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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Friday, 4 March 2011
Fletcher signs United deal Midfielder agrees extension at Old Trafford until 2015
Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has followed his team-mates' lead by signing a new contract to stay at Old Trafford until 2015.
England international Michael Carrick agreed a new long-term deal on Thursday, while Patrice Evra and Ryan Giggs have also recently accepted extensions.
The Premier League leaders have now secured the future of long-serving Scotland international Fletcher ahead of Sunday's trip to arch-rivals Liverpool.
Fletcher has become an increasingly important member of the United team over recent seasons after coming through the youth ranks.
Since making his debut for the Red Devils in 2003, Fletcher has gone on to make 288 appearances for the club, scoring 21 goals.
He has won three Premier League titles, an FA Cup, two League Cups and the UEFA Champions League, although he missed the 2009 European final defeat by Barcelona through suspension.
Great pride
Fletcher told the club's official website: "I take great pride in playing for Manchester United, I have won many trophies in my years playing here and I am looking forward to winning many more in the seasons to come.
"I would like to thank everyone at the club."
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson added: "Darren has been at the club since he was 15 years old.
"I am extremely proud that he came through the ranks of our youth academy.
"I am delighted Darren has signed a new contract, he has developed into a top-class midfielder."
SKY SPORTS
England international Michael Carrick agreed a new long-term deal on Thursday, while Patrice Evra and Ryan Giggs have also recently accepted extensions.
The Premier League leaders have now secured the future of long-serving Scotland international Fletcher ahead of Sunday's trip to arch-rivals Liverpool.
Fletcher has become an increasingly important member of the United team over recent seasons after coming through the youth ranks.
Since making his debut for the Red Devils in 2003, Fletcher has gone on to make 288 appearances for the club, scoring 21 goals.
He has won three Premier League titles, an FA Cup, two League Cups and the UEFA Champions League, although he missed the 2009 European final defeat by Barcelona through suspension.
Great pride
Fletcher told the club's official website: "I take great pride in playing for Manchester United, I have won many trophies in my years playing here and I am looking forward to winning many more in the seasons to come.
"I would like to thank everyone at the club."
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson added: "Darren has been at the club since he was 15 years old.
"I am extremely proud that he came through the ranks of our youth academy.
"I am delighted Darren has signed a new contract, he has developed into a top-class midfielder."
SKY SPORTS
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Alex Ferguson hit with FA charge United boss in trouble following comments about Atkinson
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association following his comments about referee Martin Atkinson.
Ferguson was critical of the official following United's 2-1 defeat at Chelsea on Tuesday evening and he has been brought to task by the FA.
The long-serving Red Devils boss was unhappy with Atkinson's failure to show Chelsea defender David Luiz a second yellow card for a trip on Wayne Rooney.
The Scot's fury was compounded when the Blues broke up the other end to earn a match-winning penalty following Chris Smalling'schallenge on Yuri Zhirkov which Ferguson described as 'soft'.
"You want a fair referee, or a strong referee anyway - and we didn't get that," said Ferguson to MUTV in the aftermath of the game.
"I must say, when I saw who the referee was I feared it. I feared the worst."
The Football Association asked MUTV for footage of the interview to check the context in which Ferguson delivered the words.
And, even though he immediately softened his stance, altering the word 'fair' to 'strong', disciplinary chiefs feel there is sufficient malice to warrant charging him.
An FA statement read: "The FA has today charged Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson with improper conduct relating to media comments.
"The charge relates to comments made about match official Martin Atkinson in post-match interviews following Manchester United's fixture with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday 1 March 2011.
"Ferguson has until 4pm on Tuesday 8 March to respond to the charge."
He is now facing a lengthy period away from the dug-out as Ferguson already has two matches of a four-game ban still hanging over him fochllowing his ill-advised comments about Alan Wiley last season, when he implied the official was not fit enough for his job.
Those games will be triggered if guilt is established, which would condemn him to the stands for United's FA Cup sixth-round tie with Arsenal at Old Trafford on 12th March, plus the Premier League encounter with Bolton seven days later, while punishment for his latest indiscretion would be added. Quoted by Sky Sports 3 Mar 2011
Ferguson was critical of the official following United's 2-1 defeat at Chelsea on Tuesday evening and he has been brought to task by the FA.
The long-serving Red Devils boss was unhappy with Atkinson's failure to show Chelsea defender David Luiz a second yellow card for a trip on Wayne Rooney.
The Scot's fury was compounded when the Blues broke up the other end to earn a match-winning penalty following Chris Smalling'schallenge on Yuri Zhirkov which Ferguson described as 'soft'.
"You want a fair referee, or a strong referee anyway - and we didn't get that," said Ferguson to MUTV in the aftermath of the game.
"I must say, when I saw who the referee was I feared it. I feared the worst."
The Football Association asked MUTV for footage of the interview to check the context in which Ferguson delivered the words.
And, even though he immediately softened his stance, altering the word 'fair' to 'strong', disciplinary chiefs feel there is sufficient malice to warrant charging him.
An FA statement read: "The FA has today charged Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson with improper conduct relating to media comments.
"The charge relates to comments made about match official Martin Atkinson in post-match interviews following Manchester United's fixture with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday 1 March 2011.
"Ferguson has until 4pm on Tuesday 8 March to respond to the charge."
He is now facing a lengthy period away from the dug-out as Ferguson already has two matches of a four-game ban still hanging over him fochllowing his ill-advised comments about Alan Wiley last season, when he implied the official was not fit enough for his job.
Those games will be triggered if guilt is established, which would condemn him to the stands for United's FA Cup sixth-round tie with Arsenal at Old Trafford on 12th March, plus the Premier League encounter with Bolton seven days later, while punishment for his latest indiscretion would be added. Quoted by Sky Sports 3 Mar 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Manchester United: Manchester United: Manchester United History
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
Manchester United: Manchester United History
Manchester United: Manchester United History: "Manchester United Football Club was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lanca..."
Manchester United History
Manchester United Football Club was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot at Newton Heath.[1] The team initially played games against other departments and rail companies at their home ground at North Road, but by 1888 the club had become a founding member of The Combination, a regional football league. However, following the league's dissolution before the end of its first season, Newton Heath joined the newly-formed Football Alliance, which ran for three seasons before being merged with The Football League. This resulted in the club starting the 1892–93 season in the First Division, by which time it had become independent of the rail company, dropped the "LYR" from its name and moved to a new ground at Bank Street.[1] After just two seasons, the club was relegated to the Second Division.[1]
In January 1902, with debts of £2,670 – equivalent to £210,000 as of 2011[2] – the club was served with a winding-up order.[3] Captain Harry Stafford found four local businessmen – including John Henry Davies, who became club president – each willing to invest £500 in return for a direct interest in running the club.[4] As a mark of this fresh start, on 24 April 1902, the club's name was changed to "Manchester United".[5][6]Under Ernest Mangnall, who became club secretary in 1903, the team finished as Second Division runners-up in 1906 and secured promotion to the First Division, which it won in 1908 – the club's first league title. The following season began with victory in the first ever Charity Shield[7] and ended with the club's first FA Cup title. Manchester United moved to a new stadium at Old Trafford in 1910, and won the First Division for the second time in 1911, but at the end of the following season, secretary Mangnall left to join Manchester City.[8]
In 1922, three years after the resumption of football following the First World War, the club was relegated to the Second Division, where it remained until regaining promotion in 1925. Relegated again in 1931, Manchester United became a yo-yo club, achieving its all-time lowest position of 20th-place in the Second Division in 1934. Following the death of John Henry Davies in October 1927, the club's finances deteriorated to the extent that Manchester United would likely have gone bankrupt had it not been for an investment of £2,000 in December 1931 by James W. Gibson, who assumed control of the club.[9] In the 1938–39 season – the last year of football before the Second World War – the club finished 14th in the First Division.[9] During the war, the club participated in the Wartime League and the Football League War Cup, but in 1941, Old Trafford was damaged by German bombs and would not be fully repaired until 1949.[10]
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