Manchester United Football Club Review

Manchester United is one of the most famous and successful English football clubs. The chairmen are Joel and Avram Glazer. They control First Allied Corporation and the Zapata Corporation, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. The present manager of Man U is Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson. He is a former football player who played for such clubs as: Queen's Park (1957-1960), St. Johnstone (1960-1964), Dunfermline Athletic (1964-1967), Rangers (1967-1969), Falkirk (1969-1973), Ayr United (1973-1974). Ferguson was a manager of such teams as: East Stirlingshire (1974), St. Mirren (1974-1978), Aberdeen (1978-1986), Scotland (1985-1986). He is prominent for winning more trophies than any other manager in the English football. Also he has been in charge of Man Utd for more than 1,000 matches. Through its history Manchester United has a long list of managers:

• 1986- up to now Sir Alex Ferguson
• 1981-1986 Ron Atkinson
• 1977-1981 Dave Sexton
• 1972-1977 Tommy Docherty
• 1971-1972 Frank O'Farrell
• 1970-1971 Sir Matt Busby
• 1969-1971 Wilf McGuinness
• 1945-1969 Sir Matt Busby
• 1937-1945 Walter Crickmer
• 1932-1937 Scott Duncan
• 1931-1932 Walter Crickmer
• 1927-1931 Herbert Bamlett
• 1926-1927 Clarence Hilditch
• 1921-1926 John Chapman
• 1914-1921 John Robson
• 1912-1914 John Bentley
• 1903-1912 J Ernest Mangnall

Manchester United was formed as Newton Heath L&YR F.C. (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) in 1892. The Red Devils (it is one of the club's nickname) exists 129 years. The first club's shirts were green and gold halves. They played on a small field on North Road, but in 1910 they moved to a new home. It was Old Trafford. The Red Devils call it ‘The Theatre of Dreams'. This stadium is the largest club ground in Britain. In spite of a great damage when it was bombed during World War II it has played host for wonderful battles for about 100 years. ‘The Theatre of Dreams' has its own records. For example, in season 2005 - 2006 it represented an opportunity to 1,705,696 fans to watch United play. Old Trafford is one of the finest and historic stadiums in the world.

United have more than 50 million supporters from all over the world. They won 18 major honors, which is more than any other Premier League club and also hold the record for the most FA Cup titles with 11. The Red Devils won the Premier League 16 times and a second European Cup in 1999. Among other records are:

FA Premier League Champions (1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07)

Runners-Up (1994-95, 1997-98, 2005-06)

Division 1 Champions (1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1964-65, 1966-67)

Runners-Up (1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1950-51, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1979-80, 1987-88, 1991-92)

Division 2 Runners-Up (1935-36, 1974-75)

FA Cup Winners (1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004)

Runners-Up (1957, 1958, 1976, 1995, 2005, 2007)

League Cup Winners (1992, 2006)

Runners-Up (1983, 1991, 1994, 2003)

European Cup Winners (1967-68, 1998-99)

European Cup-Winners Cup Winners (1990-91)

European Super Cup Winners (1991)

Runners-Up (1999)

Intercontinental Cup Winners (1999)

Runners-Up (1968)

These records and victories were realized due to the fantastic team of Manchester United. It had been changing for the long period of 120 years and now represents (to a greater extent) a squad of young professional players. Among them are: