Preamble Today is an iconic day for one of the all-time greats of British football. Yes, Michael Owen is on the brink of his first title winners' medal.
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Preamble II Sir Alex Ferguson? Bloody hell. If Manchester United draw at Blackburn today, he will win his 12th title and United's 19th, putting them ahead of Liverpool for the first time in their history. You can argue until you're blue in the face and purple in the nose about whether he knocked Liverpool off their perch – in reality it was a combination of George Graham, Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness – but the fact he kept them and almost everyone else off that perch for the next 20 years is a preposterous achievement.
More than any other, this feels like Ferguson's title as much as United's. His Glazerphilia may be extremely unpleasant, but as a football manager he takes some beating. Some of us have made complete tools of ourselves by writing him off at various points over the last five years; yet again, the old man has bent the world to his will.
Today is not all about Ferguson and United, though. Blackburn need points if they are to avoid relegation, which some would see as an appropriate punishment for the ludicrous decision to sack Sam Allardyce. Their last game is at Wolves next week, and Blackburn are so hopeless away – just 12 points in 18 games – that this might almost be a better chance of picking up the point they need to reach 40.
United don't win very often at Ewood Park; they have done so just twice in the league since 1998. Then again, they don't need to win today.
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Manchester United Supporters' Association, გზა მეცხრამეტე ტრიუმფისაკენ [vol. 53]
