MANCHESTER UNITED VS MANCHESTER CITY FANS

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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Wayne Rooney Out For Four Weeks With Thigh Injury

Wayne Rooney faces four weeks on the sidelines after suffering a gash on his right leg during Manchester United's 3-2 win over Fulham on Saturday. 

He was injured when blocking a free-kick and Fulham's Hugo Rodallega landed on the England international's thigh. He was injured when blocking a free-kick and Fulham's Hugo Rodallega landed on the England international's thigh. Rooney, who spent the night in hospital before being released on Sunday, will miss two World Cup qualifiers.
"Wayne Rooney's been whisked off to hospital immediately and it looks a bad one," said manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
"I think he could be out for four weeks with a bad gash."

Rooney had started United's 3-2 win on the substitutes' bench but replaced Shinji Kagawa on 68 minutes, and lasted less than 25 minutes before being forced from the field.
Rooney will miss England's two World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine on 7 and 11 September, as well as three league games including the away fixture at Liverpool on 23 September. Without his 26-year-old forward, Ferguson will have to rely more heavily on recent acquisition Robin van Persie. The Dutchman scored his first goal for his new club on his home debut in the hard-fought win, and his new manager was full of praise after the final whistle.

"It was a fantastic strike [from Van Persie], no hesitation. A magnificent hit that set the place alight," added Ferguson.

"This was his first game at Old Trafford and he'll come on from that."  Van Persie, 29, said his goal, which equalised Damien Duff's early opener for Fulham, was a perfect introduction to life at Old Trafford. "The ball came and I wasn't really thinking about what to do. I had only one thing on my mind and it went in the far corner, exactly what I wanted," he admitted.

"I liked it out there. It's a big stadium, a great stadium with great fans. They have been very nice to me today, and I do appreciate it.

"It's a massive club and I'm just happy to be here. It's a new challenge which I'm looking forward to and I'm glad we got three points."

For Fulham manager Martin Jol, whose sides have never beaten Manchester United in nine games of trying, the first-half performance from his team undermined the Cottagers' later attempts to get back into the game.
"We didn't play well in the first half and didn't deserve anything," he confessed.

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