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Manchester United F.C. is a British soccer team playing in the English Premier League. Manchester United play in red shirts, white shorts and black socks. They were the first English club to win the European Cup, in 1968, winning again in 1999 and 2008. The club joined the Football League in 1892 under the name Newton Heath. Their official nickname is the "Red Devils" and the club badge features a small red devil holding a trident, which has led to calls for Christians to boycott them^[1]. They are known to their fans either as Man U, Man United or just United. In 2005 the club was taken over by the American billionaire, Malcolm Glazer. After two seasons with little success by their standards they won the Barclays Premier League again in 2007 and 2008. The club is noted for the exeptionally cosmopolitan nature of it's support, regulary drawing large numbers of fans from all over the the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. As a result it is consistently the most supported team in England, not to mention abroad. They have a prominant place in the Big Four of British Football, the other three being Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool. However, the Devils have been considered, along with Chelsea, the "Yankees" of the Premiership, meaning that you either love or hate them. The Club maintains bitter rivalries with Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal. The team is managed by Sir Alex Ferguson and is sponsered by AIG.

At present, the club currently possesses Christiano Ronaldo, who is acknowledeged as the greatest player in the world at present.^[2]

Roster

Goalkeepers

1 Edwin Van Der Sar
12 Ben Foster
29 Tomasz Kuszczak
38 Ron-Robert Zieler
40 Ben Amos

Defenders

2 Gary Neville
3 Patrice Evra
5 Rio Ferdinand
6 Wes Brown
15 Nemanja Vidic
20 Fabio
21 Rafael
22 John O'Shea
23 Jonny Evans
25 Danny Simpson
36 David Gray
37 Craig Cathcart
39 James Chester
42 Richard Eckersley

Midfielders

4 Owen Hargreaves
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
11 Ryan Giggs
13 Ji-Sung Park
14 Zoran Tosic
16 Michael Carrick
17 Nani
18 Paul Scholes
24 Darren Fletcher
28 Darron Gibson
30 Lee Martin
33 Sam Hewson
34 Rodrigo Possebon
35 Tom Cleverley

Strikers

8 Anderson
9 Dimitar Berbatov
10 Wayne Rooney
19 Danny Welbeck
26 Manucho
31 Fraizer Campbell
32 Carlos Tevez
41 Federico Macheda
45 Febian Brandy

Notable former players

References

[1] Devil a Logo Area for Reds Join Must

[2] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6561341.stm

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-'''Manchester United F.C.''' is a [[British]] [[soccer]] team playing in the [[English Premier League]]. Manchester United play in red shirts, white shorts and black socks. They were the first English club to win the European Cup, in 1968, winning again in 1999 and 2008. The club joined the Football League in 1892 under the name Newton Heath. Their official nickname is the "Red Devils" and the club badge features a small red devil holding a trident, which has quite rightly led to calls for Christians to boycott them<ref>[http://www.joinmust.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33916 Devil a Logo Area for Reds] Join Must</ref>, because they are clearly a plot of Lucifer himself to draw people away from the True Christian<sup>TM</sup> team, [[Everton F.C.]]. They are known to their fans either as Man U, Man United or just United. In 2005 the club was taken over by the American billionaire, Malcolm Glazer. After two seasons with little success by their standards they won the Barclays Premier League again in 2007 and 2008. The club is noted for the exceptionally cosmopolitan nature of it's support, regularly drawing large numbers of fans from all over the the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. As a result it is consistently the most supported team in England, not to mention abroad. They have a prominent place in the Big Four of British Football, the other three being [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. However, the Devils have been considered, along with Chelsea, the "[[New York Yankees|Yankees]]" of the Premiership, meaning that you either love or hate them. The Club maintains bitter rivalries with Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal. The team is managed by Sir Alex Ferguson and is sponsored by the tax-payer funded [[AIG]].
+'''Manchester United F.C.''' is a [[British]] [[soccer]] team playing in the [[English Premier League]]. Manchester United play in red shirts, white shorts and black socks. They were the first English club to win the European Cup, in 1968, winning again in 1999 and 2008. The club joined the Football League in 1892 under the name Newton Heath. Their official nickname is the "Red Devils" and the club badge features a small red devil holding a trident, which has led to calls for Christians to boycott them<ref>[http://www.joinmust.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33916 Devil a Logo Area for Reds] Join Must</ref>. They are known to their fans either as Man U, Man United or just United. In 2005 the club was taken over by the American billionaire, Malcolm Glazer. After two seasons with little success by their standards they won the Barclays Premier League again in 2007 and 2008. The club is noted for the exeptionally cosmopolitan nature of it's support, regulary drawing large numbers of fans from all over the the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. As a result it is consistently the most supported team in England, not to mention abroad. They have a prominant place in the Big Four of British Football, the other three being [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. However, the Devils have been considered, along with Chelsea, the "[[New York Yankees|Yankees]]" of the Premiership, meaning that you either love or hate them. The Club maintains bitter rivalries with Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal. The team is managed by Sir Alex Ferguson and is sponsered by [[AIG]].
-At present, the club currently possesses Christiano Ronaldo, who is acknowledged as the greatest player in the world at present.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6561341.stm</ref>
+At present, the club currently possesses Christiano Ronaldo, who is acknowledeged as the greatest player in the world at present.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6561341.stm</ref>
 ==Roster==