Goalless in Group E: - United’s busy but disjointed start to the season continued with another goalless outing against Villarreal. Given that United’s previous two meetings again the Spanish side had failed to produce any goals, the gathered Old Trafford throng might have quietly hoped for a glut of sorts to kick-start the season. It wasn’t to be.  Read More →

Following his second minute assist for Carlos Tevez at Anfield on Saturday, Dimitar Berbatov might have been forgiven for thinking he was due a dream debut. Things soured pretty rapidly for United, however, and Berbatov had to settle for seeing out his debut with a bitter defeat to our most despised rivals. No doubt, therefore, he’ll be ultra-keen to make amends and show United fans tomorrow night exactly what £32 million buys you in terms of attacking talent. The advantage of a stepping out this time on a stirring Old Trafford night and the pace of European football should work in his favour. But will he even play?  Read More →

Third out of the hat for us were Danish team Aalborg BK. “Who they?”, you ask. As did we. Well, Aalborg are the 2007-2008 Danish Superliga champions - the third time they have won that honour, adding to their titles in 1995 and 1999. The Danes, managed by former Arsenal boss Bruce Rioch, qualified for the Phase 1 matches of the Champions League by seeing off Modrika 7-1 (agg) in the first qualifying round, before defeating Kaunas 2-0 (agg) in the second qualifying round.  Read More →