Archive | August, 2010

Other Side Of Coin: Hammers Fan on Parker and Gold & Sullivan

With Manchester United taking on West Ham United at Old Trafford on Saturday, who better to ask for their thoughts and feelings on the forthcoming season than the author of West Ham ‘Till I Die. Read my thoughts here: Match Preview: Manchester United v West Ham United Stretford End Arising:What are your thoughts on David [...]

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Match Preview: Manchester United v West Ham United

Read the view of a West Ham United fan here. Manchester United face West Ham United on Saturday looking for victory after a disappointing result in their previous fixture against Fulham. Since the inception of Premiership/Premier League football Saturday’s fixture will be West Ham’s fifteenth appearance at Old Trafford. Of those fifteen, the Hammers have [...]

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Thoughts on Champions League Draw

Manchester United will face Valencia, Rangers and Bursaspor in the group stages of the 2010/11 Champions League after the draw took place in Monaca on Thursday evening. After a lengthy preamble, Man United were the first team to be pulled out of pot one by Inter Milan and winner of Club goalkeeper of the year [...]

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Player Ratings: Fulham v Manchester United

Manchester United’s Starting XI Van der Sar – 7: Brilliant double save from Ethutu in the first half! Could do little for either goal conceded considering how close Davies and Hangeland were to goal – did well to get a hand to either. Would be overly harsh to criticise him for either goal. O’Shea – [...]

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Other Side Of Coin: Fulham Fan On Hodgson And Why We’ve Struggled

With Manchester United taking on Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday, who better to ask for their thoughts and feelings on the forthcoming season than the author of Fulham Mad. Stretford End Arising: Have you recovered from the Europa League final defeat? Even though I’m a Man United fan, I was gutted for you. Fulham [...]

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Match Preview: Fulham v Manchester United

Manchester United face Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday and are looking to avenge their recent poor record.  Before 2009, Man United had gone 45 years without defeat at Craven Cottage, where unfortunately we lost twice in the space of nine months. The first of those two defeats came on the back of a defeat [...]

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Match Preview: Manchester United v Newcastle United

Peering out of the window I see a glorious sunny day – not a single cloud in the Manchester skyline (not the Manchester I know). The return of an old friend has brought the sun. How I have missed walking to the stadium, the smell of burgers & hot dogs from the food vendors on [...]

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Thoughts on Bébé Signing

Manchester United have announced the signing of Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (also known as Bébé) from Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães for a reported £7.4 million. Bébé was apparently recommended to Sir Alex Ferguson by his former assistant coach Carlos Queiroz. The 20-year-old only moved to Guimarães five weeks ago from Portuguese third division club [...]

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Paper Talk: Big Bad Retires, Berbatov To Shine and Ozil…

Brown Retires From International Football ManUtd.com article: Wes explains England decision After being selected in Fabio Capello’s latest England squad Wes Brown has announced his International retirement. The announcement has come as a surprise, but his decision is understandable when you consider his injury record and his omission from the World Cup squad in favour [...]

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PHOTOS: Open Training Session at Old Trafford

PHOTOS: Open Training Session at Old Trafford

On Saturday, Man United held their annual open training session in aid of the Manchester United Foundation. According to the official site approximately £30, 000 was raised for charity, which makes the exercise worthwhile. Below are a few photos taken during the training session. Annoyingly, the batteries inside camera died mid way through session – [...]

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