Written on Saturday, January 7, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Match Previews
Venue: Etihad Stadium Kick off: 13:00 Form: United go into the game on the back of two shocking defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, but fortunately remain second in the league just three points behind Sunday’s opposition. Performance wise, we haven’t been good enough. Some fans will question Ferguson’s tactics, which I think is fair enough looking at…
Written on Sunday, December 4, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup
Manchester United have been drawn away against Manchester City in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. I personally don’t think we could have asked for a better draw today. In recent years the Manchester Derby has reached new heights with City starting to compete more all thanks to Sheikh Mansour and his massive wallet….
Written on Sunday, April 17, 2011 by KevinMUFC in FA Cup, Match Reports
We lost to Manchester City. The bitters, the berties. Call them what you want but they outplayed us today and they go marching on to FA cup final in search of their first glimpse of silverware in 35 years. The game started brightly for the men in red with two golden opportunities for Dimitar Berbatov…
Written on Friday, April 15, 2011 by Nathan Thomas in FA Cup, Match Previews
As United prepare to face our blue rivals at Wembley for the first time ever the semi-final that awaits promises to be one of the best Manchester derbies in years. As in all cup games results can hinge on a refereeing decision, a moment of madness, a moment of magic. However with the Reds now chasing an unprecedented…
Written on Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup
Manchester United and Manchester City will meet Saturday in the semi-final of the FA Cup. Both teams will be without their main strikers (Wayne Rooney & Carlos Tevez) for the special occasion but that shouldn’t stop the game from living up to it’s high expectations. Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic believes the absence of Manchester…
Written on Saturday, January 29, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup, Match Reports
Another game that Manchester United fans won’t want to be looking back on, but at least we did enough to progress into the fifth round of the FA Cup. Southampton started the game with a positive attitude and put all the pressure on Manchester United’s back four. It took the Saints 45 minutes to open…
Written on Saturday, January 29, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in FA Cup
Today Manchester United will take on Southampton in the FA Cup and Sir Alex Ferguson has been reminding all his players about the club’s rich Cup history – after being humiliated against West Ham in the Carling Cup. Ferguson has won 5 FA Cups out of 11 with Manchester United, one against Crystal Palace in…
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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