Fans, and perhaps just admirers of the World's Greatest Football Club, will doubtless enjoy the release of The Official MUFC Maths Workbook, which covers sums for practising Key Stage Two maths for 7-11 year olds which has been introduced as part of the Government's maths campaign.

1. Roy is 78 yards away from the referee at Old Trafford and Jaap Stam is 65 yards away. If Roy can run at 21mph and Jaap can run at 16mph, who will be sticking their vein-bulging forehead into the hapless whistler's face first, assuming Roy does not stop to stamp on an opponent on his way ?

2. If one minute of time is taken up in a game for substitutions and one minute for injuries, how much injury time will be added on by the referee if Man Utd are losing at home ?

3. Ryan is a Welshman. Express, as a percentage, the number of internationals he has missed on a Wednesday evening compared to the miraculous recoveries he made for the following Saturday.

4. Manchester United are one of the giants of world club football. How many more European Cup Finals have they appeared in than Steaua Bucharest ? (for one extra mark; How many more than Reims ?)

5. Phil has 30 international caps. If you take away the number of appearances when he was the only adult male in England who could just about kick the ball with his left foot, how many are left ?

6. You are the referee at Old Trafford. How near to a visiting defender does a tumbling United forward have to be to earn a penalty if he goes down in the box ? (Note; round your answers down to the nearest 20 metres.)

7. Chris lives in Guildford. How much does it cost for him and his two sons to travel to the Theatre of Dreams every other weekend, including limited edition match day programme, a few drinks and prawn sandwiches all round ? How much could he save per week if he watched his local team instead ? Note; round your answers down to the nearest thousand pounds).

8. Alex had a hotel room booked in Cardiff for the FA Cup Final weekend. How much money did he lose when cancelling his reservation ? How much did he lose cancelling for the entire team ?