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History of MUFC

Manchester United Football Club, was formed as Newton Heath (L&YR) F.C. in 1878 as the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath. Newton Heath was near bankruptcy in 1902, before being taken over by J.H. Davies, who later changed the name to Manchester United.

Two of the most successful managers of all time at the club would be Sir Matt Busby, who started his policy of producing most of the players through the club’s youth team. Through his coaching, the team enjoy great success, winning the Football League in 1956 and 1957. The success was sadly brought to an abrupt halt by the Munich air disaster in 1958, in which eight of the players died. Despite the major setback, the club went on to recover and win the Football League again in 1965 and 1967, before the European Cup success in 1968.

Manchester United did not enjoy much success again till the 1990’s, when Alex Ferguson, arguably the world’s most successful club manager of all time, steered the club to unprecedented success.

In 1999, Manchester United became the first and only club since to win the UEFA Champions League, FA Premier League and the FA Cup in the triple winning season. In 2007-2008 season, Manchester United scored the double of UEFA Champions League and FA Premier League championship again.

 

About The Author

I have been supporting Manchester United since 1976. I remembered watching them play in the 1976 FA Cup Final with Southampton, back in the days when television was a luxury to our family. I watched the game at a chalet actually, someone's birthday, can't remember who though. Man U lost that day, but won my heart for their spirited display and never-say-die attitude. Stepney, Coppell, McIlroy, Macari.. From then onwards, I only supported Man U.