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Manchester United Football Club is an English
professional football club who play at Old Trafford in Stretford, Greater
Manchester. Having won a joint-record 18 league titles and a record 11
FA Cups, Manchester United is one of the most successful clubs in the history
of English football, and are the reigning Football League Cup holders.
The club is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams
in the world.
Founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878, the club 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. They were the first English club to win the European Cup, in 1968, and the Treble, in 1999; they added a third Champions League title in 2008. Alex Ferguson has been manager since 6 November 1986 and is the most successful manager in the club's history, having won 26 major honors. The club captain is Gary Neville who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005. Average attendances at Old Trafford have been higher than at any other English club ground for all but six seasons since 1964–65. |
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| The club was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath. In 1892, they joined The Football League and became independent of the rail company, dropping the "LYR" from their name. They moved to a new ground at Bank Street, Clayton in 1893. |
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Following an eighth-place finish in the 1969–70 season and a poor start to the 1970–71 season, Busby was persuaded to temporarily resume managerial duties, and McGuinness returned to his position as reserve team coach. Results improved, but Busby finally left the club in the summer of 1971, by which time it had lost a number of high-profile players, including Nobby Stiles and Pat Crerand. |
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