Our nations United by the number 19

FORGIVE me for being about to quote myself, which is both a tad naff and certainly lazy, but I’ve just hared back to my digs to write this after seeing United all but confirm the Holy 19th, and am claiming the right to do so..

Our nations United by the number 19

More importantly I am in an unholy hurry to get to the pub.

After we knocked Chelsea out of Europe, I tempted fate by writing in this very organ: “Ferguson is a born winner, something which Ancelotti just isn’t. His Double last season, built entirely on the work and wealth of others, was hardly a Herculean task, nor feat.

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