Man United FC Match Odds

Manchester United FC started life as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878 at a railway depot in Manchester. They played in the railways colours of green and gold, a fashion recently revived by some of the Man. Utd, fans. In 1902 after being saved from a winding up order by local business men, the name was changed to Manchester United FC and the strip changed to the now famous red, white and black. They won their first League title in 1908 followed by a second in 1911 but by 1922 had been relegated to the second division.

During the war the Old Trafford ground was badly damaged and all home games had to be played at the rival Manchester City ground, Maine Rd. In 1945 Matt Busby was appointed manager and demanded total control of the team, which led to FA Cup victory in 1948 and in 1952 the club won the First Division title, for the first time in 41 years. Busby had great faith in young players and the media labelled his team ‘The Busby Babes’. In 1958 tragedy struck the young team when a plane bringing them back from a European Cup quarter final victory, crashed on take off in Munich, Germany. Twenty three people were killed, including eight player’s and several more injured amongst them Busby himself.

Throughout the 1960′s Busby re-built the team with players like Denis Law, George Best and Bobby Charlton and in 1968 United became the first English club to win the European Cup. Manchester Utd are the most successful club in English football and their manager Sir Alec Ferguson the most successful manager in English football history. They have won a record 19 League titles, a record 11 FA Cups and 3 European Cups. In the 1998/9 season they won the League, FA Cup and European Cup completing a much coveted ‘Treble’. They are considered to be the most popular team in the world and have more than 200 branches of their fan club, in at least 24 countries.