Sir Alex

Damn, hopefully, it gets made available for us not living in the UK.
 
It's a good one. Some lovely footage from old matches and interviews with SAF plus some new interviews, mostly with ex-players.
 
What channel was it on on new years im trying to get it on catch up
 
I watched both parts - I think it's a really well put together documentary about Sir Alex, his roots and where a lot of his drive and determination came from as a player and as a manager. Well worth a watch.
 
Watched it in iplayer. Very good. Can be easy to forget how good we were for so long with the numbing of the last 12 years. That 08’ team he built for a third time was incredible.
 
SER19 said:
Don't have i player im afraid, thought it might have been on TV
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Part 1 was on late on Monday night on BBC1 so it should be easy to find on on catch-up. Part 2 is tonight on BBC1.
iPlayer has both so it depends on your catch-up service whether it's available to you yet.
 
I watched the first part last night. His achievements at Aberdeen are often understated - quite phenomenal breaking the old firm monopoly and winning a European trophy. They didn't even have a proper training ground at the time either, having to use dog shit strewn public parks and the beach, if the tide was out.
There's also a documentary about Mark Hughes on tonight on BBC Wales (and iPlayer).
 
jojojo said:
Part 1 was on late on Monday night on BBC1 so it should be easy to find on on catch-up. Part 2 is tonight on BBC1.
iPlayer has both so it depends on your catch-up service whether it's available to you yet.
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Thanks, perfect
 
Monmouthshire Red said:
I watched the first part last night. His achievements at Aberdeen are often understated - quite phenomenal breaking the old firm monopoly and winning a European trophy. They didn't even have a proper training ground at the time either, having to use dog shit strewn public parks and the beach, if the tide was out.
There's also a documentary about Mark Hughes on tonight on BBC Wales (and iPlayer).
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The stat that Aberdeen were the last team to beat Real Madrid in a European cup final blows my mind.

Thanks for the heads up on the Hughes documentary. Was always my 2nd favourite player (after Robson and then Cantona) The 91 Cup Winner Cup final remains my favourite United game. Made me laugh in the documentary when Beckham says, "England teams hadn't been doing well in Europe in 1991", yeah maybe that's what a 5 year ban from Europe does!
 
Amazing to remember how close he was to the sack in the late 80s. Seems like Bobby Charlton was his biggest advocate. Imagine if they'd sacked him and got Bobby Robson or Venables in or such like. I still think his Aberdeen spell is un-matched, much like Clough at Forest winning Euro trophies with provincial teams won't happen again. (Unless Forest keep going the way they are).
 
dcrompton said:
The stat that Aberdeen were the last team to beat Real Madrid in a European cup final blows my mind.

Thanks for the heads up on the Hughes documentary. Was always my 2nd favourite player (after Robson and then Cantona) The 91 Cup Winner Cup final remains my favourite United game. Made me laugh in the documentary when Beckham says, "England teams hadn't been doing well in Europe in 1991", yeah maybe that's what a 5 year ban from Europe does!
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In the early 1990s I worked in a bar in Chester and one of the doormen was godfather to one of Hughes' kids. Anyway, when I found this out I asked him if he got free tickets for United games. He said "No, I've got absolutely no interest in football". Fair play, Hughes must have loved having mates like that who didn't just want to talk about football and hassle him for free tickets and shirts etc.
 
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