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[20] Still no Big Sam writ
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
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'Almost 2½ months after a BBC Panorama investigation accused Sam Allardyce of
taking "bungs", the Bolton manager has still not started legal proceedings
against the broadcaster.

Allardyce claimed on Sept 25, six days after the programme was aired, that he
had instructed his lawyers to prepare a case against the BBC. "I've had lengthy
discussions with my lawyers and they've advised me I have a very strong case,"
he claimed at the time.

However, more than nine weeks on, and despite Bolton chairman Phil Gartside's
vote of confidence in Allardyce, a spokesman for Panorama confirmed that they
still had not received a writ.

Allardyce is unlikely to sue the BBC until he has seen the final outcome of the
Lord Stevens inquiry, due to be discussed at a meeting of the Premier League
board in the next two weeks.

On top of that Bolton are carrying out their own investigation into the
Panorama allegations, the findings of which will not be released until after
Stevens has filed his final report.

Pre-empting those two investigations would clearly be risky for Allardyce, a
fact confirmed by his spokesman, Max Clifford. "What Sam needs to do is wait
and see what comes out of all this before he decides what he's going to do
legally," he said.

All of which makes Gar'tside's decision to speak publicly in support of
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[19] Fergie story
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
by Roddy Forsyth in Telegraph

'The recent tributes to Sir Alex Ferguson's 20 years as Manchester United
manager evoked memories of the oddities of a football correspondent's life.
While he was Aberdeen boss we were once sitting in his office at Pittodrie,
chatting over bowls of soup, when his phone rang.

After a few seconds Fergie jumped up and said: "I'm really sorry. I've got to
go - there's a man going round Aberdeen saying he's Alex Ferguson and he's just
tried to buy £3,000 worth of carpets...."

An equally bizarre situation interrupted a chat with Davie Hay when he was
Celtic manager. As with Fergie, the phone rang, Hay's features became anxious
and he leapt to his feet.

"That was my wife," he said. "I'll need to go home right now. A bird's got into
the house and the missus is terrified."

Football being football - and although I had never picked up any hint that Hay
was a womaniser - I immediately assumed that the intruder was some besotted
female. On enquiring about the incident next time we met, I was ashamed to be
informed by Hay that the culprit had been a misdirected starling.'

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[18] from yesterdays Liverpool Daily Post
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
'NORTHWICH Victoria are hoping for a near capacity 5,000 crowd tonight for the
visit of manager Sir Alex Ferguson and a Manchester United XI to perform the
official ground opening ceremony at the Victoria Stadium (kick-off 7.45 pm).

More than 3,000 tickets had been sold including all stand seats up to last
weekend and spectators will be able to pay at the gate at £12 (adults), £10
(concessions) and £6 (under-16s).

The United team will contain a sprinkling of internationals probably including
Alan Smith and Kieron Richardson, despite last night's Premiership game against
Everton at Old Trafford.

Vies manager Steve Burr said: "It's the culmination of three years' hard work
by chairman Mike Connett who has poured a fortune into the development of the
stadium which is now very impressive. Tonight is really for him, but it will
also give my team a fillip to be playing against such opposition."

The match marks the completion of the first phase of the development at Wincham
which includes bars and restaurants and has reportedly already cost Connett in
the region of pounds 4million.

An office complex, marina and two all-weather pitches are yet to be added in a
second phase starting next summer given planning permission.

To mark the occasion, Sir Alex, accompanied by United director Sir Bobby
Charlton, will unveil a plaque before the kick-off when there will be a
firework display to provide a carnival backdrop.'

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[17] from Daily Mail
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
'United's abysmal display in a 4-1 Riverside defeat last season was their
lowest point, leading to skipper Roy Keane's fierce, censored attack on the
team on MUTV and his own subsequent exit to join Celtic.
A quirk of the fixture list means United can open up a nine-point lead before
Chelsea play again, but the tricky trip to Boro is followed by the Old Trafford
derby with Manchester City a week on Saturday.
City forced a 1-1 draw last season, and the decisive Champions League visit on
Wednesday night of Benfica, who knocked United out of Europe 12 months ago,
will also focus players' minds this week.
Gary Neville, recalling Everton's point at Old Trafford last season, said: 'We
are in a run of fixtures just now which saw us slip up badly last year. These
games are crucial to us.
'This stage last season we dropped points, we can't afford to again. We've
started in a decent way, now we must go to Middlesbrough with the right
determination and attitude, and hopefully get another victory.'

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[16] Ronaldo fitness worries?
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
from Guardian

'One concern is the fitness of Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been substituted in
four of his last six games - five for United and one for Portugal - because of
an ankle injury he suffered against Blackburn on November 11. He was withdrawn
against Everton with 22 minutes left and Ferguson confirmed that the winger
would need treatment. The United manager did, however, say the early diagnosis
was that "he would be OK for Saturday".

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[15] Guardian on Fergie comments
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'Didier Drogba found himself at the centre of the Premiership's latest elbowing
controversy last night when Sir Alex Ferguson criticised the Chelsea striker
for an aerial challenge that left Nemanja Vidic fearing he had a fractured jaw.
Vidic missed Manchester United's 3-0 defeat of Everton on Wednesday and an
angry Ferguson revealed that the Serbian defender had needed an x-ray to see
whether there had been any lasting damage inflicted by Drogba's flailing elbow.

The incident occurred in the first half of Chelsea's 1-1 draw at Old Trafford
on Sunday and, having studied the video replays, Ferguson made it clear he was
unhappy with the referee Howard Webb's decision not to show the Premiership's
leading scorer a red card.
"The concern for us was that the player got only a yellow card for use of the
elbow, when it could have caused a serious injury," said Ferguson. "Vidic got
an elbow into his jaw and that's a concern. It could have been a serious one."

As a player Ferguson was infamous for the occasionally reckless way he led with
his elbows but, as a manager, he has frequently spoken out about the dangers,
once predicting that someone could be blinded. Lke Jose Mourinho, he was
generally impressed with Webb and his anger lies primarily with Drogba, with
replays indicating that the striker had looked to see where Vidic was before
bringing down his right arm into his opponent's jaw.

Vidic returned to light training yesterday and Ferguson said the former Spartak
Moscow player had had a lucky escape. "We thought it was fractured and we sent
him for a scan. Fortunately it is not but he is still very, very tender, so we
had to leave him out [against Everton]."

Ferguson was unwilling to name names, understandably reluctant to engage
United's main challengers in a war of words, but he is known to be unhappy with
the manner in which some Chelsea players led with their arms as they went into
challenges. Ferguson was also unimpressed about the number of fouls that
Chelsea conceded, believing it to be a deliberate ploy to break up the pattern
of the game and prevent his team from getting into their usual flow. This, he
said, had been something he expected and that he had warned his players about.

Vidic is likely to return for tomorrow's game against Middlesbrough at the
Riverside, where a win would extend United's lead at the top of the Premiership
to six points - Chelsea have a free weekend - although Ferguson must weigh up
whether to play his strongest side or to hold back players for Wednesday's
Champions League tie at home to Benfica.

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[14] Times picks up on Fergie comments we had yesterday
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
It was only ever going to be a matter of time before Chelsea and Manchester
Uniteds mental sparring turned antagonistic, but if there was a surprise
yesterday, it was that it was Sir Alex Ferguson, and not José Mourinho,
pointing an accusatory finger.
In a thinly veiled attack that is certain to anger the Chelsea manager,
Ferguson implied that Didier Drogba should have been sent off for an elbow on
Nemanja Vidic, the United defender, during the teams 1-1 draw in the Barclays
Premiership at Old Trafford last Sunday.

Vidic had to sit out Uniteds 3-0 victory at home to Everton on Wednesday after
undergoing an X-ray on his jaw, which bore the brunt of Drogbas elbow. The
Chelsea striker was booked for the first-half challenge, but, having initially
feared that Vidic had broken his jaw, Ferguson believes that the yellow card
Howard Webb brandished was not punishment enough.

He [Vidic] got an elbow into his jaw and it was a concern because we thought
maybe it was fractured, the United manager said. Fortunately it is not, but
he is still very, very tender so we just had to leave him out [against
Everton]. What was a concern was that the player [Drogba] only got a yellow
card for the use of the elbow.

With the title race now looking like a straight fight between United and
Chelsea, the two clubs have appeared only too happy to raise the stakes over
the past week.

Peter Kenyon, the Chelsea chief executive, was the first to twist the knife by
claiming that the Premiership champions will be the biggest club in the world
come 2014, while Mourinhos insistence that his team will be back on top soon
after their 1-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday is certain to have irked
United.

Few, however, are as good at ruffling feathers as Ferguson and his accusatory
comments about Drogba are the clearest indication yet that, for all the mutual
respect that exists between the United manager and Mourinho, the niceties are
over.

There would be no better way for United to get under Chelseas skin than by
extending their three-point lead. By the time Arsenal visit Stamford Bridge on
Sunday week, Chelsea could trail the leaders by nine points if United win their
next two league games, away to Middlesbrough tomorrow evening and at home to
Manchester City next Saturday.

These fixtures sandwich Benficas visit to Old Trafford, a game which will
determine whether United are still in the Champions League after Christmas.
This makes six points no easy feat, as Gary Neville conceded yesterday.

United were humbled 4-1 at the Riverside last season, drew 1-1 with City at Old
Trafford, and lost to Benfica in Lisbon to exit the Champions League at the
group stage, and Neville believes the team can ill-afford such slip-ups this
season, even if Wednesdays result was a good omen.

Weve got a difficult period of games now which are crucial for us, the
United captain said. We talked about the importance of this period before
Wednesdays game. They are all big games, but the Benfica and City games are
huge and we simply had to beat Everton after the disappointment of drawing with
Chelsea.

This stage last season was when we dropped some points but we are not going to
do that this season. We cant afford to.

Numbers game

4 The number of goals that Manchester United conceded against Middlesbrough at
the Riverside Stadium in the Barclays Premiership last season.

9 The number of points Chelsea will trail United by come the Premiership
champions game at home to Arsenal on Sunday week if United win their next two
league games.

£15m The cost of Uniteds exit at the hands of Benfica from the group stage of
the Champions League last season.

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[13] BBC with head to heads
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
Home and away
League: Middlesbro 29 wins, Man United 47, Draws 20
Prem: Middlesbro 5 wins, Man United 12, Draws 5

at Middlesbrough only
League: Middlesbro 18 wins, Man United 19, Draws 11
Prem: Middlesbro 2 wins, Man United 7, Draws 2

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[12] BBC with notable stats
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
'Louis SAHA is United's leading scorer with nine League and Cup goals.

Wayne ROONEY is the club's top marksman in the Premiership with seven.

ROONEY is one shy of 50 career Premiership goals.

If he lines up for the kick-off, ROONEY will be making his 100th start in a
United shirt.

SAHA needs to score one more to bring his total for English clubs to 100.

Rio FERDINAND is the only player to have been on the field for every minute of
every one of United's Premiership matches this season.'

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[11] Ref tomorrow
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
is Chris Foy

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[10] Sportinglife on Northwich visit
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
'Sir Alex Ferguson took time off from his bid to wrest the Premiership title
from Chelsea with a visit to non-league Northwich Victoria on Thursday night.

The Manchester United manager officially opened the Conference club's Victoria
Stadium by unveiling a plaque.

Ferguson also took a young side to the venue for a friendly.

Ambitious Northwich owner Mike Connett has built restaurants, bars and lounges
on the complex. He is now planning to build a 60-bedroom hotel and a marina in
the next stage of the development.

Ferguson said: "I consider this to be the beginning of a new era for the club.

"Mike has had the foresight to realise that clubs cannot survive on football
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out of the way. He was this headmaster type figure. As a youngster, it was
quite intimidating to see him. Unless you had done something really wrong you
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[7] Trouble with Feyenoord again
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
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'Nancy moved top of Group E and booked their place in the next round of the
Uefa Cup after a 3-0 win over Feyenoord - although the match was marred by
serious crowd violence at The Marcel Picot.

The French side were cruising to a 3-0 victory over their Dutch counterparts,
before the referee Espen Berntsen was forced to take the players off the pitch
with ten minutes left.

Feyenoord fans were at the centre of the trouble as they hurled seats at home
fans and tried to break through cordons to launch further attacks, which forced
police to use tear gas which drifted onto the pitch - and forced the players
off the pitch. At this point Nancy fans were told to depart the stadium.

Many presumed the game was being abandoned, but instead the players were
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[6] FA finally act over Spurs-Chelsea game, sort of. Oh and Ashley Cole,
Lampard and Chelsea basically lied about Poll then?
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
below from FA but worth nothing this bit which suggests Cashley Cole's column
was one plain, well, lie?

'Graham Poll has also been cleared by The FA of saying anything inappropriate
towards Chelsea players during the same match regarding their discipline.
Responses sought from Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Chelsea FC and the match
officials confirm that Poll did not say that Chelsea needed "to be taught a
lesson". There will no action against any parties on this matter.'

'John Terry has been charged with improper conduct regarding comments made
about referee Graham Poll following Chelsea's match at Tottenham Hotspur on 5
November.

John Terry claimed in an interview with Chelsea TV, which was subsequently
widely reported, that Graham Poll had given him conflicting reasons for his
second yellow card, saying: "On the pitch Graham Poll said to me that it was
for the barge on Ghaly where I just kept running. Then after the game he then
said to me it was for the fall when me and Ledley King fell so, you know, hes
obviously had a look at it, or got people to look at it and decided thats
probably the best option for him and it covers every angle for him."

This claim is denied by Graham Poll. The charge has been brought on the basis
that John Terry's comments question Graham Polls integrity and therefore
constitute improper conduct.

He has until 15 December to respond to the charge.

Graham Poll has also been cleared by The FA of saying anything inappropriate
towards Chelsea players during the same match regarding their discipline.
Responses sought from Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Chelsea FC and the match
officials confirm that Poll did not say that Chelsea needed "to be taught a
lesson". There will no action against any parties on this matter.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been reminded of his responsibilities for
media comments related to Poll's performance in the same match and asked to use
the relevant official channels to give feedback on the performance of referees.
He will not face any formal disciplinary action.'

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[4] Gary on mini row with brother!
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
"It was an honour to walk out together but it was not something I had thought
about too much. He was upset anyway because he wanted Everton to walk along the
row of our
players and shake hands. I told him no. You don't do that at Old Trafford. We
come along and shake your hands, not the other way round.''

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[2] Gary Nev on run of games
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
"We are in a run of fixtures just now which saw us slip up badly last year. We
have started in a decent way, now we must go up to Middlesbrough with the right
determination and attitude and hopefully get another victory.''

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[1] Gary Nev on Chelsea result at Bolton
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Posted Friday, December 1, 2006 by ed:
"I wasn't disappointed they won. I expected them to, I always do. That is how
it has been over the last few years.''

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[48] Gary Nev on use of squad
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Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"Kieran penetrated quite a bit down the left, John O'Shea did well in
midfield and Mikael Silvestre looked as though he had never been away in
defence. Considering those lads had not played a lot recently they did very
well.''

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[47] Fergie on goal difference
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Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"I hope goal difference will prove crucial. I will take that right now."

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[46] Fergie - on verge of greatness
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"The players have a lot to work for. I think they are on the verge of achieving
something great at this club and you don't want to miss these things. When we
got back into the dressing
room, we managed to watch the last few minutes of Chelsea's game at Bolton.
That kind of thing will always happen. The important thing is we are in a
position to worry about them."

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[45] Telegraph match report
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
St Andrew's Day dawned with sport's most famous Scot in his preferred position,
staring down at his opponents from football's summit.

If Sir Alex Ferguson is to remain there, then Manchester United need to
overcome the game's middle-classes - Everton, Middlesbrough and Blackburn -
teams who have inflicted serious wounds during the last three seasons.

Despite the quality of the finishing from Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrice Evra,
this was not an inspired victory on a night that apart from Wayne Rooney's
performance, lacked something. Rooney answered the taunts of the Everton
supporters by flaunting his badge and stretching every sinew to force a
breakthrough.

It was his shot, turned back into the area by Evra, that John O'Shea clipped
neatly home just before the end to put a gloss on the evening.

Rooney will reappear at Old Trafford today to sign copies of the autobiography
that has prompted David Moyes to sue for libel, although this result will have
caused the Everton manager as much hurt as Rooney's ghosted words. His team's
work-rate deserved better than a three-goal defeat, although with the
out-of-sorts James Beattie leading his attack in place of the injured Andy
Johnson, there was no edge to Everton's efforts.

''The first goal was the biggest moment in the match because we were not
playing particularly well," said Gary Neville, who captained United against his
brother, Phil.

"At 1-0 I still felt comfortable because I felt confident we would keep a clean
sheet. We have got a good defensive shield in front of us. But we had to win
because we have a series of four difficult games ahead of us and the ones
against Manchester City and Benfica are absolutely huge. It was at this stage
where we dropped points last season."

Ferguson had made five alterations to the side that had drawn the over-hyped
"title decider" with Chelsea on Sunday. It left much depending on an
inexperienced midfield, each member of whom had something to prove, but aside
from a free-kick from Kieran Richardson that skimmed the crossbar, nothing much
happened to threaten Paul Scholes or Ryan Giggs.

Scholes was on the bench but Giggs, upon whose shoulders so much of United's
revival has rested, stared down at proceedings from the directors' box on his
33rd birthday. Rumours had been swirling around Manchester that there had been
a bust-up with Ferguson, who held him responsible for Ricardo Carvalho's
equaliser on Sunday. This was categorically denied by United who pointed out
that Giggs had a tight calf muscle and was being rested ready for games against
Middlesbrough and Benfica, two clubs who between them had thoroughly wrecked
United's last campaign.

Every side that has ever won a championship has required a degree of fortune
and six minutes from the interval United received theirs. The finish from
Ronaldo, employed as a supporting foil to Rooney, was admittedly immaculate. He
buried his shot into the corner of Richard Wright's net but the ball had only
fallen to his feet via a ricochet when Michael Carrick's shot was blocked.

Despite Neville's confidence, the match was tight enough for United to require
a second goal to soothe their supporters. It arrived when Rooney slipped the
ball through to Evra, whose shot, driven between Wright's legs, was his first
goal in almost two years and possessed that indefinable touch of class largely
absent elsewhere.'

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[44] Telegraph review the Opus
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Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
'This is not a book that one reviews. This is a book that one visits. To start
with, it would be no straightforward task for the postal services to deliver a
review copy: at 1.5 square metres and 30kg (over 4½ stone), United presents a
considerable challenge to any courier, and a threat to any letterbox.

Furthermore, at £3,000, this is not the kind of book this reviewer would like
to spill his coffee on. So I visited the offices of Kraken, the publishers,
where the editor, wearing white cotton gloves, manhandled the massive
leather-bound volume from its protective case and commenced to turn the
pitch-sized pages. Two hours later, he was still turning. There are 850 pages,
and the only ones we skipped were the stats at the back.

Phew. My initial reaction was that of a rabbit caught in the headlights of an
oncoming Rolls-Royce, too bewitched by the scale and splendour of the object to
engage the critical faculties. But then reality clicked in. The Kraken people
call it an "opus", but it's a book, damn it, just a jolly large, jolly
expensive book. It contains words and pictures, and these are very fine. The
publisher, Karl Fowler, is a former managing director of the Goldman Sachs
bank, and therefore knows what he wants and how to obtain it. The instructions
to his editors were clear: "I don't want a Manchester United book. I want the
Manchester United book."

The writers are the best to be found for the topic. Hugh McIlvanney kicks off
with a monumental essay entitled Heart and Soul. James Lawton then takes over,
before passing to our own Jim White. Patrick Barclay is on the team along with
Jonathan Northcroft. You can't fault their pedigree and they seem to have been
pointed in the right directions. They have each, effectively, written an
interesting book about an aspect of Manchester United, which has then been
subsumed into the greater whole.

The photographers and picture researchers have been hard at work as well, with
stunning results. The commissioned work is truly outstanding, in particular
Chris Steele-Perkins' reportage of a day at Old Trafford, and an amazing
two-metre-wide gatefold of Cristiano Ronaldo's ball skills by the Los Angeles
motion-capturing magician Patrik Giardino. Eric Cantona art-directed his own
self-portraits, with predictably bizarre results (blood, feathers, etc, etc).
The design and graphics are superb, the reproduction pin-sharp. Everything
about the book is top-notch, tickety-boo or, in football parlance, different
class.

Is it worth £3,000? That is not a question I am qualified to answer, since I
cannot recall the last time I had £3,000 to spend on anything, let alone a
book. But if you happen to be wealthy and have lots of friends who are United
fans, it is fair to say that your Christmas present problems are over.

Mr Fowler is a bright and determined man, and will have done his homework.
Manchester United is an international brand, currently under American
ownership, but with truly worldwide appeal. The audience of potential
purchasers is not thus restricted to British fat cats but to high net worth
individuals the world over. A sister volume on the Super Bowl will have limited
appeal outside the United States, but there are surely enough American
millionaire gridiron fans for that to show a profit.

One of the most appealing aspects of United is the wholehearted involvement of
current and past players. Future projects have been agreed with Celtic, the
Wimbledon tennis tournament and Arsenal. Ferrari have been mooted; the Vatican
are said to be keen.

So we could be on the verge of a new era in top-end book publishing. It is not
a revolution that will affect many of us as we scuttle around with our
three-for-twos at Waterstone's, but companies specialising in library furniture
for the well-heeled can expect a bonanza. United, the forerunner of a new
trend, requires more than a humble coffee table to rest upon. A marble plinth
seems more in order.

It is traditional, when reviewing hefty works, to caution the reader against
the danger of dropping the work on their feet. The hazard here is more that you
might put your back out trying to lift it in the first place. So get the butler
to do it for you.'

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[43] Jol says Defoe going nowhere
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"Jermain is going nowhere. I'm not going to sell someone who is playing such a
crucial part to our challenge in the Carling Cup, UEFA Cup and
Premiership.There is always speculation about Jermain. The transfer window will
come up again in a month's time and he has already been linked with Manchester
United, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Portsmouth. Jermain is very important to us.
There is all this talk about him not playing regularly and yet he has started
six of the last nine games"

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[42] More Mourinho
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"It was a good period for us to come here and (to) Manchester and go home with
the same distance (three points). It's very positive. We are not top of the
league. We want to be there all the time but we had two very difficult matches.
If you do it wrong, you can leave Old Trafford with six points (deficit) and
Bolton maybe nine points. I don't think we will take a lot of time to be top of
the league. If you tell me when we play at home, it is three points
(difference), I would not be very sad because it would be all in our hands. Now
is our time to turn things round. I like to be first but I am very happy with
this situation."

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[41] Book signing tonight
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
Former United and Republic of Ireland striker Frank Stapleton will be signing
copies of 'We're the Famous Man United' with Andy Mitten, the book's author, at
WHSmith in the Trafford Centre this Thursday night between 7-8pm.

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Here's what those who've reviewed 'We're The Famous Man United' have said about
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"Some of the very best interviews with former United players that I've ever
read. Andy Mitten has a remarkable ability to get people to open up and reveal
all. Full of great anecdotes, detail and colour, bringing back just what it
was like following United in the pre-Ferguson era."

Michael Crick.

"A terrific antidote to the banal sporting autobiography. Next time someone
asks 'Where have the gameís characters gone?' here's an answer: They're
between the covers of We're the Famous Man United. Candid, full of
illuminating anecdotes and with an appeal well beyond those old enough to
remember the 70s and 80s and far beyond the borders of United fandom."

Ian Hawkey, The Sunday Times.

"Anyone who wants to read about nice, clean-cut footballers listening to Luther
Vandross and going to bed at 9.30pm should look away now. Andy Mitten has
compiled the warts-and-all, blow-by-blow forensic examination of what really
went on at Englandís biggest club in the 1980s. Utterly compelling."

Daniel Taylor, The Guardian.

"Twenty years on from their heyday, the players of the eighties have nothing to
hide. And even if they had, Andy Mitten would find it out. By turns
jaw-dropping, enraging, staggering and alarming, but always, always charged
with affection and enthusiasm, this book is what nostalgia is all about."

Jim White, The Daily Telegraph.

"First came the Busby Babes and now the modern United is 'all grown up'. This
hugely entertaining book proves that during the intervening 'teenage years' the
lads had themselves a bit of fun."

Graham Hunter, Sky.

"This book will define United work in this era like Jim White's book did a
decade ago. We knew many of these players as United heroes, but the fans knew
little about the real men inside the Red shirts they wore. Andy Mitten takes
characters we cheered on the terraces and allows us to see them in a new light;
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these were the players who missed the golden wages on offer in today's football
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and after their United careers. Mitten's honest approach and incisive
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what it was like to play for Manchester United and the life thereafter. Highly
recommended to young and old football fan alike, it will give a new perspective
on household names. Ideal for those who lived the 1980s generation, and those
who wish they had."

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[40] More Fergie on changes
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"We had to make some changes, so it's a good result. With the game against
Benfica next week and one on Saturday as well we couldn't afford any injuries.
We haven't changed the team for five or six games but this was the time to do
it. These players will be invaluable to us."

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[39] Chris Coleman last night
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Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"It's not often I come away from playing Arsenal enjoying it, but I did. It was
better than Manchester United away, better than the Chelsea performance last
season when we beat them - it was the best performance since I've been in
charge, for all kinds of reasons."

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[38] Moyes - unjust result
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"We were doing what we could when they got their second. I'm pleased with what
the players have done. This is a hard place to come but I didn't think that was
fair on Everton tonight. We had a few players out who are important to us."

---------------------------------
[37] Hargreaves won't play again until Jan
---------------------------------
Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 by ed:
"It's better if I don't play again in 2006. The first half of the season is now
over."

on transfer rumours

"A thousand things happen in the winter. In life there are always surprises."

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