{"id":428139,"date":"2011-05-20T12:32:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T12:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/20\/man-utd-v-blackpool\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T12:32:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T12:32:35","slug":"man-utd-v-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/man-utd-v-blackpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd v Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"124.736286301\">\n<div>\n<h2>Barclays Premier League<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Venue:<\/em> Old Trafford<\/li>\n<li><em>Date:<\/em> Sunday, 22 May<\/li>\n<li><em>Kick-off:<\/em> 1600 BST<\/li>\n<li><em>Coverage:<\/em> Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Live text and stats<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 22 May 2011<\/p>\n<p>Barclays Premier League<\/p>\n<table summary=\"This table is for live text and stats\" caption=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Home Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Score<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Away Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Time<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Man Utd<\/td>\n<td>0-0<\/td>\n<td>Blackpool<\/td>\n<td>L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>MAN UTD<\/p>\n<p>BLACKPOOL<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Possession<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Man Utd<\/span> <span>57%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Blackpool<\/span> <span>43%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>11:17<\/strong> The ball is delivered by Patrice Evra, save made by Matthew Gilks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:35<\/strong> Ji-Sung Park takes a shot. Blocked by Charlie Adam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>7:47<\/strong> Oliveira Anderson decides to take the corner short.<\/li>\n<li><strong>7:31<\/strong> Dimitar Berbatov takes a shot. Matthew Gilks makes a save.<\/li>\n<li><strong>6:41<\/strong> Centre by Patrice Evra, clearance made by Alex Baptiste.<\/li>\n<li><strong>5:01<\/strong> Centre by Stephen Crainey, blocked by Jonathan Evans. Outswinging corner taken by Charlie Adam from the left by-line, Nemanja Vidic manages to make a clearance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3:49<\/strong> Rafael Da Silva takes a shot. Matthew Gilks makes a comfortable save.<\/li>\n<li><strong>0:31<\/strong> Charlie Adam crosses the ball, Effort from deep inside the area by Keith Southern misses to the left of the goal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>0:00<\/strong> The ref blows the whistle to start the match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Live text and data provided by The Press Association.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>TEAM NEWS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Darren Fletcher, Paul Scholes, Anderson, Dimitar Berbatov and Patrice Evra will all feature for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who retires after the Champions League final, will make his last Premier League appearance for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Relegation-threatened Blackpool are expected to be at full strength.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Ian Holloway may be tempted to stick with the team that beat Bolton, their first win since February.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Doubtful<\/strong>: O&#8217;Shea (unspecified)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Injured<\/strong>: Hargreaves (shoulder)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackpool<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Injured<\/strong>: None<\/p>\n<p><span>PREVIEW BY MOTD COMMENTATOR GUY MOWBRAY<\/span> <span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52681000\/jpg\/_52681975_mowbrayraw.jpg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Never mind that the title&#8217;s been won and that Manchester United&#8217;s team won&#8217;t be at &#8216;full strength&#8217; ahead of the Champions League final &#8211; if you offered any of the other four teams that could go down a swap with Blackpool&#8217;s final-day fixture, I&#8217;m sure they wouldn&#8217;t take it.<\/p>\n<p>Getting something from a visit to Old Trafford in the Premier League this season is something only West Brom have managed, and it&#8217;s highly likely that Blackpool will need more than the one point the Baggies claimed in October.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"26.8277511962\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/13444164.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p>On 22 May last year Ian Holloway&#8217;s team beat Cardiff at Wembley to reach the top flight&#8230; getting the result that keeps them there would arguably be an even greater achievement<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>United have won their last 16 at home in all competitions, haven&#8217;t been beaten in 31, and the last &#8216;weak&#8217; team they put out comfortably beat Schalke in the Champions League semi-final. Nothing to play for? The concept doesn&#8217;t exist and wouldn&#8217;t be entertained by the manager or anyone else at such a successful football club.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>PREMIER LEAGUE BOTTOM SIX<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/13444164.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blackburn<\/strong> P 37 GD -14 Pts 40<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wolves<\/strong> P 37 GD -19 Pts 40<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birmingham<\/strong> P 37 GD -20 Pts 39<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blackpool<\/strong> P 37 GD -21 Pts 39<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wigan<\/strong> P 37 GD -22 Pts 39<\/li>\n<li><strong>West Ham<\/strong> P 37 GD -24 Pts 33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/eng_prem\/table\/default.stm\">Full table<\/a><\/div>\n<p>By contrast, Blackpool&#8217;s 4-3 win over Bolton last weekend was their first in 11 Premier League games and they haven&#8217;t won away anywhere since December. They are unbeaten in four matches, however, and those three points picked up from three draws in a row prior to last week could prove vital by the end of play Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>On 22 May last year Ian Holloway&#8217;s team beat Cardiff at Wembley to reach the top flight. Exactly one year on, getting the result that keeps them there would arguably be an even greater achievement. One thing&#8217;s for certain with Blackpool &#8211; they&#8217;ll have a go!<\/p>\n<p><span>MATCH FACTS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackpool head to Old Trafford for the first time since the 1974\/75 season, when both sides were in the second tier. Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-0 en route to winning the championship, and promotion back to the top flight.<\/li>\n<li>Their last top-flight clash at Old Trafford came in 1970, a 1-1 draw. Blackpool were relegated at the end of the season.<\/li>\n<li>The Seasiders&#8217; last victory at Manchester United was a 1-0 win in January 1962.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dimitar Berbatov has scored seven winning goals this season, more than anyone else in the league.<\/li>\n<li>The Bulgarian is tied with Carlos Tevez on 20 goals as the league&#8217;s top scorer.<\/li>\n<li>No opposition player has scored a first-half goal at Old Trafford in the Premier League this season. The last player to do so was Chelsea&#8217;s Joe Cole in April 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s side have amassed 52 points out of a possible 54 on home soil this season, and are unbeaten at Old Trafford since April 2010. A victory here would see them equal the record of 55 points at home set by Chelsea in 2005\/06.<\/li>\n<li>United have won 14 consecutive Premier League matches at Old Trafford. If they beat Blackpool it will set a Premier League record, moving one ahead of Newcastle (14) from May 1995 to February 1996.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blackpool<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ian Holloway was part of the QPR team that won 4-1 at Old Trafford on New Year&#8217;s Day in 1992.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday is a year to the day since Blackpool won promotion to the Premier League via their play-off final victory against Cardiff.<\/li>\n<li>Last weekend&#8217;s 4-3 defeat of Bolton was Blackpool&#8217;s first victory in 11 games since February. But they are unbeaten in their last four.<\/li>\n<li>Blackpool have conceded 74 goals this season &#8211; more than any Premier League club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>LEADING GOALSCORERS<\/span> <span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/51509000\/jpg\/_51509483_berbatov5855.jpg\" width=\"58\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Dimitar Berbatov\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Berbatov: 21 goals (20 league); Hernandez: 20 goals (13 league)<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52680000\/jpg\/_52680954_campbell,dj.jpg\" width=\"58\" height=\"55\" alt=\"DJ Campbell\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackpool<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Campbell: 14 goals* (14 league); Adam: 12 goals (11 league)<\/p>\n<p><em>*Includes 1 goal (1 league) for Leicester<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>MATCH OFFICIALS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Referee<\/strong>: Mike Dean<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistant referees<\/strong>: Peter Kirkup &#038; Dean Mohareb<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fourth official:<\/strong> Mike Jones<\/p>\n<p><span>LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Man Utd<\/strong> (D1-1 v Blackburn, a): Kuszczak, Fabio Da Silva (Scholes 62), Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Valencia, Giggs, Carrick, Nani (Berbatov 80), Rooney, Hernandez. Subs not used: Amos, Evra, Owen, Anderson, Smalling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackpool<\/strong> (W4-3 v Bolton, h): Gilks, Eardley, Evatt, Baptiste, Crainey, Southern, Adam (Cathcart 88), Vaughan, Taylor-Fletcher (Ormerod 82), Campbell, Puncheon (Beattie 81). Subs not used: Kingson, Harewood, Phillips, Reid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/13444164.stm\" title=\"Man Utd v Blackpool\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man Utd v Blackpool<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Barclays Premier League Venue: Old Trafford Date: Sunday, 22 May Kick-off: 1600 BST Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles Live text and stats \u00a0 Sunday, 22 May 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Man Utd 0-0 Blackpool L MAN UTD BLACKPOOL Possession Man Utd 57% Blackpool 43% 11:17 The ball is delivered by Patrice Evra, save made by Matthew Gilks. 8:35 Ji-Sung Park takes a shot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":403715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-428139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man Utd v Blackpool - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/man-utd-v-blackpool\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Man Utd v Blackpool - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Barclays Premier League Venue: Old Trafford Date: Sunday, 22 May Kick-off: 1600 BST Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day; 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