Mario Balotelli has attracted plenty of criticism in his short time at Manchester City. On the day he signed, he claimed he wished he hadn’t left Italy and since then has been involved in a whole host of controversies, including training ground punch-ups and throwing darts at City’s youth team players. When it comes to [...]
Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen have been sharing the post-match thoughts early this morning. Rio: Up early adrenaline still pumping! What does Park Ii Sung have pre match? Unleaded or diesel? He is a machine. Top player! Chicarito=goals! Giggs. I’m not even going to go into it the guy = LEGEND! By the way WE [...]
Fabio Capello revealed in the week that he had spoken to members of the squad about the change of England captaincy. Despite not bothering to let Rio Ferdinand know of the change, Steven Gerrard was one of the players he told. Gerrard has revealed that he got the call and despite being upset for Rio, [...]
Fabio Capello has today dug himself a deeper ditch after revealing that despite still not having spoken to Rio Ferdinand about the captaincy issue, he spoke to all the squad! “I spoke with the players and personally with some players, and I spoke with the squad before I decided that John Terry will be the [...]
I was pleased when Rio Ferdinand was named England captain. Not because I’m arsed about England but because I was looking forward to the preferential treatment players of this status get, like John Terry and Alan Shearer before him. Kick someone in the head or rugby tackle them, who gives a fuck, you’re England captain, [...]
Gerard Pique has spoken fondly of Rio Ferdinand, who acted as a mentor for him in his time at Manchester United. “What you have to remember about Rio is that he always cost so much money,” Pique said. “He has always had to maintain a very high level to justify the price tags. That is [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed media speculation that Rio Ferdinand’s Manchester United career may be over after revealing his latest injury may keep him out for the rest of the season. “Rio has plenty of years ahead of him,” said Ferguson. “He has had a few injuries over the last few years I am sure [...]
Sir Alex Ferguson has today revealed that Rio Ferdinand might be missing for what is left of the season. “We may be lucky to get him back for part of this season.” Chris Smalling has done a brilliant job in the centre of defence since Rio got injured, proving he is more than capable of [...]
It has been revealed today that Manchester City’s Kolo Toure failed a drugs test which was taken after the Manchester derby. In April 2003, Mark Bosnich was banned for 9 months and fined £10k for failing a drugs test. In December 2003, Rio Ferdinand was banned for 8 months and fined £50k for missing a [...]
With all his business and show biz lifestyle on the side, Rio Ferdinand may have surprised some recently when he claimed he one day wanted to be a football manager. Speaking with Andy Mitten, Rio has explained it’s something for the future, when asked where he’d be in ten years time. “I’ll either be managing [...]
Andy Gray claimed that women didn’t understand the offside rule. Richard Keys responded, straight faced, no wry smile, by saying “of course they don’t.” If we’re honest, there’s more evidence to suggest blokes don’t understand the offside rule, given how frequently male referee’s assistants get such vital calls wrong. Regardless, there’s no reason why a [...]
Rio Ferdinand’s last yellow card, for both club or country, came on March 14th 2009, during our 4-1 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford for a foul on Dirk Kuyt. That’s 53 appearances and 4515 minutes of football with a yellow card. Whilst some of this might be down to his status as England captain [...]
As a new feature for 2011, RoM will be providing an in-depth look at the statistics from each league game Manchester United play. vs West Brom (a) Summary – The player who attempted the most passes was Rio Ferdinand – The player with the most completed passes was Michael Carrick – The player with the [...]
Rio Ferdinand has kept himself entertained on the journey back from West Brom by Twittering. Anderson wanted to pass a message along to the supporters via Rio: “Nice one and Happy New Year to you all” thumbs up for the result! Rio also reflected on the game and the penalty he gave away, which fortunately [...]
Anders Lindegaard Anderson Antonio Valencia Ashley Young Ben Foster Betting Blog Busby Babes Carlos Tevez Chants Chris Smalling Competition Contributing Writer Cristiano Ronaldo Current Players Danny Welbeck Darren Fletcher Darron Gibson Da Silva Twins David Beckham David De Gea Dimitar Berbatov Domestic Cups Edwin Van der Sar Eric Cantona Europe FA Fans Federico Macheda FIFA Football News Forum Gabriel Obertan Gary Neville Injuries International Interviews Javier Hernandez Ji-Sung Park John O'Shea Jonny Evans Just For Fun Kits Legends Live blog Louis Saha Manchester United News Match Day Match Reactions Michael Carrick Michael Owen Nani Nemanja Vidic Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Owen Hargreaves Past Players Patrice Evra Paul Scholes Phil Jones Poll Pre-Season Rants Reclaim Our Club Rio Ferdinand Rivals RoM's Best Articles RoM At The Audi Cup Roy Keane Ryan Giggs Shop Sir Alex Ferguson Site News Sponsored Post Staff Stats Tomasz Kuszczak Tom Cleverley Transfers/Rumours UEFA United > England Video Wayne Rooney Wes Brown Youth Zoran Tosic
© 2006-2012 Republik Of Mancunia: A Manchester United Blog by Scott the Red | Privacy Policy
Man Utd News 24/7