Sir Alex Ferguson has spent 25 years as the manager of Manchester United and he has won the Premier League 12 times, FA Cup 5 times, League Cup 4 times, the Champions League twice, 10 Community/Charity Shields and one each of the now defunct Cup Winners’ Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA World Club Cup and UEFA Super Cup. In his time, he has build and rebuilt at least 4 teams that have contributed in a large part to the trophies he has won and the legacy he has built at Old Trafford. The biggest and the highlight of all his achievements would undoubtedly be the Treble of 1999.  Hours away from our big FA Cup tie against our neighbours and current Premier League leaders, Manchester City, let’s look back to understand how special the Treble triumph was. What better way to do that then by assessing the trophies that we missed out on, on a couple of occasions as one of Sir Alex’s great teams went close to winning the Treble before and after 1999. Read the full story

The normal Sunday book review has been set aside just for this week in order to reproduce a lengthy chat with the now retired Manchester United legend Gary Neville. It may take some time to get through so the interview is presented in three parts so that readers can come back to it at their leisure. Red Nev talks about his decision to retire and looks back on some of the best moments in his career including that 1999 semi final replay against Arsenal which he regards as As former United midfielder Lou Macari said in his tribute “I’ve got to say there aren’t enough Gary Nevilles in the game. If there were, the game would be better.”

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The normal Sunday book review has been set aside just for this week in order to reproduce a lengthy chat with the now retired Manchester United legend Gary Neville. It may take some time to get through so the interview is presented in three parts so that readers can come back to it at their leisure. Red Nev talks about his decision to retire and looks back on some of the best moments in his career including that 1999 semi final replay against Arsenal which he regards as As former United midfielder Lou Macari said in his tribute “I’ve got to say there aren’t enough Gary Nevilles in the game. If there were, the game would be better.”

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February 6, 2011 –  53 years since the Munich air crash and former Old Trafford icon Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice for Real Madrid against Real Sociedad in Spains La Liga. Have a look at the black band on his left arm as he celebrates one of those goals. Rumors soon flooded the internet that Ronaldo was remembering the Munich victims. Did that gesture indicate that one of the biggest names in world football – who has been away from Old Trafford for 18 months, still  has huge respect for his former club?

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And so it’s that time of the year again when newspapers, websites and magazines from all over the world highlight what they believe to have been the best and worst moments in football in 2010, looking at events both on and off the pitch. In this country, the majority of the “worst” moments have been deemed to be concerned with the morally bankrupt, money grabbing ways of the players today and the underhanded, corrupt and sinister dealings of FIFA, with the plaudits for the “best” moments being handed out mainly to Lionel Messi and his teams inspiring 5-0 demolition of Real Madrid in November. I couldn’t agree more. Read the full story

And so it’s that time of the year again when newspapers, websites and magazines from all over the world highlight what they believe to have been the best and worst moments in football in 2010, looking at events both on and off the pitch. In this country, the majority of the “worst” moments have been deemed to be concerned with the morally bankrupt, money grabbing ways of the players today and the underhanded, corrupt and sinister dealings of FIFA, with the plaudits for the “best” moments being handed out mainly to Lionel Messi and his teams inspiring 5-0 demolition of Real Madrid in November. I couldn’t agree more. Read the full story