Match Of The Week: Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea
Everybody knows the maths.Prior to kick-off, Chelsea are three points behind Manchester United, and the two sides are level on goal difference. A win for them this afternoon will put...
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Disunited About United
It is difficult to draw a straight conclusion about a TV drama which has a Scotsman playing a Welshman called Murphy in the lead role. And the BBC’s 90-minute dramatisation...
Match Of The Midweek: Schalke 04 0-2 Manchester United
This, it has been implied, is a foregone conclusion. Much of the talk over the last few weeks has been centred upon which of the Spanish behemoths Manchester United would...
Match Of The Week: Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United
A corner of the north-west of England has decamped to north-west London. The folly of the FA’s decision to hand FA Cup semi-finals to Wembley for the forseeable future has...
Match Of The Midweek: Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea
The machine trundles on. Manchester United go into this evening’s Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea looking more likely become, if some sources are to be believed, the first ever English...
Crossing the Mangnall Line
To borrow a phrase, football makes strange bedfellows. It is not entirely uncommon for a manager to lead one club for years only to depart for said club’s principal rival,...
So Much To Answer For: The Anatomy Of The Manchester Derby
As everybody is doubtless already aware, Manchester City and Manchester United face each other at Wembley for the first time this weekend, in the first of two FA Cup semi-finals....
On How Wayne Rooney Ruined Mother’s Day
You’d think that Saturday would have beeen a day of celebration. A vivid carnival of all that is right with being Red and Mancunian. Big United larruped West Ham in the...
Match Of The Week: Manchester United 1-0 Crawley Town
Perhaps we should spare a thought for the ordinary supporters of Crawley Town. The thousand or so die-hards that have been going to Broadfield Stadium for a few years have...
We Don’t Have To Like Gary Neville To Respect His Achievements
It is occasionally said that it is easier for a player to be loyal to the biggest clubs than to a small club. Without the temptation of being lured somewhere...
FA Cup Match Of The Week 2: Southampton 1-2 Manchester United
When Dimitar Berbatov drove the ball into Richard Kingson’s goal to complete Manchester United’s turn-around at Blackpool during the week, there was a near-nationwide shrug of resignation at what is...
FA Cup Third Round Weekend 3: Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool
If there is one thing that the last few weeks of Roy Hodgson’s time in charge of Liverpool Football Club became notable for, it was the mass of contradiction that...
2010: A Football Financial Review
You could frame it. If you wanted a short, pithy representation of all that has been wrong with football finance in 2010, you could do no better than quote a...
Match Of The Midweek: Manchester United 1-0 Arsenal
There were just over seventeen minutes to play in this critical, top of the table Premier League match when the whistle blew for a penalty kick. Wayne Rooney picked the...
Then And Now: Red Issue And The Role Of The Fanzine
William Abbs went to Old Trafford at the weekend and picked up a couple of fanzines. He takes a moment to consider the role of the fanzine in the modern...
Match Of The Midweek: Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United
Perhaps it was “The Curse Of ITV” returning to haunt us again. Last night, they showed a documentary about football in Manchester which examined, through the eyes of Eric Cantona,...
The Rooney Saga – A Little Historical Perspective
The Wayne Rooney transfer saga isn’t the first time that Manchester United have been involved in high profile and controversial transfers. William Abbs takes a look at a couple of...
Brinkmanship: The Watchword For This Season
Some of you may have noted on Friday that, upon the release of news reports that Portsmouth were set to cease trading by this week if the club didn’t reach...
Wayne Rooney, Manchester United And Contempt
Manchester United supporters have learnt a tough lesson this week. The fact that footballers are mercenaries may be common knowledge amongst fans of most clubs, but Manchester United, by virtue...
Wayne Rooney And Manchester United: A Sign Of The Times?
They booed the home team off the pitch at the end of Saturday’s match at Old Trafford between Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion. For the fifth time in eight...