Manchester Utd vs Manchester City
Future Derby Matches Between the Two Teams Promise to be Special
Local Derby matches between the two Manchester sides promise acrimony from the 2009/10 season onwards, particularly since the takeover of Manchester City by the Al-Nahyan family which has resulted in a far more exciting and outstanding Manchester City team.
The 2009/10 football season has seen Manchester City's best-ever start to a Premier League campaign, and, indeed, their best all over start to a season since 1961-62.
Full Manchester City First Team Line Up
Goalkeepers - Shay Given, Stuart Taylor
Defenders -Micah Richards, Wayne Bridge, Nedum Onuoha, Pablo Zabaleta, Sylvinho, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Toure, Javier Garrido
Midfielders - Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Martin Petrov, Gareth Barry, Vincent Kompany, Nigel de Jong, Vladimir Weiss
Forwards - Robinho, Roque Santa Cruz, Emmanuel Adebayor, Banjani Mwaruwari, Carlos Tevez, Craig Bellamy
Manchester City Trophy Statistics
- First Division/Premier League Winners 1936-37, 1967-68
- FA Cup Winners, 1904, 1934, 1956 and 1969
- League Cup Winners 1970, 1976
- Charity Shield Winners 1937, 1968, 1972
- European Cup Winners’ Cup 1970
Full Manchester United First Team Line Up
Goalkeepers - Edwin van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster, Ron-Robert Zieler, Ben Amos
Defenders - Gary Nevil, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Jonny Evans, Fabio da Silva, Rafael da Silva, John O’Shea, Ritchie De Lae, Corry Evans, Nemanja Vidic, David Gray, Craig Cathcart
Midfield - Owen Hargrea, Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher, 'Ando' Anderson, Antonio Valencia, Ryan Giggs, 'Nani' Cunha, Darron Gibson, Zoran Tosik, Corry Evans, Michael Carrick, Ji Sung Park
Forwards Danny Welbeck, Michael Owen, Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney, Frederico Macheta, Gabriel Obertan
In the trophy hall of fame, not many clubs can outperform Manchester United's performance over the past twenty years.
Manchester Utd Trophy Statistics
- First Division/Premier League Winners, 18 times winners of the First Divison/Premier League, in the following years: 1907-8, 1910-11, 1951-1952, 1955-56, 1956-57,1964-65, 1966-67, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
- F A Cup Winners, 11 times FA Cup winners, in the following years: 1909,1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
- League Cup Winners, 1992, 2006, 2009
- Charity Shield Winners, 17 times Charity Shield winners in the following years:1908, 1911,1952,1956, 1957,1965,1967,1977, 1983,1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
- European Cup Winners/UEFA Champions League, 1968, 1999,2008
- FIFA Club World Cup, 2008
- UEFA Supercup, 1991
- European Cup Winners Cup, 1991
- Intercontinental Cup, 1999
The greatest tragedy suffered by any football team was in February 1958, when a plane crash in Munich killed eight of the Manchester United team players and three officials, 12 other people also died. Legend Bobby Charlton was extremely lucky to escape, but the players that died were all young players, coached by, then manager, Matt Busby, and nicknamed the Busby Babes. It is often mentioned that the 'Busby Babe' Manchester United team of this period would have excelled both nationally and internationally.
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