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--------------------------------- [25] More Sven on Becks --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: "David's condition is rather good. He did very well in Dubai last week, running, swimming, kicking with his right foot and standing on his left. I know it's over a month since he was injured but he won't have forgotten how to play football in that time, you can be sure of that. I think he'll be ready for the Sweden game, but of course we cannot be 100 per cent sure. The medical staff are very positive, which is a good sign.David is, of course, such an important player for England. He should be ready." --------------------------------- [24] Beckham on the World Cup --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: "The Sweden game is the most important one for us. People are already focusing on the Argentina game, but our performance against Sweden will set the tone for our World Cup. If we can get off to the perfect start by getting a result against Sweden, that will give us a lot of confidence for the next two group games and a great chance of qualifying for the next round. The most important thing is making sure we get through the group stage. That's the hardest thing. After that, anything is possible when you get to the knockout stage. You have to go into a World Cup believing you can win it, otherwise there's no point in going. We've got some quality players, so we have to be confident. Nigeria are physically and technically strong. They're a good side. African football has come on massively in the last few years and we can't afford to underestimate Nigeria at all. Any team who gets to the World Cup Finals deserves to be respected." --------------------------------- [23] Same old FA --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: >From the Telegraph 'There is growing anger among Premier League clubs about how the Football Association treat them and Peter Hill-Wood, the chairman of Arsenal, has written a strongly-worded letter to Adam Crozier, the chief executive of the FA, on the issue. Hill-Wood complained in the letter, dated May 13, that Arsenal and Chelsea had only 26,000 seats each for the FA Cup final in Cardiff because of the needs of the "football family". He wrote: "I appreciate that the `football family' grows in size, but so too does our fan base and our staff. I can see, therefore, no reason why the participating clubs should have a reduced allocation." Hill-Wood also complained that the tickets for the "football family" were the best in the ground while fans of the clubs had the worst. The FA also reserved the best tickets, to sell as commercial packages, for the semi-final at Old Trafford. The decision backfired as some of the £100 seats were not taken. Hill-Wood said: "There were a number of seats that were empty which I was informed was due to the fact that the Football Association could not sell their hospitality packages. "I think it is sad that due to this heavy price level, you could not sell these seats and thereby reduced the gate receipts resulting in a loss of our share of the gate money." Hill-Wood was shocked to learn the day before the final that Arsenal were not to receive any gate receipts from Cardiff. Last August, the FA had told the clubs that they had made a £30 million investment in the competition and that this would result in more prize money. Hill-Wood's letter added: "In none of your communications to the club did you advise us that, in effect, the prize money for the final was being funded by the gate receipts at the game." --------------------------------- [22] Quotes from the past --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: David O'Dreary when Fergie announced initial plans to retire "I hope he stays on for a few more years yet, is talked out of retirement...to give me more time to kick his butt...we are not afraid of them" --------------------------------- [21] Becks latest --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Steve McClaren: "David is still on course and going well. He is progressing in the right direction and the medical team are very pleased with him." --------------------------------- [20] More on celebprickgate --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Angus Deayton on being found out "I'm devastated by the hurt this has caused to those loved ones close to me." --------------------------------- [19] Fortune happy, Stewart sad --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: South Africa 2 - Scotland 0 Fortune played most of the game, Stewart came on as a late sub. --------------------------------- [18] Desailly wants to win Premiership --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Best join United then "I have two years left on my contract, so there is nothing to say about my future. If, in that time, I can win the championship with Chelsea, it will be something special. The club has not won it for so long and winning it at the end of next season really would be special. I want to win it with Chelsea." --------------------------------- [17] History has a habit of repeating itself --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: city have signed Sylvain Distin, their second signing of the summer. Wor Kev tries to do an Alan Ball and have a squad of 4598 players with the hope that surely 11 of them must be able to kick a ball the right way. --------------------------------- [16] Saint Michael on Becks --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: "I would prefer David to be doing it (the captaincy) and I'm expecting him to be leading the team out for Sweden and if he is not I will be willing an able to do it. David is a vital member of the team and we need the captain to be fit. Every team has players they don't want to miss and David is one of them. There are a few injuries at the present moment but we are not overly concerned about that and as long as we are all fit for the World Cup itself then it won't be a problem." --------------------------------- [15] Veron rumours continue --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Daily Star also suggest Veron in Barca bound - for £30m --------------------------------- [14] United sign internet deal --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Again something we said in the fanzine that was coming at the start of the season >From Ananova 'Manchester United have signed up Terra Lycos, the world's largest internet network, in a four-year deal. The club wants to create "online communities" for its non-English-speaking fans around the world. Terra Lycos will become the club's online partner, helping it to develop its content and brand strength in interactive media. The Nasdaq-listed company operates in 43 countries and in 20 languages. Manchester United, who estimate they have 50 million fans worldwide, will gain access to the firm's 115 million users per month. David Gill, managing director of Manchester United, says: "We want to build online communities for our fans so they can interact with us and with each other in their own languages." Lycos Asia will build a Chinese-language online destination for the football club in China, while Terra Latin America will promote the club in South America. Lycos Europe and Lycos Asia will also become the sales agent for Manchester United's online properties in their respective marketplaces. Lycos US will serve as the exclusive online partner for the recently announced Manchester United US Tour in 2003. Terra Lycos will also become a "Platinum Sponsor" of the club.' --------------------------------- [13] Forlan in --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: the Uruguay's World Cup squad. --------------------------------- [12] IMUSA meeting in London --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: The final London meeting of the season will take place on Tuesday May 21st at 8pm at the usual venue, the Princess Louise pub near Holborn tube station. Although the season has finished disappointingly, we would like you all to come along - this has been an experimental time for IMUSA London and we would like some feedback from all of you. In addition, the London committee will be reorganised to mirror the new structure expected to be adopted by IMUSA at the AGM. That means we will need a representative for each of 7 areas, the precise details of which will be provided at the meeting. If you are interested in being one of these representatives then please come to the meeting ready to have a brief chat and we will have some sort of vote at the end of the meeting. Also, we are going to be making a concerted effort to line up some guests for next season's meetings - we are in touch with Norman Whiteside, but if you have any other suggestions/contacts/ideas, please come along and let us know. Cheers, Paul. --------------------------------- [11] www.rednews.co.uk --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Just to reassure our readers. The site will continue to expand and we have no plans to charge for access to the website itself provided we can cover our costs through our readers utilising the following: sales of the fanzine (end of season special available - issue 86 - for £2.50 including p&p) through sales via our online shop (click on shop option) having a bet via our betting links http://www.sportingodds.co.uk/adserver/scripts/ict.dll?click?rnews1 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news ordering books and videos through our amazon & blackstar links http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/external-search/026-9656843-0464430?tag=rednewsunitesfir&keyword=Manchester+United&mode=blended http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/external-search/026-9656843-0464430?tag=rednewsunitesfir&keyword=Manchester+United&mode=blended subscribing to the fanzine itself (just £18.50 for a ten issue subscription in the UK) and taking advantage of other adverts and offers which appear on the site. If we can't cover our costs like this we will obviously have to look at other options - any suggestions are always welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- [10] Not as big as Abba though --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: The SUN reports that t-shirts doing well in Sweden before the World Cup have the witty slogan Beckham... who the f**k is Beckham With humour like that, who needs... --------------------------------- [9] Keegan not up to the job --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Adam Crozier in new book on Sven on Keegan bottling it for England "Quitting after Germany left us completely rudderless for the trip to Helsinki. Another false start in the second game, which was what we had, was always going to make the task of qualifying even more difficult for whoever took over permanently. So I felt Kevin should have stayed on for that one and I certainly tried very hard to persuade him, as did a number of players...Anybody who knows Kevin will tell you that once he has made his mind up about something, that's it. He won't budge...Kevin could see there were good young players coming through who were going to improve the team over the next couple of years and he wasn't sure if he was the right man to get the best out of them. I felt it was very brave for him to say: 'I don't think I'm up to the job'. The thing I didn't agree with him over was the timing. My view was if that was the way he felt, the time to go was after the game in Finland, four days later...Crucial to his decision was the reaction of the fans. He had alwa! ys had a fantastic relationship with them - now they were booing and insulting him. In the dressing room, his mindset was complete. He wasn't emotional. People imagine that he was but he wasn't...Even for the game on the Wednesday, his point of view was that the team would do better under someone else. He said to me 'I don't think I can lift the players because I don't feel up there myself'." --------------------------------- [8] 5-a-side United fans tourny --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: EUROWORLD TRAVEL 2nd Annual Manchester United Supporters 5 a'side Tournament to be held once again at 'Blackpool' Saturday 6th July £75 per team for an application form please call 01253 300250 or e'mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- [7] Champions League Qualifiers in full --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Country Qualifying round 1 Albania Din Tirana/Tirana Armenia FC Pyunik Azerbaijan Shamkir Belarus Belshina Bosnia-Herz Zeljeznicar Bulgaria Levski Sofia Cyprus Apoel Nicosia Estonia Flora Tallinn Faroes B36 Tórshavn Finland Tampere United Georgia T Kutaisi/Din Tblisi/L Tblisi Iceland ÍA Akranes Latvia Skonto Riga Lithuania Kaunas Luxembourg Dudelange Macedonia Vardar/Belasica Malta Hibernians Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol N Ireland Portadown Rep of Ire Shelbourne Slovenia Maribor Wales Barry Town Country Qualifying round 2 Austria Sturm Graz Belgium Bruges Croatia NK Zagreb Czech Rep Sparta Prague Denmark Brøndby/København Hungary Zalaegers/Hungaria Israel Maccabi Haifa Norway Lillestrøm Poland Legia Warsaw Portugal Boavista Romania Nat Buc/Din Buc Scotland Celtic Slovakia Zilina Sweden Hammarby Switzerland Basle Ukraine Shakhtar Donetzh Yugoslavia Partizan Belgrade Country Qualifying round 3 Austria Tirol Innsbruck Belgium Genk Czech Rep Slovan Liberec England Manchester United Newcastle United France Auxerre Germany Bayern Munich Greece AEK Athens Italy Internazionale Milan Netherlands Feyenoord Norway Rosenborg Portugal Sporting Portugal Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Spain Barcelona Turkey Fenerbahçe Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Country Group stage England Arsenal Liverpool France Lyon Lens Germany Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Greece Olympiakos Italy Juventus Roma Netherlands Ajax PSV Eindhoven Russia Spartak Moscow Spain Real Madrid Valencia Deportivo Turkey Galatasaray --------------------------------- [6] Becks get praise - Part 2 --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Franz Beckenbauer "David Beckham is a wonderful player, one of the best in the world. He is captain and so is an important player, one of the key players for England. I think they have a good chance of reaching the semi-finals. Once there it is possible to make the final." --------------------------------- [5] Becks get praise - part 1 --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Italian Claudio Gentile "He is an inspirational captain who can definitely take England all the way. Italy, France and Argentina may be considered the favourites, but I feel England belong in the same category. In my eyes, they are one of the favourites. They could be the surprise package of this World Cup. In Beckham, they have a player who is already one of the biggest and best talents in the world. In my view, he is on a level with Zidane. He is a true star, one of the brightest anywhere in the game. Technically, he is perfect. He is the complete player, one with magnificent vision and a beautiful technique. He has the ability to go past players if need be and, of course, he has this knack of hitting passes from any distance and landing them on exactly the spot he wants. When you put all his attributes together, you get the complete player." --------------------------------- [4] Old news - for the latest always go for Red News --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Mail reported at the weekend that Wenger is after Jaap Stam. Regular readers of the mag will know that this was in our gossip column of our latest issue, out some 2 weeks ago, and that one ex Arse player is loudly boasting that the signing is in the bag. --------------------------------- [3] Sven on Becks and Butt --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: "I hope both of them will be able to take some part against Cameroon although we are not yet sure. David Beckham's condition is rather good. We think he will be ready for the Sweden game and all our medical staff are very positive." --------------------------------- [2] Red News offer --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: We have produced nine issues of Red News this season and currently have limited stock of 8 available. We are offering a special summer offer All 8 issues together with a copy of the Red News book on May 26th 1999 - European Glory - thrown in for free. In the UK this offer, including p&p costs just £13.50 £16 for Europe and £18 for Rest of the World (the full retail price for this offer would usually be £26). Send all orders to Red News, P.O.Box 176, Manchester, M16 8LG --------------------------------- [1] Ronaldo drops Premiership hint --------------------------------- Posted Monday, May 20, 2002 by bar-knee: Asked which teams he'd play for "Arsenal. I like them a lot. And Manchester United. 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