obertan debut

Obertan to make United debut

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Gabriel Obertan will make his Manchester United debut at Barnsley on Tuesday night.



The Premier League champions travel to Oakwell for a Carling Cup clash determined to put Sunday's defeat to Liverpool behind them.



While a number of United's senior stars will be rested for the trip to Yorkshire, the likes of Obertan and other fringe players will be desperate to impress.



French winger Obertan, 20, has been a frustrated spectator since moving to Old Trafford in the summer from Bordeaux as he has been sidelined by a spine injury.



However, after coming through three reserve team games unscathed, he is all set to make his Red Devils bow.



"He will play tomorrow against Barnsley, it is a good start for him," said Ferguson.

Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, one of the most popular football clubs in the world, based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the exception of the 1974–75 season. Average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964–65.

Manchester United are the reigning English champions and Club World Cup holders, having won the 2008–09 Premier League and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. The club is one of the most successful in the history of English football and has won 22 major honours since Alex Ferguson became manager in November 1986. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4–1. They won a second European Cup as part of a Treble in 1999, before winning their third in 2008. The club holds the joint record for the most English league titles with 18 and also holds the record for the most FA Cup wins with 11.

Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world with the highest revenue of any football club, and is currently ranked as the richest and most valuable club in any sport, with an estimated value of around £1.136 billion (€1.319 billion / $1.870 billion) as of April 2009. Manchester United was a founding member of the now defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs, and its replacement, the European Club Association.



Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986, joining from Aberdeen after the departure of Ron Atkinson. The current club captain is Gary Neville, who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005(info:wikipedia.org)

Manchester United

The Legendary Coach

Sir Alex Ferguson

Manager From: 06 Nov 1986

Years as Manager: 24

Premier League 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009

FA Cup 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004

League Cup 1992, 2006, 2009

UEFA Champions League 1999, 2008

FIFA Club World Cup 2008

UEFA Super Cup 1992

UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1991

Inter-Continental Cup 1999

FA Charity / Community Shield 1990 (shared), 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008

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1878-1899


Manchester United Football Club was first formed in 1878, albeit under a different name - Newton Heath LYR (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway).



Little suspecting the impact they were about to have on the national, even global game, the workers in the railway yard at Newton Heath indulged their passion for association football with games against other departments of the LYR or other railway companies.



Indeed, when the Football League was formed in 1888, Newton Heath did not consider themselves good enough to become founder members alongside the likes of Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End. They waited instead until 1892 to make their entrance.



Financial problems plagued Newton Heath, and by the start of the twentieth century it seemed they were destined for extinction. The club was saved, however, by a local brewery owner, John Henry Davies. Legend has it that he learned of the club's plight when he found a dog belonging to Newton Heath captain Harry Stafford.

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