Written on Sunday, February 19, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Players, Rivals
I knew the day would come. The day when former Red, Kieran Richardson, wouldn’t let me down by scoring the opening goal against a dismantled Arsenal side. The London born 27-year-old spent 5 years at Old Trafford, managing to score 2 goals from 41 appearances. The left back was nicknamed ‘Lord Snooty’ by the brilliant…
Written on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by adamsupra_MUFC in FA Cup, Match Reports
Manchester United’s miserable run of results at Anfield continued today with a 2-1 loss at the hands of their greatest revivals. The result left United dumped out of the FA Cup. United lined up as expected, without Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Nani and Phil Jones. Less expected was the formation which centred around a midfield…
Written on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Other Clubs, Rivals
During the FA Cup fourth round clash between Liverpool and Manchester United, the home fans continuously booed Patrice Evra simply because he was racially abused by Luis Suarez back in October. Doesn’t make sense, does it? However, the picture displayed on the right, of this page, shows how far some people will go in order…
Written on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Team news
Starting eleven: David de Gea; Rafael da Silva, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra (captain); Antonio Valencia, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Ji-sung Park; Danny Welbeck. Bench: Anders Lindegaard, Rio Ferdinand, Dimitar Berbatov, Fabio da Silva, Javier Hernandez, Michael Keane, Paul Pogba.
Written on Friday, January 27, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Match Previews
Venue: Anfield (pictured on the right) Kick off: 12:45 United will travel to Merseyside tomorrow where Liverpool fans are expected to give Patrice Evra a scorching reception all because of a certain Luis Suarez racially abusing him earlier this season. However, if you enjoy Football Betting, United are currently 15/8 to win with Liverpool at 6/4….
Written on Friday, January 27, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in A View From The Enemy, FA Cup
Before the FA Cup encounter between Liverpool and United this weekend, we invited former Liverpool and Ireland international Jason McAteer on to the blog so he could answer a few questions for our ‘view from the enemy’ feature. However, ‘Trigger’ refused to answer our questions on Dalglish, Liverpool-based media and his relationship with United players…
Written on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 by Guest Writer in FA Cup, Manchester United History
If asked about FA Cup memories involving Man United there is no doubt reds of a certain age will unanimously select most of the same matches! The Ryan Giggs semi v Arsenal, the Cantona final v Liverpool and the Whiteside Everton one of 1985 will all be there. Older fans than me will recall the…
Written on Monday, January 9, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup
After beating City and bringing them back down to reality, Manchester United went into the fourth round draw in which they got Liverpool at Anfield. The Reds won 3-2 with Wayne Rooney scoring two and Danny Welbeck getting the other, in order to give us an early lead against the same side that beat us in the…
Written on Monday, January 9, 2012 by Guest Writer in FA Cup, Match Reports
The FA Cup third round brought together a mouth-watering fixture between the countries top two sides. Often such ties become dull tactical affairs brought on scale of the fixture. However, this was never likely to be dull, and true to form the match proved to be full of incident and as dramatic as we all…
Written on Sunday, January 8, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Team news
Starting eleven: Anders Lindegaard; Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra; Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Luis Nani; Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck. Bench: David de Gea, Rafael da Silva, Jonny Evans, Anderson, Ji-sung Park, Javier Hernandez, Paul Scholes (out of retirement).
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