NEW Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim this week controversially claimed that the team that he has inherited was the "worst" in its history - but is that true?
Rewind to Boxing Day, 1933, when Grimsby Town played host to United at Blundell Park.
The visitors scored three but their defence crumbled, allowing the lively Mariners to score seven - yes, seven!
A match report (in the December 27 edition of the Sheffield Independent newspaper) describes the match thus:
"Grimsby Town overwhelmed Manchester United at Blundell Park, yesterday.
"They attacked with fast pace and moved the ball about freely on the muddy pitch, the forwards running the United defenders off their feet.
" They were three goals up in 20 minutes, and at half-time led three goals to one.
"Three more goals were scored by Grimsby in the first 10 minutes of the second half.
"United rallied strongly after this, and they scored two goals to Grimsby's one.
"Craven and Bestall were thorns in the side of the United defence which shaped none too well.
"Their remodelled attack, in which Chalmers displaced Hind at inside left, played lively football at times.
The goalscorers were: Grimsbv: Glover (2), Bestall (2), Holmes. Jennings and Craven. United: Byrne, Frame (penalty) and McGlllivray.
The Mariners' fine form continued for the rest of their season and they ended top of the table.
By contrast, United continued to struggle, and it was only a 2-0 win against Millwall on the last day of the season that saved them from the ignominy of relegation to Division Three North.
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