The Fa Cup rears its exciting and often unpredictable head again this weekend as the teams still involved prepare for their fifth round ties. As unpredictable as the prestigious competition can be however, the vast majority of bookmakers make Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United side favorites to lift the trophy in May.
United face Reading at Old Trafford on Monday evening in what should be a fairly straight forward passage to Round Six based on form and with Manchester City and Chelsea the only really credible competition for the team who sit twelve points clear at the top of the Premier League, I present to you five reasons why Manchester United will once again win the oldest club competition in the world.
5. They Are Hungry To Win It Again
It is astonishing to think that it has been nearly nine years since Manchester United last won the Fa cup...
United face Reading at Old Trafford on Monday evening in what should be a fairly straight forward passage to Round Six based on form and with Manchester City and Chelsea the only really credible competition for the team who sit twelve points clear at the top of the Premier League, I present to you five reasons why Manchester United will once again win the oldest club competition in the world.
5. They Are Hungry To Win It Again
It is astonishing to think that it has been nearly nine years since Manchester United last won the Fa cup...
- 2/16/2013
- by Kieran Milward
- Obsessed with Film
“Yeah, good one mate. I’ve not heard that one before.” John Barnes and Ian Rush are in London’s Berkley Square to promote Hyundai’s new game app, Hyundai Boot Shoot. To do so, Hyundai have recreated the app in real life; parking one of their i20 cars in the square, popping the boot open and Barnes and Rush are shooting footballs into it with impressive accuracy. A sizable crowd has turned up to watch them.
Of course, whenever Barnes makes a public appearance, it is unlikely that some wiseacre doesn’t make reference to his infamous rap which graced the middle eight of New Order’s England anthem, ‘World in Motion’. Today is no exception – a laddish-looking man calls out for a rendition of the rap and whilst Barnes’s retort perhaps isn’t the wittiest, it does the job and the heckler is silenced. Perhaps that’s...
Of course, whenever Barnes makes a public appearance, it is unlikely that some wiseacre doesn’t make reference to his infamous rap which graced the middle eight of New Order’s England anthem, ‘World in Motion’. Today is no exception – a laddish-looking man calls out for a rendition of the rap and whilst Barnes’s retort perhaps isn’t the wittiest, it does the job and the heckler is silenced. Perhaps that’s...
- 3/25/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
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