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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM. |
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preview: MANCHESTER UNITED v Birmingham City
premiership, matchday 22
Old Trafford, Manchester,
15.00pm GMT, Saturday 22nd January 2011. |
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Team News |
Fabio, John
O'Shea and Wes Brown are all on standby to replace the suspended
Rafael.
Paul Scholes could make a return to
the starting line up. |
 INJURED/UNAVAILABLE |
 Doubtful |
 SUSPENDED |
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Park Ji-Sung (International Duty)
Antonio
Valencia (ankle)
Owen Hargreaves (hamstring) |
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Rafael
(one match) |
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Squads |
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Manchester United (from):
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard, O'Shea, Brown, Neville,
Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani,
Obertan, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes, Gibson, Anderson,
Giggs, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez, Owen.
Birmingham City (from): Foster, Carr, Johnson,
Ridgewell, Murphy, Bentley, Fahey, Ferguson, Gardner, Hleb,
Derbyshire, Jerome, Larsson, Taylor, Bowyer, Phillips, Zigic,
Beausejour, Mutch, Jiranek
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights |
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ON ANTONIO VALENCIA
"Antonio is doing well now, he has started his
running programme and he's out with the physios
every day, which is a big step forward,"
"He's been given the all clear from the doctors, so
he's under our complete control now. That's great
news."
The prospect of having Nani on one wing and Valencia
on the other flank is an exciting one. "I think
possibly towards the end of February he should be
back in the first team squad," "That's a big
boost to us." |
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ON who to play tomorrow
"Replacing Rafa is
something I'll have to
consider, plus one or two
other changes," admitted the
boss at his pre-match press
conference on Friday. "Fabio
could possibly come in. John
O'Shea and Wes Brown are
back in training and played
for the Reserves, so they're
both available. Other than
that, everyone is OK.
ON Paul Scholes
"Paul Scholes played an hour in the Reserves and he
was on the bench at Tottenham. I was ready to put
him on before Rafael got sent off." |
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Match Official |
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Match Officials: |
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Referee:
Mike Jones
Assistant referees:
John Flynn & Andy Madley
Fourth official: Phil
Dowd |
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Birmingham City facts |
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Full name Birmingham City Football Club
Nickname(s) Blues
Founded 1875 as Small Heath Alliance
Ground St Andrew's (Capacity: 30,009[1])
President Carson Yeung
Chairman Vico Hui
Manager Alex McLeish |
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When
was the last time? |
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We Won |
We Drew |
We Lost |
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16/08/2009
1-0 @ Old Trafford
Wayne Rooney 34', scored on the opening day of the season. |
28/12/2010
1-1 @ St Andrews
Lee Bowyer scored a late controversial equaliser which
cancelled out Dimitar Berbatov's goal. |
11/11/1978
1-5 @ St Andrews
Fergie's old mate & then
Birmingham City manager Jim Smith saw his side wallop
United.
Joe Jordan scored United's only goal |
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Most's & Milestones |
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Bill Foulkes hold the record for Most
Appearances for Manchester United against
Birmingham City
with 20. |
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Dennis Viollet
holds the record for Most Goals for Manchester United
against Birmingham City, making 12 appearances scoring
9
times. |
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Bobby Charlton holds the record for Most League Goals for Manchester United
playing 606 games scoring
199 times. |
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Dimitar Berbatov is currently Manchester
United's leading goalscorer for 2010/2011 season
with
15
goals. |
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Birmingham City Match facts |
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Most Goals scored against Birmingham City in one match
6 goals
on one occasion.
24/02/1969
United won 6-2
with goals from Law x3 (1 pen), Crerand,
Kidd, Morgan |
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Most goals conceded
against Birmingham City in one match
5 goals
on one occasion
11/11/1978 |
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Highest
Aggregate Score in a Match v Birmingham City
8 goals
24/02/1969 @ Old Trafford
in the FA Cup
United won 6-2
with goals from Law x3 (1 pen), Crerand,
Kidd, Morgan |
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Biggest Margin of
Victory v Birmingham City
4-0
29/11/1958 @ St Andrews |
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Biggest Margin of
Defeat
0-4
12/03/1927 @ St Andrews
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Record Attendance playing Birmingham
City
75,459
01/01/2008
1-0
Carlos Tevez 25' scored for United. |
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Played for both
Manchester United & Birmingham City |
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Berry, Johnny |
Bruce, Steve |
Butt, Nicky |
Carrick, Michael |
Cole, Andrew |
Cooke, Terry |
Daly, Gerry |
Foster, Ben |
Garton, Billy |
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Givens, Don |
Greenhoff, Jimmy |
Sealey, Les |
Wallace, Danny |
Wealands, Jeff |
Yorke, Dwight |
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Club Connections |
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Both Freddy Goodwin & Steve Bruce
managed Birmingham City & also
played for Manchester United |
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Freddy Goodwin
1954-1960 |
Steve Bruce
1987-1996 |
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Head to Head |
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Opponents |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
Win% |
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Birmingham City |
105 |
48 |
32 |
25 |
159 |
114 |
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45.7% |
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Opponent Manager v Newton Heath/Manchester
United Head to Head |
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Manager |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
win% |
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McLeish,
Alex |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
66.67% |
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Score Prediction |
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3-0 to United, Rooney to net one!! |
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Did you Know?? |
Alex Stepney United's
scoringest Goalkeeper of all time (2 goals, both pens),
netted one of his two penalty's against Birmingham City who
at the time were managed by Ex Busby Babe Freddy Goodwin.
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