2008: The Champions Preview

Dec. 31 | Manchester United see out the year as English Champions having witnessed Sir Alex Ferguson over the past eighteen months completing his jigsaw that is a fourth all conquering team and a squad described by the man himself as ”the best” he’s...

GOAL King Ronaldo!

Dec. 24 | 2007-08 Appearances 18 (1 as sub) (13 (1) in PL & 5 in CL) Goals 16 (11 in PL & 5 in CL) At this time last season Cristiano Ronaldo scored 8 goals all coming in the Premier League having made 17 league and 5 Champions League appearances so thats...

Spurs breeze past lacklustre Wigan

Nov. 12 | Preview The stats that mattered before this game were that Spurs had played 12, won just one and conceded 24 goals giving us a grand total of 8 points for our performances so far. Shocking! My early season optimism of looking at our first 3 fixtures...

United hit Wigan for four

Oct. 6 | The Champions Manchester United moved to first position in the table, albeit possibly for just 24 hours, after a fantastic second half performance blew away opponents Wigan at Old Trafford. In one of two Saturday league fixtures, despite having a midweek...

Rooney strike gives United another win

Oct. 3 | Manchester United continued their magnificent defensive record with a 1-0 win over AS Roma at Old Trafford last night. It was a game that could’ve gone either way, although United dominated, Roma had a fair few chances but it was Wayne Rooney’s...

Ronaldo gives United another one-nil victory

Oct. 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo’s second half strike gave United another one-nil victory as the Champions steadily rolled on and reached second position despite never hitting top form this season. Steve Bruce’s Birmingham City had previously held Liverpool...

The Champions beat Grant’s Chelsea

Sep. 25 | News that Chelsea had sacked José Mourinho just a few days prior to the match meant Manchester United were made firm favourites for a game and a title race which was previously deemed a close run thing. Still, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson...

Unusual United maintain winning streak

Sep. 16 | Introduction Firstly, when will you ever hear of United winning three games on the trot 1-0? Not many times as we’re not the sort of team who does that but for now it will be taken because our football and our injuries aren’t going the way...

Super Sub Saha plays Ole football

Sep. 2 | Before the game kicked off Roy Keane’s return to Old Trafford for the first time in his managerial career was overshadowed, and rightly so, by the guard of honour given to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by players, managers, coaches and officials and a standing...

Nani Gives Champions Precious First Victory

Aug. 26 | Nani’s impressive start to his United career continued at Old Trafford when he broke Tottenham’s stubborn resistance and handed the English Champions their first win of the season. Last season, United played host to Tottenham having won their...