Mr Bert Gregory who acted as a groundsman on the small field on North Road in Newton Heath,  passed down stories tell of, ” a small field , a muddy bog ” sand had to be layed onto the field just to try and make it playable ,this is where Newton Heath first played there [...]

Manchester United Football Club was first formed in 1878, albeit under a different name – Newton Heath LYR (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway). Little suspecting the impact they were to eventually to have on the national, even global game, the workers in the railway yard at Newton Heath indulged their passion for football with games against [...]