Every single player who has won the Ballon d’Or from the English league has played for Manchester United. Winners 1956: Stanley Matthews (Blackpool at the time) 1964: Denis Law 1966: Bobby Charlton 1968: George Best 2001: Michael Owen (Liverpool at the time) 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo Matthews was a war time guest player for United whilst [...]
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, [...]
When United play Chelsea in a few weeks time, Sir Alex Ferguson will be able to celebrate becoming the longest serving Manchester United manager. With 24 years, one month and 14 days in charge, Fergie will have been at the club for one day longer than Sir Matt Busby in both his stints with the [...]
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 [...]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed that it was the talks he had with Sir Alex Ferguson recently that gave him the confidence to take up the Molde job. After turning them down several times in the past, he felt that now was the time to get that extra bit of experience. Ole also confesses that [...]
As a player at Manchester United Premier League (6): 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07 FA Cup (2): 1998–99, 2003–04 Champions League (1): 1998–99 Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999 As the manager of the Reserves at Manchester United Premier Reserve League (1): 2009-10 Premier Reserve League North (1): 2009-10 Lancashire Senior Cup (1): 2008-09 Manchester Senior [...]
Denis Law, the King of the Stretford End, has revealed how he put himself in a similar situation to Wayne Rooney over a contract. Whilst Rooney has now put pen to paper on a deal worth £160k-a-week, Law reveals how it has amused him to watch the fuss and compare it to the row he [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson is hoping that our result in Valencia will act a springboard ahead of our trip to Sunderland. After conceding lots of sloppy goals, United were able to keep out their opponents, who currently are top of La Liga. “The most important part for me was not losing any goals because we’ve been [...]
Whilst for the younger generations of reds, Paddy Crerand will be better known for his commentary on MUTV, it shouldn’t be forgotten what a legend he was for our club on the pitch. Joining United five years after the Munich air disaster, Crerand went on to win the European Cup, two league titles and the [...]
After Nemanja Vidic has been named Manchester United captain, the man who we claim will murder the opposition, it begs the question over who our hardest captain has been. var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.addpoll.com/flashPoll.swf”, “flashpolls”, “300″, “300″, “9″); so.addVariable(“questionId”, “55968″); so.write(“write_flash”);
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 [...]
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