Football often throws up some delicious ironies. They often happen when least expected with not just one coincidence, not even two or three but as in the current season, a hard to believe FOUR times – and that’s only if I happened to overlook any other instances. Just imagine what the betting odds would have been back in August for the following combination of winners to happen simultaneously. Perhaps every one of them was simply written in the stars.

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Antonio Valencia is looking forward to the day he can raise his arm to his daughter again – but this time with the Premier League trophy in his hand. The last time he did it was to reassure little five year old Domenica as he was carried off on a stretcher in agony at Old Trafford. It was on September 14 last year when Valencia fell awkwardly following a challenge from Rangers’ Kirk Broadfoot suffering  a broken and dislocated left ankle. Now, eight months later, he’s on the brink of a Premier and Champions League double with Manchester United.

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Football and cricket have virtually nothing in common right? Apart from there being another Old Trafford in Manchester where test matches are played. So why is that statement being made by someone who finds cricket tedious on the verge of boring and confesses to knowing nothing about it. Because there may be a lesson to be learned from the recent Ashes series for Manchester United and their fans, a reality check if you like. Englands comprehensive defeat of Australia proved once again that long term success and total domination of any sport must eventually come to an end.

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The heading on the Liverpool fans blog read - Have you seen this photo? (Another reason why he should be sacked ASAP). Was it Barack Obama having a beer with Osama bin Laden? Maybe the Glasgow Rangers chairman inviting the Pope for dinner or possibly the Queen addressing an IRA meeting? Oh no, it was far more earth shattering than that! Believe it or not, there was Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson for all the world to see, giving New Year greetings to his old mate Sir Alex Ferguson at the DW Stadium on Sunday while watching Wigan’s clash with Newcastle!

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25th November – There are so many stories published about Manchester United that it’s  impossible to keep up with all of them. Truly Reds does it’s best to bring you the latest news but only so much can be covered. The only alternative is to collate the news which cannot be updated daily so that we can at least bring it to you every Thursday of  every week.

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Mission accomplished is the best that can be said about this Manchester United drab 1-0 defeat of Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox. United and Valencia will now battle for top spot in Group C in the final game while Rangers can take some consolation from parachuting into the Europa League ahead of Turkish champions Bursaspor.

Wayne Rooney made his first start since signing a lucrative new five year contract and marked the occasion with the only goal late in the game after United had been frustrated by the Scottish champions for the majority of it. Just like all his colleagues, Rooney showed little spark and imagination but in the end the points were won – after all, that’s what counts above everything else. Given the opposition United were facing (with a 5-man defence deployed AT HOME), it was not the time to bet on the Champions League to restore Rooney’s or United’s swashbuckling nature.

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