Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Today I will be telling you some things about my favorite football team Manchester United!Some Facts:
1.At the time when this blog post was posted, Man U was ranked by the Forbes magazine as the second most valuable sports team brand.
2.Sir Alex Ferguson is the club's most successful manager.
3.Manchester United's home ground is Old Trafford, which they have used from 1910.
4.Manchester United is the first team to win the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions all in one season.
5.Founding member of the Premier League.
Origins and brief history:
The club was formed in 1878 as the Newton Heath LYR Football Club. The name "Manchester United" was only officially used in 1902. Between 1878-1945, the team did not progress really well, where the club almost gone bankrupt. In 1945, Sir Matt Busby took over as club manager. Sir Matt Busby led the club to considerable success, thus the years that Sir Matt Busby served as the club manager was known as the Busby Years.Sir Matt Busby retired in 1969. The period between 1969-1986 was not particularly successful for the club. Until Sir Alex Ferguson took over the club in 1986. Sir Alex Ferguson led the club to achieve great heights being the first team to win the treble in the same season,1998-1999 season.
Signing off, Yew Jin