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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878 and turned professional in 1885, before joining the Football League in 1892. After a brush with bankruptcy in 1901, the club reformed as Manchester United in 1902.
The club then joined the Football Alliance in 1889, and in 1892 were elected to the newly formed Football League First Division. Upon joining the Football League, the club dropped the "LYR" from their name, before financial troubles forced the club to restructure in 1902, including a change of name to Manchester United F.C. [5]
Manchester United are one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world [11] [12] and have rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United. Manchester United were the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016–17, with an annual revenue of €676.3 million, [ 13 ] and the world's third-most-valuable ...
The history of Manchester United F.C. spans the period from 1878 to the present day. For detail on individual periods of the club's history, see one of the following articles: History of Manchester United F.C. (1878–1945) History of Manchester United F.C. (1945–1969) History of Manchester United F.C. (1969–1986)
For more detailed seasons list, see List of Manchester United F.C. seasons. Pages in category "Manchester United F.C. seasons" The following 144 pages are in this category, out of 144 total.
Sir Alex Ferguson, the most decorated manager in the history of Manchester United Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, in the first round ...
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup . [ 2 ]
Following their league title win the previous season, Manchester United first competed in European football competition in 1956–57. 1954–55 Football League winners Chelsea had been denied the opportunity to take part in the inaugural European Cup by The Football League's chairman Alan Hardaker, who feared that European football would damage the integrity of the English game.