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What Has Petrucci Got To Do With Ronaldo?

Further statements emerged from the Real Madrid camp today in reference to their hope of signing Ronaldo this summer. FIFA turned away United’s complaint about the Spanish club, meaning it’s business as usual at Real Madrid, with them commenting about our player in the media on a daily basis. “We’re waiting for Cristiano to make [...]

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Pictures Which Tell The Story Of Our Season – We Won The Double, Remember?

With the Euros and Ronaldo speculation dominating the press at the moment, I thought it was about time we got back to living in the moment and enjoying the success of our season. Only on three occasions in United’s history have fans been able to say, “we are currently the Champions of Europe.” With the [...]

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RoM Best Of The Season… Player, Moment, New Signing, Goal and Match

With the Euros keeping us ticking over with football action, the Republik of Mancunia forum is taking time to reflect on the wonderful 07/08 season. What was our greatest moment of the season? Which new signing has proven to be the most effective? Which goal had you cheering the loudest? Which match had you on [...]

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The Best and Worst of United’s 08/09 Fixtures

United take on Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle at home on the opening day of the season and finish with newly promoted Hull City away. September could prove to be a very important month for our title defence. We face Liverpool at Anfield then travel to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea the following weekend. October gives us [...]

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PICTURES: Best, Law and Charlton Statue Facing Sir Matt

Earlier in the week I gave a quick update on the recent developments of the ‘Holy Trinity’ statue, in honour of Denis Law, George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton. Today the statue has been unveiled, taking price of place opposite the ground, directly in front of Sir Matt Busby’s statue. The timing is rather fitting, [...]

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What Are The United Lads Saying To Lampard?

The England national team take on USA tonight for a friendly match staged at Wembley Stadium. The event will see the reunion of the English United and Chelsea players who battled it out in the European Cup final a week ago today. This meeting could have been extremely painful for our lads if the result [...]

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Latest Developments On ‘Holy Trinity’ Statue

Following United’s victory against Chelsea in the European Cup final last week, work has begun on the statue to honour George Best, Denis Law and Sir Bobby Charlton, who won the first European Cup with United in 1968. So far, only the stand has been constructed, but later in the week, the final statue is [...]

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European Cup Parade Off Following Rangers Riot

Yesterday, I wrote of my immense frustration upon hearing that plans to show United’s European Cup final on the big screens had been cancelled, following the scenes of violence involving Rangers fans. The Scottish fans travelled to Manchester to watch their UEFA Cup Final which was being held at the Council House. After a technical [...]

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What Do We Do Now? Guide To Getting Through The Summer

It’s Friday night. A takeaway and early doors at the local followed by semi-drunk dreams of the weekend’s game. That has been my weekly routine for the past eight or nine months. Once the weekend’s game was played, I’d spend the following week reading up on team news, thinking about the latest injury, contemplating the [...]

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CHAMPIONEES!

Manchester United, Premier League Champions again. Whilst in hindsight, United could have drawn 0-0 today, it felt like it was Ryan Giggs’ goal that made us Champions today. After the stick he’s (rightly) endured over the past few months, it is magical for him to score our second goal. Everything about United feels like it’s [...]

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Winning The League On Goal Difference Takes Away From Success?

If Manchester United match Chelsea’s result this weekend, whether that is win, lose or draw, we will win the league by goal difference alone. We currently have a difference superior by 17 goals, thanks to our great scoring and defensive records. Whilst Ronaldo has stolen most of the headlines this season, there has still been [...]

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Why Are Chelsea Questioning Wigan’s Integrity? Look At Bolton!

Following a week where so much press attention has focussed on whether Wigan will put up a fight against United on Sunday, Ferguson has fought back. Several Chelsea players have been putting pressure on Wigan to do their job and show up against the Champions in the crucial final game of the season, however today, [...]

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New United Shirts Revealed

It’s that time of year again. The trophies are dished out, United are linked to every player going, and new kits are “leaked” on the net. Well, no trophies yet, and I’m not getting too excited about our potential targets, so here are pictures of potentially our new away kit next season.

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A Year On…Is This The Day We Beat Chelsea To The Title Again?

May 5th 2007 A lacklustre performance at the Wastelands on the Saturday, just three days after being knocked out of the European Cup in Italy against Milan, saw United on the brink of securing our first title since 2003. We had lead the table all season, Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea drifting within three points of us [...]

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Newcastle Players More Than Happy To Help United

Chelsea travel to St James Park this afternoon to take on an in form Newcastle side. Over the past 8 games, Newcastle are ranked 4th in the form league, looking a very different side to the one we beat 6-0 at home and 5-1 away. Assuming Chelsea don’t score more than 19 goals on the [...]

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