Arsenal FC - The Gunners
History of Arsenal
Era 1886-1980
Arsenal was founded in Woolwich area, southeast of the city of London in 1886 under the name Dial Square, then quickly changed their name to Royal Arsenal. In 1891 their name changed to Woolwich Arsenal. In 1913, the club moved to the north, precisely in the area and build Highbury Highbury Stadium, which became their new headquarters. When I moved that location, name their club, the Woolwich Arsenal removed so that only the name remains. In addition, because the location is close to the headquarters of the stadium Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur, would not be surprised if the match Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur is called "North London derby" and is one of the hottest in the London derby.
Arsenal triumph in the first British soccer coach Herbert Chapman preceded by a train on the range in 1925-35 and managed to win some UK domestic competitions (FA Cup, the Premier League title, and the Charity Shield) as well as Arsenal dominated and made the most dominant force in England at that time. In the 1940s-1960s range, Arsenal can only add a little collection of domestic titles. In the early 1970s, Arsenal Arsenal's best performance in Europe the first time that happened in the 1969-70 season, in the event the Fairs Cup (forerunner of the UEFA Cup). Arsenal became champions for the first time at the event and at the same time last Fairs Cup (UEFA Cup replaced the Fairs Cup since the 1971-72 season) after defeating the club RSC Anderlecht 4-3 on aggregate (with a home and away) At that time, the club was coached by Bertie Mee. Throughout the 1980s, Arsenal Arsenal managed to add to the collection with several domestic titles, the League Cup in 1987 and won the Premier League in 1989 through a dramatic match with competitors title, Liverpool. However, Arsenal failed to collect the title of European competition, losing 5-4 on penalties to Valencia in the Cup Winners' Cup competition after the score remained 0-0.
Era 1990-present
In 1991, Arsenal won with Tottenham in the Community Shield after a 0-0 result position (at that time, if the position of the two teams considered the series champion). Arsenal's title fasting will finally disappear from European competition after the 1993-94 season, hands coach George Graham, Arsenal back champions in the European scene, precisely Winners Cup after beating Parma FC by a score of 1-0. In the following season, Arsenal return successfully to the final at the same event, but this time they were beaten by Real Zaragoza 2-1.
The arrival of coach Arsène Wenger to Arsenal in 1996 managed to make Arsenal return victorious and managed to destroy the dominance of Manchester United in the Premier League at the time. Arsenal were brought successfully into the runner-up in the UEFA Cup in 2000 after against Galatasaray on penalties 4-1 after a draw position. At the beginning of the 2003-04 season until the 2004-05 season, Arsenal scored a record 49-match unbeaten run and broke the record belongs to Nottingham Forest FC (42 times), which is the longest unbeaten run in English football history. In the 2005-06 season, Arsenal achievement in the European scene with a Champions League finalists FC Barcelona defeated 2-1 at the Stade de France, Paris.
After reaching the Champions League final in 2006, Arsenal's best performance was reaching the finals in 2007 and 2011 in the League Cup, losing 2-1 to Chelsea and lost by the same score from Birmingham City. Arsenal have not won the trophy since the FA Cup in 2005 obtained.
Arsenal coach Wenger has a policy period in coaching young players who had not qualified and quality players but little known to the player who is able to show Telenta-extraordinary talent as well as targeted by top European clubs. In addition, Arsenal have a policy of awarding a contract to a player who has aged 30 years or older, that not more than one season.
Achievement
Besides unbeaten record as much as 49 times to be the longest in the UK to date, Arsenal also have many other achievements, namely:
Premier League: 13
1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1971, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004
FA Cup: 10
1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
English League Cup: 2
1987, 1993, and was a finalist in 1968, 1969, 1988, 2007
FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield: 11
1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1991 (joint winner with Tottenham), 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
Cup Winners' Cup: 1
1994 and twice was a finalist in 1980 and 1995
UEFA Cup: 1
1971 (when it was still called the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, renamed the UEFA Cup since the 1970-71 season) and once a finalist in 1999-00 season
Champions League: 0
a finalist in the 2005-06 season
Emirates Cup: 2
2007, 2010
Reference:
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_F.C.
(FA CUP) Chelsea VS Manchester City Semifinal
It took 20 minutes for Chelsea to come into the game at all, as City completely dominated the opening period. Petr Cech was forced into action very early and made a brilliant save in the 6th minute on a header by Sergio Aguero. The Argentinian forward had another solid chance in the 19th minute, but Branislav Ivanovic came up with an excellent block.
Eden Hazard had Chelsea's first chance of the game in the 23rd minute, following a free kick, when his volley was cleared off the line by Vincent Kompany. Chelsea played much better from that point until the end of the match, but went down 12 minutes later in somewhat unlucky fashion.
City's first goal was scored by Samir Nasri, though the chance would have been wasted if it wasn't for a very fortunate bounce. Yaya Toure started the move with a great run forward and a ball into the center of the pitch for Aguero, who touched it to Nasri. Instead of shooting on goal, Nasri tried to play the ball out wide. Fortunately for him, it deflected back into his path and he made a better decision with his second opportunity, finishing past Cech.
The final minutes of the half saw City create two more great chances, though they failed to capitalize on both of them. Cech slapped a bouncing ball away from Aguero in the 39th minute, though it only went as far as Milner. He had the goal at his mercy, but instead struck the ball into Aguero, who was standing in an offside position. Milner wasted an even better chance -- a four-on-one counter -- in first half stoppage time. With plenty of teammates to pick out, he instead crossed the ball right at Cech. The Chelsea keeper didn't make a great punch and the ball fell to Kompany, but his shot went wide.
Less than two minutes into the second half, City finally capitalized on another chance and doubled their lead. Gareth Barry set up the chance, lobbing a diagonal ball into the box from the right flank. Aguero made a great run to split Branislav Ivanovic and Cesar Azpilicueta, getting on the end of the ball and lobbing a header over a cement-shoed Cech.
Chelsea went to a more attacking lineup just after the hour mark, introducing Fernando Torres, and they pulled a goal back very shortly after he came on. Demba Ba was the scorer, finishing off a long ball from David Luiz with an absolutely sensational strike. After the ball bounced in the penalty area, he made a sensational turn and hit an unstoppable scissored half-volley to the far post, giving Chelsea a shot at a comeback.
Despite a number of excellent chances, Chelsea never found their equalizer. Juan Mata had a penalty shout in the 69th minute after the ball fell to him at the end of a counter, but Costel Pantilimon got all of the ball and none of the Spaniard when he went down to claim. Just one minute later, Pantilimon was called into action again after Hazard beat Gael Clichy at the endline and crossed for Ba, who directed his shot right at the City keeper.
In the 81st minute, Chris Foy failed to spot a bit of foul play by Aguero on Luiz. While the two were fighting for the ball, Aguero committed a rather harmless foul while trying to win the ball, then inexplicably jumped up and lunged into Luiz with both feet. Neither Foy or his assistants spotted Aguero's infraction, and it went unpunished.
Torres had a penalty shout in the final minute of regular time for what looked like a shirt tug by Kompany, but Foy waved play on. In the final minute of stoppage time, Hazard hit a screamer over the bar from distance, wasting Chelsea's last chance to snag an equalizer as City hung on for a berth in the FA Cup final.
Team Line-up:
Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, David Luiz, Bertrand, Ramires, Mikel (Torres 66 '), Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Ba
Substitutes: Turnbull, Moses, Terry, Benayoun, Ake, Lampard
Manchester City: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Clichy, Kompany, Nastasic, Barry, Milner, Yaya Toure, Nasri (Lescott 87 '), Aguero, Tevez (García 73')
Reserves: Hart, Kolo Toure, Kolarov, Sinclair, Dzeko
Tottenham Hotspur FC
The club's motto is Aud
ere est Facere which is a Latin word that is often translated into English as "To Dare is To Do. Spurs have a fairly old feud with city rivals, Arsenal, and matches between Spurs with Arsenal known by the name of London Derby north.
Founded: 1882At first the team's shirt color is dark blue (navy blue), and then changed again to blue-white, red-blue and golden-brown. Last in the 1899-1900 season, they just change the color of the team to stocking white-dark blue pants, as a tribute to the club Preston North End, England's most successful club in the future.
Address: 748, High Road London N17 0AP England
Phone: (0181) 365 55 000
Fax: 0844 499 5000
Chairman: Daniel Levy
Director: Matthew Collecott & Sir Keith Mills
Stadium: White Hart Lane
In 1888, Tottenham move the cage from Tottenham Marshes to Northumberland Park where the club has begun to wear on the audience tickets. In 1892, after being persuaded by the Royal Arsenal (later Arsenal), they tried to enter the Southern League membership. But rejected when they became the only team among the 23 applicants who did not get a voice vote. They then turned to professional status before Christmas 1895 and was seeking re-apply for admission to the Southern League. The second attempt was finally successful. In 1898 Charles Roberts became chairman of the club who later occupied until 1943.
In 1899, the Spurs build its new headquarters near High Road, Tottenham. The stadium was later named the 'White Hart Lane', Spurs stadium to date.
In 1901, Tottenham won the FA Cup and became the only club outside the league that won the Football League Trophy since established proficiency level. At the victory celebration, the trophy given by the wife of colored ribbon Spurs director Morton Cadman and it eventually became a tradition that has survived until now.
Tottenham had entered as a member of the Football League in the 1908-1909 season, at which time the membership elected through voting. In his first season in division 2, Spurs direct promotion to division 1 after coming out as a runner up. But in division 1, Spurs could only inhabit the bottom of the standings board until then World War I broke out and discontinued activities league (1914-1915).
When the league started back in 1919, the British division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams. Spurs were relegated to division 2 direct promotion at the first attempt by winning the division two seasons from 1919 to 1920. Spurs got a year later and won the FA Cup in his second after beating Wolves 1-0 in the final on 23 April 1921. Spurs then won the league runner-up position in 1922, unfortunately after that they began to sink back into Division 2 until World War II.
Post-World War II Era Arthur Rowe (1949-1955)
At that time the sport of football has become incredibly popular in the UK with thousands of spectators are always packed games every week. In 1949, Arthur Rowe, Tottenham manager at the time, creating a tactic 'Push and Run'. The strategy is after the ball is handed to colleagues, players without the ball ran past the guards to receive the return pass. This makes the game flow faster. The strategy proved successful then the Spurs go on to win the division two seasons from 1949 to 1950. The next year, Tottenham then instantly become unbearable for a division champion (1950-1951). Star players when it was Alf Ramsey, Ronnie Burgess, Ted Ditchburn, Len Duquemin, Sonny Walters and Bill Nicholson.
Misfortunes descend Spurs the following season, where injuries plagued throughout the season. Other teams also started cheating ways and more difficult to play Spurs Spurs to defend his title. Spurs just won the runner-up league season 1951-1952. Their achievements began declining steadily until later Arthur Rowe withdrew because of illness in 1955.
Bill NicholsonEra Bill Nicholson (1960-1975)
1960-1961 season, the Spurs are handled by Bill Nicholson. Nicholson first new game has been hinted at danger for his opponents with a 10-4 victory over Everton. Sure enough, the Spurs won the doubles title in the season after winning the league and the FA Cup as well. FA Cup then held again in 1962 and then following the Cup Winners' Cup title in 1963 in the European arena. Key players care Nicholson at the time was Danny Blanchflower, John White, Dave Mackay, Cliff Jones, Jimmy Greaves and Terry Medwin.
Because it is dominated by players in old age, after the 1964 Spurs started exhaustion age factor key players. Nicholson then build a team with players like Alan Gilzean importing, Mike England, Alan Mullery, Terry Venables, Joe Kinnear and Cyril Knowles. The result, they then beat Chelsea in the final to win the FA Cup in 1967 and finished 3rd league. Nicholson then added another League Cup titles in 1971 and 1973 and the UEFA Cup in 1972.
Nicholson retreat in the 1974-1975 season due to Spurs' poor start in the league and also a sense of disappointment at fans who rioted over Spurs defeat in the final of the UEFA Cup in 1974. Bill Nicholson during the nearly 16-year deal with the Spurs had offered eight titles, the most successful period of the Spurs until now.
Period 1975-1980
Nicholson could give input to Johnny Giles and Danny Blanchflower was appointed to replace him, but the proposal was rejected Tottenham director and principal officer. They appoint Terry Neil, the former Arsenal player, Spurs to handle. Under Neil, 1974-1975 season, the club was almost relegated even then. Pressure of Spurs fans who have never received it made Neil retired in 1976 and replaced by his assistant, Keith Burkinshaw.
Tottenham fell to Division 2 in the 1976-1977 season after 27 years Spurs are in division one. Sales Pat Jennings, Spurs goalkeeper Northern Irish, to their eternal rivals, Arsenal, surprise fans and prove a fatal mistake. Jennings then continued his career for 8 years at Arsenal, while Tottenham had to wait until 1981 until they get the same quality in Ray Clemence (purchased from Liverpool). Although degraded, the Spurs board seats remain entrusted to the manager Burkinshaw. Tottenham then able to promotion in his first attempt, although the weight. In the summer of 1978, Burkinshaw made a surprise purchase of two players with world champion Argentina team, Osvaldo Ardilles and Ricardo Villa. Transfer of players from Latin America are including a rare thing in the UK at that time.
Period 1980-1990
Spurs won the FA Cup in 1981 by beating Manchester City 3-2, they need to thank Ricky (Ricardo) Villa who makes beautiful solo run goal. In 1982, they returned to maintain FA Cup after QPR in the final strand. 1981-1982 season, including a smooth journey Spurs in all competitions he participated, but they're really not lucky, losing in the final of the League Cup against Liverpool, losing in the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup and only won 4 league position.
Chelsea F.C.
The first successes when Chelsea won the league title in 1955. Some titles from various competitions also were achieved in the decade of the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, and 2000s. In the last fifteen years period is the best period of success Chelsea; were closed for the first time won the Double winners, Premier League and FA Cup in 2010 and the UEFA Champions League title in 2012.
The main costumes are Chelsea jerseys and royal blue pants with white socks. This combination has been used since the 1960s. Club crest has been changed several times in attempts to modernize and transform imaging. The symbol is now used, which display a ceremonial lion holding a staff, is a modification of the symbol that was used in the 1950s. The average league attendance in 2011-12 season home games as much as 41,478 spectators, the sixth highest number in the Premier League.
History of Chelsea
In 1904 H.A. Mears acquires athletics stadium Stamford Bridge with the aim of transforming into a football stadium. He then planned the establishment of a new football club after the bid given to Fulham to use the stadium was rejected. Considering there has been a club named Fulham, Chelsea name which is a small town adjacent to the stadium selected as the name for the new club. Other names such as Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC and London FC could be considered for selection. Chelsea was founded by on March 10, 1905 at a pub The Rising Sun (now The Butcher's Hook restaurant) and was first played in the Football League competition.
John Robertson the Scottish national team player was 28 years old when it was selected concurrently first Chelsea player-manager. A number of players were recruited from a variety of clubs to strengthen the team, as goalkeeper William "Fatty" Foulke from Sheffield United, Jimmy Windridge and Bob McRoberts from Small Heath, and Frank Pearson from Manchester City. Their first match occurred on 2 September 1905, an away game to face Stockport County. Chelsea lost by a score of 0-1. While their first home game was a 4-0 victory in a friendly match against Liverpool. Robertson is also the scorer of the first competitive match as Chelsea in a 1-0 win over Blackpool.
Chelsea suffered a number of promotion-degragasi in Division One and Division Two League after won promotion to Division One in their second season. Their best achievement in the early years was successfully advanced to the 1915 FA Cup final but lost to Sheffield United at Old Trafford and when ending the Division One final standings in the top three in 1920. Chelsea has a reputation for bringing the famous players and a large number of spectators, but success is still not up to them in times of World War I and II.
Former Arsenal and England striker Ted Drake became manager in 1952. Drake began to modernize the club both on and off the field. He changed the logo Chelsea pensioner, improve training and coaching a team of young people, and strengthen the depth of the team with the shrewdness to bring a number of players from the lower divisions and amateur leagues to successfully bring Chelsea won their first championship trophy, championship Division One League 1954-55. In the following season, holding UEFA champions league championships between clubs in European Champions Cup, but the disapproval authority the Football League and FA make Chelsea pulled out of the championship before it starts. Chelsea failed to build on the success and only a mid-table dwellers league in the 1950s. Drake was fired in 1961 and replaced by Tommy Docherty who concurrently player-manager.
Chelsea back into the Premier League champions 50 years later, in 2005, the term of office of manager Jose Mourinho (2004-2007), who was the full support of the national oil billionaire Russian owner, Roman Abramovich.
In the same year (2005), Chelsea also won the Carling Cup by beating Liverpool. Later in 2006, Chelsea won the Premier League. And in 2007, Chelsea also won the Carling Cup again after beating Arsenal 2-1 and won the FA Cup after beating Manchester United 1-0 through extra time.
But due to some poor performances early in the competition 2007/2008 coupled with incompatibility with the owner, Jose Mourinho has finally resigned as manager and was replaced by Avram Grant's former Israel national team manager.
Beginning of period coaching Grant, many people are looking at her eye. However, Chelsea's Avram Grant was able to bring to treble the runner-up in the Carling Cup before losing to Tottenham Hotspur 2-1. Followed by a runner-up Premier League under Manchester United and a runner-up in the Champions League after losing 6-5 on penalties to Manchester United. But these achievements are considered not good enough so that Grant had been fired at the end of the season.
In late January 2009, Avram Grant was replaced by Brazilian coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari. However, Scolari was also not able to give a satisfactory performance. So at the end of April 2009 suffered the same fate with Grant. Position vacant Chelsea manager was filled by the time the Russian coach, Guus Hiddink, until the end of the 2008-09 season. At the end of May, before leaving Chelsea, Guus Hiddink provide sweet memories by bringing the FA Cup fifth Chelsea.
Beginning of the 2009-10 season, Chelsea announced as the new manager Carlo Ancelotti, with the contract for 3 seasons. Directly Ancelotti guided Chelsea to win the title with the 2009 Community Shield after beating Manchester United on penalties. Victory in penalty shootout was a first for Chelsea since 1998, when Chelsea face Ipswich Town in the League Cup. At the end of the season, Chelsea won the Premier League and FA Cup, which is the first achievement in the history of Chelsea. Chelsea is also a club that managed to get a record seventh title Double marry the winner. Chelsea striker Didier Drogba managed to get the Golden Boot as the scorers with a notch 29 goals. In the final league match on May 9, 2010, Chelsea embarrass Wigan to score a landslide 8-0 with Drogba scoring 3 goals. Chelsea also scored an absolute 100% winning record against the big four EPL teams (Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal). In the second season, Ancelotti was sacked Chelsea in May 2011 after a 1-0 defeat of Everton in the last game of the 2010-11 season.The Chelsea players celebrated the UEFA Champions League title for the first time in club history
At the start of the 2011-12 season, Andre Villas-Boas was appointed as coach of Chelsea. After some poor results experienced Chelsea, Villas-Boas was fired in March 2012. His assistant, Roberto Di Matteo, a former Chelsea player was appointed as the main coach ad interim. Under the direction of Di Matteo Chelsea showed impressive results successfully won the FA Cup for the seventh time and the UEFA Champions League for the first time in club history-which also became the first London club to win the title.
Achievement
Domestic
league
English Premier Division 1/Liga
Champion (4): 1954-55, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10
Runners-up (4): 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2010-11
Division 2 (now Football League Championship)
Champion (2): 1983-84, 1988-89
Runners-up (5): 1906-07, 1911-12, 1929-30, 1962-63, 1976-77
championship
FA Cup
Champion (7): 1969-70, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
Runners-up (4): 1914-15, 1966-67, 1993-94, 2001-02
English League Cup
Champion (4): 1964-65, 1997-98, 2004-05, 2006-07
Runners-up (2): 1971-72, 2007-08
FA Community Shield
Champion (4): 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
Runners-up (6): 1970, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012
Full Members Cup
Champion (2): 1985-86, 1989-90
Europe
UEFA Champions League
Champion (1): 2011-2012
Runners-up (1): 2007-08
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Champion (2): 1970-71, 1997-98
UEFA Super Cup
Champion (1): 1998
Runners-up (1): 2012
Reference:
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.
Manchester City F.C.
The first game played in November 1880. At the time it was still called St. Mark's (West Gorton). In 1887 changed its name to Ardwick AFC, and in 1894 became Manchester City FC
City have won the Premier League 3 times, the FA Cup four times, the League Cup 2 times, and the European Cup Winners Cup 1 time. The club's most successful period occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At that time the City under the tutelage of manager Joe Mercer and his assistant Malcolm Allison some players like Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Francis Lee.
Beginning in the 1980s City experienced a period of tumultuous decline culminating in relegation to the third tier of English football league system in 1998 for the first time in their history. At the time of the Premier League era was first formed in 1992, City is one of its founders. But the club does not get better performance, even City have relegated back to the second level up to 2 times, while in the FA Cup since the passing of the English Premier League, the best achievement City only until the quarter-finals.
After ending the 2006-07 season in the league in fourteenth position, next season the club achievements began creeping up. Mid-2007, the club officially became the property ambitious Thai billionaire, who also is a former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra. But Thaksin's ownership did not last long. For alleged corruption in negeranya, finally in September 2008 Thaksin selling club ownership to entrepreneurs who are also members of the royal family of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and then spend hundreds of millions of pounds to buy top-class players for clubs to be competitive. Success followed in 2011, Manchester City qualified for the UEFA Champions League and winning the FA Cup. This success culminated by winning the 2011-12 Premier League.
History of Manchester City
History of Manchester City Football Club, is inseparable from the role of a woman. On November 1865, Arthur Connell was appointed as Head of the Church of St.Mark 's in West Gorton, a district in east Manchester, England. Her daughter Anna Connell (1855-1924) took the initiative and decided to form an association that encourages the youth to exercise parish. When the levels of crime and unemployment is very high. They believe that sport can unite and reduce crime in east Manchester.
1868 Church Cricket Team has been formed St.Mark 's and starting in 1875 began adding cricket team soccer game that became popular at that time.
Finally in 1880 the cricket players to form football teams with names St.Marks (West Gordon) under the guidance of William and Anna Connell Beastow (believed to be the only woman I have set up a professional football club in the UK).
In 1887 they moved to a new headquarters in Hyde Road, Ardwick. Club name was changed to Ardwick A.F.C. to adjust to the new location. Ardwick began competing in Division 2 Football League in 1892. A year later, 1893-94 season, and the club's financial problems twisted after they finally re reorganized again renamed to Manchester City Football Club.
The period 2001-Now (present)
In 2001, Kevin Keegan was appointed to deal with Citizens, at the time City play in the second division (Football League Championship). Under Kevin Keegen they managed to win the Football League Championship and they also managed to promotion to the Premier League.
March 2005 Keegan back and replace Stuart Pearce as caretaker or interim manager. City made a brilliant appearance Pearce was appointed as a manager and a full 2005-2006 season Pearce brings City ranks 6th Premiership. The next season appearances City dropped dramatically and only inhabit the bottom of the standings board, although not until degraded. Pearce was eventually fired and replaced by former England national team manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. At that time Manchester City have been owned by an ambitious billionaire and former prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Under Eriksson, City look mighty early in the competition but began to lose balance from mid-competition, however they can reach the UEFA Cup zone thanks playnya fair appearance. Thaksin impatient already want to sack Eriksson before the end of the competition if it is not being held by fans who felt Thaksin Citizen too arbitrary and not pay attention to fans craving City. Eriksson only briefly delayed dismissal and actually performed when the final competition.
Mark Hughes, Blackburn Rovers manager and former player favorite city rivals Manchester United, was appointed to replace him. Under Hughes, City managed to occupy the position of the English Premier League in the 2008-09 season and also broke through the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. Hughes only lasted until half the 2009-10 season, where he was replaced by Roberto Mancini.
Under Mancini, City managed to take fifth place in the Premier League 2009-10 season. The next season, City won the FA Cup after beating Stoke City 1-0 and managed to occupy the third position in the Premier League, only goal difference alone that makes the City failed to displace Chelsea from the second rank. 2011-12 season marks the successful end the 44-year-fasting City League titles (last in 1968) in a tight competition with Manchester United. City managed to champion the goal difference better.
Achievement
League
English Premier League
Champion (3): 1936-37, 1967-68, 2011-12
Runner-up (3): 1903-04, 1920-21, 1976-77
English League Championship
Champion (7): 1898-99, 1902-03, 1909-10, 1927-28, 1946-47, 1965-66, 2001-02
Runner-up (4): 1895-96, 1950-51, 1988-89, 1999-2000
League One England
Play-off winners: 1998-99
Cup
FA Cup
Winners (5): 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969, 2011
Runners-up (4): 1926, 1933, 1955, 1981
League Cup
Winner (2): 1970, 1976
Runners-up (1): 1974
FA Community Shield
Winners (4): 1937, 1968, 1972, 2012
Runners-up (5): 1934, 1956, 1969, 1973, 2011
Full Members Cup
Runners-up (1): 1986
Europe
UEFA Cup Winners
Winners (1): 1970
Reference:
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C.
Manchester United F.C.
Formed as Newton Heath L & YR F.C. in 1878 as a football team Railway Company depot Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Newton Heath, the name changed to Manchester United in 1902.
Although always been one of the strongest teams in England, then since 1993 Manchester United won a major dominance in the domestic championship under the direction of Sir Alex Ferguson - the dominance of a scale not seen since the end of Liverpool FC in the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Since the passing of an era in the 1992 Premiership, Manchester United is the most successful team to win the trophy twelve times champion.
Despite its success in the domestic competition, success is still difficult to be repeated at the European championships, they only ever won the Champions League three times in its history (1968, 1999, 2008).
Since the 86-87 season, they have won 22 major trophies - this is the highest number among the clubs of the Premier League. They have won 19 Premier League trophies (including the time still called Division One). In 1968, they became the first English team to win the European Champions League, after defeating SL Benfica 4-1, and they won the European Champions League for the second time in 1999 and again in 2008 after beating Chelsea FC in the final. They also hold the record for winning the FA Cup 11 times. In 2008, they became the first English club and the club's second European success into the FIFA Club World Champion.
On May 12, 2005, U.S. businessman Malcolm Glazer became majority owner of the club by buying shares worth £ 800 million (U.S. $ 1.47 billion) followed by the protest of many fanatical supporters.
Early years (1878-1945)
Shortly thereafter, in 1902, the club neared bankruptcy, with debts of more than £ 2500. Bank Street field they have been closed.
Before they broke up the team, they accept investments from J. H. Davies, director of Manchester Breweries. Initially, a team legend, Harry Stafford, the club captain, exhibiting dogs St. Bernard, then Davies decided to buy the dog. Stafford declined, but was able to influence Davies to invest in the club and become club chairman. Held a meeting to change the name of the association. Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic were among the names suggested, before Louis Rocca, a young immigrant from Italy, said "Gentlemen, why do we not use the name of Manchester United?" The name stuck, and Manchester United officially came into existence on 26 April 1902. Davies also decided to replace the elected team colors and red and white as the color of the Manchester United team.
Ernest Mangnall appointed as club secretary after James West who replaced the resigned on 28 September 1902. Mangnall working hard to lift the team into Division One and failed at the first attempt, ranks fifth in Division Two League. Mangnall decided to add some players to the club and recruit players such as Harry Moger, Dick Duckworth, and John Picken, there is also Charlie Roberts who made the biggest impact. He bought 750 pounds of Grimsby Town in April 1904, and took the team to third place standings late in the season 1903-1904.
They then promoted to Division One after finishing diurutan two Division Two 1905-06 season. Their first season in Division One ended poorly, their ranks eighth klasmen. They finally won his first league title in 1908. Manchester City are being investigated for paying players above specified regulatory FA. They were fined £ 250 and sentenced to eighteen players they can not play for them again. United quickly took advantage of this situation, hiring Billy Meredith and Sandy Turnbull, and others. The new players should not be playing before the New year 1907, the result of the suspension of the FA. They began play in the 1907-08 season and United's aiming for the title. 2-1 victory over Sheffield United started ten times United's winning streak. But in the end, they closed the season with a 9-point advantage of their rivals, Aston Villa.
Clubs need two years to bring the trophy again, they won the Division One League trophy for the second time in the 1910-11 season. United moved to their new ground at Old Trafford. They played their first match at Old Trafford on February 19, 1910 against Liverpool, but they lost 4-3. They did not get the trophy again in 1911-12 season, they are not supported by Mangnall again because he moved to Manchester City after 10 year with United. After that, they played 41 years without winning a trophy.
United again relegated in 1922 after ten years of playing in Division One. They went up the division again in 1925, but the difficulty to enter the ranks of the top league Division One and they go down the division again in 1931. United reached the lowest mencapaian throughout its history that the top 20 Division Two championship in 1934. force them back when the 1938-39 season.
Alex Ferguson era (1986-present)
Before Treble (1986-1998)
Alex Ferguson came from Aberdeen to replace Atkinson and led the club to 11th place. The next season the 1987-88 season, United finished the league in second, with Brian McClair who top 20 league goals after George Best.
United had a hard time the next 2 seasons. With the purchase of enough players, Ferguson can not meet the expectations of fans. Alex Ferguson has been in danger of dismissal in early 1990, but a goal from Mark Robins took United to a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest FA Cup third dibabak. It makes Ferguson was saved and eventually United won the FA Cup, beating Crystal Palace in the party over the final round.
United won the Cup Winners' Europe in 1990-91, the season's Spanish champions beat Barcelona in the final, but disappointing in the league next season because they lost to rivals, Leeds United.
The arrival of Eric Cantona in November 1992 is a crucial step United at the time. Cantona mingle with players and won the FA Cup Final Manchester United became the champions make two in the league and FA Cup. Ferguson make fans upset that sell some players some of them directly elected a member of the England national football team. Surprisingly, United again won the double in the 1995-96 season. This is the first time an English club won the double twice and finally they got the title "Double Double".
They won the league in 1996-97 and Eric Cantona declared retirement from professional soccer at age 30. They started the 1997-98 season well but ended the league in second place standings, winning two titles under Arsenal.
Treble (1998-1999)
1998-99 season for Manchester United is the most successful season as they managed to become the only English team ever won the Treble (three titles in one season) - by winning the Premiership, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in the same season. After passing through a solid Premier League, Manchester United managed to win the league in the last match against Tottenham Hotspur with a score of 2-1, while Arsenal's 1-0 win over Aston Villa. Winning the Premier League is the first part of United's treble, which Ferguson called the hardest part. In the FA Cup final they met Newcastle United and won 2-0 with goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes. In the final game of their season, the UEFA Champions League Final match in 1999, they beat Bayern Munich, the game is touted as the best comeback ever, lost to injury time and scored twice in the last minute to ensure the victory of 2 -1. Manchester United also won the Intercontinental Cup after beating Palmeiras 1-0 in Tokyo.
After the Treble (1999-present)
United won the league in 2000 and 2001, but they failed to regain the European Cup. In 2000, Manchester United became one of 14 founder members of the G-14. Ferguson adopted more defensive tactics failed in Europe and United finished the competition in third place in the league standings. They regained the league the following season and started the season very well, but their form dropped significantly when Rio Ferdinand received a controversial eight month suspension for missing a drugs test. They won the FA Cup in 2004 after beating Millwall.
2004-05 season, scored United's productivity is reduced, which is caused by the injury of striker Ruud van Nistelrooy and United finished the season trophyless too. This time, the FA Cup eluded them as Arsenal beat United on penalties. Off the pitch, the main story was the possibility of the club being taken over by another party and at the end of the season, Malcolm Glazer, a businessman from Tampa, has Ownership of United.
United made a poor start to the 2005-06 season, with the departure of Roy Keane, who joined Celtic after United's much-criticized public and the club failed to get past the knock-out round of the Champions League for the first time in a decade after losing to Portuguese team Benfica. This season is a bad season for United as their key players such as Gabriel Heinze, Alan Smith, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes injury. They only won one title that season, the League Cup, beating newly promoted Wigan Athletic by a score of 4-0. United also ensured a second-place league and automatic qualification for the Champions League after beating Charlton Athletic 4-0. The end of the 2005-06 season, one of the key striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, left the club to join Real Madrid, for his relationship with Alex Ferguson.
2006-07 season showed United's attacking style of play as the decade of the 90s, scoring 20 more goals in 32 matches. In January 2007, United get Henrik Larsson on loan for 2 months from Helsingborgs, and the players that have important feelings in the achievement of United in the Champions League, with hopes for a second Treble; however after reaching the semi-finals, United lost to AC Milan 3-5 (aggregate).
In celebration of the 50th Manchester United's participation in European competition, as well as the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, Manchester United played Marcello Lippi's European XI at Old Trafford on March 13, 2007. United won the game 4-3.
Four years after their last title, United claimed back the Premier League title on May 6, 2007, after Chelsea drew away with Arsenal, leaving the Blues seven points behind with two games left, followed by United's 1-0 victory in the Manchester derby the previous day, drove United to his ninth Premiership title in the 15 years of its existence. However, they can not reach their fourth double, as Chelsea beat United 1-0 in the FA Cup Final 2007 at the new Wembley Stadium.
On May 11, 2008, United again won the league title after beating Wigan 2-0 in the last game to make sure the title, followed by the Champions League title on May 21, 2008 was achieved by beating Chelsea 6-5 in the final on penalties after playing the first series -1 in normal time and extra time 2x45 minutes 2x15 minutes. With the status of the Champions League, United are entitled to follow the FIFA Club World Cup 2008 and also won the tournament after beating Gamba Osaka 5-3 in the semifinals and LDU Quito 1-0 in the final. United also became the second European club champion after AC Milan in 2007. A year after the UEFA Champions League final in 2008, Manchester United went back to the finals in 2009. Manchester United then suffered a defeat in the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League final, against Barcelona with a score of 2-0 in Rome, Italy.
2009-10 season was not a good season, because just getting the League Cup, only to finish in second place, and thrown in the Champions League by Bayern Munich. The next season United won the top league title for the 19th time, passing through Liverpool with 18 league titles, after a 1-1 draw at Blackburn for the determination of title to Chelsea. In Europe, United won the runner-up medal after being hit forces Pep Guardiola, Barcelona 3-1. In the season, United lost Gary Neville, Owen Hargreaves, Paul Scholes and Edwin van der Sar. In the 2011-12 season, United got a 8-2 victory over Arsenal at Old Trafford, but a major defeat of Manchester City 1-6 in the same place. Matches against Sunderland (1-0 United) is history for United, Sir Alex in particular that have been officially 25 years with United. Official North Stand was renamed Sir Alex Ferguson Stand. It was also United's season does not get into last 16 of the Champions League after losing to Basel 1-2 in Switzerland. United also does not get into the Europa League quarter-finals after falling by Athletic Bilbao. On the domestic front, United swept 1-2 at home to Crystal Palace in the League Cup. United also lost a match 1-2 at Anfield in the FA Cup.
Achievement
English Premier League: 19
1907-08, 1910-11, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999 - 2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-2009, 2010-2011
English League One: 2
1935-36, 1974-75
FA Cup: 11
1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
Carling Cup: 4
1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10
FA Charity / Community Shield: 19 (4-time champions together)
1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965 *, 1967 *, 1977 *, 1983, 1990 *, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011. (* Joint winner)
UEFA Champions League: 3
1968, 1999, 2008
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
1991
UEFA Super Cup: 1
1991
Intercontinental Cup / Club World Championship: 1
1999
FIFA Club World Cup: 1
2008
Reference:
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C.
http://footballslive.blogspot.com/2013/04/manchester-united-fc.html