John Duncan's Testimonial
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Kick-off: 3.00pm
Kick-off: 3.00pm
Chesterfield 0-5 Manchester United
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Squads
MANCHESTER UNITED: Barthez, Roche, Blanc, Tate, Tierney, Keane, P Neville, Davis, Richardson, van Nistelrooy, Forlan, M Williams, Jowsey, Webber, Wood, Hilton.
MANCHESTER UNITED: Barthez, Roche, Blanc, Tate, Tierney, Keane, P Neville, Davis, Richardson, van Nistelrooy, Forlan, M Williams, Jowsey, Webber, Wood, Hilton.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy will be the star attraction at Saltergate, and should start upfront alongside Diego Forlan against Chesterfield in John Duncan's testimonial.
Roy Keane, Fabien Barthez, Phil Neville and Laurent Blanc will also play a part in the match as Sir Alex's squad is split in two.
The manager has taken the unprecendented step of arranging two pre-season friendlies for the same day, with the same kick-off time. While the Bournemouth game is Mel Machin's testimonial match, the Chesterfield clash is for the benefit of John Duncan, the manager who took the Spireites to the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1996/97.
That Cup run was undoubtedly the high point of their history to date, with the thrilling match against Middlesbrough being played at United's Old Trafford ground.
Kevin Davies was the hero then, and was eventually sold to Southampton for £750,000. Remarkably, his value multiplied almost ten times when he was sold to Blackburn Rovers a year later for £7.5 million.
However, relegation at the end of the 2000/01 season spelled the end for boss Duncan, who had been in charge for 508 League games. The club was put up for sale, and after much financial wrangling - during which the PFA had to pay the players' wages - a supporters group managed to raise enough money to buy 78% of the club.
Since then, administrators have been called in to find a buying partner to CFSS - the supporters group.
While their Cup run was exhilirating for all concerned, off-field events have overshadowed the football in recent times. Hopefully the match against United - so eagerly awaited that two Chesterfield fans camped outside the leisure centre selling tickets to ensure they got theirs - will start a happier season for the Spireites.
United squad: Barthez, Roche, Blanc, Tate, Tierney, Keane, P Neville, Davis, Richardson, van Nistelrooy, Forlan, M Williams, Jowsey, Webber, Wood, Hilton.
Ruud van Nistelrooy will be the star attraction at Saltergate, and should start upfront alongside Diego Forlan against Chesterfield in John Duncan's testimonial.
Roy Keane, Fabien Barthez, Phil Neville and Laurent Blanc will also play a part in the match as Sir Alex's squad is split in two.
The manager has taken the unprecendented step of arranging two pre-season friendlies for the same day, with the same kick-off time. While the Bournemouth game is Mel Machin's testimonial match, the Chesterfield clash is for the benefit of John Duncan, the manager who took the Spireites to the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1996/97.
That Cup run was undoubtedly the high point of their history to date, with the thrilling match against Middlesbrough being played at United's Old Trafford ground.
Kevin Davies was the hero then, and was eventually sold to Southampton for £750,000. Remarkably, his value multiplied almost ten times when he was sold to Blackburn Rovers a year later for £7.5 million.
However, relegation at the end of the 2000/01 season spelled the end for boss Duncan, who had been in charge for 508 League games. The club was put up for sale, and after much financial wrangling - during which the PFA had to pay the players' wages - a supporters group managed to raise enough money to buy 78% of the club.
Since then, administrators have been called in to find a buying partner to CFSS - the supporters group.
While their Cup run was exhilirating for all concerned, off-field events have overshadowed the football in recent times. Hopefully the match against United - so eagerly awaited that two Chesterfield fans camped outside the leisure centre selling tickets to ensure they got theirs - will start a happier season for the Spireites.
United squad: Barthez, Roche, Blanc, Tate, Tierney, Keane, P Neville, Davis, Richardson, van Nistelrooy, Forlan, M Williams, Jowsey, Webber, Wood, Hilton.
Good to see Richardson in there..
Blanc 19
from teamtalk
from teamtalk
Line-up:
Barthez, Roche, Neville, Blanc, Tate, Tierney, Keane, Davis, Forlan, Ruud, Richardson
Barthez, Roche, Neville, Blanc, Tate, Tierney, Keane, Davis, Forlan, Ruud, Richardson
Davis and Forlan with Ruud ? Which one is on the wing ?
1-0
Blanc
Blanc
I would think it's like this :
Roche -- Tate -- Blanc -- Tierney
Davis -- Philips -- Keane -- Richardson
-- Forlan -- RVN --
Roche -- Tate -- Blanc -- Tierney
Davis -- Philips -- Keane -- Richardson
-- Forlan -- RVN --
Chesterfield 0 v 5 Man Utd Full-time
Blanc 19
van Nistelrooy 54
Forlan 80
(twice in 2 matches! gd!)
Keane 83
Richardson 86
Blanc 19
van Nistelrooy 54
Forlan 80
(twice in 2 matches! gd!) Keane 83
Richardson 86
Originally posted by nmfaiz_2001:
<strong>Richardson 86</strong><hr></blockquote>
Originally posted by Roy:
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Run back to your friend's house Roy, with a bit of luck they will actually show the Chesterfield match in half an hour.
According to the report of the official website Forlan was presented with many goal scoring chances but wasted them... then he had the last laugh by curling a 20-yard free kick in... he is no finisher but maybe he could grow into the "supporting striker" that creates chances for RvN that we've been looking for?
Great match. I just watched it on MUTV delayed and it was a good performance. Forlan missed a hatful of chances but he ended with a great free-kick of Beckham and Veron standard. The youngsters look very promising, they didn't really put a foot wrong and did great alongside the experienced players. Barthez had a great game for once and despite the tempo of the game changing due to the Chesterfield subs, its was an entertaining match. Brian McClair said it was of exhibition standard and was pleased with the lads.
Originally posted by $ukhjit:
<strong>John Duncan's Testimonial
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Good to see Suckit's on form for the new season