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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     STC Official Integrated Telecommunications Partner of Manchester United for Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecom, the largest telecommunications services provider in the Middle East, and Manchester United Football Club, the European and English Premier League Champions 2007/08, have signed a five year agreement uniting the two number one brands in marketing campaigns and promotional activities in the...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     Kansai Paint Official Paint Partner of Manchester United Kansai Paint was founded in 1918 and has since grown into a global paint and coatings business with exceptional values, ethics and good governance. As a result it is among the top ten coatings companies in the world. Kansai Paint is the largest coatings manufacturer in Japan and Africa, with leading market positions in India, China...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB Official Partner of Manchester United The Hong Kong Jockey Club is not only one of the world's leading horse racing organisations but also a world top 15 charitable organisation and Hong Kong’s largest community contributor. It is also a major taxpayer, Hong Kong's single largest by far, generating over HK$16 billion a year for public funds. The Club pioneers technology...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     Apollo Tyres Official Tyre Partner of Manchester United in UK and India About Apollo Tyres Apollo Tyres Ltd is a high-performance tyre manufacturer headquartered in India. It is built around the core principles of creating stakeholder value through reliability in its products and dependability in its relationships. The company has four manufacturing units in India, four in Southern Africa...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     TM Official Integrated Telecommunications partner of Manchester United in Malaysia TM, Malaysia’s leading integrated telecommunications provider and Manchester United, the most successful premier league club have signed a five year contract linking the two brands in marketing campaigns and promotions throughout Malaysia. TM, as the Official Integrated Telecommunications Partner of Manchester...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS      GLOBACOM Official Integrated Telecommunications Partner of Manchester United for Nigeria, Ghana, Republic of Benin Globacom, Africa's leading integrated telecom operator, and Manchester United, English Premier League Champions 2008/09, have signed a five-year sponsorship contract uniting the two brands in marketing campaigns and promotional activities in the Nigeria, Ghana and Benin...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS      VIVA KUWAIT Official Integrated Telecommunications partner of Manchester United in Kuwait Kuwait Telecommunications Company VIVA, the newest and most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider in Kuwait, has signed an official five season sponsorship agreement with Manchester United Football Club, the most successful football club in the history of English football. VIVA Kuwait...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     AIRTEL Official Telecommunications Partner of Manchester United in India/Sri Lanka/Seychelles/Bangladesh. Airtel comes to you from Bharti Airtel Limited, India's largest integrated and the first private telecom services provider with a footprint in all the 23 telecom circles. Bharti Airtel since its inception has been at the forefront of technology and has steered the course of the telecom...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     A.P. HONDA Official Motorcycle Partner of Manchester United in Thailand A.P. Honda Co., Ltd was established on March 1st 1986, through a joint deal between Honda Motor Co., Ltd and P. Thailand Company. The company is dedicated to supplying its customers with the highest quality products at affordable prices through a strong dealer network of over 900 stores, utilising the Honda brand in...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     AIRTEL Africa Official Telecoms Partner in Burkina Faso, Chad, DR Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Congo Brazzaville Airtel Africa is owned by Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading global telecommunications company with operations across Asia and Africa. The company currently has over 205 million customers in total – with over 42 million in its African operations...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     ZONG Official Telecommunications partner of Manchester United in Pakistan Zong is the fastest growing telecommunications brand in Pakistan and it is owned by China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak), the first international subsidiary of China Mobile Company. China Mobile has the worlds largest mobile network and customer base and it was ranked 16th in Financial Times' Global 500 (2011). Zong is focused...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     Bakcell Official Telecommunications and Broadcast Partner of Manchester United for Azerbaijan Bakcell, the first mobile operator and the leading mobile internet provider of Azerbaijan offers a variety of products for modern mobile communications customers. Bakcell provides class leading 3G mobile internet experience in the country under the Sür@ brand name. As one of the largest national...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS     GLOBUL Official Telecommunications partner of Manchester United in Bulgaria GLOBUL is the trademark under which Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile EAD offers mobile telecommunications services in Bulgaria. The company is 100% owned by COSMOTE (member of OTE Group), the operator with the strongest presence in Southeast Europe. As of the end of September, 2011, GLOBUL has about 4.2 million subscribers,...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS MAMEE Official Noodles Partner Of Manchester United for Asia, Oceania and Middle East Mamee Noodles is one of Malaysia’s leading brands of instant noodles. For over 40 years, they have provided convenient, tasty and nutritious noodles for Malaysians and people from all around the world. Consumers are hooked on its firm, springy noodles and rich Asian flavours. Now, it brings a new flavour of excitement to its...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS gloops Official Social Gaming Partner of Manchester United in Japan gloops, Inc. was established in 2005 as six person advertising agency in Tokyo. By 2007, the company expanded its reach by launching “nendo,” a cutting-edge Japanese Social Networking Service (SNS). Further realising the value and unlimited potential of communication through entertainment, gloops in 2009 began publishing social games for mobile...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS Kagome Official Partner of Manchester United for Japan Kagome is a Pioneer and Leader in Japan’s Tomato Business Steeped in history, Kagome has been growing, cultivating and processing tomatoes for more than 110 years. Not only did it pioneer tomato processing in Japan, today it is the country’s undisputed industry leader in this sector. Since Kagome’s founder, Ichitaro Kanie grew his first tomatoes back in...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS TrueVisions Official MUTV Broadcaster for Thailand TrueVisions TrueVisions Group is a subsidiary of True Corporation Public Company Limited, Thailand's largest cable television provider digitally broadcasting via a fibre optic network and satellite dishes. The company is committed to offering top programmes from across the globe through its 153 programme channels. Programmes packed with knowledge, updated news, sports...

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OFFICIAL SPONSORS TrueMove H Official Mobile Partner of Manchester United for Thailand TrueMove H TrueMove H is the mobile business arm of True Corporation Plc, Thailand’s only fully-integrated communications group and leader in convergence. As the industry’s pioneering mobile service provider TrueMove H offers wireless broadband services utilizing 3G HSPA+ technology on both 850 MHz and 2100 MHz on the largest 3G+ network in the...

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PREMIER LEAGUE / LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

  PREMIER LEAGUE / LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Manchester United have won a record 20 English league titles - two more than closest rivals Liverpool, who were last crowned champions way back in 1990. The Reds' total comprises 13 Premier League titles (since 1992) and seven First Division Championships (pre-1992). The club's first League Championship was secured in 1908, six years after the name of Newton Heath - league entrants...

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FA Cup

  FA Cup Following 2004's victory over Millwall, United has a record eleven FA Cups to its name and has appeared in the final on seventeen occasions. United are also the only club to appear in an FA Cup final in every decade since the war. The club first competed in the FA Cup in 1890 as Newton Heath, but were beaten 6-1 by the then League Champions Preston North End. In fact the club had to wait until 1902, when it changed...

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FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP

  FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP Football League Cup Football League Cup The Carling Cup or Football League Cup (also previously known as the Worthington Cup, Milk Cup, Coca-Cola Cup and Rumbelows Cup) was first played in 1961. Manchester United have won it four times; the Reds overcame Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the 1992 final, beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 in 2006, vanquished Tottenham on penalties in 2009 and came from behind to defeat...

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FA CHARITY / COMMUNITY SHIELD

  FA CHARITY / COMMUNITY SHIELD From its humble beginnings in 1908, when it was known as the Sheriff of London Shield, to its place today as the annual curtain raiser to the English football season, the FA Community Shield (until recent years known as the FA Charity Shield) has long been an important part of the football calendar. The Shield was initially introduced as a professionals v amateurs charity match with the first...

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EUROPEAN CUP / UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

EUROPEAN CUP / UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The Champions League is the ultimate club prize in European football. United have won the trophy three times, in 1968, 1999 and 2008. Real Madrid have the record number of wins, with nine European Cups to their name.United first played in the European Cup in 1957. The decision did not go down well with the Football League due to the fear that it...

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FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP

  FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Club World Cup United became the first British club to win the FIFA Club World Cup when the Reds beat LDU Quito in Yokohama, Japan on 21 December 2008. Wayne Rooney scored the only goal.The 1-0 win over LDU Quito in the final was the second of two matches United played in the tournament - Sir Alex Ferguson's men also won a semi-final a few days earlier against Gamba Osaka, beating...

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UEFA SUPER CUP

UEFA SUPER CUP UEFA Super Cup UEFA Super Cup The European Super Cup was the brainchild of reporter Anton Witkamp. After a period of supreme Dutch dominance (either Ajax or Feyenoord had won the European Cup final for the last four years), Witkamp had the idea of pitting the winner of the 1972 European Cup against the winner of the same year's Cup Winners' Cup. The first Super Cup was played between Ajax and Rangers in January...

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EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP

  EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP European Cup Winners' Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Sir Alex Ferguson guided United to success in the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1990/91 – thirty years after the competition was inaugurated by UEFA. It was the Reds’ first triumph in the Cup but Sir Alex’s second, having previously won it with Aberdeen in 1983, courtesy of a shock 2-1 win over Real Madrid. United made their debut in the competition...

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History of Manchester United

2010- Despite a solid start to the campaign, United’s 2009/10 contained a sting in the tail as Chelsea’s late surge for the line curtailed the Reds’ chances of winning a fourth successive title by a single point in a race which ran until the final day of the season. There was some solace to be found in the retention of the Carling Cup, achieved at Aston Villa’s expense and secured by a late winner from Wayne Rooney, whose individual excellence was rewarded with both the PFA Player’s Player of the Year and Football Writers’ Player of...

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History of Manchester United

2000-2009 United started the new decade, century and millennium in typical pioneering fashion. They entered a brand new competition – the FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil – but at the expense of their participation in the FA Cup, of which they were the holders. The January jaunt to South America didn't result in any silverware but it gave the Reds valuable relaxation time in the sun. Rejuvenated by this, they raced ahead of their rivals in the title race when they returned to England. They achieved their sixth Premiership title...

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History of Manchester United

1990-1999 The dawn of the 1990's saw Alex Ferguson collecting his first silverware as Manchester United manager, and Liverpool winning their last League Championship with an ageing team. The tide was turning… Fergie's first FA Cup, achieved after a replay against Crystal Palace, seemed at the time to be a stand-alone success, one that possibly saved his job after another poor season in the League. But nine years later, it seemed that Lee Martin's winning goal against Palace lit the fuse for an explosion of unprecedented success. First...

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History of Manchester United

1980-1989 United made a poor start to the 1980's. Following an early FA Cup exit to Spurs and a First Division hammering at Ipswich, however, Dave Sexton and his team recovered to win eight of their last ten league games, and finish just two points behind Liverpool in the title race. United produced another blistering finish at the end of the following season, 1980/81, when they won their last seven league games in a row. This time, however, they could only finish eighth in the table – a position which the club's board could not tolerate....

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History of Manchester United

1970-1979 With memories of the European Cup triumph beginning to fade, Manchester United's attentions turned to their managerial vacancy. Sir Matt Busby had led the club to the promised land but had now retired, leaving the board with a problem. Their first solution was to appoint from within, by promoting one of Busby's coaches and former players Wilf McGuinness to the senior position. A combination of ageing players and the lack of overall control in team affairs meant that McGuinness struggled with Sir Matt looking over his shoulder....

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History of Manchester United

1960-1969 After building one of the greatest teams seen in England, Matt Busby had to start all over again at the start of the 1960's. The Munich air disaster had robbed him, and football, of some of the era's greatest players. But once the great manager had recovered from his own injuries, he set about building another side to take the world by storm. Dennis Viollet was one of the leading names within this team. In 1959/60, the Munich survivor broke Jack Rowley's club record by scoring 32 goals in one league season. The team in total...

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History of Manchester United

1950-1959 The 1950's dawned with the break-up of Matt Busby’s first successful United side - the 1948 FA Cup-winning team. Dressing room dissent led to Johnny Morris departing for Derby and Charlie Mitten exporting his wing wizardry to Colombia. Fans worried by the duo's departure were soon placated. The great Scot’s plan was to promote the youngsters he’d been recruiting and grooming in the late 1940’s. Jackie Blanchflower and Roger Byrne were the first to emerge and be labelled ‘Babes’ by the newspapers; in their debut season 1951/52,...

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History of Manchester United

1940-1949 The outbreak of the Second World War forced football to the very back of people's minds between 1939 and 1946. But even in the absence of League football, Old Trafford was still the focus of attention. On 11 March 1941 the stadium was bombed during a German air raid. The attack destroyed the main stand, dressing rooms and offices. It was a devastating blow, but within a few years, there would be optimism again around the famous old ground. It came with a man named Matt Busby, who would prove to be the most important figure...

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History of Manchester United

1930-1939 The decline that had started in the 1920's continued at the outset of the 1930's. United finished 17th in 1929/30, to fill their fans with dread. Their fears were realised in the next season, when United made the worst start in their history by losing their first twelve league matches in a row. The dozen defeats included back-to-back thrashings at Old Trafford, 6-0 by Huddersfield Town and then 7-4 by Newcastle United. United eventually lost 27 of their 42 league matches in 1930/31, conceding 115 goals. Their relegation led to...

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History of Manchester United

History by Decade 1920-1929 Manchester United returned to League football on 30 August 1919, following a four-year gap caused by the First World War. The team for that first match back against Derby County included many new faces - in fact only two of the men on duty had played in United's previous league game at the end of the 1914/15 season. Billy Meredith was still at Old Trafford, but reaching the end of his illustrious...

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History of Manchester United

1910-1919 The words Old Trafford entered football folklore for the first time during the 1909/10 season. The land on which the stadium was built was bought by the Manchester Brewery Company (John Henry Davies) and leased to the club. Davies himself paid for the building work, which commenced in 1908 under the supervision of architect Archibald Leitch. By 1910, the club had moved lock, stock and barrel from their old home of Bank Street. United's first fixture at Old Trafford was played on 19 February 1910. The new hosts lost 4-3 to their...

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History of Manchester United

1878-1909 Manchester United Football Club was first formed in 1878, albeit under a different name - Newton Heath LYR (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway). Little suspecting the impact they were about to have on the national, even global game, the workers in the railway yard at Newton Heath indulged their passion for association football with games against other departments of the LYR or other railway companies. Indeed, when the Football League was formed in 1888, Newton Heath did not consider themselves good enough to become founder...

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Juan Mata

8. Juan Mata Birthdate: 28 Apr 1988 Birthplace: Burgos, Spain Position: Attacking midfielder Appearances 2 Goals Scored 0 Joined United: 25 Jan 2014 United Debut: 28 Jan 2014 v Cardiff City (H) International: Spain   Juan Mata exudes class, intelligence and panache - and not just with a ball at his feet. When the Spaniard travelled to the Aon Training Complex on 25 January 2014 to complete his transfer from Chelsea,...

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