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[energetic rock music]

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- Manchester United,
number one in England.

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- [Narrator] Manchester United,

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arguably one of the
biggest and best clubs

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the football world
has ever seen.

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With such a rich history,

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United have changed the
way of English football.

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- One thing has been coming to the top of another.

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It has been wonderful.

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[crowd chanting]

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- Is anyone bigger
than Sir Alex?

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I think what he's
achieved is basically,

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in my opinion, he's
created the Premiership.

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- Opportunities like thisdon't come around all the time.

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And I said I didn't
wanna be sitting

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in the end of my career
thinking I could've

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done this and I
could've done that.

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This was definitely a step in the right direction for me.

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- Once I went to
United, it was perfect.

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It's everything that
you wish for as a kid.

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- [Narrator] With 20 league titles, 12 FA Cups,

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five League Cups and 21
FA Community Shields,

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Manchester United have
done the unthinkable

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and hold the record for
the most league titles

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in the English sport.

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- I think I've achieved,

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I'd probably say out-achieved as a young manager.

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Coming to Manchester,
I did it Aberdeen

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and things like that,

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so I wasn't gonna let
it affect my life.

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But even with all that, there is a fulfillment in doing it.

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- [Narrator] Witness the story of Manchester United

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as we take an in-depth look at the good moments.

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- I thought that '99
could not be beaten,

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but you have beaten it today.

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- [Narrator] The bad.

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- Goodbye.

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- Respect.

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Respect, man.

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Respect, respect me.

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- [Narrator] And how they became the most iconic team

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in the world of football.

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This is Manchester United and their Campaign for the Glory.

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[mellow guitar music]

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In 1878, Manchester was a thriving industrial city

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in the heart of England,

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the birthplace of
railway manufacturing,

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which not only employed
thousands of workers,

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but helped power the city,

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and also allowed them to become an economic powerhouse

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within the UK.

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It was in the railways
where Manchester United

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were first formed.

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[machine humming]

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Originally named Newton Heath

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due to their factory's location,

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their first ever game was against the engineering

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and maintenance workers
in what was classed

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as the very first
Manchester Derby.

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But at the very beginning, Newton Heath did not play

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in their trademark red kits.

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Instead, they wore a green and yellow striped shirt

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with black lace ties
as pictured here

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in one of their first
ever team photos.

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Newton Heath eventually
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to Manchester United in 1902,

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after joining the Football Alliance in 1888,

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and moved to their newstadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

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United went on to win LeagueOne for the first time in 1908.

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And again won it in 1911
under the management

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of Ernest Mangnall.

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By the end of World War I,

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the football industry was the biggest it had ever been.

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Thousands of fans attended matches every week

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with teams like Manchester City and Newcastle

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selling out seats
at Wembley Stadium

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for the final of the FA Cup.

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Manchester Unitedunfortunately failed to achieve

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any success post-World War I

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and were labeled
as the yo-yo team

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because of their
constant rise and fall

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throughout the football leagues.

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In 1939, Britain was at war with Germany once again.

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Football was still held
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but due to the
ongoing war effort,

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teams all over Britain
were not competing

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at the same high
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In 1941, German bombers
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as they aimed to take out the factories within the city.

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Because of this, football stopped at Old Trafford

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for another eight years
as the focused turned

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to the war effort and
rebuilding the city.

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After the Second
World War has ended,

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Manchester United were appointed with a new manager.

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This manager was
a previous player

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who had achieved
a lot of success

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during his career
playing for Liverpool,

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the Scottish national side, and United's rivals,

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Manchester City, but
this manager would go on

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to be the best
United had ever had.

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That manager was Matt Busby.

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- He was the most famous
manager for many years.

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Possibly the most important manager in their history.

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He was the one who took
them from a decent club

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to being the best
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He could well have been theLiverpool manager at one stage.

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He was a Liverpool player.

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There was a few Liverpool fans out there and I think,

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that would have made a big difference, wouldn't it?

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You know, he was the
person who drove a lot

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of what Manchester
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So, for example, in particular with European competitions,

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he was the one who said I want our team to play in Europe.

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When, at that time,
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The FA, I think the
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at the same time, didn't reallywant English clubs to play

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in the competition
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forced that through, and look at the legacy of it now.

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The Champions League and
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doing well in it as well.

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So that's just one legacy,

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and then you got the playing side of it as well,

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where, obviously, he
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he wanted to bring the
best young players,

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and he wanted them to play football, the right way.

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And that's continued ever since.

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- [Narrator] Going
into the 1950s,

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Matt Busby introduced
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filled with new youth players.

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This team would go on to be a huge success once again,

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and the team were labeled as The Busby Babes.

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- Busby, when he came in, he had a philosophy of

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he liked young players.

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He liked them to go out there and play with no fear

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so that they were exciting, they attacked more,

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and that was the way
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he liked them to play,
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It wasn't necessarily
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from other teams at the time,

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but it was with the younger players coming through.

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And then he had that
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which he had a group,

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a lot of them coming through at the same time,

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and that's where he kind ofdeveloped a reputation worldwide

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because I remember
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My dad wasn't a Manchester United fan, but he said to me

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I watch Manchester United play and I watch the Busby Babes.

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So even someone who wasn't a Manchester United fan

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and not necessarily
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he was proud of the fact that he had seen that team play,

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which says everything about what was being created.

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The fact that it wasn't
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just for Manchester United fans.

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It's for all people out there that enjoyed what he brought.

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- [Narrator] Manchester
United became England's

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first representatives
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Busby was delighted by this,

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despite being hit with
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Busby ignored the criticisms

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and was determined to bring the European Cup home

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and to make them
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United lost out, losing to Real Madrid in the semifinal

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of the European Cup in 1957,

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which devastated
the United squad,

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but a year later, things
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in United's favor when it came to winning the title.

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- Well, they became
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So to have a team when you have so many young players who

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were representing your club, being successful at club,

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and also being
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that says how good
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A good analogy is if you
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It was a case of I saw The Beatles at The Cavern.

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I saw Matt Busby's
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It was an I was there moment.

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Unfortunately, it
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for a very sad reason.

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[serious music]

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- [Narrator] Whilst in Yugoslavia, United went on

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to beat Red Star Belgrade 5-4 in aggregate,

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allowing them to
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for the second
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Their title hopes were
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But on their way
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whilst refueling at Munich,

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the United squad
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that devastated English
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[gentle music]

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- This is Old
Trafford and, today,

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it's the heart of
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Everybody in Manchester, everybody in Britain nearly,

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is looking to this ground

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and inside the staff are busy answering inquiries,

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keeping relatives informed of the lengthy process

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of the people who were
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And the one question that's in everybody's mind is

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how is Matt Busby getting along?

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This is the first thing that the taxi driver asked me

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when I got out of the train at the station just now.

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- Manchester United were playing in the European Cup

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and it was frowned upon
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They didn't really want English clubs playing there

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so Matt Busby and the club said no we want to play in it.

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We want to go out there and we want to represent England,

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and we want to do
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And they were
playing in this match

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and there was a lot of pressure on them to get back

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'cause there was a
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and they had to
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and flights are not the
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You can't have two, three, five, six, seven a day.

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At that time, it was
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They played the match and they had to get the flight home.

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Now, the conditions
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Now, I don't know whether pressure was put on the pilot

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to say let's get this
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but it probably, in hindsight,

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which very few
people have us have,

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in hindsight, obviously, it couldn't have taken off.

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But if it hadn't have taken offand they'd have stayed there

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they would have been
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with the authorities that they wouldn't have been able

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to fulfill their fixture.

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And that might have been the end

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of European football
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because there might
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might have said that's it.

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We probably don't
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if we're gonna get into troublefor these types of things.

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It took off.

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Unfortunately, it crashed.

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It was a horrific moment for the club, the players.

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There was a lotta
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There was staff who died.

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My uncle, he was a
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and I remember my
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he didn't talk for
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And that's the kind of
impact it had in that

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you had such an exciting, such a young team, denied.

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Denied the opportunity to go on even just that season.

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Denied the opportunity to go on

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and possibly win
the European Cup.

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Denied the opportunity to play for five, 10 years.

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And it was devastating.

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- [Narrator] Football
plans all over England

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were shocked by the news
and sent their thoughts

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to all the relatives of the ones who had passed away

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in the disaster.

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- [Journalist] How do you feel about this tragedy?

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- [Man] Well, too poor
for words, really.

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I feel like that we
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and terribly upset.

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- The fact that you're
not a Manchester Man

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makes no difference?
- Makes no difference.

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They're a fine team
and I'm very sorry.

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- What's your main
thought at the moment?

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- Well, I hope they all soon get better and I hope.

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Well, I just hope that.

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No words I can express that.

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I just hope they pull together

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and try and forget all of that.

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- We must, of course, send a message to the bereaved

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to say how upset we are
and distressed for them,

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and send our best
wishes to the survivors

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and hope that they get along

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and come back to us in
Manchester very soon.

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- [Narrator] Matt Busby spent months recovering in hospital.

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Doctors initially said
his chances of survival

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were no better than 50-50.

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But the whole of England
was behind his recovery.

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And after two months,
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- They were his...

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They weren't called babes for the wrong reason.

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They were his kids almost.

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He developed them and they were like a family to him.

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So for him to lose that and then have to come back

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to, let's be honest,
it's just football,

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must have been tough.

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- [Narrator] In 2006,
Sir Bobby Charlton,

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who survived the disaster, spoke out on his experience

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during and after the
crash in an interview

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that was extremely
personal and rare.

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- Well, I just put my head down.

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I think I put my head down and the next thing I remembered

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was waking up away
from the airplane,

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and I was sitting
strapped into a seat.

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I woke up the following morningand a German read them out.

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So I'd been asleep for,

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I don't know how long
they knocked me out for.

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And that's how I found out who was alive and who was dead.

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I never come to grips with it.

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I see quite a few of the relatives from time to time

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and I do feel a
little bit guilty.

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It's our national game.

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It's our national game
and we were not only

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representing Manchester
when we went,

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we were representing
the country.

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And I think that it's
worth remembering all.

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I wouldn't say
remembering too much,

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but never forgetting,
that's true.

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[solemn music]

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[upbeat rock music]

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- [Narrator] The early '60s was tough for United

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as they didn't seem to
get any form of success

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despite bringing in some big names, such as Dennis Law.

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The Busby Babes name
was also dropped

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as it was seen as inappropriate for the time.

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The nickname for
the team was changed

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to the Red Devils as
that name was seen

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as intimidating when going against other teams.

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Despite coming 19th in
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United did manage to come back to beat Leicester City 3-1

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to win the FA Cup the same year.

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That following season, United brought in a new player

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to the starting 11.

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This player was only 17 when he made his first team debut

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and would go on to be one of United's star players.

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This player was George Best,

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and together with Bobby
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became one of the
best attacking forces

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United had ever seen.

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Things only got
better for United

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as they went on to beat Benfica

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in the European Cup final, 4-1,

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helping United to become
the first English team

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to win the European Cup.

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- The team which
Matt Busby built

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had three of the best players in the world up front.

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If you had one of
them, you were lucky.

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He had a Northern
Ireland international.

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He had an England international.

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He had a Scottish international.

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And all three of those
teams were blessed

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with the fact that
they had George Best,

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Dennis Law, and Bobby Charlton.

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But to have all three of
those on the same team

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meant that they had a team, which was capable of

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beating the best in the world

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and they showed it on that night when they beat Benfica

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in extra time in the
European Cup final.

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All of them came to the fore.

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All of them played well,
got important goals.

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And that was just a
fantastic strike force

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and a fantastic team.

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- [Announcer] Bobby
Charlton made it 4-1.

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Manchester United had
well and truly done it.

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They were supreme soccer
champions of Europe.

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At last, Matt Busby, the maestro of Manchester United,

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had groomed a team great enough to beat Europe's best.

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- [Journalist] It's
been a wonderful climax

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to a wonderful season for you.

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- It certainly has.

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It seems as though one
thing has been going

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to the top of another.

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It has been wonderful.

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- [Journalist] What
was your reaction

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when you heard this news?

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- There was a feeling of,

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naturally, I was delighted and very proud.

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I felt that this has
been brought about

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by people, both by a
lot of people around me

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who are probably due
more credit than I am.

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There's my wife and
family, my mother.

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All the football people, the teams, and the players.

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And really they've contributed to the position

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more than probably I have done.

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- As your career has reached each new pinnacle,

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the rumors have come that you're going to retire.

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Will you retire this time?

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- Yeah, well, I
keep hearing this.

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I don't feel as though I'm ready for that just yet.

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When my directors
and the club itself

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have had enough of me, I'd probably start considering it.

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- [Narrator] After
the 1968-69 season,

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Busby did go on to retire.

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It was the end of an era
for the United squad,

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and fans praised Busby for the work he had done with United,

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achieving five First Division trophies, two FA Cups,

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five FA Charity shields,
and one European Cup,

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making 13 incredible
career trophies.

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However, after a miserable season in 1970-71,

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McGuinness, who had taken over the managerial role,

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quit due to the
fans' and board's

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lack of faith in his system.

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Busby was convinced to come back

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and put the team back in order.

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Unfortunately, at
this period of time

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United's relationship withtheir star player, George Best,

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was getting extremely heated,

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and it looked like Best's interest was on other things

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away from United.

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- [Journalist] Earlier, Sir Matt had watched the United

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players train at
their practice ground.

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Best should have
been among them,

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but once again he failed to turn up or send a message.

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Sir Matt returned to his
office at Old Trafford,

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found his directors, and called a press conference.

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- [Journalist] Sir
Matt, there's some talk

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about George being ill and this having a bearing

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on the present squad.

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Have you heard anything
to this effect?

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- My dear fellow, I haven't heard a thing since Friday.

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Since Thursday.

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Friday morning,
haven't heard a thing.

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Saturday, Sunday,
and this morning.

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- [Journalist] In
fact, you have no idea

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where he is, Sir Matt?

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- I couldn't tell you whether he's in Manchester,

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or whether he's in
England or London.

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I couldn't tell you.

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I have no contact,
he's made no contact.

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Now as I said to you, all you lads this morning,

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he knows where to find me.

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The door is there
waiting for him.

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I am not going looking
for George Best.

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- George Best was
probably a first

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for the football industry, certainly this country,

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in the sense of he wasn't just a footballer.

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He was a superstar,
on and off the pitch.

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And unfortunately the trappings of being a superstar

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caught up with him.

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- [Man] This morning United's manager, Frank O'Farrell,

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in his confrontation
with George Best

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had to decide both
how much punishment

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to hand out to his star player

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and how indispensable
Best was to the team.

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United's shock was an indication of the way the fans

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regard Best, the biggest crowd puller in British football.

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He has the lion's share
of the souvenir market.

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- You look at the
highlight's reel that,

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the goals that he scores, the chicks that he has,

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and the pitches that they played

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in those days as well,
you can imagine him

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playing on the
pitches these days.

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He'd be a Lionel Messi.

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And he'd have the
same kind of things

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that Lionel Messi has
now to protect him.

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Some of the things that,

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he didn't have quite so much protection in those days.

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So George Best, the best playerin the world at that time,

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but just probably the wrong era.

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- [Man] The club says that his problems are not new

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and don't involve either his girlfriends or his wages.

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It's thought he
decided to play truant

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after a loss of
form and depressing
inability to regain it.

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Club officials feel his
football concentration

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and therefore his chances of getting back into top gear

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are diverted by hisconsiderable business interests,

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leadership of Manchester's discotheque world

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and life continually
in the public eye.

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The club feel an accumulation of these problems

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caused their most famous playerto give into the pressures

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and the strain.

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- [Narrator] After some
lackluster performances

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from Best at the
start of the 1970s,

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and the lack of any real respect for training sessions,

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Best eventually left
the squad in 1974

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along with Bobby Charlton, who left just a year before.

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After Busby's short return,

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United went through a rollercoaster of seasons,

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finding themselves going through manager after manager.

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Tommy Docherty took
over after Busby

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and saw United get relegatedfor the first time in 36 years.

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Dave Sexton quickly
took over from Docherty,

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but again, failed to achieve any form of success.

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- Whenever the top person leavesany kind of an organization

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perhaps certainly
within a football club,

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there's always that periodwhereby it's gonna be different

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and when you have someone who is so, so successful,

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it's very rare that the
next person who comes in

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can match that success.

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In recent years, you
might have had that

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at Barcelona or Real
Madrid, Bayern Munich,

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Manchester City
possibly as well.

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But in those days
it was very rare.

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Liverpool, they did it.

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But other clubs
didn't at the time.

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So replacing Matt Busby, it was the job you didn't want.

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You kind of like wanted to be the person after the person.

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But unfortunately they, from their point of view,

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they never quite got it back.

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Well, not for many years
did they get it back.

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And went through a huge slump

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where they actually dropped out of the top division,

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which, for a club the size of Manchester United, is,

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should have been unheard of.

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- [Narrator] United finally settled on Ron Atkinson

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in 1981, who had proven himselfwith West Bromwich Albion

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the past couple of seasons.

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Atkinson brought life
back to the United team.

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They were playing attractive football again,

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and their new signings
such as Bryan Robson,

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who went on to become thelongest serving United captain,

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became club legends.

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In Atkinson's second
season with the club,

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United went on to
win the FA Cup,

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the first trophy the club had won in six years.

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He then went on to win
it the next season,

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allowing Atkinson to win the respect of the United fans.

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But this was sadly
short-lived as Atkinson

503
00:22:37.217 --> 00:22:39.358
found himself sacked in 1986

504
00:22:39.392 --> 00:22:41.636
after almost getting
United relegated

505
00:22:41.670 --> 00:22:44.846
due to an appalling
couple of seasons.

506
00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.607
After Atkinson's dismissal, United were looking

507
00:22:47.642 --> 00:22:50.161
for an experienced
manager to help United

508
00:22:50.196 --> 00:22:52.094
get back to the
top of the league.

509
00:22:52.129 --> 00:22:54.890
It didn't take long for them to turn their attention

510
00:22:54.925 --> 00:22:59.308
to the extremely successfulScottish manager, Alex Ferguson.

511
00:23:00.689 --> 00:23:02.898
- Alex Ferguson, when he came to Manchester United,

512
00:23:02.933 --> 00:23:04.555
was a winner.

513
00:23:04.590 --> 00:23:09.560
In Scotland, since 1960s, only two clubs had ever

514
00:23:10.734 --> 00:23:13.081
won the Premier
Division in Scotland

515
00:23:13.115 --> 00:23:15.324
apart from Celtic and Rangers.

516
00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.809
Dundee United did it once,

517
00:23:16.843 --> 00:23:20.191
Aberdeen did it three times, all under Ferguson.

518
00:23:20.226 --> 00:23:22.608
They won the cup
their four times.

519
00:23:22.642 --> 00:23:24.541
They won a European
Cup Winners' Cup.

520
00:23:24.575 --> 00:23:26.681
So to have a manager
who'd come into a club,

521
00:23:26.715 --> 00:23:30.616
which wasn't one of the
big two, and dominate,

522
00:23:30.650 --> 00:23:33.481
for a good few years,
six, seven, eight years,

523
00:23:33.515 --> 00:23:36.345
to dominate that division, that's a winner.

524
00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:38.520
But it was also successful in Europe as well,

525
00:23:38.555 --> 00:23:41.212
which for Scottish teams, Celtic did it, Rangers did it,

526
00:23:41.247 --> 00:23:44.871
but for Aberdeen to go intothe European Cup Winners' final

527
00:23:44.906 --> 00:23:48.185
and beat Real Madrid, Aberdeen.

528
00:23:49.566 --> 00:23:53.984
That says that's a guy who can do it on a domestic stage

529
00:23:54.018 --> 00:23:56.400
and on a world stage,

530
00:23:56.435 --> 00:23:58.333
and that's what Manchester United needed.

531
00:23:58.367 --> 00:24:00.887
- [Narrator] Despite Alex Ferguson's legacy with United,

532
00:24:00.922 --> 00:24:03.718
his first couple of seasons were not positive

533
00:24:03.752 --> 00:24:05.478
in the slightest.

534
00:24:05.513 --> 00:24:09.793
Ferguson stated after he almost lost his job in 1989,

535
00:24:09.827 --> 00:24:11.967
that it was the darkest
day in his life,

536
00:24:12.002 --> 00:24:15.764
but with the backing of the board going into the 1990s,

537
00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:18.457
Ferguson was to change
the team completely.

538
00:24:18.491 --> 00:24:21.598
And in the season of 1992-93,

539
00:24:21.632 --> 00:24:25.222
went on to win the first ever Premier League title.

540
00:24:25.256 --> 00:24:28.501
The first league trophy
in over 26 years.

541
00:24:28.536 --> 00:24:32.160
- The happiest day of my life, happiest day of my life.

542
00:24:32.194 --> 00:24:34.956
- I've been waiting 26 years to watch United win the title.

543
00:24:34.990 --> 00:24:37.510
To be able to celebrate it at home, it's fantastic.

544
00:24:37.545 --> 00:24:39.374
Feel absolutely superb.

545
00:24:39.408 --> 00:24:42.688
- It's going to be
one hell of a party!

546
00:24:43.551 --> 00:24:46.346
[crowd chanting]

547
00:24:50.281 --> 00:24:52.111
- There were lots of momentswere things could have changed,

548
00:24:52.145 --> 00:24:56.356
it could have been different, and some of those moments,

549
00:24:56.391 --> 00:24:59.083
one of them occurred
in the last season

550
00:24:59.118 --> 00:25:01.948
before the Premier League where Manchester United

551
00:25:01.983 --> 00:25:03.571
were going for the
league with Leeds,

552
00:25:03.605 --> 00:25:07.229
and probably could and
should have won it.

553
00:25:07.264 --> 00:25:09.300
They were the better team throughout that season,

554
00:25:09.335 --> 00:25:12.580
but Leeds just
about held them off.

555
00:25:12.614 --> 00:25:13.788
There was a game
against Liverpool,

556
00:25:13.822 --> 00:25:16.894
which Man United
fans will remember,

557
00:25:16.929 --> 00:25:20.691
where they lost 2-0
and Liverpool fans

558
00:25:20.726 --> 00:25:22.866
were singing You Will
Never Win The League.

559
00:25:24.281 --> 00:25:26.317
I think they regretted that.

560
00:25:26.352 --> 00:25:28.975
- [Narrator] United amazingly followed this up

561
00:25:29.010 --> 00:25:30.494
by winning the league again.

562
00:25:30.529 --> 00:25:33.393
The first time they had won a second consecutive title

563
00:25:33.428 --> 00:25:35.499
since 1957.

564
00:25:35.534 --> 00:25:38.571
They also went on to win the FA Cup that same year,

565
00:25:38.606 --> 00:25:40.987
making it the club's
first ever double

566
00:25:41.022 --> 00:25:42.230
in the club's history.

567
00:25:43.369 --> 00:25:45.474
Ferguson was branded
as a club legend

568
00:25:45.509 --> 00:25:49.030
just five years after he had been branded as a failure.

569
00:25:49.064 --> 00:25:51.480
But fans were also
attributing this win

570
00:25:51.515 --> 00:25:54.104
to one of their most
recent bargain signings

571
00:25:54.138 --> 00:25:56.071
from league winners,
Leeds United.

572
00:25:56.106 --> 00:26:00.420
That player would be known by fans as King Eric Cantona.

573
00:26:01.836 --> 00:26:04.010
- At the start of the first season of the Premier League,

574
00:26:04.045 --> 00:26:08.152
Leeds United were the championswith Harold Wilkinson,

575
00:26:08.187 --> 00:26:09.671
and he rang up Ferguson,

576
00:26:09.706 --> 00:26:11.949
was interested in
signing Denis Irwin,

577
00:26:11.984 --> 00:26:13.572
fullback for Manchester United,

578
00:26:13.606 --> 00:26:17.576
and during that conversation, Ferguson said,

579
00:26:18.956 --> 00:26:21.614
"What about Eric Cantona, is he available?"

580
00:26:21.649 --> 00:26:25.653
And that was the first contact between the two clubs

581
00:26:25.687 --> 00:26:29.001
and eventually he signed
and a bargain price.

582
00:26:29.035 --> 00:26:32.004
Got him, I think it was less than 1 million pounds.

583
00:26:32.038 --> 00:26:34.662
But it wasn't Manchester United who initiated that.

584
00:26:34.696 --> 00:26:37.319
It was actually
the Leeds manager

585
00:26:37.354 --> 00:26:40.322
who was the one who made
the first phone call.

586
00:26:40.357 --> 00:26:42.290
So pivotal moments.

587
00:26:42.324 --> 00:26:44.119
What would have happened
if Wilkinson hadn't have

588
00:26:44.154 --> 00:26:45.914
rang them up?

589
00:26:45.949 --> 00:26:48.089
Could have been a completely different story.

590
00:26:48.123 --> 00:26:52.127
- [Narrator] Sadly, in 1995, Cantona got into a vast array

591
00:26:52.162 --> 00:26:53.646
of league troubles after he

592
00:26:53.681 --> 00:26:55.683
assaulted a Crystal
Palace supporter

593
00:26:55.717 --> 00:26:57.857
after getting sent
off during their game.

594
00:26:59.514 --> 00:27:00.895
- [Announcer] Oh,
what's going on here?

595
00:27:00.929 --> 00:27:03.518
Cantona is getting involved with some supporters.

596
00:27:03.552 --> 00:27:05.589
Ah, this is outrageous.

597
00:27:05.624 --> 00:27:08.419
- He's been doubted
by Manchester United.

598
00:27:08.454 --> 00:27:11.871
He's lost money, he's lost the captaincy of the French team,

599
00:27:11.906 --> 00:27:16.911
and he suffered a fine which is double the maximum amount,

600
00:27:18.084 --> 00:27:21.709
which he could face
in the court case.

601
00:27:21.743 --> 00:27:26.161
- Cantona was a massiveinfluence on that dressing room.

602
00:27:26.196 --> 00:27:28.681
In particular, through those first four or five years

603
00:27:28.716 --> 00:27:30.269
where they had not won it.

604
00:27:30.303 --> 00:27:32.685
They had a person who
had won it with Leeds,

605
00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:35.861
so you had a winner
already in his squad.

606
00:27:35.895 --> 00:27:39.105
I think towards the
end of his career,

607
00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.900
it got to the stage
whereby you had players

608
00:27:40.935 --> 00:27:43.420
in that dressing room
who were winners now.

609
00:27:43.454 --> 00:27:46.734
So his influence wasn't
quite so important,

610
00:27:46.768 --> 00:27:49.875
so therefore it wasn't
quite so much of a loss

611
00:27:49.909 --> 00:27:52.049
that he left.

612
00:27:52.084 --> 00:27:53.533
If he'd have left earlier on,

613
00:27:53.568 --> 00:27:55.018
then I think it would have been a massive lost,

614
00:27:55.052 --> 00:27:58.849
but because you had the
Bruces, the Pallisters,

615
00:27:58.884 --> 00:28:02.232
those types of characters, whereby, you know, winners.

616
00:28:03.647 --> 00:28:05.476
They wouldn't let it happen to their football club,

617
00:28:05.511 --> 00:28:07.306
the fact that just
one player left.

618
00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:12.345
And, of course, you had Ferguson who was a winner

619
00:28:13.795 --> 00:28:16.453
in Scotland and now
a winner in England.

620
00:28:16.487 --> 00:28:20.837
And the way that he
dealt with all players,

621
00:28:20.871 --> 00:28:24.185
all scenarios, he made sure that he was the one in charge.

622
00:28:24.219 --> 00:28:25.565
- [Narrator]
Despite the setback,

623
00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:28.327
United went on to win
the league once again,

624
00:28:28.361 --> 00:28:31.123
even with their top
scorer out of the squad.

625
00:28:31.157 --> 00:28:34.574
By the mid 90s, a lot of United fans were noticing

626
00:28:34.609 --> 00:28:36.991
that with their recent
incredible seasons,

627
00:28:37.025 --> 00:28:39.890
Ferguson was matching
the style of Matt Busby

628
00:28:39.925 --> 00:28:42.686
by bringing in some
iconic youth players.

629
00:28:42.721 --> 00:28:45.137
These youth players
would go on to form one

630
00:28:45.171 --> 00:28:48.934
of the strongest squads the football world has ever seen.

631
00:28:48.968 --> 00:28:50.073
- One of the most
important things

632
00:28:50.107 --> 00:28:51.315
for Manchester
United over the years

633
00:28:51.350 --> 00:28:53.179
has been developing
young players.

634
00:28:53.214 --> 00:28:54.940
They did it with
the Busby babes.

635
00:28:54.974 --> 00:28:59.289
They did it to a lesser
degree in the '70s.

636
00:28:59.323 --> 00:29:01.222
In the 1980s, they
had Norman Whiteside

637
00:29:01.256 --> 00:29:03.845
who came through
at the age of 17.

638
00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:07.297
He played in two World
Cups by the age of 22.

639
00:29:07.331 --> 00:29:10.196
So you had players who were always coming through,

640
00:29:10.231 --> 00:29:13.579
and something which Ferguson was well wanting to do.

641
00:29:13.613 --> 00:29:14.787
He was fortunate in the sense

642
00:29:14.822 --> 00:29:16.651
that he got all of
them at the same time.

643
00:29:16.685 --> 00:29:20.413
He had Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Giggs, the Neville brothers.

644
00:29:21.725 --> 00:29:23.554
It may never happen
again that you have

645
00:29:23.589 --> 00:29:26.765
that many top quality players, top quality young players,

646
00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:28.663
coming through at the same time.

647
00:29:28.697 --> 00:29:32.115
But they needed
to be looked after

648
00:29:32.149 --> 00:29:33.564
because it could
have gone wrong.

649
00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.911
Giggs was the first one.

650
00:29:34.945 --> 00:29:36.326
Giggs was the first one

651
00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:38.846
and Ferguson was very,
very clever with him.

652
00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:41.538
He'd seen what had happened with George Best

653
00:29:41.572 --> 00:29:45.645
and he wanted to make sure, we're gonna look after you,

654
00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:50.133
and became arguably one of their greatest ever players.

655
00:29:50.167 --> 00:29:51.651
The other ones that you had.

656
00:29:51.686 --> 00:29:53.619
You had Paul Scholes who was the complete opposite

657
00:29:53.653 --> 00:29:54.931
of David Beckham in the sense

658
00:29:54.965 --> 00:29:58.555
of didn't want any media
spotlight whatsoever,

659
00:29:58.589 --> 00:29:59.728
but loved playing football.

660
00:29:59.763 --> 00:30:01.696
Was incredibly feisty.

661
00:30:01.730 --> 00:30:04.319
Tack at midfielder but quality as well on the ball,

662
00:30:04.354 --> 00:30:05.942
and he used him very cleverly.

663
00:30:05.976 --> 00:30:07.219
Sometimes he could play upfront,

664
00:30:07.253 --> 00:30:08.461
sometimes he could
play at midfield.

665
00:30:08.496 --> 00:30:10.256
Sometimes he could
be the enforcer.

666
00:30:10.291 --> 00:30:11.982
Then you had the
Neville brothers.

667
00:30:12.017 --> 00:30:15.227
Gary Neville after about 20 oddgames with Manchester United

668
00:30:15.261 --> 00:30:16.849
was in the England team.

669
00:30:16.884 --> 00:30:19.610
So that's how good not only did Manchester United

670
00:30:19.645 --> 00:30:22.096
think he was, but
also the England team.

671
00:30:22.130 --> 00:30:24.581
And actually his
brother, pretty quickly,

672
00:30:24.615 --> 00:30:26.894
a lot of people thought he would be better than Gary.

673
00:30:26.928 --> 00:30:28.343
It didn't quite
work out like that,

674
00:30:28.378 --> 00:30:31.174
but he had a fantastic career as well with Manchester,

675
00:30:31.208 --> 00:30:34.108
and to a lesser
degree with Everton.

676
00:30:34.142 --> 00:30:35.557
And Nicky Butt as well

677
00:30:35.592 --> 00:30:38.077
who was probably the lesser one of all of them,

678
00:30:39.285 --> 00:30:41.701
probably because he had
Roy Keane ahead of him.

679
00:30:41.736 --> 00:30:43.151
But Nicky Butt was vital

680
00:30:43.186 --> 00:30:45.705
in that European
Champions League final

681
00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:48.743
because neither Scholes
or Keane were available

682
00:30:48.777 --> 00:30:50.952
so Butt had to be in there,

683
00:30:50.987 --> 00:30:53.161
and he had to be the one
who did that midfield,

684
00:30:53.196 --> 00:30:54.438
he sought it out midfield.

685
00:30:54.473 --> 00:30:58.787
So he played a huge
role in their success.

686
00:30:58.822 --> 00:31:02.343
- [Narrator] After returningfrom Preston North End in 1996,

687
00:31:02.377 --> 00:31:05.898
David Beckham went on to be one of the best youth players

688
00:31:05.933 --> 00:31:07.313
as well as becoming a club

689
00:31:07.348 --> 00:31:09.729
and all-around
footballing legend.

690
00:31:09.764 --> 00:31:12.801
But with his incredible skill came the endless media

691
00:31:12.836 --> 00:31:16.184
attention and fame that
once plagued George Best

692
00:31:16.219 --> 00:31:18.531
back in the late 1960s.

693
00:31:18.566 --> 00:31:21.465
[hip music]

694
00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.778
- David Beckham, as a player for Manchester United,

695
00:31:23.812 --> 00:31:26.332
was probably the best
crosser of the ball

696
00:31:26.367 --> 00:31:28.403
in European football, possibly in world, football,

697
00:31:28.438 --> 00:31:30.647
and he was vital to
that Man United team.

698
00:31:30.681 --> 00:31:33.788
He worked hard, he scored goals, he set up goals.

699
00:31:33.822 --> 00:31:35.997
He had a great relationship with Gary Neville

700
00:31:36.032 --> 00:31:37.205
down at the right hand side,

701
00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:39.207
both for United and
also for England.

702
00:31:39.242 --> 00:31:43.936
So you had one of the bestplayers in Europe in that team.

703
00:31:43.971 --> 00:31:46.525
And you've got the
likes of Scholes.

704
00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:50.805
You've got upfront Cole, York,

705
00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:52.427
and he would provide
the goals for them.

706
00:31:52.462 --> 00:31:55.637
It's no coincidence
that when it all went

707
00:31:55.672 --> 00:31:57.122
pear-shaped a little bit
with Manchester United

708
00:31:57.156 --> 00:32:00.228
and then he left, the team thatbought him was Real Madrid.

709
00:32:00.263 --> 00:32:02.955
Now Real Madrid might well have bought him half

710
00:32:02.990 --> 00:32:06.303
for his media personality and what he could bring

711
00:32:06.338 --> 00:32:07.753
as far as selling shirts.

712
00:32:08.996 --> 00:32:10.687
But when he actually
got in that team,

713
00:32:10.721 --> 00:32:12.309
who took the free kicks?

714
00:32:13.517 --> 00:32:15.071
David Beckham took
the free kicks.

715
00:32:15.105 --> 00:32:16.935
When you have a team which has got Roberto Carlos,

716
00:32:16.969 --> 00:32:20.283
Zinedine Zidane,
David Beckham is still

717
00:32:20.317 --> 00:32:22.492
taking the free kicks.

718
00:32:22.526 --> 00:32:25.529
Even Real Madrid knew he was a pretty good player.

719
00:32:25.564 --> 00:32:29.154
- [Narrator] United continued to win titles during the '90s.

720
00:32:29.188 --> 00:32:32.571
In 1996, they became
the first English club

721
00:32:32.605 --> 00:32:34.745
to win the double
for the second time.

722
00:32:34.780 --> 00:32:38.404
By 1997, they had also won the league four times

723
00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:39.854
under the management
of Ferguson.

724
00:32:39.888 --> 00:32:42.926
[players cheering]

725
00:32:42.961 --> 00:32:46.136
But going into the
1998-99 season,

726
00:32:46.171 --> 00:32:49.139
United's youthful squad
were hungry for more,

727
00:32:49.174 --> 00:32:52.004
and it was clear to see after the first few games

728
00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:55.939
that this was going to be a season to remember for United.

729
00:32:59.218 --> 00:33:02.635
- There was one crucial moment in that whole season,

730
00:33:02.670 --> 00:33:04.534
which might well be overlooked

731
00:33:04.568 --> 00:33:06.398
just on the basis of
what's happened since,

732
00:33:06.432 --> 00:33:08.400
but Ferguson brought in a coach

733
00:33:08.434 --> 00:33:10.609
roundabout Christmas,
New Year period

734
00:33:10.643 --> 00:33:14.130
by the name of Steve McLaren, and, you know, decent coach.

735
00:33:14.164 --> 00:33:15.752
He came from Derby.

736
00:33:15.786 --> 00:33:18.375
From that moment on, ManchesterUnited didn't lose a game

737
00:33:18.410 --> 00:33:19.998
for the rest of the season.

738
00:33:20.032 --> 00:33:23.277
So it's no coincidence.

739
00:33:23.311 --> 00:33:24.519
Ferguson liked
doing the coaching,

740
00:33:24.554 --> 00:33:25.831
but he also liked
to freshen things up

741
00:33:25.865 --> 00:33:27.798
and getting different
people coming in.

742
00:33:27.833 --> 00:33:31.526
Get different ideas and
that worked that season.

743
00:33:31.561 --> 00:33:33.218
He got someone in, fresh ideas,

744
00:33:33.252 --> 00:33:35.151
and momentum built from then.

745
00:33:35.185 --> 00:33:37.153
Through the FA
Cup, early rounds,

746
00:33:37.187 --> 00:33:38.464
staying in the
Premier League title.

747
00:33:38.499 --> 00:33:41.122
It was them and Arsenal
for the Premier League,

748
00:33:41.157 --> 00:33:42.399
all the way through.

749
00:33:42.434 --> 00:33:44.505
And it was touch and go,
it was very, very tight.

750
00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.920
Same with them in the FA Cup.

751
00:33:45.954 --> 00:33:47.508
Arsenal was still in the FA Cup.

752
00:33:47.542 --> 00:33:49.199
Champions League...

753
00:33:50.545 --> 00:33:52.720
Same top quality size they're going in that as well.

754
00:33:52.754 --> 00:33:54.722
So there was a
three-pronged attack,

755
00:33:54.756 --> 00:33:56.034
trying to win three trophies,

756
00:33:56.068 --> 00:33:58.933
which no one had ever
done it previously.

757
00:33:58.967 --> 00:34:00.141
Liverpool had done it
with the League Cup,

758
00:34:00.176 --> 00:34:02.488
but not with the FA Cup
so you had something,

759
00:34:02.523 --> 00:34:04.628
which had never
been done before.

760
00:34:04.663 --> 00:34:09.633
And there were some matcheswithin that were turning points.

761
00:34:09.668 --> 00:34:11.739
One, the FA Cup semifinal.

762
00:34:11.773 --> 00:34:13.258
Two minutes to go,
the scores 1-1.

763
00:34:13.292 --> 00:34:17.331
FA Cup semifinal replay, 1-1, a few minutes to go.

764
00:34:17.365 --> 00:34:18.573
Already down to 10 men.

765
00:34:18.608 --> 00:34:21.231
Manchester United
with Keane sent off.

766
00:34:21.266 --> 00:34:26.271
Penalty, almost likely, goal goes in, end of match.

767
00:34:27.479 --> 00:34:28.238
Arsenal through to
the FA Cup final,

768
00:34:28.273 --> 00:34:29.446
probably win the FA cup,

769
00:34:29.481 --> 00:34:32.070
and that might well have
affected what happened

770
00:34:32.104 --> 00:34:34.002
with Manchester
United in the league.

771
00:34:34.037 --> 00:34:36.557
Schmeichel saves the penalty, into extra time,

772
00:34:36.591 --> 00:34:38.938
and Giggs scores the
goal of the century.

773
00:34:38.973 --> 00:34:40.664
And shows off his hairy chest.

774
00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.596
- [Announcer] Comes back at him.

775
00:34:41.631 --> 00:34:44.875
It's a wonderful run for Giggs!

776
00:34:44.910 --> 00:34:47.499
Sensational goal for Ryan Giggs

777
00:34:48.603 --> 00:34:51.710
in the second period
of extra time.

778
00:34:51.744 --> 00:34:56.094
He's cut Arsenal to ribbons and the team with 10 men

779
00:34:59.580 --> 00:35:01.892
go back in front 2-1.

780
00:35:01.927 --> 00:35:05.172
- That night, Manchester
United knew, right,

781
00:35:05.206 --> 00:35:07.829
realistically we're probably going to win that one.

782
00:35:07.864 --> 00:35:09.969
Let's concentrate
on the other two.

783
00:35:10.004 --> 00:35:12.972
But they had to keep on itbecause it was Saturday-Tuesday,

784
00:35:13.007 --> 00:35:14.802
Saturday-Tuesday, Saturday-Wednesday, like that,

785
00:35:14.836 --> 00:35:18.668
throughout the entire, pretty much from Christmas onwards.

786
00:35:18.702 --> 00:35:21.602
So they needed a squad
and suspensions came in,

787
00:35:23.224 --> 00:35:24.674
for all the competitions.

788
00:35:24.708 --> 00:35:28.816
So players' injuries, were missing from matches,

789
00:35:29.713 --> 00:35:31.370
somehow they did it.

790
00:35:31.405 --> 00:35:33.614
- [Narrator] United won
the league once again,

791
00:35:33.648 --> 00:35:37.307
and also went on to win the FA Cup against Newcastle United.

792
00:35:37.342 --> 00:35:39.930
But Ferguson didn't
want to stop there

793
00:35:39.965 --> 00:35:42.450
as the only achievement
he hadn't got yet

794
00:35:42.485 --> 00:35:44.383
was winning the
Champions League.

795
00:35:44.418 --> 00:35:48.042
With this title, Ferguson wouldhave matched Busby's record

796
00:35:48.076 --> 00:35:52.115
and would go on to
become United's most
successful manager.

797
00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:55.981
But in the 1999 final,
they had to face up

798
00:35:56.015 --> 00:35:58.984
against the almost
undefeated Bayern Munich

799
00:35:59.018 --> 00:36:02.367
in what would be the
clash of the titans.

800
00:36:02.401 --> 00:36:04.403
- The Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

801
00:36:04.438 --> 00:36:05.887
The first time Manchester United

802
00:36:05.922 --> 00:36:09.788
had been in the European final for many, many years.

803
00:36:09.822 --> 00:36:11.238
And young squad.

804
00:36:11.272 --> 00:36:15.759
Missing two important players in Scholes and Keane.

805
00:36:15.794 --> 00:36:17.244
One who downed very early on.

806
00:36:17.278 --> 00:36:18.935
Schmeichel had been
a fantastic player

807
00:36:18.969 --> 00:36:20.143
throughout the entire season,

808
00:36:20.178 --> 00:36:22.180
possible error
there, free quick.

809
00:36:22.214 --> 00:36:24.354
Went one way, the ball
went where he was stood.

810
00:36:24.389 --> 00:36:25.804
And then, as the game went on,

811
00:36:25.838 --> 00:36:28.220
Bayern Munich were
absolutely fantastic.

812
00:36:28.255 --> 00:36:32.051
Hit the post, hit the
bar, created chances.

813
00:36:32.086 --> 00:36:33.950
And as it's going on
you're just thinking

814
00:36:33.984 --> 00:36:36.539
was it still only 1-0?

815
00:36:36.573 --> 00:36:37.678
And they must have
thought that as well,

816
00:36:37.712 --> 00:36:39.162
"Is it still only 1-0?"

817
00:36:39.197 --> 00:36:43.235
So if we can get that goal it's into extra time.

818
00:36:43.270 --> 00:36:45.893
And they did with
one minute to go.

819
00:36:47.343 --> 00:36:50.691
- [Announcer] They've got that one away, have they, as well.

820
00:36:50.725 --> 00:36:52.900
Giggs plans it back
in and Sheringham

821
00:36:52.934 --> 00:36:55.799
has a cause for
Manchester United!

822
00:36:55.834 --> 00:36:57.905
Can you believe this?

823
00:36:57.939 --> 00:37:01.184
- 50 seconds later,
it's not 1-1, it's 2-1,

824
00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.875
and Manchester
United suddenly have

825
00:37:02.910 --> 00:37:05.188
won the Champions League trophy.

826
00:37:05.223 --> 00:37:06.638
The Champions League
trophy they picked up

827
00:37:06.672 --> 00:37:08.916
had Bayern Munich's
ribbons on it

828
00:37:08.950 --> 00:37:10.435
because they didn't
have enough time

829
00:37:10.469 --> 00:37:12.091
to take the ribbons off to put Manchester United's on there.

830
00:37:12.126 --> 00:37:14.024
That's how crazy it was.

831
00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:16.510
- [Narrator] Despite United having an extremely young

832
00:37:16.544 --> 00:37:19.547
and inexperienced side, thanks to a last minute goal

833
00:37:19.582 --> 00:37:21.377
by Ole Gunnar Solskjfr,

834
00:37:21.411 --> 00:37:23.551
Manchester United
had made history

835
00:37:23.586 --> 00:37:26.416
and became the first
club in English history

836
00:37:26.451 --> 00:37:28.970
to win the Premier
League, the FA Cup,

837
00:37:29.005 --> 00:37:31.525
and the Champions League
all in a single season.

838
00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:33.596
- [Announcer] Beckham to
swing this one in again.

839
00:37:33.630 --> 00:37:34.459
Sheringham wings it,
Solskjfr with the goal

840
00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:39.153
for Manchester United!

841
00:37:39.187 --> 00:37:41.673
[crowd cheering]

842
00:37:41.707 --> 00:37:44.745
- Ferguson's United had
done the unthinkable.

843
00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:48.645
He had also become the mostsuccessful manager in the sport.

844
00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:50.440
- [Journalist] Well, Alex, many congratulations.

845
00:37:50.475 --> 00:37:52.304
Has it sunk in yet?

846
00:37:52.339 --> 00:37:53.201
- It has now.

847
00:37:54.548 --> 00:37:58.793
I was fine after the game 'causeI just couldn't believe it

848
00:37:58.828 --> 00:38:01.244
and when I got back to
the town, saw my family,

849
00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:03.798
and I was able to enjoy it.

850
00:38:03.833 --> 00:38:04.937
- [Journalist] Now
what does this success

851
00:38:04.972 --> 00:38:07.043
mean to you personally?

852
00:38:07.077 --> 00:38:08.665
- I think I've achieved.

853
00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:12.980
I mean, I'd probably say I did achieve as a young manager,

854
00:38:13.014 --> 00:38:14.257
coming to Manchester.

855
00:38:14.292 --> 00:38:15.534
I did Aberdeen and
things like that.

856
00:38:15.569 --> 00:38:17.398
So I wasn't gonna let
that affect my life.

857
00:38:17.433 --> 00:38:18.572
But he would have saw that there

858
00:38:18.606 --> 00:38:20.401
is a fulfillment in doing it.

859
00:38:20.436 --> 00:38:23.197
[crowd cheering]

860
00:38:30.446 --> 00:38:32.240
[hip hop music]

861
00:38:32.275 --> 00:38:33.897
- [Narrator] Moving
into the 2000s,

862
00:38:33.932 --> 00:38:36.106
United were on top of the world

863
00:38:36.141 --> 00:38:38.695
thanks to the motivation of winning the first ever

864
00:38:38.730 --> 00:38:39.972
triple in English football.

865
00:38:40.007 --> 00:38:42.112
They went on to win
the Premier League

866
00:38:42.147 --> 00:38:45.702
in 2000, 2001, and 2003.

867
00:38:45.737 --> 00:38:48.326
But, unfortunately,
around this time,

868
00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:50.811
the relationship between
Beckham and United

869
00:38:50.845 --> 00:38:54.953
was breaking down, and on the first of July, 2003,

870
00:38:54.987 --> 00:38:57.058
Beckham was sold to Real Madrid

871
00:38:57.093 --> 00:39:00.786
for a fee of 33.7
million pounds.

872
00:39:00.821 --> 00:39:04.825
- I have joined a club
that is a massive club.

873
00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:08.138
If I was gonna leave
Manchester United

874
00:39:08.173 --> 00:39:09.933
at any time in my career,

875
00:39:09.968 --> 00:39:14.559
then to join a massive club like Real Madrid is a dream.

876
00:39:14.593 --> 00:39:16.284
I think that I'll miss the fans

877
00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:19.080
and the players that
I've grown up with

878
00:39:19.115 --> 00:39:21.289
because I've
regarded the players

879
00:39:21.324 --> 00:39:23.775
at Manchester
United as my family,

880
00:39:23.809 --> 00:39:27.537
and I've got a lot of very special friends there,

881
00:39:27.572 --> 00:39:29.021
lots of special people.

882
00:39:29.056 --> 00:39:31.265
Everyone's been very
kind to me in Manchester

883
00:39:31.299 --> 00:39:33.509
and looked after
me for 13 years.

884
00:39:34.993 --> 00:39:36.270
Obviously I'm sad to leave them,

885
00:39:36.304 --> 00:39:39.204
but I'm joining Real
Madrid and that, for me,

886
00:39:39.238 --> 00:39:44.243
is as exciting as it
gets to be honest.

887
00:39:45.383 --> 00:39:46.556
- [Narrator] With
Beckham's departure,

888
00:39:46.591 --> 00:39:48.489
Ferguson was in need
of a new number seven.

889
00:39:48.524 --> 00:39:51.872
In a preseason friendly betweenUnited and Sporting Lisbon,

890
00:39:51.906 --> 00:39:54.392
his prayers were answered as he went on to sign

891
00:39:54.426 --> 00:39:58.154
what would be one of football'sgreatest players ever,

892
00:39:58.188 --> 00:40:00.743
Cristiano Ronaldo.

893
00:40:00.777 --> 00:40:03.193
- The story goes
that at halftime

894
00:40:03.228 --> 00:40:05.161
the Manchester United
players had been

895
00:40:05.195 --> 00:40:07.439
given the run around
about by this kid

896
00:40:07.474 --> 00:40:09.199
that they know
almost nothing about,

897
00:40:09.234 --> 00:40:11.719
so much so that they are walking in the dressing room

898
00:40:11.754 --> 00:40:13.928
at halftime and saying to the Manchester United manager,

899
00:40:13.963 --> 00:40:17.035
Alex Ferguson, you
have to sign this boy.

900
00:40:17.069 --> 00:40:19.900
John O'Shea, experienced Manchester United defender,

901
00:40:19.934 --> 00:40:24.283
was twisted inside out in the first 45 minutes by Ronaldo,

902
00:40:24.318 --> 00:40:25.561
an extraordinary performance.

903
00:40:25.595 --> 00:40:28.529
And the story goes
that Alex Ferguson

904
00:40:28.564 --> 00:40:31.912
got on to the United kit man, told him to find Peter Kenyon,

905
00:40:31.946 --> 00:40:33.845
the chief executive of the club,

906
00:40:33.879 --> 00:40:36.917
and to immediately been negotiations with Sporting

907
00:40:36.951 --> 00:40:40.610
during the second half to make sure that Manchester United

908
00:40:40.645 --> 00:40:43.751
can sign this kid
before anybody else did.

909
00:40:43.786 --> 00:40:47.237
Actually, Ronaldo had already touted himself a little bit

910
00:40:47.272 --> 00:40:48.722
towards Liverpool.

911
00:40:48.756 --> 00:40:51.000
He'd said what a thrill, what an honor it would be

912
00:40:51.034 --> 00:40:53.623
to be involved in such a club with such tradition.

913
00:40:53.658 --> 00:40:55.660
Arsenal had met with his agent.

914
00:40:55.694 --> 00:40:59.387
But Alex Ferguson, on the say so of his players,

915
00:40:59.422 --> 00:41:01.044
made sure that in
the second 45 minutes

916
00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:05.393
of this exhibition match that they pretty much had Ronaldo

917
00:41:05.428 --> 00:41:07.741
by the time the
final whistle went.

918
00:41:07.775 --> 00:41:09.294
- So Alex Ferguson said,

919
00:41:09.328 --> 00:41:11.296
"Cristiano, I want that you come to Manchester United.

920
00:41:11.330 --> 00:41:13.712
"You're gonna play
50% of the games."

921
00:41:13.747 --> 00:41:15.507
Make me feel comfortable
and I said wow.

922
00:41:15.542 --> 00:41:18.268
18 years old to play
50% of the games.

923
00:41:18.303 --> 00:41:19.580
For me, it's unbelievable.

924
00:41:21.064 --> 00:41:22.790
This is why I, you know.

925
00:41:22.825 --> 00:41:26.000
I take that decision because of course George help me

926
00:41:26.035 --> 00:41:27.519
to take that decision.

927
00:41:27.554 --> 00:41:30.004
And, of course, the last word of Sir Alex Ferguson

928
00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:33.905
was the key to sign
for Manchester United.

929
00:41:33.939 --> 00:41:37.011
- [Narrator] Ronaldo quicklydeveloped in his time at United

930
00:41:37.046 --> 00:41:40.187
and became the top scorer season after season.

931
00:41:42.948 --> 00:41:46.296
2005 saw United under
a lot of backlash

932
00:41:46.331 --> 00:41:48.195
as the club were
to be bought out

933
00:41:48.229 --> 00:41:52.337
by US tycoon and NFL
owner, Malcolm Glazer.

934
00:41:52.371 --> 00:41:56.099
This deal meant that Glazer owned 75% of the club,

935
00:41:56.134 --> 00:41:59.413
taking away all of the fans say in the club's management.

936
00:41:59.447 --> 00:42:01.933
This deal sparked a
vast array of outrage

937
00:42:01.967 --> 00:42:05.557
by fans who wanted
Glazer out immediately.

938
00:42:05.592 --> 00:42:08.249
[fans chanting]

939
00:42:10.493 --> 00:42:11.701
- Not for sale!

940
00:42:11.736 --> 00:42:13.082
- [Together] We're not for sale!

941
00:42:13.116 --> 00:42:15.118
We're not for sale,
we're not for sale!

942
00:42:15.153 --> 00:42:16.982
- There was a change in ownership at Manchester United

943
00:42:17.017 --> 00:42:19.329
and change in philosophy
because it was deemed

944
00:42:19.364 --> 00:42:22.298
that the club then, any money that was being made,

945
00:42:22.332 --> 00:42:23.920
was just gonna go
to shareholders

946
00:42:23.955 --> 00:42:26.198
as opposed to going
back into the club.

947
00:42:26.233 --> 00:42:29.547
There was a lot of backlash against Manchester United,

948
00:42:29.581 --> 00:42:31.031
and it's never
stopped, to be fair.

949
00:42:31.065 --> 00:42:32.515
But the irony on
it was it actually

950
00:42:32.550 --> 00:42:34.897
made Ferguson's
life a little easier

951
00:42:34.931 --> 00:42:36.623
'cause he didn't have to deal with quite so many people.

952
00:42:36.657 --> 00:42:40.834
He literally would just deal with a couple of the family.

953
00:42:40.868 --> 00:42:43.491
And they carried on
winning the leagues.

954
00:42:43.526 --> 00:42:47.185
The first three years
after the takeover,

955
00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:50.982
they won the league one, two, three years on the trot.

956
00:42:51.016 --> 00:42:53.950
So it was very, very difficult for United fans

957
00:42:53.985 --> 00:42:56.574
to have a real good
go, I mean it did,

958
00:42:57.851 --> 00:43:00.336
when your team's beingsuccessful on the field of play.

959
00:43:00.370 --> 00:43:01.509
And Ferguson was still there.

960
00:43:01.544 --> 00:43:02.959
If Ferguson had
left, that would have

961
00:43:02.994 --> 00:43:05.203
been a different matter because then they could have

962
00:43:05.237 --> 00:43:10.208
blamed the Glazers
for Ferguson leaving.

963
00:43:11.658 --> 00:43:13.694
But, he didn't, he stayed and they carried on doing

964
00:43:13.729 --> 00:43:15.040
what Manchester United do,

965
00:43:15.075 --> 00:43:17.664
and that's winning
trophies and being,

966
00:43:17.698 --> 00:43:20.805
not only that, the best
team in Europe as well.

967
00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:22.910
- [Narrator] Despite
the ongoing protests

968
00:43:22.945 --> 00:43:24.705
regarding the
ownership of the club,

969
00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:27.570
United continued to sign
some pretty big names,

970
00:43:27.605 --> 00:43:30.884
and in 2006, went on to
sign the young striker

971
00:43:30.918 --> 00:43:34.301
and Everton wonder
boy, Wayne Rooney.

972
00:43:34.335 --> 00:43:35.785
[hip music]

973
00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:38.926
- Wayne Rooney's strengths were he could score goals,

974
00:43:38.961 --> 00:43:42.136
he was skillful, he was hard.

975
00:43:42.171 --> 00:43:44.967
He could do a tackle or two.

976
00:43:45.001 --> 00:43:46.658
Very strong, particularly for his age.

977
00:43:46.693 --> 00:43:49.488
He picked up a few injuries, but generally speaking

978
00:43:49.523 --> 00:43:52.388
he was injury-free for
a lot of that time.

979
00:43:52.422 --> 00:43:53.700
You feel for him from
an England point of view

980
00:43:53.734 --> 00:43:56.668
because all the
burden was put on him

981
00:43:56.703 --> 00:43:59.775
to try and save which was a pretty ordinary England time

982
00:43:59.809 --> 00:44:02.467
post-Gerrard and Lampard,

983
00:44:02.501 --> 00:44:04.952
he was the one who was supposed to take England on.

984
00:44:04.987 --> 00:44:07.403
But for Manchester United, he fitted in perfectly

985
00:44:07.437 --> 00:44:11.718
because he wasn't the be-all, end-all to Manchester United.

986
00:44:11.752 --> 00:44:13.340
There were lots of good
players around him.

987
00:44:13.374 --> 00:44:16.654
But he was the kind of,
him and Ronaldo were...

988
00:44:18.241 --> 00:44:21.728
If you'd put two men on Ronaldo, Rooney would score

989
00:44:21.762 --> 00:44:23.799
and vice versa,
so he was perfect,

990
00:44:23.833 --> 00:44:25.352
the pair of them together.

991
00:44:25.386 --> 00:44:27.423
- [Narrator] United went on to win the league once again

992
00:44:27.457 --> 00:44:30.564
in both 2007 and 2008.

993
00:44:30.598 --> 00:44:33.981
But Ferguson didn't want tostop there and wanted the glory

994
00:44:34.016 --> 00:44:36.294
of winning the Champions
League once again.

995
00:44:36.328 --> 00:44:39.400
But to achieve this, they had to beat their English rivals

996
00:44:39.435 --> 00:44:42.956
and biggest competitors,
Avram Grant's Chelsea.

997
00:44:44.060 --> 00:44:45.544
- At that time,
Manchester United were

998
00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:48.824
overhauling Liverpool's record of domestic titles

999
00:44:48.858 --> 00:44:50.342
in the Premier League,

1000
00:44:50.377 --> 00:44:54.001
and of course then the great rivalry between the two clubs

1001
00:44:54.036 --> 00:44:57.004
demanded that they
win the European Cup

1002
00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:59.248
and try and close the gap between Manchester United

1003
00:44:59.282 --> 00:45:00.974
and Liverpool in
terms of European Cup

1004
00:45:01.008 --> 00:45:02.665
and Champions League victories.

1005
00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:06.289
So this becomes a real
focus for Alex Ferguson.

1006
00:45:06.324 --> 00:45:09.327
They hadn't won the Champions League since 1999.

1007
00:45:09.361 --> 00:45:12.399
And, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo is very, very aware

1008
00:45:12.433 --> 00:45:14.642
that you are never
going to be seen

1009
00:45:14.677 --> 00:45:16.748
as being one of the
world's great players

1010
00:45:16.783 --> 00:45:18.819
if you don't have a
Champions League win.

1011
00:45:20.338 --> 00:45:23.410
So the game itself, two sides who know each other so well.

1012
00:45:23.444 --> 00:45:26.413
Ronaldo perhaps inevitably breaks the deadlock,

1013
00:45:26.447 --> 00:45:28.001
puts Manchester United in front,

1014
00:45:28.035 --> 00:45:30.762
but Chelsea is strong and Frank Lampard equalizes,

1015
00:45:30.797 --> 00:45:32.419
and there's really
almost nothing to choose

1016
00:45:32.453 --> 00:45:33.869
between the two sides.

1017
00:45:33.903 --> 00:45:37.873
And it goes deep into the night into a penalty shootout

1018
00:45:37.907 --> 00:45:41.083
where Manchester United
finally come out on top.

1019
00:45:41.117 --> 00:45:44.258
Ronaldo can celebrate being a Champions League winner,

1020
00:45:44.293 --> 00:45:47.986
but Ronaldo is the only
Manchester United player

1021
00:45:48.021 --> 00:45:51.300
to miss from the penalty
spot in the final,

1022
00:45:51.334 --> 00:45:54.752
which probably dampens his evening to a certain extent.

1023
00:45:57.858 --> 00:46:00.585
- [Announcer] He saved it!

1024
00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:03.070
Some things are
just meant to be.

1025
00:46:04.623 --> 00:46:08.386
The man who has been unable to stop scoring all season

1026
00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:10.388
stopped half way
through his run up

1027
00:46:10.422 --> 00:46:13.701
and Petr Cech kicked him out.

1028
00:46:13.736 --> 00:46:16.428
- But he finally has thatChampions League Winners' medal

1029
00:46:16.463 --> 00:46:18.983
and Manchester United
have the trophy

1030
00:46:19.017 --> 00:46:20.916
for the first time
in almost a decade.

1031
00:46:22.124 --> 00:46:23.746
- In my opinion, I
play good in the game

1032
00:46:23.781 --> 00:46:26.369
and I scored a goal,
and I missed a penalty.

1033
00:46:26.404 --> 00:46:30.166
I feel, well, the
bad day of my life.

1034
00:46:31.547 --> 00:46:32.410
The worst day of my life. - The worst day of your life.

1035
00:46:32.444 --> 00:46:33.894
- Oh my God.

1036
00:46:33.929 --> 00:46:36.069
But the lads did a proper job.

1037
00:46:36.103 --> 00:46:37.311
- [Journalist] Is
this your best team?

1038
00:46:37.346 --> 00:46:40.728
- I think it's gonna be
their best team, yeah.

1039
00:46:40.763 --> 00:46:43.801
I mean, it's the achievement, fantastic achievement.

1040
00:46:43.835 --> 00:46:45.388
A great team, great team.

1041
00:46:45.423 --> 00:46:48.840
- And what about
another European Cup
for Manchester United?

1042
00:46:48.875 --> 00:46:51.325
- Fantastic, oh, we deserve it.

1043
00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:53.086
- [Narrator] United
had done it again

1044
00:46:53.120 --> 00:46:56.089
and won their fifth
double under Ferguson.

1045
00:46:56.123 --> 00:46:58.988
Unfortunately, once
again, Ronaldo was one

1046
00:46:59.023 --> 00:47:02.578
of the biggest talking points regarding Manchester United.

1047
00:47:02.612 --> 00:47:04.925
Ferguson was showing
his irritation within

1048
00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:08.895
press conferences because of this constant media talk.

1049
00:47:08.929 --> 00:47:12.174
- Can someone bring us in a violin case over please?

1050
00:47:12.208 --> 00:47:14.624
- Huh? - I'm not discussing that.

1051
00:47:14.659 --> 00:47:16.730
Okay, the matter's closed now.

1052
00:47:16.764 --> 00:47:18.870
He's a Manchester United
player, it's finished.

1053
00:47:18.905 --> 00:47:19.975
- [Man] So then
would you like to

1054
00:47:20.009 --> 00:47:21.873
say anything about the--
- It's finished.

1055
00:47:23.254 --> 00:47:24.634
- The situation of Cristian. - Yeah, it's finished.

1056
00:47:24.669 --> 00:47:26.084
He's here.

1057
00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:28.086
He's gonna be a player here next season, believe me.

1058
00:47:29.674 --> 00:47:32.573
- [Narrator] But on the
first of July, 2009,

1059
00:47:32.608 --> 00:47:36.267
Cristiano Ronaldo followed in David Beckham's footsteps

1060
00:47:36.301 --> 00:47:41.306
and joined Real Madrid for a fee of 84.6 million pounds,

1061
00:47:42.652 --> 00:47:44.965
becoming the most expensive player in the sport.

1062
00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:48.279
This recent loss of Ronaldo didn't stop United

1063
00:47:48.313 --> 00:47:49.728
from achieving success.

1064
00:47:49.763 --> 00:47:51.834
- Thanks to their loyal players,

1065
00:47:51.869 --> 00:47:54.872
such as Ryan Giggs, Paul
Scholes, Gary Neville,

1066
00:47:54.906 --> 00:47:56.908
and Rio Ferdinand,
they went on to

1067
00:47:56.943 --> 00:47:58.806
win the league again in 2011,

1068
00:47:58.841 --> 00:48:02.224
helping them to surpassLiverpool's domestic title wins

1069
00:48:02.258 --> 00:48:04.778
record and becoming
the top team in England

1070
00:48:04.812 --> 00:48:07.746
with 19 Premier League trophies.

1071
00:48:07.781 --> 00:48:10.991
Ferguson also became the
most decorated manager

1072
00:48:11.026 --> 00:48:13.891
in their history with 12
Premier League titles,

1073
00:48:13.925 --> 00:48:17.756
two Champions League
wins, and four FA Cups.

1074
00:48:17.791 --> 00:48:19.620
It was the height
of their success,

1075
00:48:19.655 --> 00:48:22.865
and it felt like nothing could go wrong for United.

1076
00:48:24.177 --> 00:48:26.144
- The rivalry betweenManchester United and Liverpool

1077
00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:28.975
has been there for many years.

1078
00:48:29.009 --> 00:48:31.322
When I was growing up, it was called the Clash of the Titans

1079
00:48:31.356 --> 00:48:35.222
or the Clash of the Giants and that was when Liverpool

1080
00:48:35.257 --> 00:48:36.396
were by far the best side,

1081
00:48:36.430 --> 00:48:38.812
and Manchester United
for long periods

1082
00:48:38.846 --> 00:48:40.296
weren't even the
second best side,

1083
00:48:40.331 --> 00:48:42.264
but that was always the game that you wanted to watch.

1084
00:48:42.298 --> 00:48:44.783
It was the one which meant the most, even above the Derbies.

1085
00:48:44.818 --> 00:48:47.027
You know, Manchester
against Man City

1086
00:48:47.062 --> 00:48:48.304
or Liverpool against Everton.

1087
00:48:48.339 --> 00:48:49.271
Still that Manchester
United-Liverpool game

1088
00:48:49.305 --> 00:48:51.273
was still the big one.

1089
00:48:51.307 --> 00:48:55.139
Then there was comments
made by Kenny Dalglish

1090
00:48:55.173 --> 00:49:00.178
and other people to Fergusonand when they were saying those

1091
00:49:01.352 --> 00:49:04.493
Man United had 10,
12 less titles.

1092
00:49:04.527 --> 00:49:05.908
So you could get
away with saying it.

1093
00:49:05.943 --> 00:49:08.359
That's all right, they'll never catch it up.

1094
00:49:08.393 --> 00:49:11.949
Well, they did, pretty quickly.

1095
00:49:11.983 --> 00:49:15.469
Yeah, it meant a
lot to match them

1096
00:49:15.504 --> 00:49:17.299
then go one more than them,

1097
00:49:17.333 --> 00:49:20.750
and say we've won more
league titles than you.

1098
00:49:20.785 --> 00:49:22.235
Liverpool will
turn around and say

1099
00:49:22.269 --> 00:49:26.204
we've won more European Cups and more trophies altogether,

1100
00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:30.036
but ask any Liverpool player what's most important.

1101
00:49:30.070 --> 00:49:31.244
Winning the domestic league.

1102
00:49:31.278 --> 00:49:32.176
Same with a Manchester
United player,

1103
00:49:32.210 --> 00:49:33.971
and same with the managers.

1104
00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:37.491
- [Narrator] In the
season of 2012-2013,

1105
00:49:37.526 --> 00:49:40.184
United went on to
win their 20th title

1106
00:49:40.218 --> 00:49:42.186
thanks to a wave
of new signings,

1107
00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:46.224
such as Robin van Persie, who helped boost their success.

1108
00:49:46.259 --> 00:49:47.501
By the end of the season,

1109
00:49:47.536 --> 00:49:49.745
United fans and
press were shocked

1110
00:49:49.779 --> 00:49:51.850
with the announcement
made by Ferguson.

1111
00:49:51.885 --> 00:49:54.060
[smooth music]

1112
00:49:54.094 --> 00:49:57.546
- Ferguson had announced
previously that he
was gonna retire

1113
00:49:57.580 --> 00:49:59.237
and he'd done it halfway
through a season,

1114
00:49:59.272 --> 00:50:02.654
and said at the end of next season I will retire.

1115
00:50:02.689 --> 00:50:04.656
And when they'd got
into that season,

1116
00:50:04.691 --> 00:50:05.968
he felt he'd lost his players

1117
00:50:06.003 --> 00:50:07.487
because why play
for this manager

1118
00:50:07.521 --> 00:50:08.867
because he's gonna be gone at the end of the season,

1119
00:50:08.902 --> 00:50:11.491
and they did pretty
poorly that year.

1120
00:50:11.525 --> 00:50:13.700
But he relented, decided, no, I'm gonna stay on.

1121
00:50:13.734 --> 00:50:15.840
So second time around, he's gonna make sure, right,

1122
00:50:15.874 --> 00:50:20.189
I'm not gonna announce anythinguntil we've won the league.

1123
00:50:20.224 --> 00:50:24.331
Now at that time, Manchester City had arrived.

1124
00:50:24.366 --> 00:50:26.575
Suddenly they weren't just the noisy neighbors.

1125
00:50:26.609 --> 00:50:28.335
They were the team to beat.

1126
00:50:28.370 --> 00:50:29.750
Ferguson wanted to make
sure that he didn't end

1127
00:50:29.785 --> 00:50:31.994
on a season whereby
they weren't champions.

1128
00:50:32.029 --> 00:50:35.756
So during what turned out to be his last season,

1129
00:50:35.791 --> 00:50:38.621
no one really knew at that time, but that was the case,

1130
00:50:38.656 --> 00:50:43.661
he made sure that his team won the league that season.

1131
00:50:44.869 --> 00:50:46.043
And as soon as it was
mathematically certain

1132
00:50:46.077 --> 00:50:47.285
then he announced
that he would be

1133
00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:48.700
leaving at the
end of the season.

1134
00:50:48.735 --> 00:50:49.908
Was it a bombshell?

1135
00:50:49.943 --> 00:50:51.117
Probably not too
much of a bombshell

1136
00:50:51.151 --> 00:50:53.360
just on the basis that
he'd done it previously.

1137
00:50:54.568 --> 00:50:57.226
And on the back of
winning the league,

1138
00:50:57.261 --> 00:50:59.159
it seemed like the perfect time.

1139
00:50:59.194 --> 00:51:01.092
But it was a
bombshell in the sense

1140
00:51:01.127 --> 00:51:05.648
of now we do have to
find a replacement.

1141
00:51:05.683 --> 00:51:10.515
And that proved very difficult.

1142
00:51:10.550 --> 00:51:13.380
- [Narrator] Alex Ferguson had retired from the club.

1143
00:51:13.415 --> 00:51:15.624
It was the end of a glorious era

1144
00:51:15.658 --> 00:51:18.282
as they said goodbye to their longest serving manager

1145
00:51:18.316 --> 00:51:22.527
who had led them to becoming the best team in the world.

1146
00:51:22.562 --> 00:51:24.322
Off the back of this departure,

1147
00:51:24.357 --> 00:51:26.704
United were looking
for their new manager.

1148
00:51:26.738 --> 00:51:29.155
Rumors were speculating
some big names.

1149
00:51:29.189 --> 00:51:33.055
And the media turned the searchinto a big guessing game.

1150
00:51:33.090 --> 00:51:36.369
With Pep Guardiola and Mourinho out of the question,

1151
00:51:36.403 --> 00:51:38.233
one manager would remain.

1152
00:51:38.267 --> 00:51:41.270
That manager would be the former Everton manager,

1153
00:51:41.305 --> 00:51:42.375
David Moyes.

1154
00:51:44.135 --> 00:51:47.414
- Alex Ferguson didn't make many, if any, mistakes

1155
00:51:47.449 --> 00:51:49.106
during his time at
Manchester United,

1156
00:51:49.140 --> 00:51:52.557
but he made one crucial
one right at the end.

1157
00:51:52.592 --> 00:51:56.872
And that was not necessarily backing David Moyes

1158
00:51:56.906 --> 00:51:59.116
as in backing him
with the board,

1159
00:51:59.150 --> 00:52:01.980
but in public he didn't back him

1160
00:52:02.015 --> 00:52:04.880
when he did his speech for his last match at home.

1161
00:52:06.088 --> 00:52:07.572
He stood on the
field and he said,

1162
00:52:07.607 --> 00:52:11.335
"Just remember, when things weren't going well for me

1163
00:52:11.369 --> 00:52:15.477
"on the field of play, we were backed, I was backed.

1164
00:52:15.511 --> 00:52:18.273
"You are going to back
your new manager."

1165
00:52:18.307 --> 00:52:21.931
And that sends out a mentality,message to the fans is that

1166
00:52:23.105 --> 00:52:24.382
your new manager is
gonna be rubbish.

1167
00:52:24.417 --> 00:52:25.763
You're gonna have to back him.

1168
00:52:25.797 --> 00:52:30.250
- When bad times here,
the club stood by me

1169
00:52:31.872 --> 00:52:35.531
all my staff stood by me, the players stood by me.

1170
00:52:35.566 --> 00:52:39.673
Your job now is to stand
by your new manager.

1171
00:52:39.708 --> 00:52:41.917
[cheering]

1172
00:52:41.951 --> 00:52:44.299
- I just cannot imagine him doing that if had been Pep.

1173
00:52:44.333 --> 00:52:46.093
If it had been Klopp, if
it had been Ancelotti,

1174
00:52:46.128 --> 00:52:48.061
if it had been Mourinho.

1175
00:52:48.095 --> 00:52:50.028
He'd never ever would have said that kind of message

1176
00:52:50.063 --> 00:52:53.411
in public, and that's the message we got through.

1177
00:52:53.446 --> 00:52:57.967
It's almost a case of
giving David Moyes the,

1178
00:52:58.002 --> 00:53:00.832
there's my ship, and then just as you send it off

1179
00:53:00.867 --> 00:53:02.489
in the distance you just
send a quick message

1180
00:53:02.524 --> 00:53:06.010
to everyone onboard, by the way, it's gonna sink.

1181
00:53:06.044 --> 00:53:07.460
And guess what happens?

1182
00:53:07.494 --> 00:53:09.324
Everyone onboard panics.

1183
00:53:09.358 --> 00:53:11.498
- [Narrator] Moyes did win an FA Community Shield

1184
00:53:11.533 --> 00:53:14.121
in his first official
game with United,

1185
00:53:14.156 --> 00:53:16.123
beating Wiggan Athletic 2-0.

1186
00:53:16.158 --> 00:53:18.471
But within his single
season at the club

1187
00:53:18.505 --> 00:53:21.577
only managed to get them to seventh in the league.

1188
00:53:21.612 --> 00:53:24.718
After 10 months in charge, Moyes was dismissed.

1189
00:53:24.753 --> 00:53:27.928
He was the shortest serving manager in United's history

1190
00:53:27.963 --> 00:53:31.000
with ex-players like Dennis Law and David Beckham

1191
00:53:31.035 --> 00:53:33.313
stating he deserved more time.

1192
00:53:33.348 --> 00:53:35.557
- Frustrating season,
I think, for everyone.

1193
00:53:36.972 --> 00:53:38.836
You know, you win together and you lose togethr.

1194
00:53:40.803 --> 00:53:43.323
Like I say, these
four remaining games

1195
00:53:43.358 --> 00:53:44.876
I want to bring some
positivity back.

1196
00:53:44.911 --> 00:53:46.499
I want to put
smiles on the faces.

1197
00:53:46.533 --> 00:53:48.501
We've got three home
games at Old Trafford

1198
00:53:48.535 --> 00:53:51.435
where our form
hasn't been great.

1199
00:53:52.953 --> 00:53:54.679
I wanna see goals,
I wanna see tackles.

1200
00:53:54.714 --> 00:53:56.612
I wanna see players
taking players on.

1201
00:53:56.647 --> 00:53:58.235
I want to get the crowd up

1202
00:53:58.269 --> 00:54:01.238
and I want the passion
that should come

1203
00:54:01.272 --> 00:54:03.309
with being a Manchester
United player.

1204
00:54:03.343 --> 00:54:05.345
- [Narrator] Ryan Giggs became the caretaker manager

1205
00:54:05.380 --> 00:54:07.761
for the last four
games of the season,

1206
00:54:07.796 --> 00:54:10.108
but failed to impress the board.

1207
00:54:10.143 --> 00:54:12.387
Going into the 2014-15 season,

1208
00:54:12.421 --> 00:54:15.424
United looked to sign a highly experienced manager

1209
00:54:15.459 --> 00:54:18.841
who could take the club forward in a new direction.

1210
00:54:18.876 --> 00:54:21.706
That new manager
was Louis van Gaal

1211
00:54:21.741 --> 00:54:24.122
who had a great track
record of success

1212
00:54:24.157 --> 00:54:25.710
with other European clubs.

1213
00:54:25.745 --> 00:54:27.609
- [Journalist] I think we expect

1214
00:54:27.643 --> 00:54:28.851
to hear that van Gaal's
gonna be appointed.

1215
00:54:28.886 --> 00:54:30.888
Is he the right man
for Old Trafford?

1216
00:54:30.922 --> 00:54:32.683
- I mean, you hope so, again, only time will tell.

1217
00:54:32.717 --> 00:54:35.306
I thought David Moyes
was a good choice.

1218
00:54:35.341 --> 00:54:37.757
You felt he should have maybe got a bit more time.

1219
00:54:37.791 --> 00:54:40.277
But van Gaal, obviously, vastly experienced manager.

1220
00:54:40.311 --> 00:54:43.659
Off the big clubs,
Bayern and Barcelona.

1221
00:54:43.694 --> 00:54:46.213
He's been involved in
national teams before.

1222
00:54:46.248 --> 00:54:47.939
Yeah, I think he's class, he'd come and do the business.

1223
00:54:47.974 --> 00:54:49.941
- [Journalist] They say that he's quite a disciplinarian.

1224
00:54:49.976 --> 00:54:51.736
Is that what the club needs at the moment do you think?

1225
00:54:51.771 --> 00:54:53.324
- Possibly so, but
different managers

1226
00:54:53.359 --> 00:54:57.535
will have different styles and different character traits.

1227
00:54:57.570 --> 00:54:58.778
Yeah, I've heard that before.

1228
00:54:58.812 --> 00:55:00.400
He's pretty strict in
terms of timekeeping

1229
00:55:00.435 --> 00:55:04.024
and stuff like that, but listen.

1230
00:55:04.059 --> 00:55:05.371
If you can't be on time for work

1231
00:55:05.405 --> 00:55:06.924
there's something
drastically wrong.

1232
00:55:06.958 --> 00:55:08.408
So fingers crossed he'd come in

1233
00:55:08.443 --> 00:55:13.171
and United give him all the backing support that he needs.

1234
00:55:13.206 --> 00:55:14.103
And hopefully he'll
get a lot more time

1235
00:55:14.138 --> 00:55:16.071
than David Moyes was given.

1236
00:55:16.105 --> 00:55:17.452
- Unfortunately, once again,

1237
00:55:17.486 --> 00:55:20.765
this role was unsuccessful and short-lived.

1238
00:55:20.800 --> 00:55:23.354
By the end of Van
Gaal's career at United,

1239
00:55:23.389 --> 00:55:25.391
press conferences
were getting heated

1240
00:55:25.425 --> 00:55:27.910
as the pressure was
weighing up on his job,

1241
00:55:27.945 --> 00:55:30.948
leading to Van Gaal walking out on a few of them.

1242
00:55:30.982 --> 00:55:32.881
- Has anybody in this room

1243
00:55:36.609 --> 00:55:39.336
not a feeling to
apologize to me?

1244
00:55:42.856 --> 00:55:44.202
Nobody has that feeling?

1245
00:55:45.065 --> 00:55:46.757
I wish you a Merry Christmas

1246
00:55:48.517 --> 00:55:51.209
and maybe also a Happy
New Year when I see you,

1247
00:55:52.728 --> 00:55:57.733
and enjoy the wine and
immense fire, goodbye.

1248
00:56:03.049 --> 00:56:05.189
- [Man] Louis, you are nottaking questions from the media?

1249
00:56:05.223 --> 00:56:06.052
- No.

1250
00:56:07.433 --> 00:56:09.780
- [Narrator] Van Gaal was givenmore time than David Moyce,

1251
00:56:09.814 --> 00:56:13.473
but in May 2016, Van Gaal announced his retirement

1252
00:56:13.508 --> 00:56:17.063
from football, two days after winning the FA cup.

1253
00:56:17.097 --> 00:56:20.929
Once again, United were having to look for a new manager.

1254
00:56:20.963 --> 00:56:23.621
Luckily, after the
firing of Jose Mourinho

1255
00:56:23.656 --> 00:56:25.140
at Chelsea that same season,

1256
00:56:25.174 --> 00:56:29.247
United had an open target and approached him for the role.

1257
00:56:29.282 --> 00:56:32.181
Despite United and
Chelsea's long rivalry,

1258
00:56:32.216 --> 00:56:35.184
facing against him multiple times in the Ferguson years,

1259
00:56:35.219 --> 00:56:39.085
Mourinho joined United on the 27nd of May, 2016.

1260
00:56:39.119 --> 00:56:41.501
- I think with Jose Mourinho, everything's exciting with him

1261
00:56:41.536 --> 00:56:44.435
whether it's good or bad, there's always a story,

1262
00:56:44.470 --> 00:56:45.367
there's always excitement.

1263
00:56:45.402 --> 00:56:46.851
United fans will love that.

1264
00:56:46.886 --> 00:56:49.475
- [Narrator] Under Mourinho, things looked to be improving

1265
00:56:49.509 --> 00:56:52.098
with United getting to
the top of the league.

1266
00:56:52.132 --> 00:56:54.031
Mourinho also helped
United to go on

1267
00:56:54.065 --> 00:56:55.791
to win the Europa League

1268
00:56:55.826 --> 00:56:58.656
and the English Football League Cup that same year,

1269
00:56:58.691 --> 00:57:02.453
earning United another double to add to their collection.

1270
00:57:02.488 --> 00:57:04.490
After a phenomenal first season,

1271
00:57:04.524 --> 00:57:07.941
Mourinho's United started to slip up once again.

1272
00:57:07.976 --> 00:57:11.738
In the season of 2017-2018, they finished second,

1273
00:57:11.773 --> 00:57:16.191
18 points behind their closest rivals Manchester City.

1274
00:57:16.225 --> 00:57:18.296
They also failed to
gain any silverware

1275
00:57:18.331 --> 00:57:21.092
in any of the other competitions they were in.

1276
00:57:21.127 --> 00:57:24.164
- I'm really, really
happy with the players

1277
00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:25.787
that I had on the pitch.

1278
00:57:25.821 --> 00:57:30.585
With their attitude, with theireffort, I'm more than happy.

1279
00:57:30.619 --> 00:57:33.242
I'm more than happy, and because I'm more than happy,

1280
00:57:33.277 --> 00:57:37.730
I assume the responsibilities of the defeat,

1281
00:57:37.764 --> 00:57:41.354
and I want them to
be eating behind me.

1282
00:57:41.388 --> 00:57:43.874
They gave absolutely everything.

1283
00:57:43.908 --> 00:57:45.151
- [Narrator] That
following season,

1284
00:57:45.185 --> 00:57:48.085
pressure was mounting
on Mourinho once again.

1285
00:57:48.119 --> 00:57:51.019
Inconsistency was weighing on the club once again,

1286
00:57:51.053 --> 00:57:53.711
and the media was
focusing on why Mourinho

1287
00:57:53.746 --> 00:57:55.472
was failing as a manager.

1288
00:57:55.506 --> 00:57:57.439
In a constant tussle
with the press,

1289
00:57:57.474 --> 00:58:00.028
Mourinho finally lashed
out at a journalist

1290
00:58:00.062 --> 00:58:02.962
in a post-match conference after losing 3-0

1291
00:58:02.996 --> 00:58:04.757
to Tottenham at Old Trafford.

1292
00:58:04.791 --> 00:58:08.450
- No, just to finish, do you know what was the result?

1293
00:58:09.382 --> 00:58:10.487
3-0.

1294
00:58:10.521 --> 00:58:12.903
3-0, do you know
what this means?

1295
00:58:14.387 --> 00:58:19.219
3-0, but also mean
3 premierships

1296
00:58:19.254 --> 00:58:22.188
and I won more
premierships alone

1297
00:58:22.222 --> 00:58:24.501
than the other 19
managers together.

1298
00:58:25.398 --> 00:58:27.538
Three for me and two for them.

1299
00:58:27.573 --> 00:58:29.126
- Just one second.
- Respect.

1300
00:58:29.160 --> 00:58:30.299
Respect.

1301
00:58:30.334 --> 00:58:33.026
Respect, man, respect, respect.

1302
00:58:33.061 --> 00:58:34.511
Respect, man.

1303
00:58:34.545 --> 00:58:35.512
- [Narrator] A few months later,

1304
00:58:35.546 --> 00:58:37.824
Mourinho was fired from United,

1305
00:58:37.859 --> 00:58:40.689
and it was back to the drawing board once again.

1306
00:58:42.380 --> 00:58:45.522
By the start of the
2018-2019 season,

1307
00:58:45.556 --> 00:58:47.765
United was struggling
to find anyone

1308
00:58:47.800 --> 00:58:49.249
for the management role.

1309
00:58:49.284 --> 00:58:52.183
In an act to boost morale for the players and the fans,

1310
00:58:52.218 --> 00:58:55.186
the board appointed the ex-player and club legend,

1311
00:58:55.221 --> 00:58:59.259
Ole Gunnar Solskjfr, in the caretaker management role.

1312
00:58:59.294 --> 00:59:02.400
But with his appointment, United's results flourished

1313
00:59:02.435 --> 00:59:04.817
as they went on to
win game after game.

1314
00:59:04.851 --> 00:59:06.301
Within a few months,

1315
00:59:06.335 --> 00:59:09.235
the United board hired Ole as their new manager.

1316
00:59:09.269 --> 00:59:11.962
- I didn't even see the announcement of Ole coming.

1317
00:59:11.996 --> 00:59:14.516
It was a really big surprise that they picked him.

1318
00:59:15.724 --> 00:59:17.484
I thought they'd
go somewhere else.

1319
00:59:17.519 --> 00:59:21.592
Some of the former players whose had bigger clubs,

1320
00:59:21.627 --> 00:59:26.183
who've been at the club from other parts of Europe.

1321
00:59:29.462 --> 00:59:30.877
It was kind of a clever move

1322
00:59:30.912 --> 00:59:35.192
because Ole's worked with Pogba,

1323
00:59:35.226 --> 00:59:37.884
he's worked with Lingard when they were in the reserves,

1324
00:59:37.919 --> 00:59:39.576
and they have huge
respect for Ole.

1325
00:59:39.610 --> 00:59:41.370
Everyone has huge
respect for Ole.

1326
00:59:43.580 --> 00:59:46.790
The potential as a coach
was very, very early on.

1327
00:59:46.824 --> 00:59:49.586
It was very clear that he would be a really good coach.

1328
00:59:49.620 --> 00:59:52.105
- Hindsight's a wonderful thing, isn't it?

1329
00:59:52.140 --> 00:59:53.417
We'd all love to have it.

1330
00:59:55.661 --> 00:59:58.974
We kind of forget
that when Ole came in,

1331
00:59:59.009 --> 01:00:00.976
Ole Gunnar Solskjfr
came in initially

1332
01:00:01.011 --> 01:00:05.049
as a temporary manager, the results went [blowing]

1333
01:00:05.084 --> 01:00:08.225
straightaway, for a
good period of time.

1334
01:00:08.259 --> 01:00:11.642
Wasn't one or two games, it was over a 15-game period.

1335
01:00:11.677 --> 01:00:14.196
They won 12 or something like that of the 15 games.

1336
01:00:14.231 --> 01:00:15.681
He'd have been a brave
boy to have gone,

1337
01:00:15.715 --> 01:00:18.407
no, we're not gonna go that, we're gonna go somewhere else

1338
01:00:18.442 --> 01:00:19.995
because he would
have got crucified.

1339
01:00:20.030 --> 01:00:22.170
Because they would have gone, well, what on Earth?

1340
01:00:22.204 --> 01:00:23.654
What more can he do?

1341
01:00:23.689 --> 01:00:26.692
But as soon as he was given the job, then it went

1342
01:00:26.726 --> 01:00:27.831
[blowing softly],

1343
01:00:27.865 --> 01:00:30.247
now why is that the case?

1344
01:00:30.281 --> 01:00:34.631
That's gotta be a bit of mentality down to the players.

1345
01:00:35.942 --> 01:00:37.081
I don't image for one second

1346
01:00:37.116 --> 01:00:38.669
that Solskjfr
would have changed.

1347
01:00:38.704 --> 01:00:39.636
He still would have been
doing the same things he

1348
01:00:39.670 --> 01:00:42.328
did during those first 15 games.

1349
01:00:42.362 --> 01:00:45.952
But the mentality of I'm playing for temporary manager,

1350
01:00:45.987 --> 01:00:47.471
all right, let's get, yes.

1351
01:00:47.505 --> 01:00:48.955
I'll work for you, work
for you, work for you,

1352
01:00:48.990 --> 01:00:51.026
and then suddenly
you're put full-time

1353
01:00:51.061 --> 01:00:53.477
it's, well right, okay, well,

1354
01:00:54.823 --> 01:00:56.238
I don't know whether
it won't work for you

1355
01:00:56.273 --> 01:00:57.308
for two, three years.

1356
01:00:58.551 --> 01:01:00.760
And the personnel has
changed a little bit,

1357
01:01:01.968 --> 01:01:04.419
and he'll have to
change it a lot

1358
01:01:04.453 --> 01:01:09.424
because the policy of bringing in new players as well is.

1359
01:01:10.321 --> 01:01:11.460
That's dangerous because that's.

1360
01:01:12.496 --> 01:01:15.085
We talk about the Busby Babes.

1361
01:01:15.119 --> 01:01:17.915
You talk about the Class of '92.

1362
01:01:17.950 --> 01:01:20.677
These were quality,
quality players.

1363
01:01:20.711 --> 01:01:22.955
Really, really
good, young players.

1364
01:01:24.335 --> 01:01:26.613
But they also had some senior players around them.

1365
01:01:26.648 --> 01:01:27.718
I don't see too
many senior players

1366
01:01:27.753 --> 01:01:30.031
around the Manchester
United players

1367
01:01:30.065 --> 01:01:31.722
in this Ole Gunnar
Solskjfr squad

1368
01:01:31.757 --> 01:01:33.448
with the exception of Pogba,

1369
01:01:35.036 --> 01:01:37.763
Mata, towards the
end of his career.

1370
01:01:37.797 --> 01:01:38.936
And some of the other
ones are the ones

1371
01:01:38.971 --> 01:01:41.042
who are getting
slabbed more than any.

1372
01:01:41.076 --> 01:01:44.148
Phil Jones, Lukaku's left.

1373
01:01:44.183 --> 01:01:49.119
So there's no balance there and that's, is that his fault?

1374
01:01:49.153 --> 01:01:51.328
- [Narrator] To this date, Ole is still at the wheel

1375
01:01:51.362 --> 01:01:54.676
and continues to build a
new, young United side.

1376
01:01:54.711 --> 01:01:57.955
With the same mentality
as Ferguson and Busby,

1377
01:01:57.990 --> 01:02:00.371
Ole looks to be trying to encourage young players

1378
01:02:00.406 --> 01:02:02.373
to see their real potential.

1379
01:02:02.408 --> 01:02:04.582
And although they aren't
what they used to be

1380
01:02:04.617 --> 01:02:07.447
in their glory days,
maybe in the near future

1381
01:02:07.482 --> 01:02:10.002
United could bloom
into the legendary team

1382
01:02:10.036 --> 01:02:12.729
like they did in
the early 1990s.

1383
01:02:14.213 --> 01:02:15.421
- You've got to be patient.

1384
01:02:15.455 --> 01:02:16.698
You have to know
that to build a team

1385
01:02:16.733 --> 01:02:20.737
and rebuild a squad
it will take time to.

1386
01:02:20.771 --> 01:02:25.120
I'm not gonna ask
for too much time

1387
01:02:25.155 --> 01:02:26.950
because as a manager you're always under pressure

1388
01:02:26.984 --> 01:02:29.055
to get results right away.

1389
01:02:29.090 --> 01:02:31.402
Or maybe not results, but maybe the way we wanna

1390
01:02:31.437 --> 01:02:34.647
play football so I
hope with the way we

1391
01:02:34.681 --> 01:02:37.684
approach the games now, thefans will see what we're trying

1392
01:02:37.719 --> 01:02:40.032
to do and the results will come.

1393
01:02:40.066 --> 01:02:43.173
- The results have
still been inconsistent

1394
01:02:43.207 --> 01:02:45.485
but the performances
have been getting better

1395
01:02:46.590 --> 01:02:48.178
so we can see
where we're heading

1396
01:02:48.212 --> 01:02:52.113
and obviously there's a lot of young players in the squad

1397
01:02:52.147 --> 01:02:55.185
and in the starting 11 so we're sort of learning

1398
01:02:55.219 --> 01:02:59.396
as we go along, but you
know hopefully we can.

1399
01:03:00.811 --> 01:03:02.261
It's the first time we've had back-to-back wins

1400
01:03:02.295 --> 01:03:04.953
in the league so hopefully that can start something off

1401
01:03:04.988 --> 01:03:08.301
for us and we can get
used to getting results

1402
01:03:08.336 --> 01:03:09.682
and performing.

1403
01:03:14.549 --> 01:03:16.551
[upbeat music]

1404
01:03:16.585 --> 01:03:18.104
- [Narrator] United
have had a long

1405
01:03:18.139 --> 01:03:19.761
and rich history behind them.

1406
01:03:19.796 --> 01:03:22.074
They're still to this date the Premier League's

1407
01:03:22.108 --> 01:03:23.558
top winning team.

1408
01:03:23.592 --> 01:03:25.629
They have also become one of the biggest brands

1409
01:03:25.663 --> 01:03:28.114
in the industry, selling
millions in merchandise

1410
01:03:28.149 --> 01:03:29.875
all over the world.

1411
01:03:29.909 --> 01:03:33.292
With over 650 million
fans worldwide,

1412
01:03:33.326 --> 01:03:36.260
it's not hard to see
why Manchester United

1413
01:03:36.295 --> 01:03:39.263
is a recognizable
image known everywhere.

1414
01:03:40.678 --> 01:03:43.889
- They'll always be there or thereabouts and the size.

1415
01:03:43.923 --> 01:03:45.891
You can't pick a number and say

1416
01:03:45.925 --> 01:03:47.409
throw the statistics out there.

1417
01:03:47.444 --> 01:03:49.756
Richest club in the world this year is Real Madrid

1418
01:03:49.791 --> 01:03:52.345
and last year it was
Manchester United.

1419
01:03:53.899 --> 01:03:55.797
Go into somewhere in
Thailand and whatever

1420
01:03:55.832 --> 01:03:57.419
and walk up to someone and say

1421
01:03:57.454 --> 01:04:00.181
which football team do you know,and they'll pretty quickly,

1422
01:04:00.215 --> 01:04:03.287
Man United will be one of the first ones they say.

1423
01:04:03.322 --> 01:04:05.324
- [Narrator] With the
statues of Matt Busby,

1424
01:04:05.358 --> 01:04:08.051
Alex Ferguson, as well as the Munich Air Disaster

1425
01:04:08.085 --> 01:04:12.227
Memorial Clock, United's historywill always be remembered

1426
01:04:12.262 --> 01:04:13.746
no matter what happens to them

1427
01:04:13.780 --> 01:04:15.990
on the pitch over the seasons.

1428
01:04:16.024 --> 01:04:20.235
Everyone will always know the team name, Manchester United,

1429
01:04:20.270 --> 01:04:23.411
and will always know of their hard-fought campaigns

1430
01:04:23.445 --> 01:04:25.862
and how they
achieved their glory.