Mike Phelan

Arsenal steal a march on Man United in £15 million French raid

Date: 13th April 2011 at 3:36 pm | Written by
Stade Rennais 20 year old defensive midfielder Yann M’Vila has been attracting attention from top Premiership clubs in recent weeks. It’s rumoured that Arsenal and Manchester United are likely to …

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VIDEO: Behind the Scenes at Manchester Utd

Date: 21st January 2011 at 12:43 pm | Written by
August 1989. The Eastern Bloc was crumbling, the Voyager space craft had just passed Neptune, the second attempt to stage another Woodstock was rubbish, the Sega Genesis has just been released in …

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Is Fergie’s stand-off merely an exercise in trying to gain a moral victory

Date: 17th November 2010 at 2:46 pm | Written by
Sir Alex in BBC refusalSir Alex Ferguson’s snubbing of the BBC has come to be second nature when watching Match of the Day, we expect Mike Phelan, or before him Carlos Quieroz, …

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Another bemusing chapter in Wayne’s World

Date: 8th November 2010 at 6:54 pm | Written by
Wayne Rooney a dejected figureWayne Rooney is to be flown over to the U.S.A in his comeback from injury and his attempt to regain fitness. It is hoped that this …

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Third Time Charm for Manchester United Assistant?

Date: 2nd November 2010 at 3:04 pm | Written by
Will Queiroz return for a thrid time?Manchester United have reportedly been debating about bringing former assistant manager Carlos Queiroz back to the club. Queiroz is currently unemployed after having been sacked by …

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Are Man Utd in need of a stronger No.2?

Date: 22nd September 2010 at 3:00 pm | Written by
The assistant coach at Manchester United has become almost as famous a position as managers across the rest of the league. Walter Smith, Steve McClaren and Brian Kidd have all been elevated …

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Time for Sir Alex to bury the hatchet?

Date: 1st March 2010 at 2:53 pm | Written by
Who would have thought that a BBC documentary called Father and Son would produce a reaction that has seen Sir Alex Ferguson refusing to speak to the company in the last six …

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‘Where are they now?’ – Sir Alex’s old United sidekicks

Date: 18th February 2010 at 8:00 pm | Written by
It’s been a long time since Sir Alex made the trip down from Aberdeen to take over from Big Ron Atkinson at Old Trafford. In the past 24 years the United …

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‘Where are they now?’ – United’s Cup Winners Cup victors of 1991

Date: 9th February 2010 at 5:43 pm | Written by
On 15th May 1991, Manchester United and Barcelona contested the European Cup Winners Cup final at Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam. This was a final with history attached to it because it came at …

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Has the time come for Fergie and Wenger to groom their successors?

Date: 8th February 2010 at 8:09 pm | Written by
The undoubted current doyens of English football are edging closer and closer to their retirement. This sounds like a massively reactionary statement, but all it really means is they are certainly passed …

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