Few details for MANU fans

Posted in Entertainment, Games, Sports on April 11th, 2008

Manchester united is an English football club based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford in Greater Manchester. It is the most popular football club in the world with over millions of supporters worldwide. It was the founding member of Premier League in 1992.The club is playing in top division of English football since 1975. The club is the most successful English football club in the history and has won eighteen major cups in English football history. Alex Ferguson the manager of the club is the most successful manager in the history of Manchester united club since November 1986. They are popularly entitled as Premier League’s reigning champions, and have won the Premier Football League sixteen times.

They were the first English club to win the European Cup, beating the opponents with three goals and after that there next title for European cup was in 1999.They are also a record holder in FA cup getting the title eleven times. The club is the richest revenue football club since 1990’s and they are still holding the position. Manchester United have ladies football club which was established in 1977 but was officially declared at the start 2001-2002 season.

Football freaks, your search ends here

Posted in Games, Leisure, Sports on April 8th, 2008

Football is a game which is popular from ancient times. The word was originated with reference to an action of foot to kick a ball. In ancient times it was played by peasants who were not interested in horse riding which was popular sport in ancient times generally followed by aristocrats. In the medieval period the sport got huge popularity especially in England. The sport football got its description in England by William in 1174-1183. Football is a sense of ball rather than a game was mentioned in a book of St Albans in 1486.There where various steps taken to ban football. The ban was mostly effective in England and other parts of Europe.

The reason given by King Edward III was that it distracted people to practice archery which was necessary in war during those periods. In Europe, footballs were made of animals bladder especially pig’s bladder but latter this practice was stopped and leather coverings were used to keep the shape of the ball. Sheffield football club is known as the oldest football club associating with playing football. In ancient times football was produced in oval and round shaped. Richard was the first man to invent rubber inflatable bladder and even brass hand pump which was widely used in inflating football.