Still Following the Trawler

Reflections... The Worst United Team in Years. The amount of shite this current crop has received this season for winning the league 9 points clear, scoring more goals than any other team, producing the league's top scorer, dropping two points at home all season, beating Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Citeh at Old Trafford, and losing only four games, is thoroughly deserved. 18 wins and 1 draw at home. Yes I have just made that point, but I think for those of you not quite so savvy on the maths front, I thought I would spell out exactly what  dropping two points at home all season  equated to. Unlucky Blackpool. As a fan of one of the league's big dogs - well, THE big dog - who are owned by a bunch of greedy, sellfish wankers who couldn't give a f**k about the club, the fans or its heritage , it was somewhat poetic to see a team built out of such modesty and passion reach these dizzy heights. But unfortunately, it wasn't to be a fairy tail ending for the team who...

What the papers said... Mark Ogden, The Telegraph 'If they are looking for a new white-knuckle ride to tempt adrenaline junkies to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, they should call it the Manchester United Experience and warn of being left dazed and confused before an unexpected late twist. Nobody does late drama quite like Sir Alex Ferguson’s league leaders. From Turin to Barcelona and now Blackpool, United have displayed a remarkable ability to pull something from the fire when it appears most unlikely. ...The pendulum began to swing United’s favour on 72 minutes, when Berbatov gave United a foothold by volleying in Darren Fletcher’s cross from two yards. It gave United belief and injected fear into Blackpool and the visitors capitalised further when Hernandez sprung the offside trap to receive Giggs’s pass before beating Kingson with a clinical finish from 18 yards. A third United goal seemed inevitable, but their progress was halted when the game was stopped for several minu...

Head-to-head A United vs. Blackpool game hasn’t happened since the 1974/75 season, when both teams were in the second tier. United beat Blackpool 4-0 at home and 3-0 away en route to winning the championship, and promotion back to the top flight. The last top-flight game between the two came in the 1970/71 season. Both games finished 1-1. Blackpool The home side have lost four of their last five league games – and five of the last six in all competitions. Blackpool have scored and conceded in all of their home matches this season. DJ Campbell has scored five goals in his last six Blackpool appearances. Manchester United At the same stage of the season, United are four points short of Arsenal's ‘invincible’s’ squad of 2003/04. We are on 13 wins and nine draws from 22 games (48 points), compared with Arsenal’s 15 wins and seven draws (52). We’ve now gone 27 Premier League matches without losing, only two matches short of our record 29 game unbeaten run between December 1998 and Octob...