As Manchester United tonight kick off their 2012/13 Champions League campaign against Galatasaray, the price of last season’s early elimination has been laid bare in the club’s latest financial figures. The Reds saw profits for the last financial year fall 16.5 per-cent to £91.6million. And much of that decrease was caused by a 11.3 per-cent drop […]
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Reds go back to the future
Man Utd 4, Wigan 0 It was a day for records at Old Trafford, but one statistic remained the same – Wigan received another hiding. Paul Scholes celebrated his 700th game for the Reds with his 155th goal for the club. Ryan Giggs became the first player to chalk up 600 Premier League matches and […]
Fergie 1,000 not out
SOUTHAMPTON 2, MAN UNITED 3. New-boy Robin van Persie’s brilliant hat trick ensured Sir Alex Ferguson’s 1,000th league game as manager of Manchester United was a winning one. The Reds’ manager reached the landmark, which spans a remarkable 26 years at Old Trafford, came at St Mary’s where they snatched victory in stoppage time […]
Champions League draw for Manchester clubs
Manchester City have another tough draw as they face Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, Ajax, and Borussia Dortmund in Group D of the UEFA Champions League this season. United have the easier task in Group H, with Braga, Galatasaray and CFR Cluj but both sides will remember their group stage exits in last season’s competition and […]
Reds new boys strike gold
Man Utd 3, Fulham 2 Usain Bolt may have displayed his winning Olympic medals on the pitch before the game, but it was Manchester United new boys Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa who struck gold on it. In a game which was truly one of two distinctive halves, United move effortlessly from the sublime […]