We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
It's been all fires burning for the English sides in the CL this season to date. Will it be the same again today? We'll soon see. FSC are favoring us with the Battle of Britain live from Old Trafford, while the Internet is offering, well, all the rest.
posted by The Blue Devil @ 2:34 PM
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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Here are the teams -
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Evans, Vidic, O'Shea, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Brown, Giggs, Park, Rafael Da Silva, Gibson, Tevez.
Celtic: Boruc, Wilson, Loovens, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Scott Brown, Caldwell, Robson, McGeady, McDonald. Subs: Mark Brown, Hinkel, Hartley, Maloney, Donati, Sheridan, O'Dea.
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
First corner for United. It's cleared out.
Celtic are going with just the Aussie striker Scott MacDonald up front.
Carlos Tevez is the United forward who's sacrificed tonight.
Ronaldo gets free for the first time on the right but his cross was easily cut out.
BATE Borisov have got a very serviceable draw away to Zenit in the earlier fixture. 1-1 there.
Tommy Smyth makes the point that Ronaldo's body language hasn't been right this season and he proved it there with a shot that only troubled the bloke selling peanuts.
It's a strange away kit for Celtic tonight that makes them look like Norwich City. Why not wear the hoops?
Adebayor has just silenced a raucous crowd in Turkey by sliding home a pass from Cesc Fabregas.
0-1 Arsenal!
0-2 Arsenal! Sensational start for the Gunners as Theo rounds the keeper and sticks home the second.
Samir Nasri has nearly made it 3-0 there. Marvelous flowing stuff here.
Meanwhile United are starting to pour it on at OT. We'll be hearing some high-pitched shrieking from Scotia before long.
Miroslav Klose has put Bayern into the lead against Fiorentina in the 4th minute. Lots of CL goals today.
Del Piero has scored for Juve in their marquee matchup against Real in Turin.
La Liga's top scorer last season Daniel Guiza has pulled one back for Fenerbahce from...a free kick. Perhaps an own goal?
Steau are already 2-0 up over Lyon.
1-3 Arsenal. Abu Diaby sticks in a shot from an acute angle after a strong run. What a game!
That Fenerbahce goal has been attributed to Mikel Silvestre.
Nakamura lines up a free kick but it comes to nothing. They'll know all about him after that free kick he scored at OT last season.
Kiev are 1-0 up on Porto in the other Group G game.
The Pigclimber has added to Bayern's lead over Fiorentina.
Lyon have got one back against Steau.
GOAL! Berbatov uses a balletic flick to score for United after a mad scramble from a corner.
1-0 United.
Blimey, I've just noticed that there's a full program of Division 1 and Championship matches as well today. Leeds are at 0-0 at home to Orient. What a day! I've off to change my shirt.
Fantastic curling effort from Nani but it's just wide.
Guiza goes just wide with an effort on goal.
Two goals in quick succession there and it's 1-1 at Elland Road.
Fortunately Oldham are 2-0 down and Leicester and Walsall are at 1-1.
Both Arsenal and Fenerbahce defenses are playing like Brazil of old. It could be 5-3 here. Great save from Almunia just there.
Bizarre whiff on the ball in the area by the Neviller but it's well saved by VDS.
Half time at OT - 1-0. An enthralling half of footie. More of the same please.
YES!!!!!!
Luciano Becchio with his 10th goal of the season to put us 2-1 in the lead on the stroke of half time.
That goal puts us back up into fourth place.
3-2 Steau in that ding-dong matchup with Lyon.
We're back on for the second half.
GOAL! Ronaldo hits a blinding free kick, it's parried out by Borucs but Berbatov is there to clean up for his second of the night. Was he in an offside position. We don't care.
2-0 United.
Arsenal go 4-1 up through Alex Song. Scintillating stuff from the Gunners in Turkey! Wow!
That second United goal puts wee Gordon Strachan in a quandary. Do Celtic push for an equalizing goal or two and risk opening themselves up to a hammering or do they do damage limitations?
Arsenal nearly get a penalty there, but the appeals are waved off.
Southend are beating Scunthorpe, which means they drop to second and Millwall are top of Div. 1.
Wes Brown on for Gary Neville and Tevez on for Berbatov.
Di Mauro has put Juve 2-0 in front against Real. Good result for them there.
Tevez squeezes a shot through a crowd and it's just agonizingly wide of goal.
To their credit Fenerbahce are making a game of it. They were achingly close to a second goal just there with Almunia saving twice.
Van Horsey face has got one back for Real. Still Juve 2-1 there.
Unbelievably Lyon have scored a third and fourth goal through Benzema and Fred. They're 3-4 up in Bucharest now.
GOAL! It's a corker from Wayne Rooney. His ninth in seven matches for club and country.
3-0 United. Goodnight madam.
Daniel Guiza pokes a second goal over Almunia for Fenerbahce.
2-4 Arsenal in Turkey.
Villareal 5 AaB 3. As I say, it's been a good afternoon for goals in the Champions League.
Vela is coming on for Adebayor.
Into the last ten minutes at Elland Road and still 2-1 Leeds.
6-3 Villareal now.
Ze Roberto has added a third for Bayern.
Scunthorpe and Southend have ended up 1-1. Scunthorpe back on top then.
Full time at Old Trafford
3-0 United.
And Arsenal have finished in Turkey at 2-5. Aaron Ramsey coming on late, turning and shooting well past Borucs for the last one. Guiza looks sick as a parrot.
Great performance from them in a hostile arena.
Arsenal players are applauding their fans who braved the trip to Istanbul for tonight's match. Let's hope that there aren't any ugly incidents later.
It's all over at Elland Road. 2-1 Leeds. I'd have liked a wider margin against a relegation side but it'll do. We're back up into fourth after that win. We needed that after the disappointment of the weekend.
That's it. Hope to hear from some of you tomorrow as Chelsea take on Roma in the Stadio Olympico on ESPN2.
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