Before this season, the last time we faced AC Milan in the European Cup we were lacking in confidence and self-belief. Despite going on to be named Champions days after losing 3-0 to them at the San Siro, we had suffered a few barren years and therefore it didn’t seem a massive surprised Milan beat

Most managers would be appalled if their captain stuck two fingers up at the referee for booking them, particularly when the yellow card was totally justified. As the FA try and enforce their Respect the Referee campaign, it doesn’t say an awful lot when the player who captained the England national team just last week is

Gary Neville is planning on turning his home in to an environmentally friendly zone. He apparently wants to build this £6 million flower-shaped home on greenbelt land overlooking Bolton, and has also applied to the council for permission to put up a 54m wind turbine, which is almost the size of Bolton Town Hall. Local residents

As John Terry creates more headlines for himself, celebrating in exaggerated fashion with his captain’s armband after Chelsea’s second own goal in the FA Cup against Stoke (sorry…? Deflections only go down as “own goals” when United score?), you have to wonder where he gets this attitude from. Why does he think it’s OK to have

Sir Alex Ferguson says he fully expects our fans to get behind the team against AC Milan tonight, despite the on-going protests against the Glazers. A few weeks ago there had been talks of all fans entering the ground ten minutes late but nothing official has been organised, therefore we should expect a full stadium at

It was reported this week that Wes Brown would be missing for three months after breaking a bone in his foot against Wolves. More positive reports emerged yesterday though, suggesting the more likely timescale until his return will be four to six weeks, meaning he should make it back for the last three games of the

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With Wes Brown reportedly injured and Gary Neville lacking pace, it is likely Sir Alex Ferguson will play Rafael at right back against AC Milan tomorrow and will again face Ronaldinho. “It was a great privilege for me, ” said Rafael. “It made me feel that the manager really trusts me by giving me the opportunity to

17-year-old forward, Will Keane, scored the only goal of the game in our Reserves’ 1-0 victory over Stockport Reserves. Will, who is from Stockport, also has a twin brother in the team, who plays in defence. Er, Keano, there’s only one Keano! "VIDEO: Will Keane Scores Winner For Reserves… Wearing Number 16 Shirt" was originally published at

Sir Alex Ferguson revealed this week that Gary Neville may still have another year at Manchester United in him, although unlike Ryan Giggs and Edwin Van der Sar, Nev has yet to be offered a contract extension. Despite injuries and suspension this season, Neville has made 19 appearances, which may suggest the manager is right in

Spring is here and what started out as a transitional season for the Reds looks like it could turn into a golden year. You can get 11.0 (10/1) on United pulling off a League Cup, Premier League and Champions League treble and something tell us those odds will narrow over the coming weeks. On Wednesday,

Our football club as it was first known, Newton Heath, was having great financial difficulties in 1901 and needed to raise £1000 to avoid bankruptcy. The club held a four day fair to raise money at St. James’ Hall on Oxford Road. By the third day, despite a donation from City, United were struggling and

Rio Ferdinand sings the praises of Dimitar Berbatov after his man of the match performance for Manchester United in our 1-0 victory over Wolves at the weekend. “I wasn’t surprised at Berba’s work-rate, ” said Ferdinand. “To be honest if you look at the statistics you’ll see that he’s one of the hardest runners in our team

Ahead of Manchester United’s 1-0 victory over Wolves, which was a hard fought affair that we came close to drawing, Sir Alex Ferguson was critical of our star player, Wayne Rooney. After struggling for fitness three days earlier in the League Cup final, and seeing team mate Michael Owen pick up an injury on the

When Jonny Evans played on loan at Sunderland, his mum and dad would make the journey up to the North East to watch him play… …apart from when United were playing at home, and they would take the season tickets they’ve had for years to Old Trafford to watch the reds play. David Beckham, who was brought

Jamie Carragher, who is described on Liverpool FC’s official website as “Mr Liverpool“, has today revealed that if he isn’t offered a new deal at the end of next season when his current contract expires, he won’t be bothered. “The club will give me a new contract if they want to, ” said Carragher. “If not it

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After blowing the opportunity to sign Aaron Ramsey a couple of years ago by sending Gary Neville to meet the youngster, opposed to Arsene Wenger’s tactic of getting a private jet to fly out the player and family to meet him, Sir Alex Ferguson made sure he did things properly when it came to the

Antonio Valencia has again spoken to distance himself from the comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo. Valencia fills the requirements of a proper winger very well, unlike Ronaldo, who was ridiculously good at scoring goals and whose position became more and more central all the time. Valencia has scored more goals than James Milner, Ashley Young, Shaun Wright-Phillips and

Stats Total minutes of football: 1119 Total goals: 9 Goal ratio: 1 goal per 124 minutes (roughly 1 goal per 1.3 games) Assists: 2 (1 in Prem, 1 in the League Cup) Goal responsibility ratio: 1 goal per 102 minutes (roughly 1 goal scored or assisted per 1.1 games) Accolades 2nd highest scorer in the Champions League (behind 1st place...

Whilst David Gill is happy to say whatever he thinks the Glazers expect of him, Sir Alex Ferguson has been speaking his mind in relation to the green and gold protests. Not only has he reiterated his point that he has no problem with the protests, but has even added he is delighted to see our

After Arsenal striker Eduardo broke his leg, Gunners came in our in full support of their player, unfurling a banner which claimed they would win the Premiership and the European Cup in his name. Arsenal were top of the table at the end of February, but after drawing away to Birmingham, despite their opponents going down

Manchester United have the opportunity to go top of the table later today as they take on Wolves whilst Chelsea play in the FA Cup. A draw would be enough to see us go top, thanks to a superior goal difference, whilst a win would put us two points clear with Chelsea not playing in the

Sir Alex Ferguson has laid in to the poor quality of the Wembley pitch after losing both Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen to injuries following playing on it. “I think Wembley’s a difficult pitch, ” said Ferguson. “I thought a horse show had been on it by the time I went on it. It reminded me of

Manchester United can go top of the Premier League on Saturday evening as the title race gets tight again. Chelsea’s unexpected defeat to Manchester City threw the competition wide open again and there’s little to split the Reds and the Blues, and indeed Arsenal, in the betting on this season’s Premier League winner. Chelsea head the

Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger, has sung the praises of Park Ji-Sung. Park scored the opening goal in what Wenger called “the most disappointing night” of his career, when United thrashed Arsenal at the Emirates in the Champions League semi-final last year. We repeated that thrashing this season at the Emirates, with Park on the scoresheet again. Wenger has

Ahead of Manchester United’s crucial game at the weekend, which a draw alone would see us go top of the table with Chelsea playing in the FA Cup on Sunday, Thomas Baugh from Wolves Blog has given me a few minutes of his time to discuss Scott the Red: The biggest story for Wolves this year

The Wembley stadium surface, which has been widely criticised, has claimed another victim. Sir Alex Ferguson has today confirmed that Michael Owen will be out for the rest of the season. “It’s a bad blow for Michael and he’s out for the season, ” Ferguson said. “It was more serious than we thought and he’ll have an

After spending the past few days with “green and gold”, “Red Knights” and “Glazers out” making the headlines, then seeing MUST’s campaign to get the supporters’ backing for the RKs, I got in touch with Duncan Drasdo to ask him what was going on. I showed him the Are You United? article on RoM and pointed

Eighteen months ago, Chris Smalling was earning £5 an hour as a waiter while studying for his A-Levels. Now he plays for Fulham and has agreed a deal with Manchester United for next season. The talented defender admits that he will be star-struck when he first joins the club but doesn’t feel nervous about playing for

Red Knights are developing a plan to buy United – and any new ownership model would aim not only to put the club on a sound financial footing, but would also put all of us, as supporters, at the heart of everything the club does. Crucially, before they take action, the Red Knights need to

Craig Bellamy assaulted Manchester United fan, Jake Clarke, in front of the eyes of the world after City conceded a 96th minute goal by Michael Owen, after Bellamy thought he had earned a point for the blues in the last minute of normal time. Another City fan has now been accused of assaulting another United fan

Rio Ferdinand has spoken about the relationship our players have with the manager. “The manager’s the manager and his word is gospel, but over the years he respects anybody who questions what he does to a certain extent, ” said Rio. “A manager who doesn’t allow his players to have an opinion won’t be successful – you

“Are you Norwich in disguise?” is how we were greeted by cheerful Aston Villa fans as we walked towards the ground. Their excitement was infectious, all clad in their ‘Carling Cup 2010′ embroidered shirts and dopey grins on their faces. It was great to be at Wembley and I of course wanted to see us

Manchester United have had larger attendances than City since the 1940’s… even when we were playing at Maine Road! Manchester is red. To win a Manchester Is Red mug, simply e-mail the answer to the following question with your postal address to: republik_of_mancunia_competiti on@hotmail.co.uk As United were lifting the League Cup on Sunday, City fans could have had

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Patrice Evra has offered some support to our anti-Glazer protests. “They are the original colors of Manchester United and the fans wear them because they love this club, ” Evra said. “They have their reasons for doing it and we don’t think that they’re crazy. They’d like things to change.” "Evra: Fans Wear Green and Gold Because They

After scoring a crucial goal in yesterday’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa, Michael Owen has dismissed rumours he is unhappy with his limited playing time at United. “I am loving it at Manchester United, ” Owen said. “There are plenty of people who want to put negative spins on things. I have four kids, I am living

Patrice Evra lifted his first trophy as Manchester United captain, after Gary Neville started the match on the bench, as well as Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand missing the game through injury. Our French full back has today revealed his pride in being the captain and becoming the second Frenchman after Eric Cantona to lift a

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Sir Alex Ferguson lifted his 26th trophy in 23 years as Manchester United manager on Sunday, his 34th in over all, with the reds beating Aston Villa 2-1 at Wembley. After going a goal behind after four minutes, goals from Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney gave United the win. Ferguson has praised the patience of our players

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Manchester United fans breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday after referee Phil Dowd opted not to send off Nemanja Vidic despite him pulling down Gabriel Agbonlahor as the last man. Whilst a sending off would have ruined the game as a spectacle, Poll reckons there was another reason which saved Vidic. “The referee would have looked

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Richard Eckersley joined Burnley at the start of the season, following in the footsteps of another United youth product, Chris Eages. He made just four appearances for United and left with the hope of more first team action. However, it hasn’t entirely gone to plan so far, with the 20-year-old finding himself sent off on his

After scoring Manchester United’s equalising goal in yesterday’s Carling Cup final victory, Michael Owen limped off before half time with a hamstring injury. Owen was surprisingly upbeat after the match though, insisting he was very happy to have scored and that United, with his only concern being doing well for us, not going to South Africa

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The few years between our league title wins in 2003 and 2007 were fairly dark for United. We went on to the win the FA Cup in 2004 after beating Arsenal at Highbury in the semis and Dennis Wise’s Millwall in the final, but we finished third in the league, a massive 15 points behind

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed today that despite reports in the press that Manchester United are set to sell 10 players this summer to compensate for the debt, Michael Owen will still be a red next season. Owen hasn’t made the impact he was probably hoping for but from a fan perspective, I’m pretty happy. Considering

After signing another year long contract extension which will see him playing Premiership football in his 40s, Edwin Van der Sar has hailed Sir Alex Ferguson and explained why he is staying on. “There is not another bloke in the world like Sir Alex, ” said Van der Sar. “I really think he is a unique coach,

Following our humiliating 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough in 2005, Roy Keane had a massive rant on MUTV, ripping apart so many of our players for their attitude and performance. Darren Fletcher was one of those players and the opinions of Keane were reflected by most of our fan base. Fletcher wasn’t good enough, and as far

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Sir Alex Ferguson is considering resting Wayne Rooney tomorrow for the League Cup final, with games against AC Milan and Liverpool to play in March. “It has to be a consideration simply because we have important games coming up, ” said Ferguson. “The problem is, he is desperate to play, he is always desperate to play.” Whilst it’s

Manchester United would have won the domestic Treble in 1994 if not for Aston Villa beating 3-1 in the League Cup final, with Mark Hughes scoring our only goal. Interestingly, United wore the green and gold strip during that final, which is a colour that will be reflected in the crowd this Sunday. "PICTURES: It Was Green

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United have failed to beat Villa twice already this season but the market takes its lead from the history books by rating the Reds 1.89 (10/11) favourites to win the Carling Cup final on Sunday. Those odds only apply to a Reds victory inside 90 minutes but the price is still well worth taking. This is

Michael Carrick has revealed today that once upon a time he dreamed of just winning any trophy but since joining United has been spoilt by success. In his three seasons with the club he has won thee league titles, the European Cup, and the FIFA World Club Cup. On Sunday, he has the opportunity to add