There have been some legendary United ‘goons’ at Wembley down the years. Moments when all bodily and mental control flies out of the window, and gruff grown men can be seen kissing each other on the lips, ululating like possessed animals, and falling over each other into tangled heaps of blood and joy.

So much for any post-Upton Park honeymoon period, judging by two colleagues’ exchange after the whistle on Saturday.

Do you immediately know what is meant by the phrase ‘Olympiakos moment’? I suspect you may well do — especially after United’s catastrophically awful display at Anfield on Thursday, when the fateful words sprang to many a Red lip.

For over 40 summers now, I have had one constant priority question on the day the league fixtures are published: “When do we go to Anfield?”

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Alex Ferguson’s United became famous for its last-minute dramas of one sort or another, so I daresay the nostalgic will have had their fill over the last week. Fellaini’s tie-saver against Bruges; Woodward’s deal-dropping misadventures in Barcelona; the gasp-inducing Thauvin failing to make anything of Cissé’s cross on Saturday... and what next in Bruges on Wednesday, one might fearfully ask?

The X Factor’s Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Louis Walsh “have never liked each other”, Simon Cowell has said.

Manchester United paid £5.2m in compensation to sacked manager David Moyes and some members of his coaching team, the club's annual figures have revealed.

Can-Linn’s Kasey Smith is set to become Ireland’s entry into Eurovision this year, despite controversy surrounding her connection to music mogul Louis Walsh.

Nostalgic TV has had a positive effect on men’s fashion, says Dave Kenny, who visits Louis Copeland to hear plans for an Irish tailoring academy

WE are told an apple doesn’t fall very far from a tree.

Robin Hood did not rob from the rich to feed the poor in Sherwood Forest — he was a freedom fighter attacking French invaders in Kent, a historian has claimed.

HE is affable, personable and courteous, but also cold and logical.

‘The X Factor’ contestant Terry Winstanley has blasted mentor Louis Walsh.

Rihanna is set to perform at the ‘X Factor’ Boot Camp.

Irishman Louis Walsh received a standing ovation when he returned to ‘X Factor’ auditions in Cardiff yesterday.

Simon Cowell has been relying on Louis Walsh for support as he struggles to finalise the line-up for US ‘X Factor’.

Pixie Lott said she “couldn’t compete” with Cheryl Cole in the fashion stakes when she appeared on ‘The X Factor’.

Actress Sandra Bullock is dumping her two-timing husband and welcoming a new guy into her life – a baby boy she is adopting as a single mother.

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock has filed for divorce from her husband Jesse James.

Danyl Johnson is favourite to win ‘X Factor’.

Louis Walsh is to pick his final three ‘X Factor’ acts in Milan today.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson admits he must tread carefully to ensure Louis Saha gets back to 100% fitness.

Peter Crouch believes Liverpool are running into form just at the right time to ensure a glittering second half to the season.

FAMED by a certain generation of Dubliners as one of the city’s great live music venues, a new version of the Baggot Inn opened to a different fanfare last night.

Louis Saha has signed a lucrative extension to his contract which will keep him at Manchester United until 2010.

A major invetigation has been launched at an Irish hospital after the remains of a British tourist were sent home containing two hearts and four lungs.

A teenager has been arrested in connection with last week’s shootings on a Minnesota Indian reservation, according to a police source.

The boxing world united in tribute today to the former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling, who has died at the age of 99.

Sharon Osbourne’s protégé Tabby failed to make it to The X Factor grand finale after the public gave him the boot.

Louis van Gaal is being tipped as the next manager of Fulham as his representative tonight refused to end speculation linking the former Barcelona boss with the vacant Fulham post.

Bobby Robson strode back into the Nou Camp tonight and turned in a virtuoso performance.