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Information. Full name Manchester United Football Club Nickname(s) The Red Devils [1] Founded 1878, as Newton Heath LYR F.C. Ground Old Trafford ( Capacity : 75,957[2]) Owner Glazer family Co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer Manager Sir Alex Ferguson
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Information • Full name Manchester United Football Club • Nickname(s) The RedDevils[1] • Founded 1878, as Newton Heath LYR F.C. • Ground OldTrafford • (Capacity: 75,957[2]) • OwnerGlazer family • Co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer • Manager Sir Alex Ferguson • League Premier League • 2010–11 Premier League, 1st • Website Club home page
history • Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath. The team initially played games against other departments and rail companies, but on 20 November 1880, they competed in their first recorded match; wearing the colours of the railway company – green and gold – 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.
Manchester Unitedteam Goal keeper: Ben Amos,DavidDe Gea,TomaszKuszczak,AndersLindegaard Defender: Jonny Evans, PatriceEvra, Rio Ferdinand, EzekielFryers , Fàbio , Phil Jones, Michael Keane, Rafael,ChrisSmallingTom Thorpe,Marnickvermjil, NemanjaVidic Midfielders: Anderson ReeceBrown ,Michael Carrick,Tom Cleverley ,Larnell Cole, Darren Fletcher, Ryan Giggs, Ravel Morrison, Nani, Ji-SungPark, Paul Pogba, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young Forward: DimitarBerbatov, Mame BiramDiouf, Javier Hernández, William Keane Federico Macheda, Michael Owen, WayneRooney, Danny Welbeck Trainer: Alex Ferguson
Pre-season and friendlies • Manchester United preceded their 2011–12 campaign with a tour of the United States for the second year in a row. As in 2010, they played in the MLS All-Star Game, in which they took on a team of the best players in Major League Soccer. In the lead-up to this game, which was played on 27 July 2011, United took on the New England Revolution (13 July), the Seattle Sounders (20 July) and the Chicago Fire (23 July), before finishing the tour with a game against Barcelona at FedEx Field in Washington, D.C. on 30 July.