The Irish Times

Erik ten Hag, the latest mystery gift from United’s managerial lucky dip

Can the Dutch coach take an ailing celebrity club and make it function as a coherent unit?

Thu Apr 21 2022 - 21:50

Michael Walker: Rangnick’s problems seen by O’Farrell nearly 50 years earlier

Only Irish man to manage United faced the similar internal problems that beset the club

Sat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00

Former Ireland international and Man United manager Frank O’Farrell dies at 94

Corkman won nine caps and brought Leicester City to an FA Cup final in 1969

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 14:56

Life post Solskjaer: Five things Manchester United need to do

Club gives the impression of an institution lost in show business rather than football

Sun Nov 21 2021 - 18:18

Cultural reset needed at nostalgic Manchester United

Ferguson seems a manager emeritus, his word consecrated as if a revelation from the divine

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 20:30

There is no easier way to annoy a British soccer fan than referring to soccer as ‘soccer’

Donald Clarke: The rejection of the word by English people happened weirdly recently

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 05:00

Solskjaer says final victory could herald new era of success for United

Manager urges players to mark Busby’s birthday in fitting style with European success

Tue May 25 2021 - 22:35

Michael Walker: Happy 75th George Best, the show’s still going on without you

The Belfast prince added to his legend off the field but on it he was a man of substance

Sat May 22 2021 - 07:00

Alex Ferguson: ‘The operation was a success but you’re in that loneliness. It can be frightening’

Documentary looks at playing and managerial career and recovery from a life-threatening stroke

Mon May 10 2021 - 21:01

Glory days: How Eamon Dunphy brought Matt Busby to book

It’s the book he’s most proud of, published just before Manchester United went mega

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 07:00

Former Ireland assistant manager Maurice Setters has died aged 83

Jack Charlton’s assistant also played under Matt Busby for Manchester United

Mon Nov 23 2020 - 17:06

Sean Connery the man has died. Sean Connery the indestructible legend lives on

He was always a little out of his time, combining charm, menace and old-fashioned masculinity

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 15:17

Sporting Upsets: England beaten by American rank amateurs

1950 Soccer World Cup: USA 1 England 0 - shock victory for team of minnows

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00

Michael Walker: Gareth Bale’s place in Real’s history a strange type of glory

As the great Matt Busby wrote, you can win without affection but you will gain nothing

Sat Sept 19 2020 - 07:00

Sporting upsets: ‘Boring’ Arsenal snatch the league from under Liverpool’s noses in 1989

The title was destined for a city haunted by tragedy - Michael Thomas didn’t read the script

Mon Aug 31 2020 - 06:00

Johnny Watterson: Jack Charlton was forged from rough, tough raw material

He was a chip off the same granite block as Matt Busby, Bill Shankly and Brian Clough

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 06:00

Tony Dunne’s lifelong struggle to articulate his special place in Man United’s history

The Dubliner’s acrimonious departure in 1973 left a mark he carried with him

Sat Jun 13 2020 - 07:00

Manchester United great Tony Dunne dies aged 78

Irishman won the European Cup in 1968 and made over 500 appearances for the club

Mon Jun 08 2020 - 22:39

Ghosts and goalposts: The soul of street football in Dublin’s Gloucester Diamond

Eamon Dunphy among those to hone their trade beneath creaking inner-city tenements

Sat May 30 2020 - 07:00

Harry Gregg: a reluctant hero and a revered shot stopper

Goalkeeper was an incredible embodiment of human spirit in adversity - a hero

Mon Feb 17 2020 - 07:51

Hero of the Munich air disaster Harry Gregg dies aged 87

Former Manchester United goalkeeper twice returned to the burning fuselage

Mon Feb 17 2020 - 07:42

Manchester United’s celebrated academy set for new landmark

Academy with an eventful history is about to reach a 4,000th-match milestone against Everton

Fri Dec 13 2019 - 22:30

Michael Parkinson on George Best: ‘We became friends and that was it’

The broadcaster on his friendship with the footballer, the 'skinny kid' from Belfast

Thu Aug 22 2019 - 00:51

City prove they are definitively the dominant force in Manchester

It is a derby, it is United; how could it not have been a night of furious passions and tension?

Thu Apr 25 2019 - 16:44

Will Solskjær be just another on growing list of failures?

United had a grim and turbulent procession of managers between Busby and Fergie

Mon Apr 22 2019 - 22:30

Solskjær salutes ‘fearless’ Rashford on United’s glory night

Manager backs side to go on and win Champions League after Paris triumph

Thu Mar 07 2019 - 00:33

Solskjær believes Houdini act is always possible against PSG

Manchester United boss hoping spirit of 1999 comeback against Juventus returns in Paris

Tue Mar 05 2019 - 19:22

Solskjær’s magnificent seven breaks Busby’s old Man United mark

Paul Pogba and Marcus Rasford on target in victory over Brighton

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 18:10

Gareth Southgate in the running for Man United job – reports

England manager is apparently on a list of candidates along with Mauricio Pochettino

Sun Jan 13 2019 - 13:46

Solskjaer says United were flattered by 2-0 win over Reading

‘I made it hard for the players to be fair on them because it’s a team that’s never played together’

Sat Jan 05 2019 - 16:25

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: ‘the more you’re here, the more you enjoy it’

Man United interim boss will sit down with Ed Woodward to discuss January transfers

Fri Jan 04 2019 - 10:41

John O’Shea believes Solskjær making ‘hell of an impression to get the job’

Former Man United player set to face old club with Reading in the FA Cup

Thu Jan 03 2019 - 15:39

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: ‘I don’t want to leave’ Man United

Interim manager guided his side to a fourth straight win at Newcastle on Wednesday

Thu Jan 03 2019 - 07:34

José Mourinho forgot happiness need not be a weakness

‘Palpable discord’ followed José Mourinho out the door at Old Trafford

Sat Dec 22 2018 - 08:00