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------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- [26] Guardian on tv rights --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: 'Two charismatic billionaires who have built their empires on flamboyant gambles will today go head to head in a £2bn battle for the right to screen live Premier League football matches. Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB and NTL, the cable group in which Sir Richard Branson is now the largest single shareholder following its purchase of Virgin Mobile, will deliver sealed bids to the Premier League's central London headquarters. For viewers it could mean a revolution in the way the game is covered and will almost certainly lead to an increase in the amount they have to pay to watch their team on TV from the beginning of the 2007-08 season. Murdoch's Sky has become synonymous with live top-flight games since first winning the rights in 1992. The billions it has poured into football have transformed the sport's image and boosted the bank balances of players and their agents to previously unimaginable levels. But NTL is determined to take on Sky and sources confirmed yesterday it would bid for at least half the 138 live games on offer. If it wins, one option would be to withhold them from Sky's satellite service and market its cable offering as the only place to see all of the games. The auction has attracted more interest than ever before from a range of bidders, including new entrants such as Irish broadcaster Setanta and terrestrial services such as Channel 4 and Five hoping to return live top-flight action to free-to-air television for the first time in 15 years. Overseas giants such as Disney-owned ESPN and broadband companies such as BT and France Telecom, able to compete for games on a level playing field for the first time, have also registered an interest. The competition could drive the overall price paid to more than £2bn once overseas rights, highlights and mobile contracts are taken into account. The last auction in 2003 raised £1.6bn in total. Following a dispute over Sky's dominance the Premier League agreed with European competition regulators that one broadcaster would not win all of the games on offer. As a result the league has split the 138 matches into six "balanced" packages of 23 games each, with no broadcaster able to scoop more than five. Sky will bid for all six in the hope of winning five while Setanta hopes to win two packages. Channel 4 and Five will lodge speculative bids in the hope that no other pay broadcaster will be interested in a lone package and they can pick up 23 games on the cheap. City analysts predict that Sky will pay whatever it takes to win five packages, topping the £2.5m per game that it shelled out last time. The irony for armchair fans could be that the intervention of the EC, designed to open up the market and increase choice, could make matches more expensive to watch in the long run.' --------------------------------- [25] Times on goalies --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: 'DAVID MOYES, the Everton manager, is considering a bid to take Tim Howard on loan from Manchester United next season amid uncertainty over the future of Nigel Martyn. Martyn has not played since Evertons FA Cup fourth-round tie at home to Chelsea on January 28, after which he had surgery on a fractured ankle, and while the 39-year-old hopes to be given the all-clear by specialists in the next few days, Moyes is unsure whether to offer him a new contract. Instead, he is contemplating signing a younger goalkeeper on loan, with Chris Kirkland, who is out of favour at Liverpool, another possible target once his loan spell at West Bromwich Albion ends. While Liverpool might be unwilling to help out their fierce rivals by loaning them Kirkland, Sir Alex Ferguson is understood to be open to the idea of allowing Howard to spend a season with another Barclays Premiership club to gain more first-team experience. The American made 44 league appearances in his first two seasons at Old Trafford after his move from New York/New Jersey MetroStars in July 2003, but he has been restricted to only 45 minutes of Premiership action since Ferguson signed Edwin van der Sar from Fulham last summer. The goalkeeping situation at Old Trafford is intriguing, with Van der Sar not expected to stay beyond the end of his two-year contract next summer. Howard, despite struggling to live up to his early promise, remains a contender to succeed the Holland goalkeeper in the long term, but the 26-year-olds development has stalled and he would benefit from playing regularly again next season. United also have high hopes for Ben Foster, who was signed from Stoke City last season and immediately went on loan to Watford, where he has made a big impression, and several of their younger goalkeepers. Depending on their plans for Foster, whom Watford wish to keep for another year regardless of whether they are in the Premiership or the Coca-Cola Championship next season, United may try to sign another goalkeeper in the summer. Ferguson and his staff have considered Lukasz Fabianski, a 21-year-old from Legia Warsaw, but are thought to favour a more experienced candidate to cover for Van der Sar, particularly if Howard and Foster go on loan next season.' http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-795737-10366578 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news --------------------------------- [24] Daily Record on Keane testimonial --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: 'MANCHESTER UNITED will erect a tented village to cope with the thousands of Celtic fans attending what is being billed as Seville Mark II. Police will also sanction the sale of alcohol at the ground for almost eight hours before Roy Keane's Testimonial next month. The travelling legions will officially be registered as 25,000 - the number of tickets United have sent north. But with thousands more English-based Hoops suporters snapping up tickets as well, it's possible Celtic could outnumber their hosts. The game between Keane's current and former clubs on May 9 is expected to earn the Irishman a £2.5million pay-day. The attendance will set a new British record for the number of visiting fans attending a match and it's the biggest mobilisation of Celts supporters since the UEFA Cup Final in Seville three years ago. A giant marquee - the Fanzone - will be opened next to the North Stand at Old Trafford and will serve food, alcohol and show football DVDs on giant screens from noon until kick-off. The £5-a-head Fanzone will open again after the match. The Fanzone has been used at other United games this season without any problems and Greater Manchester Police don't expect this match to be any different. The facility mirrors the efforts made by authorities in Andalucia to accommodate the 80,000 Hoops fans who travelled to Seville for the UEFA Cup Final against Porto in May 2003. Another record may fall at the game. Earlier this month Old Trafford was filled with 70,908 fans for the match with Arsenal, a Premiership record. But it is also possible this figure could be beaten by the visit of Celtic. ' --------------------------------- [23] Telegraph on tv rights bids in by today --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: 'Bids for the Premier League's six live television rights packages are due in by 2pm today and, although a decision could be made by this evening, it looks likely there will be a second round next week. Sky remain favourites to land five of the six available packages of 23 games and are rumoured to be preparing strong bids for all six, leaving the Premier League to decide which one to take away from them. That remaining package looks most likely to go to Irish pay TV operator Setanta though NTL have held a board meeting to discuss how their new Virgin TV enterprise could challenge Sky by securing some Premiership rights. Surprisingly, Channel 4 are expected to bid and are hopeful of picking up a package on the cheap.' --------------------------------- [22] Express on Rooney and anonymous rowdy teammate --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: ' 'WAYNE ROONEY'S new-found maturity has been impressing his team-mates off the field as well as on it, after rescuing the club's party night last week. Several players had already had to apologise to fellow diners in a Manchester restaurant for their rowdy behaviour before the party moved on to their favourite haunt of the Panacea nightclub. As the night wore on, one senior international was causing consternation among the staff by making lewd suggestions to female partygoers and pinching their bottoms. But before they felt the need to interject, it was a sober Rooney who lectured the player and gave him a very public hairdryer treatment. The party continued after an apology from the senior star in question and a brief round of applause for the England striker's stance.' --------------------------------- [21] Letter --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Football banning order I wonder if you can help. I am a solicitor in Shrewsbury who is defending a Manchester United fan who was arrested for being drunk and disorderly on the train from Cardiff to Manchester after the Carling cup final by British transport police. The Crown prosecution Service also want to impose a three year football banning order on my client despite him having no previous football related convictions. My client has pleaded not guilty to the drunk and Disorderly and we are fighting the football banning order as it is totally disproportionate to the crime and believe that the CPS are only pursuing such a course due to it being world cup year. If possible I would like to hear from any Manchester united fans that were on the 1803 train from Cardiff to Manchester and their experiences of travelling on the train, i.e. was everyone happy and was alcohol being consumed. If any fans could help I would like to take a statement from them and if necessary ask them to give evidence at my client's trial. Two people on this train were arrested for very minor offences and have had the threat of a football banning order placed on them. It is important that we fight such Draconian applications by the CPS which could affect all football fans in this would cup year. My own credentials are that I am a Wolverhampton wanderers season ticket holder so had the pleasure of watching wayne rooney and co this season. If you can help in any way by publicising this in any way I would be very grateful. If you need any further information please call me on 01743 237118 Thank you Julian Derry PCB Solicitors --------------------------------- [20] Official site on Fletcher --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: 'Darren Fletcher is not suffering from a knee injury as had been reported on Wednesday. Reports suggested that the 22-year-old midfielder had been ruled out of Scotland's friendlies with Bulgaria and Japan next month in the Kirin Cup tournament in Japan. But Fletcher has trained all week with United's first-team at the Reds' Carrington training base. The confusion arose because Scotland boss Walter Smith was under the impression that Fletcher had been injured. "I thought Darren had suffered a bad knee injury but I am led to believe that he is back in training now and he could actually come to Japan with us, Smith said.' http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-795737-10412212 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news --------------------------------- [19] SUN link Tim Howard --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: with Everton --------------------------------- [18] Reserve Report by Pete --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: Boys are Men Last night the Manchester Senior Cup was won by a team comprising mostly juniors. It was a splendid performance by our boys (plus No57) against a much more experienced Oldham Athletic side. It has to be said, though, that towards the end I was worried that we were going to 'snatch defeat from the jaws of victory'! It was a 'mild', 'spring' night in Oldham and the temperature was threatening to rise above freezing. We'd been before, of course, so the old adage 'Don't cast a clout 'til May is out' was applied. In Oldham for 'May' you can read 'August' and that only on a very, very good day. We showed almost straight away when Steele collected and launched a good throw out to Mullen. He sped down the wing, played a one-two with Rossi and went into the box. His good shot was well saved. Four minutes later Rossi went into the box, beat a man and surprised everybody by shooting with his right foot. Unfortunately the ball hit the inside of the post, rolled across the line and came out. They might have opened the scoring on twenty-one when a cracking shot rattled the crossbar and rebounded about thirty yards. Marsh picked up and hit a wonderful long ball to Campbell. He drove into the box, inside-left, beat a man on the outside before looking up to see Rossi unmarked. A very unselfish square ball gave Rossi a simple tap-in and we were one up. So from being almost one down we were in front and the confidence began to flow. On the half hour Markus played a hopeful cross into the box and this was bundled out to the feet of Rossi. He stumbled, then controlled, then stumbled, then shot wide. Seven minutes later Rossi collected a ball out of defence and fed Mullen. The very promising, and uncomplicated, winger went right to the bye-line and as Ian said the immortal line "If only this lad could cross with his left foot", he crossed beautifully with his left peg to the far post and Campbell, having timed his run perfectly, headed in, off a defender's shoulder, for two-nil. With a couple of minutes remaining in the half Markus picked up the ball about ten yards in their half, inside-right, went forward and curled a quite magnificent cross into the box which landed on the penalty spot. Campbell, once again making a quite wonderful run, was able to beat the defence and side-foot into the net. Three-nil and we were cruising. Just on half-time a very poor back pass was sliced into the air by their goalie and Rossi pounced. He had time to go around the goalie and tap-in, but chose to go for the 'clever' option, the chip over, and the goalie saved quite easily. We all agreed that the chance should have been taken and were very worried that it might come back to haunt us. We were right to be worried! Half-time and we had totally dominated the game. A four or five goal lead would not have flattered us. Oldham Athletic had been blown away by our devastating young lads. But the second half was to be a different story. Perhaps their manager talked to them about 'pride' we will never know but something changed in their approach and attitude. We started the second as we had finished the first with a good move involving Markus. He collected a ball from the left wing, inside-right, jinked past a man and shot hard and low just inside the near post. The goalie, who must have seen it late, saved very well for a corner which came into the box and all twenty-two players had a lash at it. In the end Rossi half hit a shot at goal which was easily saved. On fourteen Mullen again showed and went down the wing before feeding into Campbell. His excellent shot was well saved but rebounded out to Rossi who's shot was again well saved. Then a few moments later Mullen chipped the ball over the top for Rossi to run on to but his shot was wide. On nineteen minutes the game took on a different complexion. An innocuous cross found our defenders away on holiday and their lad had a 'thank-you-very-much' tap-in. All of a sudden they looked transformed and we looked like the young boys were/are. That said we might have added to our total when Rossi was fouled on the edge of the box and the resulting free-kick, taken by the wee man himself, was very well saved. On twenty-six we made a double substitution. Phil Marsh and Richard Jones went off to be replaced by John Evans and Darren Gibson. Then within five minutes they forced a corner which came in and found our defenders having a Trade Union meeting near the halfway line. Their lad headed in. Three-two. Bums became 'twitchy'. Their no-marks suddenly found a voice and we were 'treated' to various ABU songs. With about ten minutes to go No57 was substituted by David Grey. Then Gibson hit a wonderful ball over the top for Markus. His cross was headed away for a corner which came to nowt. They continued to press, we stayed resolute in defence. As had been the case last Saturday, watches began to be studied as we awaited the final whistle. Ian reckoned that the referee played fourteen minutes of extra-extra time! The game ended with us a bit shell-shocked but victorious. Once again this season our young boys had acquitted themselves quite wonderfully. We had been so superior in the first half that the older and more mature Oldham fans sat behind us were embarrassed. I could hear their exasperation turn through desperation to real anger at their team's inept display. The second half was a slightly different story. That said if Rossi had concentrated on the job in hand, rather than showing off, we would have gone in four up at half time and the game would, without doubt, have been over. For the presentation we expected at least a platform and fireworks but we got a small table and a purple shroud. One 'wag' asked aloud if it had been bought in expectation of the beloved Mr Glazer's demise, but Gill, sat in the 'posh' seats did not confirm or deny this fact. As the trophy was lifted that majority in the (disappointedly small) crowd roared their satisfaction. Let us hope the same will be heard on Sunday at Wrexham. Keep the faith, Pete --------------------------------- [17] Official site on reserves --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: 'Reserves boss Rene Meulensteen admits he was concerned by the Reserves' nervy Manchester Senior Cup final win over Oldham Athletic. The Reds secured their first trophy under the Dutchman with a 3-2 win, but were left hanging on after leading by three goals at half-time. "I was pleased with the win and I don't want to take anything away from that, but it was needless to get in that situation. It was a little bit of a shame," Rene told ManUtd.com. "They did really well in the first half and met every target we set them. We set ourselves certain targets, because if you want to score goals and get so many shots in then people tend to focus on the performance. "We did that in the first half but then two stupid goals let them back into the game. We should have had another two or three goals in the first half because they played some really fantastic football." United may still require a point from their Sunday trip to Liverpool to seal the title. Should the Reds retain the league, Spurs await in the national Reserve League Playoff. With that in mind, Meulensteen had his players report to training on Wednesday morning. He said: "I don't want to spoil the feelgood factor but I wanted to highlight a couple of things that could be crucial in the next one or two games. I told them that they can't just hide behind the win. "I asked them to mark themselves out of 10 for their performances in both halves. Most of them awarded eights or nines for the first half, then for the second half it was mainly fives. That's a disastrous drop in performance in a final. "We've done fantastically all season, now let's see if we can take it two steps further. If we do then it would be all credit to the boys because they deserve it." --------------------------------- [16] More Joe Cole --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: "While everyone is disappointed about last Saturday, there is nothing we can do except look forward to beating Man United. We want to win it at home. It will be a fantastic season with back-to-back titles which has not been done by Chelsea before. We've been working hard in training this week. Last Saturday is gone and now all we can do is achieve the remarkable feat of putting back-to-back titles together, and we can do that against United. Everybody has looked good in training this week. It's going to be a big game in Chelsea's history. Everyone wants to be playing but it is down to the manager and he has a fully fit squad to pick from." --------------------------------- [15] Rio on poorer sides --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: We can beat the best teams and we proved it against Chelsea. However, we have to reach an even higher level than that we need a consistency similar to Chelseas. Lee Sharpe's book now in paperback, just £3.99! http://www.qksrv.net/click-795737-5042816 Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news --------------------------------- [14] Rio on this and next year --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: We want to win for our own personal satisfaction. Three points will help us end the campaign on a high and will stand us in good stead for next season. We need to start well next year, and to do that we need to make sure we finish well. --------------------------------- [13] Rio on Chelsea --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: "They've (Chelsea) been very consistent this season and deserve credit for that. We could have put a bit more pressure on them if we hadn't slipped up against Sunderland, but it wasn't to be." --------------------------------- [12] Joe Cole on Saturday --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: "We want to win it at home. It will be a fantastic season with back-to-back titles which has not been done by Chelsea before" --------------------------------- [11] Subscribe and Support --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: Subscribe to Red News, the actual printed fanzine. 10 issue offer. Make sure you get EVERY issue of Red News, sent to your door! 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But he remains undaunted and is currently still competing in the London Marathon, aiming to complete a 26-mile course by the end of the week to raise cash for his charity foundation as well as awareness of MS. Wallace insisted: "I had 15 great years of first-class football. I played for England - and scored one goal on my debut - and I won a few medals as well. I had a good career so I can't complain." Wallace, who famously played alongside younger brothers Rod and Ray for Southampton before leaving for Old Trafford, helped Sir Alex Ferguson to his first trophy at the United helm, the 1990 FA Cup. But while the veteran Scot went on to amass an enviable silverware collection, Wallace's own career was affected as MS took hold and within two years of leaving United he found himself an unsuccessful trialist at Mansfield having endured a frustrating stint at Birmingham. Yet the condition had remained a mystery for many seasons. He said: "The reason nobody knew it was MS was because I was getting a lot of injuries which were everyday injuries that footballers get, like calf and hamstring injuries and a little bit of back pain. "So I never knew until I went to a specialist and had it diagnosed. I might have had it six years before it was diagnosed but the symptoms didn't come out until a lot later when I was playing for Birmingham." Wallace, who is a grandfather and lives in Manchester, has had to take regular rest periods as he makes his way towards the finishing line opposite Buckingham Palace that most competitors passed on Sunday in a matter of hours. But Wallace has had help from a man who had already achieved a similar feat in a previous marathon, former boxer Michael Watson, who suffered severe brain damage in a middleweight title fight with Chris Eubank in 1991. Watson joined Wallace, who can be sponsored on the dannywallacefoundation.org website, at Canary Wharf yesterday and helped him reach the 16-mile mark.' --------------------------------- [9] Fletcher isn't out for season? --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: Walter Smith does u-turn from yesterday I thought Darren had suffered a bad knee injury but I am led to believe that he is back in training now and he could actually come to Japan with us" talk about contacting your one time captain! --------------------------------- [8] RN has heard of a few rumours --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: linking us with Joe Cole --------------------------------- [7] More RIo on Saturday --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: "We want to win for our own personal satisfaction. Three points will help us end the campaign on a high and will stand us in good stead for next season. We need to start well next year, and to do that we need to make sure we finish well. Saturday's game is a massive one for us. They'll be trying to win the league - but it's up to us to delay that as long as possible. We can beat the best teams - and we proved it against Chelsea. However, we have to reach an even higher level than that - we need a consistency similar to Chelsea's." --------------------------------- [6] Last chance to get current RN 124 is vs Boro on Monday, not going, order here --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news Without the fanzine, and your support, there is no website. Either send sterling cheque for £2.50 to Red News, P.O.Box 176, Manchester, M16 8LG made payable to Red News) or by credit card below. 100% Independent. 100% Unofficial. Let's keep it that way. 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Issue 125 In the UK £2.50 inc p&p each copy ROW £3.50 inc p&p each copy https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=rednewsweb%40aol.com&undefined_quantity=1&item_name=Red+News+Subscription&item_number=RN+sub&cn=State+starting+issue...¤cy_code=GBP https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=rednewsweb%40aol.com&undefined_quantity=1&item_name=Red+News+Subscription&item_number=RN+sub&cn=State+starting+issue...¤cy_code=GBP Red News has set up a VIP members forum for readers and subscribers and those paying £10 for entry for a year to share views, receive gossip and the occasional breaking news story from Red News itself away from prying eyes and ABUs. http://rnforum.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php http://rnforum.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php All you have to do to join the forum is log in and sign in and create yourself a username if you don't have one already, then if you are a subscriber follow the instructions at http://rnforum.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9703 http://rnforum.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9703 or if you are a reader or wish to purchase entry also go to http://rnforum.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9703 http://rnforum.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9703 and follow the instructions. --------------------------------- [4] MEN on Wallace --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: FORMER United winger Danny Wallace insists he will complete the London Marathon by the end of the week. The 42-year-old former Southampton and England star has multiple sclerosis, the debilitating condition which means he can only walk the 26-mile course and must take regular rest spells to combat severe fatigue. Wallace, who had clocked up 15 miles by this afternoon to reach Canary Wharf, is hoping to complete the remaining 11 miles by Friday but knows it could be longer. But if that means he will raise MS awareness, then the gruelling journey, which has seen his unsteady legs send him toppling to the tarmac on more than one occasion, it will be worth it. He said: "I'm hoping to finish on Friday but it doesn't matter when I finish just as long as I do. So if it is Saturday that will be fine. "To tell you the truth it has been easier than I expected. Don't get me wrong, it has been tough and my legs are very tired but I have done 15 miles now and am raring to go for the last 11. "I'm more than halfway now so it is all downhill now. I have got to Canary Wharf so I can push on a bit. "The support has been absolutely brilliant. We have been getting cars coming up to us and donating. We even had Frank Maloney stopping people to get donations." Boxing promoter Maloney had been joined by another figure from the fight game, former middleweight champion Michael Watson. And Watson, who famously defeated Nigel Benn in 1989, knows more than most what Wallace has been going through as he had struggled to complete the 2003 marathon, long after his career was ended in 1991 when he suffered brain damage in a title joust with Chris Eubank. Watson was convinced Wallace would realise his latest goal. He said: "I have been confident all the way. "It's all about self-belief. It's all mental. All things are possible if you believe in yourself - and he does. So he has done the marathon already. He has crossed that line before he had already started." Wallace, who lives in Manchester, has set up the Danny Wallace Foundation to raise money and awareness about MS and donations can be made via the dannywallacefoundation.org website. He said: "A lot of people don't know much about the disease and to tell you the truth I don't either. The type I have is spinal MS, which affects the right side of my body. "There are two forms of it. One is really aggressive and attacks the brain and the other the central nervous system. It is a terrible disease. "I have just set up my foundation and we haven't really put a limit on how much we expect to get. As long as we raise awareness and raise as much money as possible the marathon will be a good start for us." Wallace is unlikely to finish last in a race which was completed by most competitors on Sunday. Another entrant is also still going - the man dressed in a suit of armour and towing a large dragon to commemorate St George's Day. Wallace said: "We left him way back at Greenwich. He's doing really well. He's pulling a lot of weight too so my message to him is `Keep it up mate'." Danny Wallace is taking part in the London Marathon - help by sponsoring him. RN recently interviewed Danny Wallace and we're delighted to offer our support. You can too. Just log on to http://www.dannywallacefoundation.co.uk/ http://www.dannywallacefoundation.co.uk/ where you can find out more about multiple sclerosis and sponsor Danny in the Marathon where we wish him all the very best. You can also order his forthcoming book, Danny Boy, here --------------------------------- [3] Norman Whiteside book for just £5.99 inc p&p in UK --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: Check http://www.rednews.co.uk to view the image which has been removed from plain text email version of news My Memories of Manchester United by Norman Whiteside (published 2003) just £5.99 INCLUDING postage and packing (rrp £14.99 - you save £9!) through Red News. 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I am just trying to stay in the side and show that I have some qualities. The league is quick and physical and you have to adapt but this is a good chance for me in England." --------------------------------- [1] BBC on England job --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, April 27, 2006 by ed: 'Luiz Felipe Scolari has been offered the job of England manager and is discussing terms with the Football Assocation, the BBC has learned. FA chief executive Brian Barwick was in Lisbon on Wednesday to thrash out a deal with Portugal's Brazilian coach. "We were speaking to Felipe as part of the process of recruiting the next coach and that process continues," said Barwick after flying back to London. Scolari, 57, is out of contract after the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For United books, videos, DVDs etc http://www.rednews.co.uk/ama.php?id=amazon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the very latest news check out the website: http://www.rednews.co.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RED_NEWS_MUFC_NEWS/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
