Manchester (/ ˈ m æ n tʃ ɪ s t ər,-tʃ ɛ s-/) is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England.It has a population of 547,627 as of 2018 (making it the fifth-most populous English district). Singer-songwriter Ren Harvieu is also from Greater Manchester. This reduces urban sprawl, prevents towns in the conurbation from further convergence, protects the identity of outlying communities, and preserves nearby countryside. With defensive injuries galore, their back-four will likely resemble something close to full strength, though Dean Henderson is expected to start ahead of David de Gea in goal. [201], The three universities are grouped around Oxford Road on the southern side of the city centre, which forms Europe's largest urban higher-education precinct. [63] That year, Ringway, the village where the Manchester Airport is located, was added to the city. [210] Two decorated Premier League football clubs bear the city name – Manchester United and Manchester City. Religious beliefs, according to the 2011 census[3], Historically the population of Manchester began to increase rapidly during the Victorian era, estimated at 354,930 for Manchester and 110,833 for Salford in 1865,[86] and peaking at 766,311 in 1931. [108][109] According to 2010 Indices of Multiple Deprivation, Manchester is the 4th most deprived local council in England. [113], Women fare better in Manchester than the rest of the country in comparative pay with men. With injuries to Phil Jones and Axel Tuanzebe limiting Solskjaer's options at the back, captain Harry Maguire will most likely retain his place, while striker Odion Ighalo looks set to be handed his first start of the season. Charles Worsley, who sat for the city for only a year, was later appointed Major General for Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire during the Rule of the Major Generals. Salford City 4-2 Rotherham United. [89] Manchester's population is projected to reach 532,200 by 2021, an increase of 5.8 per cent from 2011. The number of cotton mills in Manchester itself reached a peak of 108 in 1853. [216] Recent sporting events hosted by Manchester include the 2013 Ashes series, 2013 Rugby League World Cup and the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Here we go! The largest skyscraper is now Deansgate Square South Tower, at 201 metres (659 feet).The Green Building, opposite Oxford Road station, is a pioneering eco-friendly housing project, while the recently completed One Angel Square, is one of the most sustainable large buildings in the world. Significant quantities of cotton began to be used after about 1600, firstly in linen/cotton fustians, but by around 1750 pure cotton fabrics were being produced and cotton had overtaken wool in importance. [166], Since 2007 the city has hosted the Manchester International Festival, a biennial international arts festival with a focus on original work, which has included major new commissions by artists, including Bjork. [161], Manchester has two symphony orchestras, the Hallé and the BBC Philharmonic, and a chamber orchestra, the Manchester Camerata. [63], From a very early time, the township of Manchester lay within the historic or ceremonial county boundaries of Lancashire. We're just five minutes away from kick-off in tonight's intriguing Carabao Cup clash! Goals: Manchester United U23s 0 Leicester City U23s 2. It includes a Hilton hotel, a restaurant and apartments. The latter exemplifies a new surge in high-rise building. Manchester Liverpool Road railway station was the world's first inter-city passenger railway station and the oldest remaining railway station. A first half penalty from Juan Mata and late strikes from substitutes Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood secured the result for the visitors. Result & Both Teams To Score - Manchester United U21 & Yes. [149] In 2012, plans were approved to introduce a water taxi service between Manchester city centre and MediaCityUK at Salford Quays. [213] Manchester has competed twice to host the Olympic Games, beaten by Atlanta for 1996 and Sydney for 2000. Manchester has six designated local nature reserves: Chorlton Water Park, Blackley Forest, Clayton Vale and Chorlton Ees, Ivy Green, Boggart Hole Clough and Highfield Country Park.[124]. [186] It is now open as a literary museum. They include Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (1848),[181] and studies such as The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 by Friedrich Engels, while living and working here. Later these were taken over by First Greater Manchester and Stagecoach Manchester. [20][217] For many years most national newspapers had offices in Manchester: The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Sun. Historian Simon Schama noted that "Manchester was the very best and the very worst taken to terrifying extremes, a new kind of city in the world; the chimneys of industrial suburbs greeting you with columns of smoke". Aaron Wan-Bissaka - who was also on the bench due to a lack of fitness - is set to reclaim the right-back spot, while Nemanja Matic and Daniel James could also start. The city has the highest number of local radio stations outside London, including BBC Radio Manchester, Hits Radio Manchester, Capital Manchester, Greatest Hits Manchester, Heart North West, Smooth North West, Gold, 96.2 The Revolution, NMFM (North Manchester FM) and XS Manchester. The combination of competition and improved efficiency halved the cost of coal and halved the transport cost of raw cotton. 11 only ever needs a sliver of daylight to exploit — and exploit it he did. 90'+4' Post update. After the restart, it took about another quarter of an hour of pointlessness for United to pull their heads out. [20] By 1963 the port of Manchester was the UK's third largest,[45] and employed over 3,000 men, but the canal was unable to handle the increasingly large container ships. [30] Manchester continued to process cotton, and in 1913, 65% of the world's cotton was processed in the area. The 47-storey, 554-foot (169 m) Beetham Tower was the tallest UK building outside London and the highest residential accommodation in Europe when completed in 2006. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Like most of the UK, the Manchester area was mobilised extensively during the Second World War. Manchester has a thriving theatre, opera and dance scene, with a number of large performance venues, including Manchester Opera House, which feature large-scale touring shows and West End productions; the Palace Theatre; and the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester's former cotton exchange, which is the largest theatre in the round in the UK. A government statement in 2014 announced a £78 million grant for a new "large-scale, ultra-flexible arts space" for the city. On Dean Henderson: "He's been waiting patiently for so long. Two bids to host the Olympic Games were part of a process to raise the international profile of the city. [197] Following a series of drug-related violent incidents, The Haçienda closed in 1997. The main classical music venue was the Free Trade Hall on Peter Street until the opening in 1996 of the 2,500 seat Bridgewater Hall.[163]. Letitia Landon's poem Manchester in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835, records the rapid growth of the city and its cultural importance. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been speaking to MUTV, "Better performance, of course," he said. Manchester Liverpool Road was the world's first purpose-built passenger and goods railway station[125] and served as the Manchester terminus on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway – the world's first inter-city passenger railway. Porto full-back Alex Telles has remained tight-lipped over his potential move to Manchester United. [171] Trafford Park in the neighbouring borough of Trafford is home to Imperial War Museum North. 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[32] The industrial revolution brought about huge change in Manchester and was key to the increase in Manchester's population. In 2016–2017, 37.8 million passenger journeys were made on the system. [85] The green belt was first drawn up in 1961. Manchester regained its borough status in 1838, and comprised the townships of Beswick, Cheetham Hill, Chorlton upon Medlock and Hulme. Elsewhere in the city, the John Rylands Library holds an extensive collection of early printing. United strike lucky against brilliant Brighton, Fairly or not, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be judged more harshly this season, Starting XI: Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Manchester United. Today, the city is well served by its rail network although it is now working to capacity,[127] and is at the centre of an extensive county-wide railway network, including the West Coast Main Line, with two mainline stations: Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria. [99] The Manchester LUZ is the second largest within the United Kingdom, behind that of London. 376 were killed and 30,000 houses were damaged. [196] and supports 12,000 jobs. As expected Dean Henderson is handed a starting role for tonight's trip to Luton! Solskjaer: Man Utd need five games to reach peak form. [179][180] Manchester in the 19th century featured in works highlighting the changes that industrialisation had brought. The two began writing The Communist Manifesto in Chetham's Library[183] – founded in 1653 and claiming to be the oldest public library in the English-speaking world. For purposes of the Office for National Statistics, Manchester forms the most populous settlement within the Greater Manchester Urban Area, the United Kingdom's third-largest conurbation. [162] Forerunners of the RNCM were the Northern School of Music (founded 1920) and the Royal Manchester College of Music (founded 1893), which merged in 1973. Manchester United are opening their Carabao Cup campaign in the third round tonight, but Luton have already seen off two opponents to make it this far. One such gathering ended with the Peterloo massacre of 16 August 1819. Nowhere else will you get closer to world-class stars like Christian Pulisic, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Willian, Pedro \u0026 N’golo Kanté. Share via Facebook; Share via Twitter; Share via Email; Share via Whatsapp; Share via Facebook Messenger ; คัดลอก URL ลงคลิปบอร์ด. [238] A community radio network is coordinated by Radio Regen, with stations covering Ardwick, Longsight and Levenshulme (All FM 96.9) and Wythenshawe (Wythenshawe FM 97.2). This represents a slower rate of growth than the previous decade. [135][136] The Manchester television channel, Channel M, owned by the Guardian Media Group operated from 2000, but closed in 2012. Although from southern England, The Chemical Brothers subsequently formed in Manchester. [120], The award-winning Heaton Park in the north of the city borough is one of the largest municipal parks in Europe, covering 610 acres (250 ha) of parkland. [156] In terms of concertgoers, it is the busiest indoor arena in the world, ahead of Madison Square Garden in New York and The O2 Arena in London, which are second and third busiest. Though Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will likely name a significantly changed side for Manchester United's trips to Luton, we still expect the Norwegian to name a highly experienced XI. [48] New and renovated complexes such as The Printworks and Corn Exchange have become popular shopping, eating and entertainment areas. [20][25] The library, which opened in 1653 and is still open to the public today, is the oldest free public reference library in the United Kingdom. [169]:13–14 The theatre, to be called The Factory, after Manchester's Factory Records, will provide a permanent home for the Manchester International Festival. His low shot fizzed past Shea and into the far corner to make it 3-0. Manchester is a centre for musical education: the Royal Northern College of Music and Chetham's School of Music. [167] Later the council stated it had secured a further £32 million. The LEA also had the highest occurrence of absences: 11.11 per cent of "half-day sessions missed by pupils", well above the national average of 5.8 per cent. [12] Manchester achieved city status in 1853. The airport is the third busiest in the United Kingdom, with over double the number of annual passengers of the next busiest non-London airport. [187] She probably envisioned Manchester Cathedral churchyard as the burial place for Jane's parents and the birthplace of Jane herself. Old mills have been converted into apartments. They impressively beat Norwich 3-1 in the first round, with James Collins grabbing a hat-trick. Manchester has hosted domestic, continental and international football competitions at Fallowfield Stadium, Maine Road, Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium. A diagonal cross from Mata was almost swept hom by Lingard, but the reported Spurs target was denied by a block from his former United academy teammate Ryan Tunnicliffe. [134] A new line to the Trafford Centre opened in 2020. The Rylands Library Papyrus P52, believed to be the earliest extant New Testament text, is on permanent display there.[184]. We'll bring you the team news when it drops in around 10 minutes time. [192] The velodrome hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships for a record third time in 2008. [61], The City of Manchester is governed by the Manchester City Council. [206] Its previous premises are now used by Chetham's School of Music. Juan Mata stepped up and dispatched the penalty coolly, giving the visitors a 1-0 lead to take into the break. [132] The present system mostly runs on former commuter rail lines converted for light rail use, and crosses the city centre via on-street tram lines. Manchester (/ˈmæntʃɪstər, -tʃɛs-/)[5][6] is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. There was more to note about in the starting line-up for United than there was about the actual action on the pitch in the first half. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. The cenotaph in St Peter's Square is Manchester's main memorial to its war dead. [102] It is ranked as a beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[103]. 90'+4' Post update. Similarly, the chemical industry started by producing bleaches and dyes, but expanded into other areas. The rather hostile atmosphere Premier League sides experience on the road in the cup will be somewhat diminished in a fan-less Kenilworth Road. [17] Central Manchester has been permanently settled since this time. [174][175], In the south of the city, the Whitworth Art Gallery displays modern art, sculpture and textiles and was voted Museum of the Year in 2015. [185] Gaskell penned all her novels but Mary Barton at her home in 84 Plymouth Grove. [128], Recent improvements in Manchester as part of the Northern Hub in the 2010s have been numerous electrification schemes into and through Manchester, redevelopment of Victoria station and construction of the Ordsall Chord directly linking Victoria and Piccadilly. [226][227], With the growth in regional television in the 1950s, Manchester became one of the BBC's three main centres in England. [105] It owns two of the country's four busiest airports and uses its earnings to fund local projects. [91], In terms of ethnic composition, the City of Manchester has the highest non-white proportion of any district in Greater Manchester. Follow live text updates and BBC Radio 5 Live commentary from the Premier League with Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea all in action. [200] The University of Law, the largest provider of vocation legal training in Europe, has a campus in the city. Much of the First Greater Manchester business was sold to Diamond Bus North West and Go North West in 2019. [178], Manchester is a UNESCO City of Literature known for a "radical literary history". But the boys will be fine tonight.". "They're a more improved team now. Despite its title, it is available all day. [212] Manchester City's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium (also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship purposes); its former ground, Maine Road was demolished in 2003.