Manchester United Home LS 2007/2008
Despite a slow start in the league, they won their 10th Premier League title. Their 17th top division title overall, just one behind Liverpool’s then record of 18. United also beat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final to claim the European Double.
Although they won the 2007 FA Community Shield against Chelsea, the club was not as successful in the domestic cup competitions. Losing to eventual FA Cup winners Portsmouth in the Sixth Round, and losing to Coventry City in the Third Round of the League Cup.
In February 2008, the club commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. As a result of which eight Manchester United players and three members of the coaching staff lost their lives. The club held a memorial service at Old Trafford on 6 February 2008. Renaming the tunnel under the South Stand as the “Munich Tunnel”. This was followed on 10 February by the Manchester derby. Manchester United took to the field in a retro kit reminiscent of the kit worn by the 1958 team, abandoning squad numbers in favour of a 1–11 numbering system.
Manchester United’s players were also successful on an individual level in the 2007–08 season. With three players in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year. Cristiano Ronaldo picked up six individual awards, including the Premier League Golden Boot for his 31 league goals. He went on to win the Ballon d’Or which was his first of many.
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