Manchester United

Manchester United Football Club, founded in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR, is one of the most widely supported and commercially successful football clubs in the world. Based at Old Trafford — the "Theatre of Dreams" with a 74,310 capacity — United has won a record 20 English league titles. The club's greatest era came under Sir Alex Ferguson (1986-2013), during which they won 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups, and 2 UEFA Champions League trophies, including the legendary treble in 1998-99. United's history is marked by the Munich Air Disaster of 1958, which claimed 23 lives, and the club's remarkable rebuilding under Matt Busby. The club has produced the "Busby Babes," the "Class of '92" (Beckham, Scholes, Neville brothers, Butt), and continues to be one of football's biggest global brands.