www.red11.org DAILY NEWS
Date: Mon Nov 09 GMT+00:00 1998
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. United suffer Euro hangover Manchester United 0-0 Newcastle
2. UNITED BROUGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTH
3. Double cream of Manchester
4. COLE'S BACK IN THE GOALS - THANKS TO DWIGHT
5. JOHNSEN LOSES OUT IN BATTLE FOR PLACES
++++++=========+++++++========+++++++++========++++++++
Daily RED Trivia Mon 9th November:
9/11/1946: United beat Derby County 4-1 at Maine Road in a Division 1 game watched
by 57,340. Uniteds goals were scored by Stan Pearson 2, Charlie Mitten and
Jack Rowley. Team was: Collinson, Walton, McGlen, Warner, Chilton, Cockburn,
Delaney, Morris, Rowley, Pearson, Mitten.
9/11/1963: Graham Moore made his United debut against Tottenham Hotspur. Moore was
signed from Chelsea for £35,000 and the burly striker made 19 appearances and scored
5 goals between 1963-4. He won 21 caps for Wales. He moved to Northampton
Town in December 1965.
************
Barry Daily Comment:
Well we maybe suffered a Euro hangover today, you cannot win 'em all!
*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 08/11/98 ***
Arsenal 1-0 Everton 38,088
Leeds United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday 30,012
Manchester United 0-0 Newcastle United 55,174
West Ham United 1-1 Chelsea 26,023
*** LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 08/11/98 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
---------------------------------------------------------
1 Aston Villa 11 7 4 0 14 5 9 25
2 Arsenal 12 6 5 1 14 5 9 23
3 Manchester United 11 6 4 1 23 9 14 22
4 Middlesbrough 12 4 6 2 20 15 5 18
5 Chelsea 10 4 5 1 14 10 4 17
6 Leeds United 12 3 8 1 13 9 4 17
7 Derby County 12 4 5 3 12 10 2 17
8 Leicester City 12 4 5 3 11 10 1 17
9 West Ham United 12 4 5 3 13 13 0 17
10 Wimbledon 12 4 5 3 17 19 -2 17
11 Liverpool 12 4 4 4 19 14 5 16
12 Charlton Athletic 12 3 6 3 19 16 3 15
13 Newcastle United 12 4 3 5 15 16 -1 15
14 Tottenham Hotspur 12 4 3 5 16 21 -5 15
15 Everton 12 2 6 4 7 11 -4 12
16 Sheffield Wednesday 12 3 2 7 9 12 -3 11
17 Coventry City 12 3 2 7 9 18 -9 11
18 Blackburn Rovers 12 2 3 7 12 17 -5 9
19 Nottingham Forest 12 2 3 7 8 18 -10 9
20 Southampton 12 1 4 7 9 26 -17 7
Next 4 games:
Result/Fixture Index:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix9899z.htm9
Wed 11/11 Nott Forest (H) LC
Sat 14/11 Blackburn (H) PL
Sat 21/11 Sheff Wed (A) PL15.00
Wed 25/11 Barcelona (A) CL 19.45
UNITED Stats v Blackburn:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/vsblackburn.htm
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED ***
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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
17/10/98 Wimbledon Home W 5-1 2 55,265
24/10/98 Derby County Away D 1-1 2 30,867
31/10/98 Everton Away W 4-1 2 40,079
08/11/98 Newcastle United Home D 0-0 3 55,174
Champions League:
**Nov 4 Barcelona 1-2 Bayern Munich
**Nov 4 Man Utd 5-0 Brøndby
Group D P W D L F A Pts
Man United 4 2 2 0 16 7 8
Bayern Munich 4 2 1 1 6 5 7
Barcelona 4 1 1 2 6 6 4
Brondby 4 1 0 3 4 14 3
To be played:
Nov 25 Barcelona v Man Utd
Nov 25 Bayern Munich v Brøndby
Dec 9 Brøndby v Barcelona
Dec 9 Man Utd v Bayern Munich
++++++=========+++++++========+++++++++========++++++++
"Are you Against the BSkyB takeover? Please Read! Click on image!"
Sunday, November 8, 1998 Published at 17:03 GMT
Subject: United suffer Euro hangover Manchester United 0-0 Newcastle
Manchester United lost ground at the head of the table
as Newcastle produced a battling performance to take a
rare point from Old Trafford.
In truth though the Tynesiders' goal was rarely threatened by a
Manchester side which failed to capture the form of recent weeks.
Newcastle had German Dietmar Hamann returning for
his first game since August. The German's recovery from
injury coincided with Alan Shearer's promotion to captain
in the absence of Rob Lee and Stuart Pearce.
Phil Neville missed out for the home side after failing to
recover from an injury picked up in midweek - Wes Brown
came in at right back.
Paul Dalglish was at the heart of a lot of Newcastle's
good early work but they were always wary of
Manchester United's rapid counter-attacks.
Newcastle keeper Shay Given who was forced to make the first save.
He had already been given an early warning when Paul
Scholes shot wide after back-heels by Andy Cole and
Dwight Yorke split the Newcastle defence open.
Given then got down to his right to palm away Jesper
Blomqvist's goal-bound effort from the edge of the area.
But Peter Schmeichel was called into action on 22
minutes. Shearer took a quick free kick, won by Dalglish
on the edge of the area when he was fouled by Jaap
Stam.
The Danish keeper seemed to slip and fumbled the ball,
but no Newcastle player was quick enough to get to the
ball.
Penalty claim
Newcastle had a strong penalty claim when Denis Irwin
collided with Dalglish in the area after Schmeichel had
come racing out of his area and missed the ball. But
referee Steve Dunn ignored the protests from those in
black and white.
Things livened up straight after the break with Shearer
booked for a challenge on Roy Keane, and then the
Irishman playing an inviting ball into the box for Cole. The
striker turned well but skied his shot into the stand.
Dalglish was then handed an excellent opportunity as
Wes Brown's attempted back pass found him in the
area, but Schmeichel was quick to close down the
danger and blocked his shot.
Alex Ferguson decided to make changes with 12
minutes of the second half gone.
Ronny Johnsen replaced Brown at right back, although
the Norwegian did not finish the game as his return from
injury was spoilt by an apparent recurrence of his
problem.
The Manchester side began to step up the pressure and
after one goalmouth scramble Gary Neville put
Beckham clear behind the Tynesiders' defence.
But the England man missed the best chance of the
game so far - failing to hit the target with only Given to
beat.
Then it was Ruud Gullit's turn to ring the changes, as the
Dutchman brought Gary Speed on for Hamman.
His well-organised side continued to frustrate the home
team, who appeared to be still feeling the effects of their
midweek walkover of Brondby in Europe.
Given was only rarely called into action during a flat
second half, as was Schmeichel, although the Dane did
have to save a Shearer free kick.
Yorke had an opportunity but Given gathered the ball at
his feet after Cole had put him through, then Cole could
not convert a chance created by Blomqvist.
That was the Swede's last serious contribution as Ole
Gunnar Solksjaer was thrown on with minutes to go in a
last throw of the dice by Ferguson.
Beckham was offered a final opportunity in his favourite
position - a free kick on the edge of the area.
But he blasted the ball into the wall to end a
disappointing afternoon as the Old Trafford side slipped
back to third in the table.
Man Utd: Schmeichel, Neville, Irwin, Stam, Beckham,
Cole, Blomqvist, Keane, Scholes, Yorke, Brown. Subs:
Johnsen, Butt, Cruyff, Van Der Gouw, Solskjaer.
Newcastle: Given, Griffin, Hughes, Charvet, Dabizas,
Hamann, Batty, Glass, Shearer, Georgiadis, Dalglish.
Subs: Harper, Pearce, Solano, Barton, Speed.
Referee: S Dunn (Bristol)
"Are you Against the BSkyB takeover? Please Read! Click on image!"
BREAKING NEWS - Sunday 08 November 1998
UNITED BROUGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTH
After demolishing Brondby in midweek Man Utd demonstrated their mortality
with a lacklustre 0-0 draw against Newcastle.
Gone was the rapid one-touch passing, which had cut sides to shreds in the
last few weeks. Gone was the ruthless finishing which had resulted in the
Reds banging in 26 goals in their previous seven games.
Instead United never really got out of first gear at Old Trafford against
a determined Newcastle side, who successfully threw a spanner into
their highly-tuned works.
The omens had not augured well for Newcastle coming into the game. They
had won just once at Old Trafford in their last 32 visits, while Alan
Shearer had not scored since the end of September.
Premiership: Manchester United 0 - 0 Newcastle United
Gullit denies Ferguson breathing space
David Lacey sees Manchester United struggle to find their sparkling European form
Monday November 9, 1998
The devil usually found in Manchester United's football took a
holiday at Old Trafford yesterday.
They gave a performance which was more paternal than
infernal as Newcastle sent Alex Ferguson's team down to third
place in the table behind Arsenal, when they had been hoping
to reduce Aston Villa's lead at the top to a point.
Newcastle, weakened by injuries and still reorganising under
Ruud Gullit, will have taken heart from the success they
enjoyed in both containing United and achieving opportunities
to win the match with counter-attacks.
In the end they were grateful to the goalkeeping of Shay Given
but the draw was fully deserved. For much of the game
United's football was sluggish and slipshod and bore echoes of
last month's 1-1 draw at Derby, when again their opponents'
willingness to concentrate, work hard and stick to a simple
plan had blunted the cutting edge of Ferguson's attack.
Few sides are able to soak up the home team's movements at
Old Trafford without becoming waterlogged, but yesterday
United found themselves using a sponge as a punch-bag. The
harder they drove forward the more they became enveloped in
a stifling defence.
Before yesterday's game United had scored 30 goals in nine
matches and the new and prolific partnership of Dwight Yorke
and Andy Cole had produced 11 in seven. Newcastle set out
not so much to tight-mark this pair as fill the space around
them, no easy task given the speed of the two players and the
ability of each to shake off defenders with sudden changes of
direction.
The two Newcastle centre-backs, Nikolaos Dabizas and the
relatively inexperienced Aaron Hughes, came out of the
afternoon with considerable credit for their refusal to be
panicked into errors. Dietmar Hamann, recently returned from
injury, and David Batty brought a stability to Gullit's midfield
which denied Roy Keane and Paul Scholes their usual
opportunities to link up with the strikers.
United are seldom pressed back over the halfway line in any
game, let alone at home, and it was unusual to see Ferguson's
players denied so much possession between the penalty areas.
As a result David Beckham, Jesper Blomqvist and the
full-backs Wes Brown and Denis Irwin did not have the
influence on the flanks that they usually enjoy at Old Trafford.
Ferguson felt his side had given a flat performance but gave
Newcastle full credit for their approach to the match. "They
were terrific," he said. "They forced us on to the back foot all
the time, harassed us and pressurised the man in possession
very well. For a team that's struggling a bit they played with a
lot of confidence."
Naturally Gullit agreed. "We made it very difficult for
Manchester United to play their game," he said. "They couldn't
find many holes. We didn't come here simply to stop them
playing, we wanted to win, but we still have to improve in the
last third of the pitch."
Eight minutes before half-time Newcastle appeared to be
denied a penalty for the second successive weekend. Alan
Shearer flicked on a high ball to find Paul Dalglish clear,
Dalglish went down under Irwin's challenge - but play went on.
Their best scoring chance in open play came three minutes
after half-time. Brown, under pressure from Shearer on the
right, passed back blind to leave Dalglish with Peter
Schmeichel to beat. Fortunately for United the son has yet to
acquire his father Kenny's scoring instincts and Schmeichel
was able to block the shot.
Until the last half-hour United had snapped and harried around
the crowded areas near Newcastle's goal without achieving the
sort of clear-cut opportunities Old Trafford has come to
expect from its teams. Then Ferguson replaced Brown with
Ronny Johnsen and moved Beckham inside, a switch that
should have borne fruit in the 64th minute when Gary Neville's
angled pass released Beckham through the middle only for him
to shoot wide. Towards the end Given thwarted Scholes and
Yorke, and Cole turned a final chance over the bar.
"That performance begged questions about playing games after
European matches," said Ferguson. But strolling past Brondby
at home had hardly been the same as travelling to Kiev and
back. And Arsenal did not appear to be complaining
yesterday.
"Are you Against the BSkyB takeover? Please Read! Click on image!"
Subject: Double cream of Manchester
By Roy Collins
Saturday November 7, 1998
The Bronby manager Ebbe Skovdahl may have been
exaggerating, as well as attempting to make his poor, shattered
defenders feel slightly less useless, when he described
Manchester United's Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole as the best
strikers in Europe.
Even so, the words would have wiped the scowl off the face of
Cole, who three months ago, pre-Yorke, was struggling to
prove that he was the third best striker at Old Trafford. And
Skovdahl did point out that it was not so much their individual
skills as how they perform together.
That is the key. Yorke and Cole in partnership offer more than
the sum of their parts. They may not yet be ready to re-enact
the soppy experiment in which Kevin Keegan and John
Toshack indulged themselves some years ago to prove that
they had telepathic understanding. But they are already
finishing off each other's moves in the same casual way that
long-married couples finish off one another's sentences.
The second goal against Brondby in the Champions League
match was a perfect example. Cole stepped over a cross with
the instinctive knowledge that Yorke would read the feint, then
ran into the middle to receive the return pass where he knew
his partner would deliver it.
Players can work together for years without developing that
sort of understanding, yet successful double acts in all walks of
life have always defied both logic and chemistry. Little Ern and
Eric Morecambe were hardly a bundle of laughs together off
stage, and Lennon and McCartney understood harmony only
as a musical term.
Equally, Yorke's £12.6 million arrival at Old Trafford in
September was meant to be the end of Cole's United career;
at one point he was even offered in an exchange. But in the
seven games they have started together they have scored 11
goals, while forging an equally unlikely friendship off the pitch.
Cole, who is a more introverted character than the effervescent
Yorke, likens their partnership to the one he shared with Peter
Beardsley at Newcastle, where he scored a Premiership
record 34 goals in 1993-94. He says: "My partnership with
Dwight is brilliant and it helps that we are opposites as players
because we don't get in each other's way. It also helps that we
get on well off the pitch."
They demonstrated their friendship recently by helping to
launch a book on the life of Arthur Wharton, Britain's first
professional black footballer, who played for Darlington,
Preston, Rotherham and Stockport between 1885 and 1902.
Wharton, who also set the first world record for the 100 yards
and played professional cricket, died penniless in 1930.
It is no surprise that two successful black athletes should
empathise with one who did not have their power to overcome
racism. What is more baffling to most observers is the
partnership between Yorke and Cole on the pitch because,
superficially at least, they seem so alike. Their success seems
to have taken even their manager Alex Ferguson by surprise;
when he brought Cole back in place of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
at Southampton on October 3 it was, he said, simply "to
freshen the team up after playing in Europe".
Even their delight in playing together, each making selfless runs
for the other and scoring superb goals, failed to move Fergie.
"I have got plenty of pairings I can make up front," he said.
Spoilt for choice or not, Yorke and Cole have started all five
games since, and the Wimbledon defender Kenny Cunningham
stood in awe as they destroyed his team 5-1 last month, Cole
scoring twice and Yorke once. Cunningham, a Republic of
Ireland international, says: "You are continually walking a
tightrope against them because both are comfortable with the
ball into feet and down the sides.
"We tried to condense the game against them, keeping the ball
as high up the pitch as possible. But you are always aware of
Cole's pace over 20-30 yards. And Yorke can hurt you with
the ball at his feet because he can roll you and bring others into
play. Individually, Yorke and Cole are two great players.
Together, they are lethal."
They also seem to coax the latent talents out of one another. If
Yorke's skills have helped to instil a confidence in Cole's game
which has helped him develop a passing talent few believed he
possessed, his own predatory instincts have been sharpened
by his partner's aggression.
Ferguson must scarcely believe his luck. Not since the days of
Denis Law have the club had a player capable of regularly
scoring 20 goals a season, now they have two who could race
each other to that total. Remarkably, only one United player -
Brian McClair with 25 in 1987-88 - has reached 20 league
goals in the quarter of a century since Law's departure.
United have got by with a succession of strikers who offered a
lot more than just scoring ability - the likes of Joe Jordan,
Mark Hughes and Frank Stapleton, who brilliantly held up the
line and intimidated defenders, and Lou Macari, who was
really an inside-forward. And, latterly, Andrei Kanchelskis,
who was essentially a winger, and Eric Cantona, who was
anything he wanted to be.
Now United have two men who could both make an assault
on United's record number of league goals in a season: the 32
scored by Dennis Viollet in 1959-60. Yorke, 27 this week,
already has six Premiership goals in seven matches and Cole
four from six.
The pair is not only playing with a smile, Cole has sprouted
one off the park as well. Aware of the insults that have been
mouthed behind his back, as well as openly from the stands, he
says: "I'm not bothered what people say about me anymore. I
have just turned 27 and I haven't got time to worry what other
people think. My record speaks for itself."
"Are you Against the BSkyB takeover? Please Read! Click on image!"
Subject: COLE'S BACK IN THE GOALS - THANKS TO DWIGHT
Dwight Yorke has put the smile back on Andy Cole's face _
the Manchester United forward is enjoying the happiest spell
of his four-year Old Trafford career thanks to his new friend
and strike partner.
He has found a soul mate in Yorke, who has helped him
rediscover his goalscoring touch, as the pair have become
the scourge of defences in the Premiership and across
Europe.
They have scored 16 goals between them this season
ahead of tomorrow's match against Cole's old club Newcastle
at Old Trafford.
Yorke is thrilled to see his new pal displaying the form which
prompted United boss Alex Ferguson to pay the Magpies a
then record fee of £6.25million for his services in January
1995.
''It's nice to see him doing well and it's nice to know that I
can be helpful in some way,'' he said. ''Andy has been
through a lot since he's been here.
''Earlier on in the season, he was left out a few times but he
has shown great character in coming back and proving what
a quality player he is. He has really taken his chance with
both hands.''
Yorke has been dubbed the 'smiling assassin' because of
his toothpaste-ad grin and proficiency in front of goal, and
Cole admits some of the Trinidad and Tobago
international's temperament has rubbed off on him.
''I think the way Dwight has been brought up in the
Caribbean is different,'' he said on ITV. ''He's always
smiling, and that's different from the English mentality.
''All the boys are always having a go at him because he's
always smiling and laughing.
''He's making me smile, and a lot of people have picked up
on that, and that's a good thing.''
Yorke is quick to repay the compliment by thanking Cole for
helping him settle so quickly at Old Trafford following his
record £12.6million transfer from Aston Villa in August.
The duo have scored 11 goals in the seven games they
have started together, and Yorke believes their friendship
off the pitch has helped them gel on it.
''When I came to United, I didn't know who I was going to
be playing with up front because there are so many quality
players,'' he said.
''I played with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer first and I had a good
relationship with him but I think what helps my partnership
with Coley is that off the field we are good friends,'' he said.
''I think that is playing a significant part in our partnership.''
Yorke highlighted the superb service he and Cole receive
from their team-mates. ''I think we have to give credit to
the players who are around us,'' he said.
''Everyone is playing as a team, and I think that is very
important.
''We've had great delivery from the likes of David Beckham
and Jesper Blomqvist, and it's just fantastic to be playing in
such a great team.''
Ruud Gullit's Newcastle are next in their sights, and Yorke
hopes the goals will continue to flow.
''We're just going to go out there and play the way we know
we're capable of playing,'' he said. ''Hopefully we can keep
producing the goals and win another game for Manchester
United.'' If they do, Cole will certainly be smiling.
"Are you Against the BSkyB takeover? Please Read! Click on image!"
Subject: JOHNSEN LOSES OUT IN BATTLE FOR PLACES
Ronny Johnsen has become the latest casualty of the
cutthroat competition for places at Manchester United.
Johnsen has recovered from his ankle ligament injury but
will have to be content with a place on the bench for
Sunday's match against Newcastle at Old Trafford.
The Norwegian international was a permanent fixture
alongside Jaap Stam at the heart of the United defence
before he damaged ankle ligaments against Coventry
eight weeks ago.
He had been playing well and at any other club, would now
be expecting to resume his partnership with Stam - but
United are not any other club.
Such is the competition for places at Old Trafford that
Johnsen will have to wait his turn.
Gary Neville moved across from right-back to fill Johnsen's
berth, and manager Alex Ferguson does not want to
reshuffle his defence because the England international has
been playing so well.
''I think Gary Neville deserves to keep his place, it's as
simple as that,'' said Ferguson. ''His form has been
absolutely outstanding.''
Ferguson was quick to add that Johnsen, along with the
likes of David May and Henning Berg, would get his chance
during the course of the season.
''I know I have got good options with them in the event of
anything happening like injuries or suspension,'' he said.
''In the context of the season, they will all play their part.
''Ronny Johnsen will play in games as will David May and
Henning Berg as the season goes on.''
Johnsen had feared he would lose out because of his lay-off
and has vowed to fight to win his place back. He has the
added string to his bow of being able to play in midfield.
United have scored 26 goals in their last seven games, and
Ferguson wants them to maintain their fine form against
Ruud Gullit's Magpies, who have not scored a Premiership
goal in 253 minutes.
United could go top of the Premiership tomorrow if results
go their way, but that does not really concern Ferguson, who
marked 12 years in charge at Old Trafford on Friday.
''The most important thing for us at the moment is to keep
the momentum going,'' he said. ''We're enjoying a good
spell and if we continue to work hard, then we can keep it
going.
''Hopefully, that way at the end of the season, we will win
something, and that is the true target.''
Phil Neville is doubtful with a hamstring injury, which forced
him to come off in midweek against Brondby. Teddy
Sheringham is still sidelined with his knee ligament problem
but he has been doing some running, and Ferguson
revealed that he should resume full training next week.
"Are you Against the BSkyB takeover? Please Read! Click on image!"
Pic Link today is http://www.red11.org/mufc/imusa.htm
Barry
J. Leeming Digest Prgram
by 
William
McArthur Canada
