24 Facts About Manchester United

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.

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

Manchester United is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world and has rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United.

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.

Manchester United won the First Division for the second time in 1911, but at the end of the following season, Mangnall left the club to join Manchester City.

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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.

Manchester United was replaced by Ron Atkinson, who immediately broke the British record transfer fee to sign Bryan Robson from his former club West Bromwich Albion.

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

Manchester United retired as the most decorated manager in football history.

Under Van Gaal, Manchester United won a 12th FA Cup, but a disappointing slump in the middle of his second season led to rumours of the board sounding out potential replacements.

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.

The reason for dropping it being that the players claimed to have trouble finding their teammates against the crowd, Manchester United failed to win a competitive game in the kit in five attempts.

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

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

Manchester United have rivalries with Arsenal, Leeds United, Liverpool, and Manchester City, against whom they contest the Manchester derby.

Rivalry with Liverpool is rooted in competition between the cities during the Industrial Revolution when Manchester United was famous for its textile industry while Liverpool was a major port.

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.

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

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

Additionally, Manchester United-branded media services – such as the club's dedicated television channel, MUTV – have allowed the club to expand its fan base to those beyond the reach of its Old Trafford stadium.

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

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.

Manchester United became the sole British club to win the Intercontinental Cup in 1999 and are one of only three British clubs to have won the FIFA Club World Cup, in 2008.

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.