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Date: Tues Oct 20 GMT+00:00 1998
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This Issue:
1. WEEKLY STATMAIL*** ISSUE 10: 19th Oct 1998
2. Survey Results www.red11.org
3. UNITED v Brondby
4. COLE SPARKS EURO FLAME MANCHESTER UNITED 5 WIMBLEDON 1
5. United V Derby County* since W.W. II
6. LEBOEUF SLAMS BECKHAM AND RIEDLE
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Daily RED Trivia Tues 20th October:
20th Oct 1900: James Fisher made his debut against Walsall. Fisher, a versatile Forward, made
46 appearances between 1900-02 and scored 3 goals. He previously played for Aston
Villa.
20th Oct 1976: United beat Juventus (Italy) 1-0 at Old Trafford in the UEFA Cup 2nd Round
1st leg with a Gordon Hill goal watched by 59,000. Team was: Stepney, Nicholl,
Albiston, Daly (McCreery), B.Greenhoff, Houston, Coppell, McIlroy, Pearson,
Macari, Hill.
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Barry Daily Comment:
"Important" NEWSFLASH Denmark Monday night
Peter who has not played since 30/9 trained on Sunday and felt "no effect" of his injury.
After agreeing with Alex Peter has confirmed that he is ready for the game on Wed night!
Irwin can be doubtful with an ankle injury.
Ronny still out
Barry "diggin the potatoes" warming up in Aalborg.
Reminder: by the end of November all United's first team games
will be live on realaudio via the official web site (www.ManUtd.com)
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Next 4 games:
Result/Fixture Index:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix9899z.htm
Wed 21/10 Brondby (A) CL
Sat 24/10 Derby (A) PL
Wed 28/10 Bury (H) LC (Worthington Cup)
Sat 31/10 Everton (A) PL
UNITED Stats v Derby are here:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/vsderby.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
17/10/98 Wimbledon Home W 5-1 2 55,265
Champions league: 30/9
Barcelona 2 Brondby 0
Bayern Munich 2 Man Utd 2
GROUP D P W D L GF GA PTS Next "CL" Match
Barcelona 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 Brondby v Man Utd 21/10
Brondby 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
ManUnited 2 0 2 0 5 5 2
BMunchen 2 0 1 1 3 4 1
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Subject: ***WEEKLY STATMAIL*** ISSUE 10: 19th Oct 1998
*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 17/10/98 ***
Arsenal 1-1 Southampton 38,027
Chelsea 2-1 Charlton Athletic 34,639
Everton 0-0 Liverpool 40,185
Manchester United 5-1 Wimbledon 55,265
Middlesbrough 2-1 Blackburn Rovers 34,413
Newcastle United 2-1 Derby County 36,750
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds United 23,911
West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa 26,002
*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 18/10/98 ***
Coventry City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday 16,006
*** LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 18/10/98 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Aston Villa 9 6 3 0 10 2 8 21
2 Manchester United 8 5 2 1 18 7 11 17
3 Middlesbrough 9 4 3 2 14 9 5 15
4 Chelsea 8 4 3 1 13 9 4 15
5 Arsenal 9 3 5 1 10 4 6 14
6 Newcastle United 9 4 2 3 15 11 4 14
7 Liverpool 9 3 4 2 13 10 3 13
8 West Ham United 9 3 4 2 7 8 -1 13
9 Leeds United 9 2 6 1 9 6 3 12
10 Derby County 9 3 3 3 7 6 1 12
11 Wimbledon 9 3 3 3 13 16 -3 12
12 Everton 9 2 5 2 6 6 0 11
13 Tottenham Hotspur 8 3 2 3 9 14 -5 11
14 Charlton Athletic 9 2 4 3 13 12 1 10
15 Leicester City 8 2 3 3 7 8 -1 9
16 Sheffield Wednesday 9 3 0 6 8 10 -2 9
17 Blackburn Rovers 9 2 2 5 9 12 -3 8
18 Nottingham Forest 9 2 2 5 6 11 -5 8
19 Coventry City 9 2 2 5 6 14 -8 8
20 Southampton 9 0 2 7 4 22 -18 2
*** ATTENDANCE TABLE AS AT 17/10/98 ***
Manchester United @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 55,168
Liverpool @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 43,783
Everton @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 38,553
Arsenal @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 38,070
Newcastle United @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 36,685
Aston Villa @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 34,942
Chelsea @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 34,740
Middlesbrough @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 34,284
Leeds United @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 31,835
Tottenham Hotspur @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 31,610
Derby County @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 27,194
Sheffield Wednesday @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 26,255
West Ham United @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 25,307
Nottingham Forest @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 24,238
Blackburn Rovers @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 23,719
Coventry City @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 22,379
Leicester City @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 20,256
Charlton Athletic @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 18,682
Wimbledon @@@@@@@@@@@@ 17,171
Southampton @@@@@@@@@@@ 15,150
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 17/10/98 ***
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
17/10/98 Wimbledon Home W 5-1 2 55,265
*** TEAM RESULTS SUMMARY - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 17/10/98 ***
P Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
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Home 5 4 (80%) 1 (20%) 0 (0%) 15 (3.0) 4 (0.8) 13 (2.6)
Away 3 1 (33%) 1 (33%) 1 (33%) 3 (1.0) 3 (1.0) 4 (1.3)
Total 8 5 (63%) 2 (25%) 1 (13%) 18 (2.3) 7 (0.9) 17 (2.1)
Averages per game in (brackets)
League position: 2nd
Form position: 1st (Index: 59%)
Predicted position: 1st
(The higher the form index, the higher the average
league position of the recent opposition)
Highest league position: 2nd
Lowest league position: 10th
(Excluding the first 4 matches)
*** TEAM STATISTICS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 17/10/98 ***
AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE: 55,168
HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 17/10/98 - Wimbledon (55,265)
LOWEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 15/08/98 - Leicester City (55,052)
BEST WIN: 17/10/98 - Wimbledon (5-1)
HEAVIEST DEFEAT: 20/09/98 - Arsenal (0-3)
BEST HOME WIN: 17/10/98 - Wimbledon (5-1)
BEST AWAY WIN: 03/10/98 - Southampton (3-0)
*** GENERAL STATISTICS AS AT 17/10/98 ***
SEQUENCES
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LONGEST RUN OF WINS:
Current (3 games) - Manchester United
Record (4 games) - Aston Villa
LONGEST RUN OF HOME WINS:
Current (4 games) - Aston Villa
Manchester United
Record (4 games) - Aston Villa
Manchester United
LONGEST RUN WITHOUT HOME DRAW:
(4 games) - Aston Villa
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday
LONGEST RUN WITHOUT HOME DEFEAT:
(5 games) - Arsenal
Chelsea
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
LONGEST RUN OF AWAY WINS:
Current (1 game) - Everton
Leicester City
Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur
ATTACK/DEFENCE STATISTICS
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BEST ATTACK (18 goals):
Manchester United
BEST HOME ATTACK (15 goals):
Manchester United
ATTENDANCE STATISTICS
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HIGHEST ATTENDANCE (55,265): Manchester United
LOWEST ATTENDANCE (13,163): Wimbledon
HIGHEST AVERAGE ATTENDANCE (55,168): Manchester United
LOWEST AVERAGE ATTENDANCE (15,150) : Southampton
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Subject: Survey Results www.red11.org
Week of Oct 11
If UNITED buy a long term replacement for Schmeichel,
which keeper would you prefer?
Mark Bosnich (Aston Villa) 39 25%
Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough) 8 5%
Richard Wright (Ipswich) 48 31%
Other 61 39%
Total: 156 total votes
So we were in agreement that NONE of the above 3 names should replace Peter
right now? (61% other)
Looks like most of us prefer to keep him a few years yet :)))
Thanks for voting! Now is your chance to let us know who you think THIS
season's
most influential player is, so far.................
THIS WEEKS QUESTION: Manchester United Survey #23
Who has been UNITED's Most Valuable Player so far this season?
Choose from the whole Squad:
David Beckham Henning Berg Jesper Blomqvist Wes Brown Nicky Butt
Michael Clegg Andy Cole Terry Cooke Jordi Cruyff Nick Culkin
John Curtis Ryan Giggs Danny Higginbotham Denis Irwin Ronny Johnsen
Roy Keane David May Philip Mulryne Gary Neville Philip Neville
Erik Nevland Alex Notman Peter Schmeichel Paul Scholes Teddy Sheringham
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Jaap Stam Raimond Van der Gouw Dwight Yorke
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Monday 19 October 1998
Subject: UNITED v Brondby
David Beckham and Nicky Butt are both suspended, and Denis Irwin and Ronny Johnsen injured,
and the United boss has already decided on one switch from the side which slammed Wimbledon
5-1 on Saturday
"Paul Scholes will come in. We rested him on Saturday with a view to him playing on Wednesday,
and it gave us a chance to use Ryan Giggs in centre midfield, and I think he responded well to
that," said Ferguson.
Teenage full-back Wes Brown who was outstanding against Wimbledon in his full home debut could
get a first taste of European action if Ferguson decided to stick to Saturday's defence but he
has the experience of Henning Berg to turn to if necessary.
Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole seem certain to lead the attack after scoring five goals between
them in United's last two outings. This would be Cole's first start in a Champions' League
game this season
.
After drawing with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, United could leap to the top of Group D if
results go their way, and Ferguson says: "We have to go to Copenhagen looking to win the match
because to win our section, we are going to need to start gathering victories instead of
draws.
"If we can win, and hopefully something happens in the Bayern-Barcelona game, where we are
hoping Bayern get a result, then it changes the complexion of the game and gives us a better
chance."
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Subject: COLE SPARKS EURO FLAME MANCHESTER UNITED 5 WIMBLEDON 1
MEN BY STUART MATHIESON
MANCHESTER United are entering another Andy Cole-inspired awesome autumn.
Twelve months ago the Reds launched a blistering eight-game period in October which reaped a
stunning 33 goals.
It had the bookmakers starting to assess the possibility of cancelling all bets on the
Premiership title and installing United as Champions' League favourites.
The irresistible six week spell was set in motion with the 7-0 crushing of Barnsley this time
last year. An Andy Cole hat-trick was the catalyst for the destruction.
Cole was then retaliating to a savaging by his critics who'd berated his finishing in a
European home match against Feyenoord. He followed up his treble against Barnsley with eight
more to register 11 goals in that dominant Reds purple patch.
It appears that there's not much more dangerous than a wounded Cole on a football field.
A year on and now he's miffed at becoming an England outcast and his pride was injured when
Alex Ferguson kept him kicking his heels for six weeks after opening as partner to Dwight
Yorke on the new striker's debut.
The pairing wasn't restored until the Southampton victory a fortnight ago and now it's five
goals for the combination in two matches.
Brondby coach Ebbe Skovdahl had that resigned look of the next victim in line as he witnessed
United's form surge. He sensed impending doom as he left Old Trafford early on Saturday to
return to Copenhagen to prepare for Wednesday's Champions' League visit of the Reds.
He'd made notes throughout, talked into his cassette and long before Cole had driven in his
second of the match Skovdahl's taxi was heading back to Manchester airport with the fillip of
his own side's 5-1 home win over Herfolge the night previous fading fast.
The uncle of Brian and Michael Laudrup claimed his early departure was to catch a plane back to
Denmark but you wouldn't have blamed him if he'd bunked off early, preferring to spend a few
hours in the Duty Free instead of continuing his Old Trafford torture.
United followed up their Barnsley thrashing last term with a 6-1 drubbing of Sheffield
Wednesday and Skovdahl knows the 5-1 Wimbledon beating could have a similar follow up.
``I was very, very impressed by United,'' said the Dane. ``The only surprise for me was that
they didn't score four or five more goals than they actually did.
``That is 10 goals I have seen them score now in two matches after beating us 6-0 in Copenhagen
in a pre-season friendly. I know it is going to be very difficult for us in Copenhagen and
even more to the point here at Old Trafford.
``I am not writing us off but I have to be realistic and say that the qualification in this
group is between the big three, United, Barcelona and Bayern.
``After playing Bayern and Barcelona and seeing United today I can only say it is going to be
very tight as they battle it out to win the group.
``There was quality in all areas for United today. The only surprising thing for me was to see
Giggs playing in that role in central midfield.
``I can't shut my eyes without seeing United score goals!''
Skovdahl is a carpenter by trade and perhaps his best tactic, with United in this mood, would
be to get out his hammer and nail giant pieces of plywood up against the goals at the Parken
Stadion before Wednesday.
The Reds allowed Wimbledon one moment to show their famed resilient commodity when they
conjured up an out-of-the-blue equaliser but it only served to urge United to slam the
accelerator further to the floor.
Dwight Yorke, the majestic teenager Wes Brown, who Dons' boss Joe Kinnear revealed he'd
enquired about in the summer along with John Curtis, and dominant captain Keane had all been
agonisingly close before Cole opened the scoring in the 19th minute.
David Beckham released Cole with a through ball which rendered the square Wimbledon defence
useless. Cole matched the expertise of the assist with neat control and a clinical finish.
Jason Euell replied 20 minutes later with a shock equaliser which saw his shot deflect off Jaap
Stam to fool Raimond Van der Gouw but Ryan Giggs ghosted in at the far post a la Cantona circa
`96 to regain the lead seconds before half time.
Scotland's new No1 Neil Sullivan was the unwitting stooge in David Beckham's famous 55-yard lob
two years ago but, even with the distance reduced by half and the ball travelling along the
floor rather than in the air, the keeper was no match for the United midfielder and the Reds
were 3-1 up in the 47th minute.
The Yorke and Cole pairing had left the Wimbledon back four a nervous and hapless bunch and
their Republic of Ireland international Kenny Cunningham likened the experience of trying to
contain the duo to walking a tightrope.
Dean Blackwell lost his balance more than most as he suffered at the hands of the United pair.
Blackwell tumbled after 52 minutes as Yorke plundered his sixth of his productive United
career.
The harassed Dean Blackwell was caught pondering how to deal with a high ball in a dangerous
wind when Yorke muscled in and dispossessed him. Yorke eased inside Chris Perry before once
again shrugging off Blackwell's attempts to recover the situation and stabbing the ball past
Sullivan.
Blackwell was hitting the safety net again in the final minutes when substitute Jordi Cruyff
sent Cole away. The on-form Reds' striker cut inside Blackwell to finish off the rout in style.
Match facts:
SHOTS ON: United 14 Wimbledon 4
SHOTS OFF: United 12 Wimbledon 3
GOALS: Cole (19 and 88), Giggs (45), Beckham (47), Yorke (52) for United. Euell (39) for Wimbledon.
BOOKINGS: Stam for United. Roberts for Wimbledon.
ATTENDANCE: 55,265.
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Subject: United V Derby County* since W.W. II
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/vsderby.htm
United V Derby County*
League Results since W.W. II
Manager H/A Date W/L/D Utd Der Venue Goal Scorers
Att.
Sir Matt H 9-Nov-46 W 4-1 Maine Road RowleyJ1 PearsonSC2 Mitten1 57,340
Sir Matt A 15-Mar-47 L 3-4 Baseball Grnd BurkeR2 PearsonSC1 19,579
Sir Matt A 15-Nov-47 D 1-1 Baseball Grnd Carey1 32,990
Sir Matt H 3-Apr-48 W 1-0 Maine Road PearsonSC1 49,609
Sir Matt H 21-Aug-48 L 1-2 Old Trafford PearsonSC1 52,620
Sir Matt A 18-Dec-48 W 3-1 Baseball Grnd PearsonSC1 BurkeR2 31,498
Sir Matt A 20-Aug-49 W 1-0 Baseball Grnd RowleyJ1 35,687
Sir Matt H 17-Dec-49 L 0-1 Old Trafford 33,753
Sir Matt H 23-Mar-51 W 2-0 Old Trafford AstonJSr1 DownieJ1 42,009
Sir Matt A 26-Mar-51 W 4-2 The BaseballGr PearsonSC1 AstonJSr1
DownieJ1 RowleyJ1 25,860
Sir Matt H 6-Oct-51 W 2-1 Old Trafford BerryJ1 PearsonSC1 39,767
Sir Matt A 16-Feb-52 W 3-0 The Baseball G AstonJSr1 PearsonSC1
RowleyJ1 27,693
Sir Matt A 10-Sep-52 W 3-2 The Baseball G PearsonSC3 20,226
Sir Matt H 1-Jan-53 W 1-0 Old Trafford Lewis1 34,813
McGuinnessA 4-Oct-69 L 0-2 Baseball Grd 40,724
McGuinnessH 31-Jan-70 W 1-0 Old Trafford Charlton1 59,315
McGuinnessA 26-Dec-70 D 4-4 Baseball Grd Best1 Kidd1 LawD2 34,068
Sir Matt H 10-Apr-71 L 1-2 Old Trafford LawD1 45,691
O'Farrell A 14-Aug-71 D 2-2 The Baseball G Gowling1 LawD1 35,886
O'Farrell H 16-Oct-71 W 1-0 Old Trafford Best1 53,247
O'Farrell H 23-Sep-72 W 3-0 Old Trafford MorganW1 DaviesW1
Storey-Moore1 48,255
Docherty A 26-Dec-72 L 1-3 Baseball Grnd Storey-Moore1 35,098
Docherty H 13-Oct-73 L 0-1 Old Trafford 43,724
Docherty A 16-Feb-74 D 2-2 Baseball Grnd Houston1 GreenhoffB1 29,987
Docherty A 24-Sep-75 L 1-2 Baseball Grnd Daly1 33,187
Docherty H 25-Feb-76 D 1-1 Old Trafford PearsonSJ1 59,632
Docherty A 28-Aug-76 D 0-0 Baseball Grnd 30,054
Docherty H 5-Feb-77 W 3-O ld Trafford Houston1 Macari1 OG 54,044
Sexton A 3-Sep-77 W 1-0 Baseball Grnd Macari1 21,279
Sexton H 21-Jan-78 W 4-0 Old Trafford BuchanM1 PearsonSJ1 HillG2 57,115
Sexton A 9-Dec-78 W 3-1 Baseball Grnd GreenhoffJ1 Ritchie2 23,180
Sexton H 28-Apr-79 D 0-0 Old Trafford 42,546
Sexton H 15-Sep-79 W 1-0 Old Trafford OG 54,308
Sexton A 2-Feb-80 W 3-1 Baseball Grnd OG ThomasM1 McIlroy1 27,783
Ferguson A 10-Feb-88 W 2-1 County Grnd WhitesideN1 Strachan1 20,016
Ferguson H 2-Apr-88 W 4-1 Old Trafford McClair3 Olsen1 40,146
Ferguson A 12-Nov-88 D 2-2 County Grnd Hughes1 McClair1 24,080
Ferguson H 15-Apr-89 L 0-2 Old Trafford 34,145
Ferguson A 26-Aug-89 L 0-2 County Grnd 22,175
Ferguson H 13-Jan-90 L 1-2 Old Trafford Pallister1 38,985
Ferguson A 10-Nov-90 D 0-0 County Grnd 21,115
Ferguson H 16-Apr-91 W 3-1 Old Trafford BlackmoreC1 McClair1 Robson1 32,776
Ferguson A 4-Sep-96 D 1-1 The Baseball G Beckham1 18,026
Ferguson H 5-Apr-97 L 2-3 Old Trafford Cantona1 Solskjaer1 55,243
Ferguson A 19-Oct-97 D 2-2 Pride Park Sheringham1 Cole1 30,014
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Ferguson H 21-Feb-98 W 2-0 Old Trafford Giggs1 Irwin1(Pen) 55,170
All Time League Record Versus Derby County -
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/vsderby.htm
First Game 1892 (Division 2)
PL W D L F A
80 29 25 26 135 129
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Monday 19 October 1998
Subject: LEBOEUF SLAMS BECKHAM AND RIEDLE
World Cup-winning defender Frank Leboeuf has labelled David Beckham
'arrogant' and accused Karlheinz Riedle of 'cheating'.
Chelsea's French star Leboeuf fed speculation of an ongoing personal
war of words between himself and Manchester United star Beckham,
saying: "He's too arrogant. He's got a lot to learn about football."
Even so, Leboeuf rates the United international highly and added: "I
think very soon he will be one of the best players in England. He's much
younger than me so I'm not that interested by him. But he
had a very sad summer - so that's probably enough for him."
Leboeuf did not restrict his criticism to Beckham, though, and
also had some fresh words for Liverpool adversary Riedle who he
believes was guilty of cheating in a recent on-pitch encounter.
The Chelsea defender was furious that the German had tumbled in the penalty
area and, having claimed that he didn't touch him, he fumed: "I don't
believe I made contact - so if he goes down he's chea
ting.
"It's a bad example to set to the kids." Speaking at an Oxford University
debating event, Leboeuf covered a range of current footballing
controversies, giving a notably frosty reception to Sky's takeover of
Manchester United and claiming the prospect of a European Super League
is "a nightmare" for his sport. "Man United is the biggest club in
the world, and Rupert Murdoch doesn't know anything about football," he
said. "It's sad for the game. The Super League would be a nightmare for
football, for fans and for the players. Fans can't afford to go
abroad to watch AC Milan or Barcelona. Nor do they want to.
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