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The Manchester United team at the start of the 1905–06 season, in which they were runners-up in the Second Division. Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that competes in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its ...
As of the 2022–23 season, the club holds the records for the most clean sheets in a single Premier League season with 25 in 2004–05. Chelsea have been English football champions six times. [5] Chelsea played their inaugural league fixture as part of the Football League Second Division on 2 September 1905 against Stockport County. [6]
Federer and Nadal have combined to win 8 consecutive Wimbledon (2003–10) and 10 consecutive French Open (2005–14). Federer and Nadal won the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open triple for 4 consecutive years (2005–08). One of only four pairs to have faced each other in a Major, having both already completed the career Grand Slam.
Djokovic leads 7–4 in hardcourt Grand Slam matches with Federer winning the 2007 US Open final and Djokovic winning the 2015 US Open final. They met in four straight US Open semifinals from 2008 to 2011, which is a record and in four other semifinals at the Australian Open , in 2008, 2011, 2016, and 2020.
On the other hand, Nadal is the only player to defeat Djokovic in two hard court slam finals (US Open 2010 and 2013), and is also the only player to bagel Djokovic twice, at the 2019 Italian Open and 2020 French Open, both in finals. Nadal is also the only player to defeat Djokovic multiple times in multiple slam finals, in 3 French Open finals ...
The last time Chelsea had played Manchester United in an FA Cup Final was in 1994, when Manchester United ran out 4–0 winners after a goalless first half. Ryan Giggs was the only player in the 2007 FA Cup Final who played back in 1994. Chelsea's assistant coach Steve Clarke played on that day for the Blues in 1994. [6]
Manchester United's record signing is Paul Pogba, who signed for the club from Juventus for a world record fee of £89.3 million in August 2016. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] The signing of Anthony Martial for £36 million in 2015 set a world record for the transfer of a teenager, [ 38 ] and the £80 million paid for Harry Maguire in 2019 was a world record ...
However, for the next 96 years, Chelsea would only manage one single league title, which came in 1955, whereas Liverpool (who were already two-time champions) would go on to win the First Division title sixteen more times, cementing the Reds' status as one of the biggest clubs in England, along with major rivals Manchester United, whereas ...