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Morrison: The United Dream Unravels

Stretford End Arising — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:59:03 +0000

By Tony Mogan. 12 months ago, Ravel Morrison was largely an unknown quantity. The mention of his name in a typical pub conversation over the football would have had you met with a puzzled look. Amongst United fans in particular, you would eventually find an honest bunch that had admittedly never seen him play before. [...]

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A Benfica Fan’s take on Nicolas “Nico” Gaitan…

Stretford End Arising — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:17:27 +0000

By Matthew J. McKay. Nicolas Gaitan arrived in Lisbon, Portugal in the early summer of 2010 from heralded Argentinian club Boca Juniors. Many casual fans and observers think that he was bought as a direct replacement for the outgoing Angel DiMaria, who had been sold by Benfica to Real Madrid in June of 2010. However, [...]

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Gabriel Obertan Watch: How The Former Manchester United Player Is Faring

Stretford End Arising — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:30:50 +0000

By St1pe from nufc-forum.com The signing of Obertan came as quite a surprise to most Newcastle fans because it arrived at a time when we were faced with the prospect of losing some of our then bigger stars such as Enrique and Barton. Also unlike most of our dealings towards the end of the summer, [...]

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Owen Hargreaves signs for Manchester City

Stretford End Arising — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:33:21 +0000

By Lee Savery. “Wowzers!” was Joe Hart’s reaction during an England press conference when he was told of the news Owen Hargreaves is in talks with Manchester City. I am not a person who agrees with many sentiments that are expressed by anyone associated with City but I couldn’t help but feel a similar shock [...]

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The Not-So-Maybe Transfer Saga of Wesley Sneijder

Stretford End Arising — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:23:41 +0000

By Lee Savery. Every summer, Manchester United are linked with every “top” player in the world. Every summer, there is always at least one particular name that dominates the rumour mills and back pages for the whole duration of the transfer window. For this particular it has been all about or all not about, Inter [...]

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Cheers for the memories Mr Versatility

Stretford End Arising — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:23:09 +0000

Contribution by Lee Savery John O’Shea has followed Wes Brown in joining Sunderland for an undisclosed fee. He has signed a four year contract with the Tyne-Tees club and is their sixth summer signing. O’Shea was born in Waterford, Ireland on 30th April 1981. O’Shea was spotted by United scouts while playing for his home [...]

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Wes Brown joins Sunderland

Stretford End Arising — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:15:28 +0000

Contribution by Lee Savery Sunderland have completed the signing of Wes Brown from Manchester United for an undisclosed fee. The defender has signed a four year contract and is Sunderland’s fifth summer signing. Wesley Michael Brown. Born in Longsight, Manchester on 13th October 1979. He dreamed of being a footballer. He dreamed of playing for [...]

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A Coach’s Analysis of Phil Jones

Stretford End Arising — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:50:46 +0000

Contribution by Steve, As a Blackburn Rovers fan, I am gutted we are losing Phil Jones after such a short time, as a coach, I think he is making the right move, good club and great coaches and a real opportunity for the lad to push on to even greater heights, so here is my [...]

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The midfield French connection

Stretford End Arising — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:18:44 +0000

Contribution by Matt Dodd Although Manchester United have virtually sealed the signings of goalkeeper David De Gea, defender Phil Jones and striker Ashley Young, the chequebook could come in handy once again as United hunt for a inventive midfielder to fill the vacancy which Paul Scholes has left behind. The announcement of the ginger legend’s [...]

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Blackburn Fan Discusses The Potential of Phil Jones

Stretford End Arising — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:22:07 +0000

Contribution by Lee Savery England Under-21 international Phil Jones is nearing a move to Manchester United from Blackburn Rovers, for a reported, fee of £16 million. The player had attracted the top clubs in England even going as far as discussing a move to Arsenal with Arsene Wenger himself before rejecting him citing his desire [...]

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