The timeline
- 1878Newton Heath
A railway works side is formed in Newton Heath. The name on the shirt will change. The stubbornness will not.
Read the long read → - 1902Manchester United
Bankruptcy, a new name, and the start of the club the rest of the country would learn to argue with.
Read the long read → - 1958Munich
The Babes are lost on a runway in the snow. What follows is grief, then a refusal to let the club end there.
Read the long read → - 1968Europe
Ten years after Munich, Busby's side win the European Cup at Wembley. The story becomes a resurrection.
Read the long read → - 1999The Treble
Two stoppage-time goals in Barcelona. League, Cup, Europe. The night every United childhood still points at.
Read the long read → - 2013Ferguson steps away
Twenty-six years, thirteen titles, and a hole in the dugout the club is still learning how to fill.