Oh dear. "David Beckham: Theatre of Dreams" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

ARGENTINA! surprisingly battered Brazil in today's semi-final at the Olympics, meaning they will not go on to play Nigeria in Saturday's final for the gold medal. The referee was taking no prisoners, sending off two frustrated Brazilian's for challenges that would usually see just a yellow card in the Premiership. Click to continue reading...

Fernando Torres, nicknamed 'El Nino', had a very impressive debut season in the Premiership, scoring 24 league goals for Liverpool. The player who United have been linked with on numerous occasions but instead joined compatriot Rafa Benitez with the dippers. Whilst having his way against most Premiership defences, Torres was rendered absolutely worthless in both matches [. Click to continue reading...

John Terry's appointment as England captain has got me thinking about what a 'good captain' should be. The man who famously dropped David Beckham, before realising the errors of his ways (albeit, too late) and lost his job because of it, has made yet another controversial decision on awarding the captaincy to Terry. Click to continue reading...

It was only when I watched Match of the Day that evening that I saw Gary Neville's celebration following Rio Ferdinand's injury time winner. Like Neville and every other Manchester United fan, I had gone absolutely mental, so missed his thigh slapping and badge holding. Of course, like every other time the two clubs meets, Neville [. Click to continue reading...

The Charlatans, fronted by Salford lad Tim Burgess, performed at V Festival at the weekend, receiving rave reviews. Their most recent album was given away free online for fans, ranking 2nd in the indie chart. This was a band fully involved in the Madchester scene that was knocking about in the 80s, becoming popular after supporting [. Click to continue reading...

Perfect timing for an International friendly eh? England take on the Czech Republic days after the Premiership season kicked off, in a pointless match at the new Wembley stadium. Training is under way and it's a case of 'same old England'. "I can guarantee we have 23 men who are ready to run through brick walls for [. Click to continue reading...

Following the booing Manchester City fans dished out to their team last week, as well as news that owner Thaksin Shinawatra had warrants out for his arrest, the 4-2 battering Aston Villa dished out them confirmed the misery for the bluenoses and Mark Hughes yesterday. However down you might get over United, you should always [. Click to continue reading...

I got to Old Trafford earlier than usual yesterday, hoping that there might be some sort of ceremony to celebrate the wonderful season we've just enjoyed. Whilst the friendly against Juve was billed as the trophy celebration, I was sure they'd let the home crowd on the first day of the season share in the [. Click to continue reading...

Ahead of kick-off yesterday, as well as the handing out of the Reserve team awards for Danny Welbeck and Richard Eckersley, another United 'partner' was announced. Saudi Telecom will now be handing over more money than any other sponsor, apart from AIG, who get their logo on our shirts (and taxis all over town! Click to continue reading...

The sun was shining as we left Old Trafford yesterday, but the usual chants of us being Champions that have filled the tunnels under the ground upon exit were missing. We weren't a happy bunch of fans. Walking out under the Sir Matt Busby statue, the two opposing sets of fans began to mingle. The usual [. Click to continue reading...

Dimitar Berbatov is keen to finally get a move through to Manchester United, two years after rushing a deal with Tottenham Hotspur rather than wait around for United. After the Premier League couldn't find enough to charge United with tapping up from Daniel Levy's evidence, the press seem pretty certain a deal will go through sometime [. Click to continue reading...

Videos from United's 1-1 draw with Newcastle. Cheer up Kevin Keegan 17.8.08Uploaded by RepublikOfMancunia Stand Up For the Champions 17.8.08Uploaded by RepublikOfMancunia Celebrating Fletcher's goal 17.8.08Uploaded by RepublikOfMancunia "VIDEO: From the stands vs the Geordies" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

...and Carlos Tevez, Owen Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson, Gary Neville, Louis Saha, Ji-Sung Park and Michael Carrick (for 65 minutes). We weren't at the races today. As soon as Edwin Van der Sar made the decision to punch the ball rather than collect it, leading to the corner which Newcastle opened the scoring from, you knew we [. Click to continue reading...

Park Ji-Sung's song has been the most popular in Old Trafford for some time, as any funny chant taking the piss out of the scousers will be. Now, I won't be able to compete with the popular songs already going for him, but can we improve on his already successful chant? To This is Your Song And you [. Click to continue reading...