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Kennington2. Willian; 1.Swansea; 3. Oval;Five.4.quick quiz
answers
- Who scored
Chelsea’s first
goal in this
week’s 2-0 FA Cup win over
Liverpool? - Where in London was the first
FA Cup final held? - Frank Lampard was loaned out by
West Ham to which club? - Judd Trump equalled the most
snooker ranking tournaments won
in a single season last weekend.
How many has he won?
Chris Silverwood
(45) – England’s
current cricket
coach and former fast bowler.
Dan Carter (38) – former New
Zealand rugby union fly-half.
Harry Maguire (27) – Manchester
United and England central defender.BirTHDaYs
1993: David Sullivan, owner of the
Sunday Sport and Daily Sport
newspapers, was named as the new
owner of Birmingham City.
2000: Striker Stan Collymore scored
a hat-trick on his home debut for
Leicester in a 5-2 thrashing of
Sunderland.
2008: Fernando Torres became the
first Liverpool player since Jack
Balmer in 1946 to score hat-tricks in
consecutive games at Anfield as the
Reds beat West Ham 4-0. He had put
three goals past Middlesbrough two
weeks earlier.
2009: England prop Matt Stevens
revealed he would “do the honourable
thing” and quit Bath after being
handed a two-year ban for testing
positive for cocaine.
2018: Sir Bradley Wiggins claimed he
was the victim of a “malicious”
attempt to “smear” his reputation
after denying he had ever cheated
during his career in the wake of a
report by the Digital, Culture, Media
and Sport (DCMS) committee.VOLATILE Wimbledon boss Joe
Kinnear revealed he thought he was
going to die after suffering a heart
attack just an hour before his side’s
match at Sheffield Wednesday.
Kinnear, 52, said: “If I had been at
any other place other than where I
was, I dread to think what might
have happened. The chest pains,
numb arm and sweating. I needed
help, I was in trouble.”B ck page: 1999a
on this
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march
5
fa cup fifth round
pride park, kick-off 7.45pm
bird is flying high
as roo’s wing man
‘fanS MuSt be patient’
FA Cup fifth round at Pride Park.
And the Old Trafford legend has
warned United fans to be patient
as the club cannot just buy their
way back into contention against
Liverpool and Manchester City.
United have not won the
Premier League title since 2013
and trail champions-elect
Liverpool by a staggering 37
points this season. United’s
record goalscorer said: “It’s going
to take time – another two to
three years, I believe.
“The United fans need to be
patient with what is going on and
let these players try and prove
themselves. They need to bringsome players in, and need to get
rid of some players. Within two or
three years, they have to be
challenging again.
“If you look at Liverpool and
Manchester City and what
they’ve done – you’re not going to
buy a team to challenge them.
“Liverpool have built a team.
So United have to be a bit patient
and try and build a team that
will be able to challenge
these two.
“The important
thing is for them to
try and get into the
Champions League
this year. I think
that will help them alot, if they can do that.” Rooney is
relishing facing United again,
having lost to them twice with
Everton, after leaving Old Trafford
in 2017 following 13 glittering
years. But he insists he WILL
celebrate if he scores tonight.
“Yeah, of course,” he said. “My
time at United, I loved every
minute of it. But I’m a Derby
player now and I want to win.”
Asked if Rooney may
one day return to Old
Trafford as manager,
current Reds boss
Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer (left) said:
“Yeah, I can see
that.”from back pageBy JaMeS nurSey
GROWING up as a Manchester
United season-ticket holder, Max
Bird dreamt of playing alongside
idol Wayne Rooney.
Now he is not only in the same
side as the former
England captain, whose
name adorned his old replica
shirt, but they are even
central midfield partners.
Rooney, 34, has dropped
deeper in the twilight of his
career. But the respect
within the game for England
and Manchester United’s
record goalscorer remains
the same as ever.
Asked for his reaction to
Rooney’s arrival this season,
Bird, 19, admitted he had
been “a bit overwhelmed”.
“After last season I didn’t
think it could get much better with
Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole coming
to the club,” he said.
“When Wayne signed I thought, ‘This
is my opportunity, one of my heroes is
coming to the club, so I have to try and
impress him’, and hopefully I have.
“He was one of my favourites, I had
his name on the back of my shirt for a
couple of seasons. I dreamt of playing
with him, but didn’t think it would
actually happen.
“I am very grateful and all I want tokeep doing is keep impressing him,
keep doing the manager proud, and
keep playing for this club.”
Bird and Rooney (both above) will
again be team-mates tonight for
manager Phillip Cocu’s Rams when
United visit in the FA Cup
with a quarter-final spot up
for grabs. “Wayne is a big
player for us and was a big
player at United, so he is
going to have a lot of
attention on him. But, most
importantly, he is an asset
for our team,” added Bird.
“He has been in these
situations before and will
know how to handle them.
“He helps me a lot. I
have learned a lot from him
in terms of how he plays,
what I can do to help him,
what he does to help me, and we just
try to complement each other.
“He has a good vibe about him. He
helps the lads, and not just the young
lads, but the other players in the team.
“His attributes on the pitch help
other players come out of their shells
and play better.”
Rooney has three goals and two
assists in 14 games for Derby since
leaving MLS side DC United. Cocu said:
“We are very pleased we have him here.
He is a player with excellent vision and
tactical and technical skills.”TV TIMES: Live on
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