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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 ...
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 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.
Champions Liverpool beat Newcastle United 2–0, and Arsenal beat Manchester United 1–0. [2] Colin Clarke scores a hat-trick for Southampton on his debut in a 5–1 home win over QPR. [3] 25 August 1986 – Manchester United lose 3–2 at home to West Ham, with Frank McAvennie scoring twice for the visitors. [4]
In the 2012–13 season, Manchester United were knocked out of the League Cup by Chelsea in the fifth round. They were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League at the last 16 stage by Real Madrid 3–2 on aggregate. United were knocked out in the sixth round of the FA Cup by Chelsea. But overall the 2012–13 campaign was a successful one for ...
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup . [ 2 ]
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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]