Sunday, April 29, 2012

Manchester derby


Manchester derby

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Manchester derby is the name given to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United. City are based in eastManchester at the Etihad Stadium and United in Trafford at [[ City and United have the two highest record home attendances in the history of English football – City in 1934 with 84,569 and United with 83,260 in 1948, ironically at Maine Road due to damage to Old Trafford during theSecond World War. Financially, both clubs' combined 2010 revenue of £410m (City – £125 million[1] and United – £286 million)[2] makes up nearly a quarter of the twenty-team Premier League revenue alone.[3] 8.3 million people watched the first leg of the 2009–10 League Cup semi-final on television[4] and over 10 million the 2010–11 FA Cup semi-final on terrestrial television.[5]
In the 2010–11 season, Manchester United won the Premier League and Manchester City the FA Cup.[6] They both qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. The last meeting, the 162nd derby, was an FA Cup Third Round match on 8 January 2012 at the Etihad Stadiumwhich United won 3–2. The next meeting is due to be a Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium on Monday 30 April 2012 with a scheduled kick-off time at 20:00 BST.
Manchester derby
City or regionManchester
Greater Manchester
First contested12 November 1881
Teams involvedManchester City
Manchester United
Number of meetings162
Most winsManchester United (68)
Most player appearancesRyan Giggs (34)
Most recent meeting8 January 2012
FA Cup
Next meeting30 April 2012,
20:00 BST
Etihad Stadium, Premier League
All-time seriesManchester United: 68
Drawn: 50
Manchester City: 44
Largest victoryUnited 1–6 City (1926)
United 0–5 City (1955)
United 5–0 City (1994)
United 1–6 City (2011)

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