Still boycotting the World Cup? Even if you aren't, watch these videos!

Still boycotting, but respect to Hossam Hassan.

I've not seen any quotes attributed to anyone else on Palestine since the World Cup started. At least one decent human among them.
 
6 November 2005

Darren Fletcher's first-half header ended Chelsea's 40-match unbeaten run in the league.

This followed an abysmal 4-1 defeat away at Middlesbrough, which caused Roy Keane to say some choice words and end up getting sacked.

This is Ferguson deploying anti-United tactics to grind out a result against the best team in the league, showing that Mourinho had not got his number.

 
Round of 16 - 5 July

England are playing today. Well, tomorrow morning UK time.

Anyway, let's celebrate all things England.

Here is a two hour documentary on Italia 90:

 
I haven’t seen a single second of it and the decision relating to the red card for the US player that OI heard about this morning makes me glad to have boycotted it.

I’m enjoying my summer break from football and honestly, while Infantino is the head of FIFA, I’m probably done with the World Cup.

I’m fine with other people watching and enjoying it. It’s just my decision.
 
Round of 16 - 6 July

George Best scores six goals in an FA Cup tie against Northampton:



Some of the best United goals of the 40s and 50s:



Real Madrid v United - European Cup Semi final 1957



United in the Second Division:





 
Frosty said:
United v Liverpool - New Year's Day 1989

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This was the first ever Manchester United TV coverage match I recorded on to a blank VHS tape & kept without recording over it, from this match onwards I recorded every match that aired on UK TV, be it just goal clips, highlights (of various lengths) and of course full matches.

I had literally 100s of blank video tapes with Manchester United & England matches recorded on to them from 1989 to 2002.

All lost now though. :(
 
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This was the first ever Manchester United TV coverage match I recorded on to a blank VHS tape & kept without recording over it, from this match onwards I recorded every match that aired on UK TV, be it just goal clips, highlights (of various lengths) and of course full matches.

I had literally 100s of blank video tapes with Manchester United & England matches recorded on to them from 1989 to 2002.

All lost now though. :(
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I hope you can find some of the videos on YouTube and Daily Motion. The older stuff seems to be more likely to survive copyright claims.
 
I think a good number of people decided to boycott boycotting the World Cup. Because boy, we caught the worlds hearts.
 
Day off today.

Still, I realised this morning I have bookmarked about 200 videos, and we only have eight matches left in the tournament, so I will take this opportunity to be more generous with the posting over the remaining days of the World Cup.

Today, I have some documentaries about Matt Busby, the Busby Babes, the 1957 Cup Final, and the commemorations after Sir Matt's death.

Video 1 - The Busby Era, 1948-1958-1968

One genius, three legendary teams. This is the full story of Matt Busby's glorious reign at Manchester United.



Video 2 - Busby: From Tragedy to Triumph



Video 3 - The Busby Babes: End of a Dream

The Busby Babes: End of a Dream is an ITV documentary produced in 1998 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1958 Munich air disaster.

Directed by Alan Brown, the documentary highlights the rise of Sir Matt Busby's young Manchester United team—known as the "Busby Babes"—and the tragic events of February 6, 1958, which claimed the lives of eight players and 15 others.

This video has been cut and edited as it included an interview with Jimmy Saville.



There is a good deal of overlap between these three, but you can choose which you prefer to watch.

Video 4 - FA Cup Final 1957 - Aston Villa v Man Utd

This is the only full match I have found of the Busby Babes online. The Cup Final was, at the time, the only televised football game of the year.

United were champions and chasing the double.

This is Villa's last FA Cup win.

The game is best remembered for an incident after six minutes. Ray Wood caught the ball, and McParland charged the goalkeeper, his head colliding with Wood's face. Wood was left unconscious with a broken cheekbone. The commentator described this as 'a fair charge', which it was under the rules at the time. (See from 6:55 of the video)

Wood left the pitch and Jackie Blanchflower took over in goal for United. Wood eventually rejoined the game in an outfield position as a virtual passenger before returning to goal for the last seven minutes of the game.

McParland scored both of Villa's goals, winning the Cup for his team. He went on to score five goals in the 1958 World Cup finals for Northern Ireland as they made progress to the quarter-finals.

After the game, Roger Byrne, United’s captain, was optimistic: “Never mind. We’ll be back to do it next year.”

In later years McParland reflected:

“Down the years when people have bought up the incident and reminded me I was the player who crashed into the United goalkeeper and then scored two goals, I say that: ‘No. I’m the player who won an FA Cup winner’s medal.’ Of course it was unfortunate what happened to Ray but after the game in the dressing room and among all the celebrations we spoke together and Ray had no hard feelings.

“I came in for criticism partly because a photograph after the collision seems to show me smiling. But I was actually grimacing in pain. Wembley was going round and round and I thought my game was finished. I saw Ray a lot in the years that followed and we played together for a time in Toronto. Yes, what happened at Munich put the incident into perspective. Later in the year Northern Ireland were back at Wembley where we beat England 3-2. That was astonishing but despite everything the Cup final was my greatest memory. It was your bread and butter and there was a special feeling to win with your friends who you were side by side with week in, week out. Like this year, Villa went into the game as underdogs, perhaps 3-1 outsiders. United were hot favourites but we were confident. In the sixth round we were drawn at Burnley, the hardest team in the country. I remember the BBC showing the draw live on telly. I was eating my tea and I nearly choked on my sausage. After we’d beaten them in a replay we had no fears of anyone."
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More here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/23/aston-villa-peter-mcparland-fa-cup-final

United's team:
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GK1EnglandRay Wood
RB2EnglandBill Foulkes
LB3EnglandRoger Byrne (c)
RH4EnglandEddie Colman
CH5Northern IrelandJackie Blanchflower
LH6EnglandDuncan Edwards
OR7EnglandJohnny Berry
IR8Republic of IrelandBilly Whelan
CF9EnglandTommy Taylor
IL10EnglandBobby Charlton
OL11EnglandDavid Pegg
Manager:



 
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