Denis ‘Den’ Irwin has a cold ruthless look in his eyes as he prepares to put a few young upstarts in their place along with four other Manchester United ‘legends’ in this ad for their upcoming charity match against Real Madrid. Lee Sharpe, Dion Dublin and Clayton Blackmore are very dubious choices as United ‘legends’ but we’re a bit more sympathetic to Dub... »
Journalists at Alex Ferguson’s final pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday’s game with West Brom presented him with a cake in the form of The Sun’s front page following his retirement announcement. Fergie seemed to appreciate the gesture. From The Huffington Post: “It’s fully deserved,” he joked about the cake. “There have been some times when I have ... »
The ‘Bring Ronaldo Home’ campaign plans to raise enough money through crowd sourcing to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Man Utd. They’ve released a video to support the campaign which borders on parody. It features a fan sitting on his couch earnestly talking about how Man Utd fans have lost their voice at the club and how this is epitomised by the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo t... »
Wilfried Zaha scored both goals in Crystal Palce’s 2-0 win over Brighton in last night’s Playoff semi final second leg to send Palace into the Playoff final. Zaha is on loan at Palace from Manchester United until the end of the season. His second goal in particular, will provide encouragement to Manchester United fans that Alex Ferguson’s last signing as Manchester United manager... »
A group claiming to be a mix of “passionate football supporters and enthusiasts for leading change” have lauched an online campaign to raise the cash needed to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford. They are asking fans to pledge to buy Manchester United shirts with Ronaldo’s name on them at £55 a go. Ronaldo’s release clause stands at €1 billion or £845,998,370.35. ... »
Teddy Sheringham setting an example for Fergie’s fledglings. (H/T Daily Mail) »
Body. On. The. Line. via Reddit »
You probably heard during the week that Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson retired. Many, many pundits have speculated on the reasons for this. On Sky Sports’ Soccer AM programme this morning, this shocking video was shown: Co-incidence? »
West Brom have put an end to some of their fans attempts to cash in on their team’s final game of the season against Man Utd, which is also Alex Ferguson’s last game as Man Utd manager. According to the Daily Mirror, some tickets were being sold for up to £2,500 but the club has now said that any tickets puts up for sale through the Viagogo website after the morning of Alex Ferguson... »
Tonight’s match between Spartak Moscow and Krylia Sovetov will be the last football match to be played at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium. The Rugby World Cup Sevens and The World Athletics Championships will be held there later this summer before the stadium is closed to be reconstructed for the 2018 World Cup. Seating more than 80,000 people it is one of Europe’s biggest sports venue... »
Every footballing flavour of the month for the last twenty six years has been identified as being Alex Ferguson’s replacement at some point. Now that David Moyes looks set to take the United hot seat, it’s worth looking at some of the managers touted as potential replacements for Ferguson over the years and where they have ended up. Some are very far away from the Theatre of Dreams. 1.... »
Let the comparisons to Alan Pardew’s contract begin. David Moyes confirmed as #MUFC manager on a SIX-year contract. — Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) May 9, 2013 Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE »
Whoever runs the Manchester United Facebook page made a bit of a slipup this afternoon with a link to a Facebook page asking fans to send their messages to “new manager David Moyes” being tweeted out by the Man Utd press office Twitter account. The tweet and Facebook page were quickly deleted. It’s not the club’s first online slipup in recent times either. Image thanks to S... »
The last twenty four hours have been a rolling tribute to the Lord of the Old Trafford Manor, with players, managers and Prime Ministers gushing with praise for the man they spent most of their careers criticising. It appears though that Nando’s have won the PR wars with their tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson – they stayed open for an extra five minutes of ‘Fergie time’ last ni... »
