Manchester united is a football club that these days 1 . .. (become) one of the most well-known in the world. it 2 . .. (start) in 1902 and it 3 . .. (win) the fa cup, a famous competition in english football, more times than any other club. in 1958, many of its players 4 . .. (die) when their plane crashed in germany. ten years later, the club 5 . .. (win) the european cup, with famous players like george best and bobby charlton. in the early 1990s, the club 6 . .. (become) a public company, with shares on the stock exchange. since then, it 7 . .. (start) its own tv channel and it 8 . .. (become) even more famous wor| d—wide, with all kinds of publicity and many different kinds of goods related to the club. in 1999, the team 18 i ll| |t '7 l 9 . .. (win) european champions league. they 10 . .. (lose) the match against bayern munich 1-0 but right at the end of the match they 11 . .. (score) two goals. ‘ . the club has millions of supporters both in britain and abroad — although many of them 12 . .. (never go) to ‘ manchester in their lives!
