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Confirmed Line-Up: United team vs West Brom – Januzaj starts
In attempt to bounce back into the top 4, Manchester United travel to the Hawthorns facing a West Brom side positioned fifteenth...
Preview: West Brom vs United
The excruciating two week international break is finally over, which means the real football recommences. United’s next match is away to West...
Roy Keane’s replacement may not exist
With the release of Roy Keane’s book this week (ghostwritten by the excellent Roddy Doyle) and his media tour to accompany it...
VIDEO: Gary Neville reviews Ryan Giggs classic FA Cup goal
At what appears to be an event presentation, Gary Neville reviews one of the greatest goals of all time scored in the FA...
Shades of O’Shea
Funnily enough, I write this in the city John O’Shea was born – Co. Waterford – where I happen to be studying...
A Week In Football – England limp to Euro qualifier wins, but miss opportunity to impress
There is an old adage that there are no easy games in football, usually trotted out during the early stages of cup...
United’s future stars need the Class of 92 to quieten down
You know you’re getting old when the players you remember from your teenage years are now the go-to pundits and big mouths...
A Week In Football – Questions asked of Wenger’s management as Arsenal continue to fail against the Premier League’s top sides
The great Arsenal sides under Wenger, including the 2004 Invincibles, always delivered in the big games, and always contained strong, physical leaders....
Tactics column: Tight game which could have gone either way
United went into this game looking for a second consecutive home win. Last week the concern about the defence was in part...
Brooking’s Boys Club
This week I decided to write something for this website a little wider than just what was going on at United. Partly...
A Week In Football – Irrepressible Saints march on as Southampton sit pretty in second
Relegation, and then again. Financial insecurity, but then takeover. Back from the brink, promotion, and then again. Consolidation, but then deconstruction. It...
Tactics Column: Reds hold on despite loss of key man
Midweek football doesn’t afford United the opportunity to put bad results behind them quickly, so the game against media darlings West Ham...