Around the Grounds is an excellently researched book which looks at every club in the English Football League in detail. Interesting facts, good stories, moments to forget, heroes, zeroes and much more. It’s written in great detail and really is an interesting read. Even better, author Chris Nelson is clearly a man of taste, with a link to RoM in their ‘The Last Word’ section for United and my view on a few topics.
Here’s a taster:
Greats moment on this ground
Brian Kidd and Sir Alex Ferguson running on the pitch, Kiddo geting down on his knees and clenching his fists, after Steve Bruce scored the second of his two late goals against Sheffield Wednesday. We had gone 1-0 down to a second half penalty and looked to be losing our grip on the title. But Bruce’s second goal gave us belief that the title was returning to Old Trafford for the first time since 1967.
Heroes of the turf
Eric Cantona was the catalyst for United’s success and helped bring the title back to United for the first time in 26 years. The following season he bagged 25 goals and the season after he guided a team of ‘kids’ who’d ‘never win anything’ to the second double in three seasons. He retired when he was still at his best in 1997, having won the League in four of his five seasons with us.
Aside from detail on United, it’s a great read for any football fan, particularly one who travels the country watching football, with tips on where the best boozer and place to eat is for fans in each city.
RRP £20 but much cheaper on Amazon.
Man Utd News 24/7
Who is this Cantona fella everyone is going on about?
jesus christ international break just wont end
I Heart Cantona!!!
Jonny are you serious?
Cantona is not a man. Cantona is Cantona
When the seagulls….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EpqFKus42E
follow the trawler..
It’s because they think….
sardines will be thrown…
I am not a man. I am Cantona
into the
sea. Thank you very much(always loved this part).
sea
blargh, i got beat to it
Lol, I actually had the pleasure to watch this legendary moment before it got edited:
http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57870
i really hope jonny was joking.
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think the sardines, will be thrown in to the sea, thank you. Great player, but didn’t half talk some shite.
Oh the Sheff Wed game. Fantastic .
I don’t believe in any single player being instrumental for Man United’s success, but Cantona’s record was really impressive. As it’s mentioned, we won the league in 4 out of his 5 seasons with us and we all know what happened the one season we didn’t win it. We had 3 goaless draws at OT after his suspension that could have sealed the title.
Also, when you think about it, it hasn’t been as easy to win the domestic double since the Cantona era.
Competition far better now. Too long since we won the fa cup, lets hope we put it right this season.
We sure do, even though it doesn’t mean as much as once did. The funny thing is that we’ve won it once in the last 12 years and yet we are still the side that has won it the most times.
Of course I’m joking. Cantona is that famous actor!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/sep/07/manchester-city-blue-moon-rising
Hahahaha fucking hell I can’t stop laughing. City have made a little film!!!!!!!! Fuck me. My favourite parts are the ones with Craig bellamy. Apparently his wife can’t stand to see him playing for them.
“Blue Moon Rising reinforces Manchester City’s standing as the most fascinating story in the world of football,” said the club’s marketing manager David Pullan.
This is like a football version of Spinal Tap.
Jonny – Hilarious isn;t it! Who gives a fuck about the cunt’s? They state that it is a great story in football. How is it? They have been bought by an arab yet still won fuck all for nigh on 35 years . Horrible bastards. Best bit is Noel Gallagher giving it large. Reckoning he was in the governors and so on. Was he fuck, just climbed out of the fucking woodwork.
Tick Tock.
This one is even better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTdYREK8GrY&feature=related
It has us beating them last year in the carling cup, except only showed the first leg that they won haha!
I wonder if this film will be classed as a comedy or a horror?
Fucking hell. We want to show fans from around the world……. what fucking fans. I met a City fan in Malmö, he was from manchester, never seen a swedish one and ive been here 13 years. At school in Lowestoft where i spent quite a few years I knew of one city fan and thats when they went through their successfull period with Quinn, White and peter reid, lol.
Funny that though Blue Moon Rising, that means the suns setting doesn’t it. The sun will soon set on sheik yaboutis fuck around with the bitters when he realisises that you cant buy history. Maybe in the fuckistan but not in the free thinking side of the globe.
Can’t wait for the sequel, “Blue moon quite high in the sky” where the excitement builds when Bellamy gets coined and Robinho makes it known he made a mistake. Even part 3 “Blue moon as high as we’ll get before dipping below the horizon” – this seasons episode when …… oh i can’t wait.
my dad told me football was first then beer then women. WTF???
My Dad Told me to respect my mother , never harm a Lady with hands nor words
be a role model to your kids
get an education
make people proud of ya
make sure your proud of yourself
and love united
Slight Difference
Id say his dad just slagged him saying when i was 9 i seen city win a trophy and you never will na na na na na na na
are they ligit mini films made by the manchester city football club??
the second on has the crowd singing carlos tevez is a blue he hates munichs???
i had to skip it back 4 times to be sure thats what i was hearing
that is shocking – fucking shocking
No, these aren’t minifilms, these are trailers for a full length documentary film.
Singing that you hate one team or another is fair enough, at the end of the day we “hate” Liverpool and City but we certainly aren’t wishing the players or fans will come to any harm, it’s just friendly football rivalry.
To sing about munich in such a way, is the typical small club mentality.
The fact that it is a film means it has a group of sound editors etc. None of whom picked up on the chant? Really? It’s not even in the background behind someone talking or anything.
How would we go about complaining, does anyone know?
Who the fuck are city?
Never heard of them
Back to bed…
jonny and gotta hate – That is fucking dispicable. How the fuck can they get away with that sort of shite? Classless to the core.
CIty fans have been singing the Munich song for years, and fuck all has been done about. You’re best just ignoring it lads.
willierednut
its not the fact that they sing classless sngs -its a given when they themselfs are classless- its the fact that manchester city are funding a movie about manchester city , and they added in a part about there fans singing about one of there players hating” munichs”
ive been at united vs arsenal and been mift about some united fans singing the anti-adebayor chant or about arsenals manager been a kiddy fiddler , althou i dont partake im not gonna say it doesnt happen but imagine if united made a film about the club you love and stuck the stretty masses singing wenger is a fuckin pedaphile
There’s nothing you can do, you just said it yourself, we sing vile songs as well.
but they put them into movies about themselves as a promo film about how good they are
Well, lets make a film about how bad City are, and how long it is, since they won a trophy. This is how it feels to be City etc…….
That City trailer.. whoever created it, what a bunch of sad fucks. Why have they got a clip of VDS celebrating in part 1? Morons..
Around the grounds eh. Can I buy it at the Mega store on my next vist to Old Trafford.
Lads a wee tip when looking at the Amazon site look for damaged books and level of damage books
I got 50 pounds worth of Manchester united books for less than 20 pounds and no worse condition you would find in Waterstones or WHSchmit
Cantona? Who is he and who are players such as Law, Charlton, Best, Robson, Stapleton, Stiles, Crerand, Edwards, Giggs, Scholes, Beckham, Keane, Ronaldo, VNS, Cole and so on and so on….
They are merely players that are involved in writing the history books about the best and biggest football team in the world…..
OK so boo hoo,across town we are blue and we sing to the moon, so who is bigger hey?
Red is out, feel the blue taking over
?Are you on the old crack pipe tonight. you sound like you are!
@ RedScot
LOL……Not really, its just that when it comes to city I tend to get creative at belittling them……
Cantona is the Chuck Norris of football