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The Manchester derby is the name given to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United. As with any major football rivalry, gloating and banter between the two sets of fans is commonplace. United fans point out that City have gone several decades without winning a major trophy, whereas City fans claim United do not actually come from Manchester. United's Old Trafford ground lies just outside the city boundaries in Trafford Borough, or Greater Manchester, although Manchester United did form in Newton Heath and played there for many years.
[edit] HistoryThe first meeting between the two teams occurred on 12 November 1881, when West Gorton (St. Marks) – the future City – hosted Newton Heath – the future Manchester United. The game finished 3–0 in favour of the Heathens (United), and was described by the Ashton Reporter as "a pleasant game"[1]. The first Football League meeting between the teams came in the 1894–95 season, Newton Heath beating Manchester City 5–2 at Hyde Road. However, the two sides had previously met in the 1891–92 season in the Football Alliance, on 10 October 1891, with Newton Heath defeating Ardwick 3–1 in front of a crowd of 4,000 at North Road.[2] The first meeting between the clubs to take place at the highest level of English football occurred in December 1906, a 3–0 City win in a First Division match for which the gate receipts exceeded £1,000, a very large figure for the time.[3] Before the Second World War, many football supporters in Manchester watched City one week and United the next. After the war, a stronger rivalry developed and following both teams became uncommon. [edit] FloodlightsThe first floodlit Manchester derby was played on 26th February 1889 at the Belle Vue Athletic Ground. Wells electric lights were placed around the ground and a crowd of 10,000 watched Newton Heath defeat Ardwick 3-2. The match was played in aid of the Hyde Coal Mine disaster.[4]. The first competitive floodlit derby was the Charity Shield match played in October 1956.[5] The game was a break with tradition as Charity Shield games were typically played at the home ground of the League Champions, but as Old Trafford had yet to install lights, the game was played at Maine Road. [edit] The 1970sManchester derbies in the 1970s were frequently bad tempered. In the December 1970 derby, a tackle by George Best broke the leg of Glyn Pardoe; the severity of the injury almost resulted in the City defender losing his leg.[6] The following season, an entertaining 3–3 draw saw Francis Lee accuse George Best of diving and emphasised the point to the referee by throwing himself theatrically to the floor. The first derby of the 1973–74 season saw Mike Doyle and Lou Macari each receive a red card in a dour contest which finished 0–0. Both players refused to leave the pitch, leading the referee to take both teams back to the dressing room until the two players accepted their dismissals.[7] [edit] The Denis Law gameThe return fixture came at Old Trafford on the penultimate day of the season (United still had an away game to play at Stoke) with high stakes, United trying to avoid relegation with a win, although they were also relying on Norwich beating Birmingham that day for their result to matter. After 80 slow minutes with no score, Francis Lee played the ball towards former United player Denis Law, who was standing with his back to goal. Law instinctively back-heeled the ball past goalkeeper Alex Stepney and into the back of the net. As his City team-mates congratulated him, the stunned Law left the pitch head down as he realised the consequences for his former club. Law later said of the goal: "I have seldom felt so depressed in my life as I did that weekend. After 19 years of giving everything I had to score goals, I had finally scored one which I almost wished I hadn't."[8] Law was immediately substituted, and never played league football again. In the closing minutes of the match, United supporters hit the pitch and forced abandonment. However, the result stood, and United's relegation was confirmed. Results subsequently revealed that United would have still been relegated if the match was drawn, but the match is still remembered among City supporters as "the day Denis Law back-heeled United into the Second Division". United would return to the First Division the next season. [edit] PresentUntil recently, City's only success in recent years was the 5-1 win at Maine Road in September 1989, when City had just returned to the top flight after two years away, while United were still struggling to make a serious impact on the English game in three years since the appointment of Alex Ferguson as manager. The return game at Old Trafford in February brought an unremarkable 1-1 draw. However, in the 1990s, United dominated the fixture, going unbeaten in derbies for the full decade. In 1990-91, with both Manchester clubs competing in the top half of the table but not looking like real title contenders, the Maine Road clash in October delivered a pulsating 3-3 draw, but the return match at Old Trafford in early May saw United win 1-0 and the only goal of the game came from 17-year-old winger Ryan Giggs, scoring for the first time in his career. The 1991-92 derbies were uneventful - a goalless draw at Maine Road in mid November and a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford in early April. The first Manchester derby following the creation of the FA Premier League for the 1992-93 season was a 2-1 win for United at Old Trafford on 6 December 1992. Making his United debut on that day was new signing Eric Cantona, who would go on to score eight goals in Manchester derbies over the next four seasons - the first in the return match at Maine Road that March which ended in a 1-1 draw. 1993-94 saw one of the finest Manchester derbies ever, when United overturned a 2-0 defecit at Maine Road to win 3-2, with Eric Cantona scoring twice. Cantona scored a double on St George's Day as United won 2-0 at Old Trafford. Cantona was on target again in the next Manchester derby in November 1994, though it was Andrei Kanchelskis who stole the show with a hat-trick in a 5-0 win. United won the return game 3-0 at Maine Road three months later. 1995-96 was the last season of the millennium which brought a Manchester derby, as City were relegated. The first derby of the season came at Old Trafford in mid October with a 1-0 win for United in which Paul Scholes, still only 20, scored the only goal of the game and only a string of superb saves from United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel prevented City from gaining a surprise win. The return game in early April saw United win 3-2 at Maine Road, with yet another goal from Cantona, who had netted a penalty against City in a 2-1 win in the FA Cup fifth round two months earlier. The first Old Trafford derby of the new millennium saw the culmination of a long standing feud between Roy Keane and Alf-Inge Haaland. The feud started in 1998, when United captain Keane suffered a cruciate ligament injury when clean through on goal, being chased down by Haaland (then playing for Leeds, a team that also have an unpleasant rivalry with United). As Keane lay on the ground, Haaland accused him of feigning injury. Three years later, in the derby match of April 2001, Haaland was the City captain. Late in the game, Keane made a knee-high tackle on Haaland, for which he received a red card. In his autobiography, published in 2002, Keane admitted that the challenge was a premeditated attempt to injure, an admission which resulted in a £150,000 fine and a five-match ban. Subsequent to the incident, Haaland had a long struggle with knee problems and retired in 2002. Haaland initially stated that his injury problems were not related to the challenge, but later received medical advice which suggested the challenge aggravated an earlier injury.[9][10] City won both the last derby match at Maine Road and the first derby match at their new stadium, the City of Manchester Stadium. During the 2006–07 Premier League, United beat City 3–1 at Old Trafford and then won 1–0 at the City of Manchester Stadium (the game that ultimately led to United winning the title). The 2007–08 derby games were both won by Manchester City, 1–0 at the City of Manchester Stadium on 19 August 2007, and 2–1 at Old Trafford on 10 February 2008 (just four days after the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster – a well observed one minute silence preceded the match). Darius Vassell and Benjani Mwaruwari scored for City in the 24th and 45th minutes respectively. Michael Carrick scored for United in the 90th minute. It was the first time since April 1974 that City had beaten United in the league at Old Trafford and the first time they had won both league derby games since the 1969–70 season. United prevented City from winning a third consecutive derby match in the first derby of the 2008–09 season, Wayne Rooney scoring the game's only goal. Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in the same game for a bizarre handball. Alex Ferguson proclaimed the 2009–10 Manchester derby at Old Trafford as "probably…the best derby of all time". Manchester United won this game 4–3 after Manchester City had equalised three times only for Michael Owen to score the winning goal after 95 minutes. [11] Peter Schmeichel, who played for both United and City, can claim an unbeaten record in derby games – United were unbeaten during his nine years at Old Trafford, while in his single season at Maine Road (his last before he retired) City beat United at home. [edit] Statistics As of 20 September 2009, there have been 152 competitive meetings between the teams. United have won 62 and City 41, the remaining 49 games finishing as draws. The biggest victory was 6–1 to City on 23 January 1926. Both teams have won 5–0 once (City in 1955, United in 1994). The largest attendance for a Manchester derby was 78,000 on 20 September 1947,[12] a time when both clubs were playing at Maine Road, as Old Trafford was being repaired following damage sustained in the Second World War.
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all statistics exclude the abandoned match from the 1960–61 season [edit] Non-competitive derbiesA large number of non-competitive Manchester derbies have taken place. The majority of these occurred during the Second World War, when a total of 44 matches were played between the teams. In recent years, non-competitive matches between the teams have generally been testimonials, such as those for Paul Lake and Denis Irwin. Matches between non-first team sides representing the Manchester clubs also have an element of rivalry, with occasions when the reserve teams meet sometimes referred to as "mini-derbies".[14] This term is also used in reference to when supporters' offshoot clubs (Maine Road F.C. and F.C. United of Manchester) meet.[citation needed] [edit] All time results[edit] League[edit] References
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