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It was created in the 1890s with the opening of the ship canal & had 12k people working there before the swamp was built peaking at 75k in the 1940s.

I believe they had trams operating.
Believe was the 53 tram later buses with the same route number
 
I've always said this 'manchester united' didn't exist until 1902 . Newton heath were a different club, just like Ardwick/West Gorton, admittedly there are links but a different Club nonetheless. Despite all the bullshit , they aren't older than MANCHESTER CITY FC.
Strange how we never hear them mention 1902, which is their equivalent to our 1894, which is very well publicised by our club with merchandise etc, and an active supporters group.
It's almost like they're embarrassed they're actually a club formed in the 20th century.
 
And tell him they had not just one, but two sugar-daddies pretty well continuously from 1901 to 1951. Davies saved them from bankruptcy in 1901 and funded them all the way to 1927, when he died.

They were in severe financial difficulty after that and on the verge of bankruptcy again in 1931, when James Gibson bailed them out and continued to fund them, paying for the rebuilding of the swamp after the war. When he died in 1951 they managed to survive on their own for the first time in 50 years.

When they say we'd be in League 1 if not for Sheikh Mansour, tell him they would have ceased to exist completely if not for their two sugar daddies.
They also received handouts from the taxpayer twice to pay for renovations to their shit hole.
Gibson who made his money selling war uniforms, lobbied the government for a handout which they got, to help rebuild the swamp after World War Two when the country was in it's arse.
They got another handout to build a new stand for the '66 World Cup to increase the number of seats there to justify holding matches there instead of Maine Road despite the fact that Maine Road had more seats.
No wonder Scruffy Jim thinks he's got chance of scrounging another handout.
Fast forward to 1991 when floating on the stock market gave them enough money to buy the most expensively assembled squad ever seen on these shores spending the equivalent of the clubs value on players.
Organic club my arse, the only thing organic about the rags is the shit spewing out of the mouthes of their shit, entitled, glory hunting followers.
 
I wonder what the logic was for relocating to the borough of Trafford at that time. Presumably there were plenty of plots available in and around Manchester. Was it expanding at the time? Were the transport links better? Maybe the land was especially cheap.
Wasn't Trafford then (formed 1974)

Was the area considered part of Lancashire, Manchester or Cheshire at that time?
 
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Davies also gave them a free stadium. The club didn't pay a penny towards its construction. Rags don't like to hear that and their Pavlovian response is angry denial.

From the rags' own website:

"Davies himself paid for the building work, which commenced in 1908 under the supervision of architect Archibald Leitch. By 1910, the club had moved lock, stock and barrel from their old home of Bank Street. United's opening fixture at Old Trafford was played on 19 February 1910."
We're talking about Warwick Davies here right?

Is that why he couldn't reach the roof?
 
That was the reason according to "Worzel Gummidge" Ratcliffe. He reckons it was built to be in walking distance of Trafford Park because there was no public transport in 1910. Pretty sure there were plenty of trains and buses at the time. Maybe he is getting confused with Monaco.
Trams too
 
Strange how we never hear them mention 1902, which is their equivalent to our 1894, which is very well publicised by our club with merchandise etc, and an active supporters group.
It's almost like they're embarrassed they're actually a club formed in the 20th century.
Nice, new nickname for the Rags

"The 1902"
 

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