Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley have been ruled out the England squad to face Holland this Wednesday due to injury. Rooney has still not recovered from the throat infection that kept him out of yesterday’s 2-1 win over Norwich City and the Europa League defeat against Ajax last Thursday. Tom Cleverley was replaced by Paul […]
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Red sore that won’t heal
Man Utd 2, Liverpool 1 On a day when the more unseemly side of football again reared its ugly head, Wayne Rooney showed that there is still something to admire about the ‘beautiful’ game. Rooney’s double strike in the opening five minutes of the second half gave United three deserved points and put them back […]
United’s comeback spurred by Chelsea boo-boys
It was a wonderful advert for the Barclays Premier League but the thunderous 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea at Manchester United yesterday was overshadowed by events later on Sunday as it was reported that England coach Fabio Capello had publically criticised the decision of the FA to strip Chelsea’s John Terry of the […]
Scholes sparks Wanderers woe
Man Utd 3, Bolton 0 Golden oldie Paul Scholes may yet prove to be Manchester United’s not so secret weapon in the fight for honours on three fronts this season. The 37-year-old former England midfielder, called out of retirement last week and registered to play for the rest of the season, scored the first of […]
Rooney Euro ban cut
Wayne Rooney’s international ban for the finals of Euro 2012 has been reduced from three to two games following an appeal in at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland today. The Manchester United striker will still miss England’s opening two group games against France and Sweden but will be available for England’s final group game against co-hosts Ukraine. Rooney […]