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United We Stand: Part Two

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Hello and welcome back to RFM Tales, our homage to the iPhone/Android football management sim Retro Football Management.  In our first save on the site, I (Dan Barker Gray) have taken the reins of Manchester United at the start of the 1988-89 season with the aim of landing a first league title since 1967. If you're new to the site then check out part one here: https://rfmtales.blogspot.com/2021/06/united-we-stand-part-one.html.  Let's get stuck into the action as our story resumes in September 1988... The month gets underway with us leaving South East London with a point after Brian McClair rescues a draw from our trip to Charlton Athletic. The Scottish striker netted the equaliser twenty minutes from time after Rob Lee had given the home side a first-half lead.  With other results going in our favour, the draw sends us to the top of the league table for the first time this season.  West Ham United are the next to visit Old Trafford and are duly sent packing thanks t...
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United We Stand: Part One

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Hello and welcome to RetroFootballManagement Tales, a new blog site dedicated to the iPhone and Android game Retro Football Management.  The game is available to download from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.  This site is dedicated to showcasing saves from the game and players' efforts at altering history. If you would like to contribute to the site then get in touch and send your stories (with photos) to rfmtales@gmail.com.  With that in mind, I Dan Barker Gray will get things started as I take the reins of my beloved Manchester United.  It's the summer of 1988, England have just been ignominiously dumped out of the European Championships, Liverpool are league champions (again!) although Wimbledon's Crazy Gang scuppered the Anfield club's hopes of the double with their surprise 1-0 win in the FA Cup final.  Despite finishing second behind the eventual champions, patchy form and disappointing results have led to Manchester United chairman Martin Edwar...
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