Manchester United were formed as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878, as the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath. They became Manchester United in 1902 and play their home games at Old Trafford, Sir Matt Busby Way, Manchester.
Manchester United play their home games in shirts which are red with white trim, this is where their nickname the red devils originates from. They used to wear green & yellow halves when they were Newton Heath, the green & yellow strip had a revival in the 90s as the away strip in memory of clubs origins.
United have had many famous players wear their shirts a few of these are; in the fifties & sixties; George Best, Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and Nobby Stiles, in the seventies & eighties Norman Whiteside, Lou Macari, Alex Stepney, Gordon Strachan, Ray Wilkins and Steve Coppell and the nineties with Mark Hughes, Bryan Robson, Paul Ince, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel and Roy Keane
