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Mark Robins came on as a sub in a FA Cup replay to save Sir Alex Ferguson his job, he also 34years later totally embarrassed a Manchester United manager nearly knocking them out of the FA Cup to practically cost ETH his job.
 

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Mark Robins came on as a sub in a FA Cup replay to save Sir Alex Ferguson his job, he also 34years later totally embarrassed a Manchester United manager nearly knocking them out of the FA Cup to practically cost ETH his job.
Saved the club twice. He's the hero we needed, but don't deserve.
 

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Sheffield United, currently sitting on 16 points, have lost 11 points this season from own goals scored after the 85th minute.
 

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At half time Manchester United have only been behind once away from home all season in the league. This is the fewest of any team in the division.

Kind of surprising to me. I know we can capitulate, but we just feel crap in general away.

In contrast we've led at Old Trafford 3 times all season at half time. Only have Sheffield Utd (twice) have been in front less often at home.
 

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Scott Parker has won the footballer of the year award, Bryan Robson and Paul Scholes never did.
 

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At half time Manchester United have only been behind once away from home all season in the league. This is the fewest of any team in the division.

Kind of surprising to me. I know we can capitulate, but we just feel crap in general away.

In contrast we've led at Old Trafford 3 times all season at half time. Only have Sheffield Utd (twice) have been in front less often at home.
That is surprising indeed. Was that Arsenal away?
 

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That is surprising indeed. Was that Arsenal away?
Took me a while to find out who it was. Bournemouth quite recently. 2-1 down at half time.

I remember when first posting that, I was looking through information on here and it didn't have the results - https://www.soccerstats.com/halftime.asp?league=england

Now we're not top of the away half time table, that's Arsenal, but still we've been trailing less often than they have.
 

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Bowen would be a better shout for United than either Olise/Neto. We are so low on quality and need someone who can play every week.
I agree. I love Olise aswell and think he’s a great talent but the last thing we need is another injury prone player.
 

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Israel plays their home games in a Hungarian village where current prime minister Orban grew up. The stadium's capacity is 3900 and the population is less than 1900.
 

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Israel plays their home games in a Hungarian village where current prime minister Orban grew up. The stadium's capacity is 3900 and the population is less than 1900.
And the stadium is literally right next to his family home. He basically had it built right in his backyard.
 

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Alan Pardew was linked with Real Madrid job back in late 2015. Real most probably weren't interested but I like to believe they were.
 

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How many games did he play? Was it injury related?
Yes... he scored five goals in his last three successful scoring matches in February/March and then had an injury. Only played three more league games that season in which he didn't score, so arguably not only missed he matches but that injury knocked him off his streak. He also missed nine matches of the 2010/11 season due to injury, so played only ten league matches in that frame. In those ten he got indeed only one goal, but also six assists, which in total is a decent amount. At that time Berbatov was scoring for fun (like a hattrick against Liverpool) and Rooney could focus on being a playmaker, more than scoring himself.
 

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Europa League/Uefa Cup winners in the 20th century:

Sevilla: 7
Russian teams: 2
Ukrainian teams: 1
Turkish teams: 1
Italian teams: 0

A French team has never won it but Ipswich Town have.

This is what I do to take my mind off the fact that Palace just hit the post when 4-0 up against us. :)