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Manchester United made their first six-figure signing in August 1962 with the transfer of Denis Law from Torino for £110,000, [citation needed] a new British record. [49] The club broke the British transfer record again in 1981 with the £1.5 million signing of Bryan Robson from West Bromwich Albion. [50]
Bergkamp's shot was saved by Peter Schmeichel, taking the game to extra time, [6] [7] where Patrick Vieira gave the ball away to Ryan Giggs who scored a sensational solo goal, dribbling past five Arsenal players to give United a 2–1 lead and send them through to the 1999 FA Cup final. [8]
Ryan Giggs is Manchester United's most-capped player of all time, making 963 appearances in 23 years for the club. [1] He later served as caretaker manager for the club in 2014. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester.
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.A skillful dribbler, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time, [2] along with being considered one of the most talented to play.
The only other team to have scored nine times in a match are Tottenham Hotspur, in their 9–1 victory over Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane on 22 November 2009. This game boasts the record of total number of goals scored in one half of Premier League football (nine), and by one team in one half of Premier League football (eight, by Tottenham).
The following season, Manchester United became the first British club to win the FIFA Club World Cup, before becoming the first English club to claim three consecutive league titles twice. In 2010–11, Manchester United won their 19th top division title, passing Liverpool's previous record of 18, before winning a 20th title in 2012–13.
Their two defeats came in the final three games of a campaign interrupted by Covid-19 in away games against FC Porto, when Amorim's team lost 2-0, and Benfica, when they were beaten 2-1 by a goal ...
Leighton conceded 35 league goals and kept 14 clean sheets, while he conceded more than two goals only once in all competitions. In 1989–90 United finished two places lower in the league in 13th. Leighton played when United were defeated 5–1 in the league by newly promoted neighbours Manchester City , and conceded three goals in 1990 FA Cup ...