Founded:

1878

Turned Professional :- 1885

Limited Company : - 1907

Former names:

1878 - 1880 Newton Heath LYR

1880 - 1902 Newton Heath

Address:

Old Trafford,

Manchester,

M16 ORA

Phone:

(0161) 872 1661

Present ground capacity:

55,300

Record attendence:

70,504 v Aston Villa, Division I, 27th December 1920

Record receipts:

�576,494.50 v Southampton

FA CUP 6th Round

11th March 1996

Pitch measurements:

116 yards x 76 yard

Managers since 1903:

Ernest Mangnall, John Robson, John Chapman, Clarence Hilditch, Herbert Bamlett, Walter Crickmer, A Scott Duncan Sir Matt Busby, Jimmy Murphy, Wilf McGuiness, Sir Matt Busby, Frank O'Farrell Tommy Docherty, Dave Sexton, Ron Atkinson, Alex Ferguson Nov 1886.

Record transfer paid:

�6,250,000 + Keith Gillespie to Newcastle for Andy Cole, Jan 1995

Record fee received:

�7,000,000 from Inter Milan for Paul Ince, July 1995

League scoring record:

32, Dennis Viollet, Division I,

1959-60

Honours:

Premier League: Champions

1992-93,1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97.

Runners Up - 1994-95.

1st Division: Champions - 1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1964-65, 1966-67.

1st Division: Runners Up -1946-47, 1947-48, 1950-51, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1979-80, 1987-88, 1991-92.

2nd Division: Champions - 1935-36, 1974-75.

FA Cup: Winners - 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996. Runners Up - 1957, 1958, 1976, 1979, 1995.

League Cup: Winners - 1992. Runners Up - 1983, 1991, 1994.

European Cup: Winners - 1967-68 �

European Cup Winners Cup: Winners - 1990-91.

Super Cup: Winners 1991.

Previous seasons:

FA Carling Premiership 94/95

FA Carling Premiership 95/96

FA Carling Premiership 96/97