Written on Monday, January 16, 2012 by Guest Writer in Manchester United Youths
In 2003 Manchester United bought a relatively unknown Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon – who 5 years later became the best player and the most expensive player in the world. Three years earlier Barcelona relocated a kid called Lionel Messi from Rosario, whom a decade later is one of the ten greatest footballers the world has ever seen. People…
Written on Monday, November 7, 2011 by Guest Writer in Manchester United History, Sir Alex Ferguson
To put the 25 years of Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United into perspective I have to take it right back. Fans of certain age, in their 30’s, will understand you have to go right back to the mid 80’s and it’s been well documented how the club was in a shambles in many ways….
“He’s almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play. You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get.” – Zinedine Zidane, 2010. When it comes to footballers, Paul Scholes is a rare breed. He is not only the most naturally gifted…
Written on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
This is the third of Stretty News’ three part series on the United Season. Part One can be found here and Part Two here. In February, Gary Neville, who hadn’t been able to fully recover from nagging injuries sufficiently to make an impact with the club, called it a career. The former captain had only…
Written on Sunday, June 5, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
If Sir Alex Ferguson were a boy scout, he would have earned his firefighting badge several times over in the 2010-11 season. The FA doesn’t keep stats for such things but I’d be willing to wager a few bob that Fergie spent more time attempting to put out fires than he did preparing the Red…
Written on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Youths, Other Football
It looks like Sir Alex Ferguson will be giving a number of Manchester United’s young prospects a good run next season after discovering Barcelona hold a huge advantage over English clubs – a much stronger youth system. The La Liga champions won their fourth European Cup Saturday night at the expense of Manchester United, for…
Written on Sunday, May 29, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Champions League
Image taken from the Guardian Before I share my thoughts, I would like to congratulate Barcelona for winning this year’s Champions League. They deserved it and nobody can take that away from them. Unfortunately, there was no repeat of the 1968 European Cup for Manchester United in their second attempt to lift the trophy for…
Written on Saturday, May 28, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Champions League
StrettyNews.com contributor Ronen Dorfan has written another fantastic article, this time it’s about our opposition’s best player, Leo Messi. It is quite natural to wonder if modern football can actually produce a superstar of the magnitude of Pele, Cruyff, Maradona or Puskas. We will not have a Cruyff who will transform an anonymous club from…
Written on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Champions League
Manchester United skipped passed Schalke in the semi-final of the Champions League and Barcelona weren’t too far from doing the same with José Mourinho’s Real Madrid. Now the two European giants come together yet again to battle for the biggest prize in Europe – who wins? Hernandez may decide! Pelé, in a press conference a…
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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