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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-075186
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131010

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Manchester United plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001549107
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-AMUSEMENT & RECREATION SERVICES [7900]
		IRS NUMBER:				981063519

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		Old Trafford
		CITY:			Manchester
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			M16 ORA
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44(0)1618688000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		Old Trafford
		CITY:			Manchester
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			M16 ORA

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Manchester United Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120503
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Manchester United plc<br> Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-3<br> Filed on September&nbsp;18, 2013<br> File No.&nbsp;333-191225</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Nguyen:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are in receipt of the letter dated October&nbsp;8, 2013 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Staff&#148;) with respect to the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-3 (as it may be amended or supplemented, the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;).&#160; We are responding to the Staff&#146;s comments on behalf of Manchester United plc (the &#147;Company&#148;) as set forth below.&#160; Simultaneously with the filing of this letter, the Company is filing (via EDGAR) an exhibit-only amendment to the Registration Statement (&#147;Amendment No.&nbsp;1&#148;), which reflects changes made to respond to the Staff&#146;s comments.&#160; Courtesy copies of this letter and Amendment No.&nbsp;1 are being submitted to the Staff supplementally.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s responses set forth in this letter are numbered to correspond to the numbered comments in the letter dated October&nbsp;8, 2013 from the Staff.&#160; All terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in Amendment No.&nbsp;1.&#160; For ease of reference, we have set forth the Staff&#146;s comments and the Company&#146;s response for each item below.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In preparing this response letter, we and the Company have tried to explain both the reasons behind the responses and the revisions made to the Registration Statement.&#160; We hope this will facilitate your review of Amendment No.&nbsp;1.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the Company hereby informs the Staff that it will not request acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statement until the Company files its Annual Report on Form&nbsp;20-F for the year ended June&nbsp;30, 2013 in order to satisfy the requirements of Rule&nbsp;3-12 of Regulation S-X.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">General</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Please confirm that in connection with any future offerings of securities pursuant to this registration statement you will file unqualified opinions of counsel no later than the closing date of the offering of securities covered by the registration statement.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company notes the Staff&#146;s comment and confirms that in connection with any future offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement it will file unqualified opinions of counsel no later than the closing date of the offering of securities covered by the Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Plan of Distribution, page&nbsp;32</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Please revise this section to state that the selling shareholders may be deemed underwriters.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company notes the Staff&#146;s comment and will revise its disclosure in a pre-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to state that the selling shareholders may be deemed underwriters.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Refer to the opinion on page&nbsp;2. We note the concluding language &#147;will be recognised as having been.&#148; Please have counsel delete the language &#147;recognised as having been&#148; or, alternatively, please have counsel advise why such language is necessary to its opinion.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company&#146;s Cayman Islands counsel has revised its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to delete the language &#147;recognized as having been.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Refer to the opinion on page&nbsp;2. We note that the opinion is subject to a number of qualifications. We also note that the 23,019,033 Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered by the selling shareholders are issued and outstanding. Please have counsel revise its opinion to opine that the Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered by the selling</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">shareholders are legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Refer to Section&nbsp;II.B.2.h of Staff Legal Bulletin No.&nbsp;19 dated October&nbsp;14, 2011 for further guidance.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company&#146;s Cayman Islands counsel has revised its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 accordingly.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Refer to the assumptions contained on Schedule 2. Please have counsel revise the assumptions contained in paragraphs 3 and 5 to carve out the Class&nbsp;A ordinary shares to be offered by the selling shareholders. We note that such shares are issued and outstanding.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company&#146;s Cayman Islands counsel has revised its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 accordingly.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.2</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Please refer to the last paragraph on page&nbsp;2. Please have counsel delete clauses (iv)(e)&nbsp;and (iv)(f)&nbsp;or, alternatively, please have counsel advise why such qualifications are necessary to its opinions that the securities will be legally valid and binding obligations of the company.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company&#146;s counsel has revised its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to delete clauses (iv)(e)&nbsp;and (iv)(f).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">cc:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Donald E. Field, Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
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