Wes Brown was repeatedly given a hard time by Sir Alex Ferguson when it came time for contract negotiations. In October 2004 the club had offered Brown what they believed to be a reasonable deal and weren't prepared to budge.

"We've made the boy an offer and he's turned it down," said Ferguson.

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...
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On the 23rd of October 2011, an idea for an app came to mind...
... the number nineteen on a red background would slowly morph into 1-6 on a sky blue background.
Less than a fortnight later and Steve Bruce and Wes Brown were needed to ensure that Sir Ferguson's 25th anniversary was marketed correctly.

Dimitar Berbatov was the Premier League's top scorer seven months ago and lifted a record breaking 19th title with Manchester United. He has been fourth choice striker at the club this season though, behind Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez.

The club tried to sell the striker in the summer following his omission from the Champions League final squad but the player wasn't having any of it, determined to stay on our books and fight for his place and has behaved admirably since.

Manchester City scored three and stayed top of the table. Manchester United score five and remained in second position. Tottenham and Chelsea, in third and fourth position respectively, play each other on Thursday night. On the face of it, everything stayed the same. Manchester City first, Manchester United second, Tottenham third and Chelsea fourth.

Sunderland may not be in trophy-winning form this season, but their victory in the always-eventful 'sack race' may prove to be a blessing in disguise.

After looking tame and lacking confidence for much of this campaign under Steve Bruce, with a paltry 11 points from 14 matches their return, new club chairman Ellis Short felt the club needed to go in a new direction.

Nothing seems to be going so right for Sunderland at the moment, The Mackems created several chances before going down to a 1-2 loss in stoppage time from a miscommunication from the defender and the keeper. Featured player Nicklas Bendtner is still finding his feet in his new club, on his 10th appearance, He had a relatively quiet game yesterday, but played a part in Sunderland's first goal cutting back onto his right foot, before smashing a low effort that bounced up towards Al-Habsi, who fumbled it and it fell to Swedish midfielder Sebastian Larsson who smashed it in from close range.

Nothing seems to be going so right for Sunderland at the moment, The Mackems created several chances before going down to a 1-2 loss in stoppage time from a miscommunication from the defender and the keeper. Featured player Nicklas Bendtner is still finding his feet in his new club, on his 10th appearance, He had a relatively quiet game yesterday, but played a part in Sunderland's first goal cutting back onto his right foot, before smashing a low effort that bounced up towards Al-Habsi, who fumbled it and it fell to Swedish midfielder Sebastian Larsson who smashed it in from close range.

By Alan Duffy

Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic Premier League 26th November 2011

Argentinian striker Franco Di Santo is enjoying his best spell so far in England, after struggling at Chelsea and Blackburn. The hitman netted his fourth of the current season at the Stadium of Light, double what he had managed in his three previous seasons combined.

A key aspect of every Premier League side is the addition of new players in the summer. With the league table starting to take a definitive shape, we look at some of the best and worst signings from this past window, based on their performances thus far.

Winner: Sergio Aguero, Manchester City

Roberto Mancini may not be utilizing another free-scoring Argentine, but the addition of "Kun" Aguero from Atletico Madrid has rendered Carlos Tevez almost irrelevant.

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Saturday

- Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric are set to stand trial for tax evasion at Portsmouth FC in early 2012.

1. Wes Brown demonstrated the loyalty that Sir Alex Ferguson has instilled in his players during his 25-year reign with an own goal winner for Manchester United. Having said that, if any Sunderland player had scored an own goal there would have been a pretty good chance the player in question was an ex-United player.

Mock the Weekend: Manchester United to follow up naming stand after Sir Alex Ferguson by unveiling the 'Michael Owen bench'

The Manchester United manager had a stand named after him but was given a naff picture of Old Trafford, although Wes Brown made up for it by scoring an own goal & gifting him a win

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Mock the Weekend: Manchester United to follow up naming stand after Sir Alex Ferguson by unveiling the 'Michael Owen bench'

The Manchester United manager had a stand named after him but was given a naff picture of Old Trafford, although Wes Brown made up for it by scoring an own goal & gifting him a win

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-11-07 08:10:00 from: Goal

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

Mock the Weekend: Manchester United to follow up naming stand after Sir Alex Ferguson by unveiling the 'Michael Owen bench'

The Manchester United manager had a stand named after him but was given a naff picture of Old Trafford, although Wes Brown made up for it by scoring an own goal & gifting him a win

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-11-07 08:10:00 from: Goal

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

Mock the Weekend: Manchester United to follow up naming stand after Sir Alex Ferguson by unveiling the 'Michael Owen bench'

The Manchester United manager had a stand named after him but was given a naff picture of Old Trafford, although Wes Brown made up for it by scoring an own goal & gifting him a win

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-11-07 08:10:00 from: Goal

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

The last weekend in Europe ahead of the international break saw Real Madrid extend their lead in La Liga while Udinese and Lazio took advantage of some Juventus's match being postponed to move to the top of Serie A.

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Real Madrid have a three-point lead at the top of the Liga table over Barcelona after Barca need a late goal from Lionel Messi to grab a point at Athletic Bilbao.

Saturday Sundae: Billy Sharp's standing ovation plus mirror images

Tractor Boys applaud opposition striker's goal; miss of the day contests; historical symmetry; and Wes Brown MOMENT OF THE DAY Ipswich fans giving Doncaster's Billy Sharp a standing ovation after he scored against them, days after the death of his son.

By Alan Duffy

Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland Premier League 5th November 2011

United's 1-0 victory against Sunderland won't go down as one of their better performances during Fergie's 25-year reign, as the home side failed to match the occasion with a big performance.

Featured player Nicklas Bendtner played the 90 minutes as Sunderland put on a brave performance at Old Trafford this afternoon against Manchester United. Sunderland set out in a 4-4-2 counter-attacking system against Man-U with N.B-52 and Connor Wickham upfront but the later was stretchered off early on due to a injury replaced by Ji Dong Won.

Manchester United went back to the 2nd place of the English Premier League table after defeating visitor's Sunderland in a boring show at Old Trafford where the club celebrated the manager's 25 years...
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It wasn't vintage United but they came away with the win thanks to former defender Wes Brown's o.g from a Nani corner to keep Sir Alex Ferguson happy enough to celebrate his 25th anniversary as Manchester United manager in style.

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Echoing the sentiments of Kieran Richardson this week, another former Manchester United youth product at Sunderland, Wes Brown, has claimed he is looking forward to returning to Old Trafford this weekend.

"It'll be good. I'm really looking forward to going back to Old Trafford," said Brown.

Echoing the sentiments of Kieran Richardson this week, another former Manchester United youth product at Sunderland, Wes Brown, has claimed he is looking forward to returning to Old Trafford this weekend.

"It'll be good. I'm really looking forward to going back to Old Trafford," said Brown.

Darren Bent's first return to Wearside since his switch to Aston Villa has dominated the headlines, but Steve Bruce will more concerned with trying to find what would only be his third home win of 2011.

Alex McLeish is coming off the back of two losses; one far from unexpected, the other extremely disappointing.

By 1970's GoonerIt was just as well that RVP got fouled by the slow ex Man Utd defender Wes Brown. And of course just as well that RVP finally took a free kick after three others went woefully unexploited.I say just as well because we did not look like really scoring even if we had the domination and possession in the second half.

Coming off a long and quite International break, Arsenal were facing Sunderland at home in the Sunday sun in what could have been billed as a 'relegation' match as both clubs were mired in the bottom quarter of the table. Arsenal having started the season in their worst form since 1974, a win was an absolute must for the men in red and white.

The United Task: How Liverpool should attack the game

Liverpool face Manchester United on Saturday having not lost to their fierce rivals at Anfield since December 2007. The Reds will be eager to extend that run and close the gap on Alex Ferguson's side to just three points, but against a team who are as yet unbeaten in the league season, who have dropped just two points in seven games, how should Kenny Dalglish send his team out to gain a positive result?

Sunderland were left shell shocked earlier on when West Bromwich Albion took a 2 goal lead in the first 5 minutes. Firstly a foul was given middway through the Mackems half, It was swung in by Chris Brunt and Scotsman James Morrison got on the end of it with a header to put the visiting side in the lead.

Ryan Giggs has warned the youngsters coming through the ranks at Old Trafford that talent alone is insufficient to make the grade at United.
The veteran midfielder feels a number of the club's teenagers are good enough to pull on the famous red shirt but the important step is to have the fight and determination to succeed at the highest level.

SIR BOBBY CHARLTON believes that Wayne Rooney can be the leader of the young Manchester United pack evoking memories of Eric Cantona.
United great Charlton praised the important role Cantona played in helping nurture the careers of David Beckham, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes in the 1990s.

After enjoying a great spell at Sunderland in 2008, Jonny Evans came back in to the United squad and put in some really solid performances against some top teams.

However, after a couple of seasons in the first team squad, filling in whenever Rio Ferdinand or Nemanja Vidic were unable to play, Evans endured a stinker of a season last year.

It was 50/50 in the end if Nicklas Bendtner would secure his loan move away from Arsenal to get regular opportunities in the Barclays Premier League. NB52 ended up heading North-East, to Sunderland. The club have made some decent signings this summer with John O'Shea, Wes Brown and playmaker Sebastian Larsson coming into Stadium Of Light.

Former Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand secured a deadline day transfer to Premier League newboys Queens Park Rangers. The 26 year old was faced with increased competition at the Stadium of Light this season after the summer arrivals of former Manchester United defenders Wes Brown and John O'Shea, and has opted for more playing time at QPR.

Following Wes Brown's transfer to Sunderland, Jonny Evans has been given his number 6 shirt which he had worn since 2003. Evans' 23 shirt, which he inherited from Kieran Richardson, has now been passed down to Tom Cleverley. Evans insists he's not bothered by the change in numbers though and isn't at all superstitious about the shirt he plays in.

Por Ernesto Rosado Magallón
Otro año más la Premier League encabeza el continente europeo ofreciendo a los seguidores, repartidos por todo el mundo, una liga que sigue creciendo.
Sobretodo destacaré el inicio de este curso 2011-2012, en algo que todos deseábamos, que muchos equipos se reforzaran y apostaran por nuevos jugadores para sus planteles.

With Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic both leaving the pitch injured in Manchester United's 2-1 opening weekend win over West Brom on Sunday, fans must have been wondering "Why did we get rid of both John O'Shea and Wes Brown ... Continue reading →

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After spending the summer making a decuplet of signings that all rate somewhere fairly high on the 'impressive' spectrum (Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Connor Wickham, Seb Larsson, Craig Gardner, etc), Sunderland are about to add an eleventh and, perhaps, this one is the most impressive of them all.

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by Nate Williams

Sebastian Larsson made a superb start for Sunderland to score on his debut and earn them a point at Liverpool.

It took only five minutes for the first penalty of the premiership season to be awarded after Kieran Richardson tripped Luis Suarez.