Red Issue provides the most comprehensive United news service and the busiest Manchester United messageboard on the internet, all available to you for free. Of course everything costs money though so if you enjoy the site why not subscribe to Red Issue - not only will you be helping the site to continue but you'll also get a seasons worth of the best fanzine in the country delivered direct to your door. If you are sceptical about that claim, drop into Sportspages sometime and have a look at the dirge that other fans have to suffer.
Do you already subscribe or prefer to buy your copy at the match? If so have a look at the links down the side of the forum; all of it is pretty good (with the exception of Boylie!!) Why not role back the years and invest in the must have DVD for anyone who remembers the 80s?
Scousebusters.
1985 – in footballing terms it was a different world. Back then football was a hard game, the challenges were fierce and you had to take your lumps. If you were kicked there was no rolling about on the floor, you just got up and made sure you kicked back harder the next time. Red cards were rare, you had to practically kill someone to get sent off – unless you were Kevin Moran and you came up against a ref wanting to make a name for himself. Attending matches back then was not the easy ride it has become, any red going to Goodison for the first semi final was risking serious injury. Golf balls with nails in them rained back and forth on the terraces that day.
The end of that season saw three amazing Scousebusting feats in the space of a month. United dominated Liverpool in the FA Cup semi final at Goodison but late goals from first Ronnie Whelan and then Paul Walsh forced a replay. At Maine Road two superb goals from Robson and Hughes saw United through to Wembley. In the final, Kevin Moran was sent off against champions Everton but that only made United stronger. Whiteside scored what is arguably the greatest Cup Final goal and the FA Cup came back to Manchester.
These three matches are available on DVD for the first time. Each game features about half an hour of extended highlights. Watching the DVD the memories come flooding back: pitch invasions, singing ‘here we go’, the pure hatred between the football clubs of the two cities at its height, Whiteside kicking anything that moved, Robson at his dynamic, driving best, Hughes strong and mean upfront, McGrath sublime and cool at the back, Strachan busy in the midfield, Atkinson with all his jewellery and a time when winning the FA Cup meant so much to Manchester United.
Relive the goals; the crunching tackles (particularly in the semi final replay where Whiteside, Beglin and McDonald were lucky not to be arrested for assault never mind sent off) for only £14.99 (plus p&p) a saving of £5 on the price in the shops. The DVD is available now and is sent out recorded delivery to arrive no more than 7 days after you place your order. Click on the link below to order or send a cheque (don’t forget to include p&p) to Retro Videos at Retro Videos, Dept ri89, Lansdowne House, 792 Wilmslow Road, M20 6UG.
Postage and packing is £1.50 UK and £3.50 Ireland.
www.retrovideos.co.uk
Or you can ring the order number on 01257 235 879
Already got it? Rather stick to the fuzzy VHS you taped from ITV all those years ago? Then have a look at T-Shirts United. They have everything that you'd want as a fan who wants to show your colours but not wear anything from the meagstore.
By popular demand, we have brought out a couple of t-shirts in aid of the “Not For Sale” campaign being run by IMUSA and Shareholders United. For each shirt sold, we will make a donation to the campaign.
We also have a very limited number of the old 26-05-99 Barcelona shirts back in stock.
Take a look at them all at:
http://www.tshirtsunited.com/affiliates/click.pl?id=redissue
Are you a bit too cool for all that? If Paul & Shark is more up your street then have a look at DCI, the link is on the side of the forum.
Have you bought a DVD through the Red Issue link, purchased a couple of T-Shirts and subscribed twice, once for you and once for your hamster?
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