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(Newton Heath ·LYR. Lyr (abbreviation of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company) is a local team composed of a group of local railway workers in Manchester. It began to play as a team on 1878, which is the predecessor of Manchester United. Newton heath is the name of a railway station. Workers on the construction site release their enthusiasm for league football by competing with teams from other departments or other railway companies. In the first season, they became famous and were called "pagans". 1885, they became professional teams. They never thought that the team would occupy a place in the national and even international football matches in the future.

Indeed, when 1888 established the Football Association, the Newton Heath LYR team thought that they did not deserve to form the Football Association with Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End. They played in the football league for three years. Eighth in the first quarter, ninth in the second year and third in the third year. This season, they lost only 3 of 22 games and scored 69 goals. Finally, in 1892, the English first division was expanded from 14 to 16, and the second division was added. They were recognized by the league and formally joined the Football Association. 1892, the club appointed the first manager in the history of the club. His name was Mr. A.H. Albut (. Newton Heath LYR's first game was against Blackburn Rovers on March 3rd, 1892. The game attracted 8000 fans to watch. In the end, they lost 3-4. A Scotsman named Robert Donaldson scored the first goal in league history for Manchester United!

Newton Heath LYR's first season was a disaster, they almost relegated! By winning a key game in the play-off, they narrowly avoided relegation! Their first home game was against Burnley, and the two sides finally shook hands with 1: 1! They were at the bottom of the whole season, with only 18 points, but they scored 85 goals because they beat their opponents by big scores many times! Everton (6: 0), Burnley (4: 0) and West Bromwich Albion (4: 0) all beat Wolves 10: 1. It's amazing! But because of too many failures, their final ranking is very poor! They drew with their opponent 1: 1 in the first play-off, and beat their opponent 5-2 in the replay to avoid relegation!

1893- 1894 season is the second season of Newton heath LYR team in the first division. They are worse than last season. Once again, they got the final result, winning only six out of 30 games. They were forced to play another play-off to decide their fate. This time, fortunately, Liverpool, a team established only two years ago, ended the second division unbeaten. Newton heath LYR 0-2 lost and fell into the second division! This is also the first demotion in Manchester United's history.

In the first year of the second division, two Manchester teams met. The current Manchester City team was called Advik at that time. The two teams have met in almost all competitions, including Major League Soccer, FA Cup and local Manchester Cup, but this is the first time they have met in the league. 1894 65438+On February 3rd, the LYR team of Newton Heath visited the Advik Stadium, and * * 15000 spectators attended the game. In the end, the Newton Heath LYR team won by 5:2, and won by 4: 1 in the subsequent home game! A special place in the game was that billy meredith, a player of the Advik team, appeared at the Advik Stadium for the first time. He later joined the Newton Heath LYR team and became one of the greatest players in Manchester United's history.

The harsh conditions of the North Road Stadium made all the visiting teams complain, and the club had to start looking for a new home. 1893, Newton Heath LYR moved its home court to Clayton Bank Street in Clayton. However, the conditions of this stadium are not much better. It is close to the pharmaceutical factory, and the players have to put up with all kinds of unpleasant smells. Of course, the complaints about this stadium have never stopped! So the club was forced to find a home again. At this time, a very interesting thing happened. A visiting team named Wal-salton claimed that the grass of the Bank Street Stadium was not suitable for their team's "students" to play football. Facing the insult of his opponent, Newton Heath ·LYR's reaction was "victory". Shortly after the end of the first half, Newton Heath LYR led 3-0. The game became even more incredible in the second half, and the final score turned out to be 14:0! The visiting team was very dissatisfied with the result, which they thought was caused by poor grass. The referee and the Football Association also agreed with them, so the two sides had a rematch. At that time, Newton Heath LYR team was in good shape and beat their opponents again with a score of 9:0 on the road! This time they really have nothing to say. However, at the end of the season, the Newton Heath LYR team can only be ranked third in the second division, losing the qualification to enter the play-offs, and they must continue to stay in the second division!

The following season, things got worse. They only scored 15 wins 12 losses, which is far from the promotion area. At the end of the season, the club decided to change the color of the uniform from green top gold shorts to white top blue shorts! I wonder if the change of color brings good luck. In the 1896- 1897 season, they finally got the qualification to participate in the play-offs. In the relegation zones of the First Division, Burnley and Sunderland, Newton Heath LYR beat Burnley 2-0 at home and was on the verge of promotion to the First Division, but lost the game away with the same score! Forced to hit Sunderland! Sunderland used to be a strong team in the first division, winning the league titles of 1892, 1893 and 1895, but this season unexpectedly fell into a trough (this situation did not last long). Although 18000 fans of Newton Heath LYR team cheered for their team, the game ended in a draw of 1: 1. Then they lost the semi-finals in Rocker Park and missed the best chance of promotion.

Newton Heath LYR and Manchester City are both strong teams in the second division, and people call them "New Brighton Tower". They have frequently achieved excellent results in the league. When Newton Heath LYR beat Davin 9-0 at home, Manchester City also beat Blackpool 4-2. However, when the two top teams met, Newton Heath LYR team unfortunately lost 4-0 to its opponent, which greatly boosted the morale of Manchester City. In the following season, Newton Heath ·LYR failed to recover from failure. In the end, it was only 6 points and 3 points behind Manchester City and Glossop North End respectively. Their hopes of attacking the first division were dashed again.

1899 The most striking thing is the violence on the court. The most famous is the riots that broke out in the Scottish Cup final. When the game between Celtic and Glasgow Rangers ended, violent fans rushed to the streets of Glasgow and destroyed it for several hours. 865,438+0 policemen were injured in the conflict and taken to hospital. The same is true in Britain. The LYR team of Newton Heath first faced its own problems. Two players, Boyd and counihan, were suspended by the club for drinking and making trouble. It never rains but it pours. In the match between Goodish Park and Everton, Newton Heath LYR lost 1: 2. Angry fans were dissatisfied with the law enforcement of the referee on duty and surrounded the referee. The situation is very bad. The management of the club and the police who kept the security made great efforts to rescue the referee. The referee reported the matter to the Football Association, and Newton Heath LYR's hope of promotion was ruthlessly crushed again.

The financial situation of Newton Heath ·LYR's team has been bad. By the beginning of the 20th century, the team had been struggling in the second division for eight years, and it seemed that the team was at a loss. With the promotion of Manchester City, the brother of the same city, Newton Heath LYR is gone. Faced with such poor results, the club felt that it should buy new players, but it was a pity that they had almost no assets to use. When I was at a loss and at a loss, the god of wealth fell from the sky. A local winery owner named john henry Davies saved the team. Dramatically, all this is actually due to a St. Bernard's puppy. It belongs to Harry Stafford, captain of Newton Heath ·LYR team. Harry entrusted the dog to bazar of the club. The puppy ran away out of curiosity and soon got lost in the street. At this time, the businessman Sir john henry Davies "fell in love at first sight" and took it home. But Jazz soon felt guilty about his "stealing" behavior, so he found Harry. In the meeting with Harry, he expressed his willingness to help Newton Heath club solve its financial crisis and promised to sponsor the club in the future. Harry didn't forget this promise, and neither did Davis. He later became the president and president of Manchester United.

Davis decided to inject capital into the club, which enabled him to get some benefits from the management of the team. Since then, the number of teams has changed, including Manchester Central, Manchester Celtics and so on. 1On April 26th, 902, the club officially changed its name to "Manchester United", and the color of the jersey became the traditional "red shirt and white pants" of Manchester United. It was also in this year that James West, the head coach with poor record, left. On September 28th, Ernest Manuel became his successor. He is the first "great" coach in the history of Manchester United and the first head coach after the club changed its name to "Manchester United". His arrival brought a glimmer of light to Manchester United.

Magnar became the secretary of the club on 1903, but it is generally acknowledged that he was the first manager of the club. His team includes newly signed goalkeeper Harry Moguel and striker Charlie sagar. The team won the third place in the second division for two consecutive seasons: 1903- 1904 and 1904- 1905.

The following season (1905- 1906) was one of the most glorious early seasons of Manchester United. Dick Duckworth, Alex Bell and captain Charlie Roberts helped the team reach the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. And more importantly, the team stood out as the runner-up in the second division, and finally entered the first division after the second division 12 years.

To celebrate the victory, Magna hired billy meredith from rival Manchester City in the same city. Merediz, nicknamed the Welsh Wizards, was involved in a bribery case in Manchester City, which is going to auction him and other 17 players. Magnal was one step ahead and signed Merediz before the bidding started.

The joining of this excellent winger has greatly boosted the morale of Manchester United. 1907- 1908 season, Meredith scored goals again and again, and finally the team won the first top league championship in history. At that time, Manchester United had a large number of excellent players, including the famous Billy meredith, George Wall and Charlie Roberts. As the league champion, Manchester United participated in the Charity Shield Cup 1908 for the first time. In the game, Jimmy Turnbull, whose surname is the same as Sandy Turnbull, scored a hat trick to help Manchester United beat FA Cup champion Queens Park Rangers 4-0 and win the Charity Shield.

The club's third trophy is 1909 FA Cup. Although Manchester United failed to defend their title that season, they overcame many difficulties and finally entered the FA Cup final. In the final, thanks to Sandy Turnbull's goal, he beat Bristol City by 1-0.

Manchester United moved to Old Trafford in the season of 1909- 19 10. Since then, Old Trafford has entered the history of football as an important term.

The stadium land was bought by Manchester Liquor Company in the name of john henry Davies and subletted to Manchester United Club. The construction of the stadium began at 1908, and Davis undertook all the construction costs. The project is led by the famous architect archibald leitch. 19 10 Manchester United moved, bid farewell to Bank Street and moved into Old Trafford.

Manchester United's first game at Old Trafford was against visiting Liverpool on February 19 19, 2000. Although Manchester United lost 3-4, the 80,000-seat Old Trafford Stadium was packed. Two days ago, a strong wind blew down the old wooden stand of Manchester United's hometown in Bank Street, which may indicate that Manchester United is more suitable to play at Old Trafford and needs such a new home.

Indeed, in1910-1910/season, Manchester United won the league title again after playing the whole season for the first time at Old Trafford. But it is not easy for Manchester United to win the game. It was not until the last day of the league that they beat Sunderland 5-/kloc-0-0 at home and finally locked in the overall situation. Harold hales won two dollars in this competition.

But hals is not the only goal hero who won the championship for the second time. Another goal hero of Manchester United is enoch West, a violent and exaggerated striker. The guy nicknamed "the wooden stick" scored 19 goals that season. That year, Manchester United also won the Charity Shield Cup. They beat swinton City 8-4 in the game, and hals was even more striking, scoring six goals alone.

However, in the following season (191-1912), Manchester United failed to defend its title, but fell to 13, which disappointed the fans.

Magna, the club secretary and head coach, can't stand people's accusations. He resigned as head coach and joined Manchester City, Manchester United's city rival.

The club had a hard time finding James john bentley, then president of the Football Association, to replace Magna. Under Bentley's leadership, Manchester United rose to fourth place in the1912-1913 season.

1913-1914 season, Manchester United experienced a painful transition, and the club sold Charlie Roberts and Alex Bell to Old Ham and Blackburn respectively. The team's ranking in the league slipped to 14, while West was the top scorer for the third consecutive season.

1914-1915 season, the club made a major reform in the management of the team. 1965438+In February, 2004, the club decided for the first time that both the club secretary and the head coach of the team should serve concurrently. As a result, Bentley became the full-time secretary of the club, and John Robson was responsible for the management of the team and the selection of players.

Manchester United's impressive record in1910-1910/season has become a shadow that Robson's team can't walk away from. Only George Stacy, Billy meredith and Sandy Turnbull stayed at Manchester United. So the fate of Manchester United this season can be imagined. Manchester United struggled and were relegated by one point. However, Manchester City, led by Magna, finished fifth in the league, 0/3 places ahead of Manchester United/KLOC, which is equivalent to adding a handful of salt to Manchester United's wounds.

Before Manchester United could plan how to rally, a world war broke out, people left football behind, the football league was forced to be interrupted, and the club had to play regionals.

In the next four seasons, Manchester United participated in the football championship held in Lancashire. Teams of all levels and types participated, but Manchester United did not achieve satisfactory results in these irregular games. To make matters worse, enoch West and Sandy Turnbull of Manchester United were exposed for gambling, and they were banned for life. Sandy Turnbull later joined a football team under the British in World War I, and then bid farewell to the stadium and went to the battlefield.

Unfortunately, Turnbull was killed in France in May of 19 17. The heroes who created glory for the club at the beginning of the century have been blown away by the rain. 19 19- 1920 season, the league was reopened, and Manchester United remained the same, but the jersey had a new owner.

The smoke of the First World War has cleared away. On August 30th, 2009, 19 1965438, Manchester United returned to the league after a four-year absence, and played against Derbyshire in the first game. Except for the two old players in the season of1914-1965438, all of them are new faces.

Billy meredith is still at Old Trafford, but he is a dying hero of Manchester United. 19 19- 1920 season, he only played 19 times, and the team ranked only 12 in the league. Joe spence became a rookie of Manchester United, and he became the team's top scorer with a league goal of 14. In the following season (1920-2 1), he and another teammate were the top scorers of the team, but the number of goals was reduced by half, and the ranking of the whole team dropped by one place to 13.

At this time, the team coach Robson left the club and was replaced by john chapman. Chapman, after Bentley, became another powerful figure in the history of Manchester United who also served as the club secretary and head coach. At the same time, Magna, the old club of the team, and his Manchester City team moved into the new gymnasium on the main road, which made headlines in the local newspaper and really made Magna shine.

Magnar didn't mind Meredith's age, so he was recruited to Manchester City again. Maybe it's not a coincidence. In Meredith's first season away, that is, 192 1- 1922, Manchester United won only 8 of 42 games and was relegated to the second division.

Chapman led Manchester United in the second division, and there were no stars in the team. They lost in the first division twice in a row (1923- 1924 season, 1923- 1924 season). However, Frank Paulson's excellent on-court command made the team make remarkable progress, and Manchester United successfully advanced in the 1924- 1925 season. They only lost eight games, ranking second in the second division after leicester city.

Manchester United ranked ninth in the first division of the 1925- 1926 season, and their position in the first division was thus stable. Manchester United also performed well in this season's FA Cup, but they lost 3-0 to Manchester City at Bramall Lane and stopped the semi-final. But Manchester City's luck has also come to an end. They lost to Bolton in the final and were relegated to the second division.

But Manchester United supporters can't see Manchester City's jokes yet. Because the new season has only started for two months, Manchester United's trouble is coming. The Football Association announced Chapman's dismissal, which took effect immediately. However, the Football Association never revealed the reasons for their decision. Helpless, the club had to let the team winger Clarence Hilditch take over as the player and head coach, while looking for a long-term replacement for Chapman. But Clarence himself didn't want to play, so the performance of the whole team was deeply affected.

Herbert Bamlett, Chapman's official successor, arrived at the end of this season. Manchester United fans still remember that Bamlet was the referee in charge of the FA Cup 1/4 finals between Manchester United and Burnley. At that time, the game was played in heavy snow, and Manchester United fell behind their opponents by 0-/kloc-0, but Ban Laite cancelled the game because of the cold. In the replay, Manchester United finally won the FA Cup.

But unfortunately, the appointment of Balmlet as Manchester United coach did not bring victory to the team. The team's ranking in the first division went from bad to worse. 1926- 1927 season fell to 15, 1927- 1928 season fell to 18, only to1928-although Joe-

The decline of Manchester United from twenties to thirties, 1929- 1930 season ended, and Manchester United ranked seventeenth. All Manchester United fans are worried about the fate of the team.

At the beginning of the new league, the most worrying thing for fans happened. Manchester United lost 12 games in a row, including two consecutive home defeats, 0-6 to Huddersfield and 4-7 to Newcastle United. The league didn't start until 1 1 month. Manchester United beat Birmingham City 2-0 at home.

1930- 193 1 season, Manchester United lost 27 of 42 games and conceded 1 15 goals. The relegation of the team made Bamlet leave the game in a daze. Walter Crickmer, the club secretary, took over the affairs of the team. However, the performance of the team did not change immediately. 193 1- 1932 Manchester United lost again in the first two games of Serie B.

At this moment, the patience of team supporters is being severely tested, and many fans no longer support Manchester United. Only 3507 people took part in the first game of the league. As the game continued, the situation continued to deteriorate. By June+February of 65438, the club had no money to pay the players. The team is in danger of bankruptcy.

James Gibson became the savior of the club in times of crisis. The military uniform manufacturer paid the players' salaries at a cost of 30 thousand pounds, which made the club run again. Gibson appointed scott Duncan as the new head coach of the team. Gibson gave Duncan a lot of money, but Duncan did not make good use of it.

The situation of Manchester United continued to deteriorate during Duncan's administration, and the team almost fell to the third class. It was not until the end of the last game of the league that they survived. In that game, Manchester United beat rival Millwall 2-0 with goals from Tom Manley and Jack Cape. With this victory, Manchester United stayed in the second division and Millwall fell into the third division. In the same week, Manchester City, which is in the same city as Manchester United, won the FA Cup, and matthew busby in the team was one of the players who won the Cup.

Manchester United won the fifth place in 1934- 1935 season, and won their first trophy in the 1930s in 1935- 1936 season. Manchester United remained unbeaten in the last 19 games of the season. They beat Burry 3-2 at Jigger Lane with goals from Manley and George mutch, and won the second-division championship.

Manchester United's performance in the latter part of the second division seems to indicate that the team will have a good performance after returning to the first division, but it was not until Christmas that Manchester United won four games and won one on Christmas Day. Only winning 10 games in a season means relegation, and in sharp contrast to Manchester United, their city brother Manchester City won the first-division championship this season. Among the players demoted with Manchester United was Walter Winterbottom, who later served as the head coach of the English team in the 16 season and was knighted.

After a year in the second division, Manchester United and Aston Villa were promoted to the first division as the second and first places in the second division. The success of this promotion is not entirely due to Duncan, because Duncan left Manchester United in 1 1 and became the head coach of Ipswich Town. Walter Krickmer, on the other hand, had to be the head coach of the team again and take full charge of the team affairs. However, after the reopening of 1937- 1938, the performance of Manchester League still wavered.

Under the leadership of Duncan and Krigmer, another highlight of Manchester United's Serie B was the appearance of Johnny Carey, who was later recognized as one of the best defenders in football history. In the new round of first division, Kerry made 32 appearances and scored 6 goals, helping Manchester United avoid relegation with a ranking of 14. This time, it's Manchester City's turn to be relegated. However, Manchester United fans will not be happy for long. When World War II broke out, the Football League was forced to take a truce again, which lasted for several years.

From 1939 to 1946, people are busy with war. In the meantime, football was put aside. However, even if the league truce, Old Trafford Stadium is still the focus of attention.

1941March1kloc-0/day, the old Trafford stadium was attacked by the Germans. The stadium stands, the players' locker room and the club office were all destroyed in the air raid. This is an unusually heavy blow. But a few years later, people found happiness in this famous stadium site.

It was Matthew Busby who brought joy to everyone. Now it seems that he is the most important person in Manchester United's history. Busby played for Manchester City and Liverpool. During World War II, he served in the 9th Battalion of the Royal Liverpool Corps. In the military camp, he showed excellent leadership and attracted the attention of Manchester United Club.

Busby 1945 joined Manchester United on a five-year contract. At that time, he never imagined that he would work in Manchester United for 25 years and become the head of the club.

Busby stood out as soon as he arrived. He changed the position of several important players. Busby connected Jimmy Delaney, Stan Poursin, Jack Raleigh, Charlie Mitten and Johnny Morris to form the famous "Five Musketeers" of Manchester United.

But Busby's most important contribution to Manchester United is that he introduced excellent coaches to the team. Matt met jimmy murphy during World War II. Busby thinks Murphy will be his golden partner. Together, the two of them have shaped Manchester United into a strong team in world football.

The first step of Busby and Murphy's success is to make the team have the strength to win domestic competitions. They were close to success on their first attempt. 1946- 1947 season, that is, the first round of first division after world war ii, Manchester United followed Liverpool to become the runner-up in the league. This is Manchester United's best ranking in the league in 36 years. Another thing that makes fans happy is that Manchester United's reserve team won the championship in this season's (central) league.

The following year, 1948, Busby led a team composed of local young players and big-name stars, defeated Blackpool led by Stanley Matthews, stan Mortensen and harry johnston in the FA Cup final and won the first trophy of the new Manchester United team. It has been 39 years since the club 1909 won the FA Cup.

1948 The victory of the FA Cup is also the first important championship won by Manchester United since 19 1 1 won the league title. But for the new Manchester United team led by Matthew Busby, regaining the league title is their primary goal. In the first five years after Busby took charge of Manchester United, Manchester United won the second place in the league four times, and once ranked fourth in the 1949- 1950 season.

Manchester United's wonderful performance in the championship battle has made the originally disheartened fans turn back. 1948- 1949 season, more than one million fans came to the scene to cheer for Manchester United, so the club was able to pay off all its debts. There is no doubt that Manchester United will soon repay the enthusiasm of the fans with victory.

Without long-term luck, the first post-war Manchester United team led by Matthew Busby began to be unlucky in the early 1950s.

Internal disputes led to the split of the 1948 FA Cup champion. Johnny Morris transferred to Derbyshire, while Charlie Milton went to Colombia. Some supporters of Manchester United are worried that the team will lose high-level stars, but those who trust Busby soon find that he has not let them down.

Scott's great plan is to use the young players he recruited and trained in the late 1940s. Among these young people, Jackie Blanchflower and roger byrne were the first to make their mark, and the newspaper affectionately called them "children". They helped the team win back the league championship trophy after a 40-year absence just after their debut in the1951-kloc-0/952 season.

The team was crowned, and Bourne, who was only 2 1 year old, played 24 games in the league. In the last six games, he played winger and scored seven goals. After that, he returned to the customary left-back position and served as Manchester United captain for four years from February 1954.

During the two seasons of 1955- 1956 and 1956- 1957, Bourne, as the captain of this great young team of Manchester United, lifted the league championship trophy twice, and at this time several young graduates from Busby Football School were added to the team. After the FA Youth Cup, eddie colman, mark jones and david pegg all joined the first team. It is particularly worth mentioning that Manchester United Youth Team is the champion of five consecutive FA Youth Cups since 1953.

But not all young talents come from Manchester United's own training camp. The team coach is also happy to go to the transfer market to find new players. 1953 In March, Manchester United bought scoring expert tommy taylor from barnsley for 29,999. This is a good deal because Taylor keeps scoring goals for Manchester United and England.

Another young man who graced Manchester United Club and the English national team was named duncan edwards. The young man from Dudley is strong, gifted and extremely stable, so Matthew Busby recruited him into the first team early. 1In April, 953, Duncan, who was only 16 years old 185 days old, went into battle in the league, and he also became the youngest player in the history of Teacher A.

Busby's children have made great achievements, and their masterpiece is the classic game against Arsenal at Highbury in February 1958. The Red Devils and the Gunners staged a wonderful showdown in front of 63,578 spectators, and the whole game was thrilling. Manchester United won 5-4. Goals for Manchester United were scored by Edwards, Taylor, Bobby Charlton and Dennis Viole. Among them, Taylor got two yuan.

But sadly, this classic battle has become the swan song of this Manchester United youth team in Britain. Manchester United went to sea after defeating Arsenal.