Friday 15 September 2000
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| 23:30-00:00 |
| Premier League Preview |
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| 18:00-18:30 |
| Premier League Preview |
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Saturday 16 September 2000
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| 12:15-13:10 |
| Football Focus |
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| 22:30-23:45 |
| Match of the Day |
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| 12:00-18:00 |
| Gillette Soccer Saturday |
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| 23:55-00:00 |
| Premiership Shorts: Favourite Player - Matthew Le Tissier |
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| 18:30-19:30 |
| Football: Jersey Football Tournament |
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| 19:00-23:00 |
| Football Latest (live) |
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| 05:55-06:00 |
| Premiership Shorts: Favourite Player - Matthew Le Tissier (Repeat) |
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| 03:30-04:30 |
| Football: Jersey Football Tournament |
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Sunday 17 September 2000
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| 07:00-08:10 |
| Match of the Day (Repeat) |
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| 15:00-18:30 |
| Ford Super Sunday: Manchester City Vs Middlesborough - Live |
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| 20:30-23:00 |
| Goals On Sunday |
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| 23:00-00:00 |
| Football: Jersey Football Tournament |
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| 15:00-18:30 |
| Ford Interactive Football: Manchester City Vs Middlesborough - Live |
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Monday 18 September 2000
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| 12:30-15:00 |
| Goals On Sunday |
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| 23:25-23:30 |
| Premiership Shorts: Favourite Player - Dennis Bergkamp |
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Tuesday 19 September 2000
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| 23:55-00:00 |
| Premiership Shorts: Favourite Player - Matthew Le Tissier |
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| 19:30-22:00 |
| Gillette Soccer Special |
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Wednesday 20 September 2000
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| 22:55-23:00 |
| Premiership Shorts: Favourite Player - Eric Cantona |
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| 19:00-22:00 |
| Gillette Soccer Special |
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Thursday 21 September 2000
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| 00:05-00:30 |
| Jonathan Pearce's Football Night |
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Friday 22 September 2000
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| 23:30-00:00 |
| Premier League Preview |
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| 18:00-18:30 |
| Premier League Preview |
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Sir
Alex Ferguson
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Man.
United:
Last Season: 1st, 91pts
W28
D7 L3 F97 A45
Stadium: Old Trafford
(116x76yds)
Capacity: 61, 380
Year Formed: 1878
Manager: Sir Alec Ferguson
Chairman: Mr. M. Edwards |
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In:
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Fabien
Barthez (Monaco, £7.8m), Daniel Nardiello (Wolves, £200,000) |
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Out:
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Massimo
Taibi (Reggina, £2.5m), Danny Higginbotham (Derby, £2m), John
Curtis (Blackburn, £1.5m), Paul Wheatcroft (Bolton, Free), Jordi Cruyff
(Alaves, Free), Michael Twiss (Port Vale, free), Stephen Rose (Bristol
Rovers, free), Mark Bosnich (Celtic, loan), Luke Chadwick & Kirk
Hilton (Royal Antwerp, loan) |
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Fabien
Barthez
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The champions
are again seen as the side to beat and Sir Alex Ferguson the manager to out-manoeuvre.
On a positive note, for the neutrals at least, this provides massive incentive
for the oppposition. But, despite his tremendous success, the Old Trafford
boss shows no sign of settling for second best.
United have
won the Premiership six times in the last eight years. They have the best
manager, the best squad and an insatiable hunger for silverware. Last season
they finished 18 points clear of the chasing pack. And now - with the signing
of Barthez, and the return of Johnsen, Blomqvist and Brown from injury -
they will be even stronger. Can anyone touch them?
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David
Beckham
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Probably not,
although the statistics offer a glimmer of hope for the likes of Arsenal,
Liverpool and Leeds. United have a pattern of winning two championships
and then losing one (93 and 94, 96 and 97, then 99 and 00), and their poor
defensive record is a chink in the armour. Silvestre is suspect, Irwin is
ageing and both Nevilles aren't the players that Kevin Keegan thought they
were? United also conceded more goals than most of their immediate rivals
last year.
However, their
defence is unlikely to be as leaky this season. The addition of Barthez
and the return of Johnsen and Brown to complement the formidable Stam should
see to that. Yet hopefully United's seventh title in nine years won't be
nailed down by Easter this year. They will have one eye on regaining the
Champions League, and there won't be any mid-season break to Brazil to recharge
the batteries.
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Paul
Scholes
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Their remarkable
level of success, their squad, and the way most of the Premiership travels
to Old Trafford thinking not whether they can win, but how they can keep
the score down, though, adds up to one sobering conclusion. Manchester United
are probably going to win it again.
2000-2001
SQUAD NUMBERS
1 Fabien Barthez
(G)
2 Gary Neville (D)
3 Denis Irwin (D)
4 David May (D)
5 Ronny Johnsen (D)
6 Jaap Stam (D)
7 David Beckham (M)
8 Nicky Butt (M)
9 Andy Cole (F)
10 Teddy Sheringham (F)
11 Ryan Giggs (F)
12 Phil Neville (D)
13 Mark Bosnich (G)
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15 Jesper Blomqvist (M)
16 Roy Keane (M)
17 Raimond Van Der Gouw (G)
18 Paul Scholes (F)
19 Dwight Yorke (F)
20 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (F)
21 Henning Berg (D)
22 Ronnie Wallwork (D)
23 Michael Clegg (M)
24 Wes Brown (D)
25 Quinton Fortune (M)
26 Mark Wilson (M)
27 Mikael Silvestre (D)
28 Michael Stewart (M)
29 Alex Notman (F)
30 John O'Shea (D)
31 Darren Fletcher
32 Bojan Djordjic (M)
33 Paul Rachubka (G)
34 Jonathan Greening (F)
35 David Healy (F)
Luke Chadwick
(F)
Paul Teather (D)
Other
Premier League Teams:
Arsenal •
Aston
Villa • Bradford
City • Charlton
Athletic • Chelsea
• Coventry
City • Derby
County • Everton
• Ipswich
Town • Leeds
United • Leicester
City • Liverpool
• Manchester
City
• Middlesbrough
• Newcastle
United • Southampton
• Sunderland
• Tottenham
Hotspur • West
Ham United
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