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History
Learn about the history of Manchester United, The Busby Babes and the 1958 Munich Air Crash
Manchester United Squad 2008/09
Squad
1 - Edwin van der Sar
2 - Gary Neville (captain)
3 - Patrice Evra
4 - Owen Hargreaves
5 - Rio Ferdinand
6 - Wes Brown
7 -
8 - Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
9 - Dimitar Berbatov
10 - Wayne Rooney
11 - Ryan Giggs (vice-captain)
12 - Ben Foster
13 - Park Ji-Sung
14 - Zoran Tošić
15 - Nemanja Vidic
16 - Michael Carrick
17 - Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (Nani)
18 - Paul Scholes
19 – Danny Welbeck
20 - Fábio Da Silva
21 - Rafael Da Silva
22 - John O'Shea
23 - Jonathan Evans
24 - Darren Fletcher
25 -
26 – Manucho
27 -
28 - Darron Gibson
29 - Tomasz Kuszczak
30 -
32 -
33 - Sam Hewson
34 - Rodrigo Possebon
35 - Tom Cleverly
36 - David Gray
37 - Craig Cathcart
38 - Ron-Robert Zieler
39 - James Chester
40 - Ben Amos
41 - Federico Macheda
42 - Richard Eckersley
43 - Davide Petrucci
Club Officials
Owner: Malcolm Glazer
Honorary president: Martin Edwards
Manchester United Limited
Co-chairmen: Joel Glazer & Avram Glazer
Chief executive: David Gill
Chief operating officer: Michael Bolingbroke
Commercial director: Richard Arnold
Executive director: Ed Woodward
Non-executive directors: Bryan Glazer, Kevin Glazer, Edward Glazer & Darcie Glazer
Manchester United football club
Directors: David Gill, Michael Edelson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Maurice Watkins
Club secretary: Ken Ramsden
Assistant club secretary: Ken Merrett
Global ambassador: Bryan Robson
Coaching and Medical Staff
Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson
Assistant manager: Mike Phelan
First team coach: René Meulensteen
Goalkeeping coach: Eric Steele
Fitness coach: Tony Strudwick
Strength & conditioning coach: Mick Clegg
Head of human performance: Dr. Richard Hawkins
Reserve team manager: Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Reserve team coach: Warren Joyce
Chief scout: Jim Lawlor
Chief European scout: Martin Ferguson
Director of youth academy: Brian McClair
Director of youth football: Jimmy Ryan
Club doctor: Dr. Steve McNally
Assistant club doctor: Dr. Tony Gill
First team physiotherapist: Rob Swire
Old Trafford: The Theatre of Dreams
Location Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England
Architect Archibald Leitch
Capacity 76,212
Manchester United Club Honours
Domestic
League
Premier League: 11
1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008-09
First Division: 7
1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67
Second Division: 2
1935–36, 1974–75
Cups
FA Cup: 11
1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
League Cup: 3
1992, 2006, 2009
FA Charity/Community Shield: 17 (13 outright, 4 shared)
1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008
(* joint holders)
European
European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 3
1968, 1999, 2008
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
1991
European Super Cup: 1
1991
International
Intercontinental Cup:1
1999
World Club Championship
World Club Championship: 1
2009
Doubles and Trebles
The Double (League and FA Cup): 3
1994, 1996, 1999 (as part of The Treble)
The European Double (League and European Cup): 2
1999 (as part of The Treble), 2008
The Treble (League, FA Cup and European Cup): 1
1999
The only major honour that Manchester United F.C. has never won is the UEFA Cup.
Trivia
The 2009–10 season will be Manchester United's 18th season in the Premier League, and their 35th consecutive season in the top division of English Football. Having equalled Liverpool's record of 18 English league titles the previous season, Manchester United will be looking to break that record with an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title in 2009–10. They also have the chance to be the first team since Juventus in 1998 to reach three consecutive Champions League finals.
Rivalries
United's number one rival is difficult to determine. Traditionally, the closest rivals have been Liverpool, Manchester City and Leeds, though Arsenal and Chelsea have come into the frame in recent years. Currently, most fans see Liverpool as their biggest rivals, due to the success of both clubs as well as their proximity to each other, while others rate intra-city rivals Manchester City as their biggest rivals. The Liverpool rivalry began during the 1960s when the two clubs were among the strongest in England, and have been competing closely just about every season since. The Manchester City rivalry dates back to the Newton Heath era of the 1890s, and has remained fierce due to both clubs being in the same division for much of their history.
Pre Season Schedule
18 July 2009 Malaysia XI
20 July 2009 Indonesian Super League Select XI
24 July 2009 FC Seoul
26 July 2009 Hangzhou Greentown
29 July 2009 Boca Juniors
30 July 2009 Milan or Bayern Munich
5 August 2009 Valencia
9 August 2009 Chelsea
Transfers :
In:
Michael owen (Newcastle United)
Gabriel Obertan (Bordeaux)
Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic)
Out:
Cristiano Ronaldo -> Real Madrid
Carlos Tevez -> Manchester City
Richard Eckersely -> Burnley
Lee Martin -> Ipswich Town
Fraizer Campbell -> Sunderland
Rodrigo Possebon -> Braga (Loan)
We are not ManU. (Only For United Fans and Genuininely Humane Supporters of other teams).
ManU is not a term United fans refer to themselves as. The term is only used by other supporters as a complete and utter insult to our club. The "u" is meant to be "you" by the rival fans.
An early example of its usage is this chant by West Brom fans: "Duncan Edwards is manure, rotting in his grave, man you are manure- rotting in your grave". The origin of "ManU" is a song to insult the dead Duncan Edwards.
Liverpool and Leeds fans copied this with their own man you /u versions to insult all of the lads who died at munich.
"ManU ManU went on a plane ManU ManU never came back again"
and..
"ManU Never Intended Coming Home" (if you combine the capital letters you get the word "Munich").
I hope this makes it clearer that saying ManU is an insult, particularly to the older supporters and to see United fans using it now is shameful. I hope a few might read this, understand and spread the word.
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Good Luck!
Wish All the Fans and the Team All the Luck!