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By Bryan Waters. Manchester United U21s continued their good form with a 2-0 victory away at West Bromwich Albion, thanks to goals from Sean McGinty and substitute John Cofie. The lively Adnan Januzaj burst away from the Albion defence and his low cross found McGinty at the back post, who tucked home for another reason [...]

By Daryl Hornby (Sheffield United supporter) Sheffield United 2-1 Port Vale – 01/12/2012 Sheffield United miraculously turned this FA Cup game on its head as they went into injury time a goal down, only to emerge victorious with two goals from Shaun Miller in injury time sending them into the hat for the third round. [...]

By Daryl Hornby (Sheffield United supporter) During the six games played in November, John Cofie made just one appearance in his loan spell at Sheffield United. It was during a convincing 4-1 home win against fellow promotion hopefuls Stevenage, where he was brought on in the 89th minute to replace two goal hero Shaun Miller. Sadly, [...]

By Daryl Hornby (Sheffield United supporter) Hartlepool United 1-2 Sheffield United – 02/10/2012 Sheffield United travelled to Victoria Park on this wet and windy Tuesday night looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the season against a Hartlepool side who had won just one of their opening nine games in League One. Manager Danny Wilson [...]

By Daryl Hornby (Sheffield United supporter) Sheffield United 5-3 Bournemouth – 01/09/2012 Sheffield United and Bournemouth played out an absolute goal fest at Bramall Lane, where John Cofie started once again for the Blades and got his name on the scoresheet for the second consecutive game. He was pretty anonymous in the early stages of [...]

By Daryl Hornby (Sheffield United supporter) Sheffield United 1-0 Shrewsbury Town – 18/08/2012 John Cofie made his English league debut for Sheffield United against newly promoted Shrewsbury Town, alongside new strike partner Nick Blackman. Unfortunately, he was quite ineffective in a game where United had more possession but the visitors had the much better chances.  [...]

Date: 20 November 2010 Venue: Trafford Training Centre Kick Off: 11am Manchester United U18’s sealed a 3-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion, with John Cofie grabbing his first brace of the season. Paul McGuinness’s team started brightly, opening the scoring as early as the third minute when a jinking Jessie Lingard was fouled inside the [...]

Manchester United reserves maintained their 100% record in the Manchester Senior Cup with a 4-0 victory over local rivals Bolton Wanderers at Moss Lane on Thursday evening. Nicky Ajose claimed a hat trick, but look no further than Captain Magnus Eikrem for the star of the show. United started brightly in what turned out to [...]

Manchester United reserves progressed to the next round of the Lancashire Senior Cup thanks to a comfortable 5-1 victory over Bury at Gigg Lane on Monday evening. United started on the front foot with Mangus Eikrem pulling the strings (spraying passes akin to Paul Scholes) and the Dublin born Robbie Brady heavily involved. For much [...]

The U18s travelled to Firshill Crescent to face their Sheffield United counterparts on Saturday morning. The home team started brightly – passing well, keeping hold of possession while United struggled to find a way into Sheffield United’s half. Big central defender Harry Maguire had a glorious opportunity to open the scoring from a corner when [...]