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Title Number 20

By Mikey Jordan Title Number 20, surely now nothing more than a formality for the red side of Manchester, and instead of being just another day and just another fixture, the 22nd April could now become a part of the history of the Premier League’s most successful club. There is little doubt that at the start of [...]

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Match Report: Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City

By Lee Savery. An individual effort from Sergio Aguero won the Manchester Derby for the visitors as first met second at Old Trafford. City took the lead, on 51 minutes, when Ryan Giggs’ gave the ball away carelessly at the halfway line. Gareth Barry took the ball on before finding Samir Nasri who then teed [...]

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Match Report: Chelsea 1-0 Man United

By Lee Savery. Manchester United crashed out of the FA Cup as Demba Ba’s goal separated the two teams in a stale affair at Stamford Bridge. Both teams came into this game needing to ring the changes having played their last games on Saturday. United made eight changes from the side that beat Sunderland. Chelsea [...]

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Match Report: Sunderland 0-1 Manchester United

By Lee Savery. Manchester United became the first team, in English football, to win 25 top flight matches from the first 30 as they beat Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. On 27 minutes, Robin van Persie received the ball on the left-hand side of the penalty box and outfoxed Phil Bardsley before driving his [...]

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Match Report: Manchester United 1-0 Reading

By Lee Savery. Manchester United went fifteen points clear at the top of the Premier League after a win against struggling Reading. The only goal of the game came after 20 minutes when Rio Ferdinand was allowed to run free from defence with the ball before he found Wayne Rooney, on the edge of the [...]

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Match Report: Manchester United 4-0 Norwich City

By Lee Savery. Shinji Kagawa scored a hat-trick in a dominant United victory at Old Trafford. The Japanese international had put the Red Devils ahead, just before half time, as he latched onto Robin van Persie’s lay off, after a Antonio Valencia cross, before finishing from close range. Norwich spent most of the game defending. [...]

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Ryan Giggs Extends Manchester United Career

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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Match Report: Manchester United 2-1 Reading

By Lee Savery Manchester United booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a deserved victory over Reading. Sir Alex Ferguson made eight changes from the side that drew with Real Madrid with the likes of Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra sitting out. Despite the changes, the Red Devils dominated from start [...]

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Middlesbrough or Chelsea Await United or Reading

By Nathan Youd The winners of Manchester United and Reading’s FA Cup fifth round tie will face Middlesbrough or Chelsea in the sixth round of the F.A Cup. Providing United progress past Reading on Monday, the quarter-final encounter will be sandwiched between the return leg of the Champions League clash against Real Madrid and a [...]

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Match Report: Man United 2-0 Everton

By Lee Savery Manchester United went 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League thanks to first half goals from Ryan Giggs and Robin van Persie. The Welsh wizard found the net on 13 minutes after van Persie showed great strength to shrug off Johnny Heitinga before squaring it to Giggs whose right-footed [...]

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