Domestically, Manchester United have won a record 20 top-flight league titles, 12 FA Cups, six League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields.

The Premier League is the top tier of England's football pyramid, with 20 teams battling it out for the honour of being crowned English champions.

To scoop someone is to get the news story before they do. Officially it means, a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station before its rivals.  People use it in many ways nowadays, including to mean that they have the latest gossip, or got something before everyone else.

scooped up; scooping up; scoops up. informal. : to take or buy (something) in a quick and eager way.