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Date: Sun 14 Nov 1999 13:18 GMT
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Great pie - terrible ref! Reserves by THE OLD FART
2. United eye Liverpool ace ««
3. Paul Scholes Paul Scholes - he scores goals -
4. Reds shine for Ingerlund - Personal Report Terry
5. United v Scotland *It's Manchester United against Scotland at the moment*
6. There's not many teams can cope with Paul in this form - said Hendry.
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MANCHESTER UNITED DAILY NEWS Sun 14th Nov 1999:
Barry Comment:
My statement for today "Paul Scholes - Paul Scholes he scores goals"
Would Ingerland have beaten Scotland without him?
MUFC play on 20-NOV-1999 vs Derby C (FA Premier League, AWAY)
* MANCHESTER UNITED CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE A TRIBUTE
BIFFO'S tribute to that great night in Barcelona, cool links to
Man United and other Champions League sites.
Players gallery, post match chatroom.
A TRIBUTE TO SCHMEICHEL
PLAYERS GALLERY
Taken from The Worldwide Manchester United Fans Webring - 400+ RED sites!
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* UK TV info: BBC TO COVER UNITED'S BRAZIL MISSION
The BBC will broadcast live coverage of Manchester United's World Team
Championship challenge in Brazil.
Manchester United FC Champions League Squad List
1 Mark John Bosnich 2 Gary Alexander Neville 3 Dennis Joseph Irwin
4 David May 6 Jakob Stam 7 David Robert J Beckham
8 Nicholas Butt 9 Andrew Alex. Cole 10 Edward Sheringham
11 Ryan Joseph Giggs 12 Philip Neville 14 Johan Jordi Cruyff
15 Lars Jesper Blomqvist 16 Roy Keane 17 Raimond RJH Van der Gouw
18 Paul Scholes 19 Dwight Yorke 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
21 Henning Berg 23 Michael Jamie Clegg 25 José Quinton Fortune
26 Massimo Taibi 31 Nicholas James Culkin 33 Mark Antony Wilson
34 Jonathan Greening
FINAL Group D P W D L F A PTS
Manchester United FC 6 4 1 1 9 4 13
Olympique de Marseille 6 3 1 2 10 8 10
SK Sturm Graz 6 2 0 4 5 12 6
NK Croatia Zagreb 6 1 2 3 7 7 5
Second stage Euro Draw GROUP B
Manchester United Valencia Bordeaux Fiorentina
Tues Nov 23
Group B: Fiorentina v Manchester United
Group B: Valencia v Girondins Bordeaux
Wed Dec 8
Group B: Girondins Bordeaux v Fiorentina
Group B: Manchester United v Valencia
Wed Mar 1
Group B: Manchester United v Girondins Bordeaux
Group B: Fiorentina v Valencia
Tues Mar 7
Group B: Girondins Bordeaux v Manchester United
Group B: Valencia v Fiorentina
Wed Mar 15
Group B: Manchester United v Fiorentina
Group B: Girondins Bordeaux v Valencia
Tuesday, March 21
Group B: Fiorentina v Girondins Bordeaux
Group B: Valencia v Manchester United
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*** CONDENSED LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 07/11/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Manchester United 14 9 3 2 33 19 14 30
2 Leeds United 14 9 2 3 26 18 8 29
3 Sunderland 14 8 4 2 24 12 12 28
4 Arsenal 14 8 2 4 21 14 7 26
5 Liverpool 14 7 3 4 18 12 6 24
6 Tottenham Hotspur 13 7 2 4 23 18 5 23
7 Leicester City 14 7 2 5 23 19 4 23
8 Middlesbrough 14 7 1 6 19 18 1 22
9 Chelsea 12 6 2 4 18 10 8 20
10 Everton 14 5 4 5 23 21 2 19
11 West Ham United 13 5 3 5 12 11 1 18
12 Aston Villa 14 5 3 6 13 16 -3 18
13 Coventry City 14 4 5 5 21 16 5 17
14 Southampton 13 4 4 5 20 23 -3 16
15 Wimbledon 14 3 7 4 21 27 -6 16
16 Newcastle United 14 3 3 8 24 28 -4 12
17 Bradford City 13 3 3 7 11 21 -10 12
18 Derby County 14 3 3 8 13 24 -11 12
19 Watford 14 3 1 10 10 24 -14 10
20 Sheffield Wednesday 14 1 3 10 10 32 -22 6
*** TEAM STATISTICS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 06/11/99 ***
AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE: 55,168
HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 25/09/99 - Southampton (55,249)
LOWEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 11/08/99 - Sheffield Wednesday (54,941)
BEST WIN: 11/08/99 - Sheffield Wednesday (4-0)
30/08/99 - Newcastle United (5-1)
HEAVIEST DEFEAT: 03/10/99 - Chelsea (0-5)
BEST HOME WIN: 11/08/99 - Sheffield Wednesday (4-0)
30/08/99 - Newcastle United (5-1)
HEAVIEST HOME DEFEAT: -
BEST AWAY WIN: 22/08/99 - Arsenal (2-1)
25/08/99 - Coventry City (2-1)
11/09/99 - Liverpool (3-2)
HEAVIEST AWAY DEFEAT: 03/10/99 - Chelsea (0-5)
NEXT MATCHES
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20-NOV-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Derby C (FA Premier League, AWAY)
30-NOV-1999 [20:00] Manchester Utd. vs Palmeiras (Inter Continental Cup, AWAY)
04-DEC-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Everton (FA Premier League, HOME)
18-DEC-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs West Ham (FA Premier League, AWAY)
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED -
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First Team Fixtures 1999/2000
All dates/times subject to change
Dates of possible cup ties also shown
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
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15/07/99 Melbourne Australia pre-season W 2-0 - 60,000
18/07/99 Sydney Australia pre-season W 1-0 - 78,000
21/07/99 Shanghai Shenhua pre-season W 2-0 - 80,000
24/07/99 Hong Kong South China pre-season W 2-0 - 40,000
1/08/99 Arsenal Wembley Charity Shield L 1-2 - 70,185
3/08/99 Omagh Town Omagh Bomb Fund W 9-0 - 7,000
4/08/99 Wigan Athletic friendly W 2-0 - 15,000
08/08/99 Everton Away PL D 1-1 10 39,141
11/08/99 Sheffield Wednesday Home PL W 4-0 3 54,941
14/08/99 Leeds United Home PL W 2-0 1 55,187
22/08/99 Arsenal Away PL W 2-1 1 38,147
25/08/99 Coventry City Away PL W 2-1 1 22,024
27/08/99 Monaco - Lazio ESC L 0-1 - 15,223
30/08/99 Newcastle United Home W 5-1 1 55,190
11/09/99 Liverpool Away W 3-2 1 44,929
14/09/99 Croatia Zagreb Home EC D 0-0 - 53,250
18/09/99 Wimbledon Home D 1-1 1 55,189
22/09/99 Sturm Graz Away EC W 3-0 - 16,480
25/09/99 Southampton Home D 3-3 1 55,249
29/09/99 Marseille Home EC W 2-1 - 54,276
3/10/99 Chelsea Away PL L 0-5 2 34,909
11/10/99 Sir Alex Testimonial Home F L 2-4 LEGENDS 54,842
13/10/99 Aston Villa Away WC3 L 0-3 - 33,815
16/10/99 Watford Home PL W 4-1 2 55,188
19/10/99 Marseille Away EC L 0-1 - 57,745
23/10/99 Tottenham Hotspur Away L 1-3 3 36,072
27/10/99 Croatia Zagreb Away EC W 2-1 - 30,000
30/10/99 Aston Villa Home PL W 3-0 2 55,211
2/11/99 Sturm Graz Home EC W 2-1 - 53,745
6/11/99 Leicester City Home PL W 2-0 1 55,191
20/11/99 Derby County Away PL 15.00
23/11/99 AC Fiorentina Away EC 19.45
pp 27/11/99 ? Sheffield Wednesday Away PL *No new date yet
30/11/99 Tokyo Palmeiras WCC 20.00
4/12/99 Everton Home PL 15.00
8/12/99 Valencia CF Home EC 19.45
18/12/99 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
26/12/99 Bradford City Home PL 15.00
28/12/99 Sunderland Away PL 20.00 "live on sky"
3/01/2000 Middlesborough Home PL 20.00
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JAN 05-14 Brazil WTC [3-4 games]
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06/01/2000 Necaxa (Mexico) Neut WTC 16.00
08/01/2000 Vasco da Gama (Brazil) Away WTC 16.00
11/01/2000 South Melbourne (Australia) N WTC 16.00
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22/01/2000 Arsenal Home PL 15.00
5/02/2000 Coventry City Home PL 15.00
12/02/2000 Newcastle United Away PL 15.00
26/02/2000 Wimbledon Away PL 15.00
1/03/2000 FC Girondins de Bordeaux Home EC 19.45
4/03/2000 Liverpool Home PL 15.00
7/03/2000 FC Girondins de Bordeaux Away EC 19.45
11/03/2000 Derby County Home PL 15.00
15/03/2000 AC Fiorentina Home EC 19.45
18/03/2000 Leicester City Away PL 15.00
21/03/2000 Valencia CF Away EC 19.45
25/03/2000 Bradford City Away PL 15.00
1/04/2000 West Ham United Home PL 15.00
5/04/2000 ? EC qf i
8/04/2000 Middlesborough Away PL 15.00
15/04/2000 Sunderland Home PL 15.00
19/04/2000 ? EC qf ii
22/04/2000 Southampton Away PL 15.00
24/04/2000 Chelsea Home PL 15.00
29/04/2000 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
3/05/2000 ? EC sf i
6/05/2000 Tottenham Hotspur Home PL 15.00
10/05/2000 ? EC sf ii
14/05/2000 Aston Villa Away PL 15.00
24/05/2000 ? EC Final
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Great pie - terrible ref! Reserves by THE OLD FART
This report will reflect the game and will be about twenty words long! It
really was that bad! The referee was quite unbelievable even by the normal
standard and on this occasion it wasn't just me saying it. He was a disgrace.
It was quite obvious from the record to-date that this was always going to
be a struggle as Newcastle United are really flying and we, frankly, are
struggling just a bit to maintain any consistency. This was always going to
be an uphill battle; the referee simply pulled the wheels off our wagon.
We conceded the first goal after eight minutes when they carved our defence
apart. Good goal, no complaint. Then we showed a bit of the fighting spirit
I admire so much about these lads and Cruyff should have done much better
after seventeen when he had a very good chance. Healy had nicked a lovely
through ball for Wellens to run on to. Wellens was brought down when
through (sending-off offence, no question) but the referee played on, only
for Cruyff to miss past the left-hand post.
Plainly Wellens felt hard done by as seconds later he scythed a lad down on
the halfway line and was sent off for a second bookable offence. The
galling thing was that his first caution was for nothing more than winning
a really good, strong and totally fair tackle - Oh, and for wearing a red
shirt! Ten men and hopes, to be honest, out of the window.
At half time I had the best meat and potato pie that I've had for any away
match this season - it was a belter. Also the Bovril was brewed just as I
like it - very strong. I mean BLACK and strong enough to stand a spoon up in.
Second half was a mirror of the first. They showed, we fought back a bit,
Cruyff did well around the edge of the penalty area only for Healy (who
worked tirelessly until he was subbed) to blast the bloody ball over the
bar. After fifteen minutes Healy was put through, left flank, broke into
the penalty area and was brought down for a penalty (a penalty even MORE
obvious than the one when Scholes was brought down at Highbury!) - er, nowt
given, play on. Greening lost the plot (I have to say I was sympathetic as
I had me moments with referees myself as a player!), said something to the
referee and went off! Game over.
After thirty-five minutes they scored again, a good goal, well worked
across our area. We were never at the races to be honest but the referee
was an absolute disgrace.
The pie? I bought it in Bolton on me way home. A business commitment in
Manchester that day had meant that I had to miss my first Reserve match of
the season and thus I ate the pie in our front room watching the match on
MUTV! It could have been worse I guess, I could have driven the
hundred-plus miles to stand in the freezing cold in Geee-ats-hid, amongst
the sad barcodes.
For the record the team was...... Taibi, Clegg, Higginbottom, O'Shea,
Roche, Cruyff, Wellens, Wilson, Greening, Healy, Twiss (with Notman for
Healy after the hour).
Keep the Faith, but get us a win for goodness sake!
THE OLD FART
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United eye Liverpool ace ««
Reports suggest that Liverpool reserve team winger Richie Partridge is on
the verge of a move to Manchester United.
The 19 year old is considered by many to be the best player to have come
through Liverpool's youth system since Michael Owen.
It would certainly be a huge blow for Gerard Houllier should the Dublin
born youngster decide to switch to Old Trafford, especially as The Reds'
medical team have recently nursed him back after knee ligament damage.
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Paul Scholes Paul Scholes - he scores goals -
SCOTLAND 0-2 ENGLAND
Ben Lyttleton reporting
When England last played Scotland in a competitive fixture, the match at
Wembley turned on one decisive minute in which David Seaman saved a penalty
and Paul Gascoigne scored that cracker goal. That game, like this one,
finished 2-0 to England.
For Wembley read Hampden Park, for Gazza read Paul Scholes and for David
Seaman read, er, David Seaman. It was the Arsenal goalkeeper who spread
himself to somehow deny Kevin Gallacher in a one-on-one from 12 yards out
after a defensive mix-up between Paul Ince and Martin Keown.
All the Newcastle forward had to do was loft his shot - but instead he
chose to toe it, and it rolled relatively tamely towards a grateful Seaman
whose leg did the rest. The chance was gone and, maybe - just maybe - so
too was Scotland's qualification dream.
Seaman's moment came only seconds after Paul Scholes silenced the Hampden
Park roar with a finely-taken 21st-minute opener. Running from deep to
collect Campbell's intelligent through pass from the right, Scholes chested
the ball ideally beyond static Colin Hendry and calmly slipped his under
Neil Sullivan.
Scholes' hat-trick at Wembley against Poland in Keegan's first game had
been vital in helping England reach the play-off stages (barring
Luxembourg, the only side they managed to beat) but that contribution looks
negligible in comparison to this vital double.
The Manchester United midfielder, booked for his exuberant celebration, was
boosted by the news post-match that he will not miss the second leg after
all. By then, though, he had long ensured his input into the play off would
never be forgetten - excepting a Scottish miracle on Wednesday - when he
doubled the lead in the 42nd minute, nodding in another Beckham free-kick.
The Scots won't look forward to seeing him again.
Sullivan had every right to be furious at his defence - not only were they
conceding dead-ball situations in dangerous areas, but their marking was by
no means as tight as the Scottish stereotype suggests. In fact, they were
being positively generous. That Scholes was the shortest man on the pitch
tells its own story.
Fortune deserted the Scots when Billy Dodds' left-footed curler hit the
crossbar a minute later - once again, their best chances were coming
straight after they conceded. Then Michael Owen had a chance to kill off
the tie when he found himself and Scholes in a two-on-one against Hendry.
But the Liverpool forward, who justified his selection with a pacy display
that constantly had the Scots back-tracking, miscontrolled for once.
England claimed a penalty just after the break, when Scholes wriggled away
from Paul Ritchie and looked to have his ankle clipped. Pre-match, all the
talk was of the danger that Beckham provides. But it was his United
team-mate that was the thorn in the side of the Thistles.
By comparison, Hendry was meant to be Scotland's inspiration, their
Braveheart; but he turned out to be England's inspiration, a hamstrung
defender turned by Owen and twisted by Shearer; it was woefully apparent
that his last full game was as far back as September 25. His presence
galvanised England more than Scotland - it was a Brown gamble that failed.
Hendry's troubles started in the fifth minute, when he was cautioned for
clattering into Shearer. He was followed into the referee's notebook by
Barry Ferguson, Christian Dailly and Gallacher, who was having an afternoon
to forget.
He had two sights of goal in frenetic start. He took right-back Burley's
long-ball on his chest but before shooting, Keown whipped the ball off his
feet. From the corner, David Seaman dropped the ball but Gallacher's
unsighted half-volley flew over.
With only one goal in eleven games this season (and that was for Blackburn
against Portsmouth in the Worthington Cup), Gallacher's luck was out, even
though the half-chances kept coming. When the impressive Barry Ferguson, a
natural replacement for Paul Lambert, fed him at the near post, he flashed
the chance wide.
There was equal early pressure in the Scotland half. As early as the second
minute, Dailly climbed on Shearer and conceded a free-kick on the right
touchline, a dangerous area which was to prove decisive.
Another opening in the first deafening twenty minutes fell to Billy Dodds,
who shot from a Hutchison through-ball that bisected Adams and Keown.
Seaman gathered at the near post, but could only watch as the colossal
Campbell cleared a dangerous ball from Burley down the right.
England were not without their moments, and had two close efforts of their
own. First Owen ran onto Campbell's ball, lobbed it over Hendry with his
first touch in a moment of magic reminiscent of Euro 96 (who said Keegan's
mob aren't capable of inspirational brilliance?) but his shot was blocked
well by Sullivan.
The resulting corner saw Beckham find Adams clear at the far post, but his
header was wayward. It was his only mistake of the afternoon (and obvious
to see why he hasn't scored for 14 months) - beside that, his performance
was faultless, as exemplary as you'd expect from the most capped player in
the squad.
The danger for Keegan in the last half-hour was that England would sit back
and be content with their lead. Scotland had the bulk of possession but the
chances were not coming. Hutchison and Collins pushed forward, but a Dodds
back-header that looped into Seaman's hands, a Hutchison near-post header
that flew over, and Dailly's cross-goal header were no real threat.
When Redknapp hacked down his Merseyside rival Hutchison 25 yards out - and
received a booking - the opportunity was there for Collins to repeat his
blockbuster against Arsenal of four weeks ago. But Burley took the
free-kick, shooting tamely into the wall. It summed up a frustrating
afternoon if you were in tartan.
The England rearguard held firm as Scotland's perennial failing, an
inability to turn dominance into goals, haunted them again. How Brown must
have sighed to see Andy Cole come off the bench to replace Owen - and then
sigh in relief as Cole's cutback to Shearer was intercepted by Weir.
Brown brought on his Owen equivalent, Mark Burchill, for the last eight
minutes. But he could only watch as Hutchison returned Redknapp's foul on
the edge of the box. Up stepped Beckham, against his old adversary
Sullivan, and the shot was blocked. Beckham, who kept his discipline
impressively, would argue that from 50 yards he'd fancy his chances.
Quite simply, Scholes' quality finishing was the difference between the
sides. But Keegan's faith in Seaman deserves credit, as do the performances
of Paul Ince, Campbell and Alan Shearer.
But Scholes' display was all the more remarkable in light of the fact that
he has been labouring with a hernia problem all season. Keegan must be
grateful to his club for postponing the impending operation - his next big
job will be making sure Scholes does not go under the knife next summer...
Scotland: Sullivan, Weir, Ritchie, Dailly, Hendry, Ferguson, Dodds, Burley,
Gallacher (Burchill 82), Hutchison, Collins.
Subs Not Used: Calderwood, Cameron, Davidson, Durrant, McCann, Gould.
Booked: Hendry, Gallacher, Dailly, Ferguson, Hutchison.
England: Seaman, Campbell, Adams, Keown, Neville, Beckham, Redknapp,
Scholes, Ince, Owen (Cole 67), Shearer.
Subs Not Used: Southgate, Froggatt, Wise, Sinclair, Phillips, Martyn.
Booked: Scholes, Neville, Redknapp, Adams, Ince.
Goals: Scholes 21, 42.
Att: 50,132
Ref: Manuel Diaz-Vega (Spain).
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4 Reds shine for Ingerlund - Personal Report Terry
Well, it's not often I get excited when Ingerlund play but it's always a
pleasure to beat our thistle-arsed, chip-on-the-shoulder, whingeing
anglophobic cousins from north o' the border, and if the deed is done with
two United goals, then even better.
It was men against Jocks with Scholesie playing the starring role with two
very well taken goals. For the first, he chested down a long ball from
Campbell, drifted past the flourescent-haired Hendry, and slotted the ball
past whatshisname. For the second, it was a perfectly weighted free kick
from Becks which the carrot-headed one met perfectly to head home past
whatshisname. You've just got to luv it when a Red scores for the
abuistically challenged Cockneys. Actually, Scholsie almost earned
Ingerlund a third at the start of the second half when, after a neat piece
of trickery, he was brought down in the area. It looked a pen to me.
Phil Neville did enough to earn his place with some adventurous attacking
down the left. He got booked for a pretty harmless foul (probably, I
think, because he tends to look threateningly homicidal with those staring
eyes, protruding chin and permanently open gob. The refs fall for it
every time when he's really just a harmless young rascal from Bury.)
I thought Becks was quiet today, though that one free kick for
Scholesie's second should be enough to satisfy Kelvin Koogan, the man the
fans love (to beat with a baseball bat). Becks had a couple of freekicks
but produced nothing threatening and most of his corners were pretty
harmless too. I suppose the Not-so-Brave-hearts had decided to neutralise
the Beckham threat with extra cover for him ... leaving Scholsie with a
bit more room to ply his trade.
Andy Cole came on after 68 minutes to replace God's Representative on
Earth, Saint Michael of Owen, who had faded miserably in the second half.
Andy had a couple of chances in his 20 minutes and certainly looked
livelier than Owen had done in the second half. With four Reds on, it was
a delight to see a series of Becks-Neville-Scholes-Cole passing
combinations.
Of the non-United players, I liked the look of Sol Campbell, but with an
entire team of centre-backs and wannabe centre-backs at OT, I can't see
Fergie dipping into his sporran (or, more accurately, I can't see Martin
allowing him to). One hilarious moment during the game involved the Guvnor
(he of the snarl and flashing eyes) who neatly robbed Keown (yes, you read
that right) and laid on a fine ball for a Jock to run on to and nearly
score. By some miracle, Seaman saw the danger through his buffon hairdo
and managed to block the shot.
So, not a bad day at all. The Jocks came in like lions and crept out like
lambs. The Cockneys in the crowd got a lesson in Red finishing. The
b@st@rds won't be booing any Reds on Wednesday at Wembley, I'm sure.
Now let's hope Keano and Dinnis do the job for the Republic against the
Turks. And let's all hope, most of all, that no red on international duty
picks up an injury.
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Terry
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United v Scotland *It's Manchester United against Scotland at the moment*
Terry wrote:
>>Andy Cole came on after 68 minutes to replace God's Representative on
Earth, Saint Michael of Owen, who had faded miserably in the second half.
Andy had a couple of chances in his 20 minutes and certainly looked
livelier than Owen had done in the second half. With four Reds on, it was
a delight to see a series of Becks-Neville-Scholes-Cole passing
combinations.<<
Best bit of commentary of the day came after this combination, when the
commentator said, "It's Manchester United against Scotland at the moment.
And that's Paul Ince, a former Manchester United player, on the ball now!"
Ethel in SA
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There's not many teams can cope with Paul in this form - said Hendry.
King Paul
By Bob Cass
Paul Scholes yesterday set England on their way towards next summer's Euro
2000 finals then vowed: We'll go for more goals at Wembley on Wednesday.
Two first-half strikes made England's very own Ginger Spice the Man of the
Match at Hampden Park as Kevin Keegan's team beat Scotland 2-0 in the first
leg of their European Championship play-off.
But the Manchester United man, whose goals silenced the Scottish fans and
took his international tally to nine in just 19 appearances, promised: 'We
won't go out to defend in the second leg. We'll attack and look to score
again.'
England did not have to play at their best to over-come the tartan
challenge but England coach Keegan was still in euphoric mood. 'We were
fantastic,' he said, singling out Scholes for praise.
'Paul has got everything. He's a very impressive player,' he said. 'Because
he doesn't talk a lot some people may not notice him. But he believes
actions speak louder than words.'
Scotland skipper Colin Hendry accepted his team had paid a hefty price for
failing to snuff out the Scholes menace.
'I don't think there's many teams can cope with Paul in the form he showed
today,' said Hendry.
'It's an uphill task for us now and I feel sorry for our supporters. We'll
be trying to give the fans something back at Wembley.'
Keegan believed yesterday's display was the best collective performance
during his nine-match international reign. 'I look through the team and
feel everybody contributed and that hasn't happened in my time,' he said.
'Some of these players don't need a manager - players like Tony Adams,
Martin Keown, who was magnificent, and Sol Campbell, who is much more than
a defender.
'I've never been happier than I am tonight. It was a superb team
performance but it's only half-time. Now we have to finish the job in front
of our own crowd but I think we're well capable of doing that. There will
be no complacency.'
England skipper Alan Shearer refused to be carried away by the victory,
insisting: 'We're at the halfway stage and we have to make sure that we
finish the job on Wednesday.'
Scotland coach Craig Brown believed the scoreline did not reflect his
team's efforts. 'The result flattered England,' he said. 'Sloppy defending
cost us two goals. We know we're still in the match. If we get an early
goal at Wembley, it will open it all up.
'We have showed we are capable of scoring away from home so we'll go there
on Wednesday believing we can come out on top. But it will be very
difficult.'
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