FOOTBALL

Football refers to a number of sport that involves a varying number of people kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". The modern game of association football originates from the formation of The Football Association in London, England in 1863 base on multiple efforts to standardize the varying forms of the game. This allowed clubs to play each other without disagreement.

One of the famous football clubs is Manchester Unites Football Club. Manchester United FC  is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.

In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup. The current manager, Sir Alex Ferguson has won 24 major honours since he took over in November 1986.

Manchester United has won many trophies in English football, including a record 19 league titles, a record 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 19 FA Community Shields. The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club won a Treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, an unprecedented feat for an English club.

Manchester United is one of the wealthiest and most widely supported football teams in the world. As of July 2012, the club is number one in Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams, valued at $2.23 billion. After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £800 million.

On 13^th July 2012 Sir Alex Ferguson revealed his new 23 year old Japanese attacking midfielder. Shinji Kagawa is ready to give the Premier League a taste of what helped Borusisia Dortmund to the Bundesliga. Kagawa will play behind the main striker or in an attacking three for Ferguson next season.

 His league goals last season would have put him second behind Wayne Rooney in United’s goal scoring charts.

His performance in the 5-2 German Cup Final win over Bayern Munich convinced Ferguson to spend £12 million on a man he believes will help to revive his side. Ferguson hopes to be raising a glass tohis new arrival from day one and admits that is what he needed to do after the drama of losing the title to rivals, City.

Recently, Shinji Kagawa scored his first goal for Manchester United in their 1-0 pre-season victory over Shanghai Shenhua.Kagawa, who was named as man of the match, found the net after 68 minutes against Shenhua, who lined up without former Chelsea players Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba at the Shanghai Stadium.