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www.red11.org DAILY NEWS
Date: Fri Nov 20  GMT+00:00 1998
Mail: barry@www.red11.org

This Issue:
1. United bosses face resignation calls
2. United board still backing BSkyB bid says Edwards
3. Keane on the warpath
4. SKY FALLS IN ON UNITED BOSSES

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Daily RED Trivia  Fri 20th November:

20/11/1954: Albert Scanlon make his debut against Arsenal. A speedy winger who
won Youth Cup Winners medals in 1953 and 1954, and made a few appearances
in the Championship seasons of 1956 and 1957. Survived the Munich Air Disaster
to continue his career, and played 127 times, scoring 35 goals between
1954-60.
Scanlon joined Newcastle United for £18,000 in November 1960.

1993: United beat Wimbledon 3-1 at Old Trafford in a Premiership game watched
by 44,748, with goals from Gary Pallister, Mark Hughes and Andrei Kanchelskis.
Team was: Schmeichel, Parker, Irwin, Bruce, Sharpe, Pallister, Cantona, Ince,
Robson (Phelan), Hughes, Kanchelskis.

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Bill Daily Comment:

As stated by an un-named shareholder last night:
"This club was built by the sweat of the people of
Manchester. If this deal goes through it will be Sky which
makes money in the future and not Manchester United.
"You tried to sell to Robert Maxwell, then to Michael
Knighton, and now Rupert Murdoch. But that is it, three
strikes and you are out, Mr Edwards, and you should go."

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Next 4 games: 
Result/Fixture Index:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix9899z.htm

Sat 21/11 Sheff Wed   (A) PL 15.00
Wed 25/11 Barcelona   (A) CL 19.45
Sun 29/11 Leeds       (H) PL 14.00 Sky Sports
Wed  2/12 Tottenham   (A) (Worthington Cup 1/4 final) 19.45

UNITED Stats v Sheff Wed:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/vssheffield.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
14/11/98    Blackburn Rovers         Home     W  3-2     2    55,198

    
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

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Subject: United bosses face resignation calls

Angry shareholders have demanded the resignation of
Manchester United's chairman and chief executive at the
football company's annual general meeting.

However, the meeting has wound up with the bosses saying
although they had listened to protests, management
continues to support the proposed the takeover by Rupert
Murdoch's BSkyB.

The calls for chief executive and club chairman Martin
Edwards and company chairman Sir Roland Smith to step down
followed a confrontation outside the Old Trafford meeting
between police and about 1,500 shareholder fans opposing
the bid.

The media magnate's proposed £623m acquisition of the club
on September 9 has sparked fury among many fans.

At Old Trafford small shareholders wanted the board to
acknowledge their opposition to the BSkyB deal and to urge
fellow shareholders not to sell their shares to any
pro-takeover groups.

One shareholder said."This club was built by the people of
Manchester and this will be the last meeting of Manchester
United Football Club if this deal goes through. The money
Sky will make will not be given to Manchester United, it
will be used to support the weak areas of that company."

Professor Jonathan Michie, of the organisation Shareholders
United Against Murdoch, said: "Now the takeover has been
referred to the Monopolies Commission the bid has formally
lapsed, which means BSkyB have to return any acceptances of
their offer to buy shares and it's back to square one.

"If the MMC approves the bid it has to be re-submitted to
shareholders and we will be asking the board of directors
to act differently to when they approved the first offer.

"They should reject it or at least consider it with an open
mind and take into account the overwhelming weight of
public concern," he added.

The City reacted positively to the initial news that Rupert
Murdoch's BSkyB had offered £623m for Manchester United,
but most fans and the non-Murdoch press expressed doubts
about the venture.

Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson has referred
the deal to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

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Subject: United board still backing BSkyB bid says Edwards

MANCHESTER, England, Nov 19  - Manchester United chief
executive Martin Edwards said on Thursday the club's board
are still backing the BSkyB bid for the club despite being
urged to re-consider by hundreds of fans.

Hundreds of shareholding fans at a story Manchester United
AGM called for Edwards to resign and urged the board to
reconsider its backing for the takeover plans by the media
group which is 40 per cent owned by Rupert Mudoch.

Although the offer has now lapsed and the bid is being
looked into by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission,
Edwards said he would back any similar bid from BSkyB.

"Today's meeting has not really made me change my mind,"
said Edwards.

"As a board we thought long and hard about the deal before
recommending it. We have the hindsight of the figures and
we know of the future prospects. It was a unanimous
decision of the board at the time and no-one has changed
their mind since."

In October, BSkyB tabled a 623 million pounds ($1.04
billion) bid for United which has been refered to the
mergers commission by Trade Secretary Peter Mandleson.

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Subject: Keane on the warpath

Roy Keane and Irish manager Mick McCarthy claimed
refereeing blunders cost them the game in Belgrade last
night.

McCarthy said Karl Erik Nielson turned down two legitimate
penalty claims by the Irish and captain Keane stormed up to
the Swedish official at the final whistle demanding to know
how he could possibly have missed a clear hand ball by
Yugoslavian defender Sinisa Mihajlovic.

His fist deflected an overhead kick by Mark Kinsella two
minutes from the end, thus preventing the Irish from the
penalty kick that would have given them the chance to save
a point and Keane later said: 'I thought we should have had
one penalty, maybe two and especially on the second claim.

'Mark Kinsella's shot was on target and the ball was
clearly deflected. It's disappointing because we played so
well, especially in the second half.' Liverpool's Jason
McAteer was also sent tumbling by Yugoslavia goalkeeper
Ivica Kralj early in the second half and McCarthy said: 'We
appealed for both and we did so long and loud but we were
not going to get them tonight.

'Yet this was one of our best performances in a long time
and we were certainly worth at least a point.'

Keane and McCarthy were right to be so incensed by the
decision in final minutes. The referee who, until that
moment had controlled the game with aplomb, committed an
error of judgment that consigned McCarthy's side to defeat
when they clearly deserved something better.

The Irish had controlled much of the game, subduing the
normally hostile Serbian support until Real Madrid striker
Predrag Mijatovic, easily Yugoslavia's most dangerous
player, won the game with a stunning goal after 65 minutes.

McCarthy tried three late substitutions, only to see
referee Nielson finish any hopes of a comeback.

Yugoslavia (3-5-2): Kralj; D Stankovic, Djukic, Djorovic;
Mihajlovic, J Stankovic, Jukanovic, Stojkovic (D Kovacevic,
46min), Jugovic (Grozdic, 84); Milosevic (Drolovic, 77),
Mijatovic. Bookings: Djukic, Yokanovic.

Republic of Ireland (4-5-1): S Given; D Irwin, G Breen, K
Cunningham, S Staunton; J McAteer (O'Neill, 83) , R Keane,
M Kinsella, A McLoughlin (Cascarino, 71mins) , D Duff; N
Quinn (Connolly, 71).

Referee: Karl Erik Nielson (Sweden)

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Subject: SKY FALLS IN ON UNITED BOSSES

Manchester United's directors are confident the majority of
the club's shareholders will back the proposed BSkyB
takeover despite facing flak at the annual meeting.

There were calls for the resignation of both club chairman
Martin Edwards and his plc counterpart Sir Roland Smith but
the board rode the rough waters after unexpectedly
declaring an open debate on the takeover.

Board members faced two hours and 20 minutes of questions
from some of the 720 shareholders registered to attend the
meeting. Shareholders heard Sir Roland describe the BSkyB
bid as "the way ahead for the club". It was the first time
the plc chairman, who declared he owns no shares in United,
had shown his support for the £623million bid, but he found
himself under attack from opponents of the buy-out. They
accused him of misleading shareholders in a letter advising
the action which should be taken after BSkyB's offer.

Because the board was recommending acceptance, Sir Roland
outlined three ways of accepting the £2.40-a-share offer and
shareholder Michael Crick told him: "Your behaviour was
abysmal." Sir Roland replied: "I suppose that means a
yellow card for me."

A shareholder who demanded Edwards should go, said: "This
club was built by the sweat of the people of Manchester. If
this deal goes through it will be Sky which makes money in
the future and not Manchester United. "You tried to sell to
Robert Maxwell, then to Michael Knighton, and now Rupert
Murdoch. But that is it, three strikes and you are out, Mr
Edwards, and you should go."

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