tured article Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club earned its first FA Cup victory on 30 October 1886. The club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford (pictured) in 1910. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup, ten years after the Munich air disaster that claimed the lives of eight players. The current manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has won 37 major honours since he took over in November 1986. Manchester United has won more titles than any other club in English football: 53 domestic trophies, a record 19 league titles, a record 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and 19 FA Charity/Community Shields. The club has also been successful globally, winning seven international titles: three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club won a "Treble" of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the European Cup. (more...) Recently featured: Lester Brain – Statue of Liberty – Rudolph Cartier Archive – By email – More featured articles... Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw (pictured) is a rare example of a church in Anglesey, Wales, with two naves? ... that British brigadier Aubertin Mallaby was killed 66 years ago today in the Battle of Surabaya while flying a white flag? ... that the squirrel glider and yellow-bellied glider feed on the sap of the pink bloodwood directly from an incision in the trunk? ... that Mad Dog O'Malley teamed with Lucifer to take down his former partner? ... that John Hurt received three award nominations for The Elephant Man, winning one of them? ... that professional baseball player Bill Bagwell led three different leagues in batting average? ... that the producer of the Bad Lip Reading viral videos first encountered the technique of lip reading when his mother lost her hearing? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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