Manchester United vs Fulham (26/03/2012)

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Wolves vs Man United (18/03/2012)

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OLD TRAFFORD "The Theatre of Dreams"

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Ajax Amsterdam vS Manchester United (MU) Europa League 1st leg

 

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HISTORY of MANCHESTER UNITED

Founded: 1878
Address: Old Trafford, Manchester England
Phone: 0161.86.88.000
Fax: 0161.86.88.804
Electronic Mail: enquiries@manutd.co.uk
Official: http://www.manutd.com
Chair: Joel & Avram Glazer
Director: David Gill
Stadium: Old Trafford 
A Brief HistoryIn 1878, workers and Yorkshire Railway depot established Lancashire football club called Newton Heath L & YR FC. The club almost went bankrupt in 1902 before it was saved by investing JH Davies, managing director of Manchester Breweries. In a board meeting after the purchase, the club felt the need to change the name of the club to mark a new beginning. On 26 April 1902, was chosen the name of Manchester United thanks to a proposal of a man-blooded Italian, Louis Rocca, among other choice names like Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic.
The first success in the league began in 1907/08. Previous season, Manchester United brought Billy Meredith and Sandy Turnbull from local rivals, Manchester City, due to breaking FA rules. United's success in winning nine points over second ranked team, Aston Villa. A year after successfully won the league crown, United FA Cup trophy hook for the first time. Two former City players were really inspired United to dominate English football.
On the European scene, known for its famous successful United Busby Babes generation. After losing many talented players in a plane crash in Munich on February 6, 1958, United got ten years later. Efforts to rebuild the United Busby was not in vain. The discovery of several young players, including George Best, inspire United's 4-1 victory over Benfica, Eusebio is still reinforced.
In the modern era, he continued United legend Sir Alex Ferguson is Scottish. England entered the competition since the era of the Premier League, Man Utd bought crown 11 times from 17 opportunities. In Europe, with Ferguson adding to United's successful Champions League title in 1999 and 2008.Achievement Note3-time champion European Cup / Champions League (1967/68, 1998/99, 2007/08)
1 time champion Winners Cup (1990/91)
1 time European Super Cup (1990/91)
2 time Intercontinental Cup / Club World Cup (1999, 2008)
Premier League 19 times (plus the old Division One, 1907/08, 1910/11, 1951/52, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 , 1996/97, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11)
11 times FA Cup winners (1908/09, 1947/48, 1962/63, 1976/77, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1989/90, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2003/04)
4 times League Cup winners (1991/92, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10)
Community Shield winners 19 times (1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
2 Division Two long-time champion (1935/36, 1974/75)

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The Munich Disaster 1958

The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 608 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty of the 44 people on board the aircraft died in the crash. The injured, some of whom had been knocked unconscious, were taken to the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich where three more died, resulting in a total of 23 fatalities with 21 survivors.
The team was returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), against Red Star Belgrade, but had to make a stop in Munich for refuelling, as a non-stop trip from Belgrade to Manchester was out of the "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador aircraft's range. After refuelling, the pilots, Captains James Thain and Kenneth Rayment, attempted to take off twice, but had to abandon both attempts due to boost surging in the port engine. Fearing that they would get too far behind schedule, Captain Thain rejected an overnight stay in Munich in favour of a third take-off attempt. By the time of the third attempt, it had begun to snow, causing a layer of slush to build up at the end of the runway. When the aircraft hit the slush, it lost velocity, making take-off impossible. It ploughed through a fence past the end of the runway, before the port wing hit a nearby house and was torn off. Fearing that the aircraft might explode, Captain Thain set about getting the surviving passengers as far away as possible. Despite this threat, Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg remained behind to pull survivors from the wreckage.
An investigation by the West German airport authorities originally blamed Captain Thain for the crash, claiming that he had failed to de-ice the wings of the aircraft, despite statements to the contrary from eyewitnesses. It was later established that the crash had, in fact, been caused by the build-up of slush on the runway, which had resulted in the aircraft being unable to achieve take-off velocity; Thain's name was eventually cleared in 1968, ten years after the incident.
At the time of the disaster, Manchester United were trying to become only the third club to win three successive English league titles; they were six points behind League leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers with 14 games to go. They were also holders of the Charity Shield and had just advanced into their second successive European Cup semi-final. The team were also on an 11-match unbeaten run, and had booked their place in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup two weeks previously.

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