Manchester United vs Newcastle United match banter.
Posted on November 26th, 2011 | 129 Comments |
Date: Saturday 26 November, 2011
Kick-off: 3.00pm.
Referee: Mike Jones (replaces Phil Dowd).
Good afternoon Geordies and welcome to our regular “match banter” feature for this afternoon’s game, which sees the Magpies facing another tough game in Manchester, this time against the United lot.
For an in depth preview to the game, please check out our match preview. Also, we will also be adding the full teamsheets for the game to this post once they become available, along with a full match report and highlights when the game is over so stay tuned!
Much like last weekend, despite still being in the top four we will go into this match as underdogs, with victory eluding us at Old Trafford since the days of Joe Harvey. Our last victory, in February 1972, came exactly a week after the day that will forever live in Geordie infamy, when non-league Hereford United knocked us out of the FA Cup in a 2-1 replay victory. The week after, we beat a side which still included the likes of Charlton, Law and Best. As one of their equally great contemporaries, Jimmy Greaves once said, “It’s a fanny old game”. But getting back to the present, we’re certainly due a victory at the “Theatre of Dreams” so here’s hoping!
Finally, if you have any good links for the game to share, please feel free to share them in the comments section below!
Howay the Lads!
Teams
Manchester United ( ): David De Gea, Fabio, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidić, Rio Ferdinand, Nani, Ashley Young, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney.
Subs: Anders Lindegaard (G), Frederico Macheda, Chris Smalling, Ji-Sung Park, Darron Gibson, Antonio Valencia, Jonathan Evans.
Newcastle United (4-4-1-1): Tim Krul (G), Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini (C), Ryan Taylor, Gabriel Obertan, Yohan Cabaye, Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa; Demba Ba.
Subs: Rob Elliot (G), Davide Santon, James Perch, Dan Gosling, Sammy Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands, Shola Ameobi.
ASHLEY OOT AND OWL HEED COOT.