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Date: Tue Aug 18 02:28:37 GMT+00:00 1998
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Daily RED Trivia 18th August:
1962: Denis Law made his United debut, scoring against West Bromwich Albion.
Joining United for £110,000 from Torino, Law scored in the 1963 FA
Cup Final and won League Championship medals in 1965 and 1967. Was
voted European Footballer of the Year in 1964, and scored 30 in 55
outings for Scotland, playing in the 1974 World Cup Finals. For United
he scored 236 goals in 399 games between 1962-1973. He also played for
Huddersfield Town, plus two spells with Manchester City.
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PRE SEASON - FIRST TEAM RESULTS
July 25 Birmingham City (A) result: L 3-4
27 Valerengen (A) (Oslo) result: D 2-2
31 Brondby (A) (Copenhagen) result: W 6-0
Aug 4 Brann Bergen (A) result: W 4-0
9 Arsenal (N) result: L 0-3
12 H Widzew Lodz CL result: W 2-0
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Tue 18/8 H Eric Cantona XI (H) - Munich testimonial
Sat 22/8 A West Ham PL
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UNITED GRANT ERIC HIS FINAL FAREWELL
By Ian Parkes, PA Sport
Eric Cantona has been granted one last wish by Manchester
United and will skipper the Red Devils in tuesday's
Testimonial match for the Munich air disaster.
The game will finally bring the curtain down on Cantona's
illustrious career during which he helped United win the
Premiership title four times during five seasons with the
club.
The French star flies back to Manchester today for the first
time since his shock retirement last summer and will lead
United against a side made up of his friends from football
for a game which marks the 40th anniversary of the crash.
Cantona, who turned his back on football to become an
actor, last played for United at Coventry 17 months ago in
the David Busst Testimonial.
His last appearance at Old Trafford was in the closing game
of the 1997 championship-winning campaign a week earlier
when United played West Ham on the day they were
handed the Premiership trophy.
But as well as pulling on a red shirt for the final time,
Cantona will also address the 55,000 crowd as he has
insisted on bidding a personal au revoir to the fans who
adored him.
He was originally due to play 45 minutes for both United and
the opposing 'Cantona XI' when the game was originally
scheduled for February to coincide with the date of the
disaster.
But following its postponement due to Alex Ferguson's side
being involved in an FA Cup fifth round replay against
Barnsley, Cantona then asked United if he could make one
last 90-minute appearance as captain.
PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor, a member of the
organising committee, said: "Eric wanted to leave the
number seven shirt in his side to Bryan Robson and asked if
he could play for United.
"The club is happy for him to do so and Bryan is delighted to
lead the opposition."
Robson's side includes French striker Jean-Pierre Papin, as
well as former Old Trafford players Lee Sharpe, Paul Ince,
Mark Hughes and Andrei Kanchelskis.
England's David Batty, Wales' Gary Speed and Scotland's
Gary McAllister, all colleagues of Cantona during his days
with Leeds, are also involved along with an injection of
foreign talent.
France captain Laurent Blanc, who missed out on the World
Cup final success over Brazil this summer following his
sending-off in the semi-final against Croatia, plays for the
Cantona XI, while other stars include goalkeeper Pascal
Olmeta and former United trialist defender William Prunier.
Simply Red star Mick Hucknall - a United fanatic - will
provide the half-time entertainment, with the expected
£500,000 proceeds from the event going to the United
players who survived the tragedy and to the immediate
dependants of those who died.
© PA Sporting Life
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Cantona to speak to Old Trafford fans before Munich
match
By Jeremy Butler
MANCHESTER, England, Aug 17 - Eric Cantona has asked for a
microphone to speak to a 55,000 Old Trafford full house before playing in a
testimonial match for the victims of the Munich air disaster on Tuesday.
Manchester United spokesman Ken Ramsden said on Monday: "Eric has asked to
use the microphone so he can say a few words. I am not sure what he want he
intends to say."
The French striker stunned Old Trafford just over a year ago when he announced his
retirement, denying United fans the chance to say goodbye to the man who they
feel was the catalyst to their recent run of success.
In the striker's time at United, they won four English league titles in five seasons,
including two League and Cup doubles, before he mysteriously gave up playing,
giving little detail except saying he planned to launch an acting career.
On Tuesday he will return to play the full match as a Cantona X1 play a full-strength
United team in a game organised to raise funds for the United players that survived
the 1958 crash and relatives of those who perished.
England coach Glenn Hoddle has agreed to release several of his players, currently
at Bisham Abbey in southern England for a squad get-together.
The Cantona XI includes former United players Bryan Robson, Paul Ince, Andrei
Kanchelskis and Mark Hughes, Cantona's former Leeds teammates David Batty,
Gary McAllister and Gary Speed and former French international Jean-Pierre Papin.
The game was originally set to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Munich
tragedy in February, but a Cup replay forced its postponement. Organisers have had
to wait until now to reschedule the game because Cantona was tied up in Mexico
making a film.
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Stam out for Polish trip ««
Record signing Jaap Stam is facing a fortnight on the sidelines after
limping out of Saturday's Premiership opener with Leicester at
half-time.
Alex Ferguson later revealed the Dutchman had pulled a thigh
muscle in the 15th minute and soldiered on until the break when he
was replaced by Henning Berg.
The Norwegian is now expected to rekindle his defensive
partnership with Ronny Johnsen for the trip to West Ham next
Saturday where Stam's extra height at the back will be missed
against returning striker John Hartson.
Stam is also set to miss United's long-haul trip to Poland three days
later as they seek to defend their 2-0 first leg lead against LKS
Lodz.
Wes Brown or Chris Casper could be called up to the squad for one
or both of the matches, although there is plenty of strength in
reserve with David May fully fit.
Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be back from suspension
this Saturday and ready to kick-off his season in earnest.
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'Let me go by Thursday' - Yorke
Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke has said he wants to
move to Manchester United by Thursday so he can
qualify for Champions League football.
The Aston Villa striker's proposed move to Old Trafford
fell through when United boss Alex Ferguson failed to
come up with a bid to match Villa's £12m valuation.
The on-off saga had seemd to be over, but now the
26-year-old Trinidadian has told Villa boss John Gregory
that he wants to go by Thursday.
"I want to go to Manchester United," he told The Sun
newspaper.
"The Champions' League deadline is on Thursday and I
want to be there by then.
"I have always said the Champions' League is the type of
stage I want. I spent all summer watching the World
Cup, knowing I will never get there with Trinidad and
Tobago.
"That is why I need to play at the highest club level I
can.
"There is no point moving just to play in the Premiership.
I can stay here and do that.
"This is why the deal has to be done by Thursday."
Yorke has said if the transfer does not go ahead he will
see out the two years out on his contract at Villa Park.
"Opportunities like this only come along once in a lifetime
and I had asked John Gregory and the Villa board
for their understanding.
"Regardless of what happens now, I won't sign a new
contract and I won't leave before my current contract
expires in 2000.
"I don't want Villa fans to see me as disloyal. I would ask
every supporter to think what they would do if they were
offered another job which they would really like to do."
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