Better The Red Devil You Know

A MANCHESTER UNITED QUIZ
1 Manchester United were originally called Newton Heath LYR. What does the LYR stand for?
Lancashire Yorkshire Railway

2 Who did Vodafone replace as Man Utd’s shirts sponsors?                 Sharp

3 Who replaced Sir Matt Busby as manager in 1969?             Wilf McGuiness

4 Who was manager of Man Utd immediately prior to Alex Ferguson?             Ron Atkinson

5 What are the names of the three sons of Malcolm Glazer?             Joel, Avram & Bryan

6 Which Utd defender became the first player to captain an FA Cup winning side in Scotland and England?
Martin Buchan

7 Who was the Best Man at the wedding of David Beckham and Victoria Adams?             Gary Neville

8 From which club did Man Utd sign Cristiano Ronaldo?                 Sporting Lisbon

9 Who scored the winning goal in the 1999 European Cup final?             Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

10 Which Utd star became the first foreigner to captain an FA Cup winning team?             Eric Cantona

11 Who scored two goals in the 1968 European Cup final?             Bobby Charlton

12 Which year witnessed the Munich air crash?             1958

13 What nationality is Utd star Quinton Fortune?                 South African

14 Which former Utd and England star has the middle names Emerson Carlyle?         Paul Ince

15 Which player scored the only goal in the 1985 FA Cup final?             Norman Whiteside

16 Who was the first Man Utd star to be voted European Footballer of the Year?         Dennis Law

17 Who was the first player that Man Utd signed for a fee in excess of £1 million?         Bryan Robson

18 Who “fell out” with Alex Ferguson following the publication of his autobiography, Head To Head?
Jaap Stam

19 Who was sacked as Man Utd manager in 1977?             Tommy Docherty

20 Who beat Man Utd in the 1976 FA Cup final?             Southampton

21 In what year did Alex Ferguson begin his managerial reign at Old Trafford?             1986

22 In 2005, who became the first South Korean player to play for Man Utd?             Park Ji-Sung

23 Which Man Utd star was dubbed “The Fifth Beatle”?             George Best

24 Who was the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup final?         Kevin Moran

25 Which club was founded in 2005 in protest at the Glazer take over?         FC United of Manchester