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Stretford End Arising — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:27:02 +0000

By Matthew Jones AMIDST the cascading emotions, everlasting memories and heartfelt gratitude bursting from Old Trafford at Sir Alex Ferguson’s last ever home game as Manchester United manager, it would have been easy to forget during the fanfare of last Sunday’s game against Swansea City that the Theatre of Dreams was also saying farewell to [...]

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United’s Wide Men In Poor Form

Stretford End Arising — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:29:15 +0000

By Andy Field. Another successful season for United seems close… It looks like we are going to win our 20th league title (*touches every possible wooden item within reach*) and the league has to be the main priority at the start of each season. It is the barometer of who is the best team in [...]

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The Great United > England Debate

Stretford End Arising — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:49:52 +0000

By Danny Armstrong The recent chanting from sections of the England crowd against Rio Ferdinand and his brother Anton has done little to repair the already fractured dynamic between the most part of United’s support and those they call ‘the In-gur-land mob’. From hanging effigies of David Beckham from a noose to singing about burning [...]

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Rio Chooses United Over England

Stretford End Arising — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:11:46 +0000

By Matthew Jones SO Rio Ferdinand has become the latest Manchester United player to put his club before his country – and get lambasted for it. Whether you agree or not with his decision to snub England manager Roy Hodgson’s olive branch back into the England set-up after he left him out of his Euro [...]

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The Tony V Situation

Stretford End Arising — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:31:10 +0000

By Danny Armstrong. Antonio Valencia was born to do what he does. Impeccably clad in long-sleeved shirt tucked neatly in to pristine white shorts, he embodied the ethos of a Manchester United winger: beat the man, get to the line, cross the ball. His deft close ball control and an always reliable end product brought [...]

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Ryan Giggs Extends Manchester United Career

Stretford End Arising — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:52:58 +0000

By Lee Savery. Ryan Giggs has signed a new one year contract with Manchester United. The deal will take Giggs’ career to a 23rd season and up to the summer of 2014, on the eve of his 1,000th senior game. It will, incredibly, be an extension that takes him past his 40th birthday. The Welsh [...]

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Q&A with Crystal Palace fan on Wilfried Zaha

Stretford End Arising — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:28:54 +0000

By Jesse Boyce Questions compiled by the Stretford End Arising community. Could he become the best player Crystal Palace has ever produced? It’s always hard to compare players from different eras because the game is not the same. Similar questions have been asked on our own forums with the likely front runners to contest Zaha [...]

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Manchester United Confirm Deal For Zaha

Stretford End Arising — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:17:24 +0000

By Nathan Youd Manchester United has agreed a deal with Crystal Palace to sign promising England winger Wilfried Zaha. Zaha will undergo a medical today, and the move is likely to be confirmed early next week. The 20-year-old has agreed a five-and-a-half-year deal at Old Trafford, which will see him loaned back to Palace for [...]

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Macheda Joins VfB Stuttgart on Loan

Stretford End Arising — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:39:57 +0000

By Lee Savery Manchester United announced today that Italian striker Federico Macheda has joined German club VfB Stuttgart for the rest of the season. The striker, who burst onto the football scene with winning goals against Aston Villa & Sunderland in 2009, has not made a single league appearance for the Red Devils this season. [...]

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Stability The Key For Title Hunting Reds

Stretford End Arising — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:36:10 +0000

By Nathan Thomas. Robin van Persie’s sumptuous injury-time winners against West Ham United on Saturday was, if you think about it, a microcosm of United’s brilliantly fluid attacking play that we have borne witness to so far this season. Equally, it could be attested that the entire game could be categorised as a microcosm of [...]

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