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