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Date: Sun Dec 20 05:51:52 GMT+00:00 1998
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. United defeat lets Chelsea in
2. Chelsea go top as Middlesbrough win at Old Trafford
3. Boro Boss Would Be Ideal Replacement For Alex
4. Personal Chelsea Report from "Our Salford Lass" It's only a game
5. UNITED KEANE TO TIE ROY DOWN
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Daily RED Trivia Sun 20th December 1998:
20/12/1947: John Anderson made his debut against Middlesbrough. Anderson scored in
the 1948 FA Cup Final, becoming the first post-war player to gain a winners medal
in his debut season. An assured Half-back, he made 39 appearances and scored 2
goals between 1947-49 before joining Nottingham Forest in October 1949..
1986: United beat Leicester City 2-0 at Old Trafford in a Division 1 game watched
by 34,180. Colin Gibson and Frank Stapleton got the goals. Team was: Walsh,
Sivebaek, C.Gibson, O'Brien (Stapleton), Moran, Hogg, Robson, Strachan,
Whiteside, Davenport, Olsen.
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Barry Daily Comment:
Food for thought to debate (sensibly) on this list.......
1 Dwight has not scored in the Premiership since 14/11
2 United have never lost with Wes Brown as a starter
3 Are United missing Brian Kidd already?
4 Did Gary Pallister (Man Of the match) leave too early?
5 Can Pigs Fly? no..... but Turkey's can?
Cool to think we are 3rd AND in European Champions League Finals, NO CRISIS
at all yet.
Do not worry yet
Have a RED Christmas
Lets hope the boys pull their socks up soon:
http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/kidd.htm
Brian Kidd Press conference, pic, real audio
Remaining 1998 games:
ALL Result/Fixture Index:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix9899z.htm
Today! Middlesbrough (H) PL 15.00
Sat 26/12 Nottm Forest (H) PL 15.00
Tue 29/12 Chelsea (A) PL sky sports time 19.45 UK
UNITED Stats v All teams:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/
*** 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
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
21/11/98 Sheffield Wednesday Away L 1-3 2 39,475
29/11/98 Leeds Home W 3-2 2 55,172
05/12/98 Aston Villa Away D 1-1 2 39,241
12/12/98 Tottenham Hotspur Away D 2-2 1 36,079
16/12/98 Chelsea Home D 1-1 2 55,159
19/12/98 Middlebrough Home L 2-3 3 55,152
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Champions League:
Group D P W D L F A Pts
Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 6 11
Man United 6 2 4 0 20 11 10
Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 9 8
Brondby 6 1 0 5 4 18 3
Dec 9 Brøndby 0-2 Barcelona
Dec 9 Man Utd 1-1 Bayern Munich
******
CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
Manchester Utd v Inter Milan
Real Madrid v Dynamo Kiev
Juventus v Olympiakos
Bayern Munich v Kaiserslautern
Ties to be played on March 3 and 17
*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 19/12/98 ***
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur 34,881
Coventry City 1-1 Derby County 16,627
Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday 40,003
Manchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough 55,152
Newcastle United 1-0 Leicester City 36,718
Nottingham Forest 2-2 Blackburn Rovers 22,013
Southampton 3-1 Wimbledon 14,354
West Ham United 2-1 Everton 25,998
*** FULL LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 19/12/98 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Chelsea 18 6 3 0 15 5 2 6 1 14 12 12 33
2 Aston Villa 17 6 2 1 17 11 3 4 1 10 6 10 33
3 Manchester United 18 6 3 1 24 12 2 4 2 12 11 13 31
4 Middlesbrough 18 4 5 0 15 7 3 4 2 15 14 9 30
5 Leeds United 17 6 2 1 16 3 1 6 1 12 11 14 29
6 West Ham United 18 5 3 1 14 10 3 2 4 8 12 0 29
7 Arsenal 17 4 4 0 11 3 2 4 3 6 7 7 26
8 Wimbledon 18 5 3 1 14 9 2 2 5 9 20 -6 26
9 Liverpool 18 4 3 2 17 10 3 1 5 12 12 7 25
10 Derby County 18 2 5 2 8 8 3 4 2 10 9 1 24
11 Leicester City 18 5 2 2 14 9 1 4 4 7 11 1 24
12 Newcastle United 18 5 2 2 14 10 1 4 4 8 11 1 24
13 Tottenham Hotspur 18 4 3 2 15 15 2 2 5 8 13 -5 23
14 Sheffield Wednesday 18 5 2 2 13 5 1 2 6 7 14 1 22
15 Everton 18 2 5 2 3 5 3 2 4 9 12 -5 22
16 Charlton Athletic 17 2 3 2 13 8 1 4 5 9 19 -5 16
17 Coventry City 18 3 3 3 10 11 1 1 7 5 15 -11 16
18 Blackburn Rovers 18 3 2 4 10 10 0 3 6 7 16 -9 14
19 Southampton 18 2 2 5 12 18 1 2 6 3 17 -20 13
20 Nottingham Forest 18 1 5 3 8 11 1 1 7 9 21 -15 12
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"Peter Schmeichel's last season at OT" Click on image for more!"
Subject: United defeat lets Chelsea in
Manchester United 2 Middlesbrough 3
Middlesbrough achieved their first win at Old Trafford for
68 years, allowing Chelsea to go top of the Premiership
after their victory over Spurs.
But the poor United performance was missed by oppposing
number Alex Ferguson, with his team losing vital ground in
the race for the championship, despite a second half
comeback.
Ex-Reds player Bryan Robson arrived with defender Gary
Pallister, who was also returning to Old Trafford for the
first time since his summer move. Paul Gascoigne missed the
game through suspension.
Caretaker assistant manager Jimmy Ryan was in charge of the
United team in Ferguson's absence, due to a family
bereavement, and there were five changes from midweek.
Dwight Yorke and Jaap Stam were both injured, and Wes Brown
and Jesper Blomqvist were rested as Teddy Sheringham made
only his second league start of the season.
David Beckham and Ryan Giggs also returned, as did Phil
Neville and Ronny Johnsen.
Although United started the more dangerous, it was Peter
Schmeichel who had the first save to make, stretching to
divert Hamilton Ricard's long range effort over the bench.
Roy Keane then had a shot deflected from just outside the
box and Cole almost put Giggs clear in the box.
United asleep
Sheringham had a long range shot saved but in the 23rd
minute, Deane was allowed to run down the right and behind
a United defence, which appeared to have gone to sleep.
The former Leeds striker cut the ball back into the area
for Ricard to comfortably slot the ball past Schmeichel.
On 28 minutes United finally managed to threaten the
Middlesbrough goal, but Cole was unable to get a
significant touch on an inviting Beckham cross into the
near post.
Then a ball swung in from the Boro right was cleared by
Johnsen, but only to Dean Gordon who thrashed it home from
outside the box, leaving Schmeichel with no chance.
United finally came close to Mark Schwarzer's goal when
Giggs put a 40th minute header wide and Beckham shot
narrowly wide after being handed the ball by Gianluca Festa
in midfield.
But the Italian's error was not typical in a first half
when the home side were the team more likely to give the
ball away needlessly.
No immediate improvement
United fans expecting an immediate improvement in the
second half would have been disappointed.
Cole wasted a good chance, volleying into the ground from
six yards, and allowing Boro to clear as the ball bounced
high in front of Schwarzer's goal.
United were slowly getting better, although their
improvement was brought crashing down because of an error
at the back.
A lazy ball was played in from the United left, and the
player most alert to it was Ricard, who fed Deane on the
edge of the area for him to smash another long range effort
out of Schmeichel's reach and into the net.
Beckham then lost his head, with a bad challenge on Ricard
which earnt him a yellow card.
The England star then helped give his side a goal before
being substituted.
It was his cross which Nicky Butt headed home as the Boro
defence for once failed to clear a ball into ther box.
But the United bench can not have been that impressed and
replaced Beckham with Paul Scholes, to the obvious
displeasure of the departing player.
And it was the substitute who got United's second on 70
minutes, arriving late after a scramble in the box
following Gordon's tackle on Cole.
Middlesbrough seemed to be defending too deeply and looked
nervous - not suprising considering their record of
conceding late equalisers this season.
But they were still threatening an out-of-sorts United on
the break and the home side's pressure was not as dangerous
as it might have been, despite changes enforced on Robson
as Robbie Mustoe pulled up injured.
Cole then wasted a glorious chance to level the scores,
after Schwarzer's and Pallister contrived to hand him the
ball.
But the striker shot straight back at the Australian, and
although the ball got through his defences it was cleared
off the line by a defender.
The final stages were frantic, although again Boro appeared
to threaten as frequently as the side that actually needed
to score.
Man Utd: Schmeichel, P. Neville, Irwin, Johnsen, G.
Neville, Butt, Beckham, Keane, Giggs, Cole, Sheringham.
Subs: Blomqvist, Scholes, Van Der Gouw, Brown, Solskjaer.
Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Gordon, Vickers, Festa,
Pallister, Mustoe, Deane, Maddison, Townsend, Ricard,
Cooper. Subs: Moore, Beck, Blackmore, Roberts, Stockdale.
Referee: G Willard (Worthing)
"Peter Schmeichel's last season at OT" Click on image for more!"
Subject: Chelsea go top as Middlesbrough win at Old Trafford
By Mitch Phillips
LONDON, Dec 19 - Chelsea moved to the top of the English
championship for the first time in nine years with a 2-0
home victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
Middlesbrough underlined their status as a premier league
force by beating Manchester United 3-2 in a thriller. It
was Middlesbrough's first win at Old Trafford since 1930
and United's first home defeat of the season.
Chelsea and Aston Villa, who play Charlton on Monday, have
33 points, with Chelsea ahead on goal difference.
United are on 31 points with Middlesbrough up to fourth on
30. Leeds, who visit Arsenal on Sunday, are fifth on 29,
ahead of West Ham on goal difference.
Chelsea, who battled back to draw 1-1 at United in midweek,
had to rely on two late goals to win Saturday's bruising
London derby at Stamford Bridge.
Things turned their way after an hour when Spurs striker
Chris Armstrong was sent off for a second bookable offence.
But it was not until 10 minutes from time that the
breakthrough came, and again it was Uruguayan Gustavo Poyet
who was the hero. The midfielder fired in his 10th goal of
the season after a neat touch from player-manager Gianluca
Vialli.
Norwegian Tore Andre Flo, again coming on as substitute,
headed in a Dan Petrescu cross in injury time for the
second.
"I've just been in the dressing room looking at the league
table on TV and it feels good," said Chelsea midfielder
Jody Morris. Chelsea were last top of the table in November
1989, before the formation of the premier league.
Liverpool found some form with a 2-0 victory over Sheffield
Wednesday, Michael Owen scoring the second goal. West Ham
United beat Everton 2-1, Newcastle United edged Leicester
City 1-0 and Coventry drew 1-1 with Derby.
Southampton moved off the bottom with a 3-1 home victory
over Wimbledon. Nottingham Forest dropped to last place
after Blackburn's Nathan Blake scored in the last minute to
earn a 2-2 draw at the City Ground.
Middlesbrough's success was only their second victory over
United in 25 attempts and was a particularly sweet moment
for manager Bryan Robson and centre back Gary Pallister,
both former United heroes.
United decided to rest centre back Jaap Stam and it looked
a poor decision as Boro cashed in on bad defending to lead
2-0 at halftime. Hamilton Ricard, with his 13th goal of the
season, and Dean Gordon, with a superb volley from outside
the box, were the marksmen. Brian Deane silenced Old
Trafford by making it 3-0 on the hour before Nicky Butt and
Paul Scholes replied to produce a thrilling finale.
Andy Cole should have equalised late on after robbing
Pallister, returning for the first time to Old Trafford,
but he was foiled by Middlesbrough's Australian keeper Mark
Schwarzer.
"It's lovely to come back this season and get my first win
here," said Boro manager Bryan Robson, who spent 12 years
as a player at Old Trafford.
"It gives me satisfaction because it was Manchester United
and, for me, they're still the best side in the country. It
is the most difficult place to come and win three points."
"Peter Schmeichel's last season at OT" Click on image for more!"
Subject: Boro Boss Would Be Ideal Replacement For Alex
BRYAN ROBSON takes his Middlesbrough side to Old Trafford today for the
ultimate test of his managerial ability; a head-to-head clash with his mentor and
the man many expect him to ultimately replace as Manchester United manager,
especially now that Brian Kidd has decided to go it alone at Blackburn
Rovers.
No-one could even begin to question the former England captain's commitment to the
North East club he has so skilfully re-established as a Premiership force of
some note after the disappointment of relegation from the top flight two years ago,
and anyone who knows Robson realises that he is not a person to leave a job half done.
But there's almost a sense of inevitability about the Manchester United legend
returning to Old Trafford at some stage of his managerial career and it is quite obvious
listening to people who know Robson best, as a player and boss, that he would be the
perfect replacement for Ferguson when the United chief ultimately decides to call it a
day.
Boro defender Gary Pallister, whose whole playing career with United was masterminded
by Ferguson and included a successful spell under Robson the skipper, is now coming to
terms with life under Bryan the manager. And so soon after his £2.5m return to the
Teessiders, he has no doubts whatsoever that the man he played behind for so long
has what it takes to succeed as a boss at the highest level.
Robson's leadership qualities as a player and his will to win have not
diminished in the intervening years and Pallister sees many similarities
between Robbo and the man he learned so much from, Ferguson. ''It
comes across in how badly he wants to win,'' says Pallister. ''It's the
same thing with Alex at United. You can only learn from someone like
Alex Ferguson. You talk about benchmarks, and Alex has proved to
be the most successful manager of his era. Bryan has the same
qualities."
As with Ferguson during his first few years in charge at United,
Robson's introduction to life as a top flight manager in England wasn't
without its problems. Overseas stars made his life a misery at times
and relegation back to the First Division two seasons ago was a rare
blemish on a distinguished career. But, like Fergie, Robson has
learned from the experience and has grown as a manager and a
person.
Former United and Leeds defender Gordon McQueen, a first team
coach at the Riverside, has noticed the changes and improvements in
his boss and says: "He's learning all the time. There have been
mistakes made at the club over the last few years, but he's learned
from those mistakes and gone from strength to strength. There's no
way Bryan has come here to fight off relegation every year. He
wants to do better than that."
That driving ambition must surely mean that, in order to satisfy the
personal demands he continually makes of himself, he will need to
answer the call from Old Trafford when, not if, the inevitable
happens. In the meantime, he has two huge tests against his mentor
- this afternoon and when he returns to Old Trafford for the FA Cup
tie in a fortnight.
"Peter Schmeichel's last season at OT" Click on image for more!"
Subject: Personal Chelsea Report from "Our Salford Lass" It's only a game
My match day started early. I had to go and get our FA Cup tickets, so
arrived at OT more than four hours before kick-off. Nothwithstanding the
early hour, the forecourt was busy with fans arriving early for the game,
tourists soaking up the atmosphere and a few Chelsea fans (all looking like
Del Boy, with mobile phones stuck to their ear'oles) making total d*ckheads
of themselves. The queue I had expected didn't materialise, so I was soon
walking out of the ticket office with our tickets in my hot little hand.
The short wait had been enlivened by the arrival of a large Securicor van
which proceeded to fill 10 metal boxes with money from the ticket office -
one disgruntled fan was heard to mutter "This is taking the p*ss this is!"
As it was now only 4pm, and I hadn't arranged to meet Bill McArthur for our
mice pies until 5pm, I was tempted into buying some disgusting fish and
chips whilst watching the autograph hunters besieging Fergie by reception.
The man is a marvel. He must be heartily sick of not being able to appear
anywhere within a 10 miles radius of OT without having to sign millions of
autographs, but he always has a big smile for the fans and always appears
to be happy to do so.
Eventually, I tipped what was left of the fish and chips into a bin and
decided to waste some more time by having a look round the Super Store
which was advertising a "sale". I put the word sale into inverted commas,
because the prices in the sale at OT are still way above what the items are
actually worth! As I walked round the place I marvelled at the tatt (sp?)
on offer. It seems to be getting worse. The merchandise used to be a
little tacky but serviceable - I have been tempted to buy the odd pair of
pyjamas for my grandaughter in the past - but these days its just tacky,
and very expensive! A fiver for a diary which is exactly the same as you
could pick up in any newsagent for 2 pounds - the only difference,
half-a-dozen pictures of United players and the United crest on the front
(minus the two words "Football Club" of course - they are on nothing in the
store anymore). Almost a pound for a packet of sweets that would cost 30
pence in your local sweet shop! I looked around at the fans buying up what
seemed to be most of the stock in the store (and at the Chelsea fans from
the forecourt who were now buying United merchandise!) and decided not to
bother. Leaving the shop, I was followed by the Del Boy lookalikes who
were off to try and get into the Dog and Partridge, assuming that their
Super Store bags would make them look like real United fans!!!
Walking very slowly and with a detour into Pound Stretcher to look for
cheap Chrissy presents, I finally arrived at the Nest at 5pm. Luckily
Pete, Hal and Bill arrived a few minutes later so I didn't have to wait too
long. It was good to meet Bill again and to chat about the Simplenet site
and the story of how Bill and the Mad Dane got together! Sausage Man soon
arrived and the pub began to fill - we soon had a large group of list
members with us, including the son-and-heir who had decided to come and
spend some time with his mum for a change, and Lisa Bailey who had certain
men buzzing around her likes bees round a honey pot - you know who you are!!
We arrived in the stadium 15 minutes before kick-off to find the atmosphere
already electric. The Chelsea fans were singing their heads off up in the
corner and the chat in East Lower was all about the draw against Inter and
whether Keane or Wise would win the inevitable punch-up that is always a
part of a game between us and Chelsea. Our money was, of course, on Roy.
The chanting began as soon as the game started. The first half was one of
the best atmospheres seen this season for a Premiership game (it quietened
down a bit in the second half). This was mainly due to the fact that the
Chelsea fans not only have an exaggerated sense of their own importance but
are also pitifully easy to wind up! Throughout the first half, the chants
were going back and forwards. They sang "Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea,
Chelsea" (the lyrics have to be easy to learn for all the cockneys who have
suddenly become lifelong Chelsea fans over the last couple of seasons), we
sang "Rent Boys, Rent Boys, Rent Boys, Rent Boys". They sang "Stand up if
you hate Man U", we sang "Sit down if you sell your arse". They sang "5-3
and you won f*ck all", we sang "4-0 in your Cup Final" and "Have you ever
won the double have you f*ck" and "Chelsea, never won the league". Each
time we sang one back at them they were dancing up and down in rage, doing
aeroplane impressions and generally providing us with much entertainment.
The biggest laugh they gave us was a chorus of "In your Manchester slums" -
they must be joking!! I did notice though that one chant wasn't replied to
- "Oh Teddy, Teddy come to Man United and you've won fuck all". In fact I
could swear one or two around me joined in with that one!
On the pitch, the atmosphere was just as volatile, as both teams played out
the customary battle which always starts at games between us and the
cockney wide boys. Dennis Wise was kicking everything in sight as usual,
the Italians were falling all over the place - every time a United player
brushed past them they were going down like they'd been shot and Le Saux
was doing his usual impression of a total w*nker. And, just like on
Saturday, the referee was taken in every bloody time - that, along with a
blind linesmen running the line in front of South Stand, meant that United
ended up giving away 17 free kicks of which only about 5 were actually
deserved. We got so sick of it that late in the half, when yet another
Italian was writhing around on the floor in his death throes, the chant
that rose from East Lower was "Let him die, let him die, let him die!" The
referee did manage to book some Chelsea players at last, close to the end
of the first half, but this was for dissent rather than for the diving that
had been going on for most of the 45 minutes. Despite the crap refereeing,
the blind linesmen and the best efforts of the Chelsea corp de ballet, Andy
eventually scored - Butt had a shot at goal which hit Andy, Andy managed
somehow to turn and drove the ball past De Goey and into the net in front
of us. All of a sudden, the Chelsea rent boys went silent as we danced
around and hugged and kissed each other and Andy threw himself to the floor
and waited for his team mates to pile on top of him!
So the first half ended with us one-up. We had a chat to Pat and Tim, and
then to Lisa, who all appeared to say hello and cheered George Best who had
come to draw the half-time draw ticket. The second half never quite lived
up to the standard of the first, as the players seemed to have been told to
cool it a bit and the fans seemed to take forever to eat their pies, drink
their beer and get back into the spirit of the thing. Chelsea should have
ended the game with 9 men - Wise should have been sent off for a second
bookable offence but got away with it, and the whole stadium went bananas
when Lambourde brought down Yorke when he was through on goal. The referee
simply waved play on as Yorke lay on the floor and Fergie jumped up and
down on the touchline screaming at the referee, with no Kiddo to hold him
back. We almost scored a couple of times, but nothing was going to go in.
Fergie brought on Beckham, then Giggs and then finally Sheringham but these
changes seemed to have the opposite effect to the one intended as we sat
back and let them come at us. Of course this gave them the room to pass
the ball around and for the last 20 minutes it was all hands into defence
as we desperately tried to keep them out. What had been threatening to
happen then happened, two minutes from the end, as Zola scored an easy chip
over Peter. Not Peter's fault, by the way, there was nothing he could have
done about it. Of course the Chelsea fans went mad with joy - one lad
getting himself thrown out for running right down into South Stand doing a
certain hand movement as he went - as we muttered, swore and watched Peter
pick the ball out of the net with a look of disgust on his face that echoed
the way we felt.
There was an exciting last couple of minutes as we desperately tried to
score a winner (and they had a shot which just shaved the bar and nearly
gave us all a heart attack) but it ended as yet another draw. Man of the
match? It has to be Stam. That man is a colossus - he had a superb game,
only making one mistake which luckily didn't cost us. He also showed that
all the crap that has been written about him being too slow is just that -
crap. Time after time he beat one of their forwards to the ball after
coming from behind, for such a big bloke, he is very, very fast. The best
bit though, was one of his crunching tackles, just before the end, when the
whole of OT shuddered from the impact! Ouch!! Others mentioned in
dispatches - Andy Cole, another great game and Wesley Brown, who made a few
mistakes but the lad is still learning. For one so young and so
inexperienced, he is learning very fast and is cool as a cucumber. Which
brings me to my moment of the match - seeing Wesley sort out Dennis Wise in
front of West Stand, wonderful stuff which brought cheers from the crowd
and moves him another notch closer to legendary status.
So it was off home feeling a little miffed that yet again we had lost a
lead and ended up with a draw. Once in the car we listened to the news on
the radio and discovered that the US, with assistance from our own Air
Force, were mounting air strikes on Iraq. Knowing that thousands of
innocent men, women and children were probably being killed and injured at
that very moment, put things into stark perspective. It was just a
football game after all.
Copyright © 1998 by Our Salford Lass. All rights reserved.
Not to be reproduced without permission of the author
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Subject: UNITED KEANE TO TIE ROY DOWN
Roy Keane is set to scoop a new five year contract with
Manchester United worth a potential £8million.
The United captain's current deal has 18 months left to run
but it is reported that the club are ready to offer him a new
blockbusting agreement to keep him at Old Trafford until
2004.
The contract is said to include a bumper testimonial in 2003
for the Republic of Ireland midfielder, who joined United in
a then record £3.75million transfer from Nottingham Forest
five years ago.
Keane is back to his best for United following his nightmare
cruciate knee ligament injury last season.
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