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Date: Thu 16 Dec 1999 09:07 GMT
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Johnsen eyeing Millennium return ««
2. Player Loans Curtis - Clegg
3. BECKHAM NAMED IN ALL-STAR TEAM
4. Not to be a radio commentator - 3 games in 30 days of December?
5. No carnival in Brazil for United fans
6. United in 'Unlawful Kidnapping' shock!
7. ROY: MY NEW DEAL EASED PRESSURE
8. Edwards owns shares in Leicester - report ««
9. TAIBI: I'LL FIGHT FOR UNITED PLACE
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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
1999/2000 UEFA Champions League Second Group-Match Stage - Group B
Group B P W D L F A Pts
Fiorentina AC 2 1 1 0 2 0 4
Manchester United 2 1 0 1 3 2 3
Valencia CF 2 1 0 1 3 3 3
Bordeaux 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
Second stage Euro Draw GROUP B
Manchester United Valencia Bordeaux Fiorentina
Tues Nov 23 Fiorentina v Manchester United 2-0
Valencia v Girondins Bordeaux 3-0
Wed Dec 8 Girondins Bordeaux v Fiorentina 0-0
Manchester United v Valencia 3-0
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
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
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*** FIXTURES ON 18/12/99 ***
Arsenal v Wimbledon
Aston Villa v Sheffield Wednesday
Bradford City v Newcastle United
Leicester City v Derby County
Liverpool v Coventry City
Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland v Southampton
Watford v Everton
West Ham United v Manchester United
*** FIXTURES ON 19/12/99 ***
Chelsea v Leeds United
*** CONDENSED LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 06/12/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Leeds United 17 12 2 3 30 19 11 38
2 Manchester United 16 11 3 2 40 21 19 36
3 Arsenal 17 11 2 4 31 16 15 35
4 Sunderland 17 10 4 3 31 17 14 34
5 Liverpool 17 9 3 5 24 14 10 30
6 Leicester City 17 9 2 6 26 23 3 29
7 Tottenham Hotspur 16 8 3 5 25 20 5 27
8 West Ham United 16 7 4 5 17 14 3 25
9 Chelsea 15 7 3 5 21 15 6 24
10 Middlesbrough 17 7 3 7 21 24 -3 24
11 Coventry City 17 5 6 6 23 18 5 21
12 Everton 17 5 6 6 25 27 -2 21
13 Wimbledon 17 4 8 5 27 29 -2 20
14 Newcastle United 17 5 4 8 28 30 -2 19
15 Aston Villa 17 5 4 8 14 19 -5 19
16 Southampton 16 4 5 7 20 25 -5 17
17 Bradford City 16 3 4 9 13 25 -12 13
18 Derby County 17 3 3 11 15 29 -14 12
19 Watford 17 3 2 12 13 33 -20 11
20 Sheffield Wednesday 16 1 3 12 14 40 -26 6
*** TEAM STATISTICS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 04/12/99 ***
AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE: 55,171
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)
04/12/99 - Everton (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)
04/12/99 - Everton (5-1)
BEST AWAY WIN: 22/08/99 - Arsenal (2-1)
25/08/99 - Coventry City (2-1)
11/09/99 - Liverpool (3-2)
20/11/99 - Derby County (2-1)
HEAVIEST AWAY DEFEAT: 03/10/99 - Chelsea (0-5)
NEXT MATCHES
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18-DEC-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs West Ham (FA Premier League, AWAY)
26-DEC-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Bradford C (FA Premier League, HOME)
28-DEC-1999 [20:00] Manchester Utd. vs Sunderland (FA Premier League, AWAY)
06-JAN-2000 [21:15] Manchester Utd. vs Necaxa (World Club Championship, AWAY)
08-JAN-2000 [21:15] Manchester Utd. vs Vasco de Gama (World Club Championship, AWAY)
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED -
UNITED Stats v All teams:
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ALL FIXTURES at: http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix992000.htm
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 W 2-1 1 33,370
23/11/99 AC Fiorentina Away EC L 0-2 - 40,000
30/11/99 Tokyo Palmeiras N WCC W 1-0 - 53,372
4/12/99 Everton Home PL W 5-1 2 55,193
8/12/99 Valencia CF Home EC W 3-0 - 54,606
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"
pp 27/11/1999 Sheffield Wednesday Away PL ? *No new date yet
pp 3/01/2000 Middlesborough Home PL ? *No new date yet
pp 15/01/2000 Leeds Away PL ? *No new date yet
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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
Final? 14/01/2000
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24/01/2000 Arsenal Home PL 20.00 "live on sky"
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 11.30 "live on sky"
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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Johnsen eyeing Millennium return ««
Teamtalk
Ronny Johnsen is planning a Millennium comeback for United and hopes to be
named next week in the 23-man squad going to Brazil.
The Norwegian is hoping to get back into first team action early in the New
Year, after stepping up his training schedule this week, and will target
the trip to Rio.
As TEAMtalk reported yesterday, Johnsen has at last returned to full
training and has joined the rest of his team mates for the first time this
season.
He has spent a frustrating five months on the sidelines following surgery
on both his knees.
He had the operations in Norway at the start of the season when a summer of
rest and physiotherapy failed to cure tendinitis which had been troubling
him for some time.
Johnsen confesses that continuing to play worsened the problem and led to
the double op. Now he hopes to win back his place in the side, and
re-kindle the defensive partnership he formed with Jaap Stam last season.
The central defender was involved in 35 games during last season's
treble-winning campaign, and was one of only five players to feature in the
three trophy clinching games last May as United secured the Premiership, FA
Cup and European Cup during the ten day finale.
Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to finalise his squad for the January jaunt
after the West Ham game this weekend.
The manager faces a tough decision on who to leave out of the squad as
almost every single player at the club is apparently keen to go, although
Phil Neville would probably rather be able to take his honeymoon.
Neville gets married after the Sunderland game on December 28, a few days
before United fly out.
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Player Loans Curtis - Clegg
Clegg loan request ««
Ipswich Town have asked Sir Alex Ferguson if they can have reserve team
captain Michael Clegg on a three-month loan basis.
United have not given an answer yet but there is a chance Clegg, 22, will
be allowed to join the First Division promotion hopefuls.
United are not short of right-backs at the moment, the emergence of Danny
Higginbotham to first team contention means Gary Neville, Phil Neville and
Denis Irwin can all play there.
Ferguson may see George Burley's bid as an ideal chance for Clegg to build
up his experience in a highly competitive environment, he would also return
in time for United's next Champions' League match against Bordeaux in March.
Ipswich are desperate for defensive cover after recent signing Gary Croft
was jailed for a motoring offence.
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Curtis loan extended ««
Sir Alex Ferguson has agreed to let England Under-21 defender John Curtis
stay on loan at Barnsley until the end of January.
The United defender's initial loan spell was due to end next week.
But Ferguson has agreed to let the 21-year-old remain for another month.
Curtis, who has impressed during his time with Barnsley, is expected to win
a recall this weekend for the game against Walsall.
He missed last week's FA Cup tie at Wimbledon as he was not registered in
time.
Dave Bassett is expected to explore the possibility of signing Curtis
full-scale at the end of the loan period.
But the fee quoted by Manchester United is likely to be out of Barnsley's
price-range, it's understood that Ferguson values the player at around £1.5
million.
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BECKHAM NAMED IN ALL-STAR TEAM
England midfielder David Beckham has been included in a European 'all-star
team' selected by more than 200 journalists from across the continent on
the basis of performances during the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign.
The Manchester United star, who is in the running for the separate and
highly prestigious European footballer of the year award to be announced
next week, received 80 votes for the right midfield spot.
Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly (89 votes) and former Manchester United
goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel (72 votes) were also included in the
Eurocard-Mastercard team, with Italy's Paolo Maldini (117 votes) being the
most widely-selected player.
The full line-up:
Peter Schmeichel (Denmark), Lilian Thuram (France),
Paolo Maldini (Italy), Marcel Desailly (France), Sinisa Mihajlovic
(Yugoslavia), David Beckham (England), Manuel Rui Costa (Portugal),
Zinedine Zidane (France), Pavel Nedved (Czech Rebublic), Raul Gonzalez
(Spain), Oliver Bierhoff (Germany).
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Not to be a radio commentator - 3 games in 30 days of December
WEST HAM UNITED 2-2 Aston Villa 23,974
(AET, FT 2-2, PEN West Ham United win 5-4)
WHY? "Not to be a radio commentator" heehee
Time is up, there is 30 secs of injury time left score 1-1 after boring 2nd
half comms Dion Dublin smashes a brilliant volley into the roof of the net! 2-1 to Villa.
Comms "&%)&))(=)=`!!?!?!?=!? Dion Dublin has won the match for Aston Villa
- the match is over!!!!"
20 secs later, West ham are given a penalty and equalise 2-2 :))
Rember a football match is NEVER over even if the score is 0-2 with 30 secs
left in injury time -
Never give up! Think of Nou camp Bayern Sheff Wed and Scousers - THEY ALL
know what can happen :)))
btw - extra time gave no goals and Villa won on pens, now, what IF .....
young REDS had beaten Villa that time? haha forget it let em run round
getting tired in the nothing cup
Could be the 2nd half at West Ham could be interersting with Manchester
United raring to go!!!
How many games are we playing in 30 days of December? Answer 3!!!
[incl. 2 in 31 days!!!!! wot is the wurld coming to!?!?!?!?]
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"
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No carnival in Brazil for United fans
By John Drayton
Manchester United have warned supporters to be extra careful at next
month's World Club Championship in Brazil because of the country's high
crime rate.
The murder rate in Rio de Janeiro is a staggering 55 per 100,000 people
compared to just two per 100,000 in London. Club secretary Ken Merrett, who
has just returned from Brazil, was given the shocking statistics by the
British Consulate in Rio and he has appealed to fans to be vigilant.
'The British Consulate is very anxious to get the message across that
Brazil is a very dangerous place,' he said in the club magazine.
'If supporters are going they should be very careful. Muggings are
commonplace and quite random, so supporters are being warned not to go off
the beaten track.'
United are not organising any official trips for the inaugural FIFA
tournament, which lasts from January 5-14, but they do have a supply of
tickets for fans who want to go to Brazil.
'The club simply wants everyone to know that Rio is a place where you could
come up against the kind of dangers you would not experience on a European
outing,' added Merrett.
'You must be careful when you get into a taxi and make certain it is an
authorised vehicle. Special buses will be laid on to take supporters from
the hotels to the Maracana stadium.Fans should not travel to matches on the
Metro.'
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United in 'Unlawful Kidnapping' shock!
United run risk with schoolboy plane trips
By Alan Nixon (Independent)
Manchester United are bending Premier League regulations by signing the
teenage prospect Kalum Mooniaruck.
The club's manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has spotted the potential of the
15-year-old midfielder and he is appearing for United's Under-17 Academy
team, despite the fact that he comes from Bishop's Stortford. United fly
Mooniaruck from London on a weekly basis and put him up in digs in Sale in
an attempt to circumvent the strict rules that any schoolboy must live
within 90 minutes of the ground.
Mooniaruck clearly does not and the Premier League may ask United about
the youngster, who strictly should be attached to a London club. The
talented teenager is still at school but will go to Old Trafford
permanently and is tipped to become first-team regular.
United have gone to extraordinary lengths to sign him but Premier League
rules state that the 90-minute distance between player and academy has to
be travelled by car. Adrian Cook, a Premier League spokesman, said: "You
can get from Newcastle from London by air in an hour but the new rule
relates to being able to drive in that time. Anything else would be
illegal although nothing has been brought to our attention in this case.
The rule is designed for clubs to bring through their local talent."
United do not want to lose Mooniaruck and may even buy a house for his
family and find him a new school, a costly exercise but one the club
considers worthwhile. The chairman, Martin Edwards, revealed recently that
the Premier League Academy rules were potentially a problem for United and
that going into the property market to put up their most-promising
youngsters was the best way round it.
Meanwhile, Mooniaruck, who already has a boot deal with Nike, is playing
for United in the Academy league and standing out among other hopefuls up
to two years' his senior. Now that United have a hold on him they will not
want to let go. The trade among teenage players these days is growing,
with some attracting high valuations.
However, the Premier League may want to ask questions about Mooniaruck's
presence at Old Trafford. Even Michael Schumacher would struggle to make
the drive from Essex to Manchester in 90 minutes.
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ROY: MY NEW DEAL EASED PRESSURE
ROY KEANE last night shrugged off the burden of being Britain's
highest-paid footballer - and revealed the part Manchester United boss
Alex Ferguson played in keeping him at Old Trafford.
Keane's new contract will net him a staggering pounds 50,000 a week, but
the United skipper insisted that far from heaping more pressure on his
shoulders, the deal has given him a new lease of life.
"People have said I will be under more pressure, but I feel that the
pressure has eased," he said. "The moment I signed the contract a weight
was lifted from my mind.
"All the speculation had been getting to me. It affected my mood and my
performances."
Though Keane has enjoyed a golden goalscoring run, he believes his
performances during the contract wrangling were below par.
"I wasn't at my best. I knew that any time I missed a tackle or lost a
ball, people were questioning whether I was 100 per cent right. As captain
of the club I really felt that pressure."
Keane revealed that the efforts of Ferguson played a key role in keeping
him at United.
"The manager did a lot of work behind the scenes which I will never
forget," he said.
"For six months he has been pressuring the club on my behalf. I owe him a
lot for that.
"Over the years I've had my fair share of problems, but he has always been
good to me."
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Edwards owns shares in Leicester - report ««
Reports claim United chief executive Martin Edwards has owned 100,000
shares in Leicester City for over two years.
Edwards acquired his stake when the East Midlands club were first floated
on the stock exchange in October 1997 and, although they represent a mere
0.3 per cent of Leicester, they are bound to cause controversy among the fans.
Spurs boss George Graham was recently criticised for holding shares in
Arsenal while it emerged that Gunners striker Davor Suker owned a tiny
stake in United.
It is interesting that the story has become public only a day after the
United board appointed three new non-executive directors - a move which
could reduce Edwards' power base at Old Trafford.
Leicester shares have not exactly out-performed the United stock Edwards
has been reducing for the past few years, they peaked at 110p in 1997 but
currently stand at 45p.
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TAIBI: I'LL FIGHT FOR UNITED PLACE
Out-of-favour goalkeeper Massimo Taibi is determined to stay at Manchester
United and fight for his place.
The Italian, who has just returned from a training stint with a former
coach in Naples, has been linked with moves away from Old Trafford - just
months after his £4.5million transfer from Venezia.
Taibi, who has not played for United since the 5-0 drubbing at Chelsea in
October, is adamant he will battle with Mark Bosnich and Raimond van der
Gouw for the goalkeeper's jersey.
"The newspapers are writing always that Massimo is going, but I've settled
very well here in Manchester, my family is happy and that's not a problem,"
he said.
"At the start Massimo played well, but now Bosnich and van der Gouw are
playing very well and I'm not playing.
"Of course I prefer to play, but Bosnich prefers to play and van der Gouw
prefers to play.
"That's normal at a big club with three goalkeepers and when the manager
needs Massimo, Massimo is very ready to play."
Taibi, who is Britain's most expensive goalkeeper, enjoyed his spell in
Naples and it has helped restore his confidence which took such a battering
at Stamford Bridge
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