Not content with mocking the Munich disaster at every opportunity, it seems Liverpool fans have found a new disaster to taunt rival fans about. This time it’s Everton that are on the receiving end of it. Fans were seen at the game holding up a banner than read “Steaua Bucuresti 1986″.
For those that don’t know what this means, it’s a reference to the fact that Liverpool fans’ actions that contributed to the Heysel stadium disaster resulted in the banning of all English teams from entering European competitions. Everton were considered favourites that year, but the ban meant they couldn’t enter and the winners were Steaua Bucharest of Romania.
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Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has hailed Wayne Rooney as the best striker in the world.
The Manchester United striker scored his 21st league goal of the season yesterday in the demolition of Portsmouth, and is in the form of his life. And Ancelotti believes Rooney is improving with each performance.
“United are using Rooney very well in this moment. Every game he proves his quality. He’s a fantastic, fantastic player.
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The anti Glazer feeling was at fever pitch yesterday as Manchester United took on Portsmouth on the 52nd anniversary of the Munich air disaster.
On the pitch, United thrashed the hapless strugglers 5-0, but it was in the stands where the fans did us proud.
For the entire 90 minutes chants of “LOVE UNITED HATE GLAZER” and “WE WANT GLAZER OUT” were sung by dedicated fans waving their green and gold scarves in protest at the spiralling debts the Glazer’s have placed on the club.
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