Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Arsenal 29/04/09



The Manchester taxi drivers decided to have a protest march through the city just before this game. A Champion's League semi-final no less. The roads around the ground were log-jammed. For a while we didn't think we were going to make it in time. Games don't come much bigger than this at Old Trafford and our stomachs were full of butterflies as we entered the stadium just before the teams walked out. We were relaxed after a short while though. John O'Shea bagged the winner in what was probably the most convincing all-round performance of the season.

Sunday, 14 June 2009

Porto 07 April 2009



A full moon over Old Trafford for the the visit of Porto in the quarter final of the Champion's League. The moon drove on Wayne Rooney, more than the rest of the team. A 2-2 draw on the night.

Thursday, 16 April 2009

Aston Villa 05 April 2009



The day seventeen year old Federico Macheda came off the bench for his debut appearence, 2-1 down with less than half hour to go. First off, he faced up to Gareth Barry in the box, a bit of push and shove. Ronaldo sneaked an equaliser, then in added on time, Macheda scored a stunning goal in front of the Stretford End to win the match. Pity I didn't film it!

Sunday, 22 February 2009

Blackburn Rovers 21/02/09



A feast of Cristiano Ronaldo. He was inspired. A matching winning performance and a match winning goal. Rafael and Fabio Da Silva took to the pitch together during the warm up. You may get double vision.

Friday, 20 February 2009

Fulham 18/02/09



Paul Scholes had one of his special games, including scoring with a trademark long distance volley. Wayne Rooney came off the bench and scored with his first touch. Berbatov scored, and both he and Tevez had a goal disallowed for off side. This was United's 13th consecutive clean sheet in the Premier League.

Sunday, 8 February 2009

Everton 31/01/09



A day when Everton fans and United fans joined voices in a chorus of 'Rafa's cracking up'. The Neville brothers captained a team each. On a freezing cold night, it was a game of few chances. The three points were won with a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty. United stretched their run of consecutive clean sheets.

It was a cold night to start with but the temperature drop at half time sent us to the concourse, where we watched folk chew on pies for fifteen minutes. My hands went numb in the second half.

Monday, 26 January 2009

Spurs 24/01/09



A day for tradition. Manchester United introduced three new players into this game, Fabio Da Silva, Richard Eckersley and Zoran Tosic all making their debuts.

This video includes both Fabio's and Tosic's first touches for the club.