Manchester United fans have been lucky enough to see many great players over the years, who’d all rank highly amongst the greatest ever players in the World. With Ronaldo approaching George Best’s record for most goals scored by a winger at the club, the topic of who is the greatest of all time has arisen […]
January 31st, 2008
Categories: Legends . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 10 Comments
Ever since Wayne Rooney emerged on to the football scene as a teenager there has been a lot of hype surrounding him. It started with the Everton fans. They might remember a cheeky 11 year old ball boy who chipped Neville Southall in the warm up before the Merseyside derby back in 1996, who went […]
January 31st, 2008
Categories: International, Current Players . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 19 Comments
It was announced earlier this week that Manchester United were drawn to play second place Arsenal in the 5th Round of the FA Cup. As I wrote about, Manchester United are drawn against top flight opposition more often than not, with 77% of our FA Cup draws over the past ten years coming against Premiership […]
January 31st, 2008
Categories: Manchester United News . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 2 Comments
Nemanja Vidic returned to the United team after a virus kept him out of our FA Cup victory over Spurs at the weekend. With thirteen minutes played, he ensured that United kept up their brilliant defensive record in the league, which boasts just three goals conceded at home, and was witness to a brilliant goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo […]
January 31st, 2008
Categories: Current Players, Manchester United News . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 11 Comments
Play up Ronnie, Ronnie play up!
January 30th, 2008
Categories: Video . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 4 Comments
Whilst the Munich memorial picture which hangs from the East Stand is less than perfect, with the words originally printed incorrectly and an AIG logo situated at the bottom, there is no doubting it is an impressive site. With the 50th anniversary of the tragedy approaching, much of the red focus is on our players […]
January 30th, 2008
Categories: Manchester United News . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 4 Comments
“Liverpool and Arsenal are great clubs but United is a completely different story. Inter were also trying to get me in the transfer window but there was only one club for me,” Patrice Evra said, after signing for Manchester United for £5.5 million back in 2006. It has been a long journey for Evra, which […]
January 30th, 2008
Categories: Manchester United News . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 8 Comments
After United were drawn against Arsenal in the 5th Round of the FA, I was curious to see just how many times we’ve had to play Premiership opposition over recent years. It feels as though we always get the tough draws and I wanted to see how true that intuition was.
It turned out to be rather […]
January 30th, 2008
Categories: Domestic Cups, Rivals . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 5 Comments
Ferguson called off his annual goal tally bet with our Portuguese winger this season, saying “I will not be attempting to bet anything with Cristiano this season unless it is 50 goals,” he laughed. “Somehow I don’t think he would accept that.”
Just over half way through the season, with Ronaldo enjoying the form he […]
January 29th, 2008
Categories: Current Players, Manchester United News . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 4 Comments
There has been a lot of fuss surrounding the 50th Anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster, with it emerging some fans will find it too much of a temptation to sing sick songs during a moment of silent time for reflection. A couple of weeks ago, the FA announced that there would not be a […]
January 28th, 2008
Categories: Manchester United News . Author: Scott the Red . Comments: 2 Comments