Still Following the Trawler

Having been heavily influenced by Scott's article in RoM - and as a result of my general mood of disappointment and boredom towards our dormant activity in this, the supposedly exciting period of pre-season - I thought I would give a pop at my favourite United quotes. Enjoy! 10. "George Best was the greatest player in the world." Pele 9. "There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me." George Best , about Cristiano Ronaldo (2005) 8. (a couple of gems here from the eternal comedy show that is Man City ): "We were the last Manchester team to win the League and we’ll be the next one." Peter Swales   (Manchester City chairman. 1992) …now fast forward 18, trophyless years… "This football club is, without doubt, going to be the biggest and best football club in the world…( more bull shit )…and not if but when we are at Wembley, having beaten Man United yet a...

5. Away to Arsenal in the League (3-1) By FAR our best performance and result of the season. Nani was incredible, creating the best goal of the season – shades of the counterattack that Ronnie finished off in the Champions League semi-final last April – and kind of scoring (although technically not) a stylish solo goal . The first time all year we genuinely looked like world beaters. If only we played that all season… VIEW: United vs Arsenal (a). 3-1 4. PART I: Carling Cup Semi-Final Second Leg (3-1) The truly great moments of the season were few and far between; so whereas normally, in a typically glittering, trophy-laden season I would’ve clumped the amazing results against Citeh together – perhaps under a generic/witty title, like ‘amazing results against Citeh’ – I am forced to spread them out over the course of the top 10. But enough of that negativity. As we remember part 1 of the trilogy (in reverse order of greatness): Which Citeh battering?  Carling Cup Semi-Final Second L...

I have been meaning to do this for f**kin ages! But what with the bitter dissapointent of the season finale, coupled with the immediate replacement of the domestic season with the World Cup, I, ya know, couldn’t be arsed. But now with even the brilliant yet sporadic Rossobianchi seemingly back on the scene, I have no excuse! So here are my defining moments from 2009/10… 10. Hargreaves’ return – Sunderland away (1-0) The game was over (a mediocre 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light) and the defence of our title was almost just as finished, as we all witnessed Liverpool's dismal against Chelsea end in the Champions elect f**king the Scousers right up. So to speak. But nonetheless, the  image of Hargreaves on the touchline, ready to make his injury-time appearance against in this, the penultimate game of the season and his first game in over a year and a half, had every read a) shocked, b) confused or c) weeping into their dad’s arms while screaming ‘thank you God!!!’(…what!? I was emot...

Well, that’s that. Possibly the worst World Cup of all time – certainly in my life time – ended with me unsurprisingly winning eight whole pounds on the two I put down on Spain to win; the world’s best - Messi and Ronaldo - barely showing up in the same way they had for their clubs last season…but surely the biggest, ahem, shock of all? England failing and yet again not even coming close to winning the tournament they are constantly expected to win by our ignorant media. As all my besotted readers have no doubt realised, I took some well earnt time off from the blogersphere during the tournament (don’t worry mum, I’m back now!!). Partly to watch the copious amounts of football, but also largely due to the fact that I wasn’t going to blog about a brand of football I’m not passionate about. I support Manchester United, through and through, and am therefore NOT an England fan. I never want England to lose, but as opposed to questioning the point of my existence when the team full of Che...