Manchester United - At Fergie's End

[B.Jacko]

Name: Manchester United
Nickname: The Red devils
Founded: 1878 as Newton Heath
Owner: Malcolm Glazer
Co-Chairman: Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager: Alex Ferguson
Captain: Gary Neville
League: Barclays Premier League
Stadium: Old Trafford

History

Manchester United have had rich success since they were founded. In 1945 Matt Busby took over as manager, and years later, he created the Busby Babes. They had an average age of only 22, when they won the league in the 1955-56 season. But on the 6th of February, disaster struck, for the whole of Manchester. Manchester United were playing Red Star Belgrade in Belgrade, in the UEFA Champions League, in a return leg. They drew the match 3-3. The take off from Belgrade was delayed as United outside right, Johnny Berry lost his Passport. After that, the plane had to make a scheduled stop at Munich for refuelling. when it had done, the plane took off, but it skidded off the end of the runway, and crshed into a fence surrounding the airport. It also hit a tree, a house and a Nissen hut. 21 people on board died instantly, and Duncan Edwards died a few days later in hospital.

United hit the top in the 60's with players such as Dennis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best. United won the UEFA Champions League in 1968. they faced Benfica at Wembley in the final. United's defence faced the task of keeping Eusebio quiet, and they succeeded. Bobby Charlton opened the scoring for United before Jamie Graca equalised for the Portugese side. The game went to extra-time, and scored 3 goals in the last 30 minutes. Goals from George Best, Brian Kidd and another goal from Bobby Charlton gave The Red Devils the championship.

Alex Ferguson became manager in 1986, only a few hours after former manager Ron Atkinson was sacked. He became one of English Football's greatest and most succesful managers. His greatest season though, was the 1998-99 season, in which United won the treble. They won the Premier League, The FA Cup and The UEFA Champions League, and from December to the end of the season, they were unbeaten. They had a reputation of scoring late goals and turning reults around late on. In the 4th round of the FA Cup, they were behind to Liverpool, from the 3rd to the 85th minute. Dwight Yorke and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored in the final 4 minutes to give United the win. They got to the final, and they played Newcastle United. Goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes gave them the Cup and a 2-0 win. In the Premiership, United edged out Arsenal by a single point to win the title. But the Champions League was the biggest feat, and the Final was unbelieveable. The scene was the nou Camp, and it was only fitting for the 2 best club teams in the world to play at the best stadium in the world. Bayern took the lead in the 6th minute, when Mario Basler swept in a low free-kick, which curled into the bottom corner. In Injury Time, as the fourth official held up his board for 3 minutes of stoppage time, Beckham flighted in a corner, and yorke flicked the ball on with his head, and Thorsten Fink cleared the ball, but only to Ryan Giggs, but his shot from the edge of the box was poorly struck and it just trickled into the box, but Teddy Sheringham knocked the ball into the net to equalise in injury time, not for the first time that season. 30 seconds after the kick-off, United won another corner, and Beckham hit it in, and Sheringham nodded it down, and Solskjaer toepoked it into the roof of the Bayern net. Nobody could believe it, but it was reality, and United had just won the Champions League

Over recent years, United have become a dominant force over the past few years, winning the Premiership for the past 2 years, and defeating Chelsea in Moscow on penalties to win their 3rd Champions League trophy. Dominance has certainly helped by good signings, including Cristianio Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Carlos Tevez. Ferguson may retire at the end of the season, as some newspapers are reporting, but Ferguson will never be forgotten.

Kits

Stadium

Old Trafford, Trafford, Greater Manchester
Capacity 76,212
UEFA rated 5 *****
Nickname: Theatre of Dreams
Opened: 19th February 1910

Honours

League

Premier League (10)

1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08

First Division (7)

1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1964-65, 1966-67

Second Division (2)

1935-36, 1974-75

Cups

F.A Cup (11)

1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000

League Cup (2)

1992, 2006

Comunity Sheild (17)

1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008

European

UEFA Champions League (3)

1968, 1999, 2008

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1)

1991

UEFA Super Cup (1)

1991

International

Intercontinental Cup (1)

1999

Player Records

Most Appearances

1. Ryan Giggs 772

2. Bobby Charlton 758

3. Bill Foulkes 688

4. Paul Scholes 578

5. Gary Neville 552

Most Goals

1. Bobby Charlton 258

2. Dennis Law 237

3. Jack Rowley 211

4. Dennis Viollet 179

5. George Best 179

Highest Paid Transfer Fees

1. Dimitar Berbatov £30.75 million

2. Rio Ferdinand £29.1 Million

3. Juan Sebastien Veron £28.1 million

4. Wayne Rooney £27 Million

5. Ruud Van Nistelrooy £19 Million

Team Records

Matches

• First competitive match: Newton Heath 2–7 Blackburn Olympic Reserves, Lancashire Cup, 27 October 1883
• First FA Cup match: Fleetwood Rangers 2–2 Newton Heath,
• First Round, 30 October 1886
• First Combination match: Newton Heath 4–3 Darwen, 22 September 1888
• First Football Alliance match: Newton Heath 4–1 Sunderland Albion, 21 September 1889
• First Football League match: Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Newton Heath, 3 September 1892
• First match at Old Trafford: Manchester United 3–4 Liverpool, 19 February 1910
• First European match: Anderlecht 0–2 Manchester United, European Cup Preliminary Round, first leg, 12 September 1956
• First League Cup match: Exeter City 1–1 Manchester United, First Round, 19 October 1960

Record Wins

Record win: 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956

Record League win: 10–1 v Wolves, First Division, 15 October 1892

Record Premier League win: 9–0 v Ipswich Town, 4 March 1995

Record FA Cup win: 8–0 v Yeovil Town, 12 February 1949

Record European win: 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956

Record home win 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956

Record away win: 8–1 v Nottingham Forest, 6 February 1999

Attendances

Highest home attendance: 83,250 v Arsenal at Maine Road, First Division, 7 January 1948

Highest home attendance at Old Trafford: 76,098 v Blackburn Rovers, 31 March 2007

Highest away attendance: 135,000 v Real Madrid, European Cup, 11 April 1957

Lowest post-War home league attendance: 8,456 v Stoke City at Maine Road, First Division, 5 February 1947

Squad





Goalkeepers





1. Edwin Van Der Sar
12. Ben Foster
29. Tomasz Kuszczak
40. Ben Amos

Defenders

2. Gary Neville
3. Patrice Evra
5. Rio Ferdinand
6. Wes Brown
15. Nemanja Vidic
20. Fabio
21. Rafael
22. John O'Shea
23. Johnny Evans
39. James Chester
42. Richard Eckersley

Midfielders

4. Owen Hargreaves
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Anderson
11. Ryan Giggs
13. Park Ji-Sung
16. Michael Carrick
17. Nani
18. Paul Scholes
24. Darren Fletcher
28. Darren Gibson
33. Sam Hewson
34. Rodrigo Possebon
35. Tom Cleverley
36. David Gray

Strikers

9. Dimitar Berbatov
10. Wayne Rooney
19. Danny Welbeck
26. Manucho
32. Carlos Tevez
41. Federico Macheda






Other Staff





Assistant Manager: Mike Phelan


First Team Coach: Rene Meulesteen

Goalkeeping Coach: Eric Steele
Fitness Coach: Tony Strudwick
Strength and Conditionng Coach: Mick Clegg
Head of Human Performance: Dr. Richard Hawkins
Reserve Team Manager: Ole Gunnar Solksjaer
Reserve Team Coach: Warren Joyce
Chief Scout: Jim Lawlor
Chief European Scout: Martin Ferguson
Director of Youth Academy: Brian McClair
Director of Youth Football: Jimmy Ryan
Club Doctor: Dr. Steve McNally
Assistant club Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill

First Team physioherapist: Rob Swire

[The Stig]

Nice start

[Bayern]

for the LAST TIME DONT COPY FROM WIKA!!!!!!!!!

*** HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TELL YOU!

[B.Jacko]

Originally Posted by FcBayernMunich

for the LAST TIME DONT COPY FROM WIKA!!!!!!!!!

*** HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TELL YOU!

I didn't copy and paste, i did the history myself, but i had to get honours off wiki.

[Bayern]

if your going to copy and paste
try to at least make it look different then it already is.

[B.Jacko]

FERGIE TO RETIRE AT END OF SEASON


Earlier today, Sir Alex Ferguson told us that he will retire at the end of the season. It will mark the end of a 23 year glittering career at Old Trafford, since taking over in 1986 from Ron Atkinson. Ferguson is an icon to English Football. He won the Premier League 10 times, the FA Cup 5 times and won the Champions League twice. He also had a successful playing career, making 327 appearances, playing as striker scoring 167 goals for clubs like, Queens Park, St Johnstone, Dunfermiline Athletic, Rangers, Falkirk and Ayr United

He told us earlier today.

"Manchester United are a great club, but i feel now is the right time to retire. I would love to manage them forever. They gave me everything that I needed, but now, as I reach my 70's, I have given up on managing. I now need to settle down and let the season roll ahead and hopefully, we can match the treble I won in 1999. We, the team have the capability to beat anyone, but the players can't feel down about this. There is lots of other managers out there better than me, so they just need to get on with the season"

[Miguel]

lalala. Atleast stick with an MM! Stop changing your mind!

[B.Jacko]

Originally Posted by MiguelSantos12

lalala. Atleast stick with an MM! Stop changing your mind!

Im sticking with this one for sure.

[Borat]

Good luck man, hope to see some good future updates from you.

[B.Jacko]

Originally Posted by Tom153546

Good luck man, hope to see some good future updates from you.

Cheers mate. May or may not get another update in tody. Depends if my mum lets me back on later because i have been on here for 4 hours now. Going to watch Manchester Derby and do my homework and may get back on later

[Chelsea11]

you said were sticking with the last 17

[BoomBoomPow2k9]

Lol i doubt he'll stick with Manchester United

[Chelsea11]

so do I, I doubt it will last a week. Then he'll he either leave the forums forever, or he'll just make a new name, and the process will repeat

[DannyB]

Don't like it. It's c=p'ed, wrong away kit, and the size of the Fergie update makes it look like you've done more than you actually have

[B.Jacko]

not all of it is copied and pasted though, it's only a little bit

[DannyB]

League

Premier League: 10
1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
First Division: 7
1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67
Second Division: 2
1935–36, 1974–75
Cups

FA Cup: 11
1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
League Cup: 2
1992, 2006
FA Charity/Community Shield: 17 (13 outright, 4 shared)
1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008
European

European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 3
1968, 1999, 2008
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
1991
UEFA Super Cup: 1
1991
International

Intercontinental Cup: 1
1991
Player Records


Most Appearances


1. Ryan Giggs 772


2. Bobby Charlton 758


3. Bill Foulkes 688


4. Paul Scholes 578


5. Gary Neville 552


Most Goals


1. Bobby Charlton 258


2. Dennis Law 237


3. Jack Rowley 211


4. Dennis Viollet 179


5. George Best 179


Highest Paid Transfer Fees


1. Dimitar Berbatov £30.75 million


2. Rio Ferdinand £29.1 Million


3. Juan Sebastien Veron £28.1 million


4. Wayne Rooney £27 Million


5. Ruud Van Nistelrooy £19 Million


Team Records

Matches

First competitive match: Newton Heath 2–7 Blackburn Olympic Reserves, Lancashire Cup, 27 October 1883
First FA Cup match: Fleetwood Rangers 2–2 Newton Heath,
First Round, 30 October 1886
First Combination match: Newton Heath 4–3 Darwen, 22 September 1888
First Football Alliance match: Newton Heath 4–1 Sunderland Albion, 21 September 1889
First Football League match: Blackburn Rovers 4–3 Newton Heath, 3 September 1892
First match at Old Trafford: Manchester United 3–4 Liverpool, 19 February 1910
First European match: Anderlecht 0–2 Manchester United, European Cup Preliminary Round, first leg, 12 September 1956
First League Cup match: Exeter City 1–1 Manchester United, First Round, 19 October 1960
Record Wins

Record win: 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956

Record League win: 10–1 v Wolves, First Division, 15 October 1892

Record Premier League win: 9–0 v Ipswich Town, 4 March 1995

Record FA Cup win: 8–0 v Yeovil Town, 12 February 1949

Record European win: 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956

Record home win 10–0 v Anderlecht, European Cup Preliminary Round, second leg, 26 September 1956

Record away win: 8–1 v Nottingham Forest, 6 February 1999




Attendances


Highest home attendance: 83,250 v Arsenal at Maine Road, First Division, 7 January 1948


Highest home attendance at Old Trafford: 76,098 v Blackburn Rovers, 31 March 2007


Highest away attendance: 135,000 v Real Madrid, European Cup, 11 April 1957


Lowest post-War home league attendance: 8,456 v Stoke City at Maine Road, First Division, 5 February 1947

I get the feeling that all that is c+p'ed

[B.Jacko]

Appearances, Goals and transfer fees aren't copied and pasted

[DannyB]

Most of it is though

[B.Jacko]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Most of it is though

Well sorry if it has upset you.

[DannyB]

Nope, it's just that it makes it look ****e, and no one else likes it.

[BoomBoomPow2k9]

Seconded

[B.Jacko]

I have rewrote the honours, i will do the other records tomorrow

[B.Jacko]

Transfer Update coming up

[B.Jacko]

GIGGS CROSSES THE BORDER TO JOIN BHOYS



Manchester United announced earlier that loyal servant to the club Ryan Giggs has left Manchester to join Celtic, leaving many fans, and not just United fans, shocked at the move. Giggs said in a short statement to the site earlier today

"I love Manchester United, and I never wanted to leave, but I wanted regular first team football, and I wasn't getting that here. I am coming to the end of my career, so I want as much first-team football as possible. Alex Ferguson approached me after training a few days ago and said Celtic had made a £5,000,000 bid for me, and he said it was my decision, and said I wouldn't have as much football as last season. Having said that, I responded by saying, yes I want to join Celtic, and a few hours later I was on a plane to Glasgow. We discussed terms, and I agreed, because I would be getting regular first team football. I had my medical this morning, and It was finalised about half an hour ago. I would like to thank only one person for this, and my career, and that person is Sir Alex Ferguson. He was the manager that gave my career the lift-off that it needed, and it resulted in me winning ten Premier League trophies."

In other transfer news, United brought 2 big money signings to the club. The first, was young goalkeeper Rene Adler. Adler had been on the transfer list at Bayer Leverkusen for a month, but several clubs wouldn't pay the £11,000,000 asking price. United however came in with that offer, and he arrived at Old Trafford yesterday to finalise terms. the other signing was Sergio Ramos. The right-back was unsettled at Real Madrid, an asked for a move away. His wish was granted, and he joined for £16,500,000.

United also dealt with other clubs for their players. Tomasz Kuszczak has offloaded to Auxerre for £1,400,000. Kuszczak was unhappy when he was told he would be 4th choice keeper, behind Rene Adler, Edwin van der Sar and Ben Foster. John O'Shea was also offloaded to cash-strapped Watford for £2,000,000. Another player who was told they would hardly get any playing time this season, O'Shea acted quickly to make his move, and Watford was the best option

[IRE-ENG-OX4]

He wouldnt go there would he? maybe a Welsh team