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Title Page
101 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT MAN U
UNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORISED
Compiled By
Marc White
Foreword by
Iain McCartney
Publisher Information
101 Things You Might Not Have Known About Man U
Published in 2012 by
Apex Publishing
Converted and
Distributed in 2012 by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published, and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
Copyright © Marc White
The right of Marc White to be identified as author of this book has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Foreword
Manchester United are no longer a football club, but a brand. Only Google, Apple, the BBC, Dyson and Facebook stand between them and total world dominance. Coca Cola and Microsoft lag behind like their rivals on the football pitch.
United, the football team has progressed far beyond the dreams of those workers of the Newton Heath Carriage and Wagon works who, looking for some leisure pursuit to take them away from the sweat and toil of their daily routine, formed a football club, playing friendlies against other departments of that local industry. Their Spartan, mudded enclosure at Clayton a far cry from today’s towering stadium at Old Trafford on the banks of the ship canal.
But no matter how far Manchester United progress on the pitch or in the generating of revenue around the globe, those early days amid the soot and grime of north Manchester must never be forgotten. If it wasn’t for those founding fathers, there would be no Manchester United and you would certainly not be reading this.
Football in general has progressed dramatically over the years, from the cloth capped workers surging through the turnstiles following their morning shift in the pre-war and immediate post war years, to the hate filled terraces of the sixties, seventies and eighties, through to the executive areas and high class catering of today. The latter producing a new breed of supporter, many of whom show little regard for those years before they took an interest in the game.
It is for those supporters that books such as this are so important. They will see the names of Edwards, Byrne, Charlton and Best as they walk through the Munich Tunnel. They will still hear chants proclaiming Cantona during today’s tension filled encounters, while Ryan Giggs continues to amaze whilst re-writing the record books. But do they know of the importance of those names in comparison to what they as a supporter are involved in today?
101 Things You May Not Have Known About Manchester U is only the tip of the iceberg. You could list a thousand and one and still be nowhere near educating the masses about the phenomenon that is Manchester United. This, however, could just be the beginning of your United education. Make it so. Read the pages that follow, digest the facts then go searching for more. You will then discover that Manchester United are far from being an ordinary football club, or indeed a brand.
Iain McCartney,
January 2012
The Facts
Formation Of The Club
Manchester United was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath (LYR) Cricket and Football Club.
First Home Ground
The club played their first home games in a field close to the railway yard at North Road, Monsall, Manchester and this was their first ground.
First Name Change
The club dropped Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway from their name in 1892 and entered the Football League as Newton Heath Football Club
Old Trafford
Work on the construction of Old Trafford commenced in 1909 and was first opened in 1910. Manchester United lost their first home game here 4-3 to Liverpool on 19 th February 1910 in the English First Division.
United’s Home Games at Maine Road
Between 1941 and 1949, Manchester United were forced to play their home games at Maine Road, home of Manchester City.
