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Brad’s the lad

June 24, 2004

Graham Rix signed yet another of his old boys today, this time striker Lee Bradbury came on board to join up with his former manager at Portsmouth. Bradbury started his career at Pompey where he did well enough for Manchester City to sign him for a cool ?3 million, although this was in the profligate  more ]

Gain a mid, lose a mid

June 17, 2004

Great news: the Rage On Sponsored Chris Hackett has eventually signed a new contract for United that will keep the flying winger at the KasStad for the next two seasons. Hackett has been at United since he was nine years old, and the former Oxfordshire sprint champion can scare defences witless with his blistering pace.  more ]

Comings, maybe comings, and not comings (but no goings, yet)

June 11, 2004

There were more doings and dealings today for United, although nothing seems to have been confirmed. Bradford City midfielder Robert Wolleaston is due to complete his signing tomorrow morning, as he is one of three players that the cash-strapped Yorkshire club, currently in administration, has been forced to release. It is possible that United are  more ]

Promotion con, and no rugger, bugger

June 11, 2004

Next season, as part of a marketing strategy by the Football League and their new sponsors Coca-bloody-Cola, United will be finding themselves playing in League Two, which is the rebranded Division Three, which in turn used to be Division Four. This ridiculous change is supposedly to con those naive fools at Sky and elsewhere that  more ]

Mack’s the lad

May 28, 2004

United have signed yet another new player, this time Dundee’s Dave Mackay has joined up on a two year contract. Mackay was a regular for Dundee in the SPL last season, and also played in their UEFA Cup run. The right-back apparently likes to go forward, and speaks fondly of his time at Dundee when  more ]

Scraping the barrel

May 27, 2004

No new signings to report (yet), but there are a couple of things that we can report. Firstly Manny Omoyinmi, released by United at the end of the season, has found gainful employment with Gravesend & Northfleet. Manny spent some time on loan with Fleet last season and impressed enough for them to snap him  more ]

Time And Relative Distance In Football

May 24, 2004

Two more players signed up for United today as the squad continues to take shape for next season. First to put pen to paper was defender Matt Robinson, who signed a two year deal. Robbo was a revelation last season, winning both the Players’ Player of the Year and the Sports Writers’ Player of the  more ]

Everybody’s gonna jump for joy

May 21, 2004

United today announced, to general acclaim, that they have signed former loanee midfielder Barry Quinn. Quinn, who made five starts for United in his two months here at the end of last season, was one of nine players released by Coventry City a couple of weeks ago, and allegedly turned down approaches from a number  more ]

More tittle-tattle

May 20, 2004

Michael Alexis became the latest player to sign a contract for United when he accepted a six month deal yesterday. Alexis was offered professional terms a couple of years ago, but has been unable to get into the first team, however Graham Rix has given the young midfielder some more time in which to prove  more ]

Profit and loss

May 18, 2004

There were plenty of comings, and one going, at the KasStad today, as United announced the signing of five new players (although two of them were already here, so that’s cheating). Up and coming superlative goalkeeper Simon Cox signed an unheard of three-year deal as his performances at the end of last season reaped dividends  more ]