Here is a little story from the BBC’s Archives about Newton Heath. Their fate it appears depended on a dog or rather the doggedness of a doting father for his daughter.

#OTD 1973: The problem with football clubs nowadays is that they're just the playthings of the rich. Said somebody in 1902 (maybe). #MUFC pic.twitter.com/QtNE9Aetps

— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) December 18, 2017