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Date: Wed Sep 15 1999 03:52:53 GMT
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. UNITED HELD TO A SURPRISE DRAW
2. United avoid low-key disaster
3. COLE COULD FACE LEGAL ACTION
4. Celtic star slams Ferguson's Bosnich tactics
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*** To date our unbeaten runs stand currently as:
-> 27 games League
-> 40 games League and Cup
-> 35 games domestic League and Cup
figures by Masterfan Paul Hinson
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99/2000 fixtures/match reports are at
http://www.red11.org/mufc/992000.htm
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*** FIXTURES ON 18/09/99 ***
Aston Villa v Bradford City
Derby County v Sunderland
Leicester City v Liverpool
Manchester United v Wimbledon
Southampton v Arsenal
Watford v Chelsea
*** FIXTURES ON 19/09/99 ***
Everton v West Ham United
Leeds United v Middlesbrough
Newcastle United v Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur v Coventry City
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MANCHESTER UNITED STATS v ALL teams on the Web
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NEXT MATCHES
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18-SEP-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Wimbledon (FA Premier League, HOME)
22-SEP-1999 [19:45] Manchester Utd. vs Sturm Graz (UEFA Champions League, AWAY)
25-SEP-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Southampton (FA Premier League, HOME)
29-SEP-1999 [19:45] Manchester Utd. vs Marseilles (UEFA Champions League, HOME)
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First Team Fixtures 1999/2000
All dates/times subject to change
Dates of possible cup ties also shown
Date Opposition KO Time
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14/09/99 Croatia Zagreb Home EC 19.45
18/09/99 Wimbledon Home PL 15.00
22/09/99 Sturm Graz Away EC 19.45
25/09/99 Southampton Home PL 15.00
29/09/99 Marseille Home EC 19.45
3/10/99 Chelsea Away PL 16.00 "live on sky"
*11/10/99 Sir Alex Ferguson's testimonial OT [Schmeichel + Cantona]
13/10/99 ? WC 3
16/10/99 Watford Home PL 15.00
19/10/99 Marseille Away EC 19.45
23/10/99 Tottenham Hotspur Away PL 15.00
27/10/99 Croatia Zagreb Away EC 19.45
30/10/99 Aston Villa home PL 15.00
2/11/99 Sturm Graz Home EC 19.45
6/11/99 Leicester City Home PL 15.00
20/11/99 Derby County Away PL 15.00
24/11/99 ? EC
27/11/99 Sheffield Wednesday Away PL 15.00
30/11/99 Tokyo Palmeiras WCC 20.00
1/12/99 ? WC 4
4/12/99 Everton Home PL 15.00
8/12/99 ? EC
11/12/99 FAC 3 Will not enter ...
15/12/99 ? WC 5
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"
3/01/2000 Middlesborough Home PL 20.00
***** 5-14 /01/2000 Brazil WTC ***** [3-4 games]
* 8/01/2000 FAC 4 Will not enter ...
12/01/2000 ? WC sf i
15/01/2000 Leeds United Away PL 15.00
22/01/2000 Arsenal Home PL 15.00
26/01/2000 ? WC sf ii
* 29/01/2000 FAC 5 Will not enter ...
5/02/2000 Coventry City Home PL 15.00
12/02/2000 Newcastle United Away PL 15.00
* 19/02/2000 FAC 6 Will not enter ...
26/02/2000 Wimbledon Away PL 15.00
27/02/2000 ? Wembley WC f
1/03/2000 ? EC
4/03/2000 Liverpool Home PL 15.00
8/03/2000 ? EC
11/03/2000 Derby County Home PL 15.00
15/03/2000 ? EC
18/03/2000 Leicester City Away PL 15.00
22/03/2000 ? EC
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
* 9/04/2000 FAC sf Will not enter ...
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
* 20/05/2000 Wembley FAC f Will not enter ...
24/05/2000 ? EC f
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THE FANTASTIC TRIPLE WAS WON!!
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Subject: UNITED HELD TO A SURPRISE DRAW
Ossie Ardiles was right after all - this was a good time to
play Manchester United.
The Croatia Zagreb coach claimed before this Champions
League opener at Old Trafford that the Treble winners
could be vulnerable and so it proved as they were held to a
0-0 stalemate.
Ardiles' side successfully frustrated them and for the first
time this season, United looked a pale imitation of the side
which conquered England and Europe last season.
The Croatian champions more than held their own during a
dull first half and Ardiles curtailed his natural attacking
instincts and went with an unusual 3-6-1 formation.
United slowly began to asset some authority and David
Beckham went on a mazy run before he was chopped down
by Krunoslav Jurcic well within the midfielder's range.
However Beckham hit the 20-yard free-kick against the
encroaching Zagreb wall and the chance was gone.
Paul Scholes went much closer when he stooped to connect
with Clegg's cross and send a header just over the bar.
Zagreb looked threatening on the break and Tomislav
Rukavina should have done better when he could only
connect weakly with Mario Cvitanovic's excellent through
ball.
Sheringham, who scored the equaliser in the Champions
League Final, came on for Wilson on the hour mark as
United switched to a more attacking 4-3-3 formation.
United immediately became to look more menacing and Cole
turned Mario Tokic on the edge of the area, only for Ladic
to parry his drive before Jaap Stam flashed a header wide.
Beckham lined up a free-kick from all of 35 yards out and it
took a deflection off the wall, but Ladic caught it under his
crossbar.
Zagreb refused to lie down and Daniel Saric was just inches
away from scoring with a rasping drive which flew just over
Van der Gouw's bar.
With time slipping away, Ferguson went for broke when he
brought Quinton Fortune on for Clegg and moved Neville
across to the left-back position.
Henning Berg joined United's increasing frantic attack and
he headed narrowly wide from one chance.
United were getting closer and an off-balance Yorke hit the
crossbar with an effort eight minutes from time.
In the dying seconds Sheringham seemed to screw a shot
across goal, although the Zagreb players congratulated
Ladic.
Unlike in Barcelona, there were to be no last-gasp heroics
this time for United.
© PA Sporting Life
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Subject: United avoid low-key disaster
Ian Ross at Old Trafford
Tuesday September 14, 1999
There can have been few such low-key openings to the defence of
European football's most coveted prize. It was bad but, as the
majority of crowd who were reduced to nervous silence by a quite
wretched evening would testify, it could have been a great deal
worse for Manchester United.
This was a game United never seemed likely to win and yet one
they could easily have lost, so the occasion held much relief
and actually yielded a tangible bonus.
It was only as an extraordinarily dull tie neared its end that
United awoke from their slumbers, Dwight Yorke striking the face
of the crossbar with eight minutes remaining.
The pinning of Sir Alex Ferguson's teamsheet to the back of the
United dressing room door shortly before kick-off brought only
cold comfort for the man who thought he would be king, Mark
Bosnich.
Less than two months after being feted as the natural, long-term
successor to Peter Schmeichel, the Australian was overlooked on
this occasion to accommodate the 36-year-old Raimond van der
Gouw who deputised for the ineligible Massimo Taibi.
After spending the previous 24 hours hinting that Jonathan
Greening would be included on the right side of midfield so that
David Beckham could be released to forge a central pairing with
Paul Scholes, Ferguson left him on the substitutes' bench.
But he did find room for two of his new wave: Michael Clegg
stepped in at right-back in place of the injured Gary Neville
and Mark Wilson was asked to cover for Roy Keane.
United miss Keane's belligerence and there were times during a
technically accomplished if dull opening half when Ossie
Ardiles's side threatened to steal the midfield initiative.
Certainly, they were marvellously organised and had they had
been capable of adding a genuine cutting edge to their game they
might well have punished United's initial hesitancy.
United slept through the opening 20 minutes, stirring just once
when Beckham set up Andy Cole for a low drive which struck a
Croatian leg.
Beckham moved himself to the hub of practically everything which
was worthwhile but too often he was instinctively drawn out of
position in an attempt to engender a sense of urgency, to
increase the tempo.
But the ink was still dry on the opening chapter of United's
European campaign when the first groans of disappointment began
to ripple through an uncomfortable - and clearly perplexed -
audience.
There were a couple of half-chances and the harder United tried
to fashion something even resembling an opening the more
pronounced became their sense of desperation.
Yorke personified the malaise, a listless figure who required
three touches to establish control but just one to needlessly
surrender possession.
Arguably the best chance of the first half fell to him but
having drifted forward to reach a Ryan Giggs cross from the left
he fluffed his shot.
The suspicion that one bright move, one decisive thrust, might
just prove sufficient to move Zagreb into the box seat, grew as
the evening dragged on.
United were so poor that the Croatians clearly began to believe
that here was a game not for the drawing but for the taking.
Teddy Sheringham was both talisman and catalyst towards the end
of last season and his introduction on the hour did at least
increase United's options.
Cole should probably have ended the stalemate after 63 minutes
but after collecting a Beckham pass and then turning smartly
away from Stjepan Tomas, he drilled his crisp, low drive far too
close to goalkeeper Drazen Ladic.
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Subject: COLE COULD FACE LEGAL ACTION
Andy Cole and Manchester United could yet face legal action
over the striker's horror tackle on one of Australia's
brightest prospects.
Australian club Carlton may sue over Cole's challenge on
their star player Simon Colosimo during the July friendly
against the Socceroos in Sydney which left the defender
needing a knee reconstruction.
Carlton have instructed Melbourne law firm Slater and
Gordon to handle any compensation claim and proceedings
could start within a month.
When the law firm first took on the case, principal Peter
Gordon claimed the law recognised compensation claims
between sporting organisations.
Carlton director Lou Sticca revealed the law firm had been
studying what had happened and would decide how to
proceed.
"We put the matter in the hands of Slater and Gordon and
at the end of the day we will be guided by their legal
advice," said Sticca.
Tour promoters, Rivkin Entertainment, and Soccer Australia
could also be cited in any claim for compensation.
Colosimo was regarded as one of Australia's best young
players and was tipped for a move to Europe before Cole's
tackle sidelined him until the New Year.
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Subject: Celtic star slams Ferguson's Bosnich tactics
Celtic's Mark Viduka has criticised Man Utd boss Sir Alex
Ferguson's treatment of Mark Bosnich, claiming he has mishandled
the Aussie keeper.
Viduka, a team mate of Bosnich at international level and, until
last season a player for tonight's opponents Croatia Zagreb,
reckons United have made a huge mistake in splashing out £4.5m
on Italian Massimo Taibi - thus undermining Bosnich's position
at Old Trafford.
Viduka said: "Maybe some people think Mark is too cocky, but all
that tells you is about his strength of character.
"Perhaps Sir Alex doesn't think that he is the one he wants, but
Mark once single-handedly defied Brazil for Australia with the
best performance I've ever seen from a goalkeeper and I know
he's one of the best right now.
"He and I are part-Croatian and it comes from our national
character that we can seem cocky or arrogant, but we are also
very stubborn and strong. "It'll hurt Mark if he is not picked
to play against the main team from a country where he has so
much background."
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