Chanting; where do we draw the line?

By Shamoon Hafez. This is my blogging debut, I’m more used to doing match reports or features, so go easy on me with comments. As you may, or may not know, I’m a journalist for BBC Sport but also a hardcore United fan, attending home games regularly and the occasional away game as well. Yesterday’s [...]

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Five Things We Learnt From Man United’s Victory Over Chelsea

By Nathan Thomas. Well, not quite the blistering football we’ve been used to so far this season but considering the quality in Chelsea’s team I’d call that a brilliant result. In the end it was United’s superior finishing that won the day and we even managed to miss a couple of sitters, we can’t complain [...]

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Manchester United vs. Chelsea | Match Preview

By Mark Young (Stretford End Arising forum member mark_young) Introduction The second part of this weekend’s Super Sunday is at Old Trafford where Sir Alex Ferguson’s young guns take on a Chelsea side managed by the youngest boss in the league. Both sides are unbeaten in the Premier League this season. Manchester United have won [...]

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5 Things We Learnt From the Draw at Benfica

By Sam Hill, aka Stretford End Arising forum member Valencia’s Left. 1. Anders Lindegaard Anders Lindegaard is the ideal backup, not since Raimond van der Gouw have I seen a more capable understudy. He dealt with everything superbly and I was even surprised he managed to get his fingers to Cardozo’s snapshot. Everything that came [...]

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SL Benfica vs. Manchester United: Match Preview

By Mark Young, aka Stretford End Arising forum member mark_young. Introduction It has almost been four months since Manchester United were taken apart, bit by bit by Barcelona in the Champions League final at Wembley. This week the race to Munich starts and United are aiming to go one step further this time around. The [...]

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Five Things We Learnt From United’s Victory Over Bolton

By Lee Savery, aka Stretford End Arising forum member Leegend90. 1. The momentum shows no signs of stopping Four games. Four wins. Perfection. The football has been majestic and has been as perfect as the league table portrays. Even an international break couldn’t disrupt the momentum. Bolton are no pushovers but right now United are [...]

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Bolton Wanderers vs. Manchester United Match Preview

By Tom Bell. Introduction We were all aware of Arsenal’s shaky start to the season, but how many of us expected us to put eight past them when they visited Old Trafford? The Bookies certainly didn’t. Ladbrokes weren’t even offering odds on 8-2 for the game. The result saw Arsène Wenger scurry off to the [...]

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Who’s a Clever Boy Then?

By Mark Young. It would be an understatement to say that the last few months have been amazing for the Basingstoke born Tom Cleverley but the young midfielder has taken everything in his stride and the hard work is paying off. It all started at 12 years old for Cleverley after United signed him from [...]

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The Ashley Young Effect

By George Hartrey. So, we have all realised Ashley Young was a fantastic signing for our squad. He’s already scored two goals for Manchester United (three if you count the one vs. West Bromwich Albion, but that has been classified as a Steven Reid own goal), and has provided plenty of assists. He is a [...]

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Owen Hargreaves signs for Manchester City

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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