Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.

In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup, ten years after the Munich air disaster that claimed the lives of eight players. Alex Ferguson is the most successful manager in the club's history, having won 26 major honours since he took over in November 1986.[3]

The club is unique in having won a Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions LeagueTreble, in the 1998–99 season. Having won a joint-record 18 league titles, four League Cups and a record 11 FA Cups,[4] Manchester United is the joint most successful club in the history of English football.

Manchester United is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in the world.[5][6][7][8] The club is said to be worth £1.19 billion, making it the most valuable football club in the world.[9] After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £800 million.[10]



Scunthorpe United Football Club is an Englishassociation football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire.

Nicknamed "The Iron", they play in the Football League Championship and are presently the highest-placed league club located in Lincolnshire. The Club have undergone a major transition over the last 5 years; after nearly being relegated in 2003/04, the club has since had three promotions, one relegation, a Johnstones Paint Trophy final appearance in 2009 along with numerous records broken, eg highest transfer fees paid and received, highest capacity in their current ground, longest period without defeat (19 games).

Scunthorpe is building a reputation for having an eye for a good striker. Over the past five years, several players have been bought for under £100,000 and sold for millions: Andy Keogh, Billy Sharp, Martin Paterson, Jermaine Beckford (loan) and Gary Hooper. This year they bought Chris Dagnall and Bobby Grant from Rochdale F.C. and Accrington Stanley respectively and many Iron fans are waiting to see who their future star will be along side Jonathan Forte who signed as part of the deal that took Billy Sharp to Sheffield United in 2007.


Watch match Manchester United F.C. vs Scunthorpe United F.C. online live stram 22-9-2010
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