433, Association football clubs established in 1878, Association football clubs established in 1902, Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages, Football team templates which use short name parameter, Articles with Arabic-language sources (ar), Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh), Articles with French-language sources (fr), Articles with Japanese-language sources (ja), Articles with Korean-language sources (ko), Articles with Spanish-language sources (es), Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Owner: Glazer family via Red Football Shareholder Limited, This page was last edited on 13 October 2020, at 06:58.

The Dutchman has become known as one of the best centre-backs in world football, but this term he has looked off the pace and was involved in the club's humiliating 7-2 loss to Aston Villa.

A key sponsorship relationship was with sportswear company Nike, who managed the club's merchandising operation as part of a £303 million 13-year partnership between 2002 and 2015. (1986–2013), Independent Manchester United Supporters' Association, Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. [46][47] The following season, Manchester United claimed its first Cup Winners' Cup title and competed in the 1991 UEFA Super Cup, beating European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 in the final at Old Trafford. [80], The club crest is derived from the Manchester City Council coat of arms, although all that remains of it on the current crest is the ship in full sail. Despite major signings, including Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Gary Bailey, and Ray Wilkins, the team failed to achieve any significant results; they finished in the top two in 1979–80 and lost to Arsenal in the 1979 FA Cup Final.

At the end of the 1998–99 season, second tiers were added to the East and West Stands, raising capacity to around 67,000, and between July 2005 and May 2006, 8,000 more seats were added via second tiers in the north-west and north-east quadrants. [230][231], Especially short competitions such as the Charity/Community Shield, Intercontinental Cup (now defunct), FIFA Club World Cup or UEFA Super Cup are not generally considered to contribute towards a Double or Treble. Those titles have meant the club has appeared a record 30 times in the FA Community Shield (formerly the FA Charity Shield), which is played at the start of each season between the winners of the league and FA Cup from the previous season; of those 30 appearances, Manchester United have won a record 21, including four times when the match was drawn and the trophy shared by the two clubs. They became founding members of the North West Women's Regional Football League in 1989.

[37], Following an eighth-place finish in the 1969–70 season and a poor start to the 1970–71 season, Busby was persuaded to temporarily resume managerial duties, and McGuinness returned to his position as reserve team coach. [149] The contract for the training kit sponsorship was then sold to Aon in April 2013 for a deal worth £180 million over eight years, which also included purchasing the naming rights for the Trafford Training Centre. Premier League clubs swiftly rejected the proposals and instead agreed to a strategy review and to make a new bailout offer to the EFL worth £77m after their opening attempt was rejected.



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