www.red11.org DAILY NEWS
Date: Sat 04 Dec 1999 01:19 GMT+00:00
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This Issue:
1. United may make changes vs Everton
2. Walter Smith will joke with old pal Alex
3. RED-HOT ANDY'S FESTIVE PLEDGE
4. ILIE BLOW BOOSTS UNITED'S CHANCES
5. United still top of rich list
6. KIDS FALL AT FIRST HURDLE - FA Youth Cup Report
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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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99/2000 fixtures/match reports are at
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Mark Bosnich's Personal Details
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MANCHESTER UNITED STATS v ALL teams on the Web
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats.htm
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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
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*** 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
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*** 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
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*** 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)
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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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*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED -
UNITED Stats v All teams:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/
ALL FIXTURES at: http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix992000.htm
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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United may make changes vs Everton
Date: Friday 3 December, 1999
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is expected
to make changes to the side that triumphed in the
World Club Cup in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Andy Cole, Henning Berg and David May all stayed in
England and may be drafted back into the side to take on
Everton on Saturday. Dwight Yorke did not start against
Palmeiras but is expected to be returned to the line-up
alongside Andy Cole in the front line. Mark Bosnich may also
be rested and be replaced by the Dutchman Raymond van
der Gouw.
United will return to the top of the Premiership if they are
victorious as current leaders Leeds do not play until Sunday.
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Walter Smith will joke with old pal Alex
Ferguson that Everton can claim to be unofficial world champions
if they manage to catch Manchester United with a Tokyo hangover.
Smith chuckled as he recalled Scotland made a similar
tongue-in-cheek declaration when they became the first team to
beat England's World Cup winners in 1967.
But despite the effects of jet-lag from United's 18-hour flight
home from Japan, Everton's boss knows his men will have to be at
their very best to put one over a manager whose hunger shows no
sign of diminishing, despite a chestful of silverware.
Smith first noticed Ferguson's will-to-win qualities in
five-a-side games between the coaching staffs of Dundee United
and Aberdeen 20 years ago and is not surprised by his fellow
Scot's feats.
He said: "I've known Fergie since he was manager at Aberdeen and
I was just starting out on the coaching side at Dundee United.
The coaching staffs used to play five-a-side and I can't
remember him ever winning. Mind you, there's nothing left for him
to win now.
"He always had the qualities to be a good manager. He just
needed the right vehicle to go and prove it and Manchester
United supplied him with that. His talent allied with the
stature of the club has led to the success they have achieved."
Everton have not beaten United, home or away, for over four
years. Smith refuses to take encouragement from United's long
midweek trip to Japan, adding: "I don't think the travelling
will be a factor. United will get a buzz from winning in Tokyo
and that will help them overcome any tiredness. It's not as if
players are going to be falling asleep on the pitch."
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RED-HOT ANDY'S FESTIVE PLEDGE
Andy Cole, left behind this week to rest his back injury, is
ready to continue where he left off with goals, goals and more
goals.
The United hitman has long passed the ten-goal target he sets
himself for Christmas each year.
And as he prepares to bounce back into serious action against
Everton this weekend, Cole reckons United are about to be
transformed from lukewarm to red-hot.
They might have landed their fourth signifciant piece of
silverware inside the last 12 months, and they might be sitting
one place of the top of the Premiership with a game in hand on
leaders Leeds, but United are still a long way off overdrive.
So says Cole. The England striker explained: "It's true that we
haven't hit the heights of last season yet but we normally hit
our good patch at Christmas.
"Brian Kidd always used to tell us the time to start winning is
Christmas - and from then it's downhill.
"Nobody at the club is too worried or concerned *about the way
things have been going. We're three points behind Leeds having
played one less so we feel we are in a good position to start
pushing them hard."
As for the Everton clash, Cole recalled the 1-1 opening day of
the season visit to Goodison Park when an own goal cost them all
three points.
Cole, with 14 goals this season, added: "There were a few
surpised people after that result but in all honesty we
dominated the game but then let in an own goal."
Cole enlightened us a little as to why his partnership with with
Dwight Yorke works so well.
He said: "We play well together with a good understanding.
Everyone has seen what we're capable of. He puts me in and I
score, then he returns the compliment, and we're always looking
to do that. That's what it is all about."
Then, the hit-man talked of his friendship with Everton's Kevin
Campbell, a man who he will be facing on Saturday as United take
on the Toffees at Old Trafford.
He said: "Kevin and I go back a long way. When we are Arsenal,
he used to live about three doors away from me all those years
ago. He's done well, the fans have taken to him up there. I hope
he doesn't do too well against us though.
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ILIE BLOW BOOSTS UNITED'S CHANCES
Manchester United’s Champions League chances were given a boost
with the news that Valencia forward will miss the team’s Old
Trafford clash.
The Romanian striker has been in hospital for the past week
suffering from a gallstone problem.
It is a huge blow for the Spanish side to lose the talented
talisman, who has scored once in the Champions League this
season.
Ilie shot to fame, and earned himself a move to La Liga, in 1998
with a series of wonderful World Cup performances for Romania.
English fans will certainly remember him, consistently causing
problems as he helped his side to a 2-1 victory over England.
However, United cannot afford to rest on their laurels in the
match as they still have to cope with Valencia’s Argentinean
double-act, Claudio Lopez and Kily Gonzalez.
The deadly duo saw off the challenge of Scottish Premier League
champions Rangers and, along with Spanish international
playmaker Gaizka Mendieta, are still a combination to be feared.
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United still top of rich list
The annual survey by consultants Deloitte and Touch and
Four-Four-Two has once again revealed Manchester United as the
richest club in Europe.
Manchester United top the list which is dominated by English
clubs holding eight of the top twenty positions. The figures,
which are based on the 1997/98 season, show United with a
turnover of £87.9 million, which is almost £20 million more than
their nearest rivals Spanish side Real Madrid.
The second English team in the list are Newcastle who come in
fifth with £49.2million. The pair are joined in the top 20 by
Chelsea (9th, 47.5m), Liverpool (10th, 45.5m), Arsenal (13th,
40.4m), Aston Villa (17th, 31.8m), Tottenham (18th, 31.2m) and
Leeds (20th, 28.3m).
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KIDS FALL AT FIRST HURDLE - FA Youth Cup Report
Manchester United 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Thursday, December 02, 1999
Manchester United crashed out of The Times FA Youth Cup on
Thursday night, losing 2-1 to Nottingham Forest. It was the
third year in a row that the Reds have failed at the first time
of asking, following defeats at Blackburn in 1997 and Everton in
1998. Danny Webber's goal came too late to save United's Cup
campaign in a rain-swept match at Gigg Lane, Bury.
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PERSONAL Match Report
by 'THE OLD FART'
It was a disappointing performance and result at a very (very!)
wet and windy Gigg Lane last night. I recognised only one
(possibly two) players so this report may well be inaccurate as
far as players names go - I have only the teamsheet for
reference.
They looked a considerably bigger team, physically, than we did
(how often has that seemed the case over the years?) and I said
to my dad before the kick off that I was worried that they would
dominate us in the air - that proved to be correct. We started
brightly and should have taken the lead after two minutes when
Davis was put through on his own but he shot tamely and the
goalie saved. Had that shot gone in (as it SHOULD have done) it
is altogether possible that we would have witnessed a totally
different game for, as I will explain later, we seemed lacking
slightly in confidence.
After six minutes, which had been pretty much even, then broke
down the left flank, the ball was nicked in to their centre
forward, inside left, just on the edge of the penalty area, and
he shot towards goal. Both dad and I agreed that it was no more
than a speculative effort but it hit somebody on the way through
and beat our goalie low and just inside the near post. I was
disappointed that we conceded such a goal and Williams (if that
is who it was), our goalie, must take the blame for being beaten
near post. Really and truly, from that point on, there was only
one team going to win the game.
They were pressing and looked far stronger. The goal had really
boosted them and seemed to have deflated us quite badly.
However, in the eighteenth minute Webber (a lad who has played
in the reserves) was again sent through by a great ball from
Rose, only for his second touch to take the ball out of his
control and allow the goalie (who came out well, in fairness) to
gather.
For reasons I cannot explain we played far to many balls in the
air last night. In that they totally dominated the air that was
akin to trying to run through brick walls. When we did play it
along the ground we always threatened, though we never really
got going down the flanks which is always a disappointment for
any Manchester United side. After half an hour we once again had
a neat interchange between Webber and Davis, but before Davis
could shoot a great tackle beat him. The ensuing corner was
easily dealt with by their big, powerful defenders.
Just before the interval they really pressed. From a corner they
got in a great shot which once again took a deflection. This
time Williams redeemed himself making a magnificent save right
on the line. Given the conditions it was a truly GREAT save and
could not have been bettered even by the Dane himself (it WAS
that good!).
Half time and nil-one. Fair reflection on play without doubt.
We started brightly again and Muirhead had a good run and shot
which was saved. Then after ten minutes they got a free kick,
inside right position, ten yards or so outside the area, and
from the resulting far-post 'floater' they scored again as their
lad was allowed to head into goal, unchallenged. Terrible
defending. The goalie seeming to let the ball 'drift' past him
without an attempt to save.
After fifteen minutes we had a substitution when Walker was
replaced by unknown (number 16). This unknown lad is quite tall
and seems reasonably strong (although slightly built) and all of
a sudden we began to look a little bit brighter. We managed to
mount a few attacks, though whilst all finished with shots, none
came close to scoring. Perhaps they tired slightly, perhaps they
were happy to sit on the two, but we definitely looked the
better team during the last twenty.
This new lad made a difference and we seemed to pep up a bit and
after thirty-nine minutes we scored. Some nice work down the
right flank played Webber in, inside right. He beat one man,
took a touch and then unleashed an absolute screamer from over
twenty yards into the top left corner. Cracker. 1-2 and game on
(perhaps). But, sadly, whilst we really pressed, that goal had
come ten minutes too late. We had our tails up and looked a
different team but it was to no avail.
Final score then 1-2. Both dad and I agreed it was, over the
ninety minutes, a fair reflection. They had been much stronger
than us and had dominated midfield. I cannot but wonder at our
tactic of playing the high ball - strange that - but then what
do I know! So we're out of the FA Youth Cup yet again. It seems
a long time since we got past the first round.
The team (from the teamsheet) was: Williams, Lynch, Studley,
Strange, Szmid ("there's only one Marek Szmid"!!!), Walker,
Muirhead, Rose, Webber, Davis, Wood. Subs: Dodd, Tate, Pugh,
Nardiello and Sampson.
Keep the faith,
'THE OLD FART'
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