Manchester United

Београд, Јун 2019. год.

Спортска Гимназија

Београд, Херцег Стјепана 7

Матурски рад из енглеског језика

                       “Manchester United”

Ментор: Ученик:

Снежана Николић Урош Копривица

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                              C O N T E N T

Page Number

1. Introduction……………………………..….……….….……..3
2. Club History………………………………..….………..………4
     2.1 Early Years (1878-1945).................................4
     2.2 Busby Years (1945-1969)...............................5
     2.3 Ferguson Years (1986-2013)..........................6
     2.4 Colours & badge….…….………………....………....7
3. Stadium……….......…………………………….....………....8
4. Support………………………………………….….…..……....9
     4.1 Rivalries………………………..………….…….….……..9
5. Current first team squad………..………..……..……..10
6. Records…………………………………..…….….……..…….11
     6.1 Honours……………………………..……….…..….…..11
     6.2 Player Records………..……..……..…….…..….…..12
     6.3 Managerial Records………………..……...…...….13
     6.4 Attendance Records....................................13
Conclusion.............................................................14
Literature……………………………………………....…..…….15

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2. Club History

2.1 Early Years (1878-1945)

Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club.
The team initially played games against other departments and railway
companies, but on 20th November 1880, they competed in their first recorded
match where they were defeated 6–0 by

Bolton Wanderers

' reserve team. By

1888, the club 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.

After two seasons, the club was

relegated to the

Second Division

. In January 1902, with debts of £2,670 –

equivalent to £280,000 in 2019

Captain

Harry Stafford

found four local

businessmen, including

John Henry Davies

(who became club president), each

willing to invest £500. On April 24th 1902, Manchester United was officially born.
in 1903, the team finished as Second Division runners-up in 1906 and secured
promotion to the First Division, which they won in 1908 – the club's first

league

title.

The following season began with victory in the first ever

Charity Shield

and

ended with the club's first FA Cup title. 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 Gibson

, who 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.

yo-yo club

is a sporting side that is regularly

promoted and relegated

. The phrase is most

typically used in

football association

in the United Kingdom, especially in reference to promotion

to and relegation from the

Premier League

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2.2 Busby Years (1945-1969)

In October 1945, the impending resumption of football led to the managerial
appointment of

Matt Busby

, who demanded total control over team selection,

player transfers and training sessions. Busby led the team to second-place
league finishes in 1947, 1948 and 1949, and to FA Cup victory in

1948

. In 1952,

the club won the First Division, its first league title for 41 years. They then won
back-to-back league titles in 1956 and 1957; the squad, who had an average age
of 22, were nicknamed "the Busby Babes". In 1957, Manchester United became
the first English team to compete in the European Cup

The following season, on

the way home from a European Cup quarter-final victory against

Red Star

Belgrade

, the aircraft carrying the Manchester United players, officials and

journalists crashed while attempting to take off after refuelling in Munich,
Germany. The

Munich air disaster

of 6th February 1958 claimed 23 lives,

including those of eight players. Assistant manager

Jimmy Murphy

took over as

manager while Busby recovered from his injuries. Busby rebuilt the team through
the 1960s

to win the FA Cup in

1963

. The following season, they finished second

in the league, then won the title in 1965 and 1967. In 1968, Manchester United
became the first English (and second British) club to win the European Cup,
beating

Benfica

4–1 in the

final.

Busby resigned as manager in 1969 before

being replaced by the reserve team coach, former Manchester United player

Wilf

McGuinness