The Manchester Football League, formed in 1893, is an amateur football league for clubs in or close to Manchester, United Kingdom. The league consists of five divisions, with many clubs fielding two teams in the league, although reserve teams of clubs whose first teams play in a different league are not permitted to join. The top division of the league has a promotion/relegation arrangement with the North West Counties Football League, placing it at level 11 of the English football league system. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the north west of England. ... The English football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (though for historical reasons — namely that the league system was originally intended to be United Kingdom-wide — a small number of Welsh clubs also compete). ...
Their only away win of the league campaign was against runners-up Liverpool and that victory effectively cost the opposition their defence of the league title.
In January 1990, Manchester United were drawn away to Nottingham Forest in the third round of the FA Cup.
Manchester United yielded their eighth Premiership title in 11 seasons at the end of 2002-03, yet just over two months before the end of the season they had lost to Liverpool in the League Cup final and slipped eight points behind leaders Arsenal on the same day.
Manchester United is unusual in that it is not based in the City of Manchester itself, but in the borough of Trafford, between the cities of Salford and Manchester.
The earliest known film of Manchester United is the 2–0 victory at Burnley on 6 December 1902, filmed by Mitchell and Kenyon.
When United won the league in 1956, they had the highest average home attendance in the league, a record that had been held by Newcastle for the previous few years.
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