MANCHESTER UNITED FC

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name after coming close to bankruptcy in 1902, ten years after joining The Football League and six years before its first league title. In 1910, the club moved to its current home, Old Trafford, the second-largest football ground in the United Kingdom.Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup, just 10 years after the Munich air disaster that claimed the lives of eight of its players. Alex Ferguson is the most successful manager in the club's history, having won 26 major honours since he took over in November 1986.[3] The club is unique in having won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League in a single season, a feat known as The Treble, doing so in 1998–99.Manchester United is a global brand valued by Forbes magazine at $285 millionThe club is said to be worth £1.19 billion, making it the most valuable football club in the world.