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By James Martin (Hull City supporter) Well, a new season, and a new loanee from Manchester United for Hull City, this time in the shape of promising young goalkeeper Ben Amos. In the 2011-12 season, The Tigers struggled for a consistent number one, so new Hull manager Steve Bruce will be hoping Amos can cement [...]

By Dan Clough In this week’s Lancashire Telegraph, we were informed that Manchester United’s Mame Biram Diouf will not be available to Rovers next season as he will be recalled by Sir Alex. Be this out of Fergie spite, or a real desire to have him back at Old Trafford, Rovers fans will not shed [...]

Premier Academy League 26 February 2011, Brockhall Village Manchester United U18s ran out 3-0 winners against their Blackburn Rovers counterparts at Brockhall Village. Ravel Morrison netted his third and fourth goals of the campaign after Jesse Lingard had opened the visitors scoring. Paul McGuinness made three changes from the team that demolished Manchester City in [...]

It’s been a hectic month for Blackburn Rovers with Venky’s coming in and turning the club upside down, sacking the manager and replacing him with a rookie. But one thing is certain, and that is that Mame Biram Diouf is staying at Ewood. A no-release clause in the loan contract means he is not allowed [...]

It’s been another lean month for Rovers fans as we found ourselves slump into the bottom three. Manchester United’s Diouf played the whole of a poor match – what more do you expect? – At Stoke. A 1-0 defeat with nothing to shout about going forward. As a late substitute in the dire goalless draw [...]

After impressing early in the season, Diouf has become something of a passenger for Rovers. Stuck out of position in midfield, he struggles to make an impact. Sam Allardyce appears to have an uncanny knack of finding a good player, and then playing him out of position and he hasn’t disappointed us with Diouf. He [...]

Manchester United U18’s claimed a dramatic 3-2 victory over local rivals Blackburn Rovers thanks to an injury time penalty from Will Keane in what was a thoroughly enjoyable game. Blackburn confident after recent results (three victories in their previous four fixtures) started brightly as United had to endure early pressure. Unfortunately with only three minutes [...]

Captain Magnus Eikrem scored an injury time equaliser to prevent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team from slipping to their second consecutive defeat in the league. Solsjkaer was forced into two changes from the side that defeated Bolton Wanderers with Ravel Morrison & Marnick Vermijl replacing the now on loan Nicky Ajose (Bury) and Cameron Stewart (Yeovil [...]

Manchester United’s Mame Biram Diouf has impressed so far, even though it is very early in his loan spell. He made his debut in the opener against Everton and, although the United man failed to score in a tight game, he showed glimpses of his qualities – mainly his lightning pace – and may have [...]