Everton may regret rejecting chance to sign £40m ace from Premier League rivals – opinion

Everton may regret rejecting chance to sign £40m ace from Premier League rivals – opinion – originally posted on Sportslens.com Everton may well have made a big mistake by rejecting the chance to sign Manchester United ace Donny van de Beek in January. Man United tried to find the Dutch ace a new club in the […]

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Everton may regret rejecting chance to sign £40m ace from Premier League rivals – opinion

Everton may regret rejecting chance to sign £40m ace from Premier League rivals – opinion – originally posted on Sportslens.com Everton may well have made a big mistake by rejecting the chance to sign Manchester United ace Donny van de Beek in January. Man United tried to find the Dutch ace a new club in the […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.85

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from 29th August 2009. It involved a sending off – but it wasn’t a player that received their marching orders! Arsenal travelled to Old Trafford to face old foes Manchester United in a league match. The host were leading 2-1 going into stoppage time at the end of the game […]

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Old Trafford background affected Man Utd form, says Solskjaer

Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the red background around Old Trafford has affected their home form. All four of their Premier League defeats this season have come at home, as well as the Carabao Cup loss to rivals Man City. The Red Devils play Granada on Thursday in the second leg of their […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.83

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ was one of the funniest moments in Premier League history. It happened during the Manchester United vs Arsenal match in February 2016. United’s manager at the time was Louis van Gaal. The Dutchman had a successful fifteen years in coaching, lifting twenty trophies in that time. He won the FA Cup […]

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On This Day – 14th March

Liverpool put in a hugely impressive display at Old Trafford on this day in 2009. They visited league leaders Manchester United and came away with a resounding 4-1 victory. It was United who took the lead midway through the first half. Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina came rushing out of his goal and dragged United’s Ji-Sung […]

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On This Day – 25th February

25th February 2016 is a date that will be ingrained in the memory of Marcus Rashford. This is because it was on this day five years ago, Rashford made his Manchester United debut. United were at home to Danish side FC Midtjylland in the Europa League Round of 16. They were 2-1 down from the […]

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Football’s Greatest Goals No.48

This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ was scored by Paulo Wanchope in a famous 3-2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Wanchope had joined Derby County just ten days prior, costing the club a mere £600,000. His debut was away to Manchester United and no one expected his new team to get a result from the […]

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On This Day – 31st January

A crowd of 34,748 turned up at Old Trafford on this day in 1953 expecting the home side Manchester United to score a hatful of goals against non-league opponents Walthamstow Avenue. Avenue plied their trade in the amateur Isthmian League side at the time and United were a decent First Division side. Instead of being […]

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On This Day – 17th January

Maine Road being used by Manchester United The record attendance for an English Football League match was made on this day back in 1948, with 83,260 fans watching Manchester United play Arsenal. The match was played at Manchester City’s Maine Road due to significant damage to United’s Old Trafford home during the Second World War.Two […]

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