The Stretford End- Home of the Champions

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

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THE STRETFORD END

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TEAM

        * Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson
        * Assistant Manager: Carlos Queiroz
        * First Team Coach: Mike Phelan
        * Goalkeeping Coach: Tony Coton
        * Fitness Coach: Valter di Salvo
        * Strength & Conditioning Coach: Mick Clegg
        * Caretaker Reserve Team Coach: Brian McClair
        * Chief Scout: Jim Lawlor
        * Chief European Scout: Martin Ferguson
        * Director of Youth Academy: Brian McClair
        * Director of Youth Football: Jimmy Ryan
        * Technical Skills Development Coach: René Meulensteen
        * Club Doctor: Dr. Steve McNally
        * Assistant Club Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill
        * First Team Physiotherapist: Rob Swire



First-team squad

    Goal-keepers

        * Edwin van der Sar
        * Tomasz Kuszczak
        * Ben Foster
        * Tom Heaton


    Defenders

        * Gary Neville (Captain)
        * Patrice Evra
        * Gabriel Heinze
        * Rio Ferdinand
        * Wes Brown
        * Nemanja Vidić
        * John O'Shea
        * Phil Bardsley
        * Mikael Silvestre
        * Craig Cathcart
        * Kieran Lee
        * Gerard Piqué
        * Jonny Evans
        * Daniel Simpson

    Midfielders

        * Cristiano Ronaldo
        * Ryan Giggs (vice-captain)
        * Park Ji-Sung
        * Michael Carrick
        * Paul Scholes
        * Kieran Richardson
        * Darren Fletcher
        * Chris Eagles
        * Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
        * Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha 'Nani'
        * Owen Hargreaves

    Forwards

        * Wayne Rooney
        * Louis Saha
        * Alan Smith
        * Ole Gunnar Solskjær
        * Dong Fangzhuo
        * Giuseppe Rossi

TEAM PHOTO

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WE ARE THE CURRENT CHAMPIONS

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NEW KIT AND NUMBERING

Home Kit:

Numbering:

Details:



See more at:
http://www.myspace.com/manutd

Available August 1st-Pre-Order:
http://store.manutd.com/stores/manutd/products/kit_selector.aspx?selector=122

STADIUM

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Name - Old Trafford-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Trafford_(football_ground)
http://www.manutdzone.com/oldtrafford/oldtrafford.htm
Nickname - Theatre Of Dreams
Inaugration - 1910
Construction cost - £60m GBP
Capacity - 76212
Location - Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England

Take a Tour of Old Trafford- http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={3D311A73-611A-43C9-9852-82DF97917873}&section=welcome

CLUB HONOURS

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TRANSFERS IN

        * Jonny Evans from Sunderland - End of loan
        * Danny Simpson from Sunderland - End of loan
        * Giuseppe Rossi from Parma - End of loan
        * Gerard Piqué from R.Zaragoza - End of Loan
        * Nani from Sporting Lisbon - Undisclosed
        * Anderson from Porto - Undisclosed
        * Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich - Undisclosed

TRANSFERS OUT

        * Phil Marsh - Free transfer
        * Floribert Ngalula - Free transfer
        * Jamie Mullan - Free transfer
        * Danny Rose - Free transfer
        * Lee Crockett - Released
        * Aaron Burns - Released

NEXT MATCH

    Urawa Red Diamonds vs Manchester United
    Friendly
    Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 (12:00 BST)
    Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama, Japan

Manchester United News -

        * ManUtd.com- http://www.manutd.com/ -The official website of Manchester United FC.
        * BBC- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/default.stm
        * Sky Sports- http://home.skysports.com/club.aspx?clid=1&cpid=8
        * ESPNSoccernet- http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=360&cc=5901
        * Football365-http://www.football365.com/teams/manchester_united/0,17032,,00.html



Official United Links

        * Local Supporters Club- http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={18397BE1-3BC3-49EC-9718-9598D6704319}
        * History By Decade- http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={E0DB31FD-0C0E-49D7-98B7-AA7B75FF0E21}
        * Club Contacts- http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={A89773B2-3CD4-4A33-860B-EBAA9C62B1A7}


Useful Links

        * Fixtures - Manchester United Fixtures of the 2006/2007 season:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={34009B66-8C50-42F4-816F-CE57868EDE49}&teamid=458
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/fixtures/default.stm
        * Gallery - In-game pics, goal celebrations pics, squad pics, ground, and more. No watermarks.
http://redskygallery.spaces.live.com/
        * The Website of Dreams - In-depth statistics of Manchester United's matches and players.
http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/menu.html
        * Scores - Manchester United's scores of the all the matches, since the 1886/87 season.
http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasonmenu.html
        * Kits - A guide to every Manchester United kit ever worn.
http://www.prideofmanchester.com/sport/mufc-kits.htm
        * Legends - A football talk show, weekdays at 1:00pm EST.
http://mediaweb.musicradio.com/playlist.asx?streamid=7

GLORY GLORY MAN UTD!

[Jah Gol]

They should just tell everybody buy a red t-shirt and write "Man U" on the front with a crayon.

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

They should just tell everybody buy a red t-shirt and write "Man U" on the front with a crayon.

ent lol...  i finds its nce though... brings a old fashion look in a modern material..    besides it doesnt matter what we wear..once its red ..and oh man is this one red lol

[Jah Gol]

Them manufacturers know who their market is. The truth is football is a religion no matter what, SM you will always be a Manu fan just like I will always back Barca. If that means buying a lame jersey I really don't mind.

T&T national kit looks good to me only because I know it the national kit.

[PantherX]

Only ManU would be able to sell a crap shirt like that.

Before you start Spurs are a close second .

[grimm01]

so why Ronaldo is the only man front and center with his arms folded. how he could block out the main sponsor so? he eh realise that AIG pay big money to get on that jersey?

[JDB]

nice shirt for sure but...

Why a new shirt after launching one just last year? The life-cycle for these shirts used to be two years, now it is one.

Makes you wonder if the Glazers are pushing for this, try to squeeze a little extra money from the fans.

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

nice shirt for sure but...

Why a new shirt after launching one just last year? The life-cycle for these shirts used to be two years, now it is one.

Makes you wonder if the Glazers are pushing for this, try to squeeze a little extra money from the fans.

nopes..The kit we used last year was a kit used to honour the busby babes..   The kit had the same look of the 1950's kit



Here is a short informative story:

The new(06-07) Manchester United shirt is a limited edition, one year only design (obviously to help repay the Glazer debt) and is described by the club as being "1950’s retro style – a tribute to the success of the Busby Babes and their enduring influence". The name of new sponsor AIG is far smaller than its predecessor, the domineering Vodaphone logo, resulting in a classy looking kit. There's a gold seem running along the shoulders and down the sides whilst the club crest is placed onto a white background similar to the 1997-99 European shirt. Whether it sells in large volumes is yet to be seen and may depend on whether funds are made available for any new big named signings. Interestingly, the kit is almost an exact replica of the one worn the previous season by breakaway fans' team, FC United. (Launch date July 24th 2006. Expires July 2007).

[Ngozi]

I like it alot doh have to be complicated to be bad ...I wanna get the long sleeve

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Simple but nice
Available August 1st... apparently we will wear a black away kit


http://soccerlens.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/manchester-united-home-kit-07-08.jpg


Reds launch new home kit

United have unveiled their new home kit ahead of the new season.

A giant image of the team in the new Nike-produced kit adorns the East Stand window at Old Trafford. The players will wear it for the first time during their first match of their Asia Tour against Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan later this month.

The front of the new home shirt features an engineered mesh pattern inspired by the architecture of Old Trafford and the contours of the body. On the back a flash of white tape frames the name and number with a fine black stripe, MUFC and the Red Devil emblem inside. As a final touch there is a label with the Red Devil emblem and the nickname 'The Red Devils.' White shorts and black socks complete the kit.

It has been made using Nike Dri-FIT fabric which helps transport moisture away from the skin to the fabric’s surface for rapid evaporation, keeping the players comfortable for longer. It's already a popular design with the squad and they believe the fans will be equally impressed.

"It’s very important to feel comfortable when you’re playing and hopefully this kit will be a good one for us in all types of weather conditions," Wayne Rooney told ManUtd.com.

"It’s quite simple and traditional which is the way I like the kits to be," added skipper Gary Neville. "I’m sure the fans will like it."

Fans should visit http://www.myspace.com/manutd to see more images and a behind-the-scenes video from the kit shoot with the players. Supporters can post their views on the kit and also win a signed shirt. The kit is now available to pre-order through store.manutd.com or at the Megastore, Old Trafford. It will be available for delivery and purchase from 1 August.

New Kit:


Long Sleeve:


Goal Keeper:


Details:


Rooney 10:


Back of GK kit:

[Big Magician]

what a club....even if yuh doh like dem and all dat....got to admire the tradition and ambitions....

small mag graduating today....all the best son....ah getting old boy...and i could dribble past him with ease....hope he get ah wuk in old trafford

[Carib-Briton]

Glad this was made, I did suggest this a while back I hope there is no complaints when a Arsenal one is made 

[TRUwarrior]

great post
Glory Glory!!

[Peong]

Good idea, let's put all Man U stuff for the season in this one thread.
If only that would actually happen.

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Good idea, let's put all Man U stuff for the season in this one thread.
If only that would actually happen.

Well that is what we are trying to acheive

[Peong]

Somehow I don't think yall will be able to resist.

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

New Manchester United signings Nani and Anderson have both put pen to paper on five-year deals.

Portugal winger Nani, 20, and Brazil midfielder Anderson, 19, cost a combined £30m when joining from Sporting Lisbon and Porto respectively.

The pair, along with fellow new signing Owen Hargreaves, will be officially unveiled to the media soon.

Meanwhile, Polish keeper Tomasz Kuszczak also made his season-long loan from West Brom into a permanent move.


United gained a work permit for Anderson, after their initial application was rejected as he had not played 75% of Brazil's internationals during the last two years.

United argued that Anderson, who made his Brazil debut in the Copa America defeat by Mexico last week, had been prevented by his age into filling that criteria.

They also argued that he will bring exceptional talent to the Premier League.

Nani had been linked to a move to Tottenham, but said he would only leave Sporting to join a club like United.

Kuszczak joined United on loan from West Brom last August, and as understudy to Old Trafford number Edwin van der Sar made six Premier League and five FA Cup starts last season.



 

[RedDevils]

GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED......

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Ok lets talk transfers

What you guys think  another striker? if yes who? and who should we sell?

Yes i think we should get a striker

Targets: Jan Klass Huntelaar.. Eider the ice man.. Nugent

Sell: Richardson only if Heinze stays  ... Sell Smith or Saha either or

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Rooney harbours high hopes

Wayne Rooney spent last season desperate to get his hands on his first Premier League trophy. Now he's held the prize aloft, he can't wait to add to his medal tally.

Rooney, who joined United from Everton in August 2004 and has now won both the league and the Carling Cup with the Reds, told The Mirror he's hungry for more success.

"It's just not just about winning the odd trophy," he said. "It's about winning them all the time."

The 21-year-old striker, who last week switched squad numbers to take over the no.10 shirt previously worn by United hitmen Denis Law and Mark Hughes, said legends like those provided constant motivation.

"The [current] players know their role in keeping up the club's amazing history and success. Players in the past have set the standard: now we've got to carry it on."

http://www.manutd.com/

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=466284&in_page_id=1779&ct=5

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premiership/article2029349.ece

Utd supposedly sign Tevez...

more 2moro

 

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

 Carlos Tevez has agreed to join Manchester United on loan - sources have told Sky Sports News.

The Argentine international is set to join United on a initial two-year term, with an option for a further three-year stay at Old Trafford.

It is reported that a United delegation has flown to Venezuela - where Tevez is with Argentina competing in the Copa America.

United want Tevez signed and sealed as soon as possible, so they have travelled to South America to conclude the deal.

United will be hopeful of concluding the deal within the next 48 hours.

 Carlos Tevez has agreed to join Manchester United on loan - sources have told Sky Sports News.

The Argentine international is set to join United on a initial two-year term, with an option for a further three-year stay at Old Trafford.

It is reported that a United delegation has flown to Venezuela - where Tevez is with Argentina competing in the Copa America.

United want Tevez signed and sealed as soon as possible, so they have travelled to South America to conclude the deal.

United will be hopeful of concluding the deal within the next 48 hours.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=475502&CPID=8&clid=1&lid=2&title=Tevez+to+seal+United+loan

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Ok lets keep this thread alive from now please... Everything Utd in here

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

July 2007
17 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs Urawa Red Diamonds       
20 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs FC Seoul       
23 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs Shenzhen FC
25 Jul    Pre-season    United XI Vs Port Vale
27 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs Guangzhou Pharmaceutical       

August 2007
01 Aug    Pre-season    United Vs Inter Milan          
03 Aug    Pre-season    United XI Vs Doncaster Rovers          
05 Aug    FA Charity Shield    United Vs Chelsea             
08 Aug    Pre-season    United XI Vs Glentoran FC       
08 Aug    Pre-season    United XI  Vs Dunfermline Athletic    


Asian Tour 07

17 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs Urawa Red Diamonds    
                         FT 2-2
Team Line-ups:

United: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand (Evans, 45), Vidic (Simpson, 45), Evra (Silvestre, 45), Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick (O'Shea, 69), Giggs (Smith, 69), Scholes, Rooney
Subs: Kuszczak, Heaton, Bardsley

Urawa Red Diamonds: Tsuzuki (Yamagishi, 45), Hosogai, Horinouchi, Nene, Yamada, Uchidate (Hiriwaka, 45), Hasebe, Soma (Okano, 91), Ono, Ponte (Koike, 83), Tanaka (Nagai, 75)
Subs: Tsutsumi, Sakai, Nishizawa

Full Report:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=444919&page=1

Highlights:

Uchidate 1-0 http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/man+utd+urawa/video/x2k42y_urawa-red-diamonds-1-0-manchester-u
Fletcher 1-1
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/man+utd+urawa/video/x2k45j_urawa-red-diamonds-1-1-manchester-u
Ronaldo 2-1
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/man+utd+urawa/video/x2k49a_urawa-red-diamonds-1-2-manchester-u
Ono 2-2
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/man+utd+urawa/video/x2k4em_urawa-red-diamonds-2-2-manchester-u



20 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs FC Seoul       
                                                    FT 4-0
Team Line-ups:

United: van der Sar (Kuszczak, 45), Bardsley (Simpson, 45), Ferdinand, Vidic (Evans, 77), Silvestre, Eagles, Carrick (Scholes, 45), O'Shea, Evra, Rooney (Smith, 45), Ronaldo (Giggs, 45)

FC Seoul: Kim (Kim, 82), Kwak, Adilson, Lee (Kim, 45), Kon (Koh, 73), Choi, Ki (Song, 82), Lee Chung-Yong, Ricardo (Ahn, 73), Lee, Jung (Shim, 45)

Full Report:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=445946&page=1

Highlights:
Ronaldo 1-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/fc+seoul/video/x2kxr6_ronaldo-goal-vs-fc-seoul_sport
Eagles 2-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/search/man+utd/video/x2kxwo_eagles-goal-vs-fc-seoul_sport
Rooney 3-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/fc+seoul/video/x2kxs4_rooney-goal-vs-fc-seoul_sport
Evra 4-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/search/man+utd/video/x2kxzv_evra-goal-vs-fc-seoul_sport



23 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs Shenzhen FC          
                                                    FT 6-0
Team Line-up:

United: van der Sar (Kuszczak, 45), Brown, Vidic (Ferdinand, 45), Evans, Evra (Silvestre, 59), Nani (Carrick, 59), Fletcher, Gibson (O'Shea, 45), Ronaldo (Eagles, 59), Giggs (Smith, 45), Rooney (Dong, 59)

Full Report:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BB4CEE8FA%2D9A47%2D47BC%2DB069%2D3F7A2F35DB70%7D&newsid=447097

Highlights:
Giggs 1-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/GOAAAAL/video/x2lqox_01-giggs
Rooney 2-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/manchester+fcshenzhen/video/x2lpg4_fcshenzhenmu02butroompg_extreme
Nani 3-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/manchester+fcshenzhen/video/x2lpgx_fcshenzhenmu03butnanits_extreme
O'Shea 4-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/GOAAAAL/video/4374314
Ronaldo 5-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lq6u_fc-shenzhen-0-5-manchester-united-c_sport
Eagles 6-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lqa8_fc-shenzhen-0-6-manchester-united-e_sport



27 Jul    Pre-season    United Vs Guangzhou Pharmaceutical       
                                                    FT 3-0
Team Line-ups

United: Kuszczak (Heaton 46); Bardsley, Vidic (Silvestre 58), Ferdinand (Brown 58), Simpson; Martin (Evra 58), Carrick, Gibson (O'Shea 46), Nani (Eagles 58); Rooney (Ronaldo 76), Dong (Smith 62)
Unused subs: Evans, Fletcher

Guangzhou: Shuai; Zhihai (Xichang 74), Dechao (Suozhi 83), Yan, Wenpeng (Zhixing 56), Z Lin (Xianrong 69); Pengfeng (Yong 56), Zhijie (Zhiyi 69), Oliveira, L Lin (Deen 56); Batista (Junyan 56).

Full Report:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=447950&page=1

Highlights
Rooney 1-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/GOAAAAL/video/4422202
Nani 2-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/GOAAAAL/video/4422249
Martin 3-0
http://www.dailymotion.com/GOAAAAL/video/4422502


United XI Pre-Season:

Utd XI vs Port Vale
FT 2-3

Team:
Manchester United XI: Ron-Robert Zieler, Richard Eckersley, Adam Eckersley, Michael Lea, Ryan Shawcross, Richard Jones, Kieran Lee, Sam Hewson, Frazier Campbell, Guiseppi Rossi, Michael Barnes. Subs: Gary Woods, Jimmy Derbyshire, Oli Norwood, Danny Srinkwater, Corry Evans, Sean Evans, JamesChester, Craig Cathcart.

Highlights:
http://www.dailymotion.com/shesmusik/video/4413241

Remaining Pre Season Fixtures for Utd XI:
03 Aug    Pre-season    United XI Vs Doncaster Rovers                   
08 Aug    Pre-season    United XI Vs Glentoran FC       
08 Aug    Pre-season    United XI  Vs Dunfermline Athletic    




Remaining Pre Season Fixtures for Manchester United:
01 Aug    Pre-season    United Vs Inter Milan                
05 Aug    FA Charity Shield    United Vs Chelsea

** "Expect some Utd senior members to play in Utd XI games to Gain Fitness and other reasons"- SAF



Next Manchester United fixture:

United Vs Inter Milan

TV Viewing
Live on MUTV at 3pm EST

Live on Setanta Sports at 3pm EST

[Dr. Rat]

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/7084948


Utd recruits 9-year-old featured on Internet
Associated Press
Posted: 1 hour ago

Manchester United has recruited a 9-year-old soccer prodigy based on video footage featuring his skills.
The club brought in Rhain Davis after his grandfather sent a DVD to United youth staff showing the boy playing for an under-10 team in Brisbane, Australia.

"Manchester United is proud of its history of developing talented young players, and invests considerable time and resources into trying to find the best young players of the future," the club said in a statement.


In Davis' case, however, United need only have invested four minutes. That is the length of a YouTube clip featuring Davis's dribbling, stepover and goal-scoring skills - viewed more than 800,000 times on the site - that has led fans to describe him as the next Wayne Rooney.

The club has downplayed such hype, pointing out that it recruits about 40 players of Davis' age every year, and that Davis' status with the club will be subject to the same annual review as any other youth player.

Davis has moved to England and is training with a United youth squad.

"Being here has been brilliant," The Sun newspaper quoted Davis as saying. "The best part has been meeting a lot of the players, like Wayne Rooney."

Davis was born in England and has a British passport. His grandfather lives in England.

[redtrinigirl]

And allyuh thought Wenger was bad 

[RasIred]

Well is the yute grandfather that start the ball rolling.......so u cah balme MAN u . Balme the family 

[Bourbon]

And allyuh thought Wenger was bad 

It had rumours of wenger goin in catalan hospitals delivery wards and asking de mother how much times de baby kick and ting during de pregnancy

[Dr. Rat]

And allyuh thought Wenger was bad 

It had rumours of wenger goin in catalan hospitals delivery wards and asking de mother how much times de baby kick and ting during de pregnancy

Somebody give this fella ah Crix Biscuit.

[Ngozi]

And allyuh thought Wenger was bad 

It had rumours of wenger goin in catalan hospitals delivery wards and asking de mother how much times de baby kick and ting during de pregnancy

   lol