[RedDevils] PREM: Results and attendances
*** RESULTS ON 25/10/03 *** Saturday 25th October 2003 Aston Villa 0-0 Everton 36,146 Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Birmingham City 25,023 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City 41,040 Liverpool 3-1 Leeds United 43,599 Manchester United 1-3 Fulham67,727 Newcastle United 3-0 Portsmouth52,161 Southampton 2-0 Blackburn Rovers 31,620 Wolverhampton 4-3 Leicester City28,578 *** FULL LEAGUE TABLE *** (as at 25/10/03) H o m e A w a y Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts 1 Chelsea 10 4 1 0 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 11 23 2 Arsenal9 4 1 0 10 5 3 1 0 8 2 11 23 3 Manchester United 10 3 1 1 9 3 4 0 1 9 3 12 22 4 Birmingham City 10 2 3 0 5 2 3 1 1 4 34 19 5 Fulham10 2 2 1 9 7 3 1 1 11 67 18 6 Southampton 10 3 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 5 45 16 7 Manchester City 10 2 2 1 12 6 2 1 2 8 68 15 8 Newcastle United 10 2 1 2 5 3 2 2 1 10 93 15 9 Liverpool 10 2 1 2 7 6 2 1 2 8 54 14 10 Charlton Athletic 9 1 1 2 5 9 3 1 1 8 31 14 11 Portsmouth10 3 0 2 9 5 0 3 2 2 7 -1 12 12 Tottenham Hotspur 9 2 0 2 6 7 1 2 2 4 6 -3 11 13 Everton 10 2 2 1 9 6 0 2 3 3 8 -2 10 14 Aston Villa 10 2 3 0 6 3 0 1 4 2 9 -4 10 15 Wolverhampton 10 2 1 2 5 12 0 2 3 2 9 -14 9 16 Blackburn Rovers 10 1 0 4 8 10 1 2 2 7 9 -4 8 17 Bolton Wanderers 10 1 3 1 5 4 0 2 3 3 15 -11 8 18 Leeds United 10 1 2 2 4 6 1 0 4 5 15 -12 8 19 Middlesbrough 9 1 0 4 4 10 1 1 2 3 5 -8 7 20 Leicester City10 1 2 2 8 8 0 0 5 6 13 -7 5 *** CONDENSED LEAGUE TABLE *** (as at 25/10/03) Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts -- 1 Chelsea 10 7 2 1 20 9 11 23 2 Arsenal9 7 2 0 18 7 11 23 3 Manchester United 10 7 1 2 18 6 12 22 4 Birmingham City 10 5 4 1 9 54 19 5 Fulham10 5 3 2 20 137 18 6 Southampton 10 4 4 2 10 55 16 7 Manchester City 10 4 3 3 20 128 15 8 Newcastle United 10 4 3 3 15 123 15 9 Liverpool 10 4 2 4 15 114 14 10 Charlton Athletic 9 4 2 3 13 121 14 11 Portsmouth10 3 3 4 11 12 -1 12 12 Tottenham Hotspur 9 3 2 4 10 13 -3 11 13 Everton 10 2 4 4 12 14 -2 10 14 Aston Villa 10 2 4 4 8 12 -4 10 15 Wolverhampton 10 2 3 5 7 21 -14 9 16 Blackburn Rovers 10 2 2 6 15 19 -4 8 17 Bolton Wanderers 10 1 5 4 8 19 -11 8 -- 18 Leeds United 10 2 2 6 9 21 -12 8 19 Middlesbrough 9 2 1 6 7 15 -8 7 20 Leicester City10 1 2 7 14 21 -7 5 *** HOME ATTENDANCE TABLE *** (as at 25/10/03) Manchester United 67,659 Newcastle United @@ 52,095 Manchester City @@@ 46,671 Liverpool @@ 43,985 Chelsea 41,105 Everton @@ 38,592 Arsenal @@ 38,072 Leeds United @ 36,197 Tottenham Hotspur 34,924 Aston Villa 34,526 Southampton @@ 31,565 Leicester City @@ 31,294 Middlesbrough @ 30,246 Birmingham City @ 28,934 Wolverhampton 28,672 Charlton Athletic @@@ 26,176 Bolton Wanderers @@@ 25,801 Blackburn Rovers @@ 24,326 Portsmouth @@@ 20,093 Fulham @ 15,566 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM
[RedDevils] Eric bedded girl in front of clubbers
BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN: Man Utd laid bare By Jules Stenson, Chief Feature Writer, News of the World MARRIED Man Utd legend Eric Cantona had a threesome with a porn club beauty and another man on a giant circular bed as a gang of revellers looked on. The lovecheat Frenchman cast his vows to the wind when he visited the wild Paris venue with his ex-SAS minder Michael Ned Kelly. Kelly was appointed to look after the soccer starrecently voted the club's greatest ever playerfollowing his infamous kung-fu kick on a fan in 1995. In his bombshell new book, Manchester United: The Untold Story, which the club tried to ban, the author also tells how Cantona: VISITED a brothel where all the prostitutes wore numbers for a kinky pick and mix game. BEDDED the beautiful and willing wife of a household-name United star. SEDUCED a sex-mad woman employee at a Manchester club. Kelly had little idea what was in store when he was appointed personal bodyguard to 37-year-old Cantona. But he soon discovered the truth about the love-rat star's repeated betrayals of wife Isabelle in a string of debauched encounters. Kelly recalled: I was out on the town in Paris with Eric when he insisted we end the night at his favourite watering-hole. We met up with a couple of Eric's friends, who I'll call Pierre and Luc. The club had wall-to-wall porn beaming down from angled TV screens but, in the basement bar, the action was strictly live. In the centre of the floor was a huge circular bed, so none of the onlookers would miss an inch of the action. Tongue All one had to do was climb on the bed and wait to be joined by another enthusiastic participant, to have sex while everyone else looked on. After a few bottles of champagne, one of the club bossesa friend of Eric's joined us at the bar. The man called over a stunning woman he introduced as his wife. The chemistry between her and Eric was electricbut I thought I was seeing things as I watched her lead Eric and Luc toward the bed. Eric flashed me a wink and stuck his tongue out like a schoolboy heading for the cream bun counter in a baker's. What the ?' I asked Pierre. But I was speaking to the back of his head as he was also on his way to the bed wrapped around a tall blonde. Eric tried to call me over to join in with Luc and his romp. I later discovered the wife was an ex-porn star. Kelly describes the 1997 night out as the most surreal experience of my life. Cantonawho has a son Raphael, 13, and daughter Josephine, six, with 38-year-old Isabellemoved them to Bar-celona, Spain, after quitting soccer and turning to acting. In the spring of 1999, he invited Kelly for the weekend. Eric declared we must go out on the town, he said. As usual, after a few drinks, the conversation turned to women and, after a few reminiscences, I stopped Eric in his tracks. I told him, I know who you were sing in my flat when you borrowed it for your secret liaisons'. Eric was dumbstruck. Who then?' he asked. I named the wife of a former top United star whose car I often used to see parked outside my flat whenever she and Eric met. He exclaimed, How did you find out?' It's my business to know everything, Eric', I told him. Kelly adds: Eric then drove us to a less salubrious side of town. We went to an underground car park, then up by lift. Three floors later, Eric was knocking at a flat door which opened to reveal wall-to-wall hookers. The girls were stunning and all had numbered badges. It was like a kinky pick and mix. Cantona selected a girl and led her to a private room. Kelly recalls: From discussions I'd had over the years with Eric, I knew he had a penchant for slapping women's backsides. Flirting And from the noises coming from next door, this lady had apparently been very naughty. After that we headed for his favourite karaoke bar and the reception he got from punters and staff told me he was as popular here as at Old Trafford. But not as popular as he'd been in one Manchester sports club. Kelly writes: One woman there was very attractive and was extremely hospitable to both of usespecially Eric. She was always ushering him into an office and, while I socialised with club members, he'd be taking advantage of the more exclusive services on offer to him behind closed doors. Kelly tells of another night in a Manchester bar where Cantona and a French friend, Pascal, were flirting shamelessly with two pretty women watched by their irate husbands. In no time at all they were squaring up to Eric and Pascal, says the author. I offered sincere apologies to the well-built husbands. Eric bought the two couples champagne and calm was eventually restored. To be fair, Eric rarely played away during his time in the UK. While at Manchester, I don't think it would be unkind to suggest that he lived a pretty basic lifestyle and it was only on my own recommendation that he and his family moved from the ex-council house they were given by United to the more
[RedDevils] Fergie raged over sick chairman
SIR Alex Ferguson knew of disgraced Martin Edwards' perversions long before the former chairman's sordid habits were exposed, Kelly reveals. As long ago as 1998, Fergie and the SAS man discussed an incident where Edwardswho quit last yearwas caught following a woman into a toilet. Ferguson raged: It's unbelievable. The Press would have a field day. Kelly replied: I know, boss. I must be the only security chief in football who has to try and stop the chairman going into the ladies' toilets. Kelly first became aware of the problem in the Eighties when Edwards visited an SAS barracks to award soccer prizes to soldiers. Edwards was seen following a soldier's wife into the ladies', he writes. The lad concerned was all for tearing Edwards' head off, but I quietened him down. In 1996 United press secretary Ken Ramsden warned him Edwards' visits to the ladies' were becoming more frequent. Kelly replied: No problem, I'll keep steering him towards the gents'. He writes: The chairman's fetish was a source of amusement to the players, but undeniably embarrassing. He seemed to have a compulsion to invade women's space in their most private moments. Eventually his deviations would destroy him. Edwards, 57, was caught with a prostitute in Rio at the FIFA World Club Championships in 2000. Another complaint of a ladies' toilet misdemeanour brought him a police caution. Kelly said: It seemed sad that a potentially great man will now only be remembered as little more than a pervert. BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN: Man Utd laid bare Married soccer legend bedded girl in front of clubbers By Jules Stenson, Chief Feature Writer MARRIED Man Utd legend Eric Cantona had a threesome with a porn club beauty and another man on a giant circular bed as a gang of revellers looked on. The lovecheat Frenchman cast his vows to the wind when he visited the wild Paris venue with his ex-SAS minder Michael Ned Kelly. Kelly was appointed to look after the soccer starrecently voted the club's greatest ever playerfollowing his infamous kung-fu kick on a fan in 1995. In his bombshell new book, Manchester United: The Untold Story, which the club tried to ban, the author also tells how Cantona: VISITED a brothel where all the prostitutes wore numbers for a kinky pick and mix game. BEDDED the beautiful and willing wife of a household-name United star. SEDUCED a sex-mad woman employee at a Manchester club. Kelly had little idea what was in store when he was appointed personal bodyguard to 37-year-old Cantona. But he soon discovered the truth about the love-rat star's repeated betrayals of wife Isabelle in a string of debauched encounters. Kelly recalled: I was out on the town in Paris with Eric when he insisted we end the night at his favourite watering-hole. We met up with a couple of Eric's friends, who I'll call Pierre and Luc. The club had wall-to-wall porn beaming down from angled TV screens but, in the basement bar, the action was strictly live. In the centre of the floor was a huge circular bed, so none of the onlookers would miss an inch of the action. Tongue All one had to do was climb on the bed and wait to be joined by another enthusiastic participant, to have sex while everyone else looked on. After a few bottles of champagne, one of the club bossesa friend of Eric's joined us at the bar. The man called over a stunning woman he introduced as his wife. The chemistry between her and Eric was electricbut I thought I was seeing things as I watched her lead Eric and Luc toward the bed. Eric flashed me a wink and stuck his tongue out like a schoolboy heading for the cream bun counter in a baker's. What the ?' I asked Pierre. But I was speaking to the back of his head as he was also on his way to the bed wrapped around a tall blonde. Eric tried to call me over to join in with Luc and his romp. I later discovered the wife was an ex-porn star. Kelly describes the 1997 night out as the most surreal experience of my life. Cantonawho has a son Raphael, 13, and daughter Josephine, six, with 38-year-old Isabellemoved them to Bar-celona, Spain, after quitting soccer and turning to acting. In the spring of 1999, he invited Kelly for the weekend. Eric declared we must go out on the town, he said. As usual, after a few drinks, the conversation turned to women and, after a few reminiscences, I stopped Eric in his tracks. I told him, I know who you were sing in my flat when you borrowed it for your secret liaisons'. Eric was dumbstruck. Who then?' he asked. I named the wife of a former top United star whose car I often used to see parked outside my flat whenever she and Eric met. He exclaimed, How did you find out?' It's my business to know everything, Eric', I told him. Kelly adds: Eric then drove us to a less salubrious side of town. We went to an underground car park, then up by lift. Three floors later, Eric was knocking at a flat door which opened to reveal wall-to-wall hookers. The girls were
[RedDevils] Fergie hired SAS to spy on players
Here we go, here we go, here we go. Kelly's Heroes get knifed. What a nice man he must be; ` Dave Blatt BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN: Man Utd laid bare By Jules Stenson, Chief Feature Writer MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson used a task force of SAS soldiers to spy on star players' private lives, the club's ex-head of security has sensationally revealed. In a shattering book United tried to ban, Michael Ned Kellywho spent 11 years in the elite Who Dares Wins regiment before moving to Old Trafforddetails every covert operation he carried out. His meticulously-planned missions, many involving former and even active SAS chums, included: TAILING an England international transfer target to see if he was a drug user. REPORTING on the movements of David Beckham so United could keep tabs on his home life. PROBING the lifestyle of a young Red Devils defender to see if he was keeping bad company. SWEEPING the paranoid manager's own family home for phone bugs and hidden microphones. Being ORDERED to sweep the home of one of Fergie's close associates. INVESTIGATING the notorious drug habits of a top goalkeeper. Says Kelly, 55: There's little doubt in my mind that certain elements within the United hierarchy let the sheer size of this club overtake their sense of fair and proper behaviour. They were playing God. United threatened an injunction to stop Kelly's shock manuscript being revealed in the News of the World. But we successfully fought their legal action and the club caved in. Kelly told how Chris Sutton, a current Celtic star and former goal ace for both Chelsea and Blackburn, was targeted by Fergie's spy network. He says: He'd never have been aware that, for two weeks of his life, he was watched 24 hours a day. The then-head scout at United, Les Kershaw, wanted a report. Rumours Chris played for Norwich at the time and the surveillance team went over there, picked him up' after a City home game, then followed and photographed his every move and checked out his associates. There were four people tailing him including one woman. The team was led by two SAS guys who'd previously been with the Army's 14th Intelligence Company in Northern Irelandan elite unit that specialised in undercover surveillance. After that Norwich game they followed him in three cars, swapping places regularly. The woman came in handy when Sutton went into a bar. Then she could join one of the male watchers to look like a couple. The team would watch until he went to bed, then one of the boys would keep his vehicle under surveillance by sleeping in the car park. They even followed Sutton when he visited his son. After two weeks, I submitted the report to Les Kershaw and told him we'd found absolutely nothing to substantiate rumours of illegal substance abuse. Despite the all-clear, manager Ferguson did not sign Sutton. Kelly says Sir Alex, 61, was meticulous about gathering informationand even used his services to probe England skipper David Beckham, now with Real Madrid. He writes: Fergie was adamant David should live within reasonable distance of the stadium and training ground. Tales of him commuting from London after he met Victoria would send Fergie into blind rages. The situation came to a head on a trip abroad. Fergie pulled me to one side in the airport VIP lounge and barked, Right, Ned. Don't lie to me. Where's Beckham living?' London, boss, and travelling up and down to Old Trafford', I repliedinwardly cringing at having to tell tales on David. Stare Fergie's face was a study in controlled anger. That Beckham is taking the p**s,' he growled. Yeah, boss,' I volunteered. Maybe you should sell him'. Fergie's blank stare told me he was thinking the same thing. But hearing it from a third party must have brought home to him the enormity of losing Beckham and he smiled, Nah, I'll sort him'. Fergie knew the toll it would take on Beckham's fitness if he had to face motorways or airports before training. He did, indeed, clip Beckham's wings and it was agreed he would live near his workplace. Kelly, who ran security at United for 12 years before leaving last year, was also told by Sir Alex to keep a watch on his England stopper Wes Brown. He says: Once Wes began earning big money at United, Fergie insisted he move out of the family environment and get his own house. My contacts would tell me he was sometimes out in Manchester, at one of the players' favourite haunts. There are five big crime families in the city who control thingsall very well-known to the police. The worry was they'd befriend Wes then get into United, so you'd see them in the players' lounge. I was told to make sure this didn't happen. The idea was to put a little ring of steel around Wes. That didn't mean my boys would accompany him when he went out on the townjust that he was watched so we'd know if anything untoward happened. Thankfully, it never did while I was at United. Sir Alex also grew hugely
[RedDevils] I-Spy
Kelly's Heroes? SAS spies? Where the hell were they when Fergie was on the trail of signing Dwight Yorke? I'd love to see that report! Cheers, John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM -~- *** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[RedDevils] United in good Kompany
Manchester United are hoping to beat a host of interested parties to the signature of Anderlecht defender Vincent Kompany, reports The People. The 17-year-old was watched in his side's Champions League outing against Celtic and is valued at £2million. Kompany was recently selected for the Belgium side for a 2004 Euro qualifier. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM -~- *** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[RedDevils] Fergie would sack drug takers
Sir Alex Ferguson has vowed to sack any of his players caught taking drugs. The Manchester United manager has promised fans that he will not tolerate players taking drugs, be it for social use or to enhance their performance on the field. Ferguson told the News of the World: I would like our supporters to be sure of one thing: if there were any danger of one of our players dabbling in any kind of drug, be it to enhance his performance or for his social life, he would be quickly gone from Manchester United. Be assured that the manager, his coaches and medical staff would know. Believe me, we have nothing like that at Old Trafford. Ferguson has stood by defender Rio Ferdinand who has been the centre of a drugs controversy since failing to take a test. There has been no suggestion that Ferdinand has been taking banned substances but his failure to take an official test is a serious matter and could lead to a ban. The Football Association has gathered evidence surrounding Ferdinand's missed test and are considering their course of action. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM -~- *** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[RedDevils] Betrayal of trust
As odious as Ned Kelly is as a man, I just want to raise the subject of betrayal of trust. It doesn't matter to me if you are a butler, head of security or a lover, unless the person(s) who employed you committed murder, plotted to blow up the Twin Towers or supported City, your employment and your salary bought your silence/trust. That's one of the reasons they employed you. In business there are confidentiality clauses (Hello Peter). In affairs such intimacy should bring its own rewards. I get sick and tired of reading in the Sunday Papers all these revealing stories. OK, you could say don't read the Sunday papers if it makes you so mad, but hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil is not the solution. We all have our own morality. I've been faithful to Manchester United since before I was born but even I have seen Leyton Orient and Ilford (when they were alive) play at home. Ned Kelly was handsomely paid, even if he himself is ugly. As a former SAS man surely he more than anyone should abide by the rule of silence. For me this makes his revelations, whether true or exaggerated, even more appalling. As for the revelations themselves. Well, that's a debate in itself. Dave Blatt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM -~- *** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [RedDevils] Fergie would sack drug takers
Ferguson told the News of the World: I would like our supporters to be sure of one thing: if there were any danger of one of our players dabbling in any kind of drug, be it to enhance his performance or for his social life, he would be quickly gone from Manchester United. I feel Fergie, The FA, The Olympic Committee and my parents should make the distinction between performance enhancing drugs and social drugs. To lump them all together is lazy, predictable and does not address the problem. Social drugs include tobacco and alcohol, which although legal, are far more damaging than marajana (in my opinion). Does Fergie's blanket ban apply to his beloved claret? Social drugs, by their very nature, reduce not enhance sporting performance. Any professional sportsperson should be big enough, old enough and ugly enough to make their own choices between attempting to reach the summit in their chosen sport, or have a good time. They shouldn't be punished by outside agencies which have a political agenda and not the welfare of the athelete at heart. Dave Blatt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM -~- *** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[RedDevils] Never-never land
Never-never land Manchester United 1 Fulham 3 Premier League Saturday 25th October 2003 Let¹s not beat about the bush here - United were outclassed and lucky to get away with only conceding three goals. Fulham had waited nearly 40 years for this victory and they thoroughly deserved it. I had said, on the way up, during one of the most tedious of journeys, that we should consider turning around and going home. It just seemed to be one of those days. And it didn¹t help when we heard the team news. There was an audible groan in the car when we discovered that, apart from Giggs, the whole of the midfield had changed. Now, there may have been perfectly good reasons for those changes (after all we are not privy to inside information) but when big Rich suggested, ³They would only have to pin the United teamsheet on the Fulham dressing room wall for motivation² that Tinkerbell had escaped from Never-never land and had come out to play. We only just made it in time for kick-off. We ran the last mile from the Trafford, although I¹m not sure why we bothered. I could have saved myself the effort and meandered down to the ground. Fulham turned up in their fetching (not) off-the-shoulder tops, but United didn¹t. The red shirt is supposed to signify power, strength and aggression, but there was none. Fulham scored in the first few minutes. They could have been 3-0 up before half time, and the only point of tangible amusement was when a lone red wearing a ginger wig and tam o¹shanter hopped onto the edge of a gangway wall and did a jig. The stewards didn¹t know what to do but fortunately showed restraint, and the lad was finally escorted back to his seat to great applause. When Diego scored in injury time, at the end of the first half, we disregarded the total injustice of it all, celebrated wildly (more out of relief than anything else) and went below in fairly high spirits. Fergie was bound to skate down from his lofty perch on a tide of bile and the lads would come out with their hair blasted. So the mood downstairs was reasonably upbeat. And at the start of the second half it seemed as though United would get their act together and turn the game around. For about 15 minutes United looked like themselves but that¹s when it ended. Fulham scored twice more and there was no return. I say there was no return, because there wasn¹t - but there should have been. There was more than enough time for someone in a red shirt to get hold of the game and turn it in our favour. It¹s happened so many times in the past, but even Scholesy, when he came on with 20 minutes left, hardly got a touch. Fulham were in complete control. And that was the major disappointment - that there wasn¹t anyone who could inspire the rest. There was no hope. Passion was replaced by lethargy. There was no self belief. Not in the stands, where there was a great deal of bellowing, much gnashing of teeth and a large dollop of f¹ing and blinding. Major discontent spread as far as the black and white corner where it disappeared in a wave of delirium. ³Can we play you every week?² they asked. It¹s not something you want to hear at Old Trafford. To top it all it pissed down as we left Old Trafford, perfectly mirroring our mood. We got drenched on the way back to the car and I hadn¹t fully dried out 3 hours later as got out of the car and almost fell into the house. It was not a good day - not good at all. -- Copyright Paul Windridge 2003: http://www.Red11.org -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/tsUolB/TM -~- *** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
