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Ebanks-Blake – A True Wanderers Number Nine

Stretford End Arising — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:19:24 +0000

By Ian Booth (Wolverhampton Wanderers fan). Sylvan Ebanks-Blake signed for Wolves during the transfer window of January 2008 – a window that also saw the purchases of 2 other players still on our books today, namely David Edwards and George Elokobi. All 3 of these signings were typical for Wolves at this time – young (all [...]

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Pointing Out Pip: An Evertonian Analysis of the ‘Good Looking’ Neville Brother

Stretford End Arising — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:12:08 +0000

By Tubey (Everton fan). David Moyes has made a lot of astute signings during his tenure at Everton, and as we approach what is possibly the end of his reign at Goodison Park we can look back at certain transfers and be fairly sure that they were value for money – Mikel Arteta, Tim Cahill, [...]

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Ravel Unravelling?

Stretford End Arising — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:00:01 +0000

By Nick Xydias (Birmingham City fan). When Birmingham City signed Ravel Morrison on loan from West Ham United on 5th August 2012, most Blues fans would have met the news with excitement and wonder. Excitement at his technical ability and wonder in relation to whether Lee Clark could manage to extract consistent performances and commitment from [...]

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Oliver Norwood – Plenty Of Ability But Not Enough Fight

Stretford End Arising — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:40:22 +0000

By Scott Castle (Huddersfield Town fan). Five months ago Oliver Norwood was one of the most highly rated players in The Championship. He signed for Huddersfield Town from Manchester United in the summer and was arguably the in-form player in the second tier. Scoring two and assisting three from a deep lying midfielder role, Norwood [...]

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Former Player Progress Report: Hannover 96 Fan Discusses Mame Biram Diouf

Stretford End Arising — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:03:43 +0000

By Alim Baluch. Get Diouf or die trying If you take the time for a second to imagine that you are a Senegalese teenager, you’re an over-performing striker for a team called Diaraf Dakar and you are hoping for a professional footballing career in Europe. You may dream of the big clubs like Manchester United [...]

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My Favourite Game: Manchester United vs. AC Milan, 24 April 2007

Stretford End Arising — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:59:22 +0000

By Jonathan Fryer. A lot can define the way you feel about a game of football, obviously your own team’s result will naturally have a massive bearing on it, so too would the quality of the football, throw in a few stellar names and some quality goals for good measure and you should have most [...]

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My Favourite Game: One Night In Moscow

Stretford End Arising — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:44:59 +0000

By Rob Britton. One night in Moscow. Just writing the title brings a warm glow inside, a feeling that brings a smile to my face and many Manchester United fans. The heartache we endure as football fans is well worth the pain if we can celebrate special nights like those on the 21st May 2008, [...]

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My Favourite Game: West Ham United 1-6 Manchester United, 6 May 1967

Stretford End Arising — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:10:50 +0000

By Alan Holmes. So many games to choose from in 40 odd years of following United but my favourite game takes me back to 1967 and as a 14 going on 15 year old at the time, is now a dim and distant memory in terms of the actual goal details more a memory of [...]

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Case For The Defence Of Peter Davenport

Stretford End Arising — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:33:43 +0000

By Matthew Bird. My Dad, moved to Manchester when he was 15 from Nottingham. Consequentially he is a Forest fan whom still regales me of trips to Munich and Madrid when they won stuff back in the days of black and white telly, and Managers whom used to give fans clips round their ears. As [...]

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My Favourite Game: Manchester United 5 – 0 Manchester City, 10 November 1994

Stretford End Arising — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:10:16 +0000

By Matthew Bird. For me, being asked to write about your favourite game is a quandary. How do you pick? I mean really, out of all we’ve seen and won how do you pick? I decided on a few parameters. For it to be in the criteria, I have to have been there. As I’ve [...]

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