Manchester United confirm pink away jersey in tribute to local newspaper

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Manchester United will wear a pink shirt for the first time this season in homage to the city's newspaper past. The match day programme for Monday's Premier League clash against Tottenham included a wrap-around with the headline of The Pink is back!

The kit was launched yesterday and is inspired by The Football Pink newspaper, which was created by the Manchester Evening News and went out on Saturday afternoons until its closure in 2007. "Its legacy endures and this season The Pink rides again," said United Review.

Manchester United have won more trophies than any other club in English football, with a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, 5 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 treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. By winning the UEFA Europa League in 2016-17, they became one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions, and the only English club to have won every ongoing top-flight honour available to them

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