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    Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883. Historically part...
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  • of English football. Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United...
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  • in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath. The team...
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    Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October...
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    Newton Heath TMD is a traction maintenance depot in Newton Heath, Manchester, England, at the junction of the Calder Valley Line and the former Oldham...
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    1882, 46 players have held the position of club captain for Newton Heath LYR F.C., Newton Heath F.C. or Manchester United F.C. The first club captain was...
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    club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878 and turned professional in 1885, before joining the...
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  • May 1891 he signed registration forms with both Blackburn Rovers and Newton Heath. The ensuing dispute between the two clubs was settled when he declared...
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    Alexandra Athletic Club for several years until turning professional with Newton Heath disqualified him from competing in amateur athletics. Stafford made his...
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  • The 1888–89 season was Newton Heath's first season of league football, having become a founder member of the Combination in the summer of 1888. The Combination...
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  • The 1885–86 season was Newton Heath LYR's third season of competitive football. The only competition that the club entered their first team in this season...
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    The 1892–93 season was Newton Heath's first season in the Football League. They finished last in Division One championship with 18 points and due to the...
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    founded by former employees. The original company was founded in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England, where it was a major employer. That firm...
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    Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October...
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  • The 1886–87 season was the first season in which Newton Heath LYR F.C. – now known as Manchester United F.C. – took part in a major football competition...
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  • The 1883–84 season was the first season in which Newton Heath LYR F.C. competed in a senior competitive football competition, having spent the first five...
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  • The 1884–85 season was Newton Heath LYR's second season of competitive football. Having entered the Lancashire Cup for the first time the previous year...
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    cricket ground in Newton Heath, Manchester, England. It was the first home of Manchester United Football Club – then known as Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire...
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    Newton Heath and Moston is a Manchester Metrolink tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL), in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England. The...
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  • The 1889–90 season was Newton Heath LYR's first season in the Football Alliance; they finished in 8th position. The club also took part in the FA Cup and...
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  • The 1898–99 season was Newton Heath's seventh season in the Football League and their fifth in the Second Division. They finished fourth in the league...
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  • The 1894–95 season was Newton Heath's third season in the Football League and their first outside the top flight. They finished third in the Second Division...
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    took over the football club Manchester United, which was then called Newton Heath. The club was struggling with a debt of £2,670 at the time. Davies was...
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  • The 1887–88 season was Newton Heath LYR's final season before entering into league football. They only entered one competitive cup competition during the...
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    candy salesman best known for being the first full-time employee of Newton Heath, the club now known as Manchester United. He was made club secretary...
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    Newton Heath Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal C. W. Godbert* 2,743 59.2 N/A Labour H. Thorneycroft 1,890 40.8 +3.9 Majority 853 18.4 Turnout 5,067 58...
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  • The 1893–94 season was Newton Heath's second season in the Football League. They finished last in the First Division for the second consecutive season...
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  • Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Newton Heath (Manchester) Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End The Wednesday...
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    meeting between Liverpool and Newton Heath (as United were called at the time) in a play-off match that would see Newton Heath relegated to the Second Division...
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  • their precursor club Newton Heath L&YR, after Newton Heath left their North Road ground in the neighbouring district of Newton Heath. Bank Street had a...
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