Written on Thursday, March 15, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Opinion, Players, Transfer News
Throughout the years Manchester United have played part in prolonged transfer negations, especially the one which ended up with the signing of Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee said to be worth £30.75million. But the Bulgarian now finds himself in another tiring experience with questions being asked about a contract extension. Last season…
Written on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 by Adam Mills in Opinion, Players
The Clash recorded this iconic hit in 1981. Ironically, the year Mr Berbatov was born. Our £30.75m Number 9 looked set to be leaving the club after the Champions League Final defeat against Barcelona at the end of May. Having been left out of the match squad, rumours swamped the internet that he’d left Wembley…
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 Monday, June 6, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
This is part two of Stretty News’ review of the United season. Part One can be found here. Wayne Rooney was back in the fold after a brief flirtation with alternative career options but the goals didn’t come immediately. United fans, who had been put through the wringer by the Scouser’s shenanigans, were unhappy not…
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 Friday, June 3, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Players
Last season’s top goalscorer Dimitar Berbatov (20 goals) insists he will be at United for another year, putting speculation about a move away from Old Trafford to bed. The former Bulgaria captain had an interview with 24 Chassa daily this week and confirmed he is determined to fight for his place at Manchester United. Berba’s…
Written on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
Below, we have listed the nominees and winners from the Manchester United award night that took place on May 18, 2011. Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year nominees: Ryan Tunnicliffe, Paul Pogba and Tom Thorpe. Winner: Ryan Tunnicliffe The 18-year-old won the coaches’ vote for the award. However, people from our twitter stream were…
Thank god we are not living under the old American College gridiron criteria. The Americans used to have this system where the national championship was determined by votes. Gareth Bale, with seven goals and one Premier League assist, is on the shortlist of the PFA Player of the Year nominees. If you look at the…
Dimitar Berbatov feels Manchester United will get the best from him seeing his decision to retire from international football. Bulgaria open their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign against England at Wembley so Berbatov may think he’s missing out there but he should be thinking about this season with Manchester United! This season could be Berbatov’s last…
Written on Monday, August 16, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports
Manchester United started tonight’s match against Newcastle United without Michael Owen on the bench. This left many Manchester United fans on twitter a bit puzzled seeing he is one of our proven goal scorers. Ferguson made it clear before the game that Owen and Rooney still aren’t fully fit even though Rooney started. Rooney’s partner…
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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