England To Play Argentina At Old Trafford

England will play the first of their two matches against Argentina at Old Trafford, the home of the World Champions Manchester United. The tie is due to be played on June 6th and it will be the first time since 1997 that England have used Old Trafford.

The 76,000 all-seater venue will stage the opening match of the series before the teams travel to Argentina for the second Test on June 13 at a venue yet to be confirmed. England were due to play both Tests in Argentina but the Pumas asked them to stage one of the games in England in order to help them raise funds.

“We received a request from the Argentinean Rugby Union to play one of the tests in England to generate funds to invest in their squads,” said Francis Baron, the chief executive of England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) in a statement issued Tuesday.

“We are delighted to have been able to help them by securing Old Trafford, one of the most famous football stadiums in the world. Rugby Union is thriving in the north-west and this is a great opportunity for us to play a match away from Twickenham and aid the development of the game in the region. Tickets will be competitively priced and we are looking forward to a great occasion.”.....Back To Home Page...

Manchester United's Carlos Tevez Named In Argentina Sqaud

Carlos Tevez might struggle at times to get first team opportunities with Manchester United when Wayne Rooney is around but he is always an automatic choice for Argentina, currently managed by Maradonna.

He has just been named for the squad that is due to play France in a friendly on February 11th.

The match is being played in Marseille which is a God send as it means Tevez wont have to fly to Argentina and back in mid week, which is nit ideal preperation for a Saturday match.

Full Argentina Squad: Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Lazio), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar). Defenders: Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid), Daniel Diaz (Getafe), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan). Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Maxi Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle United), Luis Gonzalez (Porto). Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Lisandro Lopez (Porto), German Denis (Napoli), Ángel Di Maria (Benfica).

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Darren Fletcher Out Of The Game Against The "Fat Cheat's" Argentina !!

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has been withdrawn from Scotland's squad to face Argentina next week after sustaining a knee injury. Fletcher played 63 minutes of United's 5-0 victory over Stoke in the Barclays Premier League at Old Trafford this afternoon before he was replaced by Darron Gibson.

Wednesday's match against the Argentina at Hampden Park will be Diego Maradona's first as manager of the national team. We'll have to see how the fat, drug cheat gets on in his first game. I wish him the worst of luck in anything he ever does. As you can tell, I'm not a big fan. I don't like cheats and I'm not in favour of having characters like him, who in the past have shovelled kilos of white stuff up his nose, in a position where he can become hero worshipped by kids !! The sooner Argentina sack him the better !!! .....Back To Home Page

The Fat Argy Visits Manchester United

That big fat Argentinian bloke has paid a visit to Manchester
United's training ground as part of a whistle-stop tour of the
north-west as he takes the first steps in his role as national
team coach. Maradona was the shocking recent appointment
as Argentina boss but has already identified United striker
Carlos Tevez and Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano as
key men in his revolution. Hardly rocket science is it so he is
doing well so far ! His mission begins with a friendly against
Scotland at Hampden Park on November 19.

It is expected Maradona, who has never been forgiven in
England for his 'Hand of God' goal en route to Argentina's
1986 World Cup triumph, will meet both players, plus their
respective managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benitez,
having already visited Real Madrid's Argentinian stars this
week.

Warm welcome: Sir Alex Ferguson greets Maradona at United's
training ground

The arrival of Maradona in Manchester will no doubt delight
Ferguson, who spoke warmly of his talents last week. However,
the United manager's biggest concern ahead of tomorrow's
meeting with Arsenal will be to reassure Tevez of his Old
Trafford future.

Maradona meets the rest of Manchester United's line-up

The former West Ham player has been consigned to a bit-part
role in United's season so far and looked distinctly unimpressed
when he was replaced by Wayne Rooney in the Champions
League draw at Celtic on Wednesday.

Maradona meets the Roon

Tevez keen to impress new boss

Maradona wants to speak with Tevez about his
role at the club, although a contract is yet to be
confirmed with the striker......Back To Home Page

The "Cheat" Is Coming To Watch Carlos Tevez

Now that Argentina have chosen a big fat bloke who cheats and takes drugs as their new manager we can all make up the standard jokes that will no doubt follow. One out of every ten people in Argentina are happy about this appointment so he isn't a too popular chpoice at all it seems.

Personally I can't stomach the guy !!! He is no advert to kids on how to behave. His most famous, crowning moment was when he used "The Hand Of God" nonsense to cheat England out of a World Cup Final !!

Now he is coming to England to check out Tevez and Mascherano, and will no doubt be given free tickets and treated like royalty.

“I am going to the country against whom I scored two goals [a 2-1 victory in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final] and also to Scotland,” Maradona, who has no top-level coaching experience, said yesterday. “I am travelling to England to watch Tévez and Mascherano play. And in Scotland I am going to make my coaching debut.” Good riddance to bad rubbish I say !! .....Back To Home Page