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Crest and Colours: 2013-Present

Manchester United won their 20th league title in 2012-13, securing the championship with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa on 22 April 2013. In May 2013, long-time manager Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement, and David Moyes was hired to replace him on a six-year contract. After a poor season in 2013-14 where United failed to defend their title or qualify for Europe, Moyes was sacked in April 2014 and replaced by Louis van Gaal on a three-year deal.

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Crest and Colours: 2013-Present

Manchester United won their 20th league title in 2012-13, securing the championship with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa on 22 April 2013. In May 2013, long-time manager Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement, and David Moyes was hired to replace him on a six-year contract. After a poor season in 2013-14 where United failed to defend their title or qualify for Europe, Moyes was sacked in April 2014 and replaced by Louis van Gaal on a three-year deal.

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Manchester United badge in the 1960s

After finishing as runner-up to Manchester City in the 201112 season, United achieved a record 20th league title in 201213, securing the
championship with a 30 home win against Aston Villa on 22 April 2013.
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2013present
On 8 May 2013, Ferguson announced that he was to retire as manager at the end of the football season, but would remain at the club as a director and
club ambassador.
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The club announced the next day that Everton manager David Moyes would replace him from 1 July, having signed a six-year
contract.
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Ryan Giggs took over as interim player-manager 10 months later on 22 April 2014, when Moyes was sacked after a poor season in
which the club failed to defend their Premier League title and failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 199596.
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They
also failed to qualify for the Europa League, meaning that it was the first time Manchester United hadn't qualified for a European competition since
1990.
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On 19 May 2014, it was confirmed that Louis van Gaal would replace Moyes as Manchester United manager on a three-year deal, with Giggs
as his assistant.
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Malcolm Glazer, the patriarch of the Glazer family that owns the club, died on 28 May 2014.
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Crest and colours
The club crest is derived from the Manchester City Council coat of arms, although all that remains of it on the
current crest is the ship in full sail.
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The devil stems from the club's nickname "The Red Devils"; it was
included on club programmes and scarves in the 1960s, and incorporated into the club crest in 1970, although
the crest was not included on the chest of the shirt until 1971 (unless the team was playing in a Cup Final).
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A photograph of the Newton Heath team, taken in 1892, is believed to show the players wearing red-and-
white quartered jerseys and blue shorts.
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Between 189496, the players wore distinctive green and gold
jerseys
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which were replaced in 1896 by white shirts, which were worn with blue shorts.
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After its name
change in 1902, the club colours were changed to red shirts, white shorts, and black socks, which has become
the standard Manchester United home kit.
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Very few changes were made to the kit until 1922 when the club
adopted white shirts bearing a deep red "V" around the neck, similar to the shirt worn in the 1909 FA Cup
Final. They remained part of their home kits until 1927.
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For a period in 1934, the cherry and white hooped
change shirt became the home colours, but the following season the red shirt was recalled after the club's
lowest ever league placing of 20th in the Second Division and the hooped shirt dropped back to being the change.
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The black socks were changed to
white from 1959 to 1965, where they were replaced with red socks up until 1971, when the club reverted to black. Black shorts and/or white socks are
sometimes worn with the home strip, most often in away games, if there is a clash with the opponent's kit. The current home kit is a red shirt with a black
buttoned-up collar.
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