Still Following the Trawler

How overused is the word "legend" in football? When you consider that nowadays it is what's used to describe anyone who has played over 100 games for a club, then you feel almost embarrassed to call a player as great as George Best a legend. Superlatives aside, one thing is for sure - he is one of, if not the , greatest footballers to ever grace this country. Before Ronaldo and Messi banged in goals for fun on a regular basis, before Maradona did ridiculous things with a football that made people gasp with amazement, and before David Beckham thought he invented the celebrity footballer - there was George Best. As well as gaining legendary status on the pitch - most famously helping United secure their first European Cup in 1968 - he perhaps gained just as much fame (or infamy) off it. A heavy drinker and womaniser throughout the Sixties and Seventies, football came a distant third place in the latter years of his career. At the tender age of 28 he left United and thanks t...

On this day in 2008... https://t.co/S7lApSmuJM — Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 21, 2015

On 11th May 2003, having spent 12 incredible years at United, David Beckham makes his 394th and final appearance - scoring this beauty against Everton on the final day of the 2002/03 season...

Watch Wayne Rooney’s goal of the season, 10 years ago today… Posted by Manchester United on Thursday, April 23, 2015

Via  the Guardian : Yesterday, 22nd April 2015, marked the one year anniversary of David Moyes' sacking as United manager. In this piece in the Guardian, Jamie Jackson looks back at the decision to cut-short his six year contract, the enormity of the task that Moyes just couldn't cope with, and how things are looking good for United 12 months on. The David Moyes mantra since being sacked as Manchester United manager 12 months on Wednesday is that he was not allowed time to succeed. The Scot maintains any chance to discover if he could do the job was thwarted when Ed Woodward, the executive vice‑chairman, tore up his six-year contract on 22 April of last season, 10 months into his tenure. Yet in doing so Woodward – and the Glazers – were effectively saying to Moyes’s plea for more time: “How soon is now?” The prescient answer might actually have come two months earlier. Because, by the time the trigger was finally pulled, Moyes’s United were in seventh place on 57 points...

"That is sensational"See the amazing Robin van Persie goal which set Manchester United on their way to a 13th #BPL title, #OnThisDay two years ago... Posted by Premier League on Wednesday, April 22, 2015

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4th March, 1995 United 9-0 Ipswich Town FA Carling Premiership