Sheffield Utd v Manchester Utd 15-08-1992

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Alex Ferguson's side travel to Bramhall Lane on the opening day looking to build on their strong second half of last season. *NB* This coverage is NOT edited. Recorded live off the tv at the time of broadcast by pressing record and pause. Before the days of home editing.

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00:00three and once more there's football here to see

00:03and at Bramble Lane in the Sheffield United line-up just one new face Alan McCleary he's

00:14on loan from Millwall and replaces the suspended Brian Gale more significant though is the face

00:21still here Brian Dean whom supporters expected to see depart and who has just signed a new

00:27two-year contract Manchester United leave their million pounds by Dion Dublin from Cambridge

00:35United on the bench and include Darren Ferguson the manager's son in midfield presumably Neil Webb

00:44will soon be seen in Newcastle with the long throw Cork waiting on the edge of the six-yard area

00:53and Dean scores

00:55four minutes and 36 seconds when the ball went into the net

01:06a long throw

01:16they were looking for Cork on the near edge of the six-yard area no marking on Dean

01:24and Sheffield United had the start they were looking for

01:28and one or two Manchester United players not unreasonably asking about that challenge by the goalkeeper on digs

01:44must say it looked a bit suspect to me

01:48and he got away with it Simon Tracy

01:52the post goodness me

01:58and Pritis Michael I don't know what language he's shouting in

02:06nodded on and the header back by Pallister

02:16and so nearly

02:18this is Alan Cork

02:23and the referee says penalty

02:26it was an untidy challenge on Cork

02:30who didn't look as though he was going to make it all the way

02:34Pallister

02:37can't quite believe the award

02:39mistake there by Bruce

02:44and the challenge

02:48brings the award of the penalty

02:51Dean

02:57scores

03:00with consummities

03:02and he scored

03:10in the 50 minutes of either half

03:14Schmeichel the wrong way

03:18Schmeichel the chance

03:22Schmeichel is unsure whether to go forward or come wide

03:24comes wide

03:26and it's come to be found

03:28takes on three

03:29useful cross if Giggs can get there

03:31but it just curls away

03:32Giggs once more

03:36but that's a poor cross of the youngster

03:39and McCleary in trouble

03:46and Hughes scores

03:48well that certainly is route one with a vengeance

03:57and not by Sheffield United

04:00but by Manchester United

04:01the long long clearance from Peter Schmeichel

04:04and McCleary in trouble

04:06trying to get the ball in the air

04:08and Hughes gets the left foot on it

04:10and it's 2-1

04:10he's 23 years old

04:15scored 18 goals last season

04:17one of them in fact

04:18against Manchester United

04:20in a League Cup defeat

04:23Ferguson

04:31Phelan

04:32Irwin

04:34Ferguson

04:39the youngster calling for it

04:41Hughes

04:42Giggs

04:46better control now for Manchester United

04:51Hughes

04:52Bruce

04:57beaten by Cork

04:58but here's Dublin

04:59good stop

05:01home crowd at Bramble Lane

05:05celebrate a winning start

05:07courtesy of two goals by Brian Dean

05:11fifth minute of the first half

05:14and a penalty

05:15at the end of the fifth minute of the second

05:18Mark Hughes

05:18putting Manchester United back

05:20in contention

05:21but they really found

05:24what style they found

05:25a little too late

05:26a little bit of the third half

05:29which is

05:32earlier

05:33a little bit

05:34oli

05:35and a little bit

05:35about it

05:36and then

05:38Wie an example here from our

05:38Monaro

05:38are now

05:39replacing

05:40the schools

05:41weren't

05:41because of the university

05:41but today from your

05:42minds

05:43at the end of our

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