Glazer ownership of Manchester United Glazer ownership of Manchester United Manchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed as Newton Heath LYR Football Club, the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot in Newton Heath, in 1878. The club split from the railway company in 1892 and remained under private ownership for almost 100 years, changing its name to Manchester United after being saved from bankruptcy in 1902. The club went public in 1990 and was the subject of takeover bids from property trader Michael Knighton and Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB corporation before
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,