Nickname
Manchester United The Red Devils
Crawley Town Red Devils (although also widely known as 'the Manchester City of non-league football')
Originally founded as
Manchester United Formed 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football League club by the carriage and wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway department at Newton Heath
Crawley Town In 1896 as Crawley Town in the West Sussex League. Retained fully amateur status until 1962 when turned semi-professional
Division
Manchester United Premier League
Crawley Town Blue Square Bet Premier
Ground capacity
Manchester United Old Trafford 75,769
Crawley Town Broadfield Stadium 4,996 (1,150 seated)
Record signing
Manchester United Dimitar Berbatov, £30.75m from Tottenham (1 Sept 2008)
Crawley Town Richard Brodie, £275,000 from York City (31 August 2010, widely reported as £275,000 but club insists fee remains officially undisclosed)
Managers
Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson is a Glasgow-born former striker who once played for Ayr United and St Johnstone
Crawley Town Steve Evans is a Glasgow-born former striker who once played for Ayr United and St Johnstone
Argentinians
Manchester United Former players Juan Sebastián Verón, Gabriel Heinze and Carlos Tevez
Crawley Town Current midfield star Sergio Torres
Dutch goalkeepers
Manchester United The former Holland No1 Edwin van der Sar will watch Dane Anders Lindegaard deputise in goal for him on Saturday
Crawley Town Michel Kuipers, a former Dutch marine, is expected to start at Old Trafford
Top goalscorer
Manchester United Dimitar Berbatov, 20 goals in 29 appearances this season
Crawley Town Matt Tubbs, the former Bolton trainee has 28 goals in 32 appearances
The Stamford connection
Manchester United Ferguson's son Darren, manager of nearby Peterborough United, married for the second time in Stamford Register Office
Crawley Town Steve Evans used to manage non-league Stamford