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Foster: We Always Want To Beat City

Ben Foster had a howler against City in September, gifting them two goals with bad goalkeeping errors. Strictly speaking, he wasn’t helped by the United defence though, with the first goal coming from a lack of communication between himself and Rio, the second goal coming from United giving the ball away, and the third goal [...]

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PICTURES: Owen, Rooney, Hargreaves and Co. Visit Children’s Hospital

PICTURES: Owen, Rooney, Hargreaves and Co. Visit Children's Hospital
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Fergie: Foster Is England’s Best

Despite not getting a look in at United since Edwin Van der Sar’s return from injury, Sir Alex Ferguson claims Ben Foster is England’s best goalie. And he isn’t biased!

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Foster: I’m First Choice For England… Third Choice For United

Foster: I'm First Choice For England... Third Choice For United

Ben Foster was again chosen to play for England this weekend but is disappointed not to get any outings for his club of late.

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Edwin Returns For Everton Victory

Manchester United Reserves’ beat Everton Reserves 1-0 thanks to a 56th minute goal from Federico Macheda.
Edwin Van der Sar played for the full 90 minutes without showing any signs of discomfort, indicating he’ll be back for the Bolton game.
Ben Foster sadly missed out on his big opportunity to impress and get himself in to the [...]

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Foster Still First Choice After Edwin

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Ben Foster will remain our first choice keeper in the absence of Edwin Van der Sar, despite Tomasz Kuszczak being chosen for our cup games against Wolves and Wolfsburg.

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Foster: I Was Made To Face Up To City Mistakes

Ben Foster had a nightmare during the derby and sections of the press claimed he was going to be dropped for our next Premiership game.
Ferguson rightly stuck by Foster though and the keeper picked up a clean sheet in our 2-0 victory over Stoke. Foster didn’t have a lot to do but looked more composed [...]

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Howard Lesson Should Teach Fergie To Keep Foster Faith

Howard Lesson Should Teach Fergie To Keep Foster Faith

Tim Howard played a blinder in his first season at United, so much so, he was named PFA Keeper of the Year. It is important to note he fought off competition from Jens Lehmann who had just enjoyed an unbeaten season with Arsenal and Chelsea’s Carlo Cudicini, who both conceded fewer goals than him.
Following his [...]

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In Defence Of Ben Foster

Ben Foster has been on the receiving end of plenty of flack following our 4-3 victory over City yesterday but one of our favourite bloggers, Penguin United, is fighting his corner.

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“Foster Was Disappointed With Arsenal Goal”

Manchester United goalkeeping coach, Eric Steele, has claimed that Ben Foster was disappointed with the goal Arsenal scored. Arshavin’s shot had plenty of power behind it but Foster really should have been able to push it away.
Steele reckons that you can judge keepers on how they respond to conceding goals and he believes Foster reacts [...]

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Wes: Foster’s Big Toe Kept Us In The Game

At 1-0 down, Ben Foster made an incredible save from a Robin van Persie shot which should have meant game over for United. I’d argue everyone had that sinking feeling of ‘this is a goal’ only to see the ball still in open play and not in the back of our net.
Wes Brown has today [...]

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RoM Season Preview: Defence

RoM Season Preview: Defence

No team boasted a better defensive record than Manchester United last season, with our lads conceding just 24 goals. We also had the highest number of clean sheets, with us managing not to concede in 24 of the 38 matches. For a team that prides themselves on their attacking football, it’s not too shabby.
For a [...]

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Foster Injured

“Ben Foster has returned to Manchester United having picked up a knock during Sunday’s FA Community Shield against Chelsea. Joe Hart has been called into the squad as a replacement.”

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Time For Foster To Prove Himself

Edwin Van der Sar has broken two bones in his left hand, meaning he will be out for around eight weeks. Our keeper has already undergone surgery for the breaks which he sustained in saving Danijel Pranjic’s penalty in the Audi Cup last week.
Edwin will likely miss our games against Arsenal and City but should [...]

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Fergie: No Question Over Ben’s England Future

Ben Foster already has his eyes on next summer’s World Cup, despite not even being Manchester United’s #1 yet. Our second choice keeper is aware of the challenges he faces in getting more football so that he can get in to the England squad.
Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed time and again that Foster has the [...]

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