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A late Robin Van Persie equalizer for Man Utd against a sturdy West Ham United team at Upton Park tonight, saved manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s blushes yet again. His 91st minute shot forced a replay at Old Trafford in their 3rd Round FA Cup Tie.

All across Europe today, football fans were glued to their TV’s in anticipation of the draw for the Champions League Knockout Phase, praying for some mouth-watering pairings. They certainly got potentially the tie of the competition as Premier League leaders Man Utd were drawn with La Liga giants Real Madrid. Ties will be played on [...]

At the same venue, the two rivals met again. There was no Torres and Ivanovic, but Mikel and Juan Mata, the centre of attention currently, remained on the team sheet. Chelsea’s second string looked fairly competitive, while Manchester United required the experience of Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher to protect the young backline formed by [...]

Only four weeks ago, following Man City’s losss to Arsenal at The Emirates Stadium, almost the whole of the soccer world were crowning Man Utd as Premier League Champions for the 20th time. Their massive eight point lead looked insurmountable especially given the experience and success of United’s wily old manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Even [...]

To say that it’s been an exciting week in football on the European stage would be quite an understatement. Anyone who would have envisaged Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid crashing out of the Champions League after failing to win their home games and Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola announcing his temporary retirement at the end [...]

Whilst watching Man Utd’s incredible collapse against Everton today at Old Trafford, I was reminded of a scene from the hit movie “Top Gun”, when, following a practice flight where Lt. Pete Mitchell, call sign “Maverick” had run his training officers ragged with his flying skills.Lt. Cmdr. Rick Heatherly, call sign “Jester”,  walked into the locker [...]

It’s hard to fathom when looking back to December of last year, as Man City were sitting pretty at the top of the English Premier League, a full 8 points ahead of derby rivals Man Utd, that we would witness such a drastic change of fortune in such a short period of time. Many of [...]

Earlier this morning US Central Time, I made a comment on Twitter whilst watching the Man Utd vs West Brom game from Old Trafford that sometimes proves to be prophetic or makes you look like a complete ass. United were precariously poised at a 1-0 lead whilst Man City were still at a 0-0 deadlock in [...]

Alex Ferguson’s health records obtained by News of the World, inquiry told | Media | The Guardian. Once in a while, a news article appears that makes you stop for a minute and think to yourself, what? Are you kidding me?