Written on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, News, Players
Patrice Evra has spoken of his disappointment at yesterday’s failed attempt to reach the FA Cup semi-finals following our 1-0 defeat to Chelsea. The Cup is the only trophy Evra has not won in his seven years at Old Trafford and a quarter-final knockout means he will have to wait another season before adding the…
Written on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Opinion, Podcast
Chelsea are through to the semi-final of the FA Cup after defeating Manchester United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. It’s the tie Manchester City had hoped for with a place in the final up for grabs, but how are we feeling about it? Post match thoughts were split on Twitter. You had a few spoilt ones…
Written on Monday, April 1, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Match Preview
This morning we travel to Stamford Bridge with a place in the FA Cup semi-final up for grabs. Having watched our opponents concede two goals against Southampton at the weekend, this is a game from which we really should be qualifying for the next round. They defended poorly and John Terry proved that he really…
Written on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, News
Manchester United will face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a quarter-final replay on April 1 with an afternoon kick off, the Football Association said in a statement. Two days prior to our FA Cup fixture, we face Sunderland in an early kick-off on March 30th. Chelsea came from two goals down to draw 2-2 against…
Written on Monday, March 11, 2013 by Mohamed Ishan in FA Cup, International, Premier League
As a hard week comes to an end, we have all been blessed with a chance to stop and take a long, hard breath of relaxation. We have gone out of the Champions League and played a wasteful 90 minutes against a Chelsea side that earned themselves a replay in the FA Cup. Up next…
Written on Sunday, March 10, 2013 by Paul Rowles in FA Cup, Match Reaction
After the overwhelming disappointment of Tuesday night’s robbery against Real Madrid, the treble dream may be dashed for another year but the domestic double is still very much alive. However, the chance to end our 9 year FA Cup drought will not be as straightforward as anticipated. A potential semi-final match-up against the noisy neighbours…
Written on Sunday, March 10, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Highlights
Manchester United lost a two goal lead against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon in their FA Cup quarter-final clash. The game finished 2-2 with a replay tie date yet to be set. Meanwhile, the winners of the replay will face Manchester City at Wembley. At update will be posted as soon as we…
Written on Sunday, March 10, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Team news
Starting Eleven: De Gea; Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Nani, Carrick, Cleverley, Kagawa; Rooney, Hernandez. Bench: Amos, Van Persie, Valencia, Anderson, Vidic, Young, Welbeck.
Written on Sunday, March 10, 2013 by Mohamed Ishan in Champions League, FA Cup, Premier League
As the lights went out at Old Trafford after one of the most phenomenal nights it has recently seen, United fans around the globe were silenced in disbelief and disappointment. Everything that went according to plan, every minute of joy that we felt was all met with the feeling of being robbed. An unfair decision…
Written on Thursday, February 28, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, News, Other Clubs
Chelsea overcame Middlesborough at the Riverside tonight, setting up a quarter-final tie with Manchester United. After a week of headlines Rafael Benitez’s players put in a good enough shift to secure their place in the next round. Ramires and Victor Moses were both on target against Tony Mowbray’s Championship side. United qualified after knocking Reading…
Stretty News – Manchester United blog was launched in the summer of 2010; on the back of coming second in the league just a point behind Chelsea. As you can imagine, we had a lot to say at the time but don’t get us wrong, we still do. Read more..
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