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The month of August saw United kick off the season in decent fashion. 7 points out of 9, a convincing victory over champions Chelsea in the Community Shield, and some encouraging performances by some players who were all but written off prior to a ball being kicked. Come this way to see who we voted player of the month, goal of the month and see who’s heading our Fantasy Football League..

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Former Manchester United defender David May recently chatted with Yolkie for the website. In case you missed part one of the interview, where he revealed his thoughts on Eric Cantona’s kung fu kick and opened his heart on the anguish of missing out of the Champions League Final in 1999, click here to catch up. Otherwise, to hear more from David and Yolkie chatting about United Nights – a superb event created by Maysie where supporters can not only meet their heroes but have a chat, photograph and beer with them – read on. David has also very kindly offered one Stretford-End.com reader an amazing opportunity, to get free entry to the next event, so to find out how you can enter our exclusive competition, read on.

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With the new Premier League rules now in effect, Sir Alex has named his 25-man squad for the Premier League this season. United registered 24 players including long-term absentee Owen Hargreaves. The gaffer cannot make any changes to the squad until January when the winter transfer window opens. None of these should come as a surprise, but let’s introduce our squad…

Homegrown: Neville, Rio, Brown, Owen, Rooney, Giggs, Carrick, Scholes, O’Shea, Evans, Fletcher, Gibson, and De Laet

Other: Van der Sar, Evra, Hargreaves, Anderson, Berbatov, Park, Chicharito, Vidic, Nani, Valencia, and Kuszczak

U-21s: Smalling, Fabio, Rafael, Obertan, Macheda, Bebe, and Amos

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Former Manchester United defender David May took time out to have an indepth discussion with Yolkie for an exclusive interview for Stretford-End.com.  May, of course, was part of Sir Alex Ferguson’s “fledglings” team which won the 1996 league and Cup double, and has recently set up “United Nights”, an event that precedes the big games where supporters have a chance to meet their heroes. Read on for part one of our two part chat, to see Maysie’s views on his relationship with the supporters, his outspoken opinion of Selhurst Park and Eric’s Kung Fu kick, his toughest opponent, and his views on Stretford-End.com’s championing of cult heroes!

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West Ham have been tricky opponents for United in the past, but rarely at Old Trafford. Under new manager, Avram Grant, they will be looking to buck a trend that has seen them defeated on each of their past three visits. Manchester United will feel they have a point to prove on many levels – three points quickly became one point at Fulham last week whilst rivals Chelsea have already racked up a goal difference of +12 after just two games.

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The Champions League draw is this coming Thursday. To whet the appetite, Yolkie talked to Dan Burdett, a supporter who has been all over Europe following United for more than 15 years and now attends most trips abroad alongside his wife Kim (whose excellent account on Moscow we published last month). Read on for our first edition of “Euro Trips”, first stop, “Barcelona, 1994”.

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Fulham have been one of our toughest opponents in recent seasons, especially at Craven Cottage. In United’s last two visits, Fulham came out victorious. Now, United will have to break the trend to continue their winning start to the season. Former Red Devil Mark Hughes has taken over in the hot seat at Fulham. While it always adds a bit of intrigue to compete against former-players-turned-manager, Hughes stint at rivals City could make this match up even more heated.

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Form is temporary, class is permanent – so says the performance of Paul Scholes and the cameo from Ryan Giggs. Manchester United won 3-0 against their Newcastle namesakes and while they may not have scored the shedload that Champions Chelsea managed in their opening game, the message of intent was impressive in its own right. Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring with Darren Fletcher grabbing a second just before half time before Giggs’ classy volley in the dying moments secured all three points.

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Hot on the heels of our Fantasy Football PrizePlay competition, Stretford-End.com are pleased to announce another competition (just for fun this time) – our Scorecast prediction competition! Scoring will unfortunately only start from week 2 of the Premier League due to late set up, but the good news is, all of you who joined our Fantasy Football League can use the same log in details. Read more to find out how to join.

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It’s a pretty slow day on the United news front, but the Premier League is finally back! So rather than post stories simply for the sake of posting stories, I’ve decided to just recap today’s scores and highlight a few moments that deserve mention.

Today’s Results:

Tottenham 0 – 0 Manchester City

Aston Villa 3 – 0 West Ham

Blackburn 1 – 0 Everton

Bolton 0 – 0 Fulham

Sunderland 2 – 2 Birmingham

Wigan 0 – 4 Blackpool

Wolverhampton 2 – 1 Stoke City

Chelsea 6 – 0 West Brom

Despite all their new attacking purchases, City failed to find the net at White Hart Lane… In shocking news (sarcasm), Lee Cattermole is the first player of the 2010/11 Premier League season to be awarded a red card… I am now much more confident in my prediction that Wigan would be relegated this season. Consequently, I am now much less confident in my prediction that Blackpool would be relegated.

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