History of Manchester United F.C. (1969–1986)

•  1966 FIFA World Cup Final

  The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth football World Cup. The match was contested by England and West Germany on 30 July 1966 at Wembley Stadium in London, and had an attendance of 98,000. England won 4–2 after extra time to win the Jules Rimet Trophy.

  

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•  Heysel Stadium Disaster

  The Heysel Stadium Disaster occurred when a wall collapsed in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final. 39 people died, and 600 were injured. Approximately one hour before the Liverpool-Juventus final was due to kick off, a large group of Liverpool fans were suddenly thought to have breached a fence separating them from rival Juventus fans. The Juventus fans ran back and away from the perceived threat into a concrete retaining wall.

  

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•  Hillsborough Disaster

  The Hillsborough Disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, all fans of Liverpool F.C. It remains the deadliest stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the worst in international football accidents that has ever occurred.

  

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•  Munich air disaster

  The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with a number of supporters and journalists. 20 of the 44 people on board the aircraft died in the crash.

  

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•  They think it's all over

  They think it's all over is a well known quotation popular in England. It is taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's BBC TV commentary in the closing moments of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, where England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time to win the FIFA World Cup. Transcribed, the quotation is: And here comes Hurst! He's got...

  

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•  UEFA Euro 1996

  The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 96) was hosted by England. It was the tenth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA, and the first to use the "Euro" name. The tournament's final stages took place between 8 June and 30 June 1996. The slogan of the tournament was "Football Comes Home", as it was the first time the tournament had taken place in England, where the rules of the game were first standardised.

  

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•  Football records in England

  This page details football records in England.

  

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•  National Football Museum

  The National Football Museum is a museum in Preston, Lancashire, England, founded to preserve, conserve and interpret several important collections of Association Football memorabilia. It was built outside Deepdale as the stadium is, as of 2008, the oldest continuously used football league ground in the world. The trustees have voted to move the museum to the Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester, with Preston becoming a secondary site.

  

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•  Bradford City stadium fire

  The Bradford City Fire Disaster occurred on Saturday 11 May 1985 when a flash fire consumed one side of the Valley Parade football stadium in Bradford, England. The fire broke out during a football match between the home team, and Lincoln City, on the day that Bradford City were supposed to have celebrated their winning the Football League Third Division trophy. 56 people lost their lives.

  

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•  Battle of Bramall Lane

  The Battle of Bramall Lane is the informal name given to an English First Division football match between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion at United's Bramall Lane ground on 16 March 2002. The match was unusual in that it was abandoned due to Sheffield United having only six players left on the pitch.

  

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•  Ancrene Wisse

  Ancrene Wisse (also Ancrene Riwle) or Guide for Anchoresses is a monastic rule (or manual) for anchoresses, perhaps written in the late 12th century to early 13th century. 'Ancrene Wisse' was originally written for three 'sisters' who chose to enter the contemplative life. 'Ancrene Wisse' is made up of eight Parts: Parts 1 and 8 deal with what is called the "Outer Rule" (relating to the anchoresses' exterior life), Parts 2-7 with the "Inner Rule" (relating to the anchoresses' interior life).

  

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•  Jensen's formula

  In complex analysis, a discipline within mathematics, Jensen's formula, named after Johan Jensen, relates the average magnitude of an analytic function on a circle with the magnitudes of its zeros inside the circle. It forms an important statement in the study of entire functions.

  

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•  Grumman Aerospace

  

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•  Futurechurch

  

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