Manchester United were handed a kind home draw against npower Championship club Crystal Palace while Manchester City will have to travel to London to play against Arsenal in the last eight of the Carling Cup after the draw was made this morning. The Full Draw Arsenal v Manchester City Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers Chelsea v […]
City sail into last eight of the Carling Cup
WOLVES 2, MANCHESTER CITY 5 Manchester City changed all 11 players who played in the remarkable derby on Sunday and still despatched a similarly weakened Wolves team in the Carling Cup fixture with both clubs keeping an eye on the Barclays Premier League fixture between the clubs at the Etihad Stadium this Saturday. Players of […]
Shots in United’s firing line
ALDERSHOT 0, MAN UNITED 3. Manchester United quickly banished the painful memory of their derby drubbing to move into the quarter finals of the Carling Cup. Aldershot, the npower League Two minnows, were hardly in the same bracket as their opponents of two days earlier but it was a win which helped restore a feel-good factor. […]
City six hitters in derby triumph
MAN UNITED 1, MAN CITY 6. Mario Balotelli produced fireworks on the pitch as opposed to off it as Manchester City caused an extraordinary upset with the margin of victory against United. City’s 6-1 win was United’s heaviest derby defeat since January 1926, when it was ironically exactly the same scoreline, and sent out a […]
The Great Tevez shirt swap
Supporters of both Manchester United and Manchester City have been handed the chance to ditch their club shirt with the name Tevez on it and help charity at the same time. Bookmakers Betfair have organised for ‘Trash Your Tevez shirt’ skips to be available at Old Trafford on the morning of the derby game on […]