Manchester derby
Manchester City and Manchester United have played each other 182 times. United have won 76 matches, City 54, and the remaining 53 have been drawn. Between them they have won 92 honours, a record 66 for United and 26 for City. First derby was played on 12 November 1881, when Newton Heath LYR beat Manchester United 3–0 at Hyde Road.
About Manchester derby in brief
Manchester City and Manchester United have played each other 182 times. United have won 76 matches, City 54, and the remaining 53 have been drawn. Between them they have won 92 honours, a record 66 for United and 26 for City. The first derby was played on 12 November 1881, when Newton Heath LYR beat Manchester United 3–0 at Hyde Road. The teams first met in the Football League in the 1894–95 season, with Newton Heath beating Manchester City 5–2. In the 1956 FA Charity Shield match, Manchester United were defending league champions and Manchester City were FA Cup holders. Manchester derbies in the 1970s saw two controversial incidents. In 1970, a tackle by United’s George Best broke the leg of City’s Glyn Pardoe; the severity of the injury almost resulted in the City defender losing his leg. The following season, Francis Lee became the first player to be sent off in a derby. In 1973, Denis Law was the last United player to retire from football after announcing his retirement in the closing minutes of the match. The match was played at Old Trafford, with United winning 2-1. The game was played in aid of the Hyde Coal Mine disaster, with City winning 3-2. The last derby to be played at Maine Road was the 1973–74 season, when Manchester City beat United 0–0 in a dour contest which saw Mike Doyle and Lou Macari each receive a red card. United won the match 2-0, leading to the dismissal of both players until their dismissals on the final day of the season.
The next day, Norwich City beat Birmingham City 1-0 to avoid relegation. The result meant that United would still have been relegated if the match had been played on the penultimate day, but the result stood and United would have still been relegated. United accepted the dismissals and the match was abandoned. The final game of the 1973-74 season saw United beat City 2–1 at the City of Manchester Stadium. Manchester City won the game 3-1 in the final minute of the game at the Etihad Stadium, with John Ruddy scoring the winner. The derby was the first time the teams had played in a floodlit match, with the game being played at the Belle Vue Athletic Ground in February 1889. The floodlit fixture was played with a crowd of 10,000 watching Newton Heath defeat Ardwick 3–2, with Manchester City winning the match 3-0 in the second half. The two teams have played a total of 182 matches in all competitions, United winning 76 and City 54. They have also drawn 53 of the 182 matches, with both teams winning at least one match in each of the last three seasons. The most recent derby was in the 2010-11 season, and United won 2-2 at Old Trafford. The clubs have played in the FA Cup final twice, in 2010 and 2011. The Manchester derby has been played at both Old Trafford and the City Stadium.
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