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]
Bolton Wanderers Football Club (pronounced /ˈboʊltən ˈwɒndərəz/ in British English) is an English professional football club based in the town of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.[3] They have been in the Premier League since 2001.
Founder members of the Football League, Bolton were a successful cup side in the 1920s, winning the FA Cup three times. The club won the cup a fourth time in 1958 thanks to two Nat Lofthouse1987 when the club spent a season in the Fourth Division. The club regained top-flight status in 1995 after a 15 year absence; their current spell in the top division started in 2001. In 2005–06 they participated in European competition for the first time, reaching the last 32 of the UEFA Cup. Bolton qualified for the 2007–08 tournament by finishing 7th in the 2006–07 Premier League season and this time they managed to reach the last 16 of the competition. Bolton Wanderers moved to the Reebok Stadium in 1997. Their former home was Burnden Park, where they played for 102 years until relocating to the Reebok Stadium. goals. A leaner spell followed, reaching a nadir in
Bolton have spent the highest number of seasons in the top flight without winning the title (the 2009–10 season was their 71st in the top flight).[4]Football League First Division The highest position they've ever earned in the top flight is 3rd in the on three occasions (1891–92, 1920–21 and 1924–25).
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