* Darren Fletcher-( Manchester United and Scottish FA )

* FAI U19 player ) and Manchester United defender Sean McGinty's parents hail from Achill

* 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.

, Aon is the principal sponsor of the Premier League team Manchester United.

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 left Manchester United to become manager of Preston North End for the 1973 – 74 season.

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.

In 1968, Manchester United reached the European Cup final, ten seasons after Munich.

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.

* College of Cambridge, an unaccredited private college in Manchester, United Kingdom

Association football er David Beckham has won titles with Manchester United F. C.

| Manchester United, Real Madrid C. F.

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.

The Scot consistently defended Luis Suárez in the wake of the striker's eight-match ban for allegedly racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra when the teams met in October 2011.

* Ex-Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Manchester City and England international defender Stuart Pearce was born in Shepherd's Bush.

In one of these games, against Manchester City, he attempted to run at the left-back and take him on with a deft swerve as the defender committed himself to a challenge, rather than follow the accepted wisdom of the day which was to first wait for the defender to run at the attacker – his new technique ' worked a treat '.

A strong central defender, he was a virtual ever-present for his hometown club, but departed in December 1983 for fellow Division 2 club Manchester City.

In that game, Reid was recklessly challenged by Manchester United defender Kevin Moran who became the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup final.

Former Manchester United defender Steve Bruce replaced Hutchings.

midfielder Gary O ' Neil, former Millwall FC and current Everton FC midfielder Tim Cahill and Reading FC ( previously Blackburn Rovers ) striker Jason Roberts lived in Bromley, English darts player Les Capewell was born in Bromley, Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, Leicester City F. C.

At the same time, Oldham sold Milligan's fellow countryman Denis Irwin to Manchester United for £ 625, 000, and over the next 12 years the Cork born defender won a host of domestic and European honours.

* 15 July 2003: Manchester United sign American goalkeeper Tim Howard from MetroStars for £ 2. 3million, while Chelsea pay £ 6million for 19-year-old West Ham United defender Glen Johnson.

In 1998, Stam became the then most expensive Dutch football player in history and the most expensive defender in history, when Manchester United bought him for £ 10. 6 million.

New coach Vicente del Bosque utilised him in a powerful midfield combination with Steve McManaman ; in the quarterfinals against Manchester United at Old Trafford, he was the author of a spectacular play in which he dribbled past defender Henning Berg by backheeling the ball around him, recovering it and assisting Raúl for Real Madrid's third goal ( 3 – 2 win, 3 – 2 on aggregate ).

Manchester United pay Spartak Moscow £ 7 million for Serbian defender Nemanja Vidić.

* 10 January 2006 — Manchester United sign French defender Patrice Evra from AS Monaco for £ 5. 5 million.

He is the younger brother of former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, and the twin brother of England netball international Tracey Neville.

Kolo Habib Touré ( born 19 March 1981 ) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Manchester City and the Côte d ' Ivoire national football team as a central defender.

On 26 April 2008 Drogba faced controversy after a clash with Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidić.

Blackburn Rovers manager Graeme Souness was impressed by the young defender, and managed to prise Curtis away from Manchester United during the summer of 2000 for a fee of £ 1. 5million.

* 23 August 2006 – Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher elbows Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes in the face at the City of Manchester Stadium, after the two challenged for the same ball.

Manchester City F. C defender Kolo Touré and his brothers Yaya Touré and Ibrahim Touré were born in Bouaké.

Having been appointed as caretaker manager when Charlton resigned in protest at the transfer of defender John Bird to Newcastle United, Stiles resigned a week later in support of his former Manchester United teammate.

Gordon McQueen ( born 26 June 1952 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire ) is a former Scottish football player, who played as a central defender for Leeds United, Manchester United and Scotland.