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The 1986–87 season was Manchester United's 85th season in the Football League, and their 12th consecutive season in the top division of English football. [1]The pressure on manager Ron Atkinson after last season's failed title challenge remained strong after United lost their opening three games of the season, and despite some decent results in the following few weeks, United bowed out of ...
Manchester United was floated on the stock market in 1991, [20] and they received yet another takeover bid in 1998, this time from Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB. [21] The Manchester United board accepted a £623 million offer, [22] but the takeover was blocked by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission at the final hurdle in April 1999. [23]
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. They compete in the Premier League , the top tier of English football .
The 1987–88 season was Manchester United's 86th season in the Football League, and their 13th consecutive season in the top division of English football. [1]The season was a relative success, with the club finishing second in the league, but they did not play in the UEFA Cup the following season due to the ban on English clubs in Europe after the Heysel Stadium disaster.
The first player for whom Manchester United, then Newton Heath, received a fee was William Bryant, who moved to Blackburn Rovers for just £50 in April 1900. That same month, Manchester City paid five times more for Scottish forward Joe Cassidy. The club's first £1,000 sale came 12 years later with the sale of Harold Halse to Aston Villa.
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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. In 2016–17, Manchester United won their first UEFA Europa League trophy, making them only the fifth club to win the three main European club competitions. [6]
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