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Date: Fri Jan 22 GMT+00:00 1999
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. Aberdeen Away! by Kerry Davies
2. Reserves vs Derby - Personal report by Pat Jennings
3. Liverpool preview (soccernet)
4. COLE BLASTS HODDLE - AND MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY
5. POLICE PLAY DOWN TROUBLE AT HIGH-NOON CLASH
6. FERGUSON: WE PULLED PLUG ON FOE
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Daily RED Trivia Fri 22nd January 1999:
22/1/1958: Lance Richardson died in Cordoba, Argentina. Richardson made his United
debut against West Bromwich Albion in May 1926, and the nerveless Goalkeeper
made 42 appearances between 1926-28, later joining Reading.
1966: United win 5-2 at Derby County in the FA Cup 3rd Round watched by
33,827 with goals from George Best 2, Denis Law 2 and David Herd. Team was:
Gregg, Dunne, Cantwell, Crerand, Foulkes, Stiles, Best, Law, Charlton, Herd, Aston.
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Barry Daily Comment:
USA ONLY: http://www.soccertv.com :
English FA Cup 4th Round: Manchester United vs Liverpool
FOX Sports World and FOX Sports World Espanol
(a.k.a. FOX Sports Americas-US) will air the
* HUGE * Manchester United vs Liverpool English FA Cup 4th Round
Clash on Sunday January 24 at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific.
+ All the detail for the USA Supporters club spring trip, Including the trek
to Milan, can be found at the USA Supporters club web page.
http://www.muscusa.com
New Survey #34 Question: What is United's best pairing of Centre Backs?
G.Neville & Stam
G.Neville & Johnsen
Berg & G.Neville
Berg & Stam
Johnsen & Stam
Johnsen & Berg
(Question suggested by Gary Heath)
Survey opened: Sun Jan 17 99 20:00 EST
Vote now at: http://www.red11.org/miva/survey.mv
Previous News:
Brian Kidd Press conference, pic, real audio
http://www.iol.ie/~redcafe/kidd.htm
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
24/1 Liverpool (H) 12.00 Sky Sports FA CUP 4th rnd
31/1 Charlton (A) 15.00 UK
UNITED Stats v All teams:
http://www.red11.org/mufc/stats/
*** 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
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
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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
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Chelsea 22 11 10 1 34 18 16 43
2 Aston Villa 22 12 7 3 34 20 14 43
3 Manchester United 22 11 8 3 49 26 23 41
4 Arsenal 22 10 9 3 23 11 12 39
5 Leeds United 22 9 9 4 36 20 16 36
6 Liverpool 22 10 5 7 43 26 17 35
7 Wimbledon 22 9 7 6 29 33 -4 34
8 West Ham United 22 9 5 8 25 31 -6 32
9 Middlesbrough 22 7 10 5 32 28 4 31
10 Derby County 22 7 10 5 22 20 2 31
11 Leicester City 22 7 8 7 25 27 -2 29
12 Tottenham Hotspur 22 7 8 7 28 30 -2 29
13 Sheffield Wednesday 22 7 5 10 25 22 3 26
14 Newcastle United 22 6 7 9 26 31 -5 25
15 Everton 22 5 9 8 13 24 -11 24
16 Blackburn Rovers 22 5 6 11 21 29 -8 21
17 Coventry City 22 5 5 12 21 31 -10 20
18 Charlton Athletic 22 3 8 11 26 36 -10 17
19 Southampton 22 4 5 13 20 46 -26 17
20 Nottingham Forest 22 2 7 13 18 41 -23 13
Fixtures FAC:
*** ROUND 3 FIXTURES (REPLAYS) ON 19/01/99 ***
(0) Barnsley v Swindon Town (0)
*** ROUND 3 FIXTURES (REPLAYS) ON 20/01/99 ***
(1) Notts County v Sheffield United (1)
*** ROUND 4 FIXTURES ON 23/01/99 ***
Aston Villa v Fulham
Barnsley v AFC Bournemouth
or Swindon Town
Blackburn Rovers v Sunderland
Bristol Rovers v Leyton Orient
Everton v Ipswich Town
Leicester City v Coventry City
Newcastle United v Bradford City
Notts County v Cardiff City
or Sheffield United
Portsmouth v Leeds United
Sheffield Wednesday v Stockport County
Swansea City v Derby County
Wimbledon v Tottenham Hotspur
Wrexham v Huddersfield Town
*** ROUND 4 FIXTURES ON 24/01/99 ***
Manchester United v Liverpool ********** 1200 kick off!
Wolverhampton v Arsenal
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Busby Babes
Subject: Aberdeen Away! by Kerry Davies
With the gap between qualification for the European Cup Quarter Finals
and the game itself so large, the announcement of a friendly taking
place in Aberdeen mid January appeared to be the perfect tonic to those
lack of Euro Away blues. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time
anyway! So, it was a small, but hardy bunch of three that took
advantage of the very reasonable £48 Easyjet flight to Aberdeen. Our
arrival at the airport on Monday morning saw only two more regular faces
appear demonstrating quite clearly that it was only a few of us that
have far too much time on our hands! The flight was a short one, but
still long enough to enjoy a lunchtime beer, and by one o'clock we were
landing, somewhat bumpily, in Aberdeen. Stepping off the plane we were
greeted with a cold harsh wind, driving rain into our faces, but at
least it wasn't snowing which is what the weather forecast had led us to
believe. On the way through, the draw of the airport bar proved too
strong for three of us, so we stopped off for some more liquid
refreshment before getting a taxi into town.
The first port of call was the Station Hotel which was where a few other
fellow travellers where supposed to be taking advantage of the rumoured
cheap rooms on offer. At £69 for a single room, we quickly decided
against it, but had a quick drink in the hotel bar while catching up
with a few of the other lads that had made the trip. It quickly became
apparent that one member of their party had sampled quite a few more
ales than the rest of them, and was already quite the worse for wear at
only 2 in the afternoon! The Criterion Bar round the corner was the
next port of call, and it was here that everyone else that had made the
trip was drinking, along with two dead ringers for the Italian plumbers
Mario & Luigi! The plan was to have a couple of drinks in here before
heading off to find a room for the night, but, as these things have a
habit of doing, it was a long while before we managed to drag ourselves
away from the place! Our rather inebriated companion was providing the
entertainment with his antics and the barmaids no nonsense attitude to
him! Howard was then disgusted to see a few of us eating the rather
nice cheese toasties on offer, claiming that it was 'no food till
Wednesday' for him, in keeping with his previous Euro Away guidelines!
We eventually managed to drag ourselves from the bar around five, and
headed off in the wind and rain to find somewhere to stay. A decent
looking, and even more decently priced B&B was soon secured (£15 a head
- bargain!) and so it was on to Ryan's Bar to meet up with the Blackpool
lot who were having a bite to eat in relative calm having slipped away
from the others! Howard then ruined his claim from just 2 hours
previous by lapping up a rather strange concoction the involved the
juice from a bowl of mussels and everyone elses left over salad! Phil
was getting in to the swing of all things Scottish by devouring a plate
of haggis (which was actually quite nice), while Martin ploughed his way
through a two course meal that involved curly chips to start, followed
by straight chips!
The ground was finally reached where there were a few of the others
outside, having failed in their attempts to get into the Executive
Lounge courtesy of the tickets left for them by Wes Brown! With one of
the RI sellers short of a ticket, it was left to us to jib him in, which
we managed thanks to a particularly dozey steward not noticing the most
blatent passing back of a ticket stub ever seen! Once successfully in
the game it was a fairly dull affair despite a full compliment first
teamers from United. Ronny Johnsen scored with a cracker from the edge
of the box before Aberdeen equalised with a header later on, while
Schmeichel produced a string of top class saves throughout the match.
The game was played to an atmosphere so muted it made Old Trafford these
days seem like a hotbed of passion - a small cheer when Aberdeen scored
was about all that was heard from the home fans! A few of the Reds
tried getting things going, but with so few United and even fewer United
that knew any songs, it was a futile exercise, although we were all
amused by the impromptu chant of 'spaghetti and pasta too, United are
going to Milanoo!' from one of the Reds present. I managed to wander in
to the Exec Bar halfway through the second half, tried to get a drink to
take back to the Shell Box that my company had hired, but unfortunately,
my somewhat less than business suit attire blew my cover, and it was to
be back into the stands without a drink. With full time drawing in and
the prospect of a penalty shoot out looming, we felt that the bar over
the road was a much better option, so we departed to horrified and
baffled looks from the Aberdeen Reds present in our end.
A quick drink in the Aberdeen Bar was made all the quicker by the
presence of our drunken colleague from before who looked set to get
everyone in the bar killed by the bouncers, so we headed off back into
town. Outside Phil regaled us of his encounters with a bunch of West
Ham boys who chased a few Reds over the large hill next to the ground
when United played a pre-season tournament there in 1980. Upon getting
over the hill, they decided to duck into a restaurant they came across
in order to avoid the baying mob that was just behind. Unfortunately
for them, their chosen hideout was full up with the rest of the West Ham
lads, so a rather quick exit was called for before they managed to
disappear into the night!
We had met up with Ari by now who took on the part of tour guide by
promising to lead us to a number of excellent bars he knew of. He
succeeded in taking us to some bars, but whether they were excellent is
another matter entirely! First up was the Pittodrie Bar where we caught
the end of the Villa game, before heading further down the road to the
Kings Bar were we met up with a load of Aberdeen Reds, including the
originally nicknamed 'Jock' who was putting up a few of the Reds for the
night and wasn't quite sure what he had let himself in for! The next
port of call on Ari's magical mystery tour was the supurb Archibald
Simpson's, which more than made up for the rather poor selections
previously. Drinks were dirt cheap (two bottles cost £2.40!) and it was
open till 12. A tremendous Eric singsong at the end was not greeted too
enthusiatically by the Aberdeen fans in the bar, although the Denis Law
songs were greeted a little better, while the 'you can stick your
fucking England up you arse' was greeted more enthusiastically still -
strange that!!! We found our way into the nearby club Oh Henry's soon
after and were then reunited with our drunken comrade who had managed to
fall asleep in the train station, before phoning various people back
home telling them that he was in various parts of the country before
word of where he was finally got back to us, and we were able to locate
him, a little more sober and ready for some more drinks! The club was
excellent - free to get into, and playing a number of decent Manchester
tunes from the likes of the Roses and the Mondays. Howard managed to
get thrown out for the heinous crime of being too quiet - he was sitting
on a stool by the bar having a quiet drink, when the bouncer came over
and turfed him out! Quite unbothered by the whole thing, we just headed
off for a drink elsewhere!
I discovered Phil's hotel and went in for a final drink before he
returned. A baffling conversation with the barman meant that I wasn't
allowed to pay for the drinks with cash, and that I had to put the bill
on my room to pay for in the morning. There was then the small
problem that I wasn't actaully a resident, so I had to charge
them to Phil's room before retiring to the lounge (cheers Phil!).
All that was left for me to do then was finish my drink and get back
to my B&B. I staggered out into the road and found a cab and passed him
the card I picked up with the name and adress of my humble abode on it.
The cabby then proceeded to drive a few hundred yards down the road,
stopping with a big grin on his face! I paid him, giving him an extra
large tip to hide my embarrasment and finally got in to bed around 4.
Surprisingly, I managed to get up for breakfast in the morning which
went some way towards making me feel like a member of the human race
again, and then went back to bed. We were awoken sometime later when a
window cleaner appeared, but then promptly disappeared after Howard
started singing 'When I go cleaning windows' at him! A shower and
change of clothes later, and there was time to go to the pub for a few
swift ales before heading off to the airport. We were joined by Ari
some time later who was planning his 7 hour train journey home, and the
beers started to flow again far too easily. Typically, and for me very
worryingly, we were still there 45 minutes before our flight left.
While I ran around the bar urging Howard that it might be an idea to
drink up and get a cab, he calmly sat at the bar proclaiming that we
shouldn't worry, we had till Sunday to get to Manchester! We finally
got to the airport about 25 minutes before the flight left, and I was
very relieved to find myself in the airport lounge in time for the
departure.
The flight was again a little bumpy to say the least, but we landed
safely enough just after 3, with plenty of time to have a few more beers
in the airport before heading home. I'm sure that the 15 or so regular
faces that made the trip had a good one, and has certainly helped pass
the time before the big one in Milan this March...
Kerry
Busby Babes
Subject: Reserves vs Derby - Personal report by Pat Jennings
As it was (sort of) my neck of the woods, I took the terrible two off to
Derby last night to watch the United reserves play. For some
inexplicable reason, the Derby reserves still play at the Baseball
Ground. This would be like a modern day holiday maker going on a cruise
on the Titanic! It's hard to believe that top flight football was once
played here. I vaguely remember being here for an FA Cup match (I think)
in the late 70's or early 80's, which I think we won (anyone help me
out? I can't even blame the drink either!)
I'm sorry I didn't get all the team down as we just missed the KO as
Derby hadn't realised the massive draw United have everywhere and hadn't
opened up enough of the stadium to cater for the 30,000 Reds that turned
up ;-)) We did get in free though as the lad on the turnstile was a
United fan (Cheers mate!).
Once inside my nephews ran straight down to the touchline, completely
ignoring everything I shouted at them. It was raining and the pitch
looked like a ploughed field.
We were kicking away from us as we sat level with Raimonds 18 yard box.
Curtis was nearby and May, Greening, Nevland and Mulryne were the only
familiar players I could see.
Derby scored first as our defence misjudged an excellent (Beckham style)
cross field ball that, I think, they all thought was going to run out of
play. A Derby player crossed it into the box that only had 1 United
defender in it and it was 1-0.
We were nearly caught out with an identical move a few minutes later but
Curtis handled it a bit better.
We had a free kick soon after that was taken by our number 8, he was
extremely unlucky not to score and had it been on target would have took
the goalies hand off if he'd have touched it.
We levelled soon after but I was busy picking up the contents of
Joseph's lunchbox as he had dropped it on the floor. I also couldn't
pick the name up on the 'two tins and a piece of string' tannoy system
(great match report eh?).
I'd had enough of sitting in the rain and so dragged my nephews back a
few rows and got in a dry bit. But their stream of inane questions
continues:
"Patrick....What sport did they play here before they played football?"
"Patrick....Why do they call it the Baseball Ground?"
"Patrick....(pointing at a sign that says 'Derby - The Rams') does that
say Derby are rubbish?"
and finally "Patrick....Why's there a clock on the front of that stand?"
The woman behind me wasn't having much different with her son either
Son: Mum, who's Captain?
Mother: David May
Son: Why's he Captain?
Mother: Because he's the oldest
Son: No he's not, van de Gouw is.
Mother: Yes but we don't have goalkeepers as Captain.
Son: Schmeichel's been Captain
Mother..............
Anyway half time came and upon their insistence we moved again to the
upstairs tier that had now opened. The halftime entertainment was
provided by Rammy, their club mascot, wearing an EDS shirt (wasn't you
moonlighting again was it Alan?). Rammy whipped the kids up into a
frenzy as he gave away numerous signed footballs and sweets to all the
kids down at the front (where we'd just been sitting). Ronnie and Reggie
wanted to go back down again and join in, but I dissuaded them from
doing this as I'd had enough of their antics.
Does Fred the Red do this at reserves matches at Gigg Lane as it went
down really well with the kids?
The teams came out for the 2nd half and it got underway again. I don't
go to many reserves matches, but the few I've been to have always been
entertaining, free flowing and good natured. This was no different and
apart from a linesman who didn't understand off side it was well
officiated.
Derby again took the lead when a player broke down the left flank, VDG
didn't cover his near post well and the scorer exposed this.
I'm sure he and May must've been thinking "what am I doing here in this
shit hole in the pissing rain?" They are effectively playing in the 3rd
team. I know we had the Aberdeen match the night before, but it seems
the fringe players of the first team aren't risked in the reserves,
which seems a bit daft to me as it's the only really competitive games
they could have. May did have one classic moment as he shoved the Derby
player over who was next to him after a bit of elbows in our box. The
ref didn't even give them a free kick.
When we attempted to make our first substitution, without a number board
being held up, you could see Superstar pointing to his chest saying "who
me?" I bet he was well pissed off when it wasn't him after all :-))
We started to take control of the game and I thought all along we'd
score again. Nevland scored after a nice move and I thought we should
have gone on to win, having a reasonable penalty appeal turned down in
the process.
I overheard some United fans behind us asking who was our number 11.
"Jonathan Creek" one of them said, much to everyone's amusement!
All in all it was a reasonable result and an enjoyable game and as it
didn't cost me a penny all night, I can hardly complain.
Cheers
Pat Jennings
(c) Not to be Used without Permission of the Author
E-mail: patj@telepad.demon.co.uk
Busby Babes
Subject: Liverpool preview (soccernet)
Liverpool bid to end 78-year FA Cup jinx
By Jeremy Butler
MANCHESTER, England, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Manchester United's rivalry with
Liverpool, one of the oldest and most intense in English soccer, has seen
United in the ascendancy for most of the 1990s.
They will be hoping to maintain the upper-hand when they face Liverpool in
England's match of the season so far -- their F.A. Cup fourth round tie at
Old Trafford on Sunday.
For while the battles between the two have sometimes gone United's way and
sometimes Liverpool's in the league over the last 20 years, it has been a
different story in the F.A. Cup.
Liverpool have not beaten United in the FA Cup in eight meetings since 1921
and since 1977 when United beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Cup Final to end
Liverpool's hopes of a league, FA Cup and European Cup treble, United have
not lost any of the six FA Cup matches between the two -- all played in the
final or semifinal.
In 1979 they beat Liverpool 1-0 in a semifinal replay after a 2-2 draw; in
1985 they won another semifinal replay 2-1 after a 2-2 draw and in 1996 they
beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Cup Final again with a late Eric Cantona goal
settling a dull game.
That goal not only gave United the Cup for a record ninth time but also
secured the League and Cup Double for United for the second time in three
years.
In all United and Liverpool have met 13 times in the cup with United winning
seven times and Liverpool twice -- their last victory coming as long ago as
1921 in a replay in the old first round.
Their first cup meeting was 101 years ago when Liverpool beat United, then
still known as Newton Heath, in a second round replay, but naturally their
two Cup Final meetings are the best remembered matches of all.
Liverpool went into the final of 1977 already crowned league champions and
due to play Borussia Moenchengladbach in the European Cup Final in Rome four
days after playing United at Wembley.
Liverpool's team included Kevin Keegan, who was playing his last domestic
match before heading to German side SV Hamburg.
But Keegan, who had been the two-goal hero when Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0
in the final three years earlier, made little real impact against a United
side who went ahead five minutes into the second half when Stuart Pearson
squeezed home a shot under the slow-diving Ray Clemence.
Their lead didn't last for long as Liverpool came straight back up the field
and Jimmy Case volleyed home with one of the best goals ever scored in a Cup
Final two minutes later.
Three minutes after that United went 2-1 ahead with one of the most freakish
goals scored at Wembley -- a lucky strike as Lou Macari's wayward shot hit
Jimmy Greenhoff and looped up over Clemence and into the net.
The consolation for Liverpool was being crowned European champions for the
first time when they defeated Borussia 3-1 in Rome's Olympic Stadium the
following Wednesday.
The excitement of the 1977 Cup Final failed to materialise in 1996 as
Liverpool's fashionable players wore white suits on to the pitch in the
pre-match walkabout, but were left red-faced at the end of the day.
The game was a huge anti-climax and one of the worst finals seen at Wembley
with Liverpool content to soak up United's pressure.
Eventually, with extra-time approaching, Cantona won the Cup for United with
a shot from the edge of the area after Liverpool had failed to clear a
corner.
In between those two finals there were two titanic semi-final battles with
United breaking Liverpool's hearts on both occasions.
In 1979 the teams met at Maine Road with Liverpool taking the lead through
Kenny Dalglish.
Joe Jordan equalised but the Anfield side were soon awarded a penalty only
for Terry McDermott to miss from the spot.
His embarrassment was increased when Brian Greenhoff put United ahead but
Alan Hansen saved the day for Liverpool and earned a replay four night
nights later at Goodison Park.
Jimmy Greenhoff again proved to a thorn in the Liverpool side as his early
goal left Liverpool laying siege to the United goal but failing to grab an
equaliser.
United went on to lose the final 3-2 to Arsenal.
In 1985 United triumphed again after another replay to thwart Merseyside
dreams of an Everton-Liverpool final.
United took the lead in the first match at neutral Goodison Park through
Mark Hughes and held that until Liverpool equalised with four minutes to
play through Ronnie Whelan.
United went 2-1 up in extra time with a goal from Frank Stapleton, but Paul
Walsh made it 2-2 with a second Liverpool equaliser in the dying minutes
even though a linesman had flagged for offside.
Four days later at Maine Road, Liverpool took the lead when Paul McGrath put
through his own net, but United fought back to win with goals from Bryan
Robson and Mark Hughes. They completed something of a Mersey "double" when
they beat Everton 1-0 in the final.
Both teams are currently playing well with United crushing Leicester 6-2
last week and Liverpool beating Southampton 7-1.
There is no clear favourite for Sunday's tie but with United having history
on their side, it would be no surprise if they went through after a replay,
or even on penalties.
Busby Babes
Subject: COLE BLASTS HODDLE - AND MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY
ANDY COLE'S latest outburst against England
manager Glenn Hoddle will no doubt have made the
in-form Manchester United striker feel much better
about himself. But curiously enough, the admission
that he is "not fussed" any longer about whether or
not he figures in Hoddle's plans has also given the
national coach some relief from his striking
headache.
The in-form United striker claimed that he wasn't
concerned about being overlooked - "If someone
doesn't think I'm good enough to be in the England
team then fair enough. I'm not fussed about that" -
but he went on to demand that, if that is the case,
then he should be left free by the England coach to
pursue his club career.
"What I won't have is being talked about as if I'm
not good enough to play for Manchester United and
that I miss all those chances," blasted Cole. "I'm
not taking that from anyone, the England manager,
or whoever." Hoddle angered the player at the end
of last year by suggesting that he hadn't gained
more international recognition because of the ratio
of chances that he converts into goals.
By saying that he's not bothered about wearing the
white of England and considering the abundance of
striking talent at Hoddle's disposal, Cole has
inadvertently given his critical national boss the
perfect excuse not to pick the United striker any
more. The national coach may well secretly be
delighted that he will now be able to face the
world's press with a clear conscience and explain
that, if Andy Cole is no longer "fussed" about
representing England, then his attitude alone will
have ruled him out of contention for a striking spot.
With Cole, Julian Joachim, Robbie Fowler, Darren
Huckerby and, of course, Michael Owen scoring
almost at will, plus captain Alan Shearer to
accommodate, Hoddle was going to have trouble
keeping everyone happy when he named his squad
to face France.
There may also be another winner in this ongoing
feud: Manchester United and their fans. Already
disillusioned with the barracking that Old Trafford
players receive from a section of the crowd when
representing their country, United's fans will be
delighted that one half of their red-hot strike
partnership will be able to concentrate fully on his
club without worrying about England or risking
injury when representing his country. And, with
Dwight Yorke scarcely under much pressure from
his national side, Trinidad, United boss Alex
Ferguson will be rubbing his hands with glee as he
contemplates an arduous Premiership run-in and
that Champions League quarter-final against Inter
Milan.
Busby Babes
Subject: POLICE PLAY DOWN TROUBLE AT HIGH-NOON CLASH
Police are playing down the threat of a repeat of the
violence which marred Manchester United's last home match
with Liverpool.
The two fierce rivals meet again at Old Trafford on Sunday
in the FA Cup fourth round, but Greater Manchester Police
are not expecting a recurrence.
When the teams last met in September three fans were hurt
in clashes and a police horse and rider were injured when
they fell to the ground.
Officers made 12 arrests for assault and public order
offences.
But GMP intend to police the game like any other in the city,
and the only change is the noon kick-off time.
A spokeswoman said: ''The game will be policed the same
as any other game.
''After consultations, the kick-off time was considered the
most suitable for the police and the two clubs involved.
''We have not made any special arrangements, but we will
be prepared for anything that happens.''
Trouble flared last time when rival gangs clashed in a bar in
Salford before the game, and one United fan was stabbed
in the neck and face.
A Liverpool supporter then suffered serious facial cuts during
an incident outside the Old Trafford stadium when bottles
and stones were thrown.
During the same trouble two police horses fell and one
horse and rider were slightly injured when they were kicked.
A third supporter was hurt in Salford when he was hit on the
head by a bottle.
Busby Babes
Subject: FERGUSON: WE PULLED PLUG ON FOE
Manchester United have hit back at allegations that their plc
board blocked a move for Cameroon international
Marc-Vivien Foe.
Manager Alex Ferguson claimed United's interest in the
player dwindled once he had played for FC Lens in the
Champions' League which ruled him out of any more
European games this season.
Foe broke a leg last summer, an injury which ruled him out
of the World Cup, and Ferguson said: ''We felt that due to
this injury we should monitor him for the rest of the season.
''But the boy had an opportunity to move to a new club and
we wish him well.
He's a good player but we won't to wait until the end of the
season before reaching a decision.''
Busby Babes
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