VIDEO: Dimitar Berbatov joins United's "50+ Club"
Dimitar Berbatov last night became the latest member of an exclusive Old Trafford club - The 50+ Club.
The Bulgarian striker's goal at Craven Cottage was his 50th for the Old Trafford club (51 if you include his Community Shield goal against Chelsea in 2010) and made him the 50th player to join the 50+ list at Old Trafford.
It took Berbatov five games before he found the back of the net for United, scoring twice at Aalborg in the Champions League back in September 2008, but since then he's been a regular scorer for Sir Alex Ferguson's side whenever he's been played in the first team.
More recently his appearances have been reduced to cameos from the substitute's bench, but when called upon the Bulgarian hitman has often delivered the goods in front of goal. His 50 goals came from just 103 starts (37 substitute appearances) for United and see him joining an illustrious list featuring a host of legends from United's past, plus one or two of his dressing room colleagues, too.
MANCHESTER UNITED'S 50+ CLUB
Bobby Charlton - 249
Denis Law - 237
Jack Rowley - 211
Dennis Viollet - 179
George Best - 179
Joe Spence - 168
Mark Hughes - 163
Wayne Rooney - 162
Ryan Giggs - 162
Ruud van Nistelrooy - 150
Paul Scholes - 150
Stan Pearson - 148
David Herd - 145
Tommy Taylor - 131
Brian McClair - 127
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - 126
Andy Cole - 121
Cristiano Ronaldo - 118
Sandy Turnbull - 101
Joe Cassidy - 100
George Wall - 100
Bryan Robson - 99
Lou Macari - 98
David Beckham - 85
Eric Cantona - 82
Enoch West - 80
Frank Stapleton - 78
Sammy McIlroy - 71
Brian Kidd - 70
Steve Coppell - 70
Tommy Reid - 67
Norman Whiteside - 67
Dwight Yorke - 66
Bob Donaldson - 66
Stuart Pearson - 66
Charlie Mitten - 61
Jack Peddie - 58
Tommy Bamford - 57
Harold Halse - 56
Albert Quixall - 56
Harry Rowley - 55
Alex Dawson - 54
Liam Whelan - 52
Jimmy Hanson - 52
Frank McPherson - 52
Gordon Hill - 51
Steve Bruce - 51
Roy Keane - 51
Arthur Lochhead - 50
Dimitar Berbatov - 50
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