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Date: Tue Feb 16 10:30:50 GMT+00:00 1999
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. A drizzly day in Manchester - Personal Match report bt OUR SALFORD LASS
2. Kevin's cheered up Personal - Match Report by RED KELLY
3. Manchester United Survey #38 + New Survey #39
4. Chelsea-Manchester United tie put back to Sunday
5. Matches to go! Lucky for some? by Barry
6. United update fixtures Feb/Mar
7. Arsenal Can't Afford To Leave Old Trafford Empty-Handed' by Andy Gray
8. Keegan tips Yorke to turn United into the kings of Europe
9. Third time lucky for Cole if his greatest fan takes over
10. Bates fires broadside at 'selfish United'
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Daily RED Trivia Tuesday 16th February 1999:
16/2/1959: United beat Manchester City 4-1 at Old Trafford in a Division 1 clash
watched by 59,846. Warren Bradley 2, Freddie Goodwin and Albert Scanlon
scored for the Reds. Team was: Gregg, Greaves, Carolan, Goodwin, Cope,
McGuinness, Bradley, Quixall, Viollet, Charlton, Scanlon.
1973: Peter Fletcher made his debut at Derby County. Fletcher, a tall and mobile
Centre-forward, made 7 appearances, mainly in United's relegation season, before
being signed by Hull City in May 1974 in a deal which saw Stuart Pearson come to
Old Trafford. He later played for Stockport County and Huddersfield Town.
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Barry Daily Comment:
Seems like the OT Keegan for England will work!
Andy Cole will then be in favour for England in the future!
The Pontins League game against Notts Forest on 23rd February, has now been
moved to the following evening - the 24th February. The game will take
place at Fields Mill(?), Mansfield and will kick-off at 7pm
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17 Arsenal (H) 20.00
20 Coventry (A) 15.00
27 Southampton (H) 15.00
UNITED Stats v All teams:
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*** FIXTURES ON 17/02/99 ***
Aston Villa v Leeds United
Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers
Everton v Middlesbrough
Manchester United v Arsenal
Newcastle United v Coventry City
*** FIXTURES ON 20/02/99 ***
Arsenal v Leicester City
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday
Coventry City v Manchester United
Derby County v Charlton Athletic
Leeds United v Everton
Liverpool v West Ham United
Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest v Chelsea
Southampton v Newcastle United
*** FIXTURES ON 21/02/99 ***
Wimbledon v Aston Villa
*** LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 13/02/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Manchester United 25 14 8 3 59 27 32 50
2 Chelsea 24 12 10 2 35 19 16 46
3 Arsenal 24 12 9 3 28 11 17 45
4 Aston Villa 24 12 7 5 36 25 11 43
5 Liverpool 25 11 5 9 47 30 17 38
6 Derby County 25 9 10 6 25 22 3 37
7 Leeds United 24 9 9 6 36 24 12 36
8 West Ham United 25 10 6 9 27 36 -9 36
9 Wimbledon 24 9 8 7 29 35 -6 35
10 Middlesbrough 24 7 11 6 33 31 2 32
11 Tottenham Hotspur 24 7 10 7 29 31 -2 31
12 Newcastle United 24 8 7 9 29 32 -3 31
13 Leicester City 24 7 9 8 25 29 -4 30
14 Sheffield Wednesday 24 8 5 11 27 23 4 29
15 Blackburn Rovers 24 6 7 11 25 31 -6 25
16 Coventry City 24 6 6 12 23 32 -9 24
17 Everton 24 5 9 10 14 27 -13 24
18 Charlton Athletic 25 5 8 12 29 37 -8 23
19 Southampton 24 5 5 14 23 47 -24 20
20 Nottingham Forest 25 3 7 15 21 51 -30 16
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 06/02/99 ***
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 United 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 Middlesbrough Home L 2-3 3 55,152
26/12/98 Nottingham Forest Home W 3-0 3 55,216
29/12/98 Chelsea Away D 0-0 3 34,741
10/01/99 West Ham United Home W 4-1 3 55,180
16/01/99 Leicester City Away W 6-2 2 22,091
31/01/99 Charlton Athletic Away W 1-0 1 20,043
03/02/99 Derby County Home W 1-0 1 55,174
06/02/99 Nottingham Forest Away W 8-1 1 30,025
******
Champions League:
Group D P W D L F A Pts
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
******
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
FAC Quarter Finals Draw ties to be
played the weekend of Saturday, March 6:
Newcastle United or Blackburn Rovers v Everton
Barnsley v Leeds United or Spurs
Arsenal or Sheffield United v Huddersfield Town or Derby
Manchester United v Chelsea (Sunday 7/3 1400 hrs UK)
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Subject: A drizzly day in Manchester - Personal Match report bt OUR SALFORD LASS
It's been a pretty good weekend overall, although the game today wasn't a
classic and is not going to take up more than a couple of paragraphs in
this report! The weekend began with a job offer, continued with a
rejuvenated Salford beating Sheffield to go into the next round of the
Challenge Cup, went on into today with a wet return to Manchester for our
very own DA and ended this evening with an electronic Valentine card from
the one and only Zinedine Zidane! He told me he loved me and made a date
for this afternoon at OT but Barry (I just know it was you!), he never
turned up. :(((( Men, what can you do with them??
Having seen the successful completion of Salford's cup challenge yesterday,
I set off for the Throstle's Nest this morning in good heart. It was cold,
dark and drizzling - perfect Manchester weather! Nothing exciting, or even
interesting, happened on the way to the pub - a pretty dire situation for
someone who has a few hundred people waiting for an interesting report of
the day!! A big hug from DA was waiting for me and I spent the next few
minutes listening to his much more interesting journey over to the UK - I'm
sure we'll hear all about it once he returns across the pond, suffice to
say that the "gentleman" who caused DA and Mrs DA to be a day late arriving
no longer has a job! We then had a really pleasant hour or so in the pub
in the company of a number of esteemed list members, including a very
distressed Sausage Man who has, once again, been a pillock and forgotten to
apply for his Inter Milan home tickets. Of course, we took the mickey
(just a little!), and sang a short chorus of "Cheer up Alan Dobson", whilst
DA marvelled at Dobson's drinking habits.
Unfortunately, the taxi that DA had booked (and which I was intending to
share with him) never arrived and we ended up walking to the ground in the
pouring rain whilst DA muttered about how this sort of thing just doesn't
happen in the States! Despite everything, however, it was nice to share a
few minutes with a very dear friend, and to chat as we walked. We said
goodbye on the forecourt and I realised it was only 15 minutes to kick-off,
I was still outside the ground, and not only that - but I was at the wrong
bloody end of the ground! So I made my way through the tunnel behind South
Stand, grabbed a hot dog from a stall on the way, queued up for 10 minutes
at the turnstyles and then queued up for another 5 minutes for the ladies.
I hate West Stand, one ladies toilet for the whole stand! How I long for
East Lower! So I found myself sitting on the toilet listening to the lads
coming out onto the pitch. Luckily, I managed to get out of the loo and
into the stadium before they actually kicked off, to find a worried
son-and-heir wondering where I was, in the second row directly behind the
goal (where we should have been on the tele lots - for those of you who
decided the crowd was more interesting than the game).
I scrambled into my seat just as they were putting the ball onto the centre
spot and off we went. Unfortunately, that was about as exciting as it got.
As a game, it wasn't the most memorable ever. After the first 10 minutes
there was no atmosphere at all (apart from down at the other end, of
course) and we had behind us an old bloke who spent the whole game slagging
off every United player for every little mistake. They were all "lazy
bastards", "useless idiots" etc etc. The people with him were trying very
hard to look like they'd never met him before, but he kept giving the game
away by calling them by their first names so they resorted to spending most
of the game shrugging and smiling apologetically! There's not a lot to say
about the game itself except that we couldn't see a thing that was
happening down the other end (it's amazing what a difference being two rows
further forward makes) and nothing at all happened in the goal directly in
front of us! Andy's goal came after a period of pressure from Fulham which
had us squirming a bit, but the flood that we expected didn't come and we
spent the rest of the game praying that they didn't get another, whilst the
players seemed to be under the misapprehension that we were actually
winning by 3 or 4! By the end of the game, I couldn't help feeling that we
had been very lucky. We could easily have been looking at a replay,
although it never looked likely that Fulham would actually beat us.
The atmosphere never really got going either, at least down at our end.
Why is it that every time we go into J Stand, the atmosphere is crap. But
every time we sit anywhere else at a cup game, J Stand is buzzing?? I'm
beginning to feel got at! There were some chants of "Cheer up Kevin
Keegan" that went round the whole stadium, along with "Who put the ball in
the scouser's net?", but in the main most of the chanting was happening
down towards J Stand and that corner of North Stand closest to the away
fans. Talking of the away fans - what a bunch they were! I don't know
why, but I always imagine Fulham fans to be a bit like Millwall fans - a
bit 'ard. Not this lot - they looked like bloody Geordies, all black and
white wigs and face paint. Not a pretty picture! They were chanting away
quite happily to themselves when some bright spark in J Stand started
chanting "Keegan for England". This had the desired effect of sending most
of the East Stand into paroxisms of rage and the sure sign that they had
lost it came when the inevitable aeroplane impressions spread across the
stand. Of course, this was exactly what the Reds were after and the whole
stadium took up the chant. The Fulham fans responded with "Keegan for
Fulham" but to be honest, it didn't sound very convincing! Another chant
that went down well in our section was "Who made Kevin cry? Who made Kevin
cry? Alex, Alex Ferguson did. Alex, Alex Ferguson did" (to the tune of Who
ate all the pies?) For most of the game, though, we East Lower exiles sat
in the drizzle in silence, along with the regular residents of what used to
be the proud Stretford End - sad, isn't it?
It's difficult to pick a man-of-the-match. It was to be Denis Irwin who
had an outstanding first half. Unfortunately he didn't appear for the
second half. Most of the lads were having a bit of an off-day, Dwight
had Fulham players climbing all over him with no protection from the
referee (who seemed to have a major problem spotting hand-balls if the hand
belonged to a Fulham player), Ole was fairly anonymous, Peter seems to have
gone back to his "tactic" of booting every ball as far downfield as
possible and we were suffering from the lack of a decent midfield.
Greening looked good in patches but looked what he is - young and
inexperienced, especially in the second half. So my man-of-the-match is,
again, Jaap Stam. He is rapidly becoming the most reliable player we have.
Right, I'm off now to replay the game on the video and see if I can see
myself. Hopefully both players and crowd will be a little more "up for it"
on Wednesday and doesn't the mouth water at the thought of giving Chelsea
another 5 goal lesson in Cup football??
Copyright © 1999 by OUR SALFORD LASS. All rights reserved.
Not to be reproduced without permission of the author
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Subject: Kevin's cheered up Personal - Match Report by RED KELLY
Kevin's cheered up
In a post match interview Keegan laughed and said he probably knew the
words to the cheer up Kevin Keegan song better than the United supporters,
well, he definitely seems to have cheered up and has the makings of a very
good football team at Fulham.
We left the Midlands at around 10am in the hope that we would have time to
get to the Throstles Nest to meet up with DA and the rest. We intended to
take the usual route through Kenilworth and up to the M6 but missed the
turn so ended up going through Coventry a week early. The road took us to
the M6 up by the NEC and as we drove down the sliproad we spied a van load
of Fulham fans. They stood on the hard shoulder waving their arms about and
pointing to their shirts. What they had to be cheerful about I have no idea
as they had obviously broken down and were in danger of missing the match,
but Mick had the perfect response to their excitement and stuck two fingers
up at the window as we drove past. You should have seen their faces drop!
Apart from a couple of minor accidents and the usual rubber-necking we made
the journey in good time and arrived in a very wet Manchester by around
midday. As soon as we stepped out of the car we knew we were in for a
miserable walk up to the Nest which is a good half hour away from the canal
where we usually park.
By the time we walked into the pub we were half drowned. Our faces were
like skating rinks they were that wet, and our clothes were soaked through
and remained that way until at least Stoke on Trent on the journey home.
However it was worth the walk to meet up with DA and we spent a good half
hour together before we left for the ground. DA and Linda disappeared early
which left me sitting next to Pat's young nephew who has an unusual command
of the English language for one so young, especially when it comes to
expletives!
Thanks to Pat I had a ticket for my daughter Eliza which meant that we
could sit together again in the Stretford End as we had done for the other
Cup games. We had decided it was a lucky omen although the general opinion
was that United would romp the game anyway. I wasn't subscribing to that
theory however as lower division teams can often cause problems and this
was certainly to be the case with Fulham.
We left the pub and made our way to the ground out in the miserable rain
once more with Mick and I amusing ourselves by seeing who stamp in the
puddles and soak the sauageman's white jeans. OK so we've never grown up,
but when it's pissing down and your soaked almost to the skin, you've got
to do something to amuse yourselves!
The sight of Barney and Kerry trying to sell copies of Red News was sadness
personified. They were the proverbial drowned rats but it has to be said,
exhibiting extreme dedication - or is that stupidity - take your pick. I
picked up a couple of fanzines and put them in my jacket pocket and by the
time I'd gone another 50 feet they were like bits of rag - absolutely
soaked through.
After meeting up with Eliza, Steve and others we made our way round to the
Stretford End. As we rounded the corner by J Stand who should pull up
outside in his chauffeur driven Mercedes but the smarmy smoothy himself,
Hugh Grant - obviously a Fulham fan - not another closet Red surely. We
checked the back seat of the limo for his usual half naked companion, but
he seemed to be alone. Pity, as the incessant drizzle could have shown off
the talents of the well endowed Miss Hurley to some effect, I thought!
Past the North Stand we went to find a queue at our entrance to the
Stretford. Just like old times then - having to queue to get in. Those were
the days eh, when we stood in a long line wondering if we would get in.
This time we knew we would get in, but when would we get in was the
question.
As we stood in the dank drizzle yet another expensive motor drew up and
waited patiently as the queue reluctantly parted. We looked in the car and
there was the requisite blonde in the passenger seat. It must be a
footballer then we surmised. And it was, well of sorts anyway. It was
Teddy! "Hi Teddy" we waved and he smiled, but I wonder if he looked in his
mirror as he drove away. If he did he may have seen the odd gesture - in
jest of course!!
Once in the ground we were at least sheltered from the rain, for most of
the time anyway. It probably wouldn't have made much difference anyway as
my jacket was soaked through and I could hardly bend my legs because my
jeans were clinging so tightly to them. It was one of those days when you
were so wet it was impossible to get warm.
We sat only a couple of rows behind LInda and Ian and right behind the net.
The goalmouth was a mud bath and the atmosphere reminded me of years past.
It could have been something to do with seeing Fulham again at Old
Trafford, but it was more to do with the mist, the drizzle and the effect
it had on the light.
Peter was down at our end in the first half still sporting that stupid
bloody goatee beard - someone tell him PLEASE. The game started more or
less as soon as we took our seats and for the first few minutes United
didn't seem to be able to get the ball, but gradually something like order
was restored. It wasn't very good order however because the Cottagers gave
as good as they got and some would say, with some justification that they
gave a bit better.
The atmosphere in the crowd was nothing like it was at the scouse game in
the previous round. A few of us were periodically trying to get the crowd
going which included a bloke somewhere behind us who came out with a
variety of abuse throughout. His favourite phrase was "f**king Cockney
bastards" and generally his language was restricted to f'ing Cockney this
and f'ing Cockney that! But despite the distinct lack of verbal variety he
kept us amused with his ranting. It was about the only thing that did keep
us amused.
I suppose it was only to be expected that there couldn't be two games on
the trot that were record breakingly good, but they could have made a bit
more of an effort. About half way through the first half we at least had
something to cheer. I'm glad we made the most of it because it was one of
the very few times we had the chance to jump up and clap. It helped to
restore the circulation to our damp bodies.
I had no idea what happened when the goal went in, I couldn't even tell it
was Andy who scored it, but Mick confirmed later that it had taken a huge
deflection, but we celebrated anyway. The bloke sitting to my left said he
thought there would now be a bagfull. "Hmmmm, can't see it myself" I said,
and unfortunately I was right.
At least by half time we were one up and I could at last pay a visit to the
toilet which had been long overdue because of arriving in the ground late.
Isn't it always the way that when you are desperate for a leak that you
chose the wrong person to stand behind, the very person who obviously has a
bladder the size of an elephant and who takes three times as long to
relieve himself than anyone else.
The second half, we thought, would provide us with the opportunity to
witness our attacking prowess at close quarters as surely United would pile
on the pressure and break down a stubborn Fulham defence. But apart from a
couple of near misses all we had to get excited about was the incessant
ball handling by some of the Fulham players especially the amusingly
coiffured Rufus Brevit.
It wasn't a great game and despite the frequent profanities and insults
raining down from behind us and the odd chants of "Keegan for England"
which wound the Cottagers up nicely, it wasn't very active in the stands
either.
At the end of the game we were glad to see the back of it and gave both the
Fulham players and Keegan a standing ovation as they left the pitch. They
responded magnanimously but I'm sure they'd have rather taken us back to
the Cottage and toasted us in front of the home fires.
As we left the ground we finally came face to face with the person who had
been dishing out the profanities like there was no tomorrow. He was still
having a go at the f'ing Cockneys and f'ing Keegan as we were on our way up
the steps. The thing that struck me most was that he looked the spit of
Shane McGowan and was probably just as pissed as the Irish songster always
seems to be.
It has to be said that the game wasn't helped by a poor display from a ref
who seemed to penalise everything United did, so much so that it looked
odds on he would give Fulham a penalty if any one of their players had the
nerve to do a dying swan in the box. Either that or he'd been offered a
shopping bonanza in Harrods - only joking!!
Copyright RED KELLY 1999
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Subject: Manchester United Survey #38 + New Survey #39
www.red11.org Survey #37: Who was/is United's best uncapped player?
Steve Bruce 52 69.3% ***
Jimmy Greenhoff 7 9.3%
Jack Crompton 5 6.7%
David May 4 5.3%
Charlie Mitten 3 4.0%
Eddie Colman 2 2.7%
Alan Gowling 1 1.3%
Charlie Moore 1 1.3%
Total votes: 75
Barry Comment: Steve Bruce ran away with this one!
I expected Eddie Colman and even David May to figure but no way,
70% of votes went for Steve!!!
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Subject: Chelsea-Manchester United tie put back to Sunday
Chelsea's daunting FA Cup quarter final match at Old Trafford will take
place on Sunday March 7 even if it is not chosen as ITV or Sky's live
televised match.
Both clubs had already gained permission from the Premier League to put
their fixtures scheduled for that weekend back a day because of European
commitments.
United play Inter Milan in the Champions League on the previous Wednesday
while Chelsea play Norwegian side Valerenga in the European Cup Winners'
Cup a day later.
But regardless of the date for the clash player-coach Gianluca Vialli will
not be able to call on captain Dennis Wise.
He will still be serving a four match suspension earned for a red card in
Chelsea's fourth round replay victory over Oxford United 12 days ago.
Club spokesman Gwyn Williams confirmed: 'That will be the last match of his
suspension.'
Italian midfielder Roberto Di Matteo, sporting a new blonde shock of hair,
booked Chelsea's date with United on Saturday scoring the 85th minute
winner which killed off Sheffield Wednesday's cup dream.
Until that point it seemed certain the two teams would have to return to
Stamford Bridge for a replay in just over a week's time. But with five
minutes to go Bjarne Goldbaek picked out the yellow headed Di Matteo who
made no mistake from point blank range.
For Di Matteo, who started the game on the bench, it was the perfect reply
to those team mates who had been criticising his new hairstyle. He said:
'The players have been taking the mickey all week long but they've all gone
quiet now.
'There's no reason for it - I just felt like changing the colour. It's just
a joke for myself really but obviously the manager didn't like it as he
would not play me.
'But at least I got the goal. I have only scored a couple with my head in
my career but that one was particularly important.'
Gianfranco Zola commented: 'Everyone was horrified by his hair. But we will
forgive him anything if scores goals like that.
'We know we have got some time before the final to sort it out. He can't
meet the Queen with hair like that.'
Spanish defender Albert Ferrer, who was replaced by Di Matteo after half an
hour of Saturday's match, looks likely to miss Wednesday's Premiership
clash with Blackburn at Stamford Bridge through injury.
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Subject: 21 matches to go! Lucky for some? by Barry
March is difficult? Inter Milan + Chelsea Pool/Toon AwAY
Check out April!
Could be EC Semi x 2 + FAC Semi
+ Dons/Brian Kidd/Sheep ALL AWAY!
Good to see we have one match...Big Ron at Home :)))
May?
Do not mention it yet.......plain sailing
its Villa/Spurs at OT + Bryan Robson (A)
then only an FA Cup Final
and Nou Camp EC FINAL!!!!!!!
do you remember 1968 :)))
++++++++++++++++++
Complete list:
February 1999
1 17 Arsenal (H) 20.00 PL
2 20 Coventry (A) 15.00 PL
3 27 Southampton (H) 15.00 PL
March
4 3 Inter Milan European Champions league "Quarter Final" 1st leg 19.45
5 7 Chelsea (H) 14.00 FAC6 *SKY SPORTS* LIVE* + Danish TV1 Scandinavia.
6 10 Liverpool (A) 19.45 PL (moved due to FAC)
7 13 Newcastle (A) 15.00 PL
8 17 Inter Milan European Champions league "Quarter Final" 2nd leg 19.45
9 21 Everton (H) 15.00 PL
April
10 3 Wimbledon (A) 15.00 PL
11 7 European Cup Semi?
12 10 Blackburn (A) 15.00 PL (subject to FACUP)
13 11 FAC Semi?
14 17 Sheff Wed (H) 15.00 PL
15 21 European Cup Semi?
16 24 Leeds (A) 15.00 PL
May
17 1 Aston Villa (H) 15.00 PL
18 8 Middlesbrough (A) 15.00 PL
19 16 Tottenham (H) 16.00 PL
20 22 FAC Final??
21 26 European Cup final?? Nou Camp
Allelujah!
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From: "Paul Hinson"
Subject: United update fixtures Feb/Mar
Updated fixtures Feb/Mar
(Kick-off times UK)
Wed Feb 17 ARSENAL (h) 20.00 (Prem)
Sat Feb 20 Coventry City (a) 15.00 (Prem)
Sat Feb 27 SOUTHAMPTON (h) 15.00 (Prem)
Wed Mar 03 INTERNAZIONALE (h) 19.45 (CL-QF)
Sun Mar 07 CHELSEA (h) 14.00 (FAC6)
Wed Mar 10 Liverpool (a) 19.45 (Prem)
Sat Mar 13 Newcastle United (a) 15.00 (Prem)
Wed Mar 17 Internazionale (a) 19.45 (CL-QF)
Sun Mar 21 EVERTON (h) 15.00 (Prem)
March? Phew!
The Chelsea game is live on SKY.
Paul Hinson (email p.l.hinson@ais.salford.ac.uk)
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Tuesday 16 February 1999
Subject: 'Arsenal Can't Afford To Leave Old Trafford Empty-Handed' by Andy Gray
WHEN Manchester United meet Arsenal, it's always a big game. And
when both sides are neck and neck in the race for the Premiership
title, it's doubly important for both teams. But this time around, I
reckon that this is a match that's a lot more crucial for Arsenal than
it is for Alex Ferguson's United side.
You can't go so far as to say that either team will have suffered a
fatal blow to their Premiership title ambitions if they get beaten at
Old Trafford tomorrow night. But it is fair to say that it is more
important for the Gunners to take something from the game. Arsene
Wenger's reigning champions are currently five points behind United
with a game in hand. That's not a dreadful position to be in by any
means. But if they were to fall behind by another three points at
this time of the season, then I for one would find it much harder to
see how they could get back at United. A point would be enough for
them to stay in touch and to make a statement of intent. They'll be
without Bergkamp and Petit up in Manchester, of course. They're
both suspended, so the rest of the players will know that they'll be
up against it. But any kind of result would really give the team the
impetus to go forward and mount a serious title challenge.
It's a huge loss to Arsenal to be without Petit and Bergkamp, two of
the most vital members of the team. Imagine taking Roy Keane and
Dwight Yorke out of the United side and you've got some idea of
what Arsenal will have to overcome. Some people might think it will
be too difficult for them to deal with those losses, especially when
they're still trying to bed in new strikers like Diawara and Kanu. It
would be asking a lot of either of those two players to really turn it
on at Old Trafford. It almost always takes a wee while for new
players, especially new foreign players, to settle down and show
their best form. Arsene will know that, but I'm sure that secretly
he'll be wishing that his two new boys had been with the club just
that little bit longer to give him a few more options for games
exactly like this one. Let's not forget, though, that Arsenal are a
hard, resilient side and they've proved many times in the past that
they have the mental toughness to overcome exactly this kind of
obstacle. And it's not as if they don't have a really top-class striker
in their line-up. Nicolas Anelka showed that he's really on top of his
game when he played for France against England last week and
scored two great goals. He's getting better all the time and is
certainly more than capable of getting on the scoresheet, no matter
what defence he's up against.
United will be a really tough nut for Arsenal to crack, though.
They're at the absolute peak of their game just now. They're scoring
goals, playing well, the Cole/Yorke partnership is as exciting as
anything in the league and the whole team seems to be thriving on
the pressure. And best of all, as far as Alex is concerned, is that
he's been able to rest a lot of his key players to keep them both
fresh and motivated. United had a bit of a dip in form at this time
last season, but that hasn't happened to them this time around and
that will certainly worry all of their rivals.
This match promises to be a classic struggle, but let's also
remember that no-one will be rubbing their hands about this match
as much as Chelsea. They'll be more than happy with the idea of
two of their biggest rivals battling it out to take points off each
other, won't they?
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Subject: Keegan tips Yorke to turn United into the kings of Europe
By Ken Lawrence
Tuesday, February 16, 1999
Eric Cantona will always be remembered as the catalyst of Manchester
United's spectacular return to the pinnacle of the English game.
But for all the Frenchman's impact, he could not inspire United to success
in the elusive Champions League. Dwight Yorke, in Kevin Keegan's view, has
that ability.
If the England manager-in-waiting is correct then the songs of celebration
ringing around Old Trafford will have a West Indian reggae beat rather than
a variation of the Marseillaise.
Keegan, whose Fulham side were beaten 1-0 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup
fifth round on Sunday, believes the value of Trinidad and Tobago striker's
capture from Aston Villa at the start of the season is immeasurable.
He said: 'Dwight Yorke is superb, brilliant at linking everything up. The
£12.75million spent on him might seem a lot of money but he was a bargain.
'He was the major difference between United and my side, which I know only
come from the Second Division. But he will also be the major difference in
the Champions League. Obviously he needs the help of other players but
Yorke can take Manchester United to the European Cup, which I honestly
believe they can now win. His arrival at Old Trafford is the icing on the
cake for the team.'
With United's Champions League quarter-final against Inter Milan
approaching next month, Keegan sees Yorke as the leader of a squad with a
far greater depth of skill and strength, a situation on which Cantona could
not rely. Tomorrow's vital Premiership clash with champions Arsenal might
once have had manager Ferguson issuing prayers against the prospect of
injury with Inter's visit imminent.
Indeed Ryan Giggs, having missed last season's Champions League
quarter-final disappointment against Monaco, is fighting to be fit for the
same stage of the tournament despite a similar hamstring problem.
But Keegan said: 'There is greater strength in every department of the
United squad. Look at Jesper Blomqvist, for instance. He has proved he can
be an ideal replacement for Giggs on the left wing.
'As for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, what other manager has the luxury of being
able to split up Yorke and Andy Cole and bring in someone who scored four
goals as a substitute?
'Jaap Stam, too, grows stronger with every game he plays at the back.'
While Keegan believes Yorke is so important for Ferguson, he is almost as
impressed by the way Cole has discovered himself again, saying: 'One of the
great strengths of United nowadays is Yorke's striking partnership with
Andy Cole up front.
'Andy is now a better player than before I sold him to United when I was at
Newcastle but it doesn't surprise me how much he has developed.
'The only thing that did surprise me was how long it took him to prove
himself at Old Trafford. There is still more to come from him. He will
improve further.'
Keegan's observations should increase optimism within Old Trafford as
Ferguson's players begin a crucial sequence of games that will decide their
destiny on three fronts. The Arsenal game apart, they meet Chelsea in the
FA Cup, the tie sandwiched between Inter's arrival and a Premiership visit
to Liverpool.
It is the Champions League which concentrates Ferguson's mind, however, and
Keegan is convinced that finally the United manager may reach his Holy Grail.
Keegan said: 'Even in the past, when other people were talking about United
winning the Champions League, I never believed they could do it. Now I'm
convinced they can.'
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Subject: Third time lucky for Cole if his greatest fan takes over
Andy Cole has been told twice that he is not good enough to play for
England - by Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle.
But if Cole was hoping for the chance to make it third time lucky at
international level, he could hardly have wished for a better choice of
England coach than Kevin Keegan.
In contrast to Venables and Hoddle, who discarded Cole after giving him the
most fleeting of opportunities - a total of just 33 minutes between them,
Keegan has always remained his strongest backer.
That support has never wavered even though it was Keegan who stood outside
St James' Park in January 1995 to explain to the disbelieving Toon Army why
he sold Cole to Manchester United in a £7million deal.
It was Keegan who had gambled on Cole when he bought him from Bristol City
in 1993. The response was 68 goals in 84 appearances. Even when they parted
company, they did not fall out.
Only two weeks ago, after Hoddle's final act was to swallow his pride and
select Cole for the squad to play France, Keegan had no doubts he was worth
his call-up, maintaining that the 27-year-old had improved immeasurably
under Alex Ferguson's tutelage.
Mention of that brought a smile to Cole's face as he prepared for the
France game. He said: 'When Kevin sold me to United, he said I'd become a
better player and he gave me the opportunity. I've got a lot of respect for
him. He is a lovely geezer, a nice guy. Everybody knows the way he wants to
play football as well.' Cole was the first player to put his head above the
parapet and say Keegan should be England manager. That was not too
surprising, especially as he would have shivered at the thought of Terry
Venables returning.
If Cole is set to be one of the chief beneficiaries, there are plenty of
others whose international standing will be improved or even reborn as
Keegan's footballing philosophy begins to direct the future.
Robbie Fowler, for one, will feel he has a genuine chance to prove himself
again. Keegan has a real faith in the Liverpool striker's natural talent.
When Fowler was sent off in Austria in 1994, Keegan, then temporarily in
charge of the England Under 21 side, rushed to his defence. Fowler never
convinced Hoddle of his ability but Keegan is already a convert. If the
forward can return to his prime scoring form he can rest assured that
Keegan will take notice.
Keegan was, of course, the manager who smashed the world transfer record
when he paid £15m to take Alan Shearer back home to St James', a signal of
his belief in the current England skipper's quality.
Yet Keegan is also keen on Nick Barmby, who has lost his way dramatically
since scoring the first England goal under Hoddle, and Chris Sutton, who
knew last February he could never play for England again while the former
coach remained in charge.
The players who worked under Keegan at Newcastle know more about him than
most, and he also knows more about them.
One of those for whom he never had a bad word - even though he could never
work out what his best position was - is Steve Watson, now at Aston Villa.
As a utility player, Watson's value for his club was never in doubt and his
fitness and strength were often praised. While lacking explosive pace, he
is attack-minded and his determination to work on the deficient defensive
aspects of his game has paid off.
Watson, who played at centre half, centre forward, midfield and wide right
for Keegan at Newcastle, has now fixed his sights on maturing into a
right-sided defender and has demonstrated his consistency since moving to
Villa Park.
Given the choice, Keegan's option is to go for full backs with flair, as
opposed to the type who are wary of crossing the halfway line. Watson's
natural instincts could help him while Steve Howey, who lost more than two
years to a series of injuries, and perhaps goalkeeper Shaka Hislop could
also benefit from being Keegan players in the past.
The advent of Keegan should mean that David Beckham is finally handed the
keys to the international door as England's playmaker. Asked about the role
he saw for the Manchester United man, Keegan was forthright: 'I'd begin by
playing David in his best position, the one he was born for - central
midfield.'
That may be bad news for Jamie Redknapp, as Keegan teams tend to play with
a defensive midfielder - Newcastle used Paul Bracewell, Barry Venison, Rob
Lee and then David Batty - even though the Liverpool man scored a hat-trick
for Keegan in that game in Austria.
Paul Scholes is another whom Keegan rates highly, as is his United
team-mate Phil Neville, who has lost his place for club and country since
being left out of the World Cup squad at the final cut. But good news for
some will be bad news for others, and two of the players shown the door by
Keegan at Newcastle may not be wearing big smiles this morning.
Darren Huckerby's blistering pace has made him a huge favourite at
Coventry, but after buying him from Lincoln, Keegan gave him just one brief
appearance as a substitute before selling him on. That was one more
appearance than Keegan gave winger Steve Guppy after signing him from
Wycombe. Guppy's appearances on the left wing for Leicester earned him a B
cap last season but he was dismissed by Keegan as not being up to the job.
When pressed, Keegan admits that he is a stubborn man. It is unlikely that
his feeling on those two players will have shifted and there there must
also be doubts about the international futures of Paul Ince and Teddy
Sheringham.
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Subject: Bates fires broadside at 'selfish United'
Bates fires broadside at 'selfish United'
Vivek Chaudhary hears the Chelsea chairman's views on pay-per-view
Monday February 15, 1999
The Chelsea chairman Ken Bates, whose club charge the highest admission
prices in the country, yesterday launched a stinging attack on Manchester
United, accusing them of trying to cash in on the introduction of
pay-per-view channels without concern for the welfare of English football.
Bates fired his broadside while giving evidence in the case brought by the
Office of Fair Trading against the Premier League, BSkyB and the BBC over
the League's right to negotiate a collective television deal on behalf of
all its 20 clubs.
He told the Restrictive Practices Court that pay-per-view football channels
are likely to be introduced in the very near future and that many leading
clubs, particularly Manchester United, wanted to keep all the revenue they
made from the broadcasts for themselves.
The Chelsea chairman was giving evidence on behalf of the Premier League,
claiming that the collective television deal of £743 million is good for
the game because most of the money is distributed among the League's clubs,
thereby ensuring healthy competition.
The future, claimed Bates, is pay-per-view channels but some form of
collective agreement over the redistribution of money made from the
channels is still needed to ensure healthy competition at the top end of
the English game. Manchester United, he claimed, were not interested in
sharing any profits.
Bates's comments come as the first pay-per-view match takes place on Sunday
between Sunderland and Oxford and many believe that pay-per-view
Premiership games will be shown by next season.
"Some clubs would like to treat pay-per-view money as gate money and share
it only with the opposing team," he said.
"Going on the commercial basis to date, I think Manchester United are only
interested in Manchester United."
When asked by Geoffrey Vos, QC, representing the OFT, whether he was sure
large clubs such as Manchester United would be unwilling to redistribute
money from pay-per-view channels, Bates replied: "On my experience I'm
fairly confident that they would not. There are a number of clubs who don't
give a damn about anyone except themselves."
Bates added that he did not consider Chelsea to be one of those clubs and
that he would support an agreement in which a large portion of television
money is distributed among all Premier League clubs.
The OFT is arguing that individual clubs should be allowed to negotiate
their own television deals because consumers are losing out under the
current agreement. The deal between the Premier League, BSkyB and the BBC
terminates in 2001 and only 60 league matches are allowed to be broadcast
live each season. The Premier League claims that if the OFT wins, then this
will only benefit big clubs and that the level of competition will be
affected.
Bates told the court that pay-per-view channels had been discussed by
Premier League chairmen but there was no agreement on whether money
generated from them should be distributed among the clubs. The technology
is in place and most leading clubs, including Chelsea, already have their
own channels.
Bates added: "I think there's a very divided debate going on in the Premier
League about that [pay-per-view channels]. In fact Sky made such a
proposition this season and it was rejected. It is not a question of
technology, it's a question of whether we want to do it or not."
Bates was also asked by Vos about the high ticket prices at Chelsea and
whether they prevented fans from attending matches. The most expensive is
£60 and some season tickets cost more than £1,000. "You would agree that
there are people who can't afford to watch Chelsea on a regular basis?" he
said.
Bates replied: "No, I would disagree. The fact of the matter is that they
can afford it,they just can't get the tickets. There is a minority too poor
to come to Chelsea, but they are such a minority I don't think it's worth
taking into consideration."
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