3 min learnFeb 11, 2026 06:53 PM IST
Wayne Rooney isn’t a fan on folks speaking a couple of United fan’s journey for a hair reduce moderately than the precise group making an attempt to win matches. The fan, also called The United Strand (Actual title: Frank Ilett), has grow to be a viral sensation for not slicing his hair until United gained 5 matches in a row. It has been 495 days since he positioned the problem and hasn’t been ready trim his hair. With United drawing with West Ham on Tuesday evening after successful 4 again to again matches, the fan’s probabilities of getting his hair reduce was gone and he has to start once more from the following match.
Rooney, a former Manchester United participant, wasn’t having any of it, slamming the fan for taking the eye away from the group on the pitch. “I’d put him to the opposite facet of the nation. He’s doing my head in. We’re speaking about Michael Carrick and Man United making an attempt to win their fifth sport in a row and the entire thing is about this man getting his haircut. I wager he’s devastated if Man United win as a result of he might be irrelevant,” Rooney stated on No Tippy Tappy Soccer podcast.
A dramatic late equalizer from Benjamin Sesko rescued a 1-1 draw for United at West Ham within the Premier League on Tuesday and stored the momentum going below coach Michael Carrick. Sesko struck within the 96th minute on the London Stadium to maintain United in fourth place forward of Chelsea, which additionally dropped factors in a 2-2 draw in opposition to Leeds.
🗣️ “He’s doing my head in!” 🤣
Secure to say Wayne Rooney gained’t be slicing The United Strand’s hair if #MUFC win tonight. 👀#NoTippyTappyFootball | @BOYLESports pic.twitter.com/hvwQmHAOLB
— No Tippy Tappy Soccer (@NoTippyTappyPod) February 10, 2026
Carrick was moments away from his first loss as United coach because the clock ticked down at West Ham. After 4 straight wins, United trailed following Tomas Soucek’s purpose from early within the second half.
However Carrick, who was a part of so many well-known comebacks as a United participant, is getting used to dramatic turnarounds as a coach as properly. After late winners in opposition to Arsenal and Fulham, he watched his group salvage a degree by way of substitute Sesko. The Slovenia worldwide produced an excellent flicked purpose on the close to submit to stun the house followers and keep Carrick’s unbeaten run.
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