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Pallister,
Gary
United Legend - in depth
profile and pictures
| Parker,
Paul: 1991-1996
East London born Paul Parker was bought from QPR by Sir Alex Ferguson in August 1991 for £1.7 million. Parker had made a name for himself in Italia 90 in which he will mainly be remember for deflecting in Germany's goal in the semi-final and then providing the cross for Gary Lineker's famous equaliser.
Although at 5ft 7 he was smaller than most right-backs, he was quick and good at tackling. His pace was used to assist in attacks down the flanks on the overlap with wingers such as Giggs and Kanchelskis.
Parker was the first choice right-back
when United won the Premier League in 1993
and the League and Cup Double the following year in 1994. However, his
last two years at United were plagued
by injury and he lost his place to the up and coming Gary Neville. He made his final appearance in a 3-0 win against Reading in the FA Cup on 27th January 1996, a game in which he also scored his second ever goal for the Reds.
In the summer of 1996 Parker left for Derby County then moves to Fulham, Farnborough
Town and Leyton Orient followed. He now does media work as a pundit for MUTV.
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Nationality
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England
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Date
of Birth
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4/4/1964
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Appearances
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136 (9)
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Goals
Scored
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2
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Park,
Ji Sung
Current Squad player - in depth profile and pictures
| Pearson,
Stan: 1937-1954
A consistent and deadly striker,
local Salford lad Stan Pearson joined
United as an amateur in 1937. His
career was interrupted by the war
but after 1946 he played as an inside-forward
where he helped the Reds win the
1948 FA Cup and 1952 League Championship.
He possessed a deadly and accurate
shot, scoring 149 goals, mainly
alongside fellow forward Jack
Rowley. Pearson eventually lost
his place in the team to Jackie
Blanchflower and was transferred
in 1954.
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Nationality
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England
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Date
of Birth
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11/1/1919
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Appearances
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345
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Goals
Scored
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149
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| Pearson,
Stuart: 1974-1980
Signed in 1974 for for £200,000 Pearson became something
of a hero with the United faithful,
who called him "Pancho". An exciting
forward, he had an excellent first
touch and could score goals with
a deadly shot which made him hard
for defenders to contain.
At his
best he played with great style
and will be remembered for scoring
United's first goal in the 2-1 1977
FA Cup Final win over Liverpool.
After a knee injury he was unable
to get back into the squad and was
transferred to West Ham in 1979.
He recently hosted his own TV show
on MUTV.
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Nationality
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England
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Date
of Birth
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21/6/1949
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Appearances
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178
(1)
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Goals
Scored
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66
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| Pegg,
David: 1952-1958
An
excellent crosser of the ball, with
a powerful left-foot shot, David
Pegg was a member of the Busby Babes. Brought through
the amateur and youth teams he became
a first team member in 1953 and
won 2 League title medals in 1956/1957 and played in the FA Cup
Final defeat against Villa. Playing on the left wing, his supply to forwards Dennis Viollet and Tommy Taylor
proved invaluable. Tragically, Pegg was one of the players
killed in the Munich Air crash in
1958.
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Nationality
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England
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Date
of Birth
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20/9/1935
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Appearances
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148
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Goals
Scored
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28
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PLC
Manchester United was a Public Limited Company from 1991-2005. This meant it had a value on the stock-market and was owned by its shareholders, mainly large, faceless, City of London financial institutions and speculators such as Coolmore.
When the flotation took place, MUFC PLCU was floated initially in 10 pence shares priced at 3 pounds and 85 pence each valuing the club at £47 million.
Like any company, shareholders expect to make a profit on their shares. Large transfer deals make the share value fall because it eats into profits and makes the shares less desirable. Therefore United could not allow too much of their profits to be given over for costly player purchases, in fact they were legally bound to ensure profits for their shareholders.
PLC is one of four ways in which football clubs are usually run throughout Europe. Newcastle and Tottenham amongst others went the PLC route but it is generally becoming less popular as the large profits imagined in the early 90's failed to emerge. Club's such as Chelsea, Fulham, AC Milan and Inter Milan are privately owned and funded by wealthy dictatorial style presidents such as Silvio Berlusconi and Roman Abramovich.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have a unique arrangement as they are co-operatives actually owned by a membership of 100,000+ fans. The other form of club ownership and most common in Britain is that of the rich, powerful family or a small wealthy group of board members. These clubs may allow others to buy shares but they are not full PLC's and control is always in the hands of an elite few. Liverpool, Celtic, Rangers and Arsenal are prime examples and the Edwards family ran United just like this until the club went public in 1991.
United was delisted from the Stock Exchange in June 2005 by Malcolm Glazer, so ending the club's 14 years as a PLC. However, the takeover does not see a return to an Edward's family style ownership. They held power with other shareholders having a lesser stake but the American family owns all the shares. Glazer is answerable to no-one. The dictatorship has begun....
Premier
League
Manchester United have really made the FA Carling Premier League their own since its creation in 1992. Up until that time United had only been English champions 7 times in 115 years, but in only the 14 years of the Premiership they have been champions 8 times, making a total of 15 combined titles. Of the eight title triumphs the 1999-2000 win is the most emphatic with 91 points and 97 goals and a massive 18 point winning margin over Arsenal, an all-time record in the top Division in England. 1993-94 was also a strong year winning with 92 points and 8 points clear of second placed Blackburn.
The 1992-1993 success was the most welcome and brought the most relief. It finally removed the gargantuan burden of the ridiculous fact that until then, United had not won the title since 1967, a 26 six year wait. The 1996 win was probably the most unexpected, given Newcastle led the title race by 14 points in January. Yet United stormed back and ended up doing the Double. The 2002-2003 triumph saw a similar comeback as the Reds caught up with Arsenal to take an unlikely title, so unlikely that Manchester bookmaker Fred Done had already paid out winnings on Arsenal in March!!!
On two occasions when United were runners up in 1995 and 1998, they only lost out on the title by a single point. (doesn't offer much consolation, does it?) In 2005-2006 the Reds were also runners up but finished eight points behind winners Chelsea.
The 1999 title triumph was probably the most exciting, with United and Arsenal chasing right to the final day of the season before victory at Old Trafford over Spurs clinched the championship (The first time Alex Ferguson secured the title in a home game). The 2000-2001 success saw United winning the title in record time by mid April, in fact the race had been over since early January as they stormed 11 points clear and never looked like being challenged. Such was the Reds superiority the Premiership season was pretty boring, it was certainly anti-climatic as the League is no longer enough for United, Europe was the real prize Fergie wanted.
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