Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... from the Reds and only fine saves from Chelsea’s substitute goalkeeper Rhys Taylor prevented Tom Cleverley and Federico Macheda from finding the net.It looked as though it definitely wasn’t going to be United’s day in the 62nd minute when Danny Drinkwater’s shot struck the foot of the post.Barely thirteen minutes remained when Fabio Da Silva joined the attack to unleash a cracking shot which...
United Youth (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... back to full-back and Richard Eckersley moving inside to partner James Chester at centre-back. Tom Cleverley was also brought in as part of a three-man central midfield (alongside Gibson and Sam Hewson), with Danny Drinkwater and David Gray taking up the wide positions and supporting the returning Danny Welbeck in the lone striker role. Chelsea dominated proceedings in the first half, going...
United Youth (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... in the red shirt. There should also be more valuable experience for the likes of Rodrigo Possebon, Tom Cleverley, Craig Cathcart and David Gray, as well as further opportunity for Fraizer Campbell, Darron Gibson, Jonny Evans and Lee Martin to press their claims for first-team consideration. Full squad: Goalkeepers: Tomasz Kuszczak, Ron-Robert Zieler Defenders: John O’Shea, Patrice Evra,...
United Youth (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... for the second half as Sir Alex made several changes. Fábio, Jonny Evans, Craig Cathcart, Tom Cleverley and Lee Martin entered the fray after the interval, and as the game wore on they were joined by Rodrigo Possebon, Ron-Robert Zieler and Darron Gibson to give the eleven an average age of just 19.8 for the last twenty minutes or so. Gibson marked his entrance in spectacular fashion, netting...
Sportnetwork (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Manchester United have won the Lancashire Senior Cup following an entertaining 3-2 win over arch-rivals Liverpool at the County Ground. Tom Cleverley, David Gray and Danny Drinkwater were on target for the Red Devils. 606 were in attendance as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won his first competitive game in charge of United's second-string.
United Youth (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
- MUFC Reserves 3-2 Liverpool Reserves Cleverley 28 - Eccleston 40 Gray 51 - Brouwer 72 Drinkwater 87 - - A late, late goal from Danny Drinkwater decisively swung a topsy-turvy match in United’s favour and, in doing so, secured the Lancashire Senior Cup for the Reds and a first trophy in management for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. With David Gray captaining the side, the team lined up with Zieler [...]...
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... a more than acceptable evening's entertainment.United opened the scoring, in the 28th minute, when Tom Cleverley scored from close range after taking a pass from Fraizer Campbell.Liverpool levelled five minutes before the break through Nathan Eccleston.David Gray restored United's lead four minutes into the second half, but Liverpool levelled again, in the 71st minute, through Jordy Brouwer....
United Youth (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
... all so far this pre-season. More positively, OGS should have Craig Cathcart, Rodrigo Possebon and Tom Cleverley back from first-team duty, and the starting eleven should be strong everywhere else other than in attack. It’ll need to be, as Liverpool’s second team will pose a serious threat. Gary Ablett’s squad includes a number of the players who triumphed over United in the 2007 Youth Cup...
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
... loan this season. "Rodrigo Possebon will stay as he has potential for first-team football, while Tom Cleverley is just a young lad and has time on his side. All the young players have good potential."
icWales (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
United ponder a return to Africa Western Mail SIR ALEX FERGUSON has indicated that Manchester United are likely to return to South Africa in the near future.The club have a huge following in the country and the supporters were left satisfied as well at seeing the team lift the Vodacom Challenge trophy.Substitutes Tom Cleverley and Fraizer Campbell joined established stars like Ryan Giggs and...
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney found the target to set United on course for victory and substitutes Tom Cleverley and Fraizer Campbell then got in on the act.
United Youth (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
With Wes Brown flying home yesterday after the tragic death of his sister and a number of first-teamers nursing slight knocks, Sir Alex has sent for reinforcements for the remainder of the Reds’ tour of Africa. Young reserves Rodrigo Possebon, Craig Cathcart and Tom Cleverley have flown out to the squad’s current base in the [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
... were left satisfied as well at seeing the team lift the Vodacom Challenge trophy. Substitutes Tom Cleverley and Fraizer Campbell joined established stars like Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney on the scoresheet in the 4-0 defeat of Kaizer Chiefs. Two years earlier United had lost to the Chiefs in a penalty shoot-out - but they were much too strong for the opposition this time, especially in the...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
They have already lifted the Vodacom Challenge Trophy after a 4-0 win over Kaizer Chiefs, in the thin air of Pretoria, 6,000ft above sea level on the High Veldt. Goals from Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and the slightly less well-known figures of 18-year-old Tom Cleverley and Fraizer Campbell saw them gallop away beneath the high concrete stands of the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, which is capable of...
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
ON TARGET: Ryan Giggs in action against Kaizer ChiefsKaizer Chiefs 0 United 4SIR Alex Ferguson saw his United side lift the Vodacom Challenge trophy thanks to goals from two senior professionals and two rookies.Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney both found the target at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium as did Tom Cleverley and Fraizer Campbell.United manager Ferguson used the showpiece match in South Africa...
