12 August 2002 - Another busy day with transfers at Brunton Park. Brendan McGill has agreed terms but will not be available for tomorrows match against Southend. Craig Robson and Johnny Brain both former Newcastle trainees have signed month to month deals. Gary Prosser a local youngster who formerly played for Kendal Town has singed a one year deal. Kyle May has decided to move from United to Gretna. Other news - Matthew Piper agrees a move from Leicester City to Sunderland. The West Midlands, Essex and Croydon are to take part in a pilot scheme where the police will issue £40 and £80 fixed penalties for offences such as using threatening behaviour, being drunk and disorderly and making hoax 999 calls.
13 August 2002 - United make the long journey to Southend, Mick Galloway may be in the starting line up. Roddy Collins admits he will be happy if we don't concede, warning it will be a few games before he has the personnel and and match fitness in the squad needed to take the team forward. Other news - Roy Keane again hits the headlines after revealing in his autobiography that he deliberately injured Alf-Inge Haaland. The Football League is close to agreeing a deal to show televised Nationwide League highlights on ITV. A four-month consultation process involving all of the game's governing bodies, as well as lower league teams, will now take place. Legionnaires' disease claims a third victim in the outbreak centred on Barrow. In Prague floods overwhelm parts of the city. Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla had authorised rescue teams to use reasonable force to remove those refusing to leave their homes.
Southend United 0 - 1 Utd. (Will McDonagh 85 mins). League position 11th. Att: 3881
Team: Keen -8, Shelly -8, Andrews -8, Whitehead -8, Maddison -8 (Wake -8), Burns - 8 (McDonagh - 8), Baldacchino -8, Galloway -8, Birch -8, Foran -8 Molloy -8. Subs not used: Jack, Dickinson, Nixon.
3 games Man of the Match - This was a brilliant team performance, every man on the field gave there all, for the sheer excitement he created we go for Ryan Baldacchino.
3 games comment - This was a thoroughly deserved win, we still have some way to go to function fluently as a team but we made up for that with sheer hard work, we used the wings so well pulling Southend apart. Lee Maddison and Baldacchino linked well together and time and again we broke down the left. When Lee took a nasty knock and was subbed with no obvious replacement we could have fallen apart but everyone battled through, this can only give us confidence for the games ahead. It's very disappointing to pick up two nasty injuries, Maddison requiring stitches for a head wound and Molloy breaking his toe, both players will be missed.
14 August 2002 - Brendan McGill is expected to sign tonight and Roddy Collins hopes to bring in a further four players. Other news - Manchester United lose 1-0 in the first leg of their champions league qualifier in Budapest when Zalaegerszeg score in the 90th minute. Newcastle United win 1 - 0 against Zeljeznicar in the first leg of their qualifier in Sarajevo with a Kieran Dyer goal. Police issue a video appeal to the person who may be holding missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman to contact them directly. Prague waits to see if the river Vltava will break over flood barriers and engulf the city. Floods have swept across much of the country, killing nine people and forcing 200,000 nationwide to be evacuated.
15 August 2002 - Brendan McGill signs for United while Ryan Hevicon is released. Jon Cullen also finishes his trial period at Carlisle without being offered terms but signs for Darlington along with another ex United player Phil Hadland. There is better news on United's injuries, while it is unlikely Molloy will be fit for Saturday his foot injury does not seem as bad as first thought and Lee Maddison trained as normal. Radio Foyle announces that Darren Kelly will be coming over to Carlisle tomorrow with a view to sign. Other news - Manchester United lose Wes Brown for 3 months after a scan confirms he broke his ankle in last nights Champions League qualifying defeat against Zalaegerszeg. The floods continue to cause havoc in Europe, in Germany a damn, collapses sending the Mulde River cascading towards the town of Bitterfeld, whose 16,000 inhabitants are being urgently evacuated. A level results are announced with the pass rate for this year's quarter of a million students again rising, this time by 4.5 percentage points, to 94.3%.
16 August 2002 - Mark Summerbell ex Middlesbrough signs for United, along with defender Darren Kelley. United fans get 2000 tickets for the game away against Darlington on Tuesday 27th of August, tickets go on sale at Brunton Park on Tuesday, 20th of August at 9am. Michael Dickinson is to have talks with Workington Reds about a loan spell where he can gain experience in regular first team football. Other news - Manchester City and Alfe Inge Haaland are to sue Roy Keane the notorious tackle on the midfielder which took place in the last Manchester derby on 21 April 2001. The Football Association has found midfielder Robbie Savage guilty of improper conduct and fined him £10,000 after using the referee's toilet at Filbert Street without permission before the game. Police in Soham question a school caretaker and his girlfriend over the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. The couple are released after seven hours of questioning but do not return to their home which is still the subject of a detailed police search.
17 August 2002 - Brendan McGill starts today's game and new signing Darren Kelly is introduced to the travelling fans before the match at Sincil Bank. Other news - School caretaker, Ian Huntley, 28, and his girlfriend Maxine Carr, 25, are arrested in the early hours on suspicion of murdering missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Later in the day came the news that everyone had been dreading, the police announced that two bodies had been found. Two UK soldiers have been shot dead at Kabul airport. The local British command announces that their wounds had been sustained in a "non-hostile" situation. The soldiers have yet to be named.
Lincoln city 0 - 1 Carlisle United (Trevor Molloy 65 mins pen). League position 7th. Att: 3034.
Team: Keen - 9, Shelley - 7, Andrews - 7, Whitehead - 9, Maddison - 8, Baldacchino - 6 (McDonagh - 7 ), Galloway - 6 (Burns - 7), Murphy - 7 (Wake -7), McGill - 6. Foran - 5, Molloy - 7. Subs not used: Jack, Birch.
3 games Man of the Match. A hard match to score, Foran was only on the pitch 9 minutes before seeing the red card, so his score has to reflect that. Mick Galloway struggled after picking up a nasty knock on his knee until he was taken off, Baldacchino also had to be taken off with an injury early in the second half. Two players rated a rarely given 9, Keen coped with everything thrown at him for the second game running but for his calm ruthless efficiency we go for Stu Whitehead.
3 games comment - So much to be proud about in this performance, when our backs are against the wall we just don't give up....... 'we are warriors'. It seemed that the referee wanted to be the star man today, whilst we have got to keep our discipline there is little anyone can do when faced with such an inept performance by the man in the middle. With Galloway and Baldacchino also picking up injuries, this could prove an expensive win but with so much enthusiasm and hard work shown by our players at the moment, it seems that we can overcome most obstacles in our path.
19 August 2002 - Lincoln City announce they will be preparing a report on off the pitch incidents at their game against Carlisle. their chairman insists that no one connected with Lincoln was involved in any incidents but also states he will be pleased to make comments to the media on the alleged incidents. Carlisle United issues a statement confirming that no one connected with United were involved in any alleged wrong doing. A photograph in the Evening News and Star shows Richie Foran surrounded by men. Stories from the match indicate that these men are stewards but there is no indication by their dress or obvious identification to confirm this. Ryan Baldacchino may be out for 2 -3 weeks after it was confirmed he picked up a hamstring injury in Saturday's game. Brian Shelley is called up to play in Ireland's U21 International match against Finland tomorrow. Tickets for the Darlington away match go on sale at Brunton Park tomorrow for season ticket holders, a maximum of two per ticket holder and to the general public on Wednesday. Other news - George Best is re-admitted to hospital after suffering a complication after his liver transplant. It is reported that the infection is now under control and he is improving. A Russian military helicopter transporting servicemen to Chechnya has crashed. The Mi-26, was carrying more than 100 servicemen and five crew members, initial reports say that up to 70 people have died.
20 August 2002 - Mark Thurstan leaves United after having his contract cancelled by mutual agreement. Other news - Italian clubs have voted to postpone the Serie A and Serie B season because of the ongoing row over television rights. The new season had been due to start on 31 August but has been put back by two weeks to 15 September. Birmingham's Aliou Cisse has had his sending off against Arsenal rescinded by referee Mike Riley, after looking at video evidence, Riley has decided midfielder Cisse did not warrant the second yellow card which resulted in his dismissal. School caretaker Ian Huntley is charged with the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman and is detained in a secure mental unit. His girlfriend Maxine Carr, remains in police custody. German police enter the Iraqi embassy in Berlin and free hostages seized by Iraqi campaigners opposed to Saddam Hussein.
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