Date:    Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:49:03 +0200
From:    Barry Leeming 

Subject: "Are You Experienced?" FT Reserves Report

Quick fire reserves TV report from OT

Full Time  Man Utd 0(0)-(1)2 Leicester
                              Fenton2

 PONTINS PREMIER LEAGUE
                        P  W D L  F  A Pts
 UNITED (2)            21 12 4 5 44 25 40
 Sunderland (-)        20 11 6 3 38 16 39
  * Sunderland (A) to Forest on Wed
  3 games to go=20

Leicester 11 1st team players,
including Ian Marshall, Jerry Taggart + a Greek International Zagaracus
REDS 3 1st team players only: May, Curtis, Wilson
Clegg out injured

Team
  1 Culkin 2 Stewart 3 Curtis 4 May[capt] 5 O'Shea 6 Ford 7 Wellens
   8 Wilson 9 Healy 10 Fitzpatrick (Wheatcroft65) 11 Chadwick

Bench: not used Cosgrove, Howard, Lynch, Marsh

Ref Gary Shaw

Respect to Hillsborough 10 years today 1 min silence
Empty OT, crowd very small, none behind the goals.
Players in RED no names only numbers on the shirts
Slippery soft pitch, rain in Manchester today!

Highlights
1st Half

05 Chadwick looking lively on left wing, REDS in control.
06 Fitzpatrick challenges goalkeeper nearly wins the challange
07 Wilson shoots well saved by the French goalkeeper=20
10 Zagaracus shoots 40 yds just over
12 Chadwick nice run left wing and perfect pass comes to nothing
15 Culkin one on one saves well =20
22 Ryan Ford booked for a challange on the ball??
25 Curtis safety first concedes corner
   Corner headed in although Ryan Ford cleared he was standing in the goal=
=20
   0-1 Graham Fenton Culkin in no mans land=20

27 2 Rreds thro' alone linesman gives offside again
30 More Leicester pressure they are looking very experienced
32 May makes good tackle, foul given??
34 Chadwick Healy working well on left wing
36 Leicester still on top due to their experience v REDS very young side  =
=20
40 Another attack down the left wing crossed well by Healy comes to nothing
41 Wellens pases bac to Leicester shot wide good chance
42 Let off again John O'Shea misses header Leicester shoot wide again still
0-1
45 1st half ends with Leicester corner Culkin takes it

Very open game Leicester deserving their lead, controlling the midfield

2nd half (Alex left for Birmingham)

46 REDS start well
48 David Healey booked for back chatting=20
49 Wilson through Ref stops game for free kick to us??
50 Chadwick through, shoots, nearly scores Marshall kicks it off the line!=
=20
52 Wilson shoots high over closed down by Taylor, REDS need to test the
Goalkeeper!
55 Fitzpatrick put thro' by May goalkeeper takes it
57 Miller shoots Culkin saves
58 Fitzpatrick long shot way wide, too far out
59 Super play by Chadwick down left wing past 3 players taken out in the end
61 Healy thro' goalkeeper saves=20
62 Culkin good save from Leicester's Swedish International
63 Culkin saves again one on one! nearly 2 down
=20
65 Fitzpatrick subbed by Paul Wheatcroft as Leicester hit the woodwork from
a header=20
66 Good cross but straight to goalkeeper
70 20 mins left need some pressure if we will get anything from this!
71 Wilson nearly through just taken out, tough, doing his best to lift the
team
73 Pressure new corner
74 Corner again still nothing=20
76 UNITED defend well, up front we are running all over the park to no avail
77 free header for Fenton 0-2 we are def beaten by experience tonight :(

78 David Healy shoots on goal dropped no om=B4ne following up
79 Whearcroft shoots just over, corner again
80 David May makes a good run GREAT header just saved! Leicester lucky
81 Culkin saves a volley plenty of chances both ends in this match!
82 Miller booked for Leicester=20
84 Healy wastes cross, inexperienced?
85 Leicester shoot again, wide
86 Leicester thro' again, REDS on back foot shoot wide
88 Chadwick cross Mark Wilson great shot saved by Monsieur Peggy in goal
90 all over no disgrace losing to 2 goals from Fenton, Leicesters 1 million
pound signing=20

Jimmy Ryan trainer
Fergie watching in the crowd 1st half only.



Summary
Could have been more, a footballing lesson tonight to our young REDS by
Leicester
who well deserved their 2 goal win.

Chadwick (pick of the REDS) interview, loved playing at OT tonight, loved
every minute of it
Games coming thick and fast just back from English youth team




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