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    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Man U
    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Man U
    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Man U
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    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Man U

    By Marc White

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    Manchester United is one of the UK’s most well-known and successful football teams with a history stretching back as far back as 1878, but just how much do you really know about this popular English Premier League team? If you support Man U or would like to learn more about the people and places that have shaped the club through the years, this handy reference guide is just what you need.
    Did you know that the team initially played in green and gold jerseys, that Old Trafford didn’t have floodlights until 1957 or that Sir Bobby Charlton CBE is the club’s all time leading goalscorer? With 101 fascinating facts like these covering all aspects of Manchester United Football Club, this book is certain to delight footie fans of all ages. Perfect for match days or sharing with family and friends at home, 101 Things You May Not Have Known About Man U will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about The Red Devils.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherApex Publishing Limited
    Release dateNov 19, 2012
    ISBN9781908752864
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      101 Things You May Not Have Known About Man U - Marc White

      1988.

      Foreword

      Manchester United are no longer a football club, but a brand. Only Google, Apple, the BBC, Dyson and Facebook stand between them and total world dominance. Coca Cola and Microsoft lag behind like their rivals on the football pitch.

      United, the football team has progressed far beyond the dreams of those workers of the Newton Heath Carriage and Wagon works who, looking for some leisure pursuit to take them away from the sweat and toil of their daily routine, formed a football club, playing friendlies against other departments of that local industry. Their Spartan, mudded enclosure at Clayton a far cry from today’s towering stadium at Old Trafford on the banks of the ship canal.

      But no matter how far Manchester United progress on the pitch or in the generating of revenue around the globe, those early days amid the soot and grime of north Manchester must never be forgotten. If it wasn’t for those founding fathers, there would be no Manchester United and you would certainly not be reading this.

      Football in general has progressed dramatically over the years, from the cloth capped workers surging through the turnstiles following their morning shift in the pre-war and immediate post war years, to the hate filled terraces of the sixties, seventies and eighties, through to the executive areas and high class catering of today. The latter producing a new breed of supporter, many of whom show little regard for those years before they took an interest in the game.

      It is for those supporters that books such as this are so important.

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