Manchester United FC

[Jason Holm88]

Welcome to Manchester United Football Club

FA Barclays Premiership Top 5 Table

Team's Top Goal Scorers

TEAM

Manager

Sir Alex FERGUSON












"I can't believe it, I can't believe it. Football... Bloody hell!"

First Team

1. Edwin VAN DER SAR
2. Gary NEVILLE (Captain)
3. Patrice EVRA
4. Owen HARGREAVES
5. Rio FERDINAND
6. Wes BROWN
7. Cristiano RONALDO
8. ANDERSON
9. Louis SAHA
10. Wayne ROONEY
11. Ryan GIGGS (Vice-captain)
12. Ben FOSTER
13. Ji-Sung PARK
15. Nemanja VIDIC
16. Michael CARRICK
17. NANI
18. Paul SCHOLES
19. Gerard PIQUÉ
21. Dong FANGZHUO
22. John O'SHEA
23. Jonny EVANS
24. Darren FLETCHER
25. Danny SIMPSON
26. Phil BARDSLEY
27. Mikaël SILVESTRE
28. Darron GIBSON
29. Tomasz KUSZCZAK
30. Lee MARTIN
32. Carlos TÉVEZ
33. Chris EAGLES
39. Fraizer CAMPBELL

TRANSFERS

In

Owen HARGREAVES from Bayern Munich, £17m
NANI from Sporting CP, £17m
ANDERSON from FC Porto, £17m
Tomasz KUSZCZAK from West Bromwich, £3m
Carlos TÉVEZ from West Ham, undisclosed

Out

Kieran RICHARDSON to Sunderland, undisclosed
Giuseppe ROSSI to Villareal, undisclosed
Alan SMITH to Newcastle United, undisclosed
Gabriel HEINZE to Real Madrid, undisclosed

STADIUM

Old Trafford

Nickname: Theatre of Dreams
Inauguration: 1909
Capacity: 76 212





















CLUB HONOURS

League: 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 (16)

FA Cup: 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004 (11)

League Cup: 1992, 2006 (2)

FA Charity/Community Shield: 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007 (*as joint holders) (16)

European Cup/Champions League: 1968, 1999 (2)

European Cup Winners' Cup: 1991 (1)

European Super Cup: 1991 (1)

Intercontinental Cup: 1999 (1)

LINKS

www.manutd.com Official website
www.manutdpics.com
www.manutdonline.org
www.shareholdersunited.org

[Jason Holm88]

LAST MATCH

Manchester United vs Chelsea 2-0

NEXT MATCH

Manchester United vs Coventry City
Kick off: 20.00
Wed 26th September

[Jason Holm88]

What The Papers Say

Roo must be joking
Sir Alex Ferguson erupted with anger yesterday at the prospect of Wayne Rooney being banned for three games. The furious Manchester United boss knocked reporters' tape recorders to the floor as he thumped a table and labelled as a "disgrace" and a "joke" the possibility the FA will punish Rooney for his Boxing Day clash with Bolton's Tal Ben Haim. Sir Alex claims he is the victim of a witch-hunt and insists it is Ben Haim who should be in trouble for play-acting after crashing to the ground as if punched. "The Bolton player should be up before the FA, not Rooney and it's a disgrace," said Fergie. "Because it's Wayne Rooney and Manchester United, I can understand there being a focus on what happened, but the bigger concern is what the other player did.”
David Anderson, Daily Mirror

Rio’s the best in the world
Alex Ferguson reckons Rio Ferdinand is the world’s greatest defender — and insists he will only get better. Ferdinand turned in another top-class performance in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Bolton on Boxing Day. It was United’s 12th clean sheet in 22 games since Ferdinand returned from suspension. And Fergie will be looking for more defensive steel today at Aston Villa. The Old Trafford boss said: “Rio has been in incredible form. He is the best centre-half in the world. You have to remember he is still only 25 and is improving all the time.”
Neil Custis, The Sun

Ramos fee on rise
Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson have been told to get a move on if they want to sign Seville’s teenage prodigy Sergio Ramos. The Sun revealed last week how the Arsenal and Manchester United bosses were fighting it out for Spanish football’s latest star. But Jose Maria Ramos, the player’s agent and father, has warned that his son’s buy-out clause is due to rise from £12m to £18m in less than three weeks when he has made 25 appearances for Seville’s first team.
Staff reporter, The Sun

Djordjic moves on
Winger Bojan Djordjic has quit Manchester United for Rangers. The Swede, 22, joins the Scottish club on an initial six-month contract with an option of a further two years. He said: “I always wanted to represent a big club at first-team level. It’s a great opportunity to get my career back on track.” Djordjic spent last season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday, Aarhus and Red Star Belgrade where he played alongside new team-mate Dragan Mladenovic.
Staff reporter, The Sun

[Jgiblin12]

Man Utd 1- 0 Villa

giggsy seems to be getting younger lately! hes in great form isnt he? we played some sublime footy at times, giggsy in particular. what about smiths miss at the end, miss of the century? no doubt, o well we still won, didnt we? unbeaten in 9 now in the league, lets hope it keeps going. look out boro!

btw finally someones made a united thread, cheers jase

[Juanitop9]

Originally Posted by Jgiblin12

Man Utd 1- 0 Villa

giggsy seems to be getting younger lately! hes in great form isnt he? we played some sublime footy at times, giggsy in particular. what about smiths miss at the end, miss of the century? no doubt, o well we still won, didnt we? unbeaten in 9 now in the league, lets hope it keeps going. look out boro!

btw finally someones made a united thread, cheers jase

i saw the game,

[Jgiblin12]

ye i watched a replay just then

[Frankiep88]

villa are rubbish hehehe

[imnotreyes]

what will happen with rooney. He gets in so many confrontations. He'll end up costing utd a match someday because of his problems and sir alex will go balistic. He's an amazing player, but his dumb decisions need to be sorted out. I guess he is just young and will grow out of it.

gigsy must be on somethin.

[Jabster uk ll]

Rooney will learn from his mistakes as he gets older, Alex Fergurson knows how to raise young players, look at Paul Scholes or Beckham.

[imnotreyes]

what's he do kick a boot at their eye?

[Jason Holm88]

I don't think Rooney deserves to be suspended, it wasn't serious at all, you saw how the Bolton player reacted? that was even worse imo.

Anyway, we played pretty well, i really thought Ronaldo did well when he came in in the second half, and Giggs, omg what form he's in

[imnotreyes]

oh yeh rooney is a class player, and that unibrow for Bolton took a pathetic dive.

i think rooney will have to grow out of it. He just needs some anger management. Its catch 22 his passion makes him brilliant but also puts him into compromising situations.

that bolton defender is such a coward.

Bolton have really lost their way. They started off the season pretty well, i thought they would have good year, only half over though.

[Jason Holm88]

Btw, i'm willing to agree with Sir Alex about Rio being the best central defender in the world.

I think Rio and Carles Puyol is the two best central defenders on earth.

[faceytheegg II]

Originally Posted by Jason Holm88

I don't think Rooney deserves to be suspended, it wasn't serious at all, you saw how the Bolton player reacted? that was even worse imo.

D

But the fact is he did lash out his arm, whether he dived or not isn't the issue. he intent was there and that warrants a red card.......not counting the fact that he did quite clearly make contact

[Jason Holm88]

yeah, he shouldn't have done that, but THREE games?? isn't that a bit too much? One would be more fair.

And the thing is, if a player in eg Norwich would've done the same thing, it wouldn't get to big as it has gone with Rooney. Don't you guys agree on that?

[faceytheegg II]

If the ref had seen it, he would've been sent off............................punishment for a straight red, 3 game ban

[Jason Holm88]

i don't think he should have been sent off, but he should've been cautioned

[faceytheegg II]

I'll rephrase that, a player for a lower team would've been sent off.........but as it's Man Utd, the ref mysteriously missed the incident, what a total shocker

[Jason Holm88]

You mean that United got the ref on their side? if so you gotta be kidding

the thing Roon did wasn't even serious at all, it's a m-lalalalaing joke that he got a 3 game suspension.. it's almost as scandalous as when Mutu only got seven months for using cocaine.

Of course you don't put your hand in other peoples' faces, i know that facey. In Euro 2004, Totti spit in Poulsen's face, and he got suspended 3 games (which was all of the lasting games for Italy ).. do you think what Rooney did was as worse as that?

[faceytheegg II]

No, but what he did was still violent conduct which in any way, shape or form warrants a straight red card

[Jason Holm88]

Well well, but if you for just one minute cut the ref thinking and tell me what you really think? Does he deserve 3 games?

[faceytheegg II]

It was violent conduct, so yes he deserved a 3 match ban. That sort of behaviour can' be tolerated and needs to be stamped out of football

[Jason Holm88]

yeah you're right about that it needs to be stamped out of football

[Smarties250]

Hey, thanks for setting up a Utd thread! Glad they beat Villa....annoyed Arsenal beat Newcastle, but at the same time, SOMEONE has to close the gap on Chelsea

[Jason Holm88]

Yeah, but it's not good for United if someone ELSE closes the gap on chelsea,,

Yeah, about Newcastle - Arsenal, i got a bit angry, cause newcastle was the better team and Vieira had much luck in that goal (not blaming on luck).. same thing with Chelsea, they only scored in the end of the game

but they will drop some points against liverpool in this weekend