Manchester United player Javier Hernandez was born. Today: 38 years old. He has 157 appearances and 59 goals for the club
Manchester United player Johnny Berry was born. He has 276 appearances and 45 goals for the club
never played again after the Minuch disaster in 1958. He had to retire becuase of the injuries he got from the crash. Fractured Skull, a broken jaw, a broken elbow, A broken pelvis and a broken leg between his injuries
Joe Riley left the club to Bradford
Edwin van der Sar was signed from Fulham
John Curtis left the club to Blackburn Rovers
Neal Whitworth was signed from Wigan Athletic
Jim Leighton was signed from Aberdeen
Jack Warner was signed from Swansea
players, managers, commentators quotes
"Pelé called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life."
George Best
"I never wanted Manchester United to be second to anybody. Only the best would be good enough."
Sir Matt Busby
"Winning the Ballon d'Or never bothered me. I just wanted to play for Manchester United."
Paul Scholes
"when the seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Eric Cantona
“When I arrived down here I went to see Jimmy Murphy. Both Matt and Jimmy were at stages in their careers where they had time to offer me advice. Jimmy was still scouting for the club and I went and had lunch with him and he expressed this great desire to see youth coming back into the club. He was a very emotional man, a great servant to the club, and I would have liked to have listened to him more over the years”
Sir Alex Ferguson
"Mountains are there to be climbed, are'nt they?" After coming back against PSG In the Champions league
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
"I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."
George Best
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
George Best
"Manchester United Will Never Die" 1958 after the aircrash at Munich
Jimmy Murphy
"Football, Bloody Hell" After winning the champions league against Bayern Munich
Sir Alex Ferguson
"The Premier club in the Premier League - that is Manchester United!"
Martin Tyler
"You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team."
Eric Cantona
"If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both."
George Best
“I've never played for a draw in my life.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
"There is no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster."
Michael Owen
"Here there are no heroes. It is about the team"
Javier Chicharito Hernandez
"My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*cking perch. And you can print that."
Sir Alex Ferguson
“you learn more from defeats than you do from victories”
Sir Alex Ferguson
“We spoke to him, but his reply was short and simple: ‘If you want me to play for you, you would have to buy this club.’ Scholes on moving to Inter Milan
Paul Scholes
"Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world."
Eric Cantona
"You can change your your wife, your politics, your religion. But you can't change your favorite football team"
Eric Cantona
"This is Manchester United football club, this is the theatre of dreams."
Sir Bobby Charlton
"99% of footballers want to play for Manchester United. The rest are liars."
Gordon McQueen
"Name On The Trophy!" Commentating the final of 99
Clive Tyldesley
"When I used to hear Muhammed Ali proclaim to the world he was the greatest I used to smile. You see, the greatest of them all was an English footballer named Duncan Edwards"
Jimmy Murphy