By Jon Couch
MANCHESTER United fans, look away now. Seven days on from the humiliating 7-0 defeat by rivals Liverpool, the Red Devils might not have thought things could get any worse.
But, last Sunday’s thumping at Anfield still has some way to go to match United’s all-time record defeat.
That came in 1904 when they were humbled 11-3 by Corinthian FC, 25 years before their amalgamation with Casuals to form Corinthian-Casuals.
Featuring five school masters, two solicitors, a civil servant and a chemist, the Corinthian side were the current holders of the Sheriff of London Shield, between ...
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