After the two sides finished level at Rockingham Road a week and a half ago, it was the only
draw that could have been made. Manchester United. For Leeds United, this match is an opportunity
to make acquaintances again with their rivals from the other side of the Pennines. Their fall from
grace has been bumpier than most, and possibly the most hurtful aspect of the whole sorry saga is
that Manchester United supporters have been going whole days, perhaps even weeks, without thinking
about how much they despise Leeds United.
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Liverpool Kop 03 December @ 06:47 PM EDT
On New Year's Day 1989, Liverpool lost 3-1 to Manchester United at Old Trafford, a defeat that left
the club languishing 17 points adrift of runaway leaders Arsenal. A cloud of pessimism descended
over Anfield and the title seemed a million miles away. Sound familiar?
After the winning the title in such scintillating style in 87-88, Liverpool were clear favourites
to retain the title in 88-89.
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In Part I of 'Hitting the fan with United' I revealed that I had been an eye-witness to both of
the most serious match-day assaults perpetrated by players on spectators in Manchester United
history, jaw-dropping events which happened 35 years apart.
The first and now less-remembered incident happened in April 1960 and involved Harry Gregg, not
only one of the greatest goalkeepers ever to play for United but also a genuine hero for his
bravery at the time of the Munich Air Crash two years before, when 23 people were killed including
8 'Busby Babes'.
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We have three Matches Of The Week for you this week. Tomorrow night, it's England vs Croatia
in the World Cup qualifiers and on Thursday night the England Ladies Team take on Germany in the
final of the European Women's Championship in Helsinki. Tonight, though, we kick off with Oxford
United vs Luton Town in the Blue Square Premier.
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Lloyd Owusu cuts an unlikely figure as a possible season saving hero. He is thirty-two years old
now, and has spent much of his career as a nearly man - Brentford's all-time highest scorer, he
scored with his first touch for Sheffield Wednesday in a derby match against Sheffield United in
2002, but failed to settle at Hillsborough and ended up cutting something of a journeyman existence
around the lower divisions.
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SoccerLens 10 March @ 10:22 AM EDT
Luton Town fans could have been forgiven for deciding to give this season a miss. At the start of
the season they were docked 30 points due to financial irregularities in regards to the club's
payment of agents via a third party and their inability to agree to a Company Voluntary Agreement
(CVA) to exit [.
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