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Manchester United General Records

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Manchester United
General Records

 

ADDRESS: 
Old Trafford 
Sir Matt Busby Way
Manchester M16 ORA
United Kingdom 

ENQUIRIES
0161 872 16610 

PRESENT STADIUM CAPACITY: 
68,000 

PITCH MEASUREMENTS:
116 yards x 76 yards

CLUB STADIUMS:
1878 - 1893: North Road,
Newton Heath

1893 - 1910: Bank Street, Clayton

1910 - Present: Old Trafford
 
 
 

 

FOUNDED:  1878

TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1885

LIMITED COMPANY:  1907

CLUB NAMES:
1878 - 1880: Newton Heath  LRW
(Lancashire Railway Workers)

1880 - 1902: Newton Heath

1902 - Present: Manchester United

CHIEF EXECUTIVE:
Martin Edwards

CLUB MANAGER:
Sir Alex Ferguson

COACH:
Steve McClaren

FA PREMIER LEAGUE: CHAMPIONS

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1993

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1994

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1996

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1997

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1999

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2000

Runners Up:
1995, 1998

FA CUP: WINNERS (Record 10 wins)
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1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983 
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1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999

Runners Up:
1957,1958, 1976, 1979, 1995

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP: 
WINNERS
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1968       1999

EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP:
WINNERS
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1991

SUPER CUP: WINNERS
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1991

Runners Up:
1999

INTERCONTINENTAL CUP: WINNERS
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1999

Runners Up:
1968

 

FIRST DIVISION: CHAMPIONS

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1908

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1911

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1952

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1956

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1957

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1965

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1967

Runners Up:
1947, 1948, 1951,1959, 1964 
1968, 1980, 1988, 1992

SECOND DIVISION: CHAMPIONS
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1936, 1975

LEAGUE CUP: WINNERS
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1992

Runners Up:
1983, 1991, 1994

FA CHARITY SHIELD: WINNERS

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1908

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1911

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1952

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1956

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1957

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1983

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1993

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1994

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1996

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1997

FA CHARITY SHIELD JOINT WINNERS:
1965, 1967, 1977, 1990 

Runners up:
1948, 1963, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2000
 

 

      BIGGEST HOME WIN

      10 - 0 v Anderlect 26/9/1956 
      10 - 1 v Wolves 15/10/1892
      10 - 1 v  Lincoln  21/11/1892
 

      BIGGEST HOME DEFEAT

       0 - 7 v Blackburn 10/2/1926

 

      BIGGEST AWAY WIN

       8 - 1 v Notts Forest 6/2/1999
 

       BIGGEST AWAY DEFEAT

        0 - 7 v Aston Villa  27/12/1930
        0 - 7 v Blackburn   26/12/1931
        0 - 7 v Grimsby      26/12/1890
        1 - 7 v Newcastle  10/9/1927 
 

MOST APPEARANCES 

Bobby Charlton 752 
Bill Foulkes 688
Alex Stepney 539 
Tony Dunne 535
Joe Spence  510 
Arthur Albiston  485 
George Best  468 
Mark Hughes 468 
Bryan Robson  460
Martin Buchan 456

 

MOST GOALS SCORED

Bobby Charlton  247
Denis Law 237
Jack Rowley  211
George Best  178
Denis Viollet  178
Joe Spence  168
Mark Hughes 163
Stan Pearson  149
David Herd  145
Tommy Taylor  131

 

     HIGHEST LEAGUE GOALSCORER 
     IN A SEASON

     32, Dennis Viollet, Division 1,
     1959-60
 

      HIGHEST LEAGUE POINTS IN
      A SEASON ( 3 for a win)

      92 Premier League 1993-94
      92 Division 1, 1956-57
 

     MOST LEAGUE GOALS IN A
     SEASON

     103 Division 1, 1956-57
     103 Division 1, 1958-59
 

      HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE

       70,504 v Aston Villa   27/12/1920
       83,260 v Arsenal        17/01/1948
       (at Maine Road)
 

     RECORD TRANSFER PAID

     £12,600,000 to Aston Villa for
     Dwight Yorke, August 1998
 

      RECORD FEE RECEIVED

      £7,000,000 from Inter Milan
      for Paul Ince, July 1995
 

     MANAGERS SINCE 1903

     Ernest Magnall (1903-1912)
     John Robson (1914-21) 
     John Chapman (1921-26)
     Clarence Hilditch (1926-27)
     Herbert Bamlett (1927-31)
     Walter Crickmer (1931-32) 
     Scott Duncan (1932-37)
     Walter Crickmer (1937-45)
     Sir Matt Busby (1945-69) 
     Wilf McGuiness (1969-70)
     Sir Matt Busby 1970
     Frank O'Farrell (1971-72)
     Tommy Docherty (1972-77) 
     Dave Sexton (1977-81)
     Ron Atkinson (1981-86)
     Sir Alex Ferguson (1986-Present)
 

 

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