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50 free Manchester United trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Manchester United began in 1878 as a railway works team called Newton Heath, nearly went bust twice, and became the most decorated club in English football: twenty league titles, thirteen FA Cups and three European Cups. Matt Busby's young side were the first English club into the European Cup, survived the Munich air disaster and won the 1968 final; Alex Ferguson then spent 27 years collecting 38 trophies, including the 1999 Treble. This quiz covers all of it: the green and gold of the railway years, the 1902 rescue by four local businessmen, Old Trafford's architect and its wartime bombing, the 10-0 win over Anderlecht, the United Trinity, the grey kit abandoned at half-time, Bryan Robson's record fee, Solskjaer's toe-poke in Barcelona, the Moscow shoot-out, the Glazer takeover and the green-and-gold protests, the European Super League U-turn and the 100,000-seat stadium plan. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for the pub.
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Q 01Under what name was the club founded in 1878?
Newton Heath LYR
The 'LYR' stood for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, whose carriage and wagon workers formed the team.
Q 02In which year did the club officially become Manchester United?
1902
Four local businessmen, including John Henry Davies, each put in £500 to save it from a winding-up order.
Q 03What colours did the club wear in its earliest railway-team days?
Green and gold
Fans revived the colours in 2010 as a protest against the Glazer ownership.
Q 04In which year did the club win its first league title?
1908
Ernest Mangnall's side followed it with the first ever Charity Shield and a first FA Cup.
Q 05Which club did title-winning manager Ernest Mangnall leave to join in 1912?
Manchester City
He had been a driving force behind the move to Old Trafford two years earlier.
Q 06In what year did the club move into Old Trafford?
1910
Land was bought for around £60,000 and architect Archibald Leitch was given £30,000 to build it.
Q 07Who saved the club from likely bankruptcy with a £2,000 investment in December 1931?
James W. Gibson
His family kept control until the Edwards era began in 1964.
Q 08What was the average age of the Busby Babes side that won back-to-back titles?
22
The nickname was coined by the media as a tribute to Busby's faith in youth.
Q 09Against which club did United record their biggest ever win, 10–0, in 1956?
Anderlecht
It came on the way to a European Cup semi-final against Real Madrid.
Q 10The team was flying home from a tie against which club when disaster struck at Munich?
Red Star Belgrade
The crash on 6 February 1958 claimed 23 lives, including eight players.
Q 11Who managed the makeshift side to the 1958 FA Cup final while Busby recovered?
Jimmy Murphy
They lost the final to Bolton Wanderers.
Q 12Who became the first Black player to represent United, debuting in May 1963?
Dennis Walker
Busby rested key players before the FA Cup final, handing him a debut against Nottingham Forest.
Q 13Who did United beat 4–1 in the 1968 European Cup final?
Benfica
It made them the first English club to win the trophy.
Q 14Charlton, Law and Best are known collectively by what name?
Q 21The 1993 Premier League title was the club's first league title since which year?
1967
A year later they added the FA Cup for the first Double in club history.
Q 22Who did United beat with two injury-time goals in the 1999 Champions League final?
Bayern Munich
Sheringham and Solskjær completed the Treble, and Ferguson was knighted that summer.
Q 23Which Brazilian club did United beat in Tokyo to win the 1999 Intercontinental Cup?
Palmeiras
United remain the only British team to have won the competition.
Q 24In which city did United beat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 Champions League final?
The United Trinity
All three had won the European Footballer of the Year award.
Q 15Which Argentine club beat United in the 1968 Intercontinental Cup?
Estudiantes
A first-leg defeat in Buenos Aires made the 1–1 draw at Old Trafford insufficient.
Q 16Who replaced Matt Busby as manager in 1969?
Wilf McGuinness
The former player and reserve coach lasted until Busby was persuaded to step back in.
Q 17Which manager saw United relegated in 1974 and then win the 1977 FA Cup?
Tommy Docherty
Best, Law and Charlton had all left by the time the club went down.
Q 18Which player did Ron Atkinson sign for a British record fee from West Bromwich Albion?
Bryan Robson
Atkinson had managed him at the Hawthorns.
Q 19From which Scottish club did Alex Ferguson arrive in November 1986?
Aberdeen
He brought assistant Archie Knox with him and finished 11th that season.
Q 20Victory over which club in the 1990 FA Cup final reportedly saved Ferguson's job?
Crystal Palace
A Cup Winners' Cup and a first League Cup followed within two years.
Moscow
Ryan Giggs made a record 759th appearance that night, passing Bobby Charlton.
Q 25Which club did United beat to become the first British winners of the FIFA Club World Cup?
LDU Quito
The 1–0 win came in December 2008.
Q 26For what then-world-record fee was Cristiano Ronaldo sold to Real Madrid in 2009?
£80m
He had just helped United to a third successive Premier League title.
Q 27Who succeeded Alex Ferguson as manager in 2013?
David Moyes
The former Everton boss signed a six-year contract and was sacked after ten months.
Q 28Which manager won United's 12th FA Cup before being sacked in 2016?
Louis van Gaal
The Dutchman had arrived on a three-year deal with Giggs as his assistant.
Q 29Whose record did Wayne Rooney pass with his 250th United goal in January 2017?
Bobby Charlton
Charlton's record had stood since the 1970s.
Q 30How long after announcing it did United withdraw from the European Super League in 2021?
Two days
The backlash also cost executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward his job.