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www.red11.org DAILY NEWS Fri May 28 99 ** European Champions **
(Part One)
This Issue:
1. 23 WORDS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF FOOTBALL HISTORY (Mirror)
2. United toast Fergie's party piece (Telegraph)
3. What the papers said
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* WE'VE DONE THE TREBLE !!!!!!!! *
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* 1999 PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS *
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* 1999 F.A. CUP CHAMPIONS *
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* 1999 EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS *
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MUFC New Single:
For those in the UK, The 1999 Manchester United Football
Squad has released a new single.
It's called Lift It High (Its all about belief).
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Daily RED Trivia FRIDAY May 28 1999
28/5/1871:
Jack Banks born in West Bromwich. Banks joined United from his local
club, having gained an FA Cup losers medal in1895. He made his United
debut against Gainsborough Trinity in September 1901, and the pacy
Half-back made 44 appearances between 1901-03. He signed for Plymouth
Argyle in May 1903.
28/5/1959:
Uniteds Bobby Charlton scores a hat-trick for England as they beat
the USA 8-1 in Los Angeles.
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Paul's Daily Comment:
For those lucky enough to be in Manchester yesterday, it was
a magnificent welcome-home for the lads. Around 500,000 lined
the streets as the open-topped bus took 4 hours to travel 7 miles
from the Airport to the City Centre. The city is proud of its heroes,
as indeed are fans all over the world.
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Everyone who wants the goal in Real Time Video 300k now thanks to RED
CAFE!
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FA Cup Semi Final Replay
14 April 1999
Manchester United 2:1 Arsenal (Villa Park)
Download Ryan Giggs Goal! (Real Video: 300K)
--> http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/real/giggs-goal.ra
Thanks to the Theatre of Dreams
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
MANCHESTER UNITED STATS v ALL teams on the Web
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats.htm
Previous News:
BSKYB Takeover news/pics at http://www.red11.org/mufc/bskyb.htm
Brian Kidd Press conference, pic, real audio
http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/kidd.htm
Peter Schmeichel's last Season at United!
http://www.red11.org/mufc/news/schmeichel.htm
UNITED Stats v All teams:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/
*** FINAL PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 16/05/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD
Pts
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1 Manchester United 38 14 4 1 45 18 8 9 2 35 19 43
79
2 Arsenal 38 14 5 0 34 5 8 7 4 25 12 42
78
3 Chelsea 38 12 6 1 29 13 8 9 2 28 17 27
75
4 Leeds United 38 12 5 2 32 9 6 8 5 30 25 28
67
5 West Ham United 38 11 3 5 32 26 5 6 8 14 27 -7
57
6 Aston Villa 38 10 3 6 33 28 5 7 7 18 18 5
55
7 Liverpool 38 10 5 4 44 24 5 4 10 24 25 19
54
8 Derby County 38 8 7 4 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 -5
52
9 Middlesbrough 38 7 9 3 25 18 5 6 8 23 36 -6
51
10 Leicester City 38 7 6 6 25 25 5 7 7 15 21 -6
49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 7 7 5 28 26 4 7 8 19 24 -3
47
12 Sheffield Wednesday 38 7 5 7 20 15 6 2 11 21 27 -1
46
13 Newcastle United 38 7 6 6 26 25 4 7 8 22 29 -6
46
14 Everton 38 6 8 5 22 12 5 2 12 20 35 -5
43
15 Coventry City 38 8 6 5 26 21 3 3 13 13 30 -12
42
16 Wimbledon 38 7 7 5 22 21 3 5 11 18 42 -23
42
17 Southampton 38 9 4 6 29 26 2 4 13 8 38 -27
41
18 Charlton Athletic 38 4 7 8 20 20 4 5 10 21 36 -15
36
19 Blackburn Rovers 38 6 5 8 21 24 1 9 9 17 28 -14
35
20 Nottingham Forest 38 3 7 9 18 31 4 2 13 17 38 -34
30
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 05/05/99 ***
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
17/02/99 Arsenal Home D 1-1 1 55,171
20/02/99 Coventry City Away W 1-0 1 22,596
27/02/99 Southampton Home W 2-1 1 55,316
13/03/99 Newcastle United Away W 2-1 1 36,500
21/03/99 Everton Home W 3-1 1 55,182
03/04/99 Wimbledon Away D 1-1 1 26,121
17/04/99 Sheffield Wednesday Home W 3-0 1 55,270
25/04/99 Leeds United Away D 1-1 2 40,255
01/05/99 Aston Villa Home W 2-1 1 55,189
05/05/99 Liverpool Away D 2-2 2 44,702
09/05/99 Middlesbrough Away W 1-0 1 34,665
12/05/99 Blackburn Away D 0-0 1 30,436
16/05/99 Tottenham Hotspur Home W 2-1 1 55,189
*** TEAM STATISTICS - MANCHESTER UNITED - 1998/9
AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE: 55,188
HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 27/02/99 - Southampton (55,316)
LOWEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 15/08/98 - Leicester City (55,052)
BEST WIN: 06/02/99 - Nottingham Forest (8-1)
HEAVIEST DEFEAT: 20/09/98 - Arsenal (0-3)
BEST HOME WIN: 17/10/98 - Wimbledon (5-1)
HEAVIEST HOME DEFEAT: 19/12/98 - Middlesbrough (2-3)
BEST AWAY WIN: 06/02/99 - Nottingham Forest (8-1)
HEAVIEST AWAY DEFEAT: 20/09/98 - Arsenal (0-3)*****
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 Brondby 0-2 Barcelona
Dec 9 Man Utd 1-1 Bayern Munich
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CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS
Manchester Utd 2 v 0 Inter Milan
Real Madrid 1 v 1 Dynamo Kiev
Juventus 2 v 1 Olympiakos
Bayern Munich 2 v 0 Kaiserslautern
**DYNAMO KIEV 2 v 0 REAL MADRID (Agg:3-1)
FC KAISERSLAUTERN 0 v 4 **BAYERN MUNICH (Agg:0-6)
INTERNAZIONALE FC 1 v 1 **MANCHESTER UNITED (Agg:1-3)
OLYMPIAKOS 1 v 1 **JUVENTUS (Agg:2-3)
Semi Finals
Manchester United v Juventus 4-3agg 3-2 [1-1]
Bayern Munchen v Dynamo Kiev 4-3agg 1-0 [3-3]
UEFA Champions League Final Nou Camp, Barcelona - May 26
Manchester United 2 Bayern Munich 1
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23 WORDS THAT CHANGED THE
COURSE OF FOOTBALL HISTORY (Mirror)
The cup is only six feet away from you at the end
of this day. If you lose you can't even touch it ALEX
FERGUSON'S HALF-TIME TEAM TALK
ALEX FERGUSON stood in the middle of the
Manchester United dressing room and turned slowly to
look each of his players in the eye.
It was half-time in the Champions League final, 9.35pm
Spanish time and his side were struggling at 1-0 down
to Bayern Munich. Thirty seconds later Ferguson had
spoken 23 short words.
And they changed the course of football history.
The United boss said simply: "The cup is only six feet
away from you at the end of this day. If you lose you
can't even touch it."
He spoke quietly and from the heart, raising every hair
on the back of every head.
Mine rose yesterday when he revealed what he had told
his Nou Camp heroes to drive them towards possibly
the greatest ever United comeback.
Ferguson looked fresh and alive after having his nerves
shredded on a night of unbelievable tension.
He undoubtedly thrives on drama and was in the perfect
mood to utter those prophetic words to rouse his troops.
He added: "That was all I said. You have to find a way to
affect people's lives. One of these ways is through
motivation. But there are different ways.
"It is not an easy thing to do because you can
sometimes ruin the whole effect.
"I prepare the best I can. I have always been good
tactically over the years but motivation is an absolutely
massive influence in whatever you do. But you have to
be careful. If you just look at some players they can
melt. You have to make sure you don't over do it.
"It is a dangerous game, motivation. It comes back to
personalities again. Sometimes I have gone over the
top. At half-time or the end of the game. But then they
know very well how much it means to me.
"Eventually it seeps into their pores and you hope that
in the end they are like that themselves. Maybe one or
two of them will later become managers. I am sure of it.
And they will have to have that part in them to get
through to everyone.
"Twenty years from now this team that will always be
remembered for their last minute goals and for never
giving up."
Ferguson cannot speak too highly of his English and
European kings. He always said that he would wait and
reserve the right to compare them to his outstanding
Double-winning side of 1994.
But now he does not hold back from delivering the
highest of praise. There are no more doubts.
Ferguson added: "The '94 team had mental toughness.
So many of them. Real tough b******s. Mentally tough
that is. I said this present bunch could only be judged
on what they have achieved. Now they have achieved
and now they are the best. There is no question about
that. They are the legends now."
No one would deny him that tribute. Not even the
greatest of 1968 who brought the first European Cup to
Old Trafford.
Ferguson's mind flashed back to those latter day
legends as he sat with one of them, Sir Bobby Charlton,
long into the Nou Camp night pondering about heavenly
intervention.
He says: "We were chatting about just how great was
this European achievement. Well, it was just a fairytale.
"Bobby said about it being Sir Matt Busby's 90th
birthday and that he was probably looking down on us.
"There had to be some meaning to it all. Matt's birthday.
Playing a team from Munich and all that. The number of
times we have won games like that and of course Peter
Schmeichel's last match.
"I didn't really take it all in. I didn't really feel a lot to be
honest but when I got back to the hotel and I was with my family I
really enjoyed it.
"I stayed up until 5am and they were still at it. All my
family were here except my grandson who is only five.
"During the game I was gearing up to the final and
inevitable question: 'Do you think you will ever win it?'
"You have to address that. But I was refusing to
interrupt my life in a sense. I wasn't going to let it test or
upset me.
"I hadn't thought the treble was possible. I just felt the
FA Cup was one step too many. To get to the
semi-final, then a replay and then extra-time.
"That was the killer for us. I had to juggle the balls. Tried
to relieve the pressure.
"But deep down I didn't feel the treble was really on.
These players, though, have established themselves on
a new higher level. In the pantheon of George Best,
Denis Law and Bobby Charlton. They can't be ignored
now in that respect. I don't think the '68 side will deny
them either. Some were at the party. They are proud of
them. The old team did their bit all those year's ago.
They were the men of other times.
"Now these lads have established something by
themselves."
The show still goes on, though. Ferguson will have a
summer break, splash some more transfer cash and
then get the pre-season ball rolling again in the middle
of July.
So will he be tempted to take it a little easier after
winning the lot? The question deserved the answer of
dismissal. What is required now is to say that we can
get better," the United boss said. "I have my last three
years and I want to go out as successful as I can be. I
don't want to leave without having won anything more
since Barcelona. That would be a waste of talent for
both the players and myself.
"We can drive ourselves to more challenges. There will
be the world club champion-ship in Tokyo. But this
European Cup is always something you strive for. I was
never obsessed by it though. On Wednesday I just
accepted that we were going to lose.
"I had to do that because I wasn't going to let myself get
all twisted up inside. I have a life to live.
"Now, I have won it I do feel a sense of fulfilment. There
is no question about that.
"You look at the names of the teams who are on that
new European Cup. Ajax. Bayern Munich. Juventus.
Real Madrid. And now Manchester United.
"You see those names and you think that's what this is
all about. That was a fantastic result for English football.
The Germans showed us respect and by doing that they
showed that they were respecting English football.
"Maybe we were meant to win it. Maybe it was destiny.
You just live with a certain determination that you don't
want to fail.
"Once you sample success then you say right, the
main drive now is going to be more success. This
survival mechanism inside me gives me a lot of parts
that are reflected in this team.
"Not giving in is one of them. You hope that the team
mirrors yourself. That it eventually thinks like you and
reflects yourself."
United 98 certainly does. They are stubborn, relentless
and born winners.
Just like the boss.
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United toast Ferguson's
party piece (Telegraph)
Ferguson's trophy cabinet
DAWN had crept over Barcelona and turned into morning
yesterday when the staff at the hotel where Manchester
United were celebrating began to beg the players to wind up
a party that still seemed to be in full swing. They wanted to
set the tables for breakfast.
Some of the players, still wearing their European Cup
winner's medals, succumbed finally to the exhaustion that
adrenalin had been keeping at bay and returned to their
rooms. Others wandered out into the deserted streets and
towards the port.
They came across some Bayern Munich supporters there, as
crumpled and as broken as the team that they had
vanquished the night before in the Nou Camp here. They
commiserated with them for a while and mulled over the
incredible events of the night before.
Then they made their way back to the hotel and readied
themselves for the journey home, still scarcely able to take in
the fact that they had just completed the most dramatic
comeback in the history of the world's leading club
competition.
Like all of us, they were full of wonder at how close they had
come to losing, about how exhilarating victory felt. "I knew
our time was almost up," David Beckham said. "I looked
around and I saw the cup being carried down to the pitch
with Bayern Munich colours on it. Two minutes later, I had it
in my own hands and it was ours."
By then, Alex Ferguson, the manager, had appeared,
beaming broadly. He sat outside on a first-floor terrace, the
noise of water from a roaring fountain below calming his
racing thoughts. His voice was hoarse with elation and
fatigue.
His words, though, were clear and emphatic. Perhaps it was
a trick of the mind, but they seemed to carry even more
authority than usual. It was as if he had taken the final leap
into greatness with his team the night before.
He spoke of the drive that he still had, of his determination
not to go quietly or without further success in what he has
said will be the last three years of his career. Yet there was a
sense of peacefulness about him, too, a sense of completion and
fulfilment.
And for us, there was an inkling of what it might have been
like to have sat and listened to the wisdom of Sir Matt Busby
the day after George Best and Bobby Charlton had helped
him to the European Cup 31 years ago.
Ferguson will not dwell in anyone's shadow any more. His
domestic achievements had already brought him most of the
way into the sunlight. The fact that United had just completed
an unprecedented treble, and that they had done it by
performing a miracle of footballing resurrection, completed
the transformation.
It made it more special that it had happened on the day that
would have been Busby's 90th birthday, that United will now
be able to associate the name of Munich with something that
is a symbol of the club's rejuvenation and rebirth, not just a
lasting reminder of the tragedy and misery of an air disaster.
For most of the match, though, that kind of jubilation and
catharsis had seemed a world away. Bayern had taken the
lead through Mario Basler in the sixth minute and, as United
toiled, had hit the woodwork twice in the second half.
Ferguson had reconciled himself to defeat, to trying again
next year, before two corners from Beckham had yielded an
injury-time equaliser from Teddy Sheringham and a winner
92 seconds later from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, his fellow
substitute, that sent the United section of the crowd into
delirium.
"We would have had no reason to be disappointed after the
season we had had, but I was gearing up to facing the
question about: 'Do you think you will ever win it?' "
Ferguson said.
"I would have refused to have interrupted my way of life for
it. I was not going to let it obsess me. The European Cup
was always going to be the thing you strive for, but even last
night I was relaxed about it. I was accepting that we were
going to lose. I was not going to get myself twisted inside
about it because I have got a life to live. Now, though, I do
feel a sense of fulfilment that I did not feel before.
"I think you go into your life with a determination that you
especially don't want to fail. I think that's the first thing.
When you sample success, that makes your main drive from
then on repeating that success.
"That survival mechanism inside you gives you a lot to impart
to the team and not giving in is part of it. You hope that
eventually, your team mirrors yourself and your personality.
"I hope that part of the result of that is that 20 years from
now, when they talk about the chief characteristic of this
particular team, they will always be remembered for their
last-minute goals, for never giving in. The 1968 side were
men of their time and now my team cannot be ignored. They
are men of their time now.
"I mean, two goals in injury time, who would have thought it?
Maybe we were meant to win it. Maybe there was an
element of destiny. With Matt's birthday and Bayern Munich
all in there, I kept hoping there was a meaning to it. You
could tell Matt was looking down on me."
In the Nou Camp tunnel on Wednesday night, the players
had spoken of the debt that they owed to their manager.
Peter Schmeichel had acknowledged it by asking him to help
him to lift the trophy, Sheringham had said that the turning
point in the match was Ferguson's half-time team-talk.
Ferguson smiled when he was asked yesterday what he had
said. For a few seconds, there was just the sound of the
fountains. "I told them that the cup is only six feet away from
you at the end of the game," he said, "and if you lose, you
cannot touch it."
No doubt, Beckham had those words ringing in his mind
when he saw the European Cup being carried down, ready
to be presented to Bayern. He took the ball, placed it by the
corner flag and the rest is history.
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hat the papers said
THE incredulity surrounding the nature of United's victory
was perhaps best-reflected by L'Equipe, the French daily
sports newspaper, which declared in a headline "God Is
English". In its three pages of coverage, L'Equipe praised
the "energy, passing and free kicks of Beckham" and
concluded: "As a legend, 'Becks' has just joined Best.
Sport, the Barcelona daily newspaper, devoted its first 23
pages to the match and spoke of the last final of the
millennium deserving an historic final. "And how we got it,"
the paper said.
El Pais recalled the late Sir Matt Busby, who was the
Manchester United manager when they last won the
trophy in 1968. Sir Matt, who died five years ago, would
have been 90 on the day of the final and El Pais stated:
"Happy Birthday, Sir Matt."
Marca, the Madrid daily sports paper: God saved
Manchester United.
Sport: The Red Devils - from the inferno to glory. The
Nou Camp, for all its majesty and the fact that this was
the last European Cup final of the millennium, deserved a
historic final. And how we got it. The denouement of
Manchester United-Barcelona has no comparison. Never
was a loser more of a loser; never was a winner so
fortunate. From glory to misery in a minute.
El Mundo, another Spanish newspaper: Manchester
touched glory in one minute. A magical final in a magical
setting.
El Pais: The match was possibly the most dramatic ever
seen in the history of the European Cup.
IF NEWSPAPERS in neutral countries were spellbound
by the spectacle, it was a different matter in Germany. On
its front page, Bild carried a front-page black and white
photo of Stefan Effenberg, the Bayern captain, sitting
dejectedly on the ground, his head bowed. The paper had
just two words in its headline: "Oh, no!"
Bild: That was bitter. Just unbelievable.
TZ, the Munich daily tabloid: Ninety minutes party and
then the tears poured. One Munich supporter, Peter
Bond, an actor, demanded: How can a top team let in two
goals at the end?
A total of 13.59 million people in Germany watched the
entire game on RTL television, 1.7 million fewer than
when Borussia Dortmund won the European Cup final in
1997.
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Subject: www.red11.org DAILY NEWS Fri May 28 99 ** European
Champions ** part2
www.red11.org DAILY NEWS Fri May 28 99 ** European Champions **
(Part Two)
This Issue:
1. Entertaining to the final encore (Gary Neville)
2. WE CAN RULE FOR TEN YEARS (Mirror)
3. Big demand for the European Champions
++++++=========+++++++========+++++++++========++++++++
**********************************************
* WE'VE DONE THE TREBLE !!!!!!!! *
**********************************************
* *
* 1999 PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS *
* & *
* 1999 F.A. CUP CHAMPIONS *
* & *
* 1999 EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS *
**********************************************
************ ALL 1999 FA CUP PICS ***************
http://www.red11.org/mufc/images/facupfinal/
*************************************************
www.red11.org CHAMPIONSHIP Sound Archive x 5 ENJOY!!!!
SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL Mp3 "REDS Going to Barcelona" 3megs
hifi-sound
Download here:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/mp3/99/Barcelona.mp3
+ Players thoughts before the cup final: 134k 2mins
http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/mp3/99/player_talk__on_cupfinal.
rm
MUFC New Single:
For those in the UK, The 1999 Manchester United Football
Squad has released a new single.
It's called Lift It High (Its all about belief).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Latest sound interviews in Real Audio here:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/99
Everyone who wants the goal in Real Time Video 300k now thanks to RED
CAFE!
http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/texts/report98/domestic/arse-fa2.htm
FA Cup Semi Final Replay
14 April 1999
Manchester United 2:1 Arsenal (Villa Park)
Download Ryan Giggs Goal! (Real Video: 300K)
--> http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/real/giggs-goal.ra
Thanks to the Theatre of Dreams
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
MANCHESTER UNITED STATS v ALL teams on the Web
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats.htm
Previous News:
BSKYB Takeover news/pics at http://www.red11.org/mufc/bskyb.htm
Brian Kidd Press conference, pic, real audio
http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/kidd.htm
Peter Schmeichel's last Season at United!
http://www.red11.org/mufc/news/schmeichel.htm
UNITED Stats v All teams:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/
*** FINAL PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 16/05/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD
Pts
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---
1 Manchester United 38 14 4 1 45 18 8 9 2 35 19 43
79
2 Arsenal 38 14 5 0 34 5 8 7 4 25 12 42
78
3 Chelsea 38 12 6 1 29 13 8 9 2 28 17 27
75
4 Leeds United 38 12 5 2 32 9 6 8 5 30 25 28
67
5 West Ham United 38 11 3 5 32 26 5 6 8 14 27 -7
57
6 Aston Villa 38 10 3 6 33 28 5 7 7 18 18 5
55
7 Liverpool 38 10 5 4 44 24 5 4 10 24 25 19
54
8 Derby County 38 8 7 4 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 -5
52
9 Middlesbrough 38 7 9 3 25 18 5 6 8 23 36 -6
51
10 Leicester City 38 7 6 6 25 25 5 7 7 15 21 -6
49
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 7 7 5 28 26 4 7 8 19 24 -3
47
12 Sheffield Wednesday 38 7 5 7 20 15 6 2 11 21 27 -1
46
13 Newcastle United 38 7 6 6 26 25 4 7 8 22 29 -6
46
14 Everton 38 6 8 5 22 12 5 2 12 20 35 -5
43
15 Coventry City 38 8 6 5 26 21 3 3 13 13 30 -12
42
16 Wimbledon 38 7 7 5 22 21 3 5 11 18 42 -23
42
17 Southampton 38 9 4 6 29 26 2 4 13 8 38 -27
41
18 Charlton Athletic 38 4 7 8 20 20 4 5 10 21 36 -15
36
19 Blackburn Rovers 38 6 5 8 21 24 1 9 9 17 28 -14
35
20 Nottingham Forest 38 3 7 9 18 31 4 2 13 17 38 -34
30
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 05/05/99 ***
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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
17/02/99 Arsenal Home D 1-1 1 55,171
20/02/99 Coventry City Away W 1-0 1 22,596
27/02/99 Southampton Home W 2-1 1 55,316
13/03/99 Newcastle United Away W 2-1 1 36,500
21/03/99 Everton Home W 3-1 1 55,182
03/04/99 Wimbledon Away D 1-1 1 26,121
17/04/99 Sheffield Wednesday Home W 3-0 1 55,270
25/04/99 Leeds United Away D 1-1 2 40,255
01/05/99 Aston Villa Home W 2-1 1 55,189
05/05/99 Liverpool Away D 2-2 2 44,702
09/05/99 Middlesbrough Away W 1-0 1 34,665
12/05/99 Blackburn Away D 0-0 1 30,436
16/05/99 Tottenham Hotspur Home W 2-1 1 55,189
*** TEAM STATISTICS - MANCHESTER UNITED - 1998/9
AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE: 55,188
HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 27/02/99 - Southampton (55,316)
LOWEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 15/08/98 - Leicester City (55,052)
BEST WIN: 06/02/99 - Nottingham Forest (8-1)
HEAVIEST DEFEAT: 20/09/98 - Arsenal (0-3)
BEST HOME WIN: 17/10/98 - Wimbledon (5-1)
HEAVIEST HOME DEFEAT: 19/12/98 - Middlesbrough (2-3)
BEST AWAY WIN: 06/02/99 - Nottingham Forest (8-1)
HEAVIEST AWAY DEFEAT: 20/09/98 - Arsenal (0-3)*****
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 Brondby 0-2 Barcelona
Dec 9 Man Utd 1-1 Bayern Munich
******
CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS
Manchester Utd 2 v 0 Inter Milan
Real Madrid 1 v 1 Dynamo Kiev
Juventus 2 v 1 Olympiakos
Bayern Munich 2 v 0 Kaiserslautern
**DYNAMO KIEV 2 v 0 REAL MADRID (Agg:3-1)
FC KAISERSLAUTERN 0 v 4 **BAYERN MUNICH (Agg:0-6)
INTERNAZIONALE FC 1 v 1 **MANCHESTER UNITED (Agg:1-3)
OLYMPIAKOS 1 v 1 **JUVENTUS (Agg:2-3)
Semi Finals
Manchester United v Juventus 4-3agg 3-2 [1-1]
Bayern Munchen v Dynamo Kiev 4-3agg 1-0 [3-3]
UEFA Champions League Final Nou Camp, Barcelona - May 26
Manchester United 2 Bayern Munich 1
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Gary Neville on why the attacking policy of his team
deserved to succeed (Telegraph)
Entertaining to the final encore
I KEPT looking up at the
clock. It was ticking down
towards the end of the
second half. I saw it go
through 40 minutes, 42
minutes, 43 minutes and I
just thought that the Germans had gone and done us again.
By that stage, we had thrown all caution to the wind. We
had got a throw on the left-hand side and Ryan Giggs was
going to take it, but I rushed over to stop him because I
thought we could do with a long throw into their box at
that stage.
When that came back out, I think either I or David
Beckham managed to force a corner on that side. Becks
took it and Teddy scored the equaliser. When that goal
went in, I just got a sense that something was going to
happen.
Even so, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got the second one,
I could hardly believe it. I don't think any of us could.
Even when we got back in the dressing-room and we
were almost out of control with delight, I don't think any
of us could really take it in that we had won the European
Cup.
Everybody was just so happy. People were hugging each
other everywhere. What I remember most about those
moments was the feeling that what we had done actually
meant something, it had affected people's lives.
I suppose winning the trophy was the last piece in the
jigsaw for this United team. It was the one thing that had
got away from us, until Wednesday night, the one thing we
had left to achieve.
I had never really felt any burden weighing down on me
because of what the 1968 team had done. Trying to win
the league championship after such a long time a few years
ago was more difficult than any pressure to win the
European Cup.
Now that we have done it, it doesn't mean that we can
stop and sit back. There are teams that have won the
European Cup four times. Just look at the haul that clubs
such as Real Madrid and Liverpool have got. They are the
targets. They represent what we have got to try to get to.
Even before the game, the manager said it would just be a
stepping-stone for us, that the greatest things were to
come. There is always somebody who has done more
than you in this game. The moment you rest on your
laurels, you are beaten.
Partly because of that, I didn't think Bayern deserved to
win.
In a way, you have to admire the way they nearly killed
the game off, but you have to ask if that is football and if a
team that does that deserves to succeed. Maybe I am
being naive, but should using all your experience just to
stifle a game be enough to win you a European Cup final?
I don't think it should. Think of all the great teams, Brazil
in 1970, teams such as that: they would not have done
that and nor would we. I think the way we won on
Wednesday was a victory for football.
I don't think a team has ever entertained as much as we
have done in one season. I don't want to get carried
away, but think of the second leg against Juventus, the FA
Cup semi-final replay with Arsenal and the Cup-tie with
Liverpool. Normally, you would only get one or two
games like that in your life.
I am lucky that I have experienced so many of them at
such a young age. People are always coming up to me
and talking about how many medals I have got, but I
honestly don't care about the medals.
From Wednesday night, if I had to pick out a couple of
things, it would be the memory of lifting the manager up on
our shoulders and of Roy Keane coming through at the
end to take his place with us. That was important. The
fans love Keano and the players know how much he has
contributed to our success this season.
It was a night when everything was perfect. I had been
looking up at our fans, 45,000 of them or however many
there were, and just thinking how amazing it would be if I
could just see them celebrating a goal.
I know some of them had spent an awful lot of money
getting to Barcelona and paying for their tickets, but the
feelings that those people had on Wednesday night -
money can't buy them.
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WE CAN RULE FOR TEN YEARS (Mirror)
United stars pledge to build on their Euro night of
triumph
IT WAS an incredible, unforgettable scene. Peter
Schmeichel in centre stage lifting the European Cup as
40,000 cameras flashed to bathe Manchester United in
a stunning light.
Schmeichel had tried to convince Alex Ferguson to
collect the trophy, but the United boss insisted that it
was the Dane's destiny to pick up Europe's most
treasured piece of European silverware on his farewell
appearance against Bayern Munich.
You can rest assured, though, that Schmeichel's will be
the only departure this summer. After claiming their
place in Manchester United history, wild horses could
not drag any of the rest away.
An already-great team firmly believe they are on a path
to even greater glories.
Schmeichel, whose night to remember was slightly
tinged with sadness at his exit from Old Trafford, said:
"This United side is a very, young team, and there's no
doubt in my mind that there are more European Cups for
them."
One of those young players, Nicky Butt, is in agreement
and believes United can rule for the next decade, such
is their skill and belief that they truly are the greatest.
Butt said: "We have a great team spirit. We're young,
so hopefully we can dominate soccer for the next 10
years. We've got to try and make that happen. We must
not be one-year wonders."
David Beckham, whose majestic performances have
won over an often hostile public this season, added: "It's
been an amazing 11 days for the team, for the manager
and for everyone. Alex Ferguson deserves everything he
gets. We owe him everything. I certainly do because he
brought me into football and made my career. But this
victory wasn't just for the players on the pitch but for
everyone involved in this great club.
"You could tell that at the end when the boss wanted
Roy Keane out there holding the trophy.
"He might not have played but, believe me, he was there
in spirit.
"It's the same spirit between the players that's made us
complete this wonderful Treble."
His sentiments were echoed by Dwight Yorke, whose
marksmanship has made United not just successful but
exciting as well.
Yorke said: "There's a closeness in this team, a bond in
the dressing-room, and we have proved that over the
season when people have written us off. Every time we
have bounced back.
"To be part of Manchester United is the best feeling that
any footballer can have."
And Gary Neville firmly believes they can maintain their
heady standards and has another name for the team
Ferguson calls his soccer gods.
Neville said: "I can't explain how we won the game. It
just happened. In a way it was supernatural.
"It was like nothing I have ever experienced before in my
life. I'm not going to say that now we've reached the
peak. We have just won the Treble but we've got to
come back next season and do it all over again.
"The manager sets the work ethic here, and if you let
that slip you will be out of the club. Now we are up there
we have got to try and stay at the top.
"I remember hearing the 1968 side in recent interviews
saying that when they won the European Cup they felt
as though they had done it.
"But we have to go out and win it again and again. It
won't be easy but we can't sit back and think we have
made it.
"We deserved to win the Treble. This team never gives
up. It fights to the end and that reflects the manager's
spirit." So while they will be searching for a replacement
for Schmeichel, it is unlikely that there will be other
holes to be filled in this squad.
Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have
always been singled out - hastily it must be said - as
likely casualties in another end-of-season shake-up.
But it would be a waste if their unquestioned talent was
disposed of after the season they have experienced.
Scoring the goals that brought down Bayern underlined
their undoubted value to Ferguson and United.
Sheringham, teased about his absence of trophies, now
has three of the best. And for the third time in 11 days
he emerged from the darkness of the tunnel with a
gleaming gong decorating his chest.
In fact, the repeated departure of the United medallion
men gave another huge clue to their phenomenal
success story.
It was not just the same grey blazers bearing the United
emblem or the medals dangling from their necks that
told you about their uniformity.
These boys are in it together. They won together.
Danced in wild celebration together.
And there is no doubt that whenever that famous night in
Barcelona is recalled they will stay together...United for
ever.
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Football - Big demand for the European
champions
By Glenn Moore
Manchester United may regard themselves
as the world's biggest club, but they
are likely to accept reluctantly that
they are not quite big enough to take
on the world at the same time as
conducting campaigns in England and
Europe.
Alex Ferguson will meet with the club's
board of directors in the next few days
to consider a trio of invitations that
would take the club across the globe
following their European Cup triumph on
Wednesday night.
Two of the invitations, to contest the
European Super Cup in Monte Carlo in
August, and the Intercontinental Cup in
Tokyo in December, are likely to be
accepted. The third, the inaugural Fifa
Club World Championship, which will
probably be played in South America
next January, is expected to be
refused.
Maurice Watkin, the influential club
lawyer and board member, said
yesterday: "We haven't received the
invitation yet but we have discussed it
and the feeling is that it would be
very difficult to fit in when you
consider the amount of games we hope to
be involved in, in Europe and at home,
next year. We may reconsider that view
but it would be difficult, especially
if it is in South America."
The tournament, the brainchild of Sepp
Blatter and Joao Havelange, the current
and past presidents of world football's
governing body, is scheduled to last a
fortnight and involve eight teams
including the champions of Asia,
Africa, Europe, South and north
America, Oceania (Australasia), a host
nation club and the holders of the
Intercontinental Cup. Brazil, Uruguay,
Mexico and Saudi Arabia are contending
hosts. Uefa, the European governing
body, agreed under intense pressure
from Fifa, earlier this month to send a
team and confirmed yesterday they would
be inviting United.
However, they also said they would
understand if United said no. Bayern
Munich, the European Cup runners-up,
who may be able to arrange the
tournament around the German winter
break, or Dynamo Kiev, who reached the
semi-finals and will be between
Ukrainian seasons, are likely deputies.
Watkins added that United expected to
take up the invitation to play the
European Super Cup against Lazio, the
European Cup-Winners' Cup holders, and
hoped to make the Intercontinental Cup
against the winners of South America's
club championship, the Libertadores
Cup, which has reached the semi-final
stage.
This match, which is widely regarded as
producing the world's top club, is
especially evocative for United who
lost a notoriously violent contest
against Estudiantes of Argentina in the
1968 equivalent. The first game, in
Argentina, was a battle in which Nobby
Stiles was dismissed, but the second
leg was even worse, with George Best
sent off for punching his tormentor,
having been continually kicked.
All these events will further gild the
club's international reputation - and,
of course, its stock market value.
Earlier in the tournament Martin
Edwards noted wryly that the best
result was to reach the final and lose
as the bonuses due on winning
outweighed the prize-money.
But, he added, the impact of winning
brought immeasurable benefits both
financially, in terms of commercial
spin-offs, and in attracting and
retaining players.
One of those, the match-winner Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer, was yesterday again
linked with Tottenham who tried to sign
him last autumn. However, Watkins said:
"He was very keen not to leave Old
Trafford earlier in the season. I can't
imagine he'll be rushing to leave after
last night. I've not heard anything
about a transfer. The great thing about
the team this season is the way we've
had a squad, how players have fought
for their places and pleased to be part
of the team.
"You can imagine how everyone is
feeling today. It's such a great thing
for the club and for English football.
It's been a long haul back from Heysel
and now we have several powerful teams
in the Premiership we could do
something next year. I doubt if we'll
ever see something as exciting as last
night again though."
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