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. Manchester United has won
many trophies in English football, including a record 19 league titles, a
record 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 19 FA Community Shields. The
club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA
Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99,
the club won a Treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions
League, an unprecedented feat for an English club. Manchester United is one of
the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in the world.As of July
2012, the club is number one in Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's
50 most valuable sports teams, valued at $2.23 billion. Manchester United
defeated Aston Villa 2–1 at Wembley to retain the League Cup, its first
successful defence of a knockout cup competition.
After finishing as runner-up to Chelsea in the 2009–10
season, United achieved a record 19th league title in 2010–11, securing the
championship with a 1–1 away draw against Blackburn Rovers on 14 May 2011.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in
Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick
Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The
club has played at the City of Manchester Stadium since 2003, having played at
Maine Road from 1923. The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s
and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, FA Cup, League Cup and
European Cup Winners' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm
Allison.
After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final, the club went
through a period of decline, culminating in relegation to the third tier of
English football for the only time in their history in 1998. Having regained
Premier League status, the club was purchased in 2008 by Abu Dhabi United Group
and became one of the wealthiest in the world. In 2011, Manchester City
qualified for the Champions League and won the FA Cup. In 2012, the club won
the Premier League, their first league title for forty-four years.
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