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 […]
Wayne Rooney
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 […]
Rooney dropped from England squad
Wayne Rooney has been dropped from Fabio Capello’s squad to play in friendly games against Spain and Sweden. England coach Fabio Capello revealed that he had explained that he was looking towards other options in the build-up to the Euro 2012 group games next year as Rooney is currently banned from the opening 3 games […]
FA will appeal Rooney’s England ban
The FA have revealed that they will be appealing against Wayne Rooney’s 3 match ban for England which would put him out of all of England’s group games at Euro 2012 next year. They now have 6 days to put together a case to UEFA. Rooney’s case has been supported with a written statement by […]
Patrice Evra will pursue Luis Suarez allegations
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Patrice Evra will continue pursuing allegations of racist remarks allegedly made by Liverpool’s Luis Suarez after reporting them to referee Andre Marriner after the game at Anfield last Saturday. Ferguson commented: “Obviously Patrice feels aggrieved at what was said to him. It rests in the hands of the FA now.” […]