www.red11.org DAILY NEWS
Date: Thu 02 Dec 1999 10:14 GMT
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Arse match moved for UK TV
2. FIFA Club World Championship 2000
3. Soccernet - FERGUSON BACKS BECKS FOR EURO PRIZE
4. Whiteside: Back to school aged 26!
5. Interviews from Tokyo
6. UP FOR THE CUP - Off. Site
7. MUTV last night - The Willie Morgan Chat Show
8. Carling Report Manchester Utd v Palmeiras 30/11/99 10.00 Tokyo
9. BOSNICH HAS THE ANSWERS
10. Scousers record in WCC by Paul Hinson
11. Reserves result - Gigg Lane
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MANCHESTER UNITED DAILY NEWS Thurs 2nd Dec 1999:
Barry Comment:
Reserves won again yesterday and move 3rd in the reserve Prem League.
Arsenal match is moved and the FA Youth Cup is tonight.
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Championship challenge in Brazil.
Manchester United FC Champions League Squad List
1 Mark John Bosnich 2 Gary Alexander Neville 3 Dennis Joseph Irwin
4 David May 6 Jakob Stam 7 David Robert J Beckham
8 Nicholas Butt 9 Andrew Alex. Cole 10 Edward Sheringham
11 Ryan Joseph Giggs 12 Philip Neville 14 Johan Jordi Cruyff
15 Lars Jesper Blomqvist 16 Roy Keane 17 Raimond RJH Van der Gouw
18 Paul Scholes 19 Dwight Yorke 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
21 Henning Berg 23 Michael Jamie Clegg 25 José Quinton Fortune
26 Massimo Taibi 31 Nicholas James Culkin 33 Mark Antony Wilson
34 Jonathan Greening
1999/2000 UEFA Champions League Second Group-Match Stage - Group B
Group B P W D L F A Pts
Valencia CF 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
Fiorentina AC 1 1 0 0 2 0 3
Manchester United 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Bordeaux 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Second stage Euro Draw GROUP B
Manchester United Valencia Bordeaux Fiorentina
Tues Nov 23 Fiorentina v Manchester United 2-0
Valencia v Girondins Bordeaux 3-0
Wed Dec 8
Group B: Girondins Bordeaux v Fiorentina
Group B: Manchester United v Valencia
Wed Mar 1
Group B: Manchester United v Girondins Bordeaux
Group B: Fiorentina v Valencia
Tues Mar 7
Group B: Girondins Bordeaux v Manchester United
Group B: Valencia v Fiorentina
Wed Mar 15
Group B: Manchester United v Fiorentina
Group B: Girondins Bordeaux v Valencia
Tuesday, March 21
Group B: Fiorentina v Girondins Bordeaux
Group B: Valencia v Manchester United
FINAL Group D P W D L F A PTS
Manchester United FC 6 4 1 1 9 4 13
Olympique de Marseille 6 3 1 2 10 8 10
SK Sturm Graz 6 2 0 4 5 12 6
NK Croatia Zagreb 6 1 2 3 7 7 5
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*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 27/11/99 ***
Coventry City 0-1 Leicester City 22,021
Everton 0-0 Aston Villa 34,750
Middlesbrough 0-0 Wimbledon 31,400
Watford 2-3 Sunderland 21,590
West Ham United 1-0 Liverpool 26,043
*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 28/11/99 ***
Arsenal 2-1 Derby County 37,964
Chelsea 1-0 Bradford City 31,591
Leeds United 1-0 Southampton 39,288
Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur 36,460
*** CONDENSED LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 28/11/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Leeds United 16 11 2 3 29 19 10 35
2 Manchester United 15 10 3 2 35 20 15 33
3 Arsenal 16 10 2 4 28 16 12 32
4 Sunderland 16 9 4 3 27 16 11 31
5 Leicester City 16 9 2 5 26 20 6 29
6 Liverpool 16 8 3 5 20 13 7 27
7 Tottenham Hotspur 15 8 2 5 25 20 5 26
8 Chelsea 14 7 3 4 20 11 9 24
9 West Ham United 15 7 3 5 17 14 3 24
10 Middlesbrough 16 7 2 7 20 23 -3 23
11 Everton 16 5 6 5 24 22 2 21
12 Coventry City 16 5 5 6 23 18 5 20
13 Aston Villa 16 5 4 7 14 18 -4 19
14 Wimbledon 16 3 8 5 22 29 -7 17
15 Newcastle United 16 4 4 8 27 30 -3 16
16 Southampton 15 4 4 7 20 25 -5 16
17 Bradford City 15 3 3 9 12 24 -12 12
18 Derby County 16 3 3 10 15 28 -13 12
19 Watford 16 3 2 11 13 28 -15 11
20 Sheffield Wednesday 15 1 3 11 13 36 -23 6
*** FIXTURES ON 04/12/99 ***
Aston Villa v Newcastle United
Bradford City v Middlesbrough
Leicester City v Arsenal
Manchester United v Everton
Southampton v Coventry City
Sunderland v Chelsea
Wimbledon v Watford
*** FIXTURES ON 05/12/99 ***
Derby County v Leeds United
Liverpool v Sheffield Wednesday
*** TEAM STATISTICS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 20/11/99 ***
AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE: 55,168
HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 25/09/99 - Southampton (55,249)
LOWEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 11/08/99 - Sheffield Wednesday (54,941)
BEST WIN: 11/08/99 - Sheffield Wednesday (4-0)
30/08/99 - Newcastle United (5-1)
HEAVIEST DEFEAT: 03/10/99 - Chelsea (0-5)
BEST HOME WIN: 11/08/99 - Sheffield Wednesday (4-0)
30/08/99 - Newcastle United (5-1)
BEST AWAY WIN: 22/08/99 - Arsenal (2-1)
25/08/99 - Coventry City (2-1)
11/09/99 - Liverpool (3-2)
20/11/99 - Derby County (2-1)
HEAVIEST AWAY DEFEAT: 03/10/99 - Chelsea (0-5)
NEXT MATCHES
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30-NOV-1999 [10:00] Manchester Utd. vs Palmeiras (Inter Continental Cup, AWAY)
04-DEC-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Everton (FA Premier League, HOME)
08-DEC-1999 [19:45] Manchester Utd. vs Valencia (UEFA Champions League, HOME)
18-DEC-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs West Ham (FA Premier League, AWAY)
26-DEC-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Bradford C (FA Premier League, HOME)
Current Injuries Possible return
Jesper Blomqvist ankle early Dec
Ronny Johnsen knee January
Wes Brown knee August
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First Team Fixtures 1999/2000
All dates/times subject to change
Dates of possible cup ties also shown
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
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15/07/99 Melbourne Australia pre-season W 2-0 - 60,000
18/07/99 Sydney Australia pre-season W 1-0 - 78,000
21/07/99 Shanghai Shenhua pre-season W 2-0 - 80,000
24/07/99 Hong Kong South China pre-season W 2-0 - 40,000
1/08/99 Arsenal Wembley Charity Shield L 1-2 - 70,185
3/08/99 Omagh Town Omagh Bomb Fund W 9-0 - 7,000
4/08/99 Wigan Athletic friendly W 2-0 - 15,000
08/08/99 Everton Away PL D 1-1 10 39,141
11/08/99 Sheffield Wednesday Home PL W 4-0 3 54,941
14/08/99 Leeds United Home PL W 2-0 1 55,187
22/08/99 Arsenal Away PL W 2-1 1 38,147
25/08/99 Coventry City Away PL W 2-1 1 22,024
27/08/99 Monaco - Lazio ESC L 0-1 - 15,223
30/08/99 Newcastle United Home W 5-1 1 55,190
11/09/99 Liverpool Away W 3-2 1 44,929
14/09/99 Croatia Zagreb Home EC D 0-0 - 53,250
18/09/99 Wimbledon Home D 1-1 1 55,189
22/09/99 Sturm Graz Away EC W 3-0 - 16,480
25/09/99 Southampton Home D 3-3 1 55,249
29/09/99 Marseille Home EC W 2-1 - 54,276
3/10/99 Chelsea Away PL L 0-5 2 34,909
11/10/99 Sir Alex Testimonial Home F L 2-4 LEGENDS 54,842
13/10/99 Aston Villa Away WC3 L 0-3 - 33,815
16/10/99 Watford Home PL W 4-1 2 55,188
19/10/99 Marseille Away EC L 0-1 - 57,745
23/10/99 Tottenham Hotspur Away L 1-3 3 36,072
27/10/99 Croatia Zagreb Away EC W 2-1 - 30,000
30/10/99 Aston Villa Home PL W 3-0 2 55,211
2/11/99 Sturm Graz Home EC W 2-1 - 53,745
6/11/99 Leicester City Home PL W 2-0 1 55,191
20/11/99 Derby County Away W 2-1 1 33,370
23/11/99 AC Fiorentina Away EC L 0-2 - ?
30/11/99 Tokyo Palmeiras N WCC W 1-0 - 53,372
4/12/99 Everton Home PL 15.00
8/12/99 Valencia CF Home EC 19.45
18/12/99 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
26/12/99 Bradford City Home PL 15.00
28/12/99 Sunderland Away PL 20.00 "live on sky"
pp 3/01/2000 Middlesborough Home PL ??? *No new date yet
pp 27/11/1999 Sheffield Wednesday Away PL ??? *No new date yet
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JAN 05-14 Brazil WTC [3-4 games]
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06/01/2000 Necaxa (Mexico) Neut WTC 16.00
08/01/2000 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) Away WTC 16.00
11/01/2000 South Melbourne (Australia) N WTC 16.00
Final (Jan 14, Rio de Janeiro) Group A winner - Group B winner
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15/17? /01/2000 Leeds Away PL 15.00
24/01/2000 Arsenal Home PL 15.00 "live on sky"
5/02/2000 Coventry City Home PL 15.00
12/02/2000 Newcastle United Away PL 15.00
26/02/2000 Wimbledon Away PL 15.00
1/03/2000 FC Girondins de Bordeaux Home EC 19.45
4/03/2000 Liverpool Home PL 15.00
7/03/2000 FC Girondins de Bordeaux Away EC 19.45
11/03/2000 Derby County Home PL 15.00
15/03/2000 AC Fiorentina Home EC 19.45
18/03/2000 Leicester City Away PL 15.00
21/03/2000 Valencia CF Away EC 19.45
25/03/2000 Bradford City Away PL 15.00
1/04/2000 West Ham United Home PL 15.00
5/04/2000 ? EC qf i
8/04/2000 Middlesborough Away PL 15.00
15/04/2000 Sunderland Home PL 15.00
19/04/2000 ? EC qf ii
22/04/2000 Southampton Away PL 15.00
24/04/2000 Chelsea Home PL 15.00
29/04/2000 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
3/05/2000 ? EC sf i
6/05/2000 Tottenham Hotspur Home PL 15.00
10/05/2000 ? EC sf ii
14/05/2000 Aston Villa Away PL 15.00
24/05/2000 ? EC Final
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Arse match moved for UK TV
REDS GO LIVE Wednesday, December 01, 1999 10:31
Manchester United's home Premiership match with
Arsenal has been put back two days to January 24. The
game, originally scheduled for Saturday January 22, will now
be played on the Monday night, and will be shown live on
Sky Sports. The match, between the teams who have
won the last four League titles between them, promises to be a cracker.
Here is my latest match situation:
[corrections - mail barrylee@post3.tele.dk]
Anyone heard anything about Leeds? 15 or 17 Jan 2000 as I will be in
Manchester that weekend!
More about a possible Throstles meet later........
4/12/99 Everton Home PL 15.00
8/12/99 Valencia CF Home EC 19.45
18/12/99 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
26/12/99 Bradford City Home PL 15.00
28/12/99 Sunderland Away PL 20.00 "live on sky"
pp 3/01/2000 Middlesborough Home PL ??? *No new date yet
pp 27/11/1999 Sheffield Wednesday Away PL ??? *No new date yet
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JAN 05-14 Brazil WTC [3-4 games]
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06/01/2000 Necaxa (Mexico) Neut WTC 16.00
08/01/2000 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) Away WTC 16.00
11/01/2000 South Melbourne (Australia) N WTC 16.00
Final? 14/01/2000
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15 or 17? /01/2000 Leeds Away PL 15.00
24/01/2000 Arsenal Home PL 15.00 "live on sky"
5/02/2000 Coventry City Home PL 15.00
12/02/2000 Newcastle United Away PL 15.00
26/02/2000 Wimbledon Away PL 15.00
1/03/2000 FC Girondins de Bordeaux Home EC 19.45
4/03/2000 Liverpool Home PL 15.00
7/03/2000 FC Girondins de Bordeaux Away EC 19.45
11/03/2000 Derby County Home PL 15.00
15/03/2000 AC Fiorentina Home EC 19.45
18/03/2000 Leicester City Away PL 15.00
21/03/2000 Valencia CF Away EC 19.45
25/03/2000 Bradford City Away PL 15.00
1/04/2000 West Ham United Home PL 15.00
5/04/2000 ? EC qf i
8/04/2000 Middlesborough Away PL 15.00
15/04/2000 Sunderland Home PL 15.00
19/04/2000 ? EC qf ii
22/04/2000 Southampton Away PL 15.00
24/04/2000 Chelsea Home PL 15.00
29/04/2000 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
3/05/2000 ? EC sf i
6/05/2000 Tottenham Hotspur Home PL 15.00
10/05/2000 ? EC sf ii
14/05/2000 Aston Villa Away PL 15.00
24/05/2000 ? EC Final
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FIFA Club World Championship 2000
FIFA Club World Championship 2000
Participants
Vasco da Gama - 1998 Copa Libertadores winners
Manchester United - 1999 UEFA Champions' League winners
Al Nassr - 1998 Asian Super Cup winners
Necaxa - 1999 Concacaf Champions Cup winners
South Melbourne - 1999 Oceania Champions' Cup winners
? - 1999 Africa Champions' Cup winners
Real Madrid - 1998 Toyota Intercontinental Cup winners
Corinthians - 1998 Brazilian champions
Tournament to be hosted in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
January 5-14, 2000.
Group A (São Paulo)
Jan 5: Al Nassr - Real Madrid -
Corinthians - African repres. -
Jan 7: African repres. - Al Nassr -
Corinthians - Real Madrid -
Jan 10: Real Madrid - African repres. -
Corinthians - Al Nassr -
1.Al Nassr 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
2.African repres. 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
3.Corinthians 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
4.Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
Group B (Rio de Janeiro)
Jan 6: Manchester United - Necaxa -
Vasco da Gama - South Melbourne -
Jan 8: Necaxa - South Melbourne -
Vasco da Gama - Manchester United -
Jan 11: South Melbourne - Manchester United -
Vasco da Gama - Necaxa -
1.Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
2.Necaxa 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
3.South Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
4.Vasco da Gama 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
Third Place Match (Jan 14, Rio de Janeiro)
Group A runner-up - Group B runner-up
Final (Jan 14, Rio de Janeiro)
Group A winner - Group B winner
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Soccernet - FERGUSON BACKS BECKS FOR EURO PRIZE
By David Anderson, PA Sport, Tokyo
David Beckham is one of a handful of Manchester United players who should
be in the running for the European Footballer of the Year award, according
to Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson is delighted that the England midfielder is a leading contender
for the coveted prize, which has been won in the past by United legends
Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best.
And Ferguson believes nearly half of last season's Treble-winning side
should be vying for the honour, which will be announced at the end of this
week.
"It would be fantastic for a Manchester United player to win it," said the
United boss.
"I don't know if any other of our players have been nominated, but in the
context of last season I think four or five players could be nominated.
"If it is David Beckham we will all be delighted."
Beckham would certainly be a hugely popular winner with Japanese football
fans and he has been mobbed since he arrived on Saturday.
He has dominated the pre-match build-up in the media and the Japanese are
thrilled by the prospect of seeing him play.
Japanese television has been screening features on Beckham, including
footage of wife Posh Spice singing with an arrow pointing her out for the
less well-informed viewers.
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Whiteside: Back to school aged 26!
- Soccernet
Norman Whiteside leaned against the bar in one of his old haunts, his hand
wrapped comfortably around a pint of Guinness.
He no longer had to fear that, by the time he was halfway down his first
glass, some well-wisher would be on the phone to Sir Alex Ferguson warning
him that his wayward star was letting down his hair and Manchester United.
Twelve years ago those faceless, nameless informers seemed to be under
every beer mat when Whiteside, Bryan Robson and Paul McGrath were creating
as many legends in the Cheshire pubs as Law, Best and Charlton ever did on
the Old Trafford pitch.
When injury finished Whiteside at 26 - the same age Best went over the hill
- you did not have to be a born pessimist to predict that another Belfast
boy was about to stumble down the same road to ruin.
Whiteside confounded everybody, maybe even himself. Faced suddenly by a
swiftly retreating life of luxury and the prospect of feeding himself and
his family for the next 40 years, he went back to school.
After that, he moved to university from which he emerged three years later
as a qualified podiatrist with a BSc honours degree.
Today, he has a flourishing private practice specialising in the
computerised diagnosis and correction of abnormalities 'anywhere between
the hip and the big toe'.
Funded by the Professional Footballers' Association, the players' union, he
holds clinics for young players at 30 League clubs. Next year he expects
that number to double as the game wakes up to the need for preventative
medicine for youngsters who might some day be worth millions.
It is, ironically, just the sort of treatment which might have prolonged
Whiteside's own career. To the last generation of Old Trafford regulars,
16-year-old Whiteside was the answer to their dreams.
He had power, vision, flair and a toughness that warned everybody that if
there was any serious kicking to be done he would be the one to do it.
Unfortunately, he lacked pace.
By his own brutal admission he was 'slow as a carthorse'. He believes now
that had somebody corrected his unathletic gait he could have speeded up
and he might have been spared some of his 11 operations as well as the knee
injury that finished him.
'I remember the day the knee finally went,' he said. 'September 20, 1990 -
I can give you the hour and minute, if you like. I had moved to Everton two
years earlier and I was playing a five-aside in the gym.
'I can't recall the name of the kid who tackled me but I went one way, my
knee went the other, and I knew from the stabbing pain that that was it.
Eventually, Everton decided I could never reach my old standard and I agreed.
'Of course, I got compensation, but from earning perhaps £200,000 a year I
suddenly found there was nothing coming in. There was no point moping
around, looking for sympathy. I spent a couple of weeks in tears then set
out to find a new career.
'Trouble was, I had nothing to show for my education in Belfast. I hadn't
had any. I was so single-minded, so blinkered about being a footballer that
I hadn't done any studying. So my first target had to be GCSEs. That was
very hard.
'It meant going back to sit in a classroom of 13 and 14-year-olds. There
were a few double-takes when they recognised me and a few sniggers when I,
Norman Whiteside of Manchester United, Everton and Northern Ireland, first
put my hand up and asked: "Please sir, may I go to the toiletî.
'But there was no other, easier way to get what I needed.'
After that came A-levels, then three years full-time at Salford University.
To help pay the bills Whiteside spoke at as many sports dinners as he
could, often arriving home late and snatching a few hours sleep before
leaving for university.
For the last few years, Whiteside has been at Old Trafford on match days
welcoming guests to the corporate hospitality suites. He offers that as
proof that he did not leave United under a cloud or in an alcoholic haze.
'Fergie arrived in England carrying a big whip and determined to be a
disciplinarian,' he said. 'He had heard the rumours that Paul, Robbo and I
were out drinking every night and right from the start he began to get
phone calls telling him we had been spotted out on the town again.'
Whiteside never denied that he 'liked a few'. He merely disputed the amount
involved and the time it was consumed. But the newlyarrived Ferguson was
certainly not convinced and there were days, he admitted, when one of the
triumvirate turned up for training so heavily hung-over that all the United
backroom staff could do was dump him in a hot bath and sweat the alcohol
out of him.
'I always got on well with Fergie and I was completely honest with him,'
said Whiteside. 'Whenever the three of us went out for a drink we knew that
somebody would ring the club and report us.
'The following morning I would be there early, knock on the manager's door
and admit: "I went out for a drink last nightî. It's called getting your
retaliation in first.
'Years later, I met Fergie at a dinner and he told me that after getting
the calls he used to lie awake at night rehearsing what he was going to say
to me and Paul. When I went in and confessed he was lost for words. Poor
old Paul wasn't so quick and used to catch it in the neck every time.
'In the end, though, I agreed with the boss it was time to move on. He
thought I had gone stale and I had the chance to earn better money with
Everton. Because I had grown up at Old Trafford I was probably one of the
lowest-paid players in the side.
'People assumed we were all millionaires, but I was probably on about £300
a week when my goal - the one out of the 80 that everybody remembers me by
- won the FA Cup for United.
'In two years at Goodison I earned more than I did in all my years at Old
Trafford. When I quit playing a tabloid newspaper offered me a lot of money
- in excess of £25,000 - to slag off Fergie. I turned it down.
'I'm not the sort of guy to do that and, anyway, I have nothing against
him. We always got on well and when United won the title he invited me into
his office to join his family celebration. He must have known that meant
sending out for an extra case of champagne.'
That is a sample of the sharp, self-deprecating wit that eased Whiteside
out of some tight corners during a sometimes turbulent career. He was sent
off only once, and that during his unsatisfying Indian summer at Everton,
but he was regularly booked and accused of arriving late 'with intent to
injure'.
He blames that on his slowness rather than meanness. Although AC Milan
offered £1.5million for him when he was an 18-year-old striker, he accepts
that he blossomed only when he moved into midfield.
'I was slow off the mark, but quick upstairs,' he said. 'I had a good
footballing brain and was able to see the big picture. Some players never
learn to do that and others, especially Eric Cantona, have been brilliant
at it.
'I didn't want to go to Italy so young. I planned to spend a certain number
of years with United before sampling a foreign culture but ... well, it
didn't work out that way.
'Still, I enjoyed it. I've no regrets. After all this time I still miss the
dressing-room banter, the travel, the excitement of the World Cups with
Northern Ireland. But I don't envy the present-day players their money or
the constant attention they get.
'They're icons now, right up there with the pop music boys. We had our
share of pressure and hero-worship, but nothing like this. Frankly, I've
had all the adulation I want, thanks. Now I just want to get on with a real
life.'
Man. United -The Legend http://manunited.net
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UP FOR THE CUP - Off. Site
Manchester United will be looking to end a poor
sequence tonight - Thursday when they entertain
Nottingham Forest in The Times FA Youth Cup.
The Reds have not won a single match in the
competition for almost three years, confounding
their status as Youth Cup kings with a record eight wins.
The Busby Babes famously won the competition in its first
five years from 1953 to 1957, and more recently, Giggs,
Beckham, Scholes, Butt and the Nevilles have all collected
winners' medals in their teens.
United's last Youth Cup victory in any round was at Anfield
on 7 January 1997, when Wes Brown helped the side to
overcome Liverpool and Michael Owen.
In the following round, the Reds lost 3-2 to Watford in a
replay, and in subsequent seasons, they've crashed out at
the first hurdle, to Blackburn Rovers in 1997/98, and
Everton in 1998/99.
In the meantime, they've seen Leeds United, Everton and
West Ham United lift the prestigious trophy with the aid of
some exciting young players. Jonathan Woodgate, Francis
Jeffers and Joe Cole have all made their mark in the
Premiership since playing in the FA Youth Cup Final.
Whether Manchester United have a starlet who could follow
them remains to be seen. Certainly, the club has a great
history in the Youth Cup, and we can look eagerly to the
competition in the search for the next Duncan Edwards,
Mark Hughes or Ryan Giggs.
The latest crop of Youth Cup hopefuls, tutored by Dave
Williams and Neil Bailey, take on Forest at Gigg Lane,
Bury, tonight Thursday evening at 7pm.
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Carling Report Manchester Utd v Palmeiras 30/11/99 10.00 Tokyo
Manchester Utd (1) 1 Palmeiras (0) 0 FT
Keane 35
The Japanese fans had come to see David Beckham, but instead it was
United's other wing king Ryan Giggs who produced the moment of skill that
won Manchester United the Toyota Cup as they beat Palmeiros 1-0 in Tokyo.
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On 35 minutes Giggs produced a piece of classic wing play down the left
when he sent over a deep cross, which completely deceived Palmeiras
goalkeeper Marcos, and Roy Keane netted from close range.
Keane's strike made yet another piece of football history for Sir Alex
Ferguson's trailblazers and they have become the first British side to win
the inter-continental challenge between the champions of Europe and South
America.
With the huge trophy comes the title of the best team in the world and the
cynics could argue that United need not now bother going to Brazil to
compete in FIFA's World Club Championship.
United's victory in the close contest in Tokyo's National Stadium will
prove popular with the hordes of Japanese who had turned out to support
them, decked in their Beckham shirts.
The Japanese certainly know how to put on a show, and the fans were treated
to a laser and fireworks display before the game.
After such a build-up the first half was something of a disappointment.
Ferguson did his bit and fielded a strong side to do the match justice.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was deployed as a lone striker, with Beckham and Giggs
supporting him down the flanks and Paul Scholes from midfield.
United fashioned the first chance inside the opening two minutes when Nicky
Butt, who shrugged off his wrist injury to play, was fouled 25 yards out on
the right and Beckham curled the free-kick just over.
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Palmeiras' main attacking thrusts were coming from former Newcastle striker
Faustino Asprilla who has lost none of the skills which used to delight the
Toon Army.
From one chance he beat Mickael Silvestre in the area only for the
dependable Jaap Stam to block his shot.
The Palmeiras fans thought their side should have had a penalty when Alex
went down under a challenge from Silvestre just inside the area, but
referee Hellmut Krug waved play on.
Mark Bosnich, who was arguably United's man of the match, came to his
side's aid when first he made a fine stop from Alex, after the Palmeiras
striker had been played in by Asprilla, before he saved a header from Junior.
United brought some life to the dull proceedings when they opened the
scoring on 35 minutes when Giggs and Keane combined to score.
Butt went close to a second three minutes later with a 30-yard drive which
was just wide of Marcos' left-hand post.
Silvestre preserved United's lead when he cleared Alex's header from his
own goalline with his boot.
Solsjkaer had struggled up front, and it came as little surprise when he
was replaced by Dwight Yorke at the interval.
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The second half was much more open, and Yorke and Asprilla went close in
the opening couple of minutes.
The game was finally living up to its billing as the world championship,
and Sampaio made a great challenge on Scholes before the England midfielder
flicked a backheeled effort over the bar and Butt went close with a curled
effort.
Arce then gifted United possession, and Yorke fed Giggs only for the
Welshman to shoot wide from the great opportunity.
The chances were coming thick and fast, and Bosnich smothered an effort
from substitute Oseas before United screamed in vain for a penalty for a
challenge on Yorke.
Alex remained a threat and he fired wide following a strong run before he
headed just inches wide.
Palmeiras were getting closer, and Bosnich made a fantastic point-blank
save from Oseas before he denied substitute Euller.
Bosnich continued to thwart the Brazilians and made another finger-tip save
from that man Alex again.
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Man Utd: Bosnich, Irwin, Stam, G. Neville, Silvestre, Keane, Scholes
(Sheringham 74), Butt, Beckham, Solskjaer (Yorke 45), Giggs.
Subs not used: Taibi, P. Neville, Wallwork, Higginbottom, Fortune.
Booked: Silvestre.
Palmeiras: Marcos, Junior Baiano, Arce, J. Junior, R. Junior, Zinho, Cesar
Sampaio, Galeano (Paulino 54), Alex, Asprilla (O. dos Santos 56), Paulo
Nunes (Carvalho 77).
Subs not used: Sergio, Conceicao, Regis, T. dos Santos.
Booked: Alex.
Attendance: 53,372.
Referee: Helmut Krug (Germany).
KEY MOMENTS FROM MANCHESTER UNITED v PALMEIRAS
2 mins: David Beckham curls a 25-yard free-kick just over after Nicky Butt
is fouled.
20 mins: Referee Helmut Krug waves play on after Alex goes down under
Mickael Silvestre's challenge on the edge of the Manchester United area.
22 mins: Mark Bosnich makes a superb point-blank save to deny Alex after
good work by Faustino Asprilla.
34 mins: Ryan Giggs' cross eludes keeper Marcos and Roy Keane fires into an
open goal at the back post.
37 mins: Butt's piledriver fizzes just wide after Palmeiras fail to clear a
free-kick.
41 mins: Silvestre preserves United's lead by hooking Alex's header off the
line with Bosnich beaten.
48 mins: Asprilla stabs a shot past Bosnich but also past the post.
58 mins: Ryan Giggs wastes a golden chance to put United 2-0 up, shooting
wide from 10 yards.
62 mins: Alex, Palmeiras' most dangerous player, fires wide from 25 yards.
70 mins: Alex finds himself unmarked 12 yards out but sends his header
agonisingly past the post.
74 mins: Bosnich excels himself again, clawing away Oseas' close-range shot.
79 mins: Alex is denied by Bosnich from 20 yards as Palmeiras throw
everything at United.
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BOSNICH HAS THE ANSWERS
By David Anderson, PA Sport, Tokyo
Mark Bosnich believes he has answered the critics who have been sniping at
him since he joined Manchester United.
Bosnich came under fire after he endured a torrid start to his second spell
at Old Trafford.
The Australian international was criticised for his poor kicking and was
demoted to third in the goalkeeping pecking order after he picked up a
hamstring injury and Massimo Taibi arrived from Venezia.
He has slowly regained his form and produced his best display yet as he
shut out Palmeiras to help United lift the Toyota Cup in Tokyo's National
Stadium.
Bosnich was praised by rival managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Luiz Felipe
Scolari after he made a string of vital saves in the 1-0 win.
He feels that performance should be enough to silence those who were so
quick to criticise him during the first few weeks of the season.
"Maybe some of the people who don't know me and said some of those things
they did beforehand, well obviously they won't eat their words - but maybe
they will have a little think to themselves," he said.
Bosnich reckons he can improve even more on his display against the South
American champions.
"I was pretty happy with my performance but I would hope that I've got a
little bit more left," he said.
"It was a fantastic game and a fantastic experience, and from a personal
point of view I was just so proud to be involved and be part of it."
Bosnich attributed his return to form to the coaching staff at Old Trafford
and his team-mates.
He was at pains to stress how much goalkeeping coach Tony Coton has helped
him recover from his early disappointments.
"Fortunately I've had a lot of help along the way," he said on MUTV.
"TC, the goalkeeping coach, has been fantastic with me and he has helped me
a great deal and so have people like Steve McClaren and Jimmy Ryan and my
team-mates," he said.
"The defence in front of me is fantastic, and when you've got guys as
outstanding as they are it's a pleasure to play behind them.
"I'm really, really proud to be playing with these players because they are
such a great bunch."
After the disappointment of losing the Charity Shield to Arsenal, Bosnich
is delighted to help the Treble-winners lift their first trophy of this
season.
But he knows that the hard work is just beginning for him and United.
"I've said all along that one swallow does not make a summer, and there are
still a lot of games to be played yet this season," he said.
"We're not kidding anyone and we've got just as big a game next Wednesday
against Valencia and also against Everton on Saturday.
"It's business as usual, and we will just roll on to the next game."
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Scousers record in WCC by Paul Hinson
On 1 Dec 99, at 12:13, Davenport Chris JC wrote:
> I've just been told by a Scally piece of shite that they refused to enter
> the INTER-CONTINENTAL CUP in 1978 coz 'it's meaningless'. Is this true or is
> it just another piece of 'history' that they have a habit of creating
> whenever we beat them??
> Also whats the soccer six competition?
> Whatever they say they've never won the treble!!!!
> Chris
Liverpool. 4 European Cups. 4 Chances of being World Club Champions.
Let us see how they fared...
1977 22/ 3/78 Buenos Aires
Boca Juniors 2-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
26/ 7/78 Karlsruhe
Borussia M'gladbach 0-3 Boca Juniors
[Liverpool declined to play]
(Phil Thompson: "We can't afford the friggin' air fare to Argentina!")
1978 [Boca Juniors and Liverpool declined to play each other]
(Jimmy Case: "Where's Boca? is dat near me Mams in Bootle?")
1981 13/12/81 Tokyo
Flamengo 3-0 Liverpool
(Phil Neal: "We wuz robbed! De ref was crooked")
1984 9/12/84 Tokyo
Independiente 1-0 Liverpool
(Graeme Souness: "Calm down, Calm down! We'll be back soon as
Champions of Europe")
Other great English failures....
1979 18/11/79 Malmö
Malmö FF 0-1 Olimpia
3/ 3/80 Asunción
Olimpia 2-1 Malmö FF
[Nottingham Forest declined to play]
(Brian Clough: "You won't catch us playing in a bloody tinpot challenge match")
1980 11/ 2/81 Tokyo
Nacional 1-0 Nottingham Forest
(Brian Clough: "The ref was a clown - he wouldn't even take a bung off me!")
1982 12/12/82 Tokyo
Peñarol 2-0 Aston Villa
(Doug Eliis: "There goes another manager through the Out door")
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Reserves result - Gigg Lane
Manchester United 3 v 1 Barnsley Reserves
Healy Notman 24 Chadwick 68
REDS outplayed Barnsly who are bottom of the reserves league
No TV report from me today sorry, we will have to wait for the pie-man :)
Team:
Van der gouw
Clegg
Rose
O'Shea
Stewart
Chadwick
Wilson
Healy
Notman
Twiss
Bench not used
Nevland
Culkin
Howard
Cosgrove
btw it WAS raining in Manchester, cats & dogs
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