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Posted on October 10th, 2011 | No Comments

TF Chronicles – The Premier League Grounds Part One

Since the Premier League started in 1992, football has changed on a huge scale – especially due to television coverage not only in the UK, but globally. Added to this, media interest has grown, not just on the back pages of newspapers, but also interest in players’ private lives growing massively. The huge growth and [...]

Posted on September 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Manchester United v Norwich City Preview: This Should Be A Home Banker

Manchester Untied tomorrow host newly promoted side Norwich City at Old Trafford, in what will be their first non-televised live match of the season as United will rarely have a 3pm kick-off on a Saturday in the Premier League.

Posted on September 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Loan Deals On The Cards For Kuszczak And Diouf

According to the latest gossip, Tomasz Kuszczak and Mame Diouf are still in line with a move out of Old Trafford this summer, with the loan window due to open this Thursday.

Posted on July 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Diouf Keen To Stay At United

Manchester United’s Senegalese striker Mame Diouf has played down reports linking him with a move to Championship side Blackpool.

Posted on July 8th, 2011 | No Comments

All looking good as Blackpool’s David Vaughan officially signed

“I’m over the moon,” says our own Jeremy Robson, greeting news at the Blackcats list that David Vaughan’s transfer to Sunderland is official. “(Charlie) Adam got most of the attention for Blackpool last year but DV was outstanding.” And now he’s one of ours. Ellis Short cannot even complain that Steve Bruce is spending too [...]

Posted on June 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Chapter 2: 2010-11 Review of United’s season

This is part two of Stretty News’ review of the United season. Part One can be found here. Wayne Rooney was back in the fold after a brief flirtation with alternative career options but the goals didn’t come immediately. United fans, who had been put through the wringer by the Scouser’s shenanigans, were unhappy not…

Posted on June 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Chapter 1: 2010-11 Review of United’s season

If Sir Alex Ferguson were a boy scout, he would have earned his firefighting badge several times over in the 2010-11 season. The FA doesn’t keep stats for such things but I’d be willing to wager a few bob that Fergie spent more time attempting to put out fires than he did preparing the Red…

Posted on June 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Part 3 (February – May)

Contribution by Mark Young
Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Parts 1-3

Posted on May 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Part 2 (November – January)

Contribution by Mark Young
Read Manchester United 2010-11 Season Review Part 2

Posted on May 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Swansea Are In The Premier League

Yesterday at Wembley in the Championship playoffs Swansea City took on Reading for the final place available in the Premier League for next season. The game ended 4-2 to the Swansea making them the only Welsh side in the top flight. Swansea have now jo…

Posted on May 24th, 2011 | No Comments

I See Dead People

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While some of my readers out there see dead people, I see the future. I see only the football future, though, and often I see it imperfectly. But when I see it, I write about it. So, in order to see how I'…

Posted on May 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Player Ratings: Manchester United vs. Blackpool

Contribution by Mark Young Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool The Premier League champions were too strong for Blackpool in the end after a spirited performance from the Seasiders. Ian Holloway’s men will play in the Championship next season after finishing a dramatic survival Sunday in the drop zone. Ji Sung Park gave United the lead in [...]

Posted on May 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Reasons To Be Cheerful

The season ended on a catastrophic note for the Arsenal fans. From quadruple to a double. From a double to the league title and from that to not even a guaranteed place in Champions League next season. But at least it’s over. Never witnessed such an awful run from an Arsenal side. Sure they did stumble sometimes [...]

Posted on May 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Week 38: The Good, The Bad And The Tangerine

A biased, weary and Blackpool-gushy roundup of the last week of the Premier League

Posted on May 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Mission Accomplished

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Random thoughts from the closing chapter to a record-breaking 19th Championship:

Pretty emotional stuff today, saying goodbye to Edwin Van Der Sar. It was very nice that not only the Old Trafford faithful, but also…

Posted on May 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Spurs vs Birmingham City Review- 90 minutes that mirrored our season

So that’s it for another rollercoaster year at Tottenham Hotspur and it ended in a deserved victory but also a performance that highlighted all the deficiencies that have been a constant thorn throughout this season. It also ended in relegation for Birmingham City, a club who if I’m honest I won’t miss. I must admit [...]

Posted on May 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Man Utd v Blackpool Premier League Highlights

Blackpool’s one-season stay in the top flight ended in defeat and a rollercoaster ride of emotions as Manchester United celebrated their record 19th title with victory. Old Trafford. Alex Ferguson Ignores Critics: “All that nonsense about this not being a great United team. It’s a great feat,” he said. “We had some disappointing performances away [...]

Posted on May 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Ferguson Hails The Spirit Of Manchester United

In typical fashion, Manchester United had the Old Trafford faithful at the edge of their seat in their thrilling 4-2 win over Blackpool to cap of their 2010/11 Barclays Premier League season.

Reds Are The Champions For A Record 19th Time
After the…