Our new series of 'History' articles will look at the early history of Greater Manchester's biggest institutions.
Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot in Newton Heath.
The team initially played games against other departments and railway companies, but on 20 November 1880, they competed in their first recorded match; wearing the colours of the railway company – green and gold – they were defeated 6–0 by Bolton Wanderers' reserve team.
In 2010, green and gold scarves became a symbol of Manchester United fans protest against the Glazer family.
By 1888, they had become a founding member of The Combination, a regional football league. Following the league's dissolution after only one season, Newton Heath joined the newly formed Football Alliance, which ran for three seasons before being merged with The Football League.
This resulted in the club starting the 1892–93 season in the First Division, by which time it had become independent of the railway company and dropped the "LYR" from its name. After two seasons, the club was relegated to the Second Division.A drawing of the former #MUFC ground at Bank Street,
— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) November 3, 2018
Manchester, on the cover of Charbel Boujaoude’s wonderful new book Newton Heath: The Players A to Z. He’s managed to unearth masses of new detail about the early history of the club which in 1902 became Manchester United pic.twitter.com/VrpdzSnWCA
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In January 1902, with debts of £2,670 – equivalent to £290,000 in 2021– the club was served with a winding-up order.Captain Harry Stafford found four local businessmen, including John Henry Davies (who became club president), each willing to invest £500 in return for a direct interest in running the club and who subsequently changed the name.
On 24th April 1902, Manchester United was officially born
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Manchester United have gone onto become champions of England twenty times, with the most recent coming in 2013. Their first title came in the 1907/1908 season. The 'Champions Wall' showcases images from all of United's title win.
Please note - this video was uploaded in 2011 so doesn't include the 2013 title win.
The 1908/1909 season began with victory in the first ever Charity Shield and ended with the club's first FA Cup triumph. Manchester United won the First Division for the second time in 1911, but at the end of the following season, Mangnall left the club to join Manchester City.
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1915 match fixing scandal
This was a scandal that occurred when a First Division match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on 2 April (Good Friday) 1915 was fixed in United's favour, with players from both sides benefiting from bets placed on the result.
After the incident, seven players were found to have participated in the scandal and all were subsequently banned for life, although most later had their bans overturned.
Today in 1915 United beat Liverpool 2-0 in what became known as "The Good Friday Scandal" where United players Sandy Turnbull, Enoch West and Arthur Whalley alongside Jackie Sheldon, Tom Miller, Tom Pursell and Tom Fairfoul of Liverpool were banned for life for match fixing... pic.twitter.com/RG3PDaubF3
— Red_Devil (@RetroRed2) April 2, 2020
In 1922, three years after the resumption of football following the First World War, the club was relegated to the Second Division, where it remained until regaining promotion in 1925. Relegated again in 1931, Manchester United became a yo-yo club, achieving its all-time lowest position of 20th place in the Second Division in 1934.
Following the death of principal benefactor John Henry Davies in October 1927, the club's finances deteriorated to the extent that Manchester United would likely have gone bankrupt had it not been for James W. Gibson, who, in December 1931, invested £2,000 and assumed control of the club.
In the 1938–39 season, the last year of football before the Second World War, the club finished 14th in the First Division.
Other useful sources that look at the wonderful history of Manchester United.
The official Manchester United website is obviously a good place to start your further research.
FootballHistory.org is also worth checking out
http://www.mufcinfo.com/has great and interesting stats
The Manchester United section of the Greater Manchester Football website contains all the latest news from the club and also contains a detailed look at players from history. This includes Eric Cantona, George Best and Paul Scholes.
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