A former target of Manchester United and Benfica, Liam Coyle has certainly had a long and varied career, but admitted this morning, following news of his retirement, that winning the treble with Derry City in 1989 was his career highlight.

Arsene Wenger is ready to deliver the ultimate snub to Manchester United by resting Thierry Henry and Freddie Ljungberg for Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park.

Fulham could be forced to take on Manchester United at Loftus Road tomorrow without boss Chris Coleman, who has been hospitalised with an infection.

Manchester United today issued a terse response to protesters who disrupted last night’s reserve team match in Altrincham.

Manchester United’s quartet of England internationals have been cleared to train on Tuesday for next weekend’s crucial World Cup qualifier with Wales at Old Trafford.

Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze is set for a transatlantic trip next month after being selected for Argentina’s World Cup qualifying games against Uruguay and Chile.

Prospective Liverpool investor Mike Jefferies has promised to back manager Rafael Benitez in the January transfer window should he succeed in buying into the club.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has re-ignited the feud between himself and new Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea need to stick with underfire front pairing of Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in their vital Premiership clash with Manchester United – so says their greatest ever goalscorer.

Scotland international Darren Fletcher has received the highest accolade from Manchester United captain Roy Keane – an invitation to play alongside him in midfield.

The UK Football Association will await referee Steve Bennett's report before deciding whether to take action after the ill-tempered clash between Manchester United and Arsenal.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has admitted it was an easy decision to leave Tim Howard out of the side that defeated Liverpool at Old Trafford last night.

Rio Ferdinand returned to the Manchester United starting line-up for the first time in eight months tonight.

Quinton Fortune has claimed the criticism being directed at Manchester United following their poor start to the season will actually help improve results.

By Noel Spillane, Evening Echo

Manchester United's FA Cup hopes suffered a shattering blow when 26-goal striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was ruled out of today's semi-final with Arsenal at Villa Park.

Manchester United’s new forward Louis Saha claims his team-mate Ruud Van Nistelrooy is not as complete a player as his Arsenal rival Thierry Henry.

Arsene Wenger has criticised the Australian Soccer Association for their “ridiculous” decision to rule Mark Viduka out of Leeds’ game against Manchester United, Arsenal’s chief rivals for the Barclaycard Premiership title.

A mouth-watering FA Cup fifth round tie against Manchester United at Old Trafford awaits the winner of this fourth round replay at White Hart Lane.

Manchester United keeper Tim Howard paid tribute to his team-mates after they heaped more pressure on Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan with their own version of the St Valentine’s Day massacre at Old Trafford.