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Manchester United Women stay perfect in League Cup win at Durham
Eva Olid’s Manchester United Women’s team has three wins in a row after a 5-1 victory against Durham on Wednesday in the Women’s League Cup group stage. The team showed off its potential to find the net in a 10-1 win to start the cup campaign last week and further padded the goal advantage in […]
Manchester United cannot afford to stall Leny Yoro’s development
Leny Yoro just earned his first career call-up to the France international senior team for the group stage of UEFA Nations League. Head coach Zinedine Zidane sees something in him, enough to name him to the squad of one of international football’s most formidable sides. Manchester United manager Michael Carrick may not see eye-to-eye with […]
Manchester United should re-evaluate Chief Executive Omar Berrada
The ongoing story regarding Manchester City and the 114 financial breaches has a couple of side plots that involve cross-town rivals Manchester United, including the shared history of one particular executive. Current United CEO Omar Berrada was part of the Manchester City hierarchy for more than a decade, a time which overlapped with the majority […]
Bruno Fernandes struggling to deliver at United
It has been four months since Bruno Fernandes made history, scoring and assisting on the final day of the season vs. Brighton & Hove Albion and surpassing Thierry Henry and Kevin de Bruyne for the most assists (21) in a single Premier League season. It was enough to see him win a cluster of individual […]
What More Can We Learn About Michael Carrick?
Michael Carrick’s seen a lot, and we’ve seen a lot of him. He played with and against some top players for the three clubs he represented and his national team; he was managed by some of the best the game has ever seen; he has gone through the highs and lows of management with Middlesbrough; […]
Manchester United Women achieve first WSL victory under Eva Olid
Manchester United Women are on the board for the 2026/27 Women’s Super League season after a 2-1 victory over West Ham United on Sunday. The win gives United four points in four matches to start the new campaign, but more importantly the first league victory under new manager Eva Olid. The Reds went with a […]
Manchester United could pursue compensation for damages claim against Manchester City
The Blue half of Manchester was rocked with a report by David Ornstein on Friday that the club was found guilty by the Premier League on all but one of the 115 charges of financial breaches. The long process that began with leaked emails appears set to lead to historic ramifications finally after decades of […]
Manchester United sign youth midfielders Karim Cassim and Isaac Konde
Manchester United made a new signing for the academy on Thursday. The highly-rated young midfielder Karim Cassim is now a Red after signing with United. He made the move across town after leaving Manchester City, where he helped the Blues defeat United in the FA Youth Cup Final last season. Cassim, 17, is also experienced […]
Manchester United Women work through frustrations with 10-1 League Cup victory
Manchester United Women did the real-life equivalent of firing up FIFA and taking frustrations out on a virtual opponent on Wednesday. The Reds battered Sheffield United 10-1 to open League Cup play at Leigh Sports Village, the first competitive win for United under manager Eva Olid. The win over Sheffield United saw six Reds find […]
Manchester United release 2025-26 finances
Manchester United’s third-place Premier League finish during the 2025-26 season was achieved even as the club’s wage bill dropped to a six-year low, newly released figures from the club show. United’s full-year 2025-26 financials were announced on Wednesday, detailing a club wage bill of £302million. That was an £11.3m (four per cent) fall on a […]
Staff Takeaways: Fulham 1-1 Manchester United
Staff takeaways from Manchester United’s weekend draw with Fulham. Vince: United Are Lifeless Manchester United are playing with the energy level of a retirement home right now. There’s no spark, no pace, no urgency — honestly, there’s very little that resembles a team that actually wants to be out there. Everything feels slow and predictable, […]
Fulham vs Manchester United: Live stream, Time & How to watch
Slowly sleepwalking into an all-too familiar autumnal crisis, Manchester United desperately seek to avoid a third straight defeat in all competitions in Sunday’s Premier League bottom-half battle with Fulham at Craven Cottage. The Red Devils suffered a catastrophic collapse in their 3-2 EFL Cup loss to Brighton & Hove Albion in midweek, while the hosts […]
Fulham 1-1 Manchester United: A lackluster end to a frustrating week
Manchester United capped off their worst week in the Michael Carrick era with a comeback 1-1 draw at Fulham who ranked dead last in the league ahead of kickoff. Furthering the frustration for the Reds, United scored both the goals in the match. Fulham’s Calvin Bassey forced a turnover off Matheus Cunha in the 63rd […]
Match Preview: Fulham vs. Manchester United
The Reds are on the road and looking for a boost after losing successive matches at Old Trafford. The controversial loss to Manchester City, to an Erling Haaland goal that should have been disallowed, was followed by a Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday. After a disappointing start […]
Carlos Baleba Can Add Something but He Can’t Save This
We’ve been here before with Manchester United. Everytime the team starts a season shakily, a new signing who’s getting up to speed but unavailable due to an injury is seen as the solution. This isn’t to say a new signing won’t help; he was bought in to do that, but a single player is rarely […]
Arsenal 1-1 Manchester United: Eva Olid, Reds denied first WSL win by late equalizer at the Emirates
Manchester United Women were just minutes away from securing their first win of the Barclays Women’s Super League campaign, what would have been the first under new manager Eva Olid. A 90 minutes of hard play at the Emirates nearly had them over the line when Smilla Holmberg struck at the back post for Arsenal. […]
Three Points: Manchester United at Fulham
Left-back It isn’t clear whether Luke Shaw will be available for this match, but with an international break coming up, it wouldn’t surprise anyone if he sat this game out. Patrick Dorgu and Noussair Mazraoui haven’t fully convinced as replacements, but neither has Shaw as a starter so far this season. Shaw’s chemistry with Marcus […]
Manchester United 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: Reds collapse in EFL Cup Crashout
Manchester United’s League Cup campaign was over very soon after it got going on Wednesday. The Reds lost 3-2 against Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford despite leading 2-0 inside the first 10 minutes of the match. Manager Michael Carrick, who is already dealing with just four points from the first four Premier League […]
Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion: Live stream, Time & How to watch
Fresh from contrasting Premier League results over the weekend, Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion butt heads at Old Trafford in the EFL Cup third round on Wednesday night. The victors of this tie will enter the fourth-round draw taking place directly after the match, with those fixtures to take place during the week commencing October […]
JJ Gabriel asks to leave Manchester United
According to MEN, Manchester United are in a state of shock over JJ Gabriel’s decision to try and quit Old Trafford after the 15-year-old refused to train on Tuesday ahead of what could have been a first-team debut this week. United had planned to name Gabriel in their squad to face Brighton in the Carabao […]
Marcus Rashford’s return has handed Carrick a tactical dilemma
Marcus Rashford walked straight into the tunnel at Old Trafford after being subbed off in the 83rd minute for Joshua Zirkzee in the 1-0 Manchester derby loss to Manchester City. United fans wonder whether Rashford was upset with the team’s performance or his own performance, but either way, it’s not an encouraging sign to start […]
Tactical Analysis: This sure ain’t Pep’s Manchester City
For the past decade Manchester City have been defined, on the pitch, by one man. Pep Guardiola. He’s the man who has been credited with revolutionizing football, responsible for bringing positional play, or juego de posicion to English shores. Since the start of 2016 you knew exactly what you were going to get from Pep […]
Carabao Cup Preview: Manchester United vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
Manchester United’s first domestic cup game under Michael Carrick takes place on Wednesday night, against Brighton & Hove Albion. The Reds have drawn the Seagulls, our most recent opponents in the Emirates FA Cup, in the third round of the Carabao Cup. After exiting the competition at the first hurdle last term, following a penalty […]
Staff Takeaways: Manchester United 0-1 Manchester City
Colin: Frustrations of squad building were laid bare The Manchester Derby was on Sunday was a match where Manchester United should have gotten more and didn’t. On top of that, there was a highly controversial goal allowed for the Citizens as well as about 30 minutes of play in which they were down a man. […]
How does this happen?
Anyone that has been following me for a bit knows that I loathe ref talk. I avoid writing about it on The Busby Babe, I try not to talk about it on the unaffiliated Fergie Fledglings Podcast. I find it extremely boring and trivial. Sure maybe they could have had a penalty here or there […]
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