Still Following the Trawler

Via  Mail Online : When Vidic and Evra left United at the end of last season - both players leaving the club in their 30's after eight-and-a-half successful seasons at United - many thought that that was pretty much the end of their footballing careers. However, as they both opted for life playing in the Serie A, they have experienced very different fortunes, with Vidic struggling (along with his team, Inter) while Evra and Juventus are on course to win a treble by beating Barca in this weekends Champions League final... They were two much-loved defensive mainstays who left Manchester United for Italy last summer.  But since saying their Old Trafford farewells it has been a very different 12 months for Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic. On Saturday night, Evra will step out of the tunnel in Berlin ahead of his fifth Champions League final. The French left back, now 34, will be looking for a third trophy in an incredible Indian Summer of a season with Juventus. For Serbian centre ...

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 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...

EXCLUSIVE: George Best wasn't always called George, as his birth certificate reveals... http://t.co/7rc7AGGuCL #NINews pic.twitter.com/PqCGrDDOXE — Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) May 6, 2015