Monday, 31 October 2011
All about MANCHESTER UNITED
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in thePremier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
In 1958, a plane accident claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup. The current manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has won 37 major honours since he took over in November 1986.
Manchester United has won the most titles in English football, with 53 domestic trophies, comprising a record 19 league titles, a record 11FA Cups,[5] four League Cups and 19 FA Charity/Community Shields. The club has also been successful globally, winning seven international titles: three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club won a "Treble" of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, an unprecedented feat for an English club.
Manchester United is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in the world.[6][7][8][9] As of July 2011, the club is number one in Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams, valued at $1.86 billion.[10] After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £800 million.[11]
Wayne Rooney Details
Birthday: Wayne Mark Rooney
Place Of Birth: Liverpool, England
Height: 1.78 M – 5ft 10 In
Weight: 75.36kg
Position: Offensive Midfielder, Second Forward
Nicknames: Rooney, Roonaldo, Shrek
Wife/Girlfriend: Coleen McLoughlin
Lives In: Cheshire, Greater Manchester, England
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