North Road (Manchester) Cup match against Eccles on 31 January 1885. The earliest recorded four-figure attendance at the ground was 3,000 for a friendly with West Gorton (St. Mark's) on 12 November 1881. This was the first recorded meeting of the two sides that eventually became Manchester United and Manchester City. Notes Bibliography North Road (Manchester) North Road was a football and cricket ground in Newton Heath, Manchester, England. It was the first home of Manchester United Football Club – then known as Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Football Club – from its foundation in 1878 until 1893, when the club moved
Shepparton United Football Club Thomas "Jock" Spencer - who would later be named in North Melbourne Team of the Century, former Shinboner John Brady was coaxed into coaching the club. From 1966 a minor name change replaced City with Shepparton, thus United became Shepparton United. United went on to win six more premierships, including winning all three football premierships in 1980 - at that time the only club to complete the "GV Grand Slam". In the early 1980s, the club did not take long to recover from a deep financial crisis and went on to play in the 1984, 1985 and 1986 grand finals,