When Manchester United visit Wolves on Saturday it will be one day short of the Munich anniversary and unlike some other cretins around the country, you can be certain fans at Molineux will mark that solemn occasion with the utmost respect. Apart from the tragedy itself, Wolverhampton lost one of their own who is still revered to this very day. Duncan Edwards was born in the town of Dudley just south of the city and had it not been for the persistence of United manager Sir Matt Busby, the youngster could have easily signed for the Wolves. The story goes that Busby arrived at the Edwards family home soon after midnight to make sure that he secures the youngster’s signature

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The 2010-11 season is barely past the half way stage but you may want to note Wednesday January 5 in your diary. Manchester United did not even play that night yet it’s a date that could turn out to be THE pivotal day of the season. Arsenal and Manchester City both dropped two points in a scoreless draw at the Emirates while Chelsea and Tottenham were defeated at Wolves and Everton respectively.

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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has demanded respect from Sir Alex Ferguson for the progress the Blues have made under him. The United boss continued his sniping ahead of tonight’s derby, accusing City of talking themselves up as a big club without having the trophies to back up their bold rhetoric. And a banner still hangs in the Stretford End at Old Trafford, mocking City’s ongoing failure to win a trophy, the timeline now standing at 34 years, their last silverware being the 1976 League Cup. Read the full story

The last 12 months have not been the best for Michael Carrick and he will be the first to admit it. After three seasons at Old Trafford in which each produced a Premier League winning medal, United not only drew a blank in the last campaign but an alarming dip in form resulted in him being consistently left on the bench by Sir Alex Ferguson giving him a frustrating season he would rather forget. Carrick didn’t feature against Wolves at the weekend but if veteran Paul Scholes had his way, the midfielder will be in the starting line up on Wednesday night in the Manchester derby at Eastlands.

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Forget about your £200,000 a week footballers, multi million pound transfer deals, 25 year club managers like Sir Alex Ferguson, FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s World Cup and the mega buck television deals. Ask yourselves instead ‘Where will football be without the humble fan?’ You never see any lurid headlines in the newspapers about them unless a handful of alcohol fuelled ones create mayhem like the incidents after the Napoli game in Liverpool a few days ago. Thankfully, for every one of those cretins there are thousands like Manchester United besotted die hard fan Peter Bolton who was recognised by the official club website this week.

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Sir Alex Ferguson heaped praise on his injury-ravaged Manchester United team today for marking his 24th anniversary as manager with a 2-1 win over Wolves. Park Ji-sung struck the winner two minutes into injury time, just as it seemed United were about to lose more ground to Chelsea in the title race. The South Korean’s near post effort gave United their sixth successive win and they head into Wednesday’s Manchester derby at Eastlands in confident mood, even if their ranks are somewhat depleted.

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