STOKE CITY 1, MAN UNITED 1. All good things must come to an end and Manchester United’s 100-per-cent start to their Premier League campaign did so in the Potteries, though they remain top of the table. Stoke City have a habit of turning over the big clubs and at the Britannia Stadium this evening they […]
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Carling Cup fourth- round draw
Manchester United have been drawn away to npower League Two minnows Aldershot in the fourth round of the Carling Cup. There will be an all-Premier League match at Molineux where Wolves will host Manchester City. Full Draw Wolves v Manchester City Cardiff City v Burnley Blackburn v Newcastle Arsenal v Bolton Stoke v Liverpool Aldershot […]
In from the cold Owen blows hot
LEEDS UNITED 0, MAN UNITED 3. Michael Owen sent a timely reminder that he does not intend to be Manchester United’s forgotten man as he helped steer his side into the last 16 of the Carling Cup. It hardly seemed striker Owen had been away – this was his first appearance of the season 37 […]
Ferguson praise for new generation
MAN UNITED 3, CHELSEA 1 Manchester United’s new generation showed precisely why Sir Alex Ferguson paid such a lavish tribute to them in his programme notes following the club’s best start to a season for 26 years. Chelsea provided their sternest challenge to date, but United triumphed through goals from Chris Smalling, Nani and Wayne […]
Giggs rolls back the years
BENFICA 1, MAN UNITED 1 ON a night when almost half Manchester United’s team had to shake off ring rust, the evergreen Ryan Giggs once again showed there is no substitute for the golden glow of experience. Giggs, who will be 38 in two and a half months, scored United’s equaliser 18 minutes after Oscar Cardoza […]