|
 It
comes with great sadness that the West Cumbria Manchester
United Supporters Club unexpectedly lost one of their
life long members last week, Mr Keith Power Father to Steve
& Husband of Susan suddenly passed away.
Keith was a member of the branch for twenty years plus &
will be missed by his friends & family. He was a
important figure in the West Cumbria Football Leagues where
he was heavily involved in coaching Kids Football for
amateurs team Cleator Moor Celtic.
Our thoughts are with Keith's family at this time.
Keith Power 1955-2008.
 Article
by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter
@ MUFCINFO.COM
A Carlos Tevez penalty in the 73rd minute was enough for
United to progress past a spirited QPR on Tuesday night,
Tevez converted the penalty after Substitute Danny Welbeck
had changed the game for the Reds before being fouled by
Peter Ramage in the Stretford End penalty area.
SAF had rang in the changes with Gary Neville, Anderson & Ji
Sung Park the only survivors of the Arsenal defeat of last
Saturday as youth were given the chance to shine against
Championship outfit Queens Park Rangers.
Maybe not to this
level but the Reds were dominant from start to finish in a
half which saw Kuszczak fail to touch the ball the whole
half, the Pole instead treat the Stretford End to his
repertoire of stretches whilst trying to keep warm.
Once again United
failed to change masses of possession into anything like a
goal as Radek Cerny in the visitors' goal saved several
shots as the game wore on.
Tevez shot low at
Cerny & Anderson finally struck an effort on target which
almost fell to Ji-Sung Park after the QPR keeper fumbled.
On a poor drab
night in Manchester the rain swirled as Anderson & Tevez saw
more and more of the ball, the Brazilians' passing however
was not up to scratch as passes never reached intended
targets almost giving the impression he was trying too hard.
With nothing much
in the line of highlights in a poor 1st half, the Reds
returned for the second half with more of a purpose, this
however was not matched when it came to hitting the net as
Anderson & Nani before the Portuguese winger had went close,
embarrassed themselves with shots that could have ended up
in the car parks.
In another decent
performance JSP after brilliant skill from the ever
impressing Da Silva struck a shot against the post, Tevez
from close range then shot at Cerny who saved & tipped the
shot over the bar as United continued to dominate.
Danny Welbeck was
then introduced for Possebon & the Manchester born Youngster
gave the Reds some penetration & urgency.
With Kuszczak bored shi*less in goal in East Stand, the
Polish stopper finally got his hands on the ball after a
tame shot from Blackstock was gather easily.
The Reds finally
got the breakthrough their domination deserved after Nani
passed a ball to Welbeck in the box and he was then tackled
and fouled by Peter Ramage leaving Phil Dowd no choice but
to award the Reds a penalty.
Carlos Tevez after a little debate with Nani then stepped up
& dispatched the spot kick, sending sending Cerny the wrong
way.
QPR gave the Reds & fans a scare when the visitors found the
back of the net when Di Carmine beat Kuszczak, the goal was
thankfully offside & a small spell of pressure also saw
Ledesma shoot wide when Dexter Blackstock's shot was saved.
United hung on to a deserved win and will find themselves in
the pot for the next round after decent effort from QPR & a
great test for the young ones!!
What's your opinion on the Match?.....HAVE YOU'RE SAY BELOW |
Tevez (pen 76 mins) 
