Manchester United FC is one of English Premier League’s (EPL’s) one of the most popular clubs, so much so that even if someone doesn’t follow EPL, they know or have heard about Manchester United.
While every Man. United knows certain facts about their beloved club, every new follower struggles to stay afloat with them when it comes to loving their favourite football club as much as they do. So here are amazing few facts about Manchester united we have complied that we think every Man United must know about ‘The Red Devils’.
- The football club was founded as Newton Health LYR (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) Football Club back in 1878 and then renamed to Manchester United Football Club in April 1902 after the club wound up following a debt of £2,670.
- Like every English Football Club, Manchester United too have a set of ‘Manchester United’s Youth Academy legends, there are 5 of them in United, these are - Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Gary Neville and Nicky Butt. What is more together they have appeared for 3038 games for the Red Devils.
- Under Manchester United’s legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson, The Red Devils never finished lower than 3rd place in the Premier League seasons.
Sir Alex Ferguson
- Before current manager Louis van Gaal, Manchester United has never had any non-British manager of the Red
Devils history - In 1999 Manchester United became first English club in history to win the treble. The only other British team ever t have achieved this feat is Celtic FC, who won the treble back in 1967.
- Back in 1995 Manchester United recorded Premier League’s biggest victory to date when they defeated visiting team Ipswich Town 9-0 at Old Trafford.
- Ryan Giggs holds the club’s record for fastest goal scored by a United’s player; he netted a goal just 15 seconds into the game back in 1995 when Manchester United was playing against Southampton.
- More than half of the then Manchester United first team died in 1958 in an air crash in Germany, the infamous incidence is now called ‘The Munich Air disaster.’
Manchester United’s last line up before The Munich Air disaster
- Manchester United FC along with Arsenal FC has won most number of FA Cups in history. They have both won the prestigious cup 11 times.
- Club legends Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel are the only players in the history of English football to have won three doubles along with Manchester United, they won the doubles in 1994 then 1996 and then again in 1999.
- Current Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is the highest scoring Englishman in UEFA Champions League history. He has scored 29 goals in Champions League and broke the record of a former United midfielder Paul Scholes to achieve this feat, Scholes had scored 24 goals in Champions League prior to Rooney’s 29 goals.
Wayne Rooney
- Manchester United were the first ever English Premier League (EPL) team to win the European Cup now known as the UEFA Champions’ League.
- After 1958’s Munich Air Disaster, La Liga club, Real Madrid and EPL’s Liverpool had offered Manchester United FC their star players for free to play for Old Trafford.
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