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Date: Sun Mar 21 06:21:45 GMT+00:00 1999
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Zidane out?
2. MANCHESTER UNITED v EVERTON
3. Toffees Preview (Times) Manchester United v Everton
4. VERSATILE NEVILLE READY FOR EVERTON
5. FERGUSON PRIMES HIS MAXIMUM MEN
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Daily RED Trivia Sunday 21st March 1999:
21/3/1877: Jack Peddie born in Glasgow. Peddie made his United debut at Gainsborough
Trinity in September 1902, and was leading scorer in 2 seasons, netting 18 in 1906
to help gain promotion. In two spells between 1902-07 he scored 58 goals in 121
appearances, moving to Heart of Midlothian in January 1907.
1984: Urged on by a fanatical 58,547 Old Trafford crowd, United beat Barcelona
3-0 (3-2) aggregate in the European Cup Winners Cup 3rd Round 2nd Leg.
Bryan Robson 2 and Frank Stapleton scored the goals. Team was: Bailey,
Duxbury, Albiston, Wilkins, Moran, Hogg, Robson, Muhren, Stapleton,
Whiteside (Hughes), Moses.
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Man United v Everton
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Brian Kidd Press conference, pic, real audio
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Peter Schmeichel's last Season at United!
http://www.red11.org/mufc/news/schmeichel.htm
Next games:
ALL Result/Fixture Index:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix9899z.htm
March
Today! *** 21 Everton (H) 15.00 PL
April
3 Wimbledon (A) 15.00 PL
7 European Cup Semi draw today....
11 FAC Semi Arsenal at Villa Park 12.30 UK Live Sky Sports Uk
17 Sheff Wed (H) 15.00 PL
21 European Cup Semi draw today...
25 Leeds (A) 11.30 {am} UK PL Live Sky Sports UK
UNITED Stats v All teams:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/
*** RESULTS AND ATTENDANCES ON 20/03/99 ***
Arsenal 2-0 Coventry City 38,073
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wimbledon 21,754
Leeds United 4-1 Derby County 38,971
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Middlesbrough 21,468
Southampton 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday 15,201
West Ham United 2-0 Newcastle United 25,997
*** FULL LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 20/03/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Manchester United 29 10 4 1 35 15 7 5 2 30 15 35 60
2 Arsenal 30 10 5 0 26 4 6 6 3 16 9 29 59
3 Leeds United 30 10 3 2 27 7 5 6 4 22 20 22 54
4 Chelsea 28 9 5 1 21 9 5 6 2 20 14 18 53
5 West Ham United 30 9 3 3 22 19 4 4 7 12 20 -5 46
6 Aston Villa 29 8 2 4 25 21 4 6 5 14 13 5 44
7 Derby County 30 7 5 3 18 15 4 6 5 14 17 0 44
8 Wimbledon 30 7 5 3 19 15 3 5 7 15 29 -10 40
9 Liverpool 28 7 4 2 33 16 4 2 9 19 21 15 39
10 Tottenham Hotspur 29 7 6 2 24 17 2 6 6 10 17 0 39
11 Middlesbrough 29 5 8 1 19 10 4 4 7 20 30 -1 39
12 Newcastle United 30 7 3 5 22 19 3 5 7 16 22 -3 38
13 Sheffield Wednesday 30 6 3 6 17 12 4 2 9 18 21 2 35
14 Leicester City 28 5 4 5 19 21 3 6 5 9 16 -9 34
15 Everton 29 3 8 4 9 9 4 2 8 13 23 -10 31
16 Coventry City 30 6 5 4 20 16 2 2 11 11 26 -11 31
17 Blackburn Rovers 30 6 3 6 19 19 1 6 8 13 23 -10 30
18 Southampton 30 7 2 6 22 22 1 3 11 6 34 -28 29
19 Charlton Athletic 29 4 5 5 18 13 2 5 8 15 27 -7 28
20 Nottingham Forest 30 1 6 8 13 28 3 2 10 14 31 -32 20
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED - AS AT 20/02/99 ***
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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 United 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 Middlesbrough Home L 2-3 3 55,152
26/12/98 Nottingham Forest Home W 3-0 3 55,216
29/12/98 Chelsea Away D 0-0 3 34,741
10/01/99 West Ham United Home W 4-1 3 55,180
16/01/99 Leicester City Away W 6-2 2 22,091
31/01/99 Charlton Athletic Away W 1-0 1 20,043
03/02/99 Derby County Home W 1-0 1 55,174
06/02/99 Nottingham Forest Away W 8-1 1 30,025
17/02/99 Arsenal Home D 1-1 1 55,171
20/02/99 Coventry City Away W 1-0 1 22,596
27/02/99 Southampton Home W 2-1 1 55,316
13/03/99 Newcastle United Away W 2-1 1 36,500
******
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
******
CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS
Manchester Utd 2 v 0 Inter Milan
Real Madrid 1 v 1 Dynamo Kiev
Juventus 2 v 1 Olympiakos
Bayern Munich 2 v 0 Kaiserslautern
**DYNAMO KIEV 2 v 0 REAL MADRID (Agg:3-1)
FC KAISERSLAUTERN 0 v 4 **BAYERN MUNICH (Agg:0-6)
INTERNAZIONALE FC 1 v 1 **MANCHESTER UNITED (Agg:1-3)
OLYMPIAKOS 1 v 1 **JUVENTUS (Agg:2-3)
Semi Final Draw to be played 7th, 21st April
Manchester United v Juventus [OT 7/4]
Bayern Munchen v Dynamo Kiev
*** FIXTURES ON 20/03/99 ***
Arsenal v Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers v Wimbledon
Leeds United v Derby County
Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough
Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday
West Ham United v Newcastle United
*** FIXTURES ON 21/03/99 ***
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Manchester United v Everton
*** WC FINAL FIXTURE ON 21/03/99 ***
Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur
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[click on pic for Inter report]
Subject: Zidane out?
TURIN, Italy, March 20 (Reuters) - Zinedine Zidane of
Juventus, the world player of the year, could be out of the
first leg of the European Cup semifinal against Manchester
United on April 7, his club confirmed on Saturday.
Zidane injured a knee in Juventus' 1-1 draw at Olympiakos
Piraeus in the second leg of their quarter-final on
Wednesday night and although it is too early to know for
certain how bad the injury is, Juventus team doctor
Riccardo Agricola fears the worst.
Agricola told Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport
he thought it would be diccicult, if not impossible for
Zidane to recover full fitness in time to play against
United.
"The knee will be immobilised by a brace for 10 days,
during which the player will undergo physiotherapy and will
work on muscle tone," he added.
Zidane scored a memorable goal with a last-minute free-kick
when Juventus lost 3-2 at Old Trafford in last season's
Champions League game there.
Although that goal did not save them from defeat on the
night, it helped save them from being eliminated from the
competition, and they went on to reach the final for the
third successive year, although they lost 1-0 to Real
Madrid in Amsterdam.
[click on pic for Inter report]
Subject: MANCHESTER UNITED v EVERTON
NEVILLE HAPPY TO BE JACK OF ALL TRADES
Phil Neville knows it's vital to be versatile at
Manchester United. In the cut-throat competition for
places at Old Trafford, Neville has increased his
chances of playing by being able to slot in anywhere.
The adaptable Neville can play in any position along
the backline and in midfield.
He has also shown he is an effective man marker after
he shackled Chelsea's Gianfranco Zola in the FA Cup
quarter-final at Old Trafford. Neville could play in
one
of two roles against Everton today at Old Trafford.
Manager Alex Ferguson must find a new central
midfield pairing following the suspensions to Roy
Keane and Paul Scholes and the England international
could fill one of those berths.
Ferguson may also decide to give Denis Irwin a
breather following the demanding Champions League
game against Inter Milan, and Neville could come in at
left back. Typical of the mild-mannered Neville, he
does not mind where he plays as long as he plays. ''If
you've got many strings to your bow it probably means
you will get more games than if you just play in one
set position,'' he said. ''If I'm called upon to do a
different job I will do it.
''If the manager wants me to play in a different role
then I will be up for it. Short-term, I'm happy with
the
situation and I just hope it continues. I think
there's a
good chance that I will play against Everton. There
are a few suspensions and knocks in the squad and
I'm ready to play if asked.''
Neville has figured in ten of United's last 11 games
in
various roles after a spell out of the side and he
believes this run has helped him force his way back
into the England set-up. He was left out of the squad
for the France game last month, but new coach Kevin
Keegan has included him in his party to face Poland in
Saturday's crucial Euro 2000 qualifier.
Neville said: ''Alex Ferguson has given me plenty of
playing time recently and that has helped a great
deal. I feel I have got my confidence back.'' However
before the 22-year-old can start thinking about
England, there is the pressing matter of Everton. Once
again the Blues are involved in the relegation scrap
and have the lowest goalscoring average in the league
of just 0.75 strikes per game. Neville does not think
this tells the true picture of Everton's recent form.
''They have been a bit up and down recently,'' he
said.
''They had a good away win at Blackburn and they had
a good run in the FA Cup before they got beat at
Newcastle. They're blowing hot and cold and hopefully
we will catch them on an off day. It's been a good
week for us after getting through to the Champions
League semi-finals and hopefully we will round it off
with a victory against Everton.''
[click on pic for Inter report]
Subject: Toffees Preview (Times) Manchester United v Everton
BY KEVIN McCARRA
Today, 3.0pm (sold out)
To call it an after-glow scarcely does justice to the voltage of the joy
experienced by Manchester United supporters after success over
Internazionale in the quarter-finals of the European Cup. A scorching
satisfaction burns happily through them. Yet it is wrong to think that one
can measure the worth of the team in a single evening at the San Siro.
It is the ability to negotiate large batches of games that impresses and
they appear far less likely to fold under the weight of fixtures this
season. An extended squad has helped, but the maturing of several young
players counts for even more.
Of late, United, who will be without the suspended Paul Scholes and Roy
Keane tomorrow, have appreciated perfectly just how they should allocate
their energy and concentration. The smoothness of the process is reflected
in a sequence of results unblemished by a defeat.
United last lost, to Middlesbrough, at Old Trafford on December 19. In three
tournaments, they have since taken 14 victories and four draws from 18
matches. Like misers who have pounced on a bargain, they may even be
deriving a special glee from the occasional lacklustre performances that
nonetheless bring a full three points. Adversaries who hope that anti-climax
will afflict United after a European Cup tie are likely to be disappointed.
Everton are in too much trouble for such wistful delusions. Yet again, the
task of remaining in the Premiership will tear at muscles and nerves, but
they are a much better side than is sometimes appreciated. They are seen to
best effect in their away matches, where they score more frequently because
the issue of goals seems less daunting than it does at an anguished Goodison
Park.
There have been many misleading indications that Everton are about to assert
themselves and stride into a position of safety in the table.
The most recent came when they recovered from falling 1-0 behind at Ewood
Park to beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 with a pair of goals from Ibrahima
Bakayoko, whose slow adaptation to English football is as harrowing to
fretful Everton supporters as it is to the Ivory Coast forward.
The notion that a breakthrough had occurred was mocked by the next result, a
2-0 loss to Arsenal at Goodison in which Don Hutchison, a telling performer
of late, was sent off in a decision of undue harshness. Any such blow rocks
Everton, because they lack the firepower to establish the kind of advantage
that protects a team against setbacks.
Walter Smith, the manager, lacks money and has been trying to take an
experienced, proven forward on loan, but he knows that any club in
possession of such a figure is unlikely to part with him on any terms. For
Everton, life is turning into a series of conundrums.
MANCHESTER UNITED (possible; 3-5-2): P Schmeichel - G Neville, J Stam, H
Berg, P Neville - D Beckham, N Butt, R Johnsen, J Blomqvist - D Yorke, A
Cole.
EVERTON (possible; 3-5-2): T Myhre - D Watson, M Materazzi, D Unsworth - D
Weir, A Grant, O Dacourt, N Barmby, M Ball - I Bakayoko, D Hutchison.
Referee: M Riley.
Premiership record v Everton at Old Trafford: Played 6, Won 4, Drawn 1, Lost
1, For 9, Against 5.
Leading goalscorers: 16 D Yorke (Manchester United); 4 D Cadamarteri, I
Bakayoko (Everton).
Suspended: P Scholes, R Keane (Manchester United).
Websites: www.manutd.com/home/default.sps; evertonfc.merseyworld.com
WILLIAM HILL ODDS: Manchester United 2-9; Everton 9-1; Draw 4-1.
PREDICTION: United add one more win to their hoard.
[click on pic for Inter report]
Subject: VERSATILE NEVILLE READY FOR EVERTON
By David Anderson, PA Sport
Phil Neville knows it's vital to be versatile at Manchester United.
In the cut-throat competition for places at Old Trafford, Neville has
increased his chances of playing by being able to slot in anywhere.
The adaptable Neville can play in any position along the backline and in
midfield.
He has also shown he is an effective man marker after he shackled Chelsea's
Gianfranco Zola in the FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford.
Neville could play in one of two roles against Everton today at Old
Trafford.
Manager Alex Ferguson must find a new central midfield pairing following the
suspensions to Roy Keane and Paul Scholes and the England international
could fill one of those berths.
Ferguson may also decide to give Denis Irwin a breather following the
demanding Champions' League game against Inter Milan, and Neville could come
in at left back.
Typical of the mild-mannered Neville, he does not mind where he plays as
long as he plays.
"If you've got many strings to your bow it probably means you will get more
games than if you just play in one set position," he said.
"If I'm called upon to do a different job I will do it.
"If the manager wants me to play in a different role then I will be up for
it.
"Short-term, I'm happy with the situation and I just hope it continues.
"I think there's a good chance that I will play against Everton.
"There are a few suspensions and knocks in the squad and I'm ready to play
if asked."
Neville has figured in 10 of United's last 11 games in various roles after a
spell out of the side and he believes this run has helped him force his way
back into the England set-up.
He was left out of the squad for the France game last month, but new coach
Kevin Keegan has included him in his party to face Poland in Saturday's
crucial Euro 2000 qualifier.
Neville said: "Alex Ferguson has given me plenty of playing time recently
and that has helped a great deal.
"I feel I have got my confidence back."
However before the 22-year-old can start thinking about England, there is
the pressing matter of Everton.
Once again the Blues are involved in the relegation scrap and have the
lowest goalscoring average in the league of just 0.75 strikes per game.
Neville does not think this tells the true picture of Everton's recent form.
"They have been a bit up and down recently," he said.
"They had a good away win at Blackburn and they had a good run in the FA Cup
before they got beat at Newcastle.
"They're blowing hot and cold and hopefully we will catch them on an off
day.
"It's been a good week for us after getting through to the Champions' League
semi-finals and hopefully we will round it off with a victory against
Everton."
[click on pic for Inter report]
Subject: FERGUSON PRIMES HIS MAXIMUM MEN
By David Anderson, PA Sport
Alex Ferguson has set his Manchester United players the target of winning
every match until the end of the season.
United have not lost in three months and Ferguson wants them to keep winning
if they are to achieve the dream treble of Champions' League, Premiership
and FA Cup.
Next up for United at Old Trafford tomorrow are Everton and Ferguson does
not want his players to ease up.
He knows Everton are ready to capitalise on any European hangover following
his players' midweek exertions against Inter Milan.
He is determined to consolidate United's four-point lead at the top of the
table against the relegation-threatened Merseysiders.
"It's a big game and I'm sure Everton will be waiting for us to show some
signs of dipping because we have been in a massive game on Wednesday," said
Ferguson.
"Obviously the players have got to recover from that and I'm confident that
they can recover.
"They know it's an important game and there's no way back for us - we have
to win every game now."
Despite Everton's relegation problems, Ferguson is confident his old friends
Walter Smith and Archie Knox, who was his first assistant at United, can
keep the Blues up.
But of more immediate concern for Ferguson is who to pick for the game and
he must perform heart transplant surgery on his side.
He has had the heart ripped out of his team by the suspensions to central
midfield pair Roy Keane and Paul Scholes.
Few teams, if any, could handle the loss of two such influential players but
Ferguson is confident his vast squad will cope.
Nicky Butt could slot in while Ferguson also has the options of Phil Neville
and Ronny Johnsen, who played in midfield against Inter.
"Roy Keane and Paul Scholes are both suspended and that means we will have a
new partnership in central midfield," said Ferguson.
"We've got options and Nicky Butt's fit and is one, while Ronny Johnsen
played there on Wednesday night and we'll just have to see how he's come
through that.
"So we have options and we'll just have a look at the squad to make sure we
get the right balance."
Ferguson is likely to make one or two other changes as part of his squad
rotation policy and Jesper Blomqvist and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could figure
against the Blues, who have the lowest goal-scoring average of 0.75 strikes
per game in the league.
One player who will not want a rest now that he is back to top form is Peter
Schmeichel and he needs just one more clean sheet to beat Alex Stepney's
club record of 175 shut-outs in all competitions.
[click on pic for Inter report]
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