Written on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Premier League
Manchester United may have lost out of the title this season but their domination of the Premier League was reflected when seven Reds were named in a fantasy team from the competitions 20th anniversary. Only three current United payers made the side and they were Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. They were joined by…
Written on Thursday, April 26, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Players
Rio Ferdinand will try to convince Paul Scholes to continue playing football for another season following the incredible influence the 37-year-old has made over the squad since coming out of retirement in January after six months out of the game. Before Scholes came out of retirement Manchester United were eight points behind their bitter rivals City,…
Written on Monday, February 27, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Premier League
After scoring his second goal since coming out of retirement, Paul Scholes spoke to MUTV and claimed Manchester United might need to win the rest of their fixtures in order to beat City in the title race. Paul Scholes, who has won nine titles in his outstanding career, believes the squad is prepared for the…
Written on Sunday, February 26, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports, Premier League
Manchester United managed to stick tight to City on top of the Premier League table, keeping the lead to a minimum of 2 points, thanks to an unconvincing 2-1 win over newly promoted Norwich. 1. Complacency has been our biggest enemy in recent months and is the consequence for getting us knocked out of various…
Written on Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Guest Writer in Opinion
For the last few seasons many have begged the question “When will Sir Alex realise that Manchester United need a new midfielder”, but who are we to question the greatest manager of all time? And do we really need to delve into the transfer market? Personally, I don’t think so in the slightest. All of…
Written on Thursday, February 2, 2012 by Guest Writer in Opinion, Players
We all know the story of ‘Fergie’s Fledglings’, those famous six, young, enthusiastic players that came through by ’94 and took league, and world, by storm. The story that also involved the decision for Sir Alex Ferguson to release some of his most senior of fighters, which, in doing so, placed an even heavier burden…
Written on Friday, January 20, 2012 by Guest Writer in Manchester United Youths, Other Football
Loyalty is something we don’t often see any more. The likes of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and Javier Zanetti unfortunately look like the last of their kind. Football has been transformed from a game kids dream of turning professional in and playing because it brought them joy into nothing but a business where money is…
Written on Saturday, January 14, 2012 by Guest Writer in Match Reports
With thoughts of the previous Premier League match still lingering around, the 3-2 loss to Blackburn Rovers, there could be no complacency coming into today’s game against Bolton. With Wanders facing the reality of a relegation scrap a result at Old Trafford could change their season around. It was United, however, who kept the pressure…
Written on Saturday, January 14, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Goals, Highlights
Manchester United took on a Bolton side that were sitting fourteenth in the Premier League table. The Reds managed to take three points after winning 3-0 at Old Trafford with goals from Paul Scholes, Danny Welbeck and Michael Carrick. Owen Coyle’s men went home with nothing.
Written on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 by Guest Writer in Players
When The Sun ran a story in the lead up to the FA Cup 3rd round Manchester derby that Paul Scholes had sensationally answered a plea from United to come out of retirement and put on the Manchester United shirt again, the vast majority of us laughed it off dismissing it as a ridiculous non-story…
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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