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By Budgecore7. It’s hard to describe to people who aren’t of our nature as Manchester United fans, why we don’t lose faith when we’re behind. More often than not, something happens to our team. We pull something so magical out of the bag that it defines who we are and what we do as a [...]

By Harry Sherlock. Being asked to pick your favourite Manchester United game of all time, and then write about it, is akin to being asked to pick your favourite child. So many memories instantly pop into your head – that majestic night in Barcelona in 1999, the 6-1 thrashing of Arsenal, the 1-0 aggregate win [...]

By Callum Jones. To most football fans, a game is much more than the 90 minutes it’s represents. It’s a memory, an occasion and something that can stick in your mind forever. Of course, the majority of these ‘memories’ and ‘occasions’ are the big ones. Barcelona 99. Moscow 08. Wembley 68. But I’m going to [...]

Book Review by Mark Young. There are many books on Manchester United and Manchester United’s history that paint a good picture of what has happened over the years at Old Trafford but Manchester United Then and Now puts everything into perspective. The back cover reads “Manchester United Then and Now takes a nostalgic look at [...]

By Iain McCartney There are footballers and there are footballers. Many are simply team members, others have an ability which sets them above the rest, while there are some, with ability or otherwise who possess a defining characteristic which enables them to stand out in the crowd. Some have both of the latter two mentioned, [...]

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 Iain McCartney, the author of Duncan Edwards: The Full Report The thump of leather against leather produced an echoing wall of sound, vibrating around a packed Stretford End, as the merlinic magic of Best and Law concocted another Manchester United goal and what was to be another victory on the march to glory. Some [...]

By Iain McCartney, the author of Duncan Edwards: The Full Report As he pedalled down Warwick Road he acknowledged those who spoke or shouted out to him. Turning onto the Old Trafford forecourt, he free-wheeled down towards his usual spot, a short pass from where the Munich clock stands today. Fumbling in his jacket pocket, [...]