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Cantona, Eric   United Legend - in depth profile and pictures  Cole, Andy    United Legend - in depth profile and pictures Cantwell, Noel: 1960-1967 Born in County Cork, Cantwell was one of the best left backs of his generation. An intelligent strong header of the ball with excellent positional awareness he liked to attack down the wing, overlapping with midfielders. He began at local sides, Western Rovers and Cork Athletic. A move to West Ham United in 1952 took him cross the Irish Sea to England and he played in the London XI side that lost in the 1955-58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final. He won 36 caps for Republic of Ireland, such was his versatility he played for them as a centre-forward, scoring 14 goals. Moving to Old Trafford for £29,500 in 1960, Cantwell would help the club win the 1965 and 1967 league titles and captain the team in the 1963 FA Cup final 3-1 win over Leicester City. Cantwell left the club in 1967 retiring to take up management (Coventry City (1967-1972), Peterborough United (1972-1977) and (1986-1988). During a 5-year spell in the USA, he managed the Boston, Jacksonville and New England Teamen. He also served as Chairman of the PFA.   Nationality Republic of Ireland Date of Birth 1/11/1936 Appearances 144 Goals Scored 8 Carey, Johnny   United Legend - in depth profile and pictures  Carrick, Michael   Current Squad player - in depth profile and pictures Carrington Training Center This is Manchester United's state of the art training facility that replaced The Cliff in 2001. Situated in Carrington, it is six miles west from Old Trafford, deep in the countryside of Manchester's suburbs. The site covers 70 acres and boasts 14 pitches of varying size. Inside the complex, there is training and rehabilitation areas, physiotherapy, massage rooms and remedial and hydrotherapy pools. There are also squash / basketball courts, sauna, steam, weight rooms, a restaurant for staff and players as well as conference rooms, offices and classrooms. It even has a TV studio to interview players and staff for MUTV. The media have called it "Fortress Carrington" because there is 2.4km of fencing and 30,000 trees surrounding it, to keep out prying eyes of journalists and spies sent by the opposition. In 2003 Manchester City built their own training facility......in Carrington just down the road from United's. Sad eh? See Carrington in Google Maps  Charlton, Sir Bobby   United Legend - in depth profile and pictures Chelsea For years Manchester United regarded Chelsea as an elephant might a troublesome mosquito. The blues were a London club no bigger than West Ham only even less successful than the Hammers. During the late 90's however they started spending the cash and even picked up a few bits of silverware. Yet, they were still not a serious threat to United's dominance of English football. Everything changed on 2nd July 2003 when an unknown Russian businessman called Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea. The richest man in Europe, worth £5 billion by acquiring an oil company in the post Communist collapse, Abramovich has since made Chelsea a very serious threat indeed. Not just to United but every major club in Europe whom Chelsea, with unlimited funds, can outbid in any transfer deal. They say money can't buy success but after only 2 years Abramovich's spending spree of £260 million won Chelsea (their first in 50 years) the title in 2005. At a time when United are in the vice like grip of the Glazer debt, Jose Mourinho is an even more formidable opponent to Sir Alex Ferguson than Wenger ever was. The rich Chelsea bully boys have certainly surpassed United in being the most hated team in Britain with their 'above the law' attitude and towering arrogance. Some say that eventually Abramovich will lose interest as the constant success becomes boring. Perhaps he will take his money to the USA for new sporting ventures and new challenges? And there is still the possibility that his (currently £7 billion) massive fortune will be his downfall. Given that the money was effectively stolen from the Russian people, Abramovich has many enemies at home and abroad thirsty for revenge. Until then, United fan's live in hope...... Chubb To be "Chubbed" is one of the worst things that can happen to a Manchester United who is a One United member. Tickets rarely go on 'open sale' to the general public. If you are not one of United's 50,000 or so season ticket holders or amongst the expensive corporate/travel packages the only way to get an Old Trafford seat is to join the club's official One United membership scheme (or pay a tout a huge amount of cash). Being a member allows you to buy tickets, but there's one slight problem. Less than 20,000 seats are available but there is near on 120,000 members. Obviously not everyone applies all the time and season ticket holders are included in that number but it still could be pushing 80,000 applying for a big game. A random ballot is used to determine successful applicants but if your name has not come out of the hat the letter informing you of your misfortune is signed by Mr A Chubb, the ticket office manager. Contrary to rumour Arthur Chubb does actually exist and there is even an unofficial T-shirt with his name on it. The exact procedure of the ballot remains a mystery and many a Red has doubted the randomness of its results, especially when they miss out on Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid.....  Cole, Andy    United Legend - in depth profile and pictures Chilton, Allenby: 1938-1955 Durham born Chilton transferred to United in 1938 but he made his debut just one day before war was declared on Germany. His career on hold aged 20, he joined the Durham Light Infantry that took part in the D Day Landings of 1944. His career restarted in 1946 and Chilton was a quality defensive midfielder in Sir Matt Busby's first great team. Alongside the likes of Johnny Carey, Jack Rowley and Stan Pearson United won the 1948 FA Cup and the 1952 League Championship. He missed just 13 games in nine seasons and made an incredible 166 consecutive appearances - a record bettered only by Steve Coppell. Chilton was made club captain in 1953 but by early 1955, Busby Babe, Mark Jones had edged him out of the team. Chilton never regained his place and left in March 1955 to become player-manager with Grimsby. Nationality England Date of Birth 16/9/1918 Appearances 389 Goals Scored 3 Cliff, The The Cliff used to be Manchester United's main training and practice grounds facilities in Salford on the banks of the River Irwell. It has an outdoor training pitch, indoor pitch, Gym, training area, sports hall and extensive injury treatment equipment. The Carrington Centre replaced it in 1999 but the Cliff is still used for junior and academy games. See The Cliff in Google Maps  Cole, Andy    United Legend - in depth profile and pictures Colman, Eddie: 1952-1958 An excellent crosser of the ball, with a powerful shot, Half-back Eddie Colman linked up superbly with Duncan Edwards. Edwards provided the strength whilst the diminutive Colman provided the wizardry. A player with excellent ball winning skills and insightful passing made him Colman a favourite, fans called him 'snake-hips', because of his distinctive body swerve. So many of the team's attacking flair came from his devastating dribbling ability. He had great vision for creating openings and he was particularly skilled at curling perfect passes around stranded defenders to feed the strikers. He won two League Championship medals and played in the 1957 F.A. Cup Final. Colman was one of those killed at Munich in 1958.   Nationality England Date of Birth 1/11/1936 Appearances 107 Goals Scored 2 Coolmore Milionaire Irish racehorse owners John Magnier and JP McManus bought up to 29% of shares in Manchester United PLC in 2004. Nicknamed the "Coolmore Mafia" they were once friends with Sir Alex Ferguson only to fall out over a legal battle that disputed the ownership of racehorse, Rock of Gibraltar. The dispute provoked much anger amongst United fans who saw the duo as greedy profiteers trying to oust Sir Alex and interfere needlessly with the club. In May 2005, Magnier and McManus got revenge on Ferguson and fan's alike by selling their shares to Malcolm Glazer allowing the hated American tycoon to gain ownership of the club. Coppell, Steve: 1975-1983 Liverpool born Steve Coppell was an important member of the United team until injury tragically forced him out of the game prematurely at the age of 28. From 1975-83 Coppell was an exciting winger, who with pace would bomb down the right wing. Playing for Tranmere whilst studying for a degree course at Liverpool University in 1975 he caught the eye of Tommy Docherty who signed him for £60,000. United went that season to win the old second division championship. From January 1977 and 7th Nov 1981 Coppell played in a record 206 consecutive league games which is still a the longest ever run of matches by a United player. He was an F.A. Cup winner in 1977, a finalist in 1976 and 1979 as well as a regular full England international. A knee injury sustained playing for England in 1981 eventually ended his career in 1983. He went on to manage Crystal Palace guiding them to the FA Cup final in 1990 ironically against his former club. He is currently the manager of Reading whom he helped gain promotion to the Premiership in 2006. Nationality England Date of Birth 9/7/1955 Appearances 392 (3) Goals Scored 70 Crerand, Pat: 1963-1971 & 1972-1974 Pat (Paddy) Crerand was an honest, tough-tackling Scottish central midfielder, who loved to get stuck in. He was the Roy Keane of his day, a driving force in midfield doing the dirty work so the likes of Best and Charlton could work their magic. After starting his career in Glasgow with Celtic, he moved to Old Trafford in February 1963 for £56,000. An accurate passer with vision and fine ball winning skills, this made up for his lack of pace. Crerand was in the great United side which won the 1963 FA Cup Final, two League Championships in 1965 and 1967 and the European Cup at Wembley in 1968. He retired from football in 1972 but remained on the United coaching staff and became assistant manager to Tommy Docherty a year later. He has since done media work such as MUTV and a column in the United Review, where he has never been afraid to give his opinion on United related issues and controversies. Nationality Scotland Date of Birth 23/2/1939 Appearances 392 Goals Scored 15