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Date: Fri Sep 25 06:49:31 GMT+00:00 1998
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This Issue:
1. Scholes the pocket destroyer
2. Telegraph Report  Manchester United (1) 2 Liverpool (0) 0
3. Report MANCHESTER UNITED 2 LIVERPOOL 0 
4. QUEEN GETS TRANSFER FROM PALACE TO UNITED 
5. Bid to stop United deal in the post
6. Premier League WWW Sites

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Daily RED Trivia  Friday 25th September:

1911: United win the Charity Shield beating Swindon Town 8-4 at Stamford
Bridge watched by 10,000. Harold Halse scored 6 times, with the other goals
coming from Sandy Turnbull and George Wall. Team was: Edmonds, Hofton,
Stacey, Duckworth, Roberts, Bell, Meredith, Hamill, Halse, Turnbull, Wall.

1972: Bill Rawlings died in Chandlers Ford. Rawlings scored on his United debut
against Everton in March 1928, and fired in a  hat-trick against Burnley the following                month.That season his 10 goals in 12 games helped United escape relegation. Between              1928-29 the pacy forward scored 19  goals in 36 games, and was capped twice by
England  when at Southampton. He joined Port Vale in November 1929.

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*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 24/09/98 ***
   Manchester United   2-0   Liverpool             55,181

***  LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 24/09/98 ***

Pos Team                  P   W   D   L   F   A   GD  Pts
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 1  Aston Villa           6   4   2   0   7   1    6   14
 2  Derby County          6   3   3   0   6   2    4   12
 3  Manchester United     6   3   2   1  10   6    4   11
 4  Liverpool             7   3   2   2  12   9    3   11
 5  Wimbledon             6   3   2   1  10   8    2   11
 6  Arsenal               6   2   4   0   6   2    4   10
 7  Leeds United          6   2   4   0   5   1    4   10
 8  Middlesbrough         6   2   3   1   8   6    2    9
 9  West Ham United       6   2   3   1   6   5    1    9
10  Newcastle United      6   2   2   2  11   7    4    8
11  Chelsea               5   2   2   1   8   7    1    8
12  Nottingham Forest     6   2   1   3   5   7   -2    7
13  Tottenham Hotspur     6   2   1   3   5  11   -6    7
14  Sheffield Wednesday   6   2   0   4   7   5    2    6
15  Charlton Athletic     6   1   3   2  10   9    1    6
16  Everton               6   1   3   2   4   5   -1    6
17  Leicester City        6   1   2   3   5   7   -2    5
18  Blackburn Rovers      6   1   1   4   5  10   -5    4
19  Coventry City         6   1   1   4   3  11   -8    4
20  Southampton           6   0   1   5   3  17  -14    1


*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 24/09/98 ***

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
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Subject: Scholes the pocket destroyer

Friday, September 25, 1998 

Brilliance transcended bitterness last night at Old Trafford thanks to a pocket-sized England striker with clinical finishing skills. No, it wasn't Michael Owen.

After a night when eight players were booked and the crowd bayed for blood, Paul Scholes reminded everyone that €football can be beautiful as well as €brutal.

From the first minute to the last some Liverpool players seemed to mistake Scholes for the ball. Paul Ince started the trend, Jamie Carragher liked the idea and poor Scholes found Jamie Redknapp and others happy to join in.

The number of bookings summed up the aggressive atmosphere but it was Scholes, not referee Steve Lodge, who applied natural justice.

United led 1-0 with not much more than 10 minutes left when yet another desperate Liverpool attack foundered on the reinvigorated Jaap Stam.

Dwight Yorke took one wonderfully wild swipe at the ball, €missing entirely, before remembering that he was supposed to be the cool Carib-bean customer amid the chaos.

He took another sliver off his £12.6million trans-fer fee with a searching pass to the left touchline which sent €substitute Andy Cole sprinting off and which committed Phil Babb well outside the box. Cole zipped past the Irish defender and pushed over a firm cross.

Everyone, particularly the defending Robbie Fowler, was wrong-footed Ð except Scholes who steadied himself and then crashed a thrilling left-foot shot into the top corner.

It was the crowning moment of a thuggish match but, most importantly, it was a pay-back time for Alex Ferguson.

Ten days ago, Scholes started like a whirlwind but finished like a whisper against Barcelona. He was rested for the embarrassing defeat by Arsenal in which, by common consent, United were found wanting on almost every count.

Last night, Scholes rewarded Ferguson's shrewdness with a performance of fizz and buzz which Liverpool could never cope with. He was at the centre of the incident which led to the penalty from which Denis Irwin put United ahead and his own goal caused wild celebrations.

But as man-of-the-match Gary Neville later reflected, this United team will always make and take chances Ð it is the defensive platform that has been missing.

In his programme notes Ferguson candidly admitted that his team are missing recently departed personnel more than expected.

Gary Pallister was the unmentioned name and that was no deliberate slight on Stam by his manager. Stam simply hasn't justified his Johan Cruyff-inspired hype nor his outlandish transfer fee. So, against Liverpool, Ferguson bolstered Stam by playing the mobile, intelligent Gary Neville at his side and it worked.

Although Owen had a relatively quiet night, it must be pointed out that Neville and his brother Phil each defended with textbook tackles on the young star and Stam eventually followed their example.

Despite having rid themselves of the defensive weakness they showed last Sunday, it should be noted that Liverpool are not in the same class as Arsenal at Highbury and that United played worryingly deep when protecting a single-goal lead.

The gloss on a much more polished performance would have been a third goal from Cole or Scholes which they could have added in the final minutes.

But that must not disguise the fact that Patrik Berger had a hatful of shooting chances at 1-0, that Karlheinz Riedle had an equaliser disallowed for offside or that Liverpool could easily have poached a point they barely deserved.

Before the match, Ferguson had demanded that his players 'ask themselves some questions about attitude and standards' and it was instantly obvious that the message had registered.

Ryan Giggs was flying from the off and left McAteer sprawling while David Beckham looked as full of power and precision as at any time this season.

Despite having sand kicked in his face by the big boys, Scholes was also prompting Ole Solskjaer and Yorke to atone for Highbury Ð and they did.

The foretaste came when Giggs chipped to the back post and Roy Keane excelled to volley back an effort which Brad Friedel had to work hard to save.

Friedel, it seemed, had decided to relieve the tension by adopting the role of court jester. What is it about Liverpool and goalkeepers recently?

Solskjaer cracked in an optimistic but firm daisycutter which the American should have taken like a wide receiver takes a pass from his quarterback. Instead, the ball somehow squirmed under his huge frame and popped out the other side. The ball rolled inches wide but from the corner Friedel finished his work by punching wildly at Beckham's cross.

Scholes and McAteer wrestled and when the ball dropped onto the Irishman's arm a penalty was the only conclusion. It was the third penalty in that box during the last two matches and Irwin made just as good a job of it as Giovanni and Luis Enrique had done for Barcelona 10 days ago.

United seemed to be having the better of it with a Solskjaer volley and an exquisite move between Yorke and Giggs which set up the Norwegian for a shot which he pushed just wide. Jamie Redknapp at least tested Peter Schmeichel with a free kick from distance but the Dane only really needed to earn his spurs when Ince's 45th minute shot was deflected off Stam.

Thanks to Scholes, the memory of this match will be a rosy one Ð football of searing skill for a few moments at least.

But the remainder was the stuff which largely helps account for how far away our teams are from winning the Champions League Ð a trophy which Liverpool's fans spent the night taunting their counterparts about.

Intensity over intelligence is an approach which has long proved fatal in Europe and it is also the opposite of how both these sides played when they won five European Cups .

Ferguson knows about the tactical deficit his team carries like a monkey on its back in Europe. But, last night at least, he showed that it is a problem which was the exception against Arsenal last Sunday rather than the domestic rule. 

Manchester United: Schmeichel, P Neville, Irwin, G Neville, Stam, Keane,
Scholes, Beckham, Giggs, Solskjaer, Yorke.
Subs: Cole for Solskjaer, Butt for Scholes.
Scorers: Irwin (19 pen), Scholes (78).

Liverpool: Friedel, McAteer, Carragher, Babb, Bjornebye, McManaman,
Redknapp, Ince, Berger, Riedle, Owen.
Subs: Fowler for Riedle.
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Subject: Telegraph Report  Manchester United (1) 2 Liverpool (0) 0
   
   MANCHESTER UNITED'S players responded to Alex Ferguson's request for
   greater commitment with a performance full of energy and determination
   at Old Trafford last night. Goals from Denis Irwin, a penalty, and
   Paul Scholes provided the perfect antidote to the disappointment of
   Sunday's defeat by Arsenal. United's wholehearted attitude was
   embodied best by Gary Neville, outstanding in central defence.
   
   The fixture's timing, switched to accommodate television and European
   commitments, may have been unusual but certain rituals were swiftly
   honoured. The tackles in a first half that contained six bookings were
   as uncompromising as the chants spilling forth from the stands. As the
   fans traded ancient and modern taunts, the players' endeavour found
   early confirmation in a confrontation between Jamie Redknapp and Ryan
   Giggs, players more associated with alchemy than physics.
   
   Nasty challenges punctuated the first half, the worst arriving when
   Philip Neville went through the back of Steve McManaman. Neville,
   otherwise neat and tidy, was operating at right-back, so allowing
   brother Gary to mark Michael Owen. This tactic, which brought the
   dropping of Henning Berg, worked well in the opening period,
   particularly towards the end when Gary executed a marvellous rescuing
   tackle on the Liverpool flyer.
   
   Amid the maelstrom, one man in particular kept his composure. Irwin,
   such a model professional, rarely betrays his emotions, preferring to
   focus on keeping the ball moving rather than temperature rising. When
   Brad Friedel, Liverpool's goalkeeper, embarked on a series of mistakes
   which led to United's first-half goal, Irwin was ready.
   
   Friedel, fluffing a routine clearance early on, had hardly inspired
   confidence before his 18th-minute calamities. Then the American had
   one of those disastrous spells that have dogged Liverpool's goalmouth
   in recent years. Friedel should really had held a daisy-cutter from
   Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but, misjudging the velocity, allowed the ball to
   squirm under him for a corner.
   
   The danger did not disappear. From the flag, David Beckham curled over
   a delivery that demanded a clean catch by the keeper. Friedel faltered
   again, punching so poorly that the ball fell towards Jason McAteer,
   who handled to concede the initiative to United. Up stepped Irwin, an
   Irishman with ice in his veins. The left-back's right foot came down,
   sending the ball low and hard into the net. Old Trafford dissolved
   into delight and defiance.
   
   At last Liverpool came to life. McManaman began weaving his magic. Yet
   he appeared as much Liverpool's problem as solution. Initially
   stationed on the right, his tendency to drift inside in search of the
   ball ceded space for Irwin and Giggs. Giggs, playing in his preferred
   flank position, made some impressive runs but the eye was drawn
   increasingly to the white shirts of Liverpool.
   
   Owen started making good runs but rarely received the right ball,
   Redknapp began switching play while Paul Ince, relentlessly booed,
   patrolled midfield like a jealous guard-dog and even found time to
   test Peter Schmeichel's reflexes with a powerful shot. Yet the real
   jewel in the central-midfield duel was United's Scholes, as determined
   in winning possession as he was dynamic in using it.
   
   The sparring seemingly done, the spleen momentarily exhausted, a real
   end-to-end match broke out. Liverpool enjoyed the greater possession
   with Redknapp and McManaman now in sparkling form, their positive
   intentions keeping United on the back foot.
   
   Solksjaer began foraging back while Giggs and Beckham pushed inside to
   assist Keane and Scholes. Keane was soon screaming at Dwight Yorke to
   harry the visitors more.
   
   Liverpool's threat was seen after 57 minutes when Ince, incensed by a
   Keane challenge, beat United's captain and cut the ball back only for
   Owen, falling off-balance, to miscue horribly.
   
   Liverpool's best chance arrived when McAteer cut the ball back to
   Patrik Berger, who forced a rare mistake from Schmeichel. Karlheinz
   Riedle pounced on the loose ball but was standing in an offside
   position when he placed the ball in the net.
   
   Friedel, partly atoning for his earlier error, did well to block Andy
   Cole, who had replaced Solskjaer. Then Beckham found Yorke, whose
   lay-off set up Cole. Stig Inge Bjornebye's block ended the danger.
   Liverpool introduced Robbie Fowler but a regrouped United were proving
   impervious to pressure.
   
   And United had the scent of a second. After 79 minutes it arrived in
   thrilling fashion. Following a Liverpool corner, Yorke cleared
   intelligently to Cole, who had broken down the right. Cole's run took
   him 40 yards down the flank, bemusing Phil Babb with his directness
   and control. Cole's low cross was missed by Fowler, and Scholes,
   reacting brilliantly on the edge of the area, arrowed the ball into
   Friedel's net. Ferguson's call to arms had been answered.

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          Manchester United (1) 2 Liverpool (0) 0
          Irwin 19 (pen), Scholes 79.

          Manchester United: Schmeichel, G. Neville, Irwin, Stam,
          Beckham, Giggs, P. Neville, Keane, Scholes (Butt 88), Yorke,
          Solskjaer (Cole 69).
          Subs not used:Blomqvist, Van Der Gouw, Berg.
          Booked:Giggs, P. Neville, Stam, Scholes.

          Liverpool: Friedel, McAteer, Babb, McManaman, Owen, Redknapp,
          Riedle (Fowler 75), Berger, Ince, Bjornebye, Carragher.
          Subs not used: James, Heggem, Matteo, Leonhardsen.
          Booked: Carragher, Ince, Berger, Redknapp.

          Att: 55181
          Ref: S Lodge (Barnsley)
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   FA Carling Premiership
   
   Ferguson's team finally hit their stride to extend Liverpool's Old Trafford misery
   
   United deliver perfect response 
   
   LIVERPOOL 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 2
   
   BY KEVIN MCCARRA
   
   IN THE midst of all the welter of action, there can be a single
   incident with which a team reasserts its prowess. Manchester United
   savoured the moment last night when they at last broke a vigorous
   Liverpool side that had been in hard pursuit of an equaliser
   throughout the long spell in which they lagged by a single goal. A
   move that exuded supreme quality was to eclipse the visitors' pride.
   
   With 11 minutes left, a Liverpool corner was cleared and the astute
   Yorke fired a pass down the left for Cole, the substitute. Pace and a
   feint with the shoulder took him beyond Babb and, when Fowler failed
   to clear the low cross, Scholes lashed a thrilling left-footed shot
   high into the net.
   
   Here was a match to explore the revitalising effects of enmity. These
   rivals must have welcomed the sight of one another, even if it is
   whimsical to perceive any hint of an embrace when they grapple. Each
   club had lately experienced discouragement, but torpor was certain to
   be cleansed from the body in an FA Carling Premiership fixture of such
   purifying competitiveness.
   
   Liverpool had endured chagrin over the 3-3 draw with Charlton Athletic
   on Saturday, but United were aghast to have lost 3-0 to Arsenal 24
   hours later. The more severe of those experiences produced the
   stronger reaction. At the outset, it was Alex Ferguson's side that set
   the quick tempo and revelled in its impact.
   
   A television documentary had captured the manager's allegation that
   Ince, a former United player, was "a big-time Charlie". For the
   Liverpool captain and the rest of his team, there was, if it had ever
   been required, a brief refresher course in humility. Confronted by
   criticism, however, Ince delivered a riposte with his deeds. His
   tenacity was unflagging. It was, all the same, United who possessed
   conclusive strength.
   
   Mindful of the danger of Owen, Ferguson decided that youth must be
   countered by youth and Gary Neville operated at centre back. Neville
   and Stam were to exert great influence, even if it took some time for
   the merits of Ferguson's plan to be assessed. In the 45th minute,
   McManaman slipped a delicately weighted pass into the path of Owen.
   His run was to advance no further than the few steps that took him
   into Neville's sharp tackle.
   
   Efficiency was decidedly less prominent in the visitors' rearguard.
   Assiduous work on the training ground can never ward off the sort of
   misadventure that occurred when United moved ahead in the nineteenth
   minute.
   
   There was a hint of the problems to come when Solskjaer's 20-yard shot
   slithered away from Friedel, the goalkeeper, for a corner. Beckham hit
   it deep and Friedel's punch was inconclusive. As the ball dropped
   towards Scholes and McAteer, the latter unwisely raised his arm to
   make contact. Irwin tucked the penalty in with ease, encapsulating
   United's confidence.
   
   There is so much buffeting in a contest such as this that any mood is
   at risk of being jostled aside. Liverpool forged assertiveness in the
   heat of a first half that saw them collect four of the six bookings.
   Even if the exertion was not always matched by incisiveness, the
   visitors' endeavour demanded respect and caused United concern.
   
   Ferguson's side could have extended their lead, after 47 minutes, when
   Giggs's back-heel opened up the space from which Solskjaer sent his
   finish slipping wide of the post, but they were often pinned down.
   Compelled to linger in defence, they were forced to draw on all their
   steadfastness, as well as a little good fortune.
   
   When McAteer broke on the right to deliver a cross that fell to
   Berger, it was chance that saw the deflection on his drive carry the
   ball to the hands of Schmeichel. The unrelenting nature of the
   conflict was typified by the duel between captains who fulfil their
   roles like warriors. The exchanges between Keane and Ince were harsh,
   yet free of complaint.
   
   Emotions were not always contained with such ease and Beckham was to
   give Redknapp a heated rebuke after one coarse challenge. No matter
   the bruises, such intemperate events suited United, in as much as they
   demonstrated that the cohesion, and the threat, were beginning to
   diminish as concentration flagged.
   
   It took a peculiar mistake to bring Liverpool to the verge of an
   equaliser. McAteer's cut-back reached Berger, who steadied himself
   before directing an attempt straight at Schmeichel. The ball then
   bounced out of his grasp and into the path of Riedle, who knocked it
   into the net. The goal was disallowed because the German forward had
   been offside when Berger shot.
   
   Such an episode was out of keeping with a United performance that
   depended on intense discipline. Ferguson had said that his team would
   be judged by its reaction to the adversity of the past week. In this
   victory, with Scholes's magnificent crowning goal, they delivered bad
   news to any foes who believed that United's formidable force of
   character had been lost.
   
   MANCHESTER UNITED (4-4-2): P Schmeichel - P Neville, J Stam, G
   Neville, D Irwin - D Beckham, R Keane, P Scholes (sub: N Butt, 88min),
   R Giggs - D Yorke, O G Solskjaer (sub: A Cole, 69).
   
   LIVERPOOL (4-4-2): B Friedel - J McAteer, J Carragher, P Babb, S I
   Bjornebye - S McManaman, P Ince, J Redknapp, P Berger - K Riedle (sub:
   R Fowler, 75), M Owen.
   
   Referee: S Lodge.

 

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Subject: 365 Report MANCHESTER UNITED 2 LIVERPOOL 0 

Unsung Heroes Steal The Spoils 

After all the build-up and hype surrounding the Old
Trafford shoot-out between Dwight Yorke and
Michael Owen, it was left to a 32-year-old full-back
and a midfielder who cost nothing to settle the
latest battle of the two bitter enemies. There was
around £40m worth of strikers on the pitch at the
start - with Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole only on
the bench - but the combined cost of the two
goalscorers was a mere £650,000. 

That was all United had to pay to take Denis Irwin
from Oldham seven years ago, while Paul Scholes
is, of course, one of the hugely talented youngsters
to have come through the junior ranks at the club in
recent years. You have to wonder how many more
will follow him if Rupert Murdoch arrives with his
millions to splash about. 

But while those two provided the decisive strikes,
the men the bookies were expecting to score were
all but invisible. Owen scarcely got a look-in; Yorke
showed only flashes of the skills which prompted
Alex Ferguson to pay £12.6m for him; Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer made a hash of his one clear chance and
Karlheinz Riedle was virtually anonymous. And
when Fowler and Cole eventually appeared in the
second half, the Liverpool striker didn't get a single
chance while Cole blazed his only clear opportunity
hopelessly wide. 

So it was that veteran Republic of Ireland
international Irwin was left to open the scoring -
albeit from the penalty spot. The former Oldham
star stepped up in the 18th minute to send
goalkeeper Brad Friedel the wrong way, after
Jason McAteer had handled under challenge from
Paul Scholes, and United never looked like losing
that lead. 

They hardly looked like increasing it either but, with
the one goal advantage, they could afford not to go
hell for leather in a bid to double it, although
Solskjaer wasted a glorious chance after a superb
link up between Ryan Giggs and Yorke had carved
the Liverpool defence apart. That left the little
Norwegian clear, but he screwed his shot wide. 

Liverpool, for all their neat build-up play, lacked a
cutting edge and it was a big surprise that Fowler
wasn't introduced into the action until the 74th
minute, when he replaced Riedle. Until that point,
the visitors had been restricted to long-range
efforts, and it takes something special to beat Peter
Schmeichel from distance. 

Jamie Redknapp attempted it with a curling
free-kick which Schmeichel palmed away, and the
big Dane then showed his true world class by
turning aside a 20-yard drive from Paul Ince,
despite the shot taking a marked deflection along
the way. Liverpool did have the ball in the net in the
68th minute when Riedle turned it home after
Berger's shot had been fumbled by Schmeichel , but
he was rightly given offside by the referee's
assistant. 

But there was no doubt about the goal which finally
put the game beyond doubt. Cole's cross was
deflected by Yorke into the path of Scholes and he
blasted the ball first-time into the top corner with
his left foot, giving Friedel absolutely no chance -
and continuing Liverpool's dismal run at Old
Trafford where they have now failed to win in eight
years. 

It also went some way towards making up for
United's 3-0 hammering at Arsenal last Sunday and
full-back Gary Neville admitted: "Nothing less would
do or I think our fans would have let us know about
it. We couldn't afford another performance like
Sunday's. We let everyone down. There was no
commitment or determination and you've got to
have that. ''Tonight, we've gone a little bit of the
way to putting that right. But we're not there yet.
We've still got a lot to do as a team.'' 

Liverpool joint boss Roy Evans was less happy, and
complained bitterly about the performance of
referee Steve Lodge. He said ''Referees are ruining
the game. I don't like going on about them but they
are spoiling the game for everybody. We have a
great product in the Premier League but I just think
the majority of referees aren't good enough - and
I'm not ashamed to say that. 

''The decision to give a penalty against Jason
McAteer was diabolical. We're getting sick to death
with decisions like that going against us. I'm not
saying the ball didn't strike his arm but he was
being mauled to death by Paul Scholes and there
was no way there was any intent on Jason's part. I
tried to speak to the referee but it's like trying to
get into Fort Knox to speak to referees these days
as they surround themselves with so many people
that you forget about it as it's a waste of time.'' 

Man Utd: Schmeichel, G. Neville, Irwin, Stam,
Beckham, Giggs, P. Neville, Keane, Scholes (Butt
88), Yorke, Solskjaer (Cole 69). Subs not used:
Blomqvist, Van Der Gouw, Berg. 

Liverpool: Friedel, McAteer, Babb, McManaman,
Owen, Redknapp, Riedle (Fowler 74), Berger, Ince,
Bjornebye, Carragher. Subs not used: James,
Heggem, Matteo, Leonhardsen. 
Referee: S Lodge (Barnsley) 
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Subject:  QUEEN GETS TRANSFER FROM PALACE TO UNITED 

DAYS after she was pictured signing a Manchester
United souvenir football, unsettled monarch
Elizabeth Windsor has agreed to join the Old
Trafford club for an undisclosed fee. 

But United insiders fear the Queen will have to run
a gauntlet of hate when she returns to clear out
her locker at Buckingham Palace. Her decision to
sign the ball before negotiations with United had
been completed recalls Paul Ince's decision to pose
in the famous red shirt while his transfer from West
Ham was still being settled. 

Manager Alex Ferguson plans to use the United
Kingdom figurehead mainly in a ceremonial role.
The tough-talking Scot said: "We want to play to
her strengths, so it will be mainly cutting the ribbons
at new branches of the United Megastore or
guiding foreign fans on tours of the Theatre Of
Dreams." Hearing that, a furious Teddy Sheringham
immediately threatened to quit the club, insisting:
"that will leave me nothing to do." 

The Queen's desire to leave behind her
responsibilities as Defender Of The Faith for the
challenge of a new role at United had long been
known to court insiders, who had fought to keep a
number of controversial incidents under wraps. But
the deceit could go on no longer as in recent weeks
the 72-year-old ruler: 

INSISTED that her ceremonial wardrobe be
expanded from the traditional red robes with white
ermine trim to include versions in black, yellow and
green and grey, all bearing the legend 'SHARP'
across the chest; 

DEMANDED her own cable television channel, to be
known as ERTV; and 

HURDLED a security cordon at one walkabout and
kung fu-kicked a heckler who had called her a
"German git". 

Last night other leading Premiership clubs were
locked in a bidding war for members of the Royal
Family, with Prince Philip's foreign background
attracting Chelsea. "We haven't got a Greek yet,"
explained manager Gianluca Vialli. Middlesbrough,
meanwhile, have tabled bids for the Queen Mother
and Princess Margaret, with manager Bryan
Robson insisting: "They're both over the hill and
they both like a drop. They'll fit in just fine." 
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Subject:      Bid to stop United deal in the post

Bid to stop United deal in the post

A group called Shareholders United Against Murdoch have fired off more than
20,000 letters to all registered Manchester United shareholders, appealing for
them to oppose the proposed £623million takeover deal by BSkyB. The bid still
has to be approved by the majority of shareholders and regulatory officials
before it goes through. Michael Crick, who started the mammoth mailing
operation at a Manchester post office yesterday, said: 'The message to the
small shareholders is: it's very important they do not accept this deal.' 
"Are you Against the BSkyB takeover? Please Read! Click on image!"



Subject: Premier League WWW Sites

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PREMIER LEAGUE SITES
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Arsenal             http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/arseweb/index.html
                    arseweb@netlink.co.uk
Aston Villa         http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c937079/AVFC/
                    c937079@student.dtu.dk
Blackburn Rovers    http://www.brfc-supporters.org.uk/

Charlton Athletic   http://members.tripod.com/~WynGrant/index.html

Chelsea             http://http://www.chelseafc.co.uk/
                    jax@chelseafc.co.uk
Coventry            http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~cudbu/SkyBlues.html
                    cudbu@csv.warwick.ac.uk
Derby County        http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~nickwheat/ramsnet.html 
                    nickwheat@yahoo.com
Everton             http://evertonfc.merseyworld.com/sfth/
                    webmaster.sfth@cableinet.co.uk
Leeds United        http://www.isfa.com/server/web/leeds/

Leicester City      http://www.feetup.demon.co.uk/lcfc/lcfc.html
                    mdes@feetup.demon.co.uk
Liverpool           http://anfield.merseyworld.com/
                    webmaster@anfield.merseyworld.com

Manchester United   http://www.red11.org
                    barry@www.red11.org

Middlesbrough       http://www.hk.super.net/~tlloyd/personal/boro.html
                    tlloyd@hk.super.net
Newcastle United    http://www.swan.co.uk/tott/current.htm
                    tott@globalnet.co.uk
Nottingham Forest   http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~ccznffc/NFFC.html

Sheffield Wednesday http://www.crg.cs.nott.ac.uk/Users/anb/Football/index.html  
                    a.bullock@cs.nott.ac.uk
Southampton         http://www.soton.ac.uk/~saints/
                    
Tottenham Hotspur   http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~thfc/
                    simon@thfc.dircon.co.uk
West Ham United     http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jeff_parkins/
                    jeffparkins@bigfoot.com
Wimbledon           http://www.netkonect.co.uk/b/brenford/wimbledon/
                    neil@brenford.netkonect.co.uk
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