Manchester United V Liverpool - The World's Biggest Football Rivalry

For many years Liverpool FC have held the title as the most successful club in England thanks to their record breaking 18 First Division/Premier League titles. However in recent years Manchester United have had a long run of constant success and now tie with Liverpool's record of 18 League titles thanks to their Premier League title for the 2008/09 season.

Manchester and Liverpool are both in the North West of England and are situated approximately 34 miles apart, with the M62 motorway the easiest way to get between the two cities.

The rivalry between inhabitants of both cities transcends Football and is part of the culture, and originally stems from the Industrial revolution period of the late 1800's and early 1900's. Liverpool's port was large and brought in huge amounts of ships and cargo providing jobs and wealth to the area. As Manchester floundered they decided to build the Manchester ship canal that linked the city of Manchester with the Irish sea. Whilst this brought prosperity and jobs to Manchester it caused unemployment in Liverpool and much resentment.

On the footballing side Manchester United were the first team to lift the European Cup in 1968 under the stewardship of the legendary Scottish manager Sir Matt Busby. Liverpool did not win the European Cup until the 1970's but have now won the trophy 5 times to United's 3 times.

Whilst the 1970's and 1980's were most definitely Liverpools glory period of success, the 1990's and 2000's were Man Utd's glory period of success. Liverpool have now gone 19 years without winning the League title in England.

During the 2008/09 Premier League season Liverpool did the double over Man Utd, beating them 2-1 at Anfield and 4-1 at Old Trafford, it was Liverpool's best league campaign in years but they still came up short as United won the league by four points.

Games between the sides are fiercely fought occasions and tickets for these games are very hard to get hold of due to the extremely high demand, if you are not a season ticket holder the only way to get one is to use a reputable ticket agent.

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Manchester United - One of the World's Most Famous Football Clubs

Manchester United Football Club play at Old Trafford, Manchester and are one of the most recognised names in world football.

Club Heritage - Formed as Newton Heath L&YR F.C. in 1878 they changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. They also changed their strip from green and gold to the red and white colours that they wear today.

One of the club's most famous managers in the 20th Century was Matt Busby. He became manager in 1945 and led them to league championship titles in 1952,1956,1957. They became the first English club to play in the European Cup and reached the semi-finals where they were beaten by the Spanish team Real Madrid.

The Munich Air Disaster- In 1958 tragedy struck. The team were travelling back from a European Cup match in Munich when their plane crashed on take off. Eight of the team were killed. Matt Busby survived and set about rebuilding his team. They won the FA Cup in 1963 and league titles in 1665 and 1967. Then in 1968 Manchester United won the European Cup beating Benfica 4 - 1 in the final at Wembley becoming the first ever English Club to win the competition.

Treble Winning Year - One of the most memorable years in the club's recent history was 1999 when they won the treble - the Premier League, the FA Cup and the European Champions League. The Champions League Final was played at the Nou Camp, Barcelona where Manchester United famously came back from 1-0 down to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 with an injury time winner.

In 2008 they again won the Champions League beating Chelsea 6-5 on penalties after playing out a 1-1 draw in Moscow.

Manchester United are the most successful ever Premier League club having won the title an incredible 11 times since it was formed in the 1992/93 season under the leadership of manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Premier League Titles

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

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