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Manchester United F.C is an English football club, and is based at Old Trafford Football Ground, Stretford, Manchester. The club is one of the most successful in the country, having won the FA Premier League/Football League 15 times, FA Cup 11 times, the League Cup twice, the European Cup twice and the UEFA Cup Winners Cup once. The club has had the highest average attendance in English football the past 50 seasons.

The 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. After nearing bankruptcy in 1902, the club was taken over by J.H. Davies who changed its name to Manchester United. The Old Trafford Football Ground was bombed during the Second World War, leading the club to seek charity from their then-illustrious neighbours Manchester City, who allowed them to play their games at Maine Road for a period. United appointed Sir Matt Busby as manager after the Second World War, and his then-unheard-of policy of producing most of the players through the club's youth team brought great success, with the club winning the Football League in 1956 and 1957. This success was halted by the Munich air disaster of 1958, in which eight of the club's players died. It was thought that the club might fold, but instead went on to win the football league in 1965 and 1967, and the European Cup in 1968.

The club did not see success again until the 1990s and early 2000s when Alex Ferguson guided it to eight league championships in eleven years, most recently in the 2002-3 season. In 1999, Manchester United became the only team to win the UEFA Champions League, FA Premier League and the FA Cup in the same season. The club had been run as a Public Limited Company since 1991, and an attempted takeover by Rupert Murdoch had been blocked by the British Government in 1999, but in 2005 Malcolm Glazer completed a hostile takeover of the club which plunged the club into massive debt as his bid was based on borrowing most of the money.

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Full name: Manchester United Football Club

Nickname(s): The Red Devils

Founded: 1878, as Newton Heath LYR F.C.

Ground: Old Trafford

Greater Manchester

Capacity: 76,000

Chairman: David Gill (Chief Executive)

Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

League: FA Premier League

2005-06: Premier League, 2nd

Sponsors: AIG

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Honours

(Old) First Division/Premier League[5] titles: 15

1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003

(Old) Second Division[6] 2

1936, 1975

FA Cup 11¹

1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004

League Cup 2

1992, 2006

UEFA European Cup/Champions' League 2

1967-68, 1998-99

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1

1991

Intercontinental Cup 1¹

1999

European Super Cup 1

1991

FA Charity/Community Shield 15¹

1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003 (* joint holders)

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award 2

1968, 1999

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Records

Record League Victory: 10-1 v Wolves, Division 1, 15 October 1892

Record Premiership Victory: 9-0 Ipswich Town 4th March 1995

Record Cup Victory: 10-0 v Anderlecht, Champions Cup, Preliminary Round, 26 September 1956

Record away win: 8-1 v Nottingham Forest February 1999

Record League Defeat: 0-7 v Blackburn Rovers, Division 1, 10 April 1926

Record Cup Defeat: 1-7 v Burnley, FA Cup, 1st Round, 13 February 1901

Most Appearances : 754 Bobby Charlton

Most Goals scored : 247 Bobby Charlton

Most League Goals: 199 Bobby Charlton (1956-73)

Most League Goals in a Season: 32 Dennis Viollet, Division 1, 1959-60

Most Goals scored in a Match: 6 George Best v Northampton Town, 7th February 1970

Most Capped Player: 129 Peter Schmeichel - Denmark

Most League Appearances: 606 Bobby Charlton (1956-73)

Record League Attendance: 73,006 v Charlton, Premiership, Old Trafford 7 May 2006

Record 'home' League Attendance: 83,250 v Arsenal, Division 1, Maine Road, 7 January 1948

Record Attendance Old Trafford: 76,962, Wolves v Grimsby Town, FA Cup semi-final, 25 March 1939

Longest unbeaten Run : 45 (All competitions), December 24, 1998 to October 3, 1999

Most League Goals in a season: 103 1956/57, 1958/59

Most points in a season: 92 - 42 games 1993/94

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Current squad

As of May 31, 2006

2 DF Gary Neville (captain)

3 DF Patrice Evra

4 DF Gabriel Heinze

5 DF Rio Ferdinand

6 DF Wes Brown

7 MF Cristiano Ronaldo

8 FW Wayne Rooney

9 FW Louis Saha

10 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy

11 MF Ryan Giggs

13 MF Ji-Sung Park

14 MF Alan Smith

15 DF Nemanja Vidić

17 MF Liam Miller

18 MF Paul Scholes

19 GK Edwin van der Sar

20 FW Ole Gunnar Solskjær

22 DF John O'Shea

23 MF Kieran Richardson

24 MF Darren Fletcher

26 DF Phil Bardsley

27 DF Mikael Silvestre

28 DF Gerard Piqué

30 GK Luke Steele

31 MF David Jones

33 MF Chris Eagles

34 DF Paul McShane

38 GK Thomas Heaton

40 FW Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

41 MF Floribert N'Galula

42 FW Giuseppe Rossi

44 DF Adam Eckersley

46 MF Lee Martin

47 DF Jonny Evans

48 MF Kieran Lee

49 MF Ritchie Jones

50 MF Darron Gibson

51 FW Fraizer Campbell

― GK Ben Foster

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Transfers

IN:

Sweet F.A.

OUT:

Jonathan Spector - West Ham United - £500,000

David Bellion - Nice - Undisclosed fee

Tommy Lee - Macclesfield Town - Free transfer

Phil Picken - Chesterfield - Free transfer

Markus Neumayr - MSV Duisburg - Free transfer

Mads Timm - Odense BK - Free transfer

Quinton Fortune - Released

Mark Howard - Released

Eddie Johnson - Released

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Out on loan

FA Premier League

1 Tim Howard (on loan to Everton)

Belgian Second Division

43 Dong Fangzhuo (on loan to Royal Antwerp)

Souleymane Mamam (on loan to Royal Antwerp)

Brazilian Série A

Rincón (on loan to São Paulo)

Fabio (on loan to Fluminense)

Rafael (on loan to Fluminense)

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Main Transfer Speculation/s

IN:

Javier Mascherano / Corinthians / Midfielder / £15m

Armando Petit / Benfica / Midfielder / £5m

Fernando Torres / Atletico Madrid / Striker / £25m

Mahamadou Diarra / Lyon / Midfielder / Extortionate

Michael Carrick / Tottenham / Midfielder / £14m

OUT:

Ruud van Nistelrooy / Everywhere / Striker / Too little

Gerard Piqué / Real Zaragoza / Defender / Loan

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2006/2007 Fixtures

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Here is a picture I drew

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Here is Mourinho when he saw my picture

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Enjoy!

Too slow Mark

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Manchester United F.C is an English football club, and is based at Old Trafford Football Ground, Stretford, Manchester. The club is one of the most successful in the country, having won the FA Premier League/Football League 15 times, FA Cup 11 times, the League Cup twice, the European Cup twice and the UEFA Cup Winners Cup once. The club has had the highest average attendance in English football the past 50 seasons.

The 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. After nearing bankruptcy in 1902, the club was taken over by J.H. Davies who changed its name to Manchester United. The Old Trafford Football Ground was bombed during the Second World War, leading the club to seek charity from their then-illustrious neighbours Manchester City, who allowed them to play their games at Maine Road for a period. United appointed Sir Matt Busby as manager after the Second World War, and his then-unheard-of policy of producing most of the players through the club's youth team brought great success, with the club winning the Football League in 1956 and 1957. This success was halted by the Munich air disaster of 1958, in which eight of the club's players died. It was thought that the club might fold, but instead went on to win the football league in 1965 and 1967, and the European Cup in 1968.

The club did not see success again until the 1990s and early 2000s when Alex Ferguson guided it to eight league championships in eleven years, most recently in the 2002-3 season. In 1999, Manchester United became the only team to win the UEFA Champions League, FA Premier League and the FA Cup in the same season. The club had been run as a Public Limited Company since 1991, and an attempted takeover by Rupert Murdoch had been blocked by the British Government in 1999, but in 2005 Malcolm Glazer completed a hostile takeover of the club which plunged the club into massive debt as his bid was based on borrowing most of the money.

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Full name: Manchester United Football Club

Nickname(s): The Red Devils

Founded: 1878, as Newton Heath LYR F.C.

Ground: Old Trafford

Greater Manchester

Capacity: 76,000

Chairman: David Gill (Chief Executive)

Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

League: FA Premier League

2005-06: Premier League, 2nd

Sponsors: AIG

-------------------------------------------------------

Honours

(Old) First Division/Premier League[5] titles: 15

1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003

(Old) Second Division[6] 2

1936, 1975

FA Cup 11¹

1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004

League Cup 2

1992, 2006

UEFA European Cup/Champions' League 2

1967-68, 1998-99

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1

1991

Intercontinental Cup 1¹

1999

European Super Cup 1

1991

FA Charity/Community Shield 15¹

1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003 (* joint holders)

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award 2

1968, 1999

-------------------------------------------------------

Records

Record League Victory: 10-1 v Wolves, Division 1, 15 October 1892

Record Premiership Victory: 9-0 Ipswich Town 4th March 1995

Record Cup Victory: 10-0 v Anderlecht, Champions Cup, Preliminary Round, 26 September 1956

Record away win: 8-1 v Nottingham Forest February 1999

Record League Defeat: 0-7 v Blackburn Rovers, Division 1, 10 April 1926

Record Cup Defeat: 1-7 v Burnley, FA Cup, 1st Round, 13 February 1901

Most Appearances : 754 Bobby Charlton

Most Goals scored : 247 Bobby Charlton

Most League Goals: 199 Bobby Charlton (1956-73)

Most League Goals in a Season: 32 Dennis Viollet, Division 1, 1959-60

Most Goals scored in a Match: 6 George Best v Northampton Town, 7th February 1970

Most Capped Player: 129 Peter Schmeichel - Denmark

Most League Appearances: 606 Bobby Charlton (1956-73)

Record League Attendance: 73,006 v Charlton, Premiership, Old Trafford 7 May 2006

Record 'home' League Attendance: 83,250 v Arsenal, Division 1, Maine Road, 7 January 1948

Record Attendance Old Trafford: 76,962, Wolves v Grimsby Town, FA Cup semi-final, 25 March 1939

Longest unbeaten Run : 45 (All competitions), December 24, 1998 to October 3, 1999

Most League Goals in a season: 103 1956/57, 1958/59

Most points in a season: 92 - 42 games 1993/94

-------------------------------------------------------

Current squad

As of May 31, 2006

2 DF Gary Neville (captain)

3 DF Patrice Evra

4 DF Gabriel Heinze

5 DF Rio Ferdinand

6 DF Wes Brown

7 MF Cristiano Ronaldo

8 FW Wayne Rooney

9 FW Louis Saha

10 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy

11 MF Ryan Giggs

13 MF Ji-Sung Park

14 MF Alan Smith

15 DF Nemanja Vidić

17 MF Liam Miller

18 MF Paul Scholes

19 GK Edwin van der Sar

20 FW Ole Gunnar Solskjær

22 DF John O'Shea

23 MF Kieran Richardson

24 MF Darren Fletcher

26 DF Phil Bardsley

27 DF Mikael Silvestre

28 DF Gerard Piqué

30 GK Luke Steele

31 MF David Jones

33 MF Chris Eagles

34 DF Paul McShane

38 GK Thomas Heaton

40 FW Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

41 MF Floribert N'Galula

42 FW Giuseppe Rossi

44 DF Adam Eckersley

46 MF Lee Martin

47 DF Jonny Evans

48 MF Kieran Lee

49 MF Ritchie Jones

50 MF Darron Gibson

51 FW Fraizer Campbell

― GK Ben Foster

-------------------------------------------------------

Transfers

IN:

Sweet F.A.

OUT:

Jonathan Spector - West Ham United - £500,000

David Bellion - Nice - Undisclosed fee

Tommy Lee - Macclesfield Town - Free transfer

Phil Picken - Chesterfield - Free transfer

Markus Neumayr - MSV Duisburg - Free transfer

Mads Timm - Odense BK - Free transfer

Quinton Fortune - Released

Mark Howard - Released

Eddie Johnson - Released

-------------------------------------------------------

Out on loan

FA Premier League

1 Tim Howard (on loan to Everton)

Belgian Second Division

43 Dong Fangzhuo (on loan to Royal Antwerp)

Souleymane Mamam (on loan to Royal Antwerp)

Brazilian Série A

Rincón (on loan to São Paulo)

Fabio (on loan to Fluminense)

Rafael (on loan to Fluminense)

-------------------------------------------------------

Main Transfer Speculation/s

IN:

Javier Mascherano / Corinthians / Midfielder / £15m

Armando Petit / Benfica / Midfielder / £5m

Fernando Torres / Atletico Madrid / Striker / £25m

Mahamadou Diarra / Lyon / Midfielder / Extortionate

Michael Carrick / Tottenham / Midfielder / £14m

OUT:

Ruud van Nistelrooy / Everywhere / Striker / Too little

Gerard Piqué / Real Zaragoza / Defender / Loan

-------------------------------------------------------

2006/2007 Fixtures

-------------------------------------------------------

Here is a picture I drew

-------------------------------------------------------

Here is Mourinho when he saw my picture

-------------------------------------------------------

Enjoy!

Too slow Mark

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DeafParrot:

OMG 15 POINTS BEHIND CHELSEA WITH 5 GAMES LEFT TITLE STILL ON LADS!!!11111ONE111

Trump card played. icon_cool.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Do we have to remind you of how giddy your lot got whe nyou had games in hand & could have gone clear of us?

I also remember a certain Wigan thread where there was a certai nsmugness when we were losing & someone posted about games in hand & not counting your chickens. We then won that game in the last minute.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Coldberg:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DeafParrot:

OMG 15 POINTS BEHIND CHELSEA WITH 5 GAMES LEFT TITLE STILL ON LADS!!!11111ONE111

Trump card played. icon_cool.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Do we have to remind you of how giddy your lot got whe nyou had games in hand & could have gone clear of us?

I also remember a certain Wigan thread where there was a certai nsmugness when we were losing & someone posted about games in hand & not counting your chickens. We then won that game in the last minute. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

So we thought we might be in 2nd place. Super. Giddiness overload there.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Asmodeus:

When are you going to sign some midfielders? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

We're not, 6-0-4 formation all the way, baby!

It's why we keep signing defenders!

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ryno:

I was looking forward to Mark starting the thread. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thats all the poor guy had left.

Now, thanks to foobs, he has nothing. NOTHING.

Poor mark g.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DeafParrot:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Coldberg:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DeafParrot:

OMG 15 POINTS BEHIND CHELSEA WITH 5 GAMES LEFT TITLE STILL ON LADS!!!11111ONE111

Trump card played. icon_cool.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Do we have to remind you of how giddy your lot got whe nyou had games in hand & could have gone clear of us?

I also remember a certain Wigan thread where there was a certai nsmugness when we were losing & someone posted about games in hand & not counting your chickens. We then won that game in the last minute. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

So we thought we might be in 2nd place. Super. Giddiness overload there. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

i remember people saying that it would be better for Liverpool to beat us, because, with games in hand, and form, they had a better chance of catching Chelsea.

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Right, to move things on from those scouse dullards, some ramblings about the fixtures:

First six games against suvvern teams, quite random. Decent opening game - generally do well against Fulham at home, tends to be entertaining football-wise even if they're perhaps not the most thrilling opposition. One of few teams who don't generally come and play for a 0-0.

Then two away trips we need to be looking at winning if we've any kind of title aspirations - be interesting to see what Charlton do about our allocation after last year. Generally a happy hunting ground for us anyway.

North London White and North London Red at OT on successive weekends is tricky.

Probably the five biggest games at OT (Liverpool, Citeh, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs) ALL before Christmas. God knows how this'll affect us - first thought is a negative one, as if we struggle to pick up points from them, it's only going to get harder with the reverse fixtures in the second half of the season.

How the league games fit in with CL fixtures - as we know, a home game the weekend after all six CL matches, which is a plus, I think. 5 away games and one home game on the weekends before we're in CL action.

Specifically:

Group stage, Matchday 1 (12/13.09.2006)

Before: Tottenham (h) After: Arsenal (h)

Group stage, Matchday 2 (26/27.09.2006)

Before: Reading (a) After: Newcastle (h)

Group stage, Matchday 3 (17/18.10.2006)

Before: Wigan (a) After: Liverpool (h)

Group stage, Matchday 4 (31.10/1.11.2006)

Before: Bolton (a) After: Portsmouth (h)

Group stage, Matchday 5 (21/22.11.2006)

Before: Sheff Utd (a) After: Chelsea (h)

Group stage, Matchday 6 (05/06.12.2006)

Before: Boro (a) After: Citeh (h)

Obviously Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal should all have CL games as well so if anything, we have a slight advantage there in that they have to travel to play us. Slight worry that there's a tricky fixture or two beforehand and I doubt it'd surprise any of us if key players were rested with Europe in mind, and that way lies dropped points.

Christmas period - Villa away, Wigan home, Reading home, Newcastle away. Really can't complain about that at all can we?

Easter - Pompey away, Sheffield United home, again could have been a lot worse.

The run-in in general doesn't look too bad, the trip to Stamford Bridge aside. If the pattern continues I think it's our turn to win at the Boo Camp this year, and West Ham at home to finish it pretty nifty.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RedefiningForm:

I'm sorry the collective Manc has to look like Venus Williams icon_frown.gif

On a bad day icon_frown.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

What in the blue hell are you babbling about?

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20?:

Have you run home on your lunchbreak just to post that? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I came home for my lunch tbf, had an ace day so far, made 5 sales icon_cool.gif and won an England mug /o\

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BBB:

If I owned a mug tree I'd kill myself.

Nick, how's the England shirt with Beckham on the back doing? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

you can't say a word, you wanted one with Crouch on the back.

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i refuse to get even vaguely excited until we sign someone. until we do i'll just see the words "GIGGS AND O'SHEA" in front of my eyes and any potential excitement will perish in an instant

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20?:

Still no appearance by Mark? I'm beginning to get worried icon_frown.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

He's still typing his opening post blatantly.

And Mart icon_mad.gif

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He's going to be devastated when he completes his masterpiece (he's not working ffs, we all know he's taken the day off to lovingly prepare it), presses submit and it gets immediately locked icon_frown.gif

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