Man Utd had a DIFFERENT NAME the last time they were this bad… and got relegated in same season
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RUBEN AMORIM reckons his side are the "worst Manchester United team in history" - and he might be right. The Red Devils slumped to a woeful 3-1 defeat to Brighton yesterday to leave them 13th in the table. It was United's fifth defeat and third at home in just eight games.
![[Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim at a soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/manchester-uniteds-head-coach-ruben-964990465.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Winning at Old Trafford is proving a huge problem and in 12 league matches, they have been beaten six times in front of their own fans. The horror run matched an unwanted club record set 131 years ago for most home league games lost after 12 outings. Back then in the 1893/94 season, United went by the name of Newton Heath.
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In their green and gold shirts, they ended up losing seven at home that year and got relegated. United were known as Newton Heath when they were founded in 1878 by the carriage and wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway depot. They were re-branded as Manchester United in 1902 after the club ran into debts and changed ownership.
This season is set to go down in history for all the wrong reasons and the defeat to Brighton set more shocking records. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. It was the Seagulls' third straight win at Old Trafford to hand United their tenth Premier League loss in 22 games this season.
It it the earliest they have hit double figures for defeats since 1989/90. Yankuba Minteh got the scoring underway for Brighton after just five minutes and it was the fifth time in a row they conceded the first goal at Old Trafford, their joint-longest ever run.
