Red Army

• Nike – Official Sportswear Partner
• Budweiser – Official Beer
• Betfred – Official Betting Partner
• Hublot – Official Timekeeper
• Key 103 – Official Radio Station

Similarly, the club has only had four independent kit manufacturers, the first being local sportswear company Umbro. Admiral took over in 1975, and became the first company to place their logo on a Manchester United shirt in 1976. Adidas followed in 1980, before Umbro started a second spell as the club's kit manufacturers in 1992 Umbro's sponsorship lasted for a further ten years, before the club struck a record-breaking £302.9 million deal with Nike. The agreement with Nike will last an initial 13 years, running until at least 2015.

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Most appearances

#	Name	Career	Appearances	Goals	Goals/Game Ratio
1	Bobby Charlton	1956 – 1973	758	249	0.328
2	Denis Law	1962 – 1973	404	237	0.587
3	Jack Rowley	1937 – 1955	424	211	0.498
4=	Dennis Viollet	1953 – 1962	293	179	0.611
4=	George Best	1963 – 1974	470	179	0.381
6	Joe Spence	1919 – 1933	510	168	0.329
7	Mark Hughes	1983 – 1986 1988 – 1995	467	163	0.349
8	Ruud van Nistelrooy	2001 – 2006	219	150	0.685
9	Stan Pearson	1937 – 1954	343	148	0.431
10	Ryan Giggs	1991 – present	783	146	0.187

 

 

Old Trafford is an all-seater football stadium in the Trafford borough of Greater Manchester, England. With space for 76,212 spectators, Old Trafford has the second-largest capacity of any English football stadium after Wembley Stadium and is the only facility in the country to have been given a five-star rating by UEFA. The stadium is approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the adjacent Manchester Metrolink tram station.

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Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide– almost 5% of the world's population. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the exception of the 1974–75 season. Average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964–65. Manchester United are the reigning English, European, and World Champions having won the 2007–08 Premier League, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. The club is the second most successful in the history of English football and by far the most successful of recent times, having won 20 major honours since the start of Alex Ferguson's reign as manager in November 1986. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4–1. They won a second European Cup as part of an unprecedented Treble in 1999, before winning their third in 2008, 40 years almost to the day after their first. The club also holds the record for the most FA Cup titles with 11 

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