Whilst Sir Alex Ferguson now has the safest job in world football, we all know his early years at the club weren’t as smooth running. Despite saving us from what could have been a relegation season in his first year in charge, the performances on the pitch didn’t match that hype that had come with [...]
Plenty of reds were sad to see Ji-Sung Park leave the club this summer because of his hard-working nature. Whilst he was never the most talented player, he had a brilliant attitude and gave his best in every game. He had a knack of performing and scoring in the big games too. Park is now [...]
Michael Owen spent three seasons at Manchester United and, despite producing a professional brochure boasting that he wasn’t injury-prone, spent the vast majority of his time at the club injured. He managed to find time for a few highlights though, including that incredible late winner against City, scoring in our 2-1 victory over Aston Villa [...]
Former Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre joined our lads at Carrington for training this morning. Silvestre joined United in the summer of 1999 for £4m and left nine years later for Arsenal. Silvestre had wanted to see out his final year of his contract and leave on a free following a testimonial the following summer [...]
During Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat in the FA Cup at the hands of Liverpool in 2006, Alan Smith broke his leg when trying to block a shot from John Arne Riise. After receiving treatment on the pitch, he was stretchered off. Whilst sections of the crowd applauded him off, it wasn’t long before the word’s [...]
Steve Bruce has revealed that when he left Manchester United, the leaving present he received from Sir Alex Ferguson was a scout report on Bruce before the manager’s time at the club. With Bruce playing for Gillingham in Division Three, a scout in the early 1980′s reckoned that Bruce wasn’t good enough for United. “The [...]
The transfer in January 2009 of Zoran Tosic and his team mate, Adem Ljajic, was a strange one. United agreed a deal that could be worth up to £17m for the pair, with Llajic due to stay with Partizan Belgrade for the rest of the season. However, United later pulled of out the deal to [...]
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Ritchie de Laet, who joined Leicester last month, has spoken about the impact Manchester United has had on his career. He was a surprise signing from Stoke in 2009 and in the few opportunities he was given in the first team he looked like a good prospect. The 23-year-old spent time out on loan at [...]
The club have today announced that Director of Youth Football, Jimmy Ryan, is retiring. He started his career at United when he was a teenager after moving down from Scotland to play for our youth team. Ryan made his début for United at the end of the 1965-66 season against West Brom and scored in [...]
During City’s title celebrations on Monday, true to blue form, Carlos Tevez was pre-occupied with thoughts of United, “begging” City fans to hand him an “RIP Fergie” poster. “He was leaning over the side of the bus, obviously trying to reach for this poster and begging the crowd to pass it to him,” said a [...]
March 7th 2000 – Injury Van Nistelrooy sustained an injury in a friendly match with Danish side Silkeborg, tearing the medial ligament in his right knee and he had his leg placed in a cast. April 9th 2000 – No to Rangers Ruud turns down a move to Rangers after the Scottish club put in [...]
Former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has today announced his retirement from football. In a Malaga press conference, the 35-year-old said his body could no longer handle the physical pressure being put on his body. After scoring 75 goals in 91 games for PSV, Ruud joined United for £19m and spent five years at [...]
Fraizer Campbell joined Manchester United’s youth set up when he was 10-years-old and spend 12 years at the club. This weekend, United have a slim chance of winning the league if they beat Sunderland, and Campbell has admitted he wishes it was possible for us both to win. “It would be nice if we could [...]
Salford lad Phil Bardsley joined Manchester United when he was just 8-years-old. In the past, he has talked about his continuing feelings for United and revealed that he still goes to games with his mates. United take on Sunderland this weekend and a win would give them a small chance of retaining the title, depending [...]
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