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…
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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…
PICTURES: View From The Stands At United’s Opener Against Celtic
United started the pre-season campaign with a 3-1 win over Celtic, thanks to goals from Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley. United fa…
Harry Gregg’s ‘punch-up’ at Luton in April 1960: New witnesses, 50 years on
Fifty years ago this week, some two years after the Munich Air Disaster, Harry Gregg, hero of the crash and Manchester United goalkeeper, knocked out a…
Who put the ball in the Germans’ net? Albert Quixall!
Everyone who's ever seen a Manchester United 'golden moments' showreel from the 1990s will know all about David Beckham's astonishing strike from the h…
Watching United 50 Years Ago: Fulham v Man United, March 26th 1960
Ahead of our game against Fulham, Giles Oakley has reflected on United vs Fulham over the years. As the Manchester United supporters' unpreceden…
Another Analysis Of The Debt
There is plenty of talk about our debt issues at the moment, where just like in 2005, the less than satisfying performances have come at a time of more…
Remembering Albert Scanlon: A Fan’s Tribute
He hurtles down the muddy left touchline, shoulders square on, head down, shorts hitched up, plain white socks a blur, heavy brown lace-up football a…
Getting a Kick out of Eric Cantona (Part II.III): Memories of Chasing the Double Double in ’95
Let's now jump forward from Crystal Palace and the Kung-fu nightmare at Selhurst Park in January 1995 to Crystal Palace at Villa Park on Sunday 9th Apr…
Getting a Kick out of Eric Cantona (Part II.II): The Kung-fu Aftermath
The day after Eric Cantona's astonishing Kung-fu kick at Selhurst Park in January 1995 I had to attend an all day BBC senior management seminar on 'The…
Hitting the fan with United (Part II.I): Getting a Kick out of Eric Cantona
In Part I of 'Hitting the fan with United' I revealed that I had been an eye-witness to both of the most serious match-day assaults perpetrated by play…