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Michael Carrick is expected to give his press conference ahead of Manchester United’s Premier League game against Bournemouth, with the club insisting it is business as usual. United’s head coach is the focus of acute attention following his team’s 4-1 defeat by Como in the Champions League, which left this season’s results at two wins […]
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Former England striker Fraizer Campbell has revealed he became addicted to snus, the controversial tobacco product which has become rife in English football. Campbell, who had spells at Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur in a professional career spanning 16 years, said using the substance left him “constantly fatigued” and struggling to “get in […]
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The shockwaves of Lisandro Martinez’s decision to share his private feelings in the public domain could be felt as soon as the microphone left his lips. Several people connected to Manchester United described Martinez’s criticism of the club’s board, and director of football Jason Wilcox in particular, as unprecedented. That is the sentiment among a […]
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Lisandro Martinez has said he expects more from Manchester United’s technical director, Jason Wilcox, and said the club needs to invest more in the first-team squad to compete at the top level. The Argentina international, speaking after Tuesday night’s 2-0 Champions League defeat at Atletico Madrid, said the loss was a “mirror for the club”. […]
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Manchester United beat Leeds United on penalties in the first club football match ever played at Croke Park, Dublin. Croke Park is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association, the governing body for Irish national sports Gaelic football and hurling. Up until 2005, the GAA did not allow rugby union or football to be played […]
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Sixty years on, the images and newsreels are as alluring as ever: Jack Charlton sinking to his knees in triumph, a toothless Nobby Stiles dancing a celebratory jig, Bobby Moore spotting the queen’s pristine white gloves and hurriedly wiping his sweaty palms on the lining of the Royal Box before offering her hand and accepting […]
Written by Oliver Kay
Oliver Kay This is football heritage. A four-word sentence that became a meme after Jose Mourinho said it seven times in a single press conference. This was the opposite of “I prefer not to speak”. It was March 2018 and Manchester United had been beaten at Old Trafford by Sevilla in the Champions League’s first […]
Written by Thom Harris
Thom Harris The coin toss: performative pre-match bureaucracy, or a chance to land an early psychological blow? For most football fans, the 60 seconds leading up to kick-off is a vague time of excitement and contemplation only interrupted by two things; the referee’s whistle or the dreaded, for the match-goer, sight of the goalkeeper picking […]
Written by Philip Buckingham
Philip Buckingham Manchester United and Chelsea share a problem they cannot hope to run away from. Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge might be able to narrate storied chapters of the Premier League’s history, but neither can project a compelling future. At least not in their current states. The famous homes of Manchester United and Chelsea […]
Written by Oliver Kay and Thom Harris
Oliver Kay and Thom Harris Mason Mount likes to challenge himself. Heading to the Netherlands as an 18-year-old, joining Vitesse Arnhem on loan, he set himself a target of 10 goals. He beat it, scoring 14. It was the same on loan at Derby County the following season. He was warned the Championship would be […]
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