MANCHESTER UNITED MY TEAM. GGMU

INTRPDUCTION

Hello everyone, I am Med coming from a country called Ghana. I would love to share to this community about my favorite football team.
I'm a huge football fan, even though I don't play myself. I follow the Premier League for the most part, and I also enjoy watching Local league football from time to time. I support one of my big clubs, Manchester United. And when it comes to Local league football, I am all for Asante Kotoko.
It's hard not to like football when your dad is a strong fan of your rival team, Chelsea. Luckily for me, he never pressurized me into liking his team and always encouraged me to find my own favorite sports team. I wasn't cut out to be a football player myself, but that hasn't stopped me from following the Premier League and supporting my local team with a passion!

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I chose Manchester united as my favorites team because it’s the best team in England, before I start, I will love share with you some history of this club.

A LITTLE CLUB HISTORY

Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the topflight of English football. Nicknamed "the Red Devils", the club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

The team played in the Football League for the very first time in the year 1892 (they should not be confused with Manchester Football Club, founded in 1860 and participated in the FA Cup in the 1870s before shifting to Rugby). But they were relegated after two years. Next, a new group of local businessmen then took over the roles and responsibilities of the club and named it as Manchester United in 1902. The newly named club won the title of English League in 1908 under the guidance of Ernest Mangnall. The first FA Cup trophy was obtained the following year. The team then shifted to the current stadium, Old Trafford in 1910.

After the Second World War, the club had witnessed an extended spell with the appointment of Matt Busby in 1945. This visionary leader completely reshaped the club and placed a new faith in youngsters, and this strategy eventually proved to be astonishingly successful.

The United team would win the league in 1955–56 and 1956–57. The average age were 21 at the first occasion, which made it the youngest side ever to win the Football League and earned them the nickname the “Busby Babes”. The team was doing so fine until one of the worse tragedies in football occurred which the plane clash. One day in 1958 is especially marked in dark colors for the in the history of Manchester United. After a game against Red Star Belgrade in European Cup the United team was flying back to England then disaster struck. After a refuel in Munich the plane crash at the start and eight players and three members of the staff died. But the coach survived the plane crash and he eventually built another great side that won many championship trophies and witnessed poignant victories over the time.Its really a sad day in Manchester whenever it drops nearer because most fans remember thgeir loved ones who died in the crash.

ACHIEVEMENTS WITH GREAT MANAGERS

Lets talk about of the greatest managers to have ever being in the premier league, THE GREAT SIR. ALEX FERGUSON. The club appointed Alex Ferguson as manager in the year 1986. Though it can be pretty hard to believe, however, the first years of Ferguson's coaching were extremely difficult until the team won a victory in the FA Cup in 1990. Over the next twenty years, the club won at least 25 major trophies, including around eleven League titles.

Manchester United won the first Double in the year of 1994. Next, it became the first English club to win a Treble while winning the FA Cup, the Premier League, and UEFA Champions League simultaneously during 1998-1999. The team continued the fabulous upswing by beating Palmeiras to become the club world champions. United won three consecutive league titles during the period 1999-2001. One of the most astonishing records is from the 1999/2000 season then they won the league with an 18 points margin. After some time, the old owners of the club decided to sell the club to a family called The Glazers. Between 2003 and 2005, the American businessman Malcolm Glazer bought enough shares to become the new owner of the Manchester club.

The new ownership was remarkable unpopular among the fans. But despite the controversial turmoil after the takeover of the Glazer family, the team continued to grow as a great team while maintaining its esteemed tradition and having a huge international follower base. During 2013-2014, it was recognized as the 2nd highest-earning club across the world with an estimated revenue of around €518 million. In fact, it was further named as the third most valuable football club in 2015.

The club has been clever in marketing its brand in many fields. Manchester United have been the most successful soccer team in the world to earn money from brand-name products, which have earned them the not so flattering nickname "Merchandise United".

A time came that Sir. Alex had to bring all the service to an end for other managers to takeover his position. There was a bit of sadness around the fanbase because we all loved Ferguson. Let’s talk a bit about the post-Ferguson era. When Alex Ferguson departed permanently from the post, he had 1986-2013 the team's result would decline. None of David Moyes, Ryan Giggs and the reputable Louis van Gaal, in the manager role, could repeat the successful Ferguson formula. For the 2016/2017 season José Mourinho was appointed a manager with three years contract.

This was a state of the club's ambition to continue to expand its capacity, maintain its on-field success and unbeatable winning record and hold its royal legacy. Apart from José Mourinho who was able to take us to the second position and to also win the Europa cup for us, none has become as successful as Sir. Alex Ferguson. Manchester United has also hosted and brought up some of footballs finest, we can talk about Paul Scholes who is regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, Rooney who was one of the best strikers in the leagues who has scored 253 goals in all competitions, a few to add Roy Keane, Peter Schmeichel,Ryan Giggs, Dennis Law, Eric Cantona, Christiano Ronaldo who is the greatest football undoubtedly in football history, Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best who are regarded as United`s best players of all time. I hope you enjoyed this piece from me.