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Date: Sun Dec 27 02:00:59 GMT+00:00 1998
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This Issue:
1. Man United v Nottm Forest 26/12/98 3.00
2. United - Forest TV report by Terry Dale
3. Manchester United get back on track
4. Johnsen shows United the way .... BBC report
5. UNITED CRUISE AS FOREST TUMBLE
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27/12/1909: Ted Connor made his debut at Sheffield Wednesday. Connor was a busy
Forward who scored one of the goals in the last game played at Bank Street, a 5-0
win against Tottenham Hotspur, prior to the move to Old Trafford. He made 15
appearances between 1909-11, scoring twice, and moved to Sheffield United in June 1911.
1995: United beat Premiership leaders Newcastle United 2-0 at Old Trafford watched
by 42,024, with goals from Andy Cole and Roy Keane. Team was: Schmeichel,
P.Neville, Irwin, May (McClair), Butt, G.Neville, Cantona, Keane, Cole, Beckham, Giggs.
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*** 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
26/12/98 Nottd Forest Home W 3-0 3 55,216
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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
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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
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Subject: Man United v Nottm Forest 26/12/98 3.00
Man United (1) 3 Nottm Forest (0) 0 FT
Johnsen 28,59
Giggs 62
Premier Table
Chelsea 19 9 9 1 31-17 36pts
Aston Villa 19 10 6 3 29-19 36
Man Utd 19 9 7 3 39-23 34
Nottingham Forest's visit to Old Trafford proved to be just the tonic Manchester United
needed as they brushed the FA Carling Premiership's weakest team aside to collect three
vital points.
United went into the game on the back of their worst
defensive run since 1992 and they had only won one of
their seven previous matches. Such form ultimately made
little difference against a game, but inadequate Forest as
United strolled past Dave Bassett's basement boys.
Ronny Johnsen was United's unlikely hero as he netted
their first two goals, including a spectacular second,
before Ryan Giggs completed the scoring.
Manager Alex Ferguson will be glad to record a win
finally in the month of December, but he will perhaps take more satisfaction from his
side's first clean sheet in 12 games.
Forest's battle to pull themselves free of the relegation quagmire is looking more and
more hopeless and they have now equalled their own Premiership record of 16 matches
without a win. Forest went down that season and with each passing match that looks more
likely to be their fate at the end of this campaign.
Once again Ferguson had rung the changes because of injury, suspension and the desire to rest
players and Teddy Sheringham partnered Paul Scholes in attack, while Henning Berg and Johnsen
were deployed in the heart of the defence.
Bassett knew the odds were stacked against his side and he admitted his players would be
struggling to make the United bench, while their one individual of class, Pierre van
Hooijdonk, was banned.
The first-half mirrored the dull and dismal conditions and once again United's passing
was missing its customary zip and accuracy. Forest were more than holding their own in
terms of possession and territorial advantage - until David Beckham began to find his range.
From one delivery Dave Beasant produced a tremendous save to stop Ryan Giggs' header flying
into the top corner. From the resultant corner, which was United's first of the match, Beckham
swung the ball over to the back post where Johnsen headed home.
United scarcely deserved their 28th-minute lead, but they picked up after the goal. Nicky Butt
pounced on a loose pass to launch a United counterattack which almost resulted in a goal when
Giggs' pass took a deflection off Steve Chettle and nearly beat Beasant.
Roy Keane, who was clearly relishing this battle against
his old club, then unleashed a 20-yard drive, but
unfortunately straight into Beasant's arms.
In the second half United began to move up through the
gears and Scholes released Keane with a delightful flick
only for United's skipper to be thwarted by Mathieu
Louis-Jean at the expense of a corner. Giggs then
produced a fine run down the left and found Sheringham
totally unmarked in the Forest box, but his shot was
saved by Beasant.
United were looking increasingly dangerous and they put the game beyond Forest's reach
with a two-goal burst inside three minutes. In the 59th minute Beckham swung over a
free-kick which Berg headed back across the box for Johnsen to volley home his third goal
of the season.
There was no holding United now and three minutes later Sheringham fed Scholes who released
Giggs on the left and he lifted the ball expertly over Beasant and into the Forest goal for
his sixth of the campaign.
That was the cue for Ferguson to bring on his substitutes and on came Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,
Jonathan Greening and Jesper Blomqvist. Forest also brought on rookie defender Chris Doig
for his first taste of Premier League action.
The rest of the game was little more than a training exercise for United and they stroked
the ball about until referee Jeff Winter blew for full time to end Forest's misery.
Photographs © Alex Livesey/ALLSPORT
Man United: Schmeichel, Neville, Irwin, Berg, Johnsen, Beckham, Butt, Sheringham, Giggs
(Blomqvist, 75), Keane (Greening, 66), Scholes (Solskjaer, 62).
Subs not used: Brown, Van Der Gouw.
Booked: Neville.
Nottm Forest: Beasant, Louis-Jean, Rogers, Quashie, Chettle (Doig, 68), Stone (Hodges, 77),
Shipperley, Johnson, Bart-Williams (Bonalair, 53), Freedman, Armstrong.
Subs not used: Darcheville, Crossley.
Booked: Rogers, Quashie, Chettle.
Attendance: 55,216.
Referee: J Winter (Stockton-on-Tees).
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Subject: United - Forest TV report by Terry Dale
Having just carved up the Christmas turkey the day before, I'm sure the
team were looking forward to doing the same to Forest, a team that has
the word 'Pinnacle' emblazoned across the shirts despite being bottom of
the league. One of life's little ironies.
But the team sheet looked a bit odd. Fergie appeared to have given us a
defence and midfield and then a bit more defence and midfield just in
case the Pinnacle team were Inter Milan in disguise. Cole and Yorke were
out, while Ole and Jesper were cheek by cheek on the bench. I had
visions of Giggs and Becks sending in delightful crosses all afternoon
with nobody on the end of them. Had Tinker Bell tinkered again? Our men
up front were Teddy and Scholes. Hhhhhm. Meanwhile, back in our 38-man
defence we had Ronny and Berg as central defenders with Dinniz and a
lightweight Phizza as full backs. Butty and Keano were our legalised
killers. If we couldn't keep a clean sheet today, then we might as well
give up and change places with City. But where would the goals come
from? Ronaldo Johnsen?? Oh come on! Be serious.
The first 25 minutes were dire. Until we scored, I thought Pinnacle were
marginally the better side. Our goal came from a set piece, fittingly,
as we hadn't looked much like scoring from open play. Becks sent in a
floated corner from our left, two Pinnacle defenders did a delightful
Swan Lake sort of pirouette missing the ball completely, and Ronaldo
Johnsen directed a slow-motion header past their dazed goalkeeper. At
this point I must have fainted with the shock of going a goal up because
when I regained my senses Phizza Neville had just been booked for an
offense I'd missed. What did he do?
After the goal we looked a lot livelier without quite managing to
sustain the pressure for more than a few minutes at a time. Still,
because of our strong showing in the last 15 minutes of the half, we
just about deserved the lead at half time. But it says a lot about our
current form that, even leading at home against the league's bottom
team, I still felt Forest were capable of surprising us.
[A thought that's been giving me sleepless nights for a couple of weeks:
does Becks have a phantom beard or simply a dirty chin? I keep seeing a
mysterious shadow on his chin that comes and goes duing the game. Does
he need a shave or do I need glasses?]
The second half was much like the first except we were kicking in the
opposite direction. The second goal came on 58 minutes and it had
clearly been on the cards. A couple of minutes before, Keano had been
put through after some neat passing from Berg and Scholes, but the ball
was put out; then just a minute before the goal, a fine Giggs run saw
Teddy with only the goalie to beat but he hit the ball straight at him.
When the goal came, it was another set piece. Becks's cross was won by,
I think, Berg, who headed down for Ronaldo Johnsen to volley in his
second. So Fergie was apparently right: we didn't need recognizable
strikers at all. Leave it to the central defenders, boys. Before it had
fully sunk in that Ronny was now on a hat trick, Giggs made it 3-0 after
some nice work from Teddy (suspiciously offside when he received the
ball) and Becks, who tapped a gentle pass for Giggsy to run on to and
chip the goalie.
That was the cue for Fergie to sub everyone in sight over the next few
minutes, and, with Chelsea coming up, who can blame him? The Pinnacle
team were a spent force, not that they'd ever had too much to spend, so
on came Ole for Scholes, and then Greening for Keane. (Greening's first
delicate touch was to have the ball blasted into his face at close
range. He may never look the same again.) Then, finally, on came Jesper
for Giggs. At this point, we were Scandinavia United with Schmikes,
Berg, Johnsen, Ole and Blomqvist all on the pitch at the same time.
Talking about Schmikes, the only really threatening moment of the entire
game came when the Great Dane had another Munich-type rush of blood to
the head. He came charging out of his area to clear the ball with
Shipperley closing in, slipped theatrically on the wet turf (yes, blame
the grass, Schmikes), and then we all sat and watched open-mouthed as
Shipperley floated the ball towards our goalkeeperless goalmouth ... he
missed by perhaps 20 centmetres (a couple of feet in old money). Our
defence, led by Henning Berg, then verbally assaulted the poor Schmuck.
Having been at the wrong end of a Schmikes' tongue-lashing on numerous
occasions, they weren't going to let this occasion pass without comment.
No doubt, tomorrow the venerable old hacks of the gutter press will be
nodding their white heads gravely and muttering about senile
goalkeepers.
We had a few more chances before the game died a nautural death, most
notably was Teddy's header that, like all his other attempts, did not
quite hit the target. Indeed, one must ask oneself what in fact Teddy's
target was as the goals themselves were on each occasion located in
another part of the pitch. Fergie did not look too pleased, but then he
never does, does he?
It was a lousy game, with the odd moment of excitement, but we earned a
clean sheet and we scored three goals with a team that looked pretty
unbalanced to me (team-wise, not mentally). Hopefully, we'll have Stam,
Yorke and Cole back for Chelsea, and we are playing at Stamford Bridge,
where we've done well in recent years. Let's hope this is the turning
point in our recent run of poor form.
____________
Terry
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Subject: Manchester United get back on track
MANCHESTER, England, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Manchester United kept the pressure
on their English league rivals on Saturday and consigned Nottingham Forest
to a record-equalling 16th successive premier league match without a win.
Two goals from Norwegian midfielder Ronny Johnsen and a third by Welsh
international Ryan Giggs wrapped up a one-sided 3-0 win on a scrappy Old
Trafford pitch.
The clash of former European Cup winners left once-powerful Forest rooted to
the foot of the table, without a victory since August and just 12 points
from 19 games.
United, who remain in third place on 34 points behind Chelsea and Aston
Villa at the halfway point in the season, were without defender Jaap Stam
and injured strikers Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole but still had plenty of
firepower in reserve.
They turned on the style to end their worst run of form in six years after
going six games -- four in the league -- without a win. They had won just
once in nine matches before Saturday due to some woeful defending.
Most recently, they had lost their unbeaten home record in a 3-2 defeat to
Middlesbrough before Christmas and needed a good win before travelling to
Chelsea on Tuesday.
"We have a very good record at Chelsea...we're looking forward to Tuesday,"
said manager Alex Ferguson.
"I don't think there are bad defenders here at all, I think they have been
careless in the last few weeks."
Forest, still a point behind Southampton at the tail end of the table,
equalled a premier league record they themselves set between August 21 and
December 17, 1996. They ended that season relegated to the first division.
Johnsen opened the scoring in the 28th minute, taking advantage of poor
Forest marking to bang in a header off a well-flighted Giggs corner. He
doubled his tally in the 59th with a volleyed shot past Dave Beasant.
Another sweet United move saw Giggs wrap victory up in the 62nd, bursting
into the area and deftly chipping the ball over the goalkeeper.
"I don't think you'll see a better piece of football than that anywhere in
the country," said Ferguson. "That always lights you up and lights the fans
up. I think at the end of the day that we won very comfortably."
Forest last played United in the league in a 4-0 Boxing Day defeat at the
City Ground in 1996 after their disastrous run had just ended. Then, as now,
they were bottom and United third.
Once again, Forest rarely threatened and could count themselves lucky not to
have lost by far more.
United's opening goal came after Forest's veteran goalkeeper Beasant --
doing his best to keep the scoreline respectable -- made a great reflex save
from a Giggs header, tipping the ball just over the bar at full stretch.
A rare Forest chance in an often scrappy match, partly due to squally
weather and the poor state of the Old Trafford pitch, came when Neil
Shipperley forced a diving save out of goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel early in
the first half. The referee had already whistled for an infringement and
United quickly re-asserted themselves, with nine attempts on target in the
first half to Forest's three.
Giggs drove the ball across the goalmouth in the first half but there was
nobody to latch on to it while Teddy Sheringham should have scored in the
65th but allowed Beasant to smother the ball at his feet.
Johnsen's second goal started with a David Beckham freekick, passed on by
Berg for the Norwegian to finish.
The figures at the end told it all, with United creating 19 attempts on goal
to Forest's four. It was the first time United had kept a clean sheet for 12
games.
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Saturday, December 26, 1998 Published at 20:36 GMT
Subject: Johnsen shows United the way .... BBC report
Forest's Steve Chettle foils Teddy Sheringham
Manchester Utd 3-0 Nottingham Forest
United failed to find top gear but still did enough to coast
past a hard-working Forest side and go third.
Ronny Johnsen scored twice and Ryan Giggs added the third to keep
the Old Trafford title challenge on course.
But defeat for bottom club Forest meant 16 league games without a win, equalling a
Premiership record.
Alex Ferguson again rang the changes, with Teddy Sheringham
partnering Paul Scholes up front.
But they struggled to find their rhythm again with too many wayward passes.
The first half was scrappy but central defender Johnsen
showed the forwards how to do it with his second and
third goals of the season.
United were struggling to create many chances from
open play - Scholes shooting over with a rare effort on goal.
But with another full house becoming frustrated, they
broke the deadlock from a set piece on 28 minutes.
Dave Beasant saved a Ryan Giggs header but from the resulting
Beckham corner Johnsen headed in at the back post for his second goal
of the season.
The Norwegian struck again on 59 minutes, volleying in
with his right foot after Henning Berg flicked on.
Three minutes later Giggs danced onto Scholes'
delightful pass and chipped over Beasant for the third.
Forest, without the suspended Pierre van Hooijdonk, created almost nothing
at the other end. Stone came closest in the first half, but even then referee
Jeff Winter had blown for a foul.
Neil Shipperley missed the target near the end after a
mistake by Peter Schmeichel.
Manchester United: Schmeichel, P Neville, Berg, Johnsen, Irwin, Beckham, Butt, Keane, Giggs,
Sheringham, Scholes.
Subs: Blomqvist, Brown, Solskjaer, Greening, Van Der Gouw.
Nottingham Forest: Beasant, Louis-Jean, Chettle, Armstrong, Rogers, Quashie, Stone, Johnson,
Shipperley, Bart-Williams, Freedman.
Subs: Doig, Bonalair, Darcheville, Hodges, Crossley.
Referee: J Winter (Stockton-on-Tees)
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Saturday 26 December 1998 (Evening Edition)
Subject: UNITED CRUISE AS FOREST TUMBLE
MAN UNITED 3 NOTT’M FOREST 0
Nottingham Forest's visit to Old Trafford proved to
be just the tonic Manchester United needed as they
brushed the FA Carling Premiership's weakest team
aside to collect three vital points. United went into
the game on the back of their worst defensive run
since 1992 and they had won only one of their
seven previous matches. Such form ultimately made
little difference against a game but inadequate
Forest side as United strolled past Dave Bassett's
basement boys.
Ronny Johnsen was United's unlikely hero as he
netted their first two goals, including a spectacular
second strike, before Ryan Giggs completed the
scoring. Manager Alex Ferguson will be glad finally
to record a win in the month of December, but he
will perhaps take more satisfaction from his side's
first clean sheet in 12 games. Forest's battle to pull
themselves free of the relegation quagmire is
looking more and more hopeless and they have
now equalled their own Premiership record of 16
matches without a win. Forest went down in that
season and with each passing match that looks
more likely to be their fate at the end of this
campaign.
Once again Ferguson had rung the changes
because of injury, suspension and the desire to rest
players. Teddy Sheringham partnered Paul Scholes
in attack, while Henning Berg and Johnsen were
deployed in the heart of the defence. Bassett knew
the odds were stacked against his side and he
admitted his players would be struggling to make
the United bench, while their one individual of real
class, Pierre van Hooijdonk, was banned.
The first-half mirrored the dull and dismal
conditions and once again United's passing was
missing its customary zip and accuracy. Forest were
more than holding their own in terms of possession
and territorial advantage - until David Beckham
began to find his range. From one delivery Dave
Beasant produced a tremendous save to stop Ryan
Giggs' header flying into the top corner. From the
resultant corner, which was United's first of the
match, Beckham swung the ball over to the back
post where Johnsen headed home. United scarcely
deserved their 28th-minute lead, but they picked up
after the goal. Nicky Butt pounced on a loose pass
to launch a United counterattack which almost
resulted in a goal when Giggs' pass took a
deflection off Steve Chettle and nearly beat
Beasant. Roy Keane, who was clearly relishing this
battle against his old club, then unleashed a
20-yard drive, but unfortunately straight into
Beasant's arms.
In the second half United began to move up
through the gears and Scholes released Keane with
a delightful flick, only for United's skipper to be
thwarted by Mathieu Louis-Jean at the expense of
a corner. Giggs then produced a fine run down the
left and found Sheringham totally unmarked in the
Forest box, but his shot was saved by Beasant.
United were looking increasingly dangerous and
they put the game beyond Forest's reach with a
two-goal burst inside three minutes. In the 59th
minute Beckham swung over a free-kick which Berg
headed back across the box for Johnsen to volley
home his third goal of the season. There was no
holding United now and three minutes later
Sheringham fed Scholes, who released Giggs on the
left. He lifted the ball expertly over Beasant and
into the Forest goal for his sixth of the campaign.
That was the cue for Ferguson to bring on his
substitutes and on came Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,
Jonathan Greening and Jesper Blomqvist. Forest
also brought on rookie defender Chris Doig for his
first taste of Premier League action. The rest of the
game was little more than a training exercise for
United and they stroked the ball about until referee
Jeff Winter blew for full time to end Forest's misery.
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