United count blessings and seek pot luckOne kick from elimination. That was how Alex Ferguson described the situation facing his players on Wednesday nightFri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
United survive late panic attackWho said 2-0 was the most dangerous lead in football? Having held onto their one goal lead for almost 70 minutes after Teddy …Thu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
Manchester United to show that the end can justify the meansIt has long been one of Alex Ferguson's primary beliefs about achievement in football that tactics matter less than players, …Wed Nov 08 2000 - 00:00
No lifeline left as Rangers sinkRangers are out of the European Cup for another yearWed Nov 08 2000 - 00:00
Rangers in battle for credibilityAssuming the desperate weather in England does not transfer itself north across the border, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, will tonight…Tue Nov 07 2000 - 00:00
Bradford axe falls on HutchingsJust five months and 12 league games after succeeding his friend Paul Jewell as manager of Bradford City, Chris Hutchings yesterday…Tue Nov 07 2000 - 00:00
Leeds suffer an insult in injury timeAt the end they trooped off disconsolate and not a little dazedWed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
Ain't no mountain higher for LeedsThe players of Manchester United may well have been lining up lately to say how underwhelmed they all are by the dreary weekly…Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Taylor and McClaren in temporary chargeLess than 24 hours after Newcastle United forcefully rejected their approach for the services of Bobby Robson, the English Football…Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
Beckham has the Giles rangeAlex Ferguson rocked back on his heels and ransacked his memory vaultsMon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
Mask of sufferance removedAs Patrick Vieira would no doubt confirm, you do not forget your first encounter with Sinisa MihajlovicMon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
Waking up to a red temperFamous for his early rises, Alex Ferguson should have no difficulty getting his players up for this morning's eagerly-awaited…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Ferguson opens fireQuick, quick, dust down those "Fergie Fury" headlines, the hard man from Govan is on the warpath againWed Oct 18 2000 - 01:00
Beckham's picture-book worldGobble, gobble, gobble. Christmas is coming. You can tell from the turkeysMon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
Portugal ditch Dutch to take pole positionWe had pondered all the permutations and how they would impact on Irish hopes in this daunting group, but few can have thought…Thu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Portuguese must hold Holland this timeMany of those entering this particular Low Country yesterday did so in a state of high anxietyWed Oct 11 2000 - 01:00
The shape of things to comeSeeking to bring some levity to what was a fairly serious situation, the man from the Mirror reached into the fruit bowl, pulled…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Keegan upstages England's big stageThe walk into the past is long and irreversible. On Saturday, England expected one national institution to make itMon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Keegan prepared for grand farewellLike an invading army bent on an aggressive imposition of its own agenda, history is on the march againSat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
Central role for ScholesDespite the odd back-page injury scare, a measure of the comfortable state of Kevin Keegan's England squad preparing to face …Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
German camp in disarrayJust in case anyone had doubted it, given their dismal, bitterly introspective performance at Euro 2000, the stereotype of German…Wed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
England at full strengthKevin Keegan found himself in a most unusual and privileged position for an international manager yesterdayTue Oct 03 2000 - 01:00
Henry's magic sends Arsenal spirits soaringTomorrow is the anniversary of Manchester United's 5-0 defeat at Chelsea last seasonMon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Teenager Cole in Keegan's Wembley plansThe last match at Wembley stadium, between England and Germany next Saturday, will be an occasion for history, nostalgia and …Fri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
Highbury treated to finest of home fareIn the end, as in the beginning, it was all about caviarThu Sept 28 2000 - 01:00
Elland Road transformed into Fantasy IslandThey have been working hard on their image at Leeds United recently, but no one at the club mentioned that Elland Road reworked…Wed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
Leeds closes ranks on and off the fieldThe way people were talking, Leeds was due to be a city under siege this eveningTue Sept 26 2000 - 01:00
Imagine what your league could beWasn't it Gary Lineker who once said that the best way to watch Wimbledon play football was on teletext? Well, having watched…Mon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
One six-goal `thriller' that never took offThe man sitting in the row in front of the Old Trafford press box got up from his seat, tucked his programme under his arm, and…Mon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
Bowyer does the business as Leeds bounce backYou suspect they would have been happy with a point, indeed after the Barcelona demolition it seems reasonable to assume they…Wed Sept 20 2000 - 01:00
O'Leary settles for bottom line in LeedsThere must have been times in the past when David O'Leary thought to himself that if he didn't see Jack Charlton again it would…Tue Sept 19 2000 - 01:00
Wanchope hits equaliser in dire struggleThose advocates of the leagues within leagues theory concerning the Premiership were given some persuasive new evidence yesterday…Mon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
McClaren's formula a winning oneThere is an interesting advert running in Manchester United's various publicationsMon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
Ranieri in the hot seatTo most of those at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night he was just another face in the fuel-affected crowd of 18,196, but it transpired…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Bates keeps the rotation system going at ChelseaAccording to Tony Adams 10 days ago, Gianluca Vialli was preparing to have a year out when his present Chelsea contract expired…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Injury-hit Leeds face torrid time at O'Leary's favourite placeOne hundred and eighteen thousand seats in the biggest football ground in Europe; over 100,000 members, including the Pope, who…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Future not promising for ChelseaThere are nil-nils and there are nil-nils. Believe it, this was as nil-nil a nil-nil as any there have ever beenMon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
Loftus Road missing Bowles magicI thought of Stanley Bowles the other night. Nothing new in that, I often think of Stanley BowlesMon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
Owen helps himself to first-half hat-trickAnd now you better believe it. Michael Owen is back, or should that be back, back, backThu Sept 07 2000 - 01:00
City give exposed Leeds the bluesThe last 100 per cent record in the Premiership is no moreWed Sept 06 2000 - 01:00
Leeds Utd v Man CityHaving missed out on the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier in Amsterdam on Saturday night because of his alleged misdemeanour…Tue Sept 05 2000 - 01:00
Club and fans still not in ToonTony Coutts, Jane Duffy, Geoff O'Brien, Brent Pitcher, Alison Waugh, Colin WhittleMon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
First refusal for Cole in striker's roleWith doubts about his leadership as resonant as the north bell in Notre Dame, Kevin Keegan will tonight rely on three men from…Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Old infirm league doesn't workAbout 100 yards past the self-styled bar, "The Last Pub In England", still on the southern side of the England-Scotland border…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Leeds brought back to earthThe staff at Elland Road will have produced a large and sharp intake of breath on three separate occasions yesterday morningSat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
England captaincy for AdamsTen weeks after England's embarrassing exit from the European Championship at the hands of Romania in Charleroi, Kevin Keegan…Fri Aug 25 2000 - 01:00
