Written on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Rivals, The FA
Sir Alex Ferguson has made it clear that he believes football authorities need to clamp down hard on racism in attempt to kick it out. The Manchester United manager has been very respectable towards the FA throughout the Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra race row, whereas Kenny Dalglish has been the complete opposite before and after…
Written on Thursday, January 19, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Players
Rio Ferdinand will wear new boots for the game against Arsenal this weekend after commiting to Nike’s “Make It Count” campaign, pledging to make 2012 the year in which they give everything in pursuit of perfection. Wojciech Szczesny and Theo Walcott will also wear the boots that have “#makeitcount” embroidered on them. The active tweeters…
Written on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Injuries, News, Players
Former Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand has moved quickly to rubbish reports that suggest he will miss out on ‘Super Sunday’ clash with Arsenal due to a concussion injury he picked up during the win over Bolton. The composed centre-back has struggled with a number of back injuries in recent years and has lost a few…
Written on Thursday, December 1, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Other Football
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Luis Nani and Wayne Rooney have all been named in a 55-man shortlist for the Fifa Fifpro World XI 2011, which includes 22 nominees from Spain’s Primera Liga – mainly coming from Barcelona and Real Madrid. Fifpro is the worldwide representative organization for all professional players…
Written on Monday, November 28, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Rant
When Manchester United were a goal ahead against Newcastle during the weekend, a shockingly poor decision robbed us the match and put the Old Trafford faithful into uproar. Rio Ferdinand made a brilliant challenge on Ben Arfa inside the box only for the linesman John Flynn to flag for a penalty, despite the referee being in…
Written on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed in his press conference Tuesday that Rio Ferdinand will replace suspended Nemanja Vidic at center back for the Champions League group fixture against Otelul Galati. After being dropped for United’s game against Everton last weekend, a lot of journalists jumped to conclusions saying Fergie no longer regards Rio Ferdinand in his first-choice…
Written on Monday, October 17, 2011 by Adam Mills in Champions League, Players
So for the second Champions League game running, we see Rio Ferdinand omitted from the squad and he will play no part in tomorrow’s game with Otelul Galati. This comes after rumours appeared of offers for Rio to play in the MLS, most notably with Chicago Fire, and even a few whispers of a comeback…
Written on Saturday, October 15, 2011 by Nathan Thomas in Match Reports
On the face of it a draw may have not been exactly what we had been hoping before prior to kick off on Saturday at 12.45. It has been almost four years since we registered a win at the home of our greatest foe and that is something that doesn’t sit well with the United…
Written on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Rant
In the year 2011, Manchester United have only started the same back 4 in the Premier League on 3 separate occasions, in 26 games. They were: February/March: Man City (h), Wigan Athletic (a) and Chelsea (a) – O’Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra April: Fulham (h) and Newcastle (a) – O’Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra August: Tottenham Hotspur…
Written on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Rant
Twitter, a game of opinions right? Well it seems in some cases you are only have a choice of two. Love or hate. After United’s draw with Basle Tuesday night, a game that at 2-0 the Reds should have cruised home, fans hit Twitter to vent their anger/frustrations/thoughts and a few names cropped up. Firstly…
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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