Tag Archives: Manchester United
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9 Most Successful Soccer Managers Of All Time
Even the most soccer-averse North American fans have probably caught wind that Alex Ferguson, the fabled manager of Manchester United for 26 years, is stepping down. While his name is synonymous with modern soccer success, it begs the question of how he stacks up in the pantheon of great managers throughout history. Comparing sports figures [...]
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Patrice Evra Celebrates Man U’s Premier League Title By Biting an Arm, à la Luis Suarez (GIF)
On Monday, Manchester United secured their 20th Premier League title via a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa—coupled with Manchester City’s 3-1 loss to Tottenham one day earlier. That was reason enough to celebrate on the field at Old Trafford, and winning the award for oddest choice of celebration was Patrice Evra, who decided to take a [...]
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Former and Current Manchester United Players Play Soccer Blindfolded (Video)
Everybody loves a great sports partnership in which two players have a mutual instinctive understanding of what the other is going to do. In basketball, the partnership of John Stockton and Karl Malone comes to mind. And in hockey, there was the partnership between Adam Oates and Brett Hull, or the partnership between Wayne Gretzky [...]
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Ball Boy Fail: Kid Falls on His Head During Controversial Man United-Real Madrid UCL Match (GIF)
The biggest story from yesterday’s Champions League match between Real Madrid and Manchester United was, without a doubt, the controversial red card handed out to Man U’s Nani. Early in the second half, the Portuguese national was going for a ball that was about chest high and ended up catching Real’s Alvaro Arbeloa in the [...]
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UEFA Champions League: Nani’s Red Card the Difference as Real Madrid Beat Manchester United (Video)
Anytime two historic soccer clubs like Manchester United and Real Madrid square off against one another, it is bound to attract plenty of attention worldwide. Today’s UEFA Champions League match-up between the two teams at Old Trafford was no different, and now the world is talking about Nani‘s controversial red card that effectively turned the [...]
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Manchester City Fans Threw Coins at Man U’s Rio Ferdinand (Video)
The Manchester Derby between Manchester United and Manchester City has been around since 1881, but the rivalry has never been more fierce. Last year the two EPL clubs duked it out all season long for the League Championship, and even then it still came down to the final day of the season with City staging [...]
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Usain Bolt Wants To Try Out For Manchester United
So apparently the World’s Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, thinks he could cut it as a professional soccer player on one of the best teams in the greatest league in the world. Nobody ever said the guy lacked confidence. On Monday, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m sprint told UK paper The [...]
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Top 10 Best Ryan Giggs Goals (Videos)
Ryan Giggs is regarded, to many, the best player to ever grace a Manchester United shirt. Even greater than United legend George Best, the player is still continuing his career whilst 38; still, every time the legendary midfielder plays the game he showcases he hasn’t lost his magical touch that escalated him to the status of on of the best [...]
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Top 10 Best Javier Hernandez Goals (Videos)
With the striker displaying fine form during the world cup for Mexico, Manchester United made sure of purchasing Javier Hernandez for a bargain price of of around £8 million. Scoring over 15 goals during his debut season for the club, the striker is sure to enjoy several seasons in fine goal-scoring form. Total Pro Sports takes a [...]
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Tempers Flare Between Sir Alex Ferguson And Roberto Mancini During Manchester Derby (Video)
Manchester City’s 1-0 victory over Manchester United put the two English Premier League clubs neck-and-neck in their title race with only two matches remaining, as both teams are tied atop the EPL standings with 83 points apiece. And in addition to bringing the clubs neck-and neck in the standings, yesterday’s match, which many referred to [...]
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Liverpool’s Luis Suarez Refused To Shake Hands With Mau U’s Patrice Evra (GIF & Video)
By now most of you have already heard that Liverpool’s Luis Suarez was handed an eight-match ban and a £40,000 fine on December 20, 2011 for an incident of racial abuse directed towards Manchester United’s Patrice Evra during their match earlier this season on October 15th. With his suspension served, Suarez has since made his [...]
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Liverpool Fan Arrested For Racist Gesture (Video)
If you thought the English Football Association’s battle to eliminate racism from the game of soccer was a joke, think again. Just over one month ago Liverpool’s Luis Suarez was dealt an eight-game suspension for racist comments made towards Manchester United’s Patrice Evra. Apparently, the Liverpool fans learned nothing from that incident, as the storied [...]
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Top 10 Best Nani Goals (Videos)
Nani, otherwise known as Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (hence his shorter name), had been under the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo when he was at Manchester United. After his transfer to Real Madrid, though, Nani had a chance to prove his worth and flourish. Granted, he was already doing exactly that when Ronaldo was around but [...]
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Nani Take A Flying Boot To The Face In Fifa 12 (Video)
Here’s something Manchester City fans and sports violence aficionados everywhere will enjoy. It’s a clip of Nani taking a flying boot to the face. Watch as Nani catches the business end of some City cleats right in the kisser. Fortunately for Manchester United fans (not to mention Nani), this footage comes from the video game [...]
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Fernando Torres Missed A Wide Open Net Yesterday (Video)
During an epic Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea on Sunday, Blues striker Fernando Torres provided those in attendance at Old Trafford with an epic miss. With Manchester United leading by a score of 3-1 late in the game, Torres broke in alone, danced around the Man U keeper, and found himself face-to-face [...]
