Manchester United football club

Manchester United football club are one of the world's biggest football clubs whose current squad is managed by Sir Alex Ferguson and includes Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez.  Cristiano Ronaldo is widely touted as one of the best players in the game today and along with Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez helps to make Manchester United FC a fearsome force in the English Premier League. Formed in 1878 Manchester United FC have won the main English League seventeen times, the English F.A. Cup eleven times, the English League Cup twice, the European Cup or Champions League three times in 1968, 1999 and 2008 and the European Cup Winners Cup once.  MUFC's recent successes have come in winning the FA Cup in 2004, the League Cup in 2006 and the Premier League and UEFA Champions League in 2008.

Manchester United have played their home matches at Old Trafford since 1910.  Old Trafford is the ultimate football stadium, nicknamed 'the theatre of dreams' by Sir Bobby Charlton one of Manchester United's greatest players.  In 1941, during world war II, Old Trafford was bombed and Manchester United were forced to play their home matches at Manchester City's original stadium Maine Road stadium until the rebuilding of Old Trafford was complete in 1949.  Recent improvements to Old Trafford have meant that the stadium now holds in excess of 76,000 people making it one of the most atmospheric and historic stadiums in the world.

as well as Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez the current Manchester United squad includes Edwin Van der Sar, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Nani and Michael Carrick. Below are just some of the great players that Manchester United have either nurtured or attracted over the years, some of United's players have also gone on to become football club managers including Roy Keane, Steve Bruce, Steve Coppell, Bryan Robson and Paul Ince.

Alex Stepney - 1966 to 1978, 539 appearances, 2 goals

Bobby Charlton - 1953 to 1973, 758 appearances, 249 goals

Bryan Robson - 1981 to 1994, 461 appearances, 98 goals

David Beckham - 1991 to 2003, 394 appearances, 85 goals

Denis Law - 1962 to 1973, 409 appearances, 237 goals

Eric Cantona - 1992 to 1997, 185 appearances, 82 goals

Gary Neville - 1991 to present day

George Best - 1963 to 1974, 466 appearances, 179 goals

Mark Hughes - 1980 to 1995, 470 appearances, 164 goals

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - 1996 to 2007, 235 appearances, 92 goals

Paul Scholes - 1991 to present day

Roy Keane - 1993 to 2005, 480 appearances, 51 goals

Ryan Giggs - 1990 to present day

Ruud Van Nistelrooy - 2001 to 2006, 219 appearances, 150 goals

Steve Bruce - 1987 to 1996, 414 appearances, 51 goals