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Manchester United |
Since its founding in 1878, Manchester United has been one of the top English Premire teams. In 2000 and 2001 they managed to achieve first place in their league. This was followed up in 2003 with a third place victory. In 2006 the League Cup was also won. Unforunately, in 2005 and 2006 many key players were lost for Manchester United. Shown on the right is Wayne Rooney, a key striker for the team.
Manchester United has recently become one of the more popular English Premire teams. This might be because of their recent tour in America. Pictured to the left is a dvd quiz game containing Manchester United Trivia.
The club was formed as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878 as th
e works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath, then started to sever it's links with the rail depot in 1890, becoming Newton Heath F.C.. After nearing bankruptcy in 1902, the club was taken over by J. H. Davies, who changed its name to Manchester United, chosen over Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic. The Old Trafford Football Ground was bombed during the Second World War, leading the club to seek charity from their then more-illustrious neighbours Manchester City, who allowed them to play their games at Maine Road for a period.The Busby years (1945-1969)
Matt Busby was appointed manager 
in 1945 and took a then-unheard of 
approach to his job, joining the players for training as well as performing administrative tasks. He was immediately successful, with the club finishing second in the league in 1947 and winning the FA Cup in 1948.He adopted a policy of bringing in players from the youth team whenever possible, and the team won the league in 1956 with an average 
age of only 22. This youth policy has now become instrumental in the club's success. 
The following season, they won the league again and reached the FA Cup final, losing to Aston Villa. They also became the first English team to compete in the European Cup, and reached the semi-final.
Current 2007 Starters
Team Captain Gary Neville
| Edwin van der Sar | Gary Neville | Patrice Evra | Gabriel Heinze |
| Rio Ferdinand | Wes Brown | Cristiano Ronaldo | Wayne Rooney |
| Louis Saha | Ryan Giggs | Park Ji-Sung | Alan Smith |
| Nemanja Vidic | Michael Carrick | Henrik Larsson | Paul Scholes |
| Ole Gunnar Solskaer | Dong Fangzhuo | John O'Shea | Kieran Richardson |
| Darren Fletcher | Mikael Silvestre | Tomasz Kuszczak | Tom Heaton |
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Created: February 20, 2007. Last Updated: May 9, 2007 by Steve Kohaus.