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By George Hartrey. There’s plenty of games to pick from when someone asks me what my favourite Manchester United games is, but there’s one that really stands out for me. 21st May 2008. That’s right, the Champions League final played in the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. We played a great game right through until the final [...]

By Iain McCartney. I was severely tempted to write strip poker or even better strip scrabble – ever tried it? But when suggesting the topic I was about to write about, I was informed that it was to be a Manchester United game, so no luck there readers! So, a United game and not simply [...]

By Ashwin. Manchester United had the best player in the world at the time in Cristiano Ronaldo and were playing some brilliant football with it. When the draws were made for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, the possibility of a game against Barcelona excited me. We hadn’t played them since the treble season when the two [...]

By Omorogbe Usuomon The best game in recent memory, for me, is the game against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford in the 2008/2009 Premier League season. We were chasing a third successive league title; we were on top of the table and playing at home against a resurgent Spurs that had seen the North London [...]

By Harry Veal “Is this their moment? Beckham… into Sheringham… and Solskjaer has won it! Manchester United have reached the Promised Land.” These immortal words of commentary from ITV’s Clive Tyldesley will stick with me forever. As a United mad 9-year-old I was at the point of a full on tantrum with United heading into [...]

By Mark Young There are very few moments in world football that give you goose bumps, all over goose bumps. Moments that make you feel proud to say, ‘I was there.’ Moments of genius where you wish you had a replay but at the same time, jumping for joy thinking or in some cases, shouting, [...]

By Matt Dodd Six goals, Keane and Viera’s scrap in the tunnel, Ronaldo’s double, and O’Shea’s beautiful lob – this one had it all. It was nicknamed the ‘Battle of Highbury’ – reminiscent of the incredibly violent match between England and Italy in 1934 which was originally hailed with the same title. This time around, [...]

By Tom Bell After the confirmation of season tickets in the North Stand lower tier in the Summer of 2006, it seems natural to me than my game of choice will be from that season. I must admit I was close to choosing the opening game of the season where we hit the ground running, [...]

By Joe Maloney. Being a southern Red you have to be prepared to endure a number of tests. The most well known to supporters, such as myself, is to put up with the constant ‘glory hunting tag’ and the other the amount of time you find yourself driving on the M6. Of course those two [...]

By Sophie Marsden. Having only just got my hands on a season ticket for the first time this year, I’m inevitably choosing one of my favourite games from the current season. The pressure was on for Manchester United to prove exactly why they were above Chelsea in the race for the title. With a 2-1 [...]