Rob Parker | February 24, 2010
No boots and no cameras
After yesterday’s revelations that Sir Alex Ferguson has banned his youngsters from wearing coloured football boots, it has now emerged that the Manchester United boss has barred his young charges from talking to in-house television station MUTV.
Fergie has ordered the cameras to stay away from United’s under-18 squad following a recent [...]
Dan Morris | February 23, 2010
Man Utd youngsters banned from wearing colourful footwear
Until you’re as good as Wayne Rooney, you’ll be wearing black boots. That’s the message from Sir Alex Ferguson as he banned all his youth team players from playing in coloured footwear.
Once again the Manchester United manger has laid down the law, and while this could be seen [...]
Rob Parker | February 19, 2010
… at half-time
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that centre-back Jonny Evans felt the super-turbo setting of his hairdryer setting after sitting in the wrong place at half-time. The Northern Ireland international had given a very shaky first-half display against AC Milan, but Fergie insists Evans was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Reports [...]
Rob Parker | November 27, 2009
The instantly noticeable cost of football management
The stress of being a football manager is so great that your hair will turn grey within 312 weeks on average, according to research by the makers of the Football Manager computer game series.
And the research also showed that particularly stressful periods in a manager’s career usually signified a [...]
Rob Parker | October 26, 2009
1. Liverpool might rely too heavily on Fernando Torres, but if you have to rely too heavily on anyone it might as well be him.
2. This season really is so open and unpredictable. Just when you thought Liverpool and Chelsea were out of form, and Manchester United and Arsenal were safe bets, it is suddenly [...]
Rob Parker | October 16, 2009
Fergie releases his inner stalker
Sir Alex Ferguson is said to be embarrassed after a private letter he sent to Standard Liege’s Steven Defour via his club was leaked. The Manchester United boss had clearly decided to roll out the Ruud Van Nistelrooy Method, whereby he cuddles up to injured players to put himself in the [...]
Dan Morris | October 5, 2009
Fergie calls referee’s stamina into question
Despite Manchester United being thrown yet another injury time lifeline, it seems Sir Alex Ferguson is still not happy.
An added 4mins 32secs was not enough in Fergie’s opinion and he has hit out at referee Alan Wiley for not allowing enough extra time at the end of his team’s 2-2 [...]
