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Issue 4, June 2011 1 ISSUE 4, JUNE 2011 Putting the football world to rights www.football-united-blogs.com FootballUnited Blogs @FootballUB FUB is a Manchester United themed website which offers regular articles, latest news, interviews, podcasts & competitions 2 ISSUE 4, JUNE 2011 Editorials In this month’s issue of So that’s it then...we’ve had the ups and downs, we have smiled and cried but here we are. End Football United Fanzine of the season and end of an era. No I’m not talking about United securing a record 19th league title, or even our performance against Youth Barcelona (it’s still raw!), instead I am refer- 12 Policy ring to the sad news today that United veteran Paul Scholes has made the decision to retire from football. Just as we had been expected Scholes’ announcement was understated and with minimal fuss, just as he would have dic- tated. I have often spoke of my jealousy of the United fans who were fortunate enough to watch the likes of Duncan Edwards and George Best. Now I feel proud that in 20 years time I can tell the new generation of fans that I was one of the lucky fans who watched Scholesy in 2010-11 person. A genius. One of the best. What else can 38 Awards you say? Thank you for the memories Paul, it’s been an absolute pleasure. And of course a significant applause must also go to Edwin Van der Sar, six fantastic seasons with United won’t be forgotten. Steph - Editor @stephdoehler United’s best 26 Premier League XI REGULAR FEATURES SPECIAL FEATURES I don’t know about you guys but I’m starting to 06 HOT TOPIC 08 UNITED AGAINST wish the Champions League final took place United’s record league title THE WORLD PART III before the Premier League finished. The con- A look at Fergie’s strained trast of agony and ecstasy, always present in 07 EDITOR COMMENT relationship with the FA football has been felt greatly by all United fans Social media’s victory over courts over the last few weeks. One week you’re 24 PLAYER RATINGS writing your name into the record books and celebrating being the greatest English team 14 AWAY DAYS 2010-11 ever, the next you’re having your dreams of a United vs Bayern, 1999 How have our players fared this spectacular double crushed by the mighty season? Barcelona. But that’s football and that’s why 16 MICKY OWEN - PI we love it. We lost to the better side, the very Micky takes on the injunctions 33 DENNIS VIOLLET best team around right now and maybe ever United legend and Munich hero but we move on. We can take a lot of credit from a great season. Now it’s those horrible 17 GREAT DEBATE few months where your life has a massive void Should terracing be introduced into 36 TWEETIN’ HELL and barely any purpose (or maybe that’s just Premier League grounds? The growing phenomenon of me being a bit dramatic). Hopefully we shall footballers on Twitter see some key signings to add to our already 20 OVERSEAS REDS strong side. I hope we can all put the Barcelona Introducing Casper from Denmark game behind us and enjoy a summer celebrat- ing a fantastic 19th title. I have no doubt we will be back even stronger next season, fighting on 22 YOUTH WATCH @FootballUB all fronts with Fergie very much in the driving Will Keane seat yet again. I hope you enjoy this month’s edition and our Thanks to Darren end of season awards. 31 MAY ROUND UP (@ManUtdOT) for use of his photos on the cover of this Rachel - Assistant Editor @Rachel_jj2011 40 THE FINAL WORD magazine. 3 ISSUE 4, JUNE 2011 Contributors Liam Scott 1986: Plain old Alex Ferguson emphatically is Alan Monger asked what his primary aim is with Manchester @almanuman United after his recent appointment as manager. Tony Park His answer? Quite simply, to “knock Liverpool off @mrmujac their fucking perch.” He was laughed at. Liverpool were on 18 league titles, whilst United lumbered Stephen Jackson on just seven. Brett Burgers @holdandgive 14th May 2011: Scouser and Evertonian, Wayne Rooney, knocks Liverpool off their fucking perch. Alex Wardrop @aquelious Suffy Kala @sufiyan_kala Tom Clare Special thanks to Casper Heiselberg @Heiselberg Darren @ManUtdOT Daniel Burdett @Luzhniki2008 All material unless otherwise stated, is copyright to the Football United Fanzine. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the editors, however you have the right to reply to the following email address: [email protected] The Football United Fanzine is completely independent of Manchester United Football Club. The Football United Fanzine accepts no responsibility for services offered by advertisers. 4 ISSUE 4, JUNE 2011 Design your very own Manchester United fan t-shirt! Win the chance to see your t-shirt made and receive a personal version of it. The FUB team will be opening up a t-shirt shop over the summer months and would like you guys to submit some ideas for designs. The best one will be made up and sent to the winner. Please email all entries in jpeg format to: [email protected] The winner will be notified by email by the 1st August 2011. Entrants can submit as many entries as they wish. FUB reserves the right to use any designs in future. Only one winning design will be chosen. Designs cannot use any official Manchester United logos. 5 ISSUE 4, JUNE 2011 Hi all, back with this month’s hot topic. As this Liverpool FC show even a glimmer of the promise is written pre-Champions League final, I decided we show year on year. And that drive shows no that the most important thing to be discussed signs of slowing down. Shortly after winning the this month was of course #19. 19th Championship, SAF was discussing his plans to bring maybe two or three players in, plus our But before we relive the magic moment we young loan players coming back with more ex- confirmed our status as the greatest English perience, eager to break into the team. Mike club, I would like to pay tribute to someone very Phelan after the Blackburn game referring to this special. Championship winning team as a squad still in devel- opment. Not bad really. With comments like that I My cousin passed away in April, leaving behind can only think but one thing. Bring on the League a husband and three little children. In her mid next year!! 20's and with everything in life in front of her, an inoperable brain tumour took her away, when Somehow, with talk like that, so soon after a there are so many other more deserving of such monumental achievement, I can't see SAF sud- a fate. So whilst we sit and put the footballing denly winding down to retire at the end of this world to rights, never forget, there is more to life year. All I took from his press conferences and than football. Laura, your family, friends and interviews is that he is ready to win number 20, those who you held dearest, will always hold you whatever money rich club wants to challenge. close to their hearts, never to be forgotten. Retirement is for young people, according to And so, after all, this is a football mag - League SAF himself. That must be why, at the age of 37 Champions for a record breaking 19th time, now Ryan Giggs has won 12 league titles, he must also who's sat on the perch? And, maybe we haven't believe in that philosophy - especially as he wants had the best of seasons, but I think SAF put it best. to stay on next year for number 13. And will we The league is getting more competitive than it has let him stay on? I should bloody think so!! The ever been. Investment in the middle order clubs man is still, tearing apart defences when most means that, you may only finish the season with midfielders would be working on their tee shot... five away wins and still go on to lift the title. Over the course of the year, we amassed more points, By Liam Scott regardless of what anyone says about the club’s strength this year, that's what matters! Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City - all of them less consis- tent than ourselves, so why don't we deserve it? Liverpool haven't won a league title since 1990. I was three years old then and, with the exception of a couple of titles here and there, excluding the league of course, I haven't seen the machine of 6 ISSUE ISSUE 4, JUNE 4, JUNE 2011 2011 Social media scores victory as Ryan Giggs is named the Premier League footballer at the centre of an injunction scandal over alleged affair. Like many who use the social enjoyed ‘extra-curricular’ ac- Are we witnessing the best media world it was hardly a tivities shall we say. He cer- shock when MP John Hemming tainly wont be the last player ever football player? used Parliamentary privilege to be accused of such indiscre- to disclose Giggsy as the in- tions. I’ve had this discussion with my brother junction wielding football ban- on a few occasions. He says Leo Messi is up ning Imogen Thomas from It was uncomfortable viewing there with Maradona in terms of being the discussing their alleged affair. at Old Trafford when United best ever footballer to grace this planet.
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