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In the Manchester United versus Everton match on 29 November 2006, Phil and his brother Gary became the first siblings to captain their respective clubs against each other in the Premier League.
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* 1819 – Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
On June 3, 2009, it was reported that Aon had signed a four year shirt sponsorship deal with English football giant Manchester United.
A member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d ' Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966, he played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts and passing abilities from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot.
Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Charlton made his debut for the Manchester United first-team in 1956, and over the next two seasons gained a regular place in the team, during which time he survived the Munich air disaster of 1958 after being rescued by Harry Gregg.
In 1968, he captained the Manchester United team that won the European Cup, scoring two goals in the final to help his team be the first English side to win the competition.
Charlton held the record for most appearances for Manchester United ( 758 ), but this was surpassed by Ryan Giggs on 21 May 2008 ( the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final ).
In January 2011 Charlton was voted the 4th greatest Manchester United player of all time by the readers of Inside United and ManUtd. com, behind Ryan Giggs ( who topped the poll ), Eric Cantona and George Best.
He set goalscoring records for both the England team and Manchester United, with both records remaining intact some 35 years after the end of his playing career.
On 9 February 1953, Bedlington Grammar School pupil Charlton was spotted playing for East Northumberland schools by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong.
Charlton began to settle back into his footballing life with Manchester United and England and enhanced his reputation as a scorer of great goals as well as a great goalscorer – rarely is a player regarded as both.
Further success with Manchester United came at last when they beat Leicester City 3 – 1 in the FA Cup final of 1963, with Charlton finally earning a winners ' medal in his third final.
A successful ( though trophyless ) season with Manchester United had seen him take the honours of Football Writers ' Association Footballer of the Year and European Footballer Of The Year into the competition.
During the early 1970s, Manchester United were no longer competing among the top teams in England, and at several stages were battling against relegation.
Charlton left Manchester United at the end of the 1972 – 73 season, having scored 249 goals and set a club record of 758 appearances, a record which Ryan Giggs broke in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final.
Courses in chemical engineering offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) in the United States, Owen's College in Manchester, England and University College London suffered under similar circumstances.
Fulham recorded four record attendances in the 2009 – 2010 season, in their 0 – 1 loss to Arsenal and their 3 – 1, 3 – 0 and 2 – 1 victories over Liverpool, Manchester United and Hamburg SV respectively, each of which drew full capacity crowds.
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The matches featured in the film were Division One games against Manchester City on 4 November 1967 ( 1 – 1 draw ) and 18 November 1967 versus Sheffield United ( 1 – 0 win )— the scorer of the winner that day was Alex Young, also known as The Golden Vision or Golden Ghost after whom the film was named.
At the airport he is met by Felix DeSouza ( Robert Carlyle ), a local " Fixer " who has been sent by his boss Leopold Durant ( Ricky Tomlinson ), head of a local criminal organization, in exchange for two football tickets to the sold-out Liverpool versus Manchester United game.
On 23 – 25 July 1849, the Sheffield and Manchester clubs played each other at Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield but the fixture was called " Yorkshire versus Lancashire ".
Yakubu scored his first Premier League goal in his second match, opening a 1-1 draw versus Manchester City on 23 August 2003.
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After the programme finished at 1pm, Speed chatted to various other pundits at the MediaCity studios in Salford before joining former team-mate Alan Shearer to watch the Manchester United versus Newcastle United match at Old Trafford, a short walk from the studios across the Manchester Ship Canal.
In subsequent games, Mourinho deployed Mikel as a starter in a holding role in key games where he impressed greatly, notably in the Chelsea versus Tottenham FA Cup sixth round replay, the Champions League quarter-final games versus Valencia, the Champions League semi-final games versus Liverpool and also the victorious FA Cup Final against Manchester United.
Jerome hit a purple patch as the Blues notched up a club-record fifteen consecutive games unbeaten in the Premier League, scoring crucial goals against Stoke City, Manchester United and two versus Blackburn Rovers.
Weaver was the hero for Manchester City in the 1999 Second Division Play-Off final versus Gillingham after his penalty save clinched promotion, prompting him to go on a ' crazy run ' around the Wembley pitch.
Manchester and Everton
This group is composed of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur.
Lineker scored three hat-tricks for Everton ; at home to Birmingham City in a 4 – 1 league win on 31 August 1985, at home to Manchester City in a 4 – 0 home win on 11 February 1986, and then in the penultimate league game of the season on 3 May 1986, when they kept their title hopes alive with a 6 – 1 home win over Southampton.
Having won both the league and Cup Winners Cup in 1985, Everton came very close to winning a treble, but lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup final.
Royle dragged Everton clear of relegation, leading the club to the FA Cup for the fifth time in its history, defeating Manchester United 1 – 0 in the final.
* The Football League – The Wednesday 47 points, Manchester City 44, Everton 43, Newcastle United 42, Aston Villa 41, Sunderland 39
* The Football League – Newcastle United 48 points, Everton 47, Manchester City 46, Aston Villa 42, Sunderland 40, Sheffield United 40
Wolves remained as members of what became the First Division from 1888 until relegation in 1906, winning the FA Cup for the first time in 1893 when they beat Everton 1 – 0 at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester.
He also scored important goals throughout the Premier League season against teams such as Arsenal, Everton, Newcastle, and Manchester United.
Reid signed for Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer in 1989 but only stayed for one season ( 1989 – 90 ) before signing for Manchester City, who were managed by former Everton manager Howard Kendall.
Reid's managerial career began on 7 November 1990 at Manchester City, when was appointed caretaker manager after the departure of Howard Kendall back to Everton.
* The most successful teams in the competition are Manchester United ( 15 outright wins, 4 shared ), Liverpool ( 10 outright wins, 5 shared ), Arsenal ( 11 outright wins, 1 shared ) and Everton ( 8 outright wins, 1 shared ).
* Peter Reid, former England national football team midfielder who played for clubs including Everton and has since worked in management for clubs including Manchester City and Sunderland.
Shankly compared Liverpool's attitude to that he encountered at other clubs, including Liverpool's great rivals Everton and Manchester United, where he was received warmly.
Kewell scored his first league goal at Anfield in over two years when Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 0 in January, he was also the only scorer when Liverpool beat Manchester City 1 – 0 at Anfield and scored the last goal in a 3 – 1 win over derby rivals Everton just under a month later in one of his best displays of the season.
Everton were edged out of qualification for the following season's UEFA Cup on the last day of the season by, following a defeat to Manchester United, and finished 7th in the league.
* The Football League – Everton 46, Oldham Athletic 45, Blackburn Rovers 43, Burnley 43, Manchester City 43, Sheffield United 43
: Division One ( 20 clubs ) — Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Bradford Park Avenue, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United, The Wednesday, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion
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