Classic Postcards #1: Manchester United’s 1910-11 League Champions

A new series to complement our Thursday classic programme series, we will look at football postcards from the days when people lived in sepia.

Today, a Manchester United postcard from the 1910-11 season, part of the “Strength & Health Series”. Man Utd won the First Division that season for only the second time ever, under manager Ernest Mangnall, a year after moving to their new ground: Old Trafford. Their strength would not last long, though, as they did not win another top flight championship for a further 41 years.

Manchester United postcard, 1911

Postcard used with permission from manchesterunitedman1 on Flickr. Got any historical football postcards you’d like to share on Pitch Invasion? Drop me a line.

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Tom Dunmore is the founder of Pitch Invasion. Originally from Brighton, England, he's now resident in Chicago. He is also the editor of XI Quarterly and the author of a Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Follow Tom @tomdunmore on Twitter.