19 Facts About Manchester United F.C.

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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United, or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

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Manchester United have won a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, five League Cups, and a record 21 FA Community Shields.

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Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath.

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In 1957, Manchester United became the first English team to compete in the European Cup, despite objections from The Football League, who had denied Chelsea the same opportunity the previous season.

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5.

Docherty saved Manchester United from relegation that season, only to see them relegated in 1974; by that time the trio of Best, Law, and Charlton had left the club.

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Under Atkinson, Manchester United won the FA Cup in 1983 and 1985 and beat rivals Liverpool to win the 1983 Charity Shield.

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The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners' Cup title.

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8.

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.

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On 18 April 2021, Manchester United announced they were joining 11 other European clubs as founding members of the European Super League, a proposed 20-team competition intended to rival the UEFA Champions League.

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10.

Manchester United has the second highest average attendance of European football clubs only behind Borussia Dortmund.

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11.

Manchester United is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with one of the highest average home attendances in Europe.

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12.

Supporters are represented by two independent bodies; the Independent Manchester United Supporters' Association, which maintains close links to the club through the MUFC Fans Forum, and the Manchester United Supporters' Trust.

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13.

In July 2012, Manchester United was ranked first by Forbes magazine in its list of the ten most valuable sports team brands, valuing the Manchester United brand at $2.

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14.

The strength of the Manchester United brand was bolstered by intense off-the-field media attention to individual players, most notably David Beckham.

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15.

Since the inception of the Premier League, Manchester United has received the largest share of the revenue generated from the BSkyB broadcasting deal.

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Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in Europe in terms of trophies won.

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17.

Those titles have meant the club has appeared a record 30 times in the FA Community 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.

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18.

Team called Manchester United Supporters Club Ladies began operations in the late 1970s and was unofficially recognised as the club's senior women's team.

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19.

In 2018, Manchester United formed a new women's football team, which entered the second division of women's football in England for their debut season.

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