The unfortunate news came out this week that former Manchester United captain and current club ambassador has throat cancer. It would come as no surprise to many fans if he were to overcome this disease like he did numerous challenges in his playing days. Bryan Robson was one of few shining stars at Manchester United [...]
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Classic Man United
With Gary Neville announcing his retirement this week Sir Alex heralded him as “the best English right back of his generation.” This seems like a fairly safe statement to make considering all that Neville has achieved and even Gunners manager Arsene Wenger agreed with Fergie on this point. Having read various articles on Neville’s achievements [...]
If Ryan Giggs plays against Spurs tomorrow, it would be his 600th appearance for United. The man has maintained a phenomenally high standard since his first appearance over 17 years ago. Here is BBC’s tribute video to him. What. A. Legend.
2011 looks like it will be the year that Gary Nevile finally hangs up his boots. Unfortunately his retirement will be one which the majority of United fans will agree with. Neville has not been the same player since his injury in March 2007 however it’s important to look back on his career as a whole [...]
We have looked back at some United legends in recent weeks and this time, we look at a recent hero. Many people were naturally disappointed when Ronaldo left but he won everything at United and ultimately departed with class. He was such a top player for us and it was a pleasure watching him improve [...]
The last 20 years have been very enjoyable for us United fans. Title challenge after title challenge, trophy after trophy, the dull moments have been few and far between. Quite discreetly and most masterfully, Paul Scholes has been the beautiful link between our notoriously solid defence and lethally potent attacking force for the majority of this [...]
Just as a reminder of some of our greats, we are going to be posting clips of our favourite United players of all time every week. This week, its King Eric. Lets just sit back and enjoy 10 of the best goals from the brilliant Frenchman. We are always interested to hear who your favourite [...]
The exceptional recent form of Paul Scholes has attracted praise from all quarters and deservedly so. He is consistently singled out as one of the best players of the modern game. He would be in my best United 11 of the premiership era every day of the week. It got me thinking, who else would [...]
There has been some talk recently as to who the next captain of United should be after Rio and Ryan Giggs. There are definitely a few strong potential candidates in the frame. Rooney has naturally been touted as a future captain as have Jonny Evans and Patrice Evra. For my money, if I had to [...]
