MANCHESTER UNITED

manchester united is the biggest most famous football club not only in england but worldwide.it has the largest fan base in the world with over 50 million supporters.they have had the greatest average attendance in england for 36 out of the last 40 and their stadium old trafford located in greater manchester is consistently full to capacity for every home game which is about 76,000 fans.manchester united is the most successful club with in 20 years ,accumulating 18 major honors.although manchester united was not always as successful and wealthy as it today.

                                          

                                            manchester united club was founded in 1878 but not as manchester united but as newton health l & yr football club. newton health was depot for the lancashire  and yorkshire railways and the club was set up as the workers football team.the team played on a small pitch near the manchester piccadilly station for 15 years before   moving to bank street in 1893 .during this time the club entered the football league of england and its links with the railways bagan to diminish they changed their name yo newton health f.c removing futher links with railways and appointed a club secretary. during their first few seasons in the fooball league the club accumulated sizaable debts amonunting to over 2500 euro and were on the brink of bankruptcy until a man named j h davies the owner of the breweries invested large amount of money into the club and became the club chairman. to get a fresh start he changed the named from newton health f.c to manchester united f.c .the name manchester united officially came into existence in september 1902. sir alex ferguson took over man united in 1986 and was giving the task of taking the club back to its former glory .in the first season they finished in 11th place and the pressure was mounthing.1990 as united were not in contention for the league but thanks to mark hughes united went on to win FA cup. however the following season 1994-1995 united  were only runners up in the league and FA cup and with this manger alex ferguson sold a munber of the teams well known players and replaced them with players from their youth academy including david beckham ,paul scholes and gary neville. the risk paid off as united won the double again in the 1995-96 becoming the first english club ever to do so. the 1998-1999 season was most successful season by any english club in history. manchester united won the treble (league , fa cup, champions league).the next few season saw united win the league in 2000,2001,2003 and 2007.manchester  united have recently extended their stadium which is located in sir matt busby way old trafford in greater manchester making the largest premiership stadium at a capcity of 76,212. sponsorship plays a major role in the success of the club as it allows the club to develop as a team and a business. some of the clubs main sponsors include aig as their principle sponsor ,nike as their sportswear provider, audi as their official car provider and budweiser as their official beer. the club has only ever had 3 main sponsors being sharpe electronics 1982-2000 ,vodafone 2000-2005 and aig 2005 present . like the same number of shirt sponsors the shirt manufactures is also limited .they have only ever had 4 kit manufactures. these are admiral,addidas,umbro and a record breaking 303 million euro deal with nike. manchester united 's list of club honors is by far the longest in england football league history. they have accumulated 16 league titles,11 FA cups,16 charity shields,2 league cups ,2 european cups,3 champions league and 20 english premier league acup winners cup and a super cup.not bad for what was once a rail way workers team playing on a bad football pitch behind a pub.

                                              

                                                mamchester united have the greatest fan base in the world but this was not always the case. in the early days before world war two ,people in manchester were neither man united fans nor manchester city fans as it was impossible t travel to away games they would just go the home matches and because their was only one home match evey two weeks fans would go either of manchester teams home matches .this came to an end after the war as public transport was available and a fierce rivalry developed between the two clubs.manchester uniteds fans base has grown steadily over the last 6o years and after the 1958 munich air disaster the attendance at united's home game increased dramatically.today manchester united remains the strongest football team in england and the future looks promising.