Manchester United is arguably the best club in the world, but this multi-million pound club started as Newton Heath L & YR FC in 1878, as the team works for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Health.
He played on a small, poor state of North Road near the future site of the station Manchester Piccadilly train for fifteen years, and then in 1983 moved to play outside the bank in a nearby town called Clayton. In 1902, this land was closed on Manchester United were driven almost out of the football league due to debts of two thousand five hundred pounds, but luckily just before the club could end received a major investment of JHDavies, the managing director of Manchester Breweries.
First major signing of Manchester United was Charlie Roberts of Grimsby Town for £ 750 in April 1904, believe that this firm helped Manchester United to third place in the following season. In the 1905-1906 season Manchester United were finally promoted to the First Division, where two years later emerged as champions for the first time.
On February 19 Manchester United played their first game in the still standing Old Trafford stadium, their first game was looking an ease, beating Liverpool 3-0 at halftime only to lose 4-3, it was in this season no use winning the silver, and over the next ten years the club began to decline in the ranks until 1922 when they were relegated back to Division II.
Three seasons before the Second World War, Manchester United were promoted, then relegated, then promoted again, giving them a place in the division once the war was over.
In the 1956-57 season, Manchester United became the first season to compete in the European Cup, and was in this competition that Manchester United recorded their biggest win to date, beating a Belgium team of 10 - 0 before being eliminated in the semifinals by Real Madrid.
Tragedy struck the next season as a plane crash killed eight Manchester United players on a trip to Germany in a European party. Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor and Liam Whelan where players died that day, these players will never be forgotten.
In the early 70's Manchester United changed the badge plate we know today. Soon after, in 1986, the introduction of Sir Alex Ferguson was going as he took over the position of manager.
Sir Alex Ferguson did not have much success at Manchester United until the year 1998 where his team had the best season in English football history, completing a treble of Premiership, FA Cup and Champions League.
Manchester United seemed normal until the 2006-07 season when he won the Premier League, scraping past Chelsea. This gave Manchester United and their young talent Rooney and Ronaldo confident to govern the scenes of the upcoming season, Manchester United completed the double, winning the Premier League and European Cup.
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