- They are the most successful football club in English football with 20 league titles, two more than next best Liverpool.
- Club legend Ryan Giggs holds the record for most appearances for the club with 963.
- The last time Manchester United played outside the top division was in the 1975/76 season.
- During Alex Ferguson’s time as manager of the club, they never finished lower than third in the Premier League.
- In 1999 Manchester United became the first English team to win the treble of the League, FA Cup and Champions League.
- Manchester United’s famous five youth academy players David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes, made 3038 games for the club between them.
- Louis Van Gaal became the club’s first non-British manager in their history when he was appointed in 2014.
- In 1956 Manchester United won the league title with a team that had an average age of just 22, they were known as the Busby babes.
- Their 9-0 thrashing of Ipswich Town in 1995 is still the biggest winning margin in Premier League history.
- Angel Di Maria is the clubs record transfer costing a reported £50 million in 2014, but was sold after just one season.
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