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Date: Sat Jan 02 12:26:29 GMT+00:00 1999
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. YORKE SET FOR CUP COMEBACK
2. Robson won't have to join United to become a true great
3. Manchester United back in top 20 in rankings
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Daily RED Trivia Sat 2nd January 1999:
2/1/1905: In Division 2 United hammer Bradford City 7-0 at Bank Street watched by
10,000 with goals from Tommy Arkesden 2, Charlie Roberts 2, Jack Allan,
Jack Peddie and Robinson (og). Team was: Moger, Bonthron, Hayes, Downie,
Roberts, Bell, Schofield, Allan, Peddie, Arkesden, Hartwell.
1988: United win 1-0 at Watford in a Division 1 match watched by 18,038 thanks
to Brian McClair's 12th League goal of the season. Team was: Turner, Anderson,
Albiston (Davenport), Bruce, Moran (O'Brien), Duxbury, Robson, Strachan, McClair,
Whiteside, Gibson.
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Barry Daily Comment:
Today's FACUP fixtures
*** ROUND 3 FIXTURES ON 02/01/99 ***
Aston Villa v Hull City
Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic
Bolton Wanderers v Wolverhampton
Bradford City v Grimsby Town
Bristol City v Everton
Bury v Stockport County
Cardiff City v Yeovil
Coventry City v Macclesfield Town
Crewe Alexandra v Oxford United
Leicester City v Birmingham City
Lincoln City v Sunderland
Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest v Portsmouth
Oldham Athletic v Chelsea
Plymouth Argyle v Derby County
Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town
Rotherham United v Bristol Rovers
Rushden & Diamonds v Leeds United
Sheffield United v Notts County
Southampton v Fulham
Southport v Leyton Orient
Swindon Town v Barnsley
Tottenham Hotspur v Watford
Tranmere Rovers v Ipswich Town
West Ham United v Swansea City
Wimbledon v Manchester City
Wrexham v Scunthorpe United
*** ROUND 3 FIXTURES ON 03/01/99 ***
Manchester United v Middlesbrough
Port Vale v Liverpool
Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City
http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/kidd.htm
Brian Kidd Press conference, pic, real audio
Next games:
ALL Result/Fixture Index:
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3/1 Middlesboro (H) FA CUP 3rd rnd 16.00 UK
10/1 West Ham (H) Sky Sports time 16.00 UK
16/1 Leicester (A) 15.00
31/1 Charlton (A) 15.00 UK
UNITED Stats v All teams:
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*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED ***
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
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15/08/98 Leicester City Home D 2-2 11 55,052
22/08/98 West Ham United Away D 0-0 11 26,039
09/09/98 Charlton Athletic Home W 4-1 9 55,147
12/09/98 Coventry City Home W 2-0 5 55,193
20/09/98 Arsenal Away L 0-3 10 38,142
24/09/98 Liverpool Home W 2-0 3 55,181
03/10/98 Southampton Away W 3-0 2 15,251
17/10/98 Wimbledon Home W 5-1 2 55,265
24/10/98 Derby County Away D 1-1 2 30,867
31/10/98 Everton Away W 4-1 2 40,079
08/11/98 Newcastle United Home D 0-0 3 55,174
14/11/98 Blackburn Rovers Home W 3-2 2 55,198
21/11/98 Sheffield Wednesday Away L 1-3 2 39,475
29/11/98 Leeds Home W 3-2 2 55,172
05/12/98 Aston Villa Away D 1-1 2 39,241
12/12/98 Tottenham Hotspur Away D 2-2 1 36,079
16/12/98 Chelsea Home D 1-1 2 55,159
19/12/98 Middlebrough Home L 2-3 3 55,152
26/12/98 Notts Forest Home W 3-0 3 55,216
29/12/98 Chelsea Away D 0-0 3 34,741
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Champions League:
Group D P W D L F A Pts
Bayern Munich 6 3 2 1 9 6 11
Man United 6 2 4 0 20 11 10
Barcelona 6 2 2 2 11 9 8
Brondby 6 1 0 5 4 18 3
Dec 9 Brøndby 0-2 Barcelona
Dec 9 Man Utd 1-1 Bayern Munich
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CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
Manchester Utd v Inter Milan
Real Madrid v Dynamo Kiev
Juventus v Olympiakos
Bayern Munich v Kaiserslautern
Ties to be played on March 3 and 17
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Peter Schmeichel's last season at OT" Click on image for more!"
Subject: YORKE SET FOR CUP COMEBACK
Dwight Yorke will return for Manchester United against
Middlesbrough in Sunday's FA Cup third round tie at Old
Trafford.
Manager Alex Ferguson is delighted his leading scorer has
recovered from the groin strain which kept him out for all
but an hour of the last five games.
With Yorke rejoining Andy Cole in the United attack it looks
as though Paul Scholes will drop into midfield to partner Roy
Keane, Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs.
However, Ferguson could spring a surprise and bring in
teenager Jonathan Greening for his FA Cup debut. Reserve
striker Greening can operate on the right flank.
Wes Brown and Philip Neville are in contention for the
right-back spot as Ronny Johnsen partners Jaap Stam at
the centre of the defence.
Team (from): Schmeichel, Brown, Stam, Johnsen, Irwin,
Scholes, Butt, Keane, Giggs, Cole, Yorke, P Neville,
Sheringham, Blomqvist, Greening, Solskjaer, Berg, van der
Gouw.
FERGIE - NO REPEAT DEFEAT TO BORO
Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson does not believe
lightning will strike twice as his Premiership high-fliers go
into Sunday's FA Cup third round tie against Middlesbrough.
A fortnight ago Bryan Robson took his side to Old Trafford
to pull off the shock of the season against his former club
by beating United 3-2 - the Teessiders' first win there in 68
years.
Ferguson is certain his players will not make the same
mistakes again.
''What we learned from the defeat was that the players knew
the defensive mistakes they made contributed to the
result,'' Ferguson said.
''I think we would have won the match if we hadn't been so
careless in our defending but the points have been made
and there was good evidence in the second half at Chelsea
that we are starting to look a bit more solid.
''I think the players' concentration has to be vital in that
area and if that is the case we will have a much better
Sunday than the last time we played Boro.'' Striker Dwight
Yorke is fit again after missing four of the last five games -
one of them the Middlesbrough defeat.
''He (Yorke) has had a fantastic start to his career at
Manchester United,'' Ferguson said. ''He is a wonderful
player and it's always good to welcome back players like
him.'' But David Beckham and Gary Neville are missing,
each suspended for picking up five bookings.
''It does simplify things a little with two less bodies to
contend with but nonetheless we still have to get a team
with balance,'' Ferguson explained.
''But we go into the new year with everybody fit and
available except David and Gary.'' It should be a good Cup
tie and I'm looking forward to it,'' Ferguson added.
''With Middlesbrough beating us a fortnight ago it gives it a
little bit of an edge and with Bryan Robson and Gary
Pallister coming back again that adds a bit of something to
it as well. I think the players will be ready for it.'' United go
into the game after keeping consecutive clean sheets
against Nottingham Forest and Chelsea - the first time that
has happened since November.
Three straight would be a first this season.
''That is the secret of successful teams. It has always been
an important factor at our club and hopefully that is going to
be obvious in our play in the next few weeks,'' Ferguson
said.
Peter Schmeichel's last season at OT" Click on image for more!"
Subject: Robson won't have to join United to become a true great
By Ken Lawrence
Saturday, January 2, 1999
Bryan Robson is universally regarded as Alex Ferguson's heir-apparent at Old Trafford. But at least one man close to the former England captain is convinced that Robson can create his own managerial legend without needing to return to Manchester United when Ferguson finally steps down.
Gordon McQueen, former United centre half and now part of Robson's backup team at Middlesbrough, believes that a dynasty to rival that of Ferguson's in Manchester is already being established by Old Trafford's former Captain Marvel.
Robson, having built from the ruins of relegation an even better Boro side than the one which reached two Wembley finals in the season the club slipped back to Division One, recently inflicted a rare Old Trafford defeat on Ferguson in the Premiership and aims to do the same tomorrow in the FA Cup.
McQueen said: 'Bryan has that certain quality, that ability to lead by example and not be swayed away from his own judgment. He and Fergie are different sort of people but they have some important things in common. They act decisively, they have self-belief and they have strong convictions about football and life.'
He openly admits that he is still part of the professional game only because the sheer power of Robson's conviction.
McQueen had virtually retired to a quiet, enjoyable life near the banks of the River Clyde with golf and a little television work as his diversions when he received a telephone call from Robson.
In 20 minutes, Robson persuaded McQueen to head south to be part of what seemed to be the ultimate vision of success for a football club.
McQueen recalled: 'He rang me and said: "Look, I am going to become new manager of Middlesbrough. We are going to get promotion. We are going to bring in some of the biggest names in world football. We are going to build a new, all-seater stadium, and we are going to have in place the best training ground and training facilities in Europe, if not the world."
'It sounded extraordinary, unbelievable. But I reckoned that if Robbo was saying it would happen, then maybe it just might. And he was not wrong. Everything he said would happen, has happened. I simply hope that he continues on this course with Middlesbrough because, with him in charge, I truly feel the sky is the limit.'
Even now, despite the Premier-ship triumph at Old Trafford and a place in the top end of the table, McQueen believes Robson does not get the credit he deserves.
McQueen said: 'Despite the success we have had - two promotions to the Premiership, visits to Wembley for cup finals - Bryan still has so many detractors because they think that, because of the money he has had, it has all been too easy. It is true that, thanks to our chairman Steve Gibson, he has been allowed to spend plentifully. But as other managers have shown, having the money doesn't mean having the talent to buy the right players or get the best out of them.
'He has also been criticised for his decision to bring in so many foreigners when Middlesbrough were first promoted, especially the likes of Juninho, Fabrizio Ravanelli and Emerson.
'Because we went down at the end of that season, Robbo was considered to have bought with bad judgment. But, just like Alex Ferguson, Bryan rarely speaks before he thinks. Not only that, he thinks even longer before he acts.
'When people had a go at him, they did not grasp what he was doing. He wanted to bring in as many big names as possible to raise Middlesbrough's profile. He wanted the world to see that we were going to be major players.
'He also explained that even if the experiment did not work, he would always be able to profit from the scheme - and he did. He made at least £5million by selling Juninho to Atletico Madrid; he got his money back on Ravanelli; and he lost a tiny amount on Emerson.
'Having been relegated, he went to work again, this time in a different way. He brought in players who would not only get Boro back into the Premiership but would give them the stability to stay there.
'So now we have people like Brian Deane, Andy Townsend, Dean Gordon and plenty of others. Excellent professionals. We have Paul Gascoigne, who people believed could not change. Well he has. Robbo has seen to that.
'Now we are near the top and looking safe. Now we will see Bryan move into Phase Three. That will involve bringing more glamorous stars. All of it has been part of a strategy our manager has adopted and has stuck to, despite the doubts about his abilities.'
No matter the outcome of Middlesbrough's FA Cup visit to Old Trafford, Robson is already proving that he has taken his former employer's advice and gone away to learn his trade as a manager.
The only concern for those inside Old Trafford now is that Robson may just have learned his managerial lessons too well to want to desert The Riverside.
Another triumph over United in the Cup tomorrow will only deepen that concern.
Peter Schmeichel's last season at OT" Click on image for more!"
Subject: Manchester United back in top 20 in rankings
LONDON, Dec 31 - Manchester United returned to the top 20 of the European club rankings list
this week thanks to two good performances over Christmas.
The 3-0 home win over Nottingham Forest followed by a goalless draw away at championship
rivals Chelsea took them from 21st to 19th in the table. Porto dropped from 19th to 20th
while Wisla Krakow of Poland fell out of the top 20.
With only English and Scottish leagues in action over the holiday period, there were few
changes in the overall rankings.
TOP 20 CLUB RANKINGS (last week's position in brackets)
Points
(1) 1 Bayern Munich Germany 100.94
(2) 2 Parma Italy 89.53
(3) 3 Olympique Marseille France 88.46
(4) 4 Fiorentina Italy 87.33
(5) 5 Girondins Bordeaux France 86.13
(6) 6 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 84.19
(7) 7 Dynamo Kiev Ukraine 81.93
(8) 8 AS Roma Italy 81.62
(9) 9 Inter Milan Italy 81.08
(10) 10 Lazio Italy 80.92
(11) 11 Real Mallorca Spain 77.41
(12) 12 Rosenborg Trondheim Norway 76.94
(13) 13 Dinamo Bucharest Romania 76.91
(14) 14 Bologna Italy 76.89
(15) 15 AC Milan Italy 76.07
(16) 16 Celta Vigo Spain 73.99
(17) 17 Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 73.90
(18) 18 Rapid Bucharest Romania 73.64
(21) 19 Manchester United England 73.03
(19) 20 Porto Portugal 72.75
Worst five rankings
(466) 466 Doxa Katokopia Cyprus 17.80
(467) 467 B93 Copenhagen Denmark 16.25
(468) 468 Maccabi Jaffa Israel 11.81
(469) 469 Tyumen Russia 11.65
(470) 470 Hapoel Beit'Shan Israel 9.84
(Computer rankings based on current season's results only, taking into account strength of league, ratio of wins to defeats and ratio of goals scored to goals conceded; bonuses for European club and domestic cup results)
Successive wins
CSKA Moscow Russia 12
Rijeka Croatia 7
Fenerbahce Turkey 6
Porto Portugal 6
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 5
Dynamo Kiev Ukraine 5
Inter Bratislava Slovakia 5
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 5
Olympiakos Piraeus Greece 5
Season record:
Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 15
Unbeaten runs
AIK Stockholm Sweden 19
Chelsea England 19
Obilic Belgrade Yugoslavia 17
Partizan Belgrade Yugoslavia 17
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 15
Season record:
Molde Norway 21
Successive defeats
Doxa Katokopia Cyprus 9
Charlton Athletic England 7
Chaves Portugal 7
Universitatea Cluj Romania 6
Paniliakos Pirgos Greece 5
Zhemchuzhina Sochi Russia 5
Season record:
Tyumen Russia 18
Since last win
Nottingham Forest England 17
Jaro Jakobstad Finland 15
Kortrijk Belgium 15
Ethnikos Piraeus Greece 14
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 14
Season record:
Tyumen Russia 19
Best attacks Goals Games Average
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 52 13 4.00
Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) 57 17 3.35
Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) 48 15 3.20
Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) 41 13 3.15
Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway) 79 26 3.04
Worst attacks
Ethnikos Piraeus (Greece) 4 14 0.29
Venezia (Italy) 5 14 0.36
Veria (Greece) 5 14 0.36
Canakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey) 8 17 0.47
Doxa Katokopia (Cyprus) 7 13 0.54
Hapoel Beit'Shan (Israel) 7 13 0.54
Best defences
Hapoel Haifa (Israel) 3 13 0.23
Inter Bratislava (Slovakia) 6 15 0.40
Real Mallorca (Spain) 6 15 0.40
Kryvbas Kryviy Rih (Ukraine) 7 15 0.47
Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 8 17 0.54
Worst defences
Aris Limassol (Cyprus) 44 13 3.38
Hapoel Beit Sh'an (Israel) 40 13 3.08
Sogndal (Norway) 80 26 3.08
Tyumen (Russia) 89 30 2.97
Apollon Athens (Greece) 40 14 2.86
LEADING SCORERS
1 Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg Trondheim) 27
2 Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd) 22
3 Rune Lange (Tromso) 20
4 Jostein Flo (Stromsgodset) 19
Petter Belsvik (Stabaek) 19
6 Arild Stavrum (Helsingborg) 18
7 Ruud Van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven) 17
8 Rikardur Dadason (Viking Stavanger) 16
Ionel Ganea (Gloria Bistrita) 16
Mario Jardel (Porto) 16
Andreas Lund (Molde) 16
GOALS PER GAME IN LEAGUES
1 Cyprus 4.01
2 Norway 3.69
3 Denmark 3.40
4 Israel 3.22
5 Belgium 3.16
6 Netherlands 3.07
7 Romania 3.04
8 Hungary 3.01
9 Yugoslavia 3.00
10 Germany 2.93
11 Greece 2.86
12 Poland 2.85
13 Turkey 2.84
14 Slovenia 2.82
15 Bulgaria 2.81
16 Switzerland 2.80
17 Croatia 2.73
18 Slovakia 2.69
19 Czech Republic 2.67
20 Ukraine 2.64
21 Sweden 2.60
22 Russia 2.57
23 Italy 2.56
24 Finland 2.54
25 Austria 2.51
26 England 2.49
27 Portugal 2.48
28 Scotland 2.43
29 Spain 2.42
30 France 2.41
Main fixtures this weekend
Jan 2 Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic FA Cup
Jan 3 Manchester United v Middlesbrough FA Cup
Jan 3 Rangers v Celtic Scottish League
Jan 3 Celta Vigo v Real Oviedo Primera Liga
Jan 3 Extramadura v Real Mallorca Primera Liga
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