The Best Goals Of The Season So Far
As the season draws to a close, it is inevitable that Manchester United fans will begin to debate over a number of things - best player, best game and best goal by a Manchester United player being just a few of them. The official Manchester United website has already started the debate.
Over the course of the season, it is easy to forget just how many good goals there have been this season. The website, specifically http://www.mumobile.co.uk/videos/gallery.asp?galleryindex=9904&categoryindex=24&gallerypage=1&contentsection=3G, has videos of eight of the best to view, including Rio Ferdinand against Liverpool, Scholes vs Aston Villa and Saha agaist Benfica. Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo has three in there too!
Log on to view and choose your favourite goal of the season so far!
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8:31 pm | Premiership Highs And Lows
Here are some interesting facts for you on Manchester United’s Premiership records. As an ever-present since the league actually began, there are plenty of them!
Manchester United lifted the first Premiership trophy in 1992/3 and have won it eight out of the first twelve years. Not a bad average really. I think that it is fair to say that’s what you call domination!
The club has won more games, suffered less defeats and scored more goals in th Premiership than any other. They also hold the record for the most goals in a season. They achieved 97 in 1999/2000.
2003/4 saw Manchester United finish outside the top two for the one and only time in their Premiership history.
Rio Ferdinand became the first player in Premiership history to be suspended for missing a routine drug test in 2003. He was banned for eight months, which may go some way to explaining the league position at the end of that season!
For more highs and lows, visit http://www.topendsports.com/sport/soccer/manunited.htm.
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12:04 am | Glory Glory Man United…
If you have never been to Old Trafford, it is an experience that you are missing out on. The atmosphere is electric, the chants loud, the crowd buzzing! You can’t guage what it is really like until you have been. However, you can learn the terrace chants! It is hard to learn what they are singing from TV because it is almost impossible to hear the words over the noise. Well, never fear, http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s237/st49696.htm is here!
This particular link will take you to a page where several of the terrace chants, in all their glory, are listed. They are also the clean versions and so are suitable for children, with any rude words starred out! Next time you watch a Manchester United game and Rio Ferdinand has the ball or Ryan Giggs runs down the wing, you’ll know what the crowd is singing!
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10:49 pm | Man United Mobile Ringtones
The advent of mobile phones enables us to keep in touch with others far more than we’d been able to before, but the new phones that allow us to customize them to our own personal preferences are just awesome. Not only can you have pictures on your phone but also make it sing to your tune!
Mobile ringtones can come in the form of songs and rhymes, from chart songs to ones that actually mean something to you. There are plenty of Manchester United ones available on the internet, and the best site to go to for them is http://www.ruffnecktone.com/manchester_united.htm. They have the usual Glory Glory Man United tune that is available on a variety of sites, but also invdividual player anthems for the likes of Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney! The sound quality is really good too. Check them out and choose your tune!
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11:53 am | Manchester United Player Profiles : Rio Ferdinand
Manchester United’s defensive linchpin of recent times, Rio Ferdinand is a man with a solid credibility as a central defender. His displays for England and Manchester United alike have earned him rave reviews leading many to believe as England’s very best when it comes to defending.
He began his football at West Ham Academy though aged just 14. He stayed with them for quite a while winning a place in the Hammers’ first team in 1996 when Harry Redknapp used to manage them. He made his debut coming on as a sub against Sheffield Wednesday at Upton Park that year. His first-team debut still did not come until January 1997 when he started the game against Wrexham in the FA Cup Third Round. West Ham, surprisingly, lost that game to the Division Two outfit at home 1-0! He scored his first goal for the Hammers against Blackburn at Ewood Park in February that year.
In all, Rio made 152 appearances for West Ham, scoring two goals and was regularly promoted as the footballing reincarnation of Bobby Moore. His reputation was that of the best young defender in the country, a supremely elegant footballer who defends with intelligence and guile, but also uses the ball when possession is gained. He made his England debut against Cameroon at Wembley on Nov 1997 and made steady progress consolidating a place in the national team although he was left out by Kevin Keegan for Euro 2000.
By now, Rio had started to attract attention from some big clubs in and around the country but Redknapp’s insistence on nothing less than a big paycheck for Rio laid all rumours to rest. That is, until Leeds United manager David O’Leary was prepared to take the gamble and pay up. O’Leary shocked the football world by smashing the British transfer record with the £18 million fee on 26th November 2000. A world record fee for such a young defender had many sceptics baffled at the huge payout. However, Rio helped the Elland Road side to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in his first season and a series of superb performances for Leeds proved it was money well spent.
Rio’s second season at Leeds, 2001/02, was less successful for the team but he began to raise his game up a level. The move north undoubtedly benefited the Londoner who claimed a regular spot in the England set-up alongside Sol Campbell as the old rear-guard were phased out. With Leeds captain Lucas Radebe injured, he was made club captain. A transfer to Manchester United was suggested even before the World Cup Finals, in which Ferdinand showed that he was the best defender in the competition.
Rio’s transfer value rocketed during the 2002 World Cup but Fergie and the PLC were not deterred. After weeks of constant speculation, followed by days of negotiation, they signed Rio Ferdinand for a new British record fee of £29million. United had got a world class player who at 23 had a long career ahead of him. The sum also put Rio in the position of being the world’s most expensive defender again, topping the £22m that Juventus paid Parma for Lilian Thuram in 2001.
He was always going to have difficulty living up to his huge transfer fee and part of the problem was not having an established central partner. Season 2003-2004 began well with Rio beginning to justify his huge transfer outlay. With his excellent defensive performances along with Mikael Silvestre, United were rock solid at the back and top of Premiership at Christmas. But something disastrous was to follow soon. Rio had been ordered to take an FA drugs test at Carrington on September 23rd, but left without undergoing the procedure. Claiming he forgot because he was moving house at the time and was distracted, he went shopping in Manchester city centre. Upon discovering his blunder, Ferdinand later contacted the club to offer to take the test, but was told it was too late - the FA testers had gone. He provided a negative urine sample within 2 days but the issue was not whether he was on drugs but that he had simply missed the test.
An independent tribunal found the defender guilty of misconduct and gave him an eight month ban starting from 20 January. This meant he would miss the rest of the season and Euro 2004. United appealed against the punishment but were unsuccessful. One moment of forgetfulness set off a chain of events that cost the club dearly. Without Rio, United’s defence fell apart from late January to mid March.
The next season, Rio had to make up for the mistake that he could never have envisioned becoming so destructive. Making his comeback against Liverpool on 20th September he was a regular starter throughout the season, missing only seven Premiership matches and a cool presence at the back.
2005-2006 saw a United first for Rio as he finally scored for the Reds - a header at home to Wigan in mid December. He went on to score twice more, most excellently the injury time winner in the 1-0 triumph at home to Liverpool. He also picked up a League Cup winner’s medal and played more times than any other United player with 54 appearances. On the downside he suffered the first sending off in his United career away at Blackburn. As one of the best defender’s in the world and a much prized asset, Sir Alex recognises Rio as the heart of his plans and still believes there is more to come. So, at present, Rio remains an integral part of the United set-up proving to be the rock-solid centre back United need and could well have several more years at this great club!
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12:05 pm | Manchester United vs. Southend United (Carling Cup - 4th Round) Preview
United take on the “Shrimpers” in the fourth round of the Carling Cup tonight. The squad was announced today and it looks like we’re taking a pretty strong team over at their place, meaning Fergie isn’t taking this lightly. Remember, we are the defending champions and I wouldn’t want to give this one up without a fight!
Fergie is understandably wary of our chances at the Roots Hall tonight, given the scare we got down at Gresty Road against Crewe. The inclusion of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand and Louis Saha in the travelling party re-affirms by belief that Fergie is taking no chances on this one.
Our hosts, on the other hand, are not in the best of forms at the moment sitting at the foot of the Championship table! So it’s a head-to-head between the Premier League’s top team with Championship’s bottom team (atleast for the moment!) but let’s not get carried away, the potential for a banana skin is there alright!
In the end, one of those games at lowly opposition where anything can happen. But I’d firmly put my bet on Fergie making sure we don’t come back without winning this one.
My Preddy: Southend 0 - 2 ManYoo
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