Man Utd FC

Manchester United Football Club is an English Premier League football club which plays at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The club was formed as Newton Heath in 1878, joined the Football League in 1892, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938 with the exception of the 1974–75 season. Average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964–65.

Manchester United are the reigning English champions, having won the 2008–09 Premier League, as well as the Football League Cup holders. The club is one of the most successful in the history of English football and has won 26 major honours since Alex Ferguson became manager in November 1986. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4–1. They won a second European Cup as part of a Treble in 1999, and a third in 2008, before finishing runner-up in 2009. The club holds the joint record for the most English league titles with 18 and also holds the record for the most FA Cup wins with 11.

Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world with the highest revenue of any football club,and is currently ranked as the richest and most valuable club in any sport worldwide, with an estimated value of around £1.136 billion (€1.319 billion / $1.870 billion) as of April 2009. Manchester United was a founding member of the now defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs, and its replacement, the European Club Association.

Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986, joining from Aberdeen after the departure of Ron Atkinson. The current club captain is Gary Neville, who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005.

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Manchester United eventually lose the league title!

Manchester United lost the Barclays Premier League title which they have held for the last few years last weekend. Going into the final day of the season United had to win and hope that Chelsea didn't win their match against Wigan.

United did comfortably beat Stoke City 4-0 at Old Trafford but it was all out of The Reds hands as Chelsea emphatically hammered Wigan 8-0 at Stamford Bridge.

To add even more insult to injury, star striker Wayne Rooney also lost out on the golden boot to Chelsea' Didier Drogba who scored a hat-trick in the win over Wigan. The two strikers were both on 26 goals apiece before the final match but Drogba eventualy won after a few tears on the park before he scored his hat-trick as Frank Lampard stopped him from taking a penalty.

The only thing to say for United is hard lines, there's always next year!
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