THE GEOCACHING PREMIER LEAGUE
#12 - MANCHESTER UNITED F.C.
The Geocaching Premier League is a series of 20 Caches hidden all around Geelong based on each of the 20 English Premier League Teams (The Top Tier English Soccer League.) Each of the 20 caches will contain a clue that will be vital in the finding of the 21st and final cache of the series. Myself and RedGeoDevil will do regular checks on the caches in the series, however, if you have any concerns or issues regarding any of the caches in the series please don’t hesitate to send a message or an email as keeping the series in good condition takes first priority for us. Please remember to return the cache as you found it so that the next finder can enjoy the great experience and the cache stays in good condition. Best of Luck and remember to collect the clues at every cache for the final hide
#12 - MANCHESTER UNITED F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Nicknamed "the Red Devils", the club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Manchester United have won more trophies than any other club in English football, with a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, five League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields. United have also won three UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Europa League, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998–99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the continental European treble.By winning the UEFA Europa League in 2016–17, they became one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson's dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. In the 1998–99 season, Manchester United became the first team to win the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League – "The Treble" – in the same season. Losing 1–0 going into injury time in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored late goals to claim a dramatic victory over Bayern Munich, in what is considered one of the greatest comebacks of all time.The club also won the Intercontinental Cup after beating Palmeiras 1–0 in Tokyo. Ferguson was subsequently knighted for his services to football.
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.The club announced the next day that Everton manager David Moyes would replace him from 1 July, having signed a six-year contract. 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 1995–96.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. 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. Malcolm Glazer, the patriarch of the Glazer family that owns the club, died on 28 May 2014.
Although Van Gaal's first season saw United once again qualify for the Champions League through a fourth-place finish in the Premier League, his second season saw United go out of the same tournament in the group stage. United also fell behind in the title race for the third consecutive season, finishing in 5th place, in spite of several expensive signings during Van Gaal's tenure. However, that same season, Manchester United won the FA Cup for a 12th time, this being their first trophy won since 2013. Despite this victory, Van Gaal was sacked as manager just two days later, with José Mourinho appointed in his place on 27 May, signing a three-year contract. That season, United finished in sixth place while winning the EFL Cup for the fifth time and the Europa League for the first time, as well as the FA Community Shield for a record 21st time in Mourinho's first competitive match in charge. Despite not finishing in the top four, United qualified for the Champions League through their Europa League win. Wayne Rooney scored his 250th goal with United, surpassing Sir Bobby Charlton as United's all-time top scorer, before leaving the club at the end of the season to return to Everton. Mourinho was sacked on 18 December 2018 with United in sixth place, 19 points behind league leaders Liverpool and 11 points outside the Champions League places. Former United player and manager of the Norwegian side Molde, Ole Gunnar Solskjær was appointed caretaker manager the next day. On 28 March 2019, following a run of 14 wins in his 19 matches in charge, including knocking Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League in the round of 16 after losing the first leg 2–0, Solskjær was appointed permanently on a three-year deal.
As a die hard Manchester United Fan, I thought I'd share my views on Solskjær's first full season. The dreadful start to the season left us a good way off the must finish top 4 to collect the UEFA Champions League spot, many fans couldn't see Ole making it to the end of the Season. The signing of Bruno Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon in the January was arguably the difference in the second half of the season, we were unbeaten in the League with the Portugese on our side, we picked up the most points after the COVID-19 Restart and on the final day we confirmed ourselves as 3rd Place finishers surprisingly. We were the 1st ever team to make it to 3 semi-final and to lose each one. It was a very up and down season for the Red Devils and I hope to see the club owners to keep backing Ole with the signings he needs to help this Legendary Club get back to the best.
For more information on Manchester United visit their home website
- The Cache
This cache is a Mint Eclipse Tin hidden in Cara Reserve, a reserve with a small park to bring the Geo-Kids and collect this cache. BYOP
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