THE GREATEST FOOTBALL STORY EVER TOLD “AT UNITED, WE STRIVE FOR PERFECTION. AND IF WE FAIL, THEN WE MIGHT JUST HAVE TO SETTLE FOR EXCELLENCE.”-SIR MATT BUSBY WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL SPORTS TEAMS IN THE WORLD, PLAYING ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SPECTATOR SPORTS ON EARTH. THROUGH OUR 137-YEAR HERITAGE WE HAVE WON 62 TROPHIES, INCLUDING A RECORD 20 ENGLISH LEAGUE TITLES, ENABLING US TO DEVELOP WHAT WE BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SPORTS BRANDS AND A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF 659 MILLION FOLLOWERS. OLD TRAFFORD THEATRE OF DREAMS Our Old Trafford stadium, commonly known as "The Theatre of Dreams," was originally opened on February 19, 1910 with a capacity of approximately 80,000. During the Second World War, Old Trafford was used by the military as a depot, and on March 11, 1941 was heavily damaged by a German bombing raid. The stadium was rebuilt following the war and reopened on August 24, 1949. The addition of floodlighting, permitting evening matches, was completed in 1957 and a project to cover the stands with roofs was completed in 1959. After a series of additions during the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, capacity at Old Trafford reached 56,385 in 1985. The conversion of the stadium to an all-seater reduced capacity to approximately 44,000 by 1992, the lowest in its history. Thereafter, we began to expand capacity throughout the stadium, bringing capacity to approximately 58,000 by 1996, approximately 68,000 by 2000, and approximately 76,000 in 2006. Current capacity at Old Trafford is 75,635. A brief history of Manchester United Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that currently competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910. Manchester United have won 20 league titles, the most of any English club, 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 20FA Community Shields. The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013, when he announced his retirement. Louis van Gaal is the club's current manager after Ferguson's successor David Moyes was sacked after only 10 months in charge. Manchester United was the second highest-earning football club in the world for 2013–14, with an annual revenue of €518 million, and the world's third most valuable football club in 2015, valued at $1.98 billion. As of June 2015, it is the world's most valuable football brand, estimated to be worth $1.2 billion. It is one of the most widely supported football teams in the world.After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £800 million, after which the company was taken private again. In August 2012, Manchester United made an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably with Liverpool and with Manchester City. Formed: 1878 Previous names: Newton Heath LYR FC Admitted to Football League: 1892 Domestic League First Division(until 1992) and Premier League: 20 1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07,2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13 Second Division:2 1935–36, 1974–75 Cups FA Cup: 11 1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04 League Cup: 5 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2016-17 FA Charity/Community Shield: 20 (16 outright, 4 shared) 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 (* shared) European European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 3 1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1 1990–91 UEFA Super Cup: 1 1991 Worldwide Intercontinental Cup: 1 1999 FIFA Club World Cup: 1 2008 Follow http://social.manutd.com/ Official Page: manutd.com
https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/674293216762593280/photo/1 Manchester United @ManUtd 9m9 minutes ago #mufc XI: De Gea, Varela, Smalling (c), Blind, Darmian, Fellaini, Schweinsteiger, Lingard, Mata, Memphis, Martial
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