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Rejuvenated by this, United raced ahead of the rivals in the title race on return to England, after they had failed to capitalise at the start of the year. Sir Alex's men achieved their sixth Premiership title early, in April, and still without a convincing replacement for Peter Schmeichel. Liverpool had been the last team to do it, in , and , but this was under the supervision of two different managers - Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan.

Sir Alex had been at the helm for all three of United's back-to-back titles, and was the first manager in English football to achieve the hat-trick. On the back of this latest trophy, he announced his impending retirement, only to thankfully change his mind and decide to stay. Ferguson's major signing in the summer of was Rio Ferdinand , one of England's best performers at the World Cup finals in Japan and Korea. David Beckham left his longtime home by signing for Real Madrid but his career as a Red ended on a high, scoring a trademark free-kick against Everton in his final game.

A year later, United were back in Wales to face Arsenal for the trophy. Chelsea had taken the Premiership and League Cup, and it was the Gunners who triumphed on penalties despite a dominant display from United - for whom Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo were outstanding. The following season brought maiden silverware for the pair as the Reds beat Wigan Athletic in the League Cup final.

For Sir Alex and his players, the main aim remained Premier League glory, which was duly snared the following season as United notched a 16th League title, finishing six points clear of reigning champions Chelsea. While the whole squad performed admirably to snatch the title back from Stamford Bridge, the man who took most of the plaudits was Ronaldo, who collected 13 personal honours during the campaign - including the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year award.

Ronaldo played a major part - scoring 42 goals - as the Reds saw off the challenge of Chelsea in the two biggest competitions going. Strengthened by the summer signings of Owen Hargreaves , Carlos Tevez , Anderson and Nani , United recovered from a slow start to the season to head the table for almost the entire campaign. Despite a late charge from Chelsea, a final-day victory at Wigan in which Ryan Giggs scored the clinching goal on the day he equalled the club's all-time appearances record secured a 17th league title for United.

Ten days later, in Moscow, the Reds and Blues duked it out for silverware again as two English clubs met in the final of the Champions League or European Cup for the first time. Ronaldo's opener was cancelled out by Frank Lampard and, after tense minutes, the match went to penalties. Ronaldo's miss gave John Terry the chance to take the trophy, but the Chelsea skipper slipped and smacked his effort against a post.

Reprieved, United went on to win the shootout when Edwin van der Sar saved Nicolas Anelka's effort, ensuring that Europe's biggest competition had been won by the men from Manchester for a third time.

Well, Sir Alex's men did their very best and only defeat at the very last hurdle - against Barcelona in the Champions League final - prevented the Reds from a historic trophy haul. Despite ultimate disappointment in Europe, United dominated almost every other competition. But what sort of effect would a gruelling mid-season trip to the Far East have on the Reds' domestic aspirations? As it turned out, it only made United stronger: Sir Alex's men reeled in Liverpool seven points clear when the Reds returned from Japan before going on to win a record-equalling 18th League title.

On that occasion, goalkeeper Ben Foster was the penalty shootout hero after the scores remained level after minutes.

The Reds ended the decade having lifted a remarkable 14 trophies. Though largely unknown, the duo quickly gelled with the squad and, despite a season of largely unconvincing away form, United reclaimed the title for a record 19th domestic rule. From the goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar — in his last season at the club — through to the ageless influence of Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes , up to a revitalised Rooney, all hands were at the pump as Chelsea were dethroned.

A remarkable home record was the cornerstone of the success but, in Europe, it was miserly away form that helped propel the Reds into another Champions League final against Barcelona, this time at Wembley. For the second time in three years, Lionel Messi and co were ultimately too strong for United on the night, but it was that record 19th league title that made it another season to remember at Old Trafford. Despite a breathtaking start to the campaign, the Reds were rocked by a spate of injuries and a thumping home defeat to City, who had emerged as the only genuine challengers for the title.

However, a quickfire run of poor results allowed City to retake the lead on the home straight, and they secured their first title in 44 years in heartbreaking fashion, scoring twice in injury-time on the final day of the season to beat Queens Park Rangers and top the table on goal difference. Sir Alex's prophecy proved right less than 12 months later when his squad, fired by the aforementioned bitter disappointment and bolstered by the signings of Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa , romped to a record 20th league title.

The triumph was sealed early on 22 April , with top scorer van Persie appropriately netting a hat-trick in a glorious home victory over Aston Villa. His retirement was announced on 8 May and his selection as successor was named the very next day.

David Moyes arrived from Everton, tasked with following in the footsteps of British football's most successful manager. It proved to be too tall an order for the Scot, despite his impressive if trophy-less track record at Goodison Park.

On the same day, 22 April , the Reds' longest serving and most-decorated player Ryan Giggs was placed in temporary charge until the end of the season. Louis van Gaal 's appointment as the permanent new manager - and the club's first boss from outside the UK and Ireland - was announced on 19 May and he started work in July after guiding his native Netherlands to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Brazil.

Giggs, who had retired in May at the end of a long and glorious one-club playing career, was retained by van Gaal in the role of assistant manager. With no European fixtures to play, van Gaal's debut season was a purely domestic affair. In the Barclays Premier League, the first objective was achieved as the Reds finished the campaign in the top four and therefore qualified for a return to the Champions League. Further reinforcements for van Gaal's squad came in the summer transfer window of , with the most exciting of the lot arriving in the shape of Anthony Martial , the young French forward from Monaco.

But perhaps the most important deal was the new one signed by first-choice keeper David De Gea , who had been pursued by Real Madrid for months prior to his move falling through at the eleventh hour on deadline day. Luke Shaw's leg fracture was the most serious of these, ruling him out for the rest of the season from September. A descent into the Europa League led to elimination by Liverpool over two legs in the last round.

An early exit in the League Cup, at home to Middlesbrough on penalties, was more than compensated for by a stirring run in the FA Cup as van Gaal's men brought the trophy back to Old Trafford for a record-equalling 12th time overall and the first time since But with United's sometimes patchy league form not good enough to secure a top-four position and a place in the Champions League, media speculation about the manager's future was rife.

Forty-eight hours after his team won the cup final at Wembley, van Gaal and the club parted company - his tenure was over, two years into a three-year contract. Intense speculation that Jose Mourinho would be appointed as United's new manager proved to be accurate on Friday 27 May when the club announced his arrival in a statement on ManUtd. Mourinho himself said: "To become Manchester United manager is a special honour in the game. It is a club known and admired throughout the world.

There is a mystique and a romance about it which no other club can match. Mourinho also secured the services of midfielder Nemanja Matic from his former club Chelsea and brought in Sweden centre-back Victor Lindelof from Benfica.

The Reds recovered well from the disappointment, winning six of the first seven league games. We bowed out of the Champions League by losing in the last 16 to Sevilla but we finished the season with the 20th FA Cup final appearance in our history, only for Chelsea to win at Wembley and thwart Mourinho's bid for another trophy with United. However, the promising start could not be maintained and in December, with the team placed sixth in the Premier League table, the club decided to part company with Mourinho.

The Portuguese coach was replaced by former Reds striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer , who was appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the campaign. Skip to Main Navigation Skip to content.

History by Decade. Manchester United: The story so far. The club appointed Alex Ferguson as manager in the year 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 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 The team continued the fabulous upswing by beating Palmeiras to become the club world champions. Man United line up in CL final v. Bayern Munich United won three consecutive league titles during the period Between and , 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. The only reason Ronaldo is not higher on the list is because of the way he left United. Other than that, he is the best player to ever put on the Manchester United jersey and arguably one of the all-time great talents in world football. From Ronaldo made appearances for the Red Devils, scoring an impressive goals. The former England international scored goals for United, a club record. Charlton was usually featured as an attacking midfielder for the Red Devils and is infamous for his tantalizing long-range shots.

As fans of football, we were spoiled by Sir Bobby Charlton's excellence on the pitch and to think that his career and life could have ended in his second season is mind numbing. Charlton was one of 21 who survived the Munich air disaster of , and thankfully so.

Best's amazing career with United earned him global recognition. His goals rank fourth on the Red Devils all-time list of goals scored. Had Best not suffered from alcoholism, he could have been even better. Best passed away at 59 years old on 25 November after health complications caused by alcoholism. Let's all take a moment to remember George Best and what he did for the game of football.

Mourinho has managed at the top level of European football since and, in that time, he has won 25 trophies in four countries including two Champions League titles, three Premier League titles, two Serie A titles, one Europa League title, one La Liga title and two Portuguese league titles. Between and , he did not go a single calendar year without winning at least one trophy and in his first season at Manchester United, won three trophies.

Our Old Trafford stadium, commonly known as "The Theatre of Dreams," was originally opened on February 19, with a capacity of approximately 80, During the Second World War, Old Trafford was used by the military as a depot, and on March 11, was heavily damaged by a German bombing raid.

The stadium was rebuilt following the war and reopened on August 24, The addition of floodlighting, permitting evening matches, was completed in and a project to cover the stands with roofs was completed in