February’s Loan Watch: Robbie Brady At Hull City

By James Martin (Hull City supporter) Hull City 3 Bristol City 0 Robbie Brady regained a starting spot for the first game of what was to become a disrupted month of football for the Tigers. On 13 minutes City took an early lead when centre back Jack Hobbs headed home from a corner. Then just [...]

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February’s Loan Watch: Scott Wootton At Nottingham Forest

By Rob Terrace – Nottingham Forest season ticket holder and LTLF Forest Forum member. February 2012 – 4 appearances (3 starts, 1 as sub) 11 February 2012 vs. Watford (H) 1-1 Wootton’s debut came in a home fixture against Watford, which saw him selected at right back, in a Forest defence that included two other [...]

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U18s: Swansea City 1 Manchester United 5

By Barry McEvoy. Swansea will feel that the score-line flattered Manchester United somewhat after their 5th round FA Youth Cup encounter at the Liberty Stadium. Despite not dominating for long spells, United ran out 5-1 winners in front on the crowd of 4,080. First half goals from Jack Barmby, Gyliano Van Velzen and Sam Byrne [...]

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U18s: Manchester United 3-3 Bolton Wanderers

By R. Nugent. A pulsating league match in bitter and blustery conditions in front of Sir Alex and many Manchester United stars resulted in a fantastic three all draw at Carrington. Bolton made a blistering start to the game that seemed to have stunned their Manchester counterparts. Their quick one and two touch movement made [...]

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November’s Loan Watch: Robbie Brady At Hull City

By James Martin (Hull City supporter) November turned out to be a very action packed month for The Tigers with Manager Nigel Pearson moving to Leicester. Who would be Pearson’s successor was the talk of town. The favourite at one point was Manchester United reserves manager Warren Joyce, which failed to materialise and Nicky Barmby [...]

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U18s: Manchester United 4-0 Torquay United

By R. Nugent. Manchester United comprehensively made their way through to the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup with a professional four nil victory over Torquay United at Moss Lane. With Adnan Januzaj and Jack Rudge in midfield, the Reds had total control over the midfield, culminating in the lion’s share of possession and [...]

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Reserves: Manchester United 4 – 1 Wigan Athletic

By R. Nugent. Ravel Morrison and Manchester United gave a lovely display of how football should be played, as they emphatically defeated Wigan 4-1 thanks to a brace from Morrison and a goal each from forgotten man David Petrucci and local boy Ezekiel Fryers. United started off the game as expected with plenty of possession, [...]

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October’s Loan Watch: Norwood and Johnstone at Scunthorpe United

By Ross Gibson, creator of Scunthorpe blog Any Old Iron. October has been a packed month for Scunthorpe United – with seven games including League and Cup fixtures for the two on loan players. Sam Johnstone missed the final three games of the month due to a dislocated finger while Oliver Norwood was able to [...]

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October’s Loan Watch: Robbie Brady at Hull City

By James Martin (Hull City supporter) Hull City 2 Cardiff City 1 The Tigers continued their fine form with a home win over Cardiff. Brady performed well and looked solid both going forward and defensively. Brady could have given the Tigers the lead, but his curling shot from the edge of the area was tipped [...]

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September’s Loan Watch: Norwood and Johnstone at Scunthorpe United

By Ross Gibson, creator of Scunthorpe blog Any Old Iron. Sam Johnstone Johnstone missed Scunthorpe’s first league game of September, but in the four following fixtures the month turned out to be a very profitable one for the very talented keeper, no question. It was a somewhat baptism of fire at home to Sheffield United. [...]

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