Sir Alex Ferguson has always been tough to predict in the transfer market, he’s capable of securing transfer deals that seemed incredibly unlikely, unexpected, genius, or sometimes, baffling. From Henrik Larsson to Chicharito to Gabriel Obertan and Bébé, there’s usually something from way out in left field. Yet, centre midfield has long since been viewed [...]
It’s not defeat that hurts most. The jealousy of victory causes more pain. Longing for what could have been is more poignant than loss. Seeing the joy that you so craved, seeing their players dancing where United players could have done. You lose games, it happens, but rarely after a loss do you see such [...]
An MP in our fine and morally superior House of Commons this week revealed it’s Ryan Giggs at the centre of the Twitter saga. Well, I was shocked, I had no idea it was him. I’d like to thank this MP for guiding me. The public service he demonstrated was what this country has been [...]
There was a tiny, insignificant incident in one of the first matches I saw George Best play for Manchester United that has always haunted me, in some ways more than than the many moments of genius I witnessed in his brilliant subsequent career.It occured in March 1964 against Fulham as United were desperately trying to [...]
The Veltins-Arena (The Auf Schalke Arena for UEFA’s sponsorship purposes), Gelsenkirchen, host of the 2004 Champions League final, where Ronaldo winked, Rooney saw red, England crashed out and the re-birth of a siege mentality that Fergie used to take United to 3 league title and 1 European cup within the following 3 years. Gelsenkirchen is [...]
Milan, Munich, Barcelona, Madrid, just four great names that spring to mind when United fans think of European away trips. Nearly 100,000 in the Camp Nou, a rocking San Siro, the sight of the red lights that surround the Allianz, sights you would normally be seeing when you follow the reds in Europe, but just [...]
Liverpool 1 Man United 3, January 30, 1960 You’ve got to love the Scousers. When Liverpool were drawn at home to Manchester United in the 4th round of the FA Cup in January 1960 it was immediately declared an all-ticket match, naturally enough as United had already attracted the two largest league attendances of the [...]
‘Twas the night before Christmas: Chelsea v Manchester United, 24 December 1960 I think I must have had a very deprived childhood. Unlike more privileged folk I never witnessed anyone pissing on the terraces at a football match. My grandfather did, when he saw men up from the Northumberland pit villages relieving themselves at Newcastle [...]
In some ways the enjoyment of football is like seeking a perpetual return to the freedoms of childhood, with all its agonies and ecstasies. Perhaps that’s why I’m so pleased to see Blackpool FC back where they belong, in the top division, trying to play progressive, attractive football in the best traditions of the club, [...]
In the Sixties Pat Crerand and Denis Law used to argue about who should be selected for the ugliest football team in Britain and the craggy midfielder would consistently nominate his electrifying goal-scoring team mate as Britain’s ‘least handsome player’. When, ‘for some strange reason’, Denis didn’t agree, Pat set out to prove it to [...]
On the eve of Manchester United’s Premier League clash with a resurgent Tottenham Hotspur my mind goes back fifty years to when I first saw the two teams face each other in the flesh, in September 1960. The Londoners were then almost effortlessly cruising to the first League and FA Cup Double of the 20th [...]
I took this photo at White Hart Lane on 3 September 1960 as the teams warmed up. Sadly United lost 4-1 that day… Here’s another, taken with my trusty Brownie Box Camera, of Albert Quixall preparing to take a corner. ————– Manchester United and The Tottenham Hotspur Double Winners of the 1960’s
We now know what we didn’t at the time, that at least one Manchester United player blamed Eric Cantona for the team’s failure to win a historic Double Double in the 1994-95 season, thereby also missing out on achieving that extreme rarity, a third successive league title. The fault lay with his spectacular kung-fu kick [...]
United’s second game was in the city or brotherly love. The game ended 1:0 to United with Obertan scoring the only game of the game. Philadelphia is a perfect representation of all things America. They love their sports teams and they are a passionate bunch. So it wasn’t entirely surprising when I was greeted to [...]
United started the pre-season campaign with a 3-1 win over Celtic, thanks to goals from Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley. United fan and Toronto resident, Bruce, got in contact with his review and pictures from the game… United’s match against Celtic at Toronto’s Rogers Centre stadium was a unique event for many Canadian [...]
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