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PICTURES: Rooney’s lead role in Manchester United kit launch

Manchester United launched their 2013/2014 kit yesterday and it may have surprised some to see Wayne Rooney in such a prominent role. On the final home game of last season Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed that the striker had asked to leave the club for a second time in three years. Ferguson has since retired and […]

Their troubled history – Chelsea boss and former Manchester United star

When Jose Mourinho was manager of Chelsea the first time around he blamed his side’s failure to keep up with Manchester United in 2006-2007 on the referees, particularly in light to a penalty Cristiano Ronaldo won against Middlesbrough. “The whole world knows how Mourinho is,” Ronaldo responded, when asked about Mourinho’s comments. “He always has […]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Manchester United legend Irwin on Ferguson, Moyes and signing Ronaldo/Bale

How would you assess United’s season overall? It’s been a fantastic season. Given what happened last season, the league was the priority. Van Persie was a huge signing but the first few months were strange. There were 3-2 wins away at Southampton, Villa, City and Chelsea. 4-3 away to Reading and at home against Newcastle. […]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Manchester United legend Irwin on Keane, signing for United and the Cup Winners’ Cup

In part I of our exclusive interview with Manchester United legend Denis Irwin, we discuss his time at United, the reasons behind him signing for the club and who he got along best with. Whenever fans and pundits reflect on their best ever Manchester United XI, your name always gets a mention. How does it […]

Memories of Manchester United’s Brian Greenhoff as an 11-year-old in Barnsley

The sad, early death of Brian Greenhoff took Ken Gambles back half a century to the makeshift pitch on South Yorkshire wasteland where the future star paraded his precocious skills. Greenhoff went on to play more than 290 times for Manchester United and Leeds United and 18 times for England. He ended his career as […]

Manchester United’s U-18s – a season review

At the end of season awards last week, Paul McGuinness was the United coach who had the hardest task. When being interviewed by MUTV he was the sole coach who couldn’t report back completely positively. The first team won the title and the U21s are in the league final but the U18s have won nothing. […]

STATS: Lukaku’s shooting accuracy for West Brom vs Rio’s tackling for Manchester United

West Brom v Manchester United 16:00   – A fine season for the most part is in danger of ending on something of a low for West Brom as they fell to a heavy 4-0 defeat at the hands of Norwich. They will be looking to end their season on a high in what will […]

Sir Alex Ferguson says goodbye to Manchester United after 13th title win

In his 26 years in charge of Manchester United, he’s pretty much done everything he could have achieved several times over. A total of 38 trophies, amounting to nearly three every two seasons, is pretty impressive; but the fact that they’ve won 13 Premier League crowns is even more astonishing. Their latest league win was […]

Chelsea defender keen on Rooney move

Chelsea defender David Luiz says everyone at the club would welcome Wayne Rooney with open arms. The England striker, once a firm favourite with betting fans in the first goalscorer markets with Paddy Power, has appeared to fall down the pecking order at Manchester United in recent months and outgoing boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed […]

PICTURE: Giant hairdryer delivered to new Manchester United boss

Ladbrokes has delivered a giant hairdryer to David Moyes on behalf of Sir Alex Ferguson. The hairdryer will act as a symbolic ‘baton’ as one Man United boss departs and the other starts a new dawn at Old Trafford. The hairdryer was delivered to Goodison Park before making its way to Old Trafford – paving […]

Nasri describes Manchester United wall agony

Having come back from 2 goals down against Manchester United on derby day, Samir Nasri moved out of the way of the ball when Robin van Persie took a last minute freekick, allowing the reds to score and win the game. United moved six points clear of Manchester City as a result and the moment […]

STATS: Vidic’s interceptions for Manchester United vs Williams’ blocks for Swansea

Manchester Utd v Swansea, Sunday 16:00   – Manchester United fans will be in line for a memorable afternoon on Sunday as Sir Alex Ferguson takes charge of Manchester United at Old Trafford for the last time. The Scot has led United to their 20th league title this season, but even with the thought of […]

Spitting Juve star offers congratulations to former club Manchester United

Paul Pogba left Manchester United in the summer and has gone on to shine for Juventus. Having been given next to no opportunities in the starting XI in Manchester, he has played regularly in Italy and won the title with them this season. Still, the youngster is happy to pass on his congratulations to his […]

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