Official Site of Man U · Mar 2, 2021
How a dog saved Manchester United
Allow us to explain by scrolling back a few more years to 1894 when Newton Heath - forerunners of Manchester United - were relegated to the Second Division.
After only two seasons in the top flight, the team's form began to plummet and there was an exodus of several key players. Despite new signings, Newton Heath repeatedly failed to earn promotion back to the First Division, and by 1900, the future looked bleak with bankruptcy on the horizon.
In an attempt to regain some financial stability, the club organised a fundraising bazaar at St. James’s Hall on Oxford Road in central Manchester, from 27 February to 2 March 1901.