Fergies Troops Stand Up To Be Counted

Manchester United 1 Chelsea 0 (it can happen to us if we are not prepared)

They gathered around the old general like the 7th Cavalry with Custer at the Little Bighorn.

Nobody expected much more than a few last drops of pointless defiance from Sir Alex Ferguson's last stand yesterday.

Because this was supposed to be a massacre, too, a bloody confirmation of Chelsea's domination.

But the slaughter never happened. The end never came.
And the Manchester United boss strode from the battlefield the victor like his great hero, John Wayne. ..........continue