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Date: Thu Oct 08 GMT+00:00 1998
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Euro Finals
2. Dwight popular!
3. UNITED UNDER SKY'S REMOTE CONTROL
4. Ronny Johnsen to miss Norway v Slovenia
5. BSkyB has no plans to block United transfers
6. FERGUSON NOT TIED BY BSKYB OVER TRANSFERS - EDWARDS
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Daily RED Trivia Thur 8th October:
1955: Wilf McGuinness made his debut against Wolves.His playing career as a
hardworking Half-back was cut short by injury, and amounted to 85 appearances
and 2 goals between 1955-59, winning a League Championship medal in 1956. He
later served United as Youth team coach, and was promoted to succeed Sir Matt
Busby as First team manager in June 1969, a post he held until December 1970.
2 caps for England.
1969: United win 3-0 at Southampton with goals from George Best, Francis
Burns and Brian Kidd in a Division 1 game watched by 31,044. Team was:
Stepney, Fitzpatrick, Dunne, Burns, Ure, Sadler, Morgan, Kidd, Charlton,
Aston, Best.
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Next 4 games:
Result/Fixture Index:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix9899z.htm
Sat 17/10 Wimbledon (H) PL
Wed 21/10 Brondby (A) CL
Sat 24/10 Derby (A) PL
Wed 28/10 Bury (H) LC (Worthington Cup)
UNITED Stats v Wimbledon are here:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/vswimbledon.htm
*** PL TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED ***
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
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15/08/98 Leicester City Home D 2-2 11 55,052
22/08/98 West Ham United Away D 0-0 11 26,039
09/09/98 Charlton Athletic Home W 4-1 9 55,147
12/09/98 Coventry City Home W 2-0 5 55,193
20/09/98 Arsenal Away L 0-3 10 38,142
24/09/98 Liverpool Home W 2-0 3 55,181
03/10/98 Southampton Away W 3-0 2 15,251
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Subject: Euro Finals
This seasons Champions League Final will be held at Barcelona's Nou Camp
Stadium on May 26 1999. The Cup Winners Cup Final is at Villa Park, and
the UEFA Cup Final is in Moscow.
Two visits to Barcelona in one season then..........
--
Neil Sharp
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Subject: Dwight popular!
MANCHESTER UNITED
Record £12.6m signing Dwight Yorke has been
given the thumbs-up by Red Devils
world-wide. The Trinidad and Tobago
striker came top of an Internet poll on
United's official website, which asked
fans to vote for who they believed to be
Alex Ferguson's best summer buy. Yorke
received 57.6% of the vote, Dutch defender
Jaap Stam came second with 23.8% and
18.6% thought Swedish winger Jesper
Blomqvist was the top United import.
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Subject: UNITED UNDER SKY'S REMOTE CONTROL
Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson could be
forced to plead his case with BSkyB over new
transfers for up to three months, it emerged
yesterday. The satellite television company's
on-going battle to gain control of the Old Trafford
club will be concluded some time between October
26 and December 4. In the meantime, any financial
deals worth more than £1m must be referred to
them for approval.
Under normal takeover rules, United would have
been allowed to make no deals at all, but the TV
company has voluntarily agreed to waive its veto
rights up to the £1m mark. BSkyB's action has been
hailed as ''fairly unusual'' by Peter Lee, deputy
director general of the takeover panel. ''It seems
that they are trying to allow Manchester United to
make very quick decisions on buying new players.''
However, while the £1m figure may be quite
substantial to the man in the street, in transfer
terms it is minuscule. United's three major buys of
the summer, Jesper Blomqvist, Jaap Stam and
Dwight Yorke cost more than £27m between them
so, if Ferguson wants to reinforce his squad, Rupert
Murdoch's organisation will have the final say until
the takeover is settled. Shareholders have until
3pm on Monday, October 26 to reply to BSkyB's
letter offering to buy into the club, although this
deadline may be extended if the Office of Fair
Trading fail to conclude whether the proposed deal
contravenes government regulations.
''Clearly BSkyB has no interest in preventing the
successful running of Manchester United either
during the offer period or once the acquisition is
completed. We have no intention of doing so,'' said
a spokeswoman for the broadcaster. ''Decisions on
the acquisition of players will be made by
Manchester United's board as they are now.''
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Subject: Ronny Johnsen to miss Norway v Slovenia
OSLO, Oct 6 - Manchester United defender Ronny Johnsen will
miss Norway's European Championship qualifying match against Slovenia on
Saturday because of an ankle injury.
Southampton's Claus Lundekvam has been called up to take Johnsen's place,
Norway's NTB news agency said.
It said it was also doubtful whether Johnsen would be fit for Norway's European
qualifier against Albania on October 14. Subject:
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Subject: BSkyB has no plans to block United transfers
LONDON, Oct 7 - British Sky Broadcasting Plc said on
Wednesday it had no plans to block any planned transfer spending by bid target
Manchester United.
"Clearly BSkyB has no interest in preventing the successful running of Manchester
United either during the offer period or once the acquisition is completed -- we have
no intention of doing so," a BSkyB spokesman said, responding to recent press
reports.
"Decisions on the acquisition of players will be made by the Manchester United
board," the spokesman said.
BSkyB, the leading force in British pay TV, has made an offer valuing Manchester
United at about $1 billion. The United board is recommending acceptance of the bid.
Media reports highlighted a section in the offer document which said United could
spend only one million pounds per player deal before seeking BSkyB's consent,
pending completion of the deal.
However, industry sources noted that such a clause was standard practice under
takeover rules.
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Wednesday 07 October 1998
Subject: FERGUSON NOT TIED BY BSKYB OVER TRANSFERS - EDWARDS
Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards has dismissed claims that
manager Alex Ferguson's hands have been tied by BSkyB over future
transfer deals.
BSkyB's proposed takeover of United means the club must refer any
transfers over £1million to the satellite company because such deals
would affect the value of the club's assets.
Strictly speaking BSkyB should have the final say on all transfers, but
the company only wants to be consulted on deals over £1million.
Edwards claims this is normal procedure during takeovers and that
in practice it will not make that much difference to the buying and
selling of players.
"There's no real difference because before if Alex Ferguson wanted to buy
anybody it would go to the plc board," he said.
"It just means now it must go before BSkyB as well. These parameters were
set by us and BSkyB in the intervening period of the takeover to
provide for the running of the business.
"They asked us what we were comfortable with and we agreed to
these parameters."
The Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA), which
is campaigning against the proposed takeover, claims the restriction is a
sign of things to come.
Spokesman Lee Hodgkiss said: "We feel vindicated by the news. We don't
think football-related matters will be run by the board.
"OK we can go and buy some Second-Division clogger for £1million
without asking BSkyB, but how many players are United really going to
buy for £1million? The answer is none
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