Football Support and Misplaced Schadenfreude
Football and schadenfreude are frequent bedfellows. The ability to derive pleasure from the misery of others is a genuine component of supporting a foo…
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What If There Isn’t A New Midfielder?
Sir Alex Ferguson has always been tough to predict in the transfer market, he’s capable of securing transfer deals that seemed incredibly unlikely, une…
The jealousy of victory causes more pain
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 j…
Why football fans should feel sorry for Imogen Thomas and grateful to John Hemmings MP
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…
Remembering George Best
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 w…
View From The Stands: United Fan On Victory Over Schalke
The Veltins-Arena (The Auf Schalke Arena for UEFA’s sponsorship purposes), Gelsenkirchen, host of the 2004 Champions League final, where Ronaldo winked…
View From The Stands: United Fan On Victory Over Chelsea
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 N…
When Bobby Charlton silenced the Kop in the FA Cup
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 …
‘Twas the night before Christmas: Chelsea v United
'Twas the night before Christmas: Chelsea v Manchester United, 24 December 1960 I think I must have had a very deprived childhood. Unlike more privi…
Blackpool, Stanley Matthews and United’s ‘dwarf of football magic’
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 tha…
Paddy Crerand – ‘A wonderfully good natured chap’
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 …
United and The Tottenham Hotspur Double Winners of the 60’s
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 tea…
PICTURES: Tottenham Hotspur vs United 1960
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…
Waiting for Eric : The 15th Anniversary of Cantona’s Return
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 …
View From The Stands: Philly vs United
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…