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0:00:02 > 0:00:04Oh, hello, I'm Donovan Daily and I like my beers cold,

0:00:04 > 0:00:07my women hot and my football Premier League.

0:00:07 > 0:00:10So when the BBC asked me to host

0:00:10 > 0:00:14The Premier League's Most Amazing Moments show, I said, "Hell, yeah."

0:00:14 > 0:00:17But I told them I'll need a sidekick, a yin to my yang,

0:00:17 > 0:00:20a Tonto to my Lone Ranger for this amazing quest.

0:00:20 > 0:00:22He had to be a Premier League legend.

0:00:22 > 0:00:23So I made my pick.

0:00:25 > 0:00:28"Who was it, Don?" I hear you cry.

0:00:28 > 0:00:30"Was it Zola, Cantona, Beckham?"

0:00:30 > 0:00:33Oh, no, this guy's far superior, he's a maverick.

0:00:33 > 0:00:35Ladies and gentlemen, I give you

0:00:35 > 0:00:37Mr Robert Savage.

0:00:37 > 0:00:40Don, you're two hours early and it's Robbie.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43Robbie, really? You're still calling yourself that?

0:00:43 > 0:00:46'Wow, what a goal!'

0:00:46 > 0:00:48'Le Tissier!'

0:00:48 > 0:00:50Fan-dabby-dozey.

0:00:51 > 0:00:54Join us for a feast of fabulous football.

0:00:54 > 0:00:56I've never missed a goal like that.

0:00:56 > 0:01:01We've got tears and triumph and trauma and tantrums.

0:01:01 > 0:01:03I remember thinking, "What's going on here?"

0:01:03 > 0:01:04And goals. Lots of goals.

0:01:04 > 0:01:07What do you expect me to do with a shot like that?

0:01:07 > 0:01:09Plus comedy gold. Ha-ha.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11Says it all. Pretty embarrassing.

0:01:11 > 0:01:16A smorgasbord of 20 years of the best football on the planet,

0:01:16 > 0:01:18served up in bitesize nuggets.

0:01:20 > 0:01:24Welcome to the Premier League's 50 Most Amazing Moments.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28Let's be having you!

0:01:28 > 0:01:30'City are champions!'

0:01:32 > 0:01:35Well, why don't you guys at home kick back, relax, chillax,

0:01:35 > 0:01:38if you like, get the little lady to bring you an iced cold beer,

0:01:38 > 0:01:40while me and Robbie make TV history.

0:01:40 > 0:01:43Come on, let's go, get you some clothes on.

0:01:43 > 0:01:45- Have you got any biscuits? - Ginger nuts.- Ginger nuts, mmm.

0:01:45 > 0:01:47Paul Scholes, ha-ha-ha.

0:01:51 > 0:01:53At number 50 is our first Premier League genius.

0:01:53 > 0:01:57And when baby Wayne Rooney broke through in October 2002,

0:01:57 > 0:02:00he didn't arrive, he exploded.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04It was Everton V Arsenal at Goodison Park.

0:02:04 > 0:02:07Arsenal were unbeaten for 30 games

0:02:07 > 0:02:10and this little 16-year-old was ready and waiting.

0:02:10 > 0:02:14A few years ago, I was at a match where Everton were playing Arsenal

0:02:14 > 0:02:15and my little brother said,

0:02:15 > 0:02:16"There's a great, young lad,

0:02:16 > 0:02:18"there's a great lad called Wayne Rooney."

0:02:18 > 0:02:19I was like, "Oh, what's his name?"

0:02:19 > 0:02:22Wayne's the name and this £80-a-week teenager is having

0:02:22 > 0:02:24the game of his life.

0:02:24 > 0:02:26When Rooney breaks onto the scene,

0:02:26 > 0:02:29first of all we want to see his passport and birth certificate

0:02:29 > 0:02:32because he's not a 16-year-old at Everton.

0:02:32 > 0:02:35There's one minute left of the game and this lad did the unthinkable.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38Rooney picks up the ball, outside the box

0:02:38 > 0:02:42and he puts it onto his right and does, like, a Beckham curl

0:02:42 > 0:02:43into the top, left-hand corner.

0:02:44 > 0:02:45'Wayne Rooney.

0:02:45 > 0:02:49'Oh, he went for it. Oh! His first goal of the Premiership!

0:02:50 > 0:02:54'Ladies and gentlemen, introducing 16-year-old Wayne Rooney.'

0:02:54 > 0:02:56You're not supposed to do that against Arsenal.

0:02:56 > 0:02:59You're playing against a great side, knocking people over,

0:02:59 > 0:03:02you're scoring a goal against England goalkeeper David Seaman.

0:03:02 > 0:03:04So you knew he was a special talent.

0:03:06 > 0:03:08'What a special goal.'

0:03:08 > 0:03:1130 games unbeaten, we were, at that time

0:03:11 > 0:03:15and he picked up that ball, turned, shot and done Seaman.

0:03:15 > 0:03:18'I think, here, you're seeing the start of something special.'

0:03:18 > 0:03:21Yes, England, lock up your daughters, Rooney has arrived.

0:03:23 > 0:03:25He rode his bike home from Goodison Park.

0:03:25 > 0:03:28Imagine, you've just chipped the England goalkeeper

0:03:28 > 0:03:31and you've rode your bike home. Mint.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35Rooney's Everton career didn't start as a 16-year-old.

0:03:35 > 0:03:37Oh, no, it was way before then.

0:03:37 > 0:03:40When I was playing for Liverpool, I was the captain of Liverpool,

0:03:40 > 0:03:42Dave Watson was Everton captain

0:03:42 > 0:03:45and we both walked onto the field holding the little mascot's hand,

0:03:45 > 0:03:47he was about eight years old, he was Wayne Rooney.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49And he looked about 25 then.

0:03:52 > 0:03:55And did this precious, little ten-year-old show due respect?

0:03:55 > 0:03:56Rooney, kind of,

0:03:56 > 0:04:00consistently and continually kept trying to chip Neville Southall,

0:04:00 > 0:04:02which was quite embarrassing for, you know,

0:04:02 > 0:04:05then the most capped Everton player of all time.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08He turned round, apparently, and told Wayne Rooney to BLEEP off.

0:04:14 > 0:04:18# It was a beautiful day... #

0:04:18 > 0:04:21Celebrating a goal is the one of the most joyous moments

0:04:21 > 0:04:25in any footballer's life. It's elation, it's bliss.

0:04:25 > 0:04:29It's unrestrained, pure unadulterated ecstasy.

0:04:29 > 0:04:31But there's always an exception to the rule

0:04:31 > 0:04:33and this was truly exceptional.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36Hello, Newcastle super sub Temuri Ketsbaia.

0:04:39 > 0:04:42'Gets attacked by Ketsbaia.'

0:04:44 > 0:04:46He walks over,

0:04:46 > 0:04:48the shirt comes off, then he looks like he's going to do

0:04:48 > 0:04:49a full-on strip.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51I don't know what he was trying to do,

0:04:51 > 0:04:53cos he tried to take his shoe off to kick the hoarding,

0:04:53 > 0:04:56which would mean he'd probably break his foot.

0:04:56 > 0:05:00'Extraordinary gestures from Temuri Ketsbaia.

0:05:00 > 0:05:02'He's ripped off his shirt.'

0:05:02 > 0:05:05So he just let's rip on the advertising boards

0:05:05 > 0:05:07and just starts kicking hell out of them.

0:05:07 > 0:05:09And you're watching him thinking, nutter.

0:05:09 > 0:05:13He had a set plan after he scored a goal. It's like,

0:05:13 > 0:05:16"I'm going to kick the fast food once,

0:05:16 > 0:05:18"I'm going to kick the shoe manufacturer twice.

0:05:18 > 0:05:21"Get away from me, I'm on a roll!

0:05:21 > 0:05:22"I've got a plan!

0:05:22 > 0:05:24"Don't mess with me!"

0:05:24 > 0:05:27But after a while, everyone just kept away from him

0:05:27 > 0:05:31cos they didn't know what he was going to do next.

0:05:31 > 0:05:34# That boy needs therapy... #

0:05:34 > 0:05:37Some say he was angry because he was sick of being a sub.

0:05:37 > 0:05:39If you want to get picked, don't destroy the stadium.

0:05:39 > 0:05:41If I want a promotion at work and go up to my boss and go,

0:05:41 > 0:05:43"Yeah, I know I've been trying really hard,

0:05:43 > 0:05:46"but, to make my point, I've thrown the fish tank out of the window.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48"Let's talk about a raise." That's not how you do it, Temuri.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51But only now has the truth come out.

0:05:51 > 0:05:55When he was young, he was attacked in his sleep

0:05:55 > 0:05:57by a burger

0:05:57 > 0:05:59and a shoe!

0:05:59 > 0:06:01It was terrible, OK?

0:06:01 > 0:06:03He's not happy about it!

0:06:03 > 0:06:0614 years later, Temuri finally calmed down

0:06:06 > 0:06:08and, apparently, runs an anger management clinic

0:06:08 > 0:06:10with Roy Keane and Joey Barton.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12Or did I just make that up?

0:06:17 > 0:06:19What number was my goal against QPR?

0:06:19 > 0:06:22And you must have me when I played a goal against Reading.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25I'm afraid, old boy, that neither of those cut the mustard.

0:06:25 > 0:06:26Not like this one,

0:06:26 > 0:06:30which is one of the most amazing moments of the Premier League ever.

0:06:30 > 0:06:32Check it out.

0:06:32 > 0:06:33You got any crisps?

0:06:38 > 0:06:41In hindsight, yeah, you do regret your actions,

0:06:41 > 0:06:43but, at the same time, it was done for the right reasons.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45'Not spotted.

0:06:45 > 0:06:49'Oh. He's got it!'

0:06:49 > 0:06:51It was Boxing Day 2008 in Manchester.

0:06:51 > 0:06:54City were full of festive cheer and Hull, it seemed,

0:06:54 > 0:06:56were still full of festive beer.

0:06:57 > 0:07:00'Robinho is arriving, if he can find him, and does!

0:07:01 > 0:07:04'Manchester City just insatiable here.'

0:07:06 > 0:07:08We had 5,500 travelling Hull City fans

0:07:08 > 0:07:11that were packed in at the Etihad Stadium.

0:07:11 > 0:07:15And I felt as if we'd really them down.

0:07:15 > 0:07:17So they were four-nil down at half-time

0:07:17 > 0:07:19and manager Phil Brown was about to do something

0:07:19 > 0:07:22so extraordinary you'll need to sit down.

0:07:22 > 0:07:26We all made a beeline for, in front of the supporters.

0:07:26 > 0:07:29He decided he was going to give the team talk on the pitch.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32Which is a bit like, a bit like that couple who have a row in local pub

0:07:32 > 0:07:36on a Saturday and everyone has to watch them and it's like, come on.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39# We don't need no education... #

0:07:42 > 0:07:45I could've got them in the warmth of the changing room,

0:07:45 > 0:07:48but I felt as if it was a Sunday league performance.

0:07:48 > 0:07:51So I delivered it on the pitch.

0:07:51 > 0:07:52He basically tells them off,

0:07:52 > 0:07:55like a school teacher telling off some kids.

0:07:55 > 0:07:58With 25 cameras at the stadium, it was prime time viewing.

0:07:58 > 0:08:02# Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone... #

0:08:02 > 0:08:05'Phil Brown venting his frustrations on the field

0:08:05 > 0:08:07'to his team at half-time.'

0:08:07 > 0:08:08But it gets better.

0:08:08 > 0:08:11One year later, in exactly the same fixture,

0:08:11 > 0:08:13at exactly the same end of the pitch,

0:08:13 > 0:08:16those naughty, little boys go the chance to get their own back

0:08:16 > 0:08:18on their own manager.

0:08:18 > 0:08:21Paul McShane, the Irishman, he goes,

0:08:21 > 0:08:26"I tell you what we should do, whoever scores, we should like,

0:08:26 > 0:08:28"honestly, get all the boys round him and do the Phil Brown."

0:08:28 > 0:08:31I said, "I guarantee I'll score now, I will guarantee you that."

0:08:31 > 0:08:33Cos it's always me, you know what I mean.

0:08:33 > 0:08:36'And Jimmy Bullard has the opportunity.

0:08:36 > 0:08:38'And Hull City are level.'

0:08:38 > 0:08:41I lost my head, fans just going mental.

0:08:41 > 0:08:44The boys said, "Celebrate." I said, "I am celebrating,"

0:08:44 > 0:08:47And they're like, "No, no, the Phil Brown." We sit down, we done it.

0:08:49 > 0:08:53'Oh, look at the celebration, ha-ha! Jimmy Bullard!'

0:08:53 > 0:08:55I didn't know if he was going to be fuming or if he'd be like,

0:08:55 > 0:08:56"Oh, that's brilliant."

0:08:56 > 0:09:00I just couldn't control myself, I was laughing beyond recognition,

0:09:00 > 0:09:01it was unbelievable.

0:09:01 > 0:09:04He sort of, sort of took it as to say,

0:09:04 > 0:09:06"Yeah, good celebration, but don't push your mark."

0:09:06 > 0:09:09Do you know what I mean? To be fair, it's a great celebration.

0:09:09 > 0:09:12You know, year on, same place, that's just class as well.

0:09:18 > 0:09:21Sporting events have had their fair share of invasions over the years.

0:09:21 > 0:09:25From the athletic to the down right stupid. Is that Richard Hammond?

0:09:25 > 0:09:28But none was more bizarre than the one that took place

0:09:28 > 0:09:31at Blackburn in a crucial relegation battle at the end of last season.

0:09:35 > 0:09:37I've got no idea how they got a chicken,

0:09:37 > 0:09:39smuggled through the turnstiles.

0:09:39 > 0:09:41I'd love to know where it was hidden.

0:09:41 > 0:09:43Why did the chicken cross the pitch?

0:09:43 > 0:09:48To protest the meat processors in India. Ha-ha-ha.

0:09:48 > 0:09:50I just made that up.

0:09:50 > 0:09:53This plucky demonstration was aimed at the new Indian owners,

0:09:53 > 0:09:57the Venky's, the chicken meat processing tycoons.

0:09:57 > 0:09:59'Here's a curious state of affairs.'

0:09:59 > 0:10:02Probably jumped out of the processing line, about to become a bhuna

0:10:02 > 0:10:05and made a last minute dash for freedom, didn't he?

0:10:05 > 0:10:08# Ain't nobody here but us chickens... #

0:10:08 > 0:10:11But what do we need most in an emergency like this?

0:10:11 > 0:10:14Why, some truly awful chicken puns, of course.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16I'd recognise a fowl when I see one, don't worry.

0:10:16 > 0:10:18Who knows? Maybe he could've got them a better result

0:10:18 > 0:10:20if he'd played on the wing.

0:10:20 > 0:10:23'He should have the best hands of all, shouldn't he?'

0:10:23 > 0:10:25Well, it didn't quite make the farm,

0:10:25 > 0:10:29but it did end up starring in its own commercial.

0:10:29 > 0:10:33'Blackburn Rovers proudly owned by Venky's.'

0:10:35 > 0:10:38Poor chicken. Let's hope there wasn't a goal mass scramble

0:10:38 > 0:10:40in the way and they didn't get a roasting at the end.

0:10:40 > 0:10:43Actually, by the roasting, I mean cooked.

0:10:43 > 0:10:46I shouldn't say that to do with football, should I? Ha-ha-ha.

0:10:49 > 0:10:51To be able to go out in front of people

0:10:51 > 0:10:54and play this beautiful game that we all love,

0:10:54 > 0:10:57that's got to be really cool unless you're Emmanuel Eboue.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00'And Emmanuel Eboue will play his first football

0:11:00 > 0:11:02'in the first team since the four-all draw with Tottenham.'

0:11:02 > 0:11:05When the Arsenal defender came on in the first half against Wigan,

0:11:05 > 0:11:08it proved to be one of the most memorable substitutions

0:11:08 > 0:11:10in Premier history,

0:11:10 > 0:11:11for all the wrong reasons.

0:11:13 > 0:11:16We've all been off sick from work, come back and gone, "What?

0:11:16 > 0:11:17"What is it I do again?"

0:11:17 > 0:11:19So maybe it was a bit of that.

0:11:19 > 0:11:22But I think he might have thought he was playing for Wigan.

0:11:22 > 0:11:24I think, cos he kept passing it to them.

0:11:24 > 0:11:28- 'Here's Emmanuel Eboue.' - He did have a shocker, he really did.

0:11:28 > 0:11:29He was tackling his own players.

0:11:33 > 0:11:36'Goodness me, Eboue's having an absolute nightmare.'

0:11:38 > 0:11:41He was playing greats on the through balls for Wigan's strikers.

0:11:41 > 0:11:42'Eboue.

0:11:43 > 0:11:46'Oh, terrible, it's killing us.'

0:11:46 > 0:11:48In the end, Arsene Wenger had no choice

0:11:48 > 0:11:51but to substitute one of his own substitutes.

0:11:51 > 0:11:52'Emmanuel Eboue,

0:11:52 > 0:11:57'who came on after 31 minutes for the injured Samir Nasri,

0:11:57 > 0:11:59'is replaced.'

0:11:59 > 0:12:02Football players call that a sub sub.

0:12:02 > 0:12:04And that's the worst that can happen to you as a football player.

0:12:04 > 0:12:08I know a lot of players will say, "Just leave me out there and I'll get through it."

0:12:08 > 0:12:10But, in that particular situation,

0:12:10 > 0:12:12it didn't look like he was going to get through it.

0:12:12 > 0:12:15'The substitute is substituted

0:12:15 > 0:12:19'and the Arsenal supporters get to their feet and applaud.'

0:12:19 > 0:12:21The crowd were booing him so badly,

0:12:21 > 0:12:24but he's such a positive guy,

0:12:24 > 0:12:26he thought they were just shouting his name.

0:12:26 > 0:12:29"Booo-e, E-booo-e. E-booo-e."

0:12:29 > 0:12:31You know, for him, he still had a great game.

0:12:31 > 0:12:33# It's a hard-knock life for us.

0:12:35 > 0:12:37He's a good player, at the end of the day.

0:12:37 > 0:12:40I think you see Arsene Wenger's managerial awareness, you know,

0:12:40 > 0:12:43the nous that he's got to bring an individual back from the brink.

0:12:43 > 0:12:46And put them back in and we've seen the benefit of that.

0:12:46 > 0:12:48He is a great player.

0:12:48 > 0:12:51'And in! And it's Emmanuel Eboue.'

0:12:51 > 0:12:52Your second coming's always better

0:12:52 > 0:12:56than your first, and I think that's definitely a story for Eboue.

0:13:00 > 0:13:02You'll never guess. I've only gone and done a poll.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04- Really? Who won?- You did.

0:13:04 > 0:13:05I asked the viewers at home

0:13:05 > 0:13:07for their favourite ever Premiership moment.

0:13:07 > 0:13:11- And they, lo and behold, chose you. - I'm the winner?

0:13:11 > 0:13:13Well, you could say that.

0:13:13 > 0:13:16Or you could say that football and the viewers at home,

0:13:16 > 0:13:19they're the real winners. Have a look at this.

0:13:23 > 0:13:26Martin O'Neill once said to Robbie, "You lack only one thing."

0:13:26 > 0:13:29And Robbie said, "Well, what is it?" And he said, "It's talent."

0:13:29 > 0:13:33But that's him, innit? If everyone was the same in football, it'd be so boring, you know...

0:13:33 > 0:13:36you have your good players, you have your bad players,

0:13:36 > 0:13:40you have your Ronaldos, you have your Robbie Savages, don't you? It's just the way it is.

0:13:40 > 0:13:43# If you're gonna be dumb You gotta be tough... #

0:13:43 > 0:13:44Love him or loathe him,

0:13:44 > 0:13:47Robbie Savage was a modern day pantomime villain

0:13:47 > 0:13:51of the Premier League, and a master at winding up the opposition.

0:13:51 > 0:13:53It was brilliant, I thrived off it, I loved being booed

0:13:53 > 0:13:55when away from home and at home at times.

0:13:55 > 0:13:59- But that was me.- He was quite accident prone as well, wasn't he?

0:13:59 > 0:14:02So he's a bit of a comedy character.

0:14:02 > 0:14:04But against Newcastle United in 2003,

0:14:04 > 0:14:06the joke was definitely on him.

0:14:06 > 0:14:09There was an incident when Matt Messias actually awarded a free kick.

0:14:09 > 0:14:11And, as his arm came out to give the signal,

0:14:11 > 0:14:14he smacked Savage straight in the face.

0:14:14 > 0:14:16# Boom, boom, boom Gotta get that boom, boom, boom... #

0:14:16 > 0:14:19I like Savage, I think he's a bit of a character,

0:14:19 > 0:14:22but I can see why, ref just thought, "Have a bit of that."

0:14:24 > 0:14:26It just goes to show, he's not really hard man.

0:14:26 > 0:14:28To get knocked out by a referee,

0:14:28 > 0:14:31well, says it all, doesn't it? Pretty embarrassing.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34'Jamie Clapham and the referee saw the funny side of it.'

0:14:34 > 0:14:38Matt Messias giving me the forearm smash, I think every ref, really,

0:14:38 > 0:14:40around the country, was celebrating with a glass of vino.

0:14:40 > 0:14:43'Well, he's not every referee's cup of tea, Robbie Savage,

0:14:43 > 0:14:45'but that's a new one on me.'

0:14:45 > 0:14:46It's difficult to love Robbie,

0:14:46 > 0:14:48but you don't need to love him

0:14:48 > 0:14:51because he loves himself enough to make up for the rest of the world.

0:14:51 > 0:14:55I'd describe myself as a very modest man. I'm insecure, quite quiet.

0:14:55 > 0:14:58On the field, I was a bit of an egg, to be fair,

0:14:58 > 0:15:00but, off it, I'm just a normal, down to earth guy.

0:15:00 > 0:15:03So there you have it, Robbie Savage is just a normal,

0:15:03 > 0:15:05down to earth type of guy.

0:15:05 > 0:15:06And that's official.

0:15:09 > 0:15:11CHEERING

0:15:17 > 0:15:19Football loves to immortalise its greats.

0:15:19 > 0:15:23At Man United you have the Holy Trinity, Charlton, Best and Law.

0:15:23 > 0:15:25And at Arsenal you have the legends of Adams and Henry.

0:15:25 > 0:15:28And at Fulham, well, the choice is endless.

0:15:28 > 0:15:32OK, now we're going to see this spectacle, please.

0:15:32 > 0:15:33But who could it be?

0:15:33 > 0:15:35Jimmy Hill.

0:15:35 > 0:15:36Rodney Marsh.

0:15:36 > 0:15:40Bobby Robson. Yeah, you could've took your pick, couldn't you?

0:15:42 > 0:15:44Not Michael Jackson.

0:15:44 > 0:15:48Michael Jackson, that famous central midfield legend. # He-he. #

0:15:48 > 0:15:53That guy is as synonymous with football as 50 Cent is with snooker.

0:15:53 > 0:15:58Yup, on 3rd April 2011, Mohammed Al-Fayed, owner of Fulham,

0:15:58 > 0:16:02had a massive erection of Michael Jackson unveiled at Craven Cottage.

0:16:03 > 0:16:05But why?

0:16:05 > 0:16:07"I've got that much money, I know what I'm going to do,

0:16:07 > 0:16:09"I'm going to build a 30-foot statue of Michael Jackson."

0:16:09 > 0:16:11Sound, mate, yeah.

0:16:11 > 0:16:12It's so life-like too.

0:16:12 > 0:16:15I thought he was there, I started to go, "Michael!"

0:16:15 > 0:16:18And then I realised it's a BLEEP statue.

0:16:18 > 0:16:23Michael Jackson's love affair with Fulham is legendary. Right?

0:16:23 > 0:16:26# I just can't stop loving you... #

0:16:26 > 0:16:28He only ever went there once.

0:16:28 > 0:16:30I think it was, like, a Wigan game in 1999.

0:16:30 > 0:16:32And he was so excited about it.

0:16:32 > 0:16:34Who wouldn't be? It's Wigan.

0:16:34 > 0:16:36He's walking round the pitch with his umbrella

0:16:36 > 0:16:39and I think the majority of the fans who were there that day

0:16:39 > 0:16:40didn't think it was really him.

0:16:40 > 0:16:41He loved football.

0:16:43 > 0:16:46And I have great admiration of him as an artist.

0:16:46 > 0:16:49So of all the legends of Fulham, they erect a statue of a man

0:16:49 > 0:16:53who spent a total of 28 seconds on the pitch.

0:16:53 > 0:16:56I can't really work Mohammed Al-Fayed out

0:16:56 > 0:16:59because he looks like an excited kid at the unveiling,

0:16:59 > 0:17:04but, yet, he knew the reaction from the fans was complete outrage.

0:17:04 > 0:17:07So the fans didn't like it, but they didn't blame on the sunshine.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09They didn't blame it on the moonlight.

0:17:09 > 0:17:11They didn't blame it on the good times.

0:17:11 > 0:17:13They blamed it on the fogey.

0:17:13 > 0:17:14What can I do?

0:17:18 > 0:17:21Yeah, they go on to become the greatest club

0:17:21 > 0:17:22in Premier League history,

0:17:22 > 0:17:28but back in '92/'93, Man United hadn't won a sausage in 26 years.

0:17:28 > 0:17:30'Manchester United are in trouble.'

0:17:30 > 0:17:32They're a goal behind to Sheffield Wednesday at Old Trafford,

0:17:32 > 0:17:35they basically need to win or the momentum's going out

0:17:35 > 0:17:36of their title chase.

0:17:36 > 0:17:39Second in the league with six games to go, time was running out.

0:17:41 > 0:17:43'Bruce. It's in!'

0:17:43 > 0:17:46Steve Bruce equalises, but, on the 90th minute,

0:17:46 > 0:17:49the football world witnessed a brand new phenomena.

0:17:49 > 0:17:53A pivotal moment that would change the face of the game for ever.

0:17:53 > 0:17:55'Now, there can't be much more of this stoppage time left.'

0:17:55 > 0:17:57Oh, yes, there can.

0:17:57 > 0:18:00Cos this was the birth of...

0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Fergie Time.- Fergie Time. - Fergie Time.

0:18:02 > 0:18:05There's normal time and then there's Fergie Time.

0:18:05 > 0:18:07Fergie Time which is just the time you have to add on

0:18:07 > 0:18:09at Old Trafford to make sure they don't lose.

0:18:09 > 0:18:16# We have all the time in the world... #

0:18:18 > 0:18:21It's like the third parallel and it exists independently

0:18:21 > 0:18:24of Greenwich Mean Time or Chico Time or tea time.

0:18:24 > 0:18:26If it was three minutes, Sir Alex gets four.

0:18:26 > 0:18:28If it's four minutes, Sir Alex gets five.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30If it's seven minutes, Sir Alex gets eight.

0:18:30 > 0:18:33The dawning of Fergie Time was upon us.

0:18:33 > 0:18:3690 minutes was up and the game played on and on.

0:18:36 > 0:18:39And on and on and on a bit more.

0:18:39 > 0:18:41Time would just keep ticking on, ticking on, ticking on.

0:18:41 > 0:18:43The fans would think, "Here we go again,

0:18:43 > 0:18:45"we're going to get this close and blow it."

0:18:45 > 0:18:49It was the 98th minute and Fergie Time was about to pay dividends.

0:18:51 > 0:18:52'And Bruce!'

0:18:52 > 0:18:54Bruce!

0:18:54 > 0:18:55'Can you believe that?'

0:18:55 > 0:18:57I know, eight minutes, huh?

0:18:57 > 0:19:01Fergie's celebration, the last time I saw his legs move.

0:19:01 > 0:19:03He had a go at me for my celebrations and then he goes

0:19:03 > 0:19:05and does that. It's ridiculous.

0:19:05 > 0:19:10We've all been excited. But they crossed the line when they turned it into Dirty Dancing.

0:19:16 > 0:19:19MUSIC: "The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

0:19:19 > 0:19:23That was it. United went on to win their first of 12 Premier League titles.

0:19:23 > 0:19:27Whilst Fergie is building a time machine to make sure that dance never happened.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34Calm down, calm down!

0:19:34 > 0:19:35Here's number 42.

0:19:35 > 0:19:38Scousers are well-known for their sense of humour.

0:19:38 > 0:19:40They love a good laugh.

0:19:40 > 0:19:41He's hilarious!

0:19:41 > 0:19:43They're great.

0:19:43 > 0:19:44She's gorgeous.

0:19:44 > 0:19:46I'm not sure about him.

0:19:46 > 0:19:50But in April, 2000, half of the city were left feeling decidedly blue,

0:19:50 > 0:19:55when they witnessed the most bizarre finish to a Merseyside Derby ever.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57I was delighted. The game had gone extremely well.

0:19:57 > 0:20:01It was nil-nil, and time was up. The goalkeeper, Westerveld, had the ball.

0:20:01 > 0:20:03'This might just be it.'

0:20:03 > 0:20:06And then it all came down to the very last kick of the match.

0:20:06 > 0:20:08As I glanced at my watch,

0:20:08 > 0:20:10just about to blow the whistle,

0:20:10 > 0:20:13I looked back and the ball is going over Westerveld's head.

0:20:13 > 0:20:16It's hit Don Hutchison and going into the net.

0:20:25 > 0:20:27I panic and blow my whistle. Time's up.

0:20:27 > 0:20:30'He's been surrounded by Everton players.'

0:20:30 > 0:20:33They do blow the whistle as soon as the ball's been kicked sometimes.

0:20:33 > 0:20:35It's a killer, innit?

0:20:35 > 0:20:40'Whether the referee had blown the final whistle before the ball crossed the line, I don't know.

0:20:40 > 0:20:42'He's the only man who knows that.'

0:20:42 > 0:20:45I thought I'd blown the whistle before it entered the net.

0:20:45 > 0:20:48The footage afterwards questioned that.

0:20:48 > 0:20:50But did you get it wrong, Graham?

0:20:50 > 0:20:54'So it ends with real controversy in the final second.'

0:20:54 > 0:20:56What are you doing to me? Big Evertonian.

0:20:56 > 0:20:59You ruin that for me. We hardly ever win derbies.

0:20:59 > 0:21:01Do us a favour! At least say sorry.

0:21:01 > 0:21:04Everton-Liverpool, the Don Hutchison goal.

0:21:04 > 0:21:06All I can say is I got it wrong. Sorry, Don.

0:21:06 > 0:21:09'But this isn't the worst decision you'll ever see.

0:21:09 > 0:21:12'No. That one's coming up later.'

0:21:16 > 0:21:20Of course your glory days were at Manchester United, right?

0:21:20 > 0:21:23Not really. I wasn't good enough and they let me go.

0:21:23 > 0:21:25Still, you were part of that team with Giggsy, Becks,

0:21:25 > 0:21:28the Nevilles and Scholesy

0:21:28 > 0:21:30and of course, the aptly-named Nicky Butt.

0:21:30 > 0:21:32Were you ever at Tottenham?

0:21:32 > 0:21:34No, but I could have been if I'd wanted to.

0:21:34 > 0:21:37Yeah, well probably the only lucky break they had.

0:21:37 > 0:21:38You not joining them.

0:21:42 > 0:21:45Spurs were so far ahead of Arsenal.

0:21:45 > 0:21:47They were nailed-on for third.

0:21:47 > 0:21:48At one point during that season,

0:21:48 > 0:21:51people were talking about them as potential Premier League champions.

0:21:51 > 0:21:55It's 1.30pm on the 26th February, 2012.

0:21:55 > 0:21:58Sitting third in the table, looking forward to Champions League football

0:21:58 > 0:22:02next season, things couldn't have been much better for Tottenham.

0:22:02 > 0:22:04Tottenham came into that game against Arsenal

0:22:04 > 0:22:05ten points clear.

0:22:05 > 0:22:09Then, at 1.34pm, it did get better.

0:22:09 > 0:22:12'Saha with a deflected shot...

0:22:12 > 0:22:17'..which creeps in and Spurs have a lead inside four minutes.'

0:22:17 > 0:22:21And then at 2.04 pm, it got mental.

0:22:22 > 0:22:24'It's Emmanuel Adebayor.

0:22:24 > 0:22:27'That merely increases Arsenal's pain.'

0:22:27 > 0:22:29I remember thinking, "What's goin' on here?

0:22:29 > 0:22:31"We're two-nil down!"

0:22:31 > 0:22:34Everything's cushti. Looks like it's going to be a 13-point

0:22:34 > 0:22:35lead over Arsenal.

0:22:35 > 0:22:36Game over, surely.

0:22:36 > 0:22:40But, then again - if anyone can rip bizarre stuff from the jaws of triumph,

0:22:40 > 0:22:42it's Spurs,

0:22:42 > 0:22:44and what happened next was truly extraordinary.

0:22:44 > 0:22:46'Bacary Sagna!

0:22:46 > 0:22:49'Fantastic - curls one!'

0:22:49 > 0:22:51'And Rosicky!

0:22:51 > 0:22:53'And Walcott makes it 4-2!

0:22:53 > 0:22:54'Here's Walcott again.

0:22:54 > 0:22:56'There's no flag.

0:22:56 > 0:22:58'And Walcott makes it five!

0:22:58 > 0:23:00'Simply stunning!'

0:23:00 > 0:23:01No, this is not a joke.

0:23:01 > 0:23:03This really happened,

0:23:03 > 0:23:05and it won't be the last time Spurs mess it up, either.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08The whole season changed for Spurs

0:23:08 > 0:23:09with that defeat.

0:23:09 > 0:23:12Suddenly, the whole thing just fell apart.

0:23:12 > 0:23:16From that game, Tottenham had a dreadful finish to the season.

0:23:16 > 0:23:19So dreadful that arch enemies Arsenal caught then up and finished above them.

0:23:19 > 0:23:23At least Spurs had a Champions League spot.

0:23:23 > 0:23:27Oh, no - of course they.. erm, well at least Harry got the England job.

0:23:27 > 0:23:31I'm going for the chance to the manager of England,

0:23:31 > 0:23:34- and I'll be looking forward to it. - Ouch, Harry. That's got to hurt.

0:23:34 > 0:23:37At least you'll win the League next year with Spurs... Oh!

0:23:37 > 0:23:40So from going possibly Champions League Football,

0:23:40 > 0:23:43looked like they would finish third in the Premier League,

0:23:43 > 0:23:45to him probably getting the England job

0:23:45 > 0:23:48to having nothing just goes to show -

0:23:48 > 0:23:50people say a week's a long time in football.

0:23:50 > 0:23:5224 hours can be even longer sometimes.

0:23:52 > 0:23:54Redknapp has since regretted having his

0:23:54 > 0:23:58smash-the-mirrors-over-black-cats -under-ladders theme party

0:23:58 > 0:23:59last Friday 13th.

0:24:02 > 0:24:05Coming up, tragedy...

0:24:05 > 0:24:08'My word! Oh, what an embarrassment!'

0:24:08 > 0:24:10..Comedy...

0:24:10 > 0:24:12It's like the footballing equivalent

0:24:12 > 0:24:14to Del Boy falling through the bar.

0:24:14 > 0:24:16'Dear, oh dear.'

0:24:16 > 0:24:18..and pure fantasy.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20'He's off his line! Oh!

0:24:20 > 0:24:23'That was absolutely phenomenal!'

0:24:26 > 0:24:29He was a top-drawer player, Ronnie,

0:24:29 > 0:24:32but there's only one thing he'll ever be remembered for, I'm afraid.

0:24:32 > 0:24:34September 19th, 1992.

0:24:34 > 0:24:37The Premier League had only been alive one month,

0:24:37 > 0:24:40and was about to witness a monstrosity

0:24:40 > 0:24:42so grotesque it's still talked about

0:24:42 > 0:24:4420 years later.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46It was unbelievable.

0:24:46 > 0:24:49'Liverpool must be missing the presence of people like Ian Rush.'

0:24:49 > 0:24:51But at least they have Ronny Rosenthal.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54He were like the best player ever. "Oh my God, who's this dude?"

0:24:54 > 0:24:58Like God and he's really Pele,

0:24:58 > 0:25:00until Aston Villa.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02But if you are of a nervous disposition, look away now.

0:25:02 > 0:25:04This is horrific.

0:25:05 > 0:25:08He gets past the last defender and the keeper

0:25:08 > 0:25:10and he's not even at the side of the goal,

0:25:10 > 0:25:12he's right bang-on in the middle

0:25:12 > 0:25:14of an open goal.

0:25:14 > 0:25:16It was so wide-open.

0:25:16 > 0:25:17I think it shocked him.

0:25:17 > 0:25:20He was going, "Whoa! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!"

0:25:20 > 0:25:22'Rosenthal's going to score!'¬

0:25:22 > 0:25:25Oh yes, he is...n't.

0:25:25 > 0:25:27'Oh, he's hit the bar!'

0:25:27 > 0:25:33'What a let-off for Villa, and what a miss by Rosenthal.'

0:25:33 > 0:25:36I love re-runs of Rosenthal's miss more than anything else in the world.

0:25:36 > 0:25:39It is harder to miss than to score it.

0:25:39 > 0:25:42I've never missed a goal like that.

0:25:42 > 0:25:45"Yeah - you are rubbish, after all."

0:25:45 > 0:25:47But that could be stripey ball.

0:25:47 > 0:25:49'Oh, hands on hips.'

0:25:49 > 0:25:53That's probably how good a player he was. he could hit the bar from six yards

0:25:53 > 0:25:55with a moving ball, whereas no-one else could do that.

0:25:55 > 0:25:59If he had tried that shot 100,000 times,

0:25:59 > 0:26:04he would probably only have made it, like, 3,000.

0:26:04 > 0:26:05But that's still pretty good.

0:26:05 > 0:26:07MUSIC: "Cannonball" by the Breeders

0:26:07 > 0:26:10The funny thing about the miss is he thought he had scored.

0:26:10 > 0:26:13He turned away to celebrate, which made it even worse.

0:26:13 > 0:26:16Ronny Rosenthal scored one of the best hat-tricks I've ever seen,

0:26:16 > 0:26:17and still we never talk about that.

0:26:17 > 0:26:19We just talk about that goal, that miss.

0:26:19 > 0:26:21Poor old Ronny.

0:26:21 > 0:26:23For me it was also a big shock.

0:26:23 > 0:26:27Don't worry, Ronny. Your miss was horrible, but watch out later.

0:26:27 > 0:26:29There's one even worse!

0:26:33 > 0:26:38Relegation. Football's own terminal illness.

0:26:38 > 0:26:41Nothing can cure it, of course, apart from the sweet, sweet taste

0:26:41 > 0:26:43of promotion.

0:26:43 > 0:26:45Nothing's as bad as relegation.

0:26:45 > 0:26:46I can think of something.

0:26:46 > 0:26:49Being relegated three different times with three different clubs -

0:26:49 > 0:26:53- Robbie Relegation. - It was two, idiot.

0:26:53 > 0:26:56"Idiot"? - there's no need for that, is there?

0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Potty mouth.- Goofy.

0:27:04 > 0:27:06We've all tried to throw a sickie from work.

0:27:06 > 0:27:08But not the entire office

0:27:08 > 0:27:09on the same day.

0:27:09 > 0:27:11But that's exactly what Middlesbrough tried

0:27:11 > 0:27:13all the way back in 1996.

0:27:13 > 0:27:16They were struck down by an illness in the middle of winter,

0:27:16 > 0:27:20and the asked the Premier League if they could replay a league game.

0:27:20 > 0:27:23But the Premier League weren't having any of it.

0:27:23 > 0:27:26Middlesbrough had 23 sickies

0:27:26 > 0:27:28on the eve of their fixture against Blackburn.

0:27:28 > 0:27:31They took the unprecedented step

0:27:31 > 0:27:32of pulling out.

0:27:35 > 0:27:37I've done some blags in me time -

0:27:37 > 0:27:39"Can't come to school, me grandad's ate the dog",

0:27:39 > 0:27:42but you can't, two days before a match,

0:27:42 > 0:27:44say, "We've got 23 injuries."

0:27:44 > 0:27:45You can name three.

0:27:45 > 0:27:47"I've hurt me ankle, I've twisted me knee,

0:27:47 > 0:27:49"and me boots are broken."

0:27:49 > 0:27:51They were docked three points

0:27:51 > 0:27:53for not fielding a team.

0:27:53 > 0:27:55Which Middlesbrough appealed.

0:27:55 > 0:27:58'Bryan Robson, the manager, wants his club's three points back.'

0:27:58 > 0:28:00But he didn't get 'em.

0:28:00 > 0:28:02You've got reserves, youth team players.

0:28:02 > 0:28:04Had they played the game and just lost,

0:28:04 > 0:28:06it wouldn't have been a problem.

0:28:06 > 0:28:08But to just call a game off,

0:28:08 > 0:28:09straight, is unheard of.

0:28:09 > 0:28:13Still, manager Bryan Robson was in good spirits, though.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15No more, OK? No more.

0:28:15 > 0:28:18I think we sort of felt the game would be replayed.

0:28:18 > 0:28:20Middlesbrough would get a fine

0:28:20 > 0:28:21and that would be it.

0:28:21 > 0:28:25Fast-forward to the last game of the season, and the three point deduction

0:28:25 > 0:28:27meant they needed to win against Leeds to stay up.

0:28:27 > 0:28:30'That is it. Brian Deane scores for Leeds United.'

0:28:30 > 0:28:33But despite them all turning up on the day,

0:28:33 > 0:28:34all they could muster was a draw.

0:28:34 > 0:28:38That sickie back in December had come back to haunt them.

0:28:38 > 0:28:40'Robson must accept that

0:28:40 > 0:28:43'is the end for his plucky side.'

0:28:45 > 0:28:48Middlesbrough fans were as sick as... a Middlesbrough player.

0:28:48 > 0:28:49Just look at their sad little faces.

0:28:49 > 0:28:52She's distraught(!)

0:28:54 > 0:28:57So next time you're thinking of throwing a sickie,

0:28:57 > 0:28:59have a Lemsip and man-up.

0:29:04 > 0:29:08What happened to me, I think brought the football world together.

0:29:08 > 0:29:11On the 17th March, 2012,

0:29:11 > 0:29:15Bolton's Fabrice Muamba brought football to a standstill.

0:29:15 > 0:29:19I'd never seen CPR carried out on a football pitch before.

0:29:19 > 0:29:22What happened to fabrice is one of the most shocking moments

0:29:22 > 0:29:25in modern day football.

0:29:25 > 0:29:27I realised this was a serious incident

0:29:27 > 0:29:30and that point decided I should go and try and help.

0:29:30 > 0:29:33For Andrew to come out the stand as a Tottenham supporter,

0:29:33 > 0:29:36a senor cardiologist to be there

0:29:36 > 0:29:38to help in that process,

0:29:38 > 0:29:41it was amazing.

0:29:41 > 0:29:43The 23-year-old had a cardiac arrest

0:29:43 > 0:29:45on the pitch at White Hart Lane

0:29:45 > 0:29:47in the game against Spurs.

0:29:47 > 0:29:51From the moment he collapsed on the pitch to us finally

0:29:51 > 0:29:54getting his heart to produce some output,

0:29:54 > 0:29:56was 78 minutes in all.

0:29:56 > 0:29:58He was rushed to hospital,

0:29:58 > 0:30:00and over the course of the following days,

0:30:00 > 0:30:04Fabrice did something remarkable. He brought football together in an unprecedented show of unity.

0:30:04 > 0:30:08In true Bolton style, Fabrice is going to fight against the odds,

0:30:08 > 0:30:09and come through, hopefully.

0:30:09 > 0:30:12When we knew the amount of people that had Fabrice in their thoughts

0:30:12 > 0:30:14that were praying globally,

0:30:14 > 0:30:16there was a unity which was incredible.

0:30:16 > 0:30:19You can completely understand why it did unite so many people.

0:30:19 > 0:30:21Because it was a horrific event.

0:30:21 > 0:30:23Nobody ever wants to see that.

0:30:23 > 0:30:25Four days after he suffered a cardiac arrest,

0:30:25 > 0:30:28Fabrice Muamba remains in intensive care.

0:30:28 > 0:30:30But doctors say his progress

0:30:30 > 0:30:31is remarkable.

0:30:31 > 0:30:33In these circumstances,

0:30:33 > 0:30:36a significant proportion of people

0:30:36 > 0:30:37wouldn't make it,

0:30:37 > 0:30:39but thank goodness Fabrice did.

0:30:39 > 0:30:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:30:47 > 0:30:49Muamba made an incredible recovery,

0:30:49 > 0:30:51and on May 2nd,

0:30:51 > 0:30:54less than two months after the incident, he came back to Bolton,

0:30:54 > 0:30:59for one of the most heartfelt moments in football history.

0:30:59 > 0:31:02It was amazing to see him come back.

0:31:02 > 0:31:05It was a moment I think the whole world was brought together.

0:31:05 > 0:31:10Not just the football, but everybody was touched in different ways.

0:31:10 > 0:31:13Ever since then, I'm just grateful.

0:31:16 > 0:31:18Robbie, you know your old team, David Dunn,

0:31:18 > 0:31:20from Blackburn and Birmingham?

0:31:20 > 0:31:22How did he pronounce his name again?

0:31:22 > 0:31:24Dunn. David Dunn.

0:31:24 > 0:31:27That's a double N, but you only pronounce the first N.

0:31:27 > 0:31:29It's like the second B in "Robbie".

0:31:29 > 0:31:31So it's not David "Dumb", then?

0:31:31 > 0:31:34No. Dunn like "nn, nn". "Dunn".

0:31:34 > 0:31:36Robbie, it's a joke for this next link.

0:31:36 > 0:31:38You've ruined it now.

0:31:38 > 0:31:41- It's not "Dumb".- That's dumb.

0:31:41 > 0:31:42Dunn.

0:31:42 > 0:31:45Well it's done and dumb. Here's David Dunn.

0:31:51 > 0:31:56The rabona. Perhaps the most beautiful, yet gloriously-impossible move in football.

0:31:56 > 0:31:59Executed by only the most skilled artistes of the game.

0:32:01 > 0:32:03And this fella.

0:32:03 > 0:32:05'Here's David Dunn.

0:32:07 > 0:32:08'Ah. Dear, oh, dear.'

0:32:10 > 0:32:11David Dunn, bless him.

0:32:11 > 0:32:14He tries a messy-esque move, doesn't he?

0:32:14 > 0:32:19But it's David Dunn and it doesn't work for him.

0:32:19 > 0:32:21Not only does he miss the ball,

0:32:21 > 0:32:23but to knock yourself down,

0:32:23 > 0:32:26it's just brilliant!

0:32:30 > 0:32:32It's like the footballing equivalent of Del Boy

0:32:32 > 0:32:34falling through the bar.

0:32:34 > 0:32:36What on earth was going through his mind?

0:32:36 > 0:32:38"It's nice weather out there. Oh, look at that girl.

0:32:38 > 0:32:40"Wow, a butterfly..

0:32:40 > 0:32:41"WHOA! WHAT AM I DOING?!"

0:32:41 > 0:32:44I think you can only ever try a piece of skill like that

0:32:44 > 0:32:46if you're Brazilian.

0:32:46 > 0:32:47Possibly Argentinian.

0:32:47 > 0:32:49Not if you're David Dunn.

0:32:49 > 0:32:51'Good job his manager's laughing.'

0:32:51 > 0:32:54This is a lesson in how to reduce your transfer value

0:32:54 > 0:32:58from five million to five pence in one second.

0:33:00 > 0:33:04Could Dunn have been the English Ronaldo?

0:33:04 > 0:33:05No.

0:33:08 > 0:33:11At 36, we have the Toon Army,

0:33:11 > 0:33:16hosting the Gunners for a traditional, straight-forward Arsenal victory. Right?

0:33:16 > 0:33:19Walcott scored one of the fastest goals ever.

0:33:19 > 0:33:22'Arsenal have scored after 40 seconds!'

0:33:22 > 0:33:24After just three minutes, Arsenal score again!

0:33:24 > 0:33:27'The header is in - it's two!'

0:33:29 > 0:33:32'Walcott's pulled back. It's three - it's van Persie.

0:33:32 > 0:33:34'We haven't played ten minutes yet.'

0:33:34 > 0:33:36The game looked over before it had even begun.

0:33:36 > 0:33:38I thought it was going to be double figures.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41They were absolutely hammering us.

0:33:43 > 0:33:44'Cross - it's four!"

0:33:44 > 0:33:47t could have been six, even been eight.

0:33:47 > 0:33:49The game was dead.

0:33:49 > 0:33:53'Arsenal have probably spent more time celebrating goals in this game

0:33:53 > 0:33:56'than Newcastle have had in possession.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59'They're not going for a pie, I don't think - they're going home.

0:33:59 > 0:34:02You don't expect things to go wrong from there.

0:34:02 > 0:34:05Come on, wake up, Chipmunk.

0:34:05 > 0:34:09Newcastle must have that awful feeling the heavens are about to open on them.

0:34:09 > 0:34:11And the goals might pour in.

0:34:11 > 0:34:14But the footballing Gods had other ideas

0:34:14 > 0:34:18and early in the second half the Gunners went down to ten men.

0:34:18 > 0:34:21I started to get a bit more confidence back after Diaby got sent off,

0:34:21 > 0:34:24cos you thought, "At least we can make it respectable."

0:34:24 > 0:34:28And a penalty in the 68th minute gave Newcastle the chance

0:34:28 > 0:34:30to salvage a little bit of pride.

0:34:30 > 0:34:34- 'Not much of a run-up, but scores.' - And then one quickly became two.

0:34:34 > 0:34:39'Best at the back post. Best again...he's done it!'

0:34:39 > 0:34:42Is two goals enough? This fella wants two more.

0:34:42 > 0:34:45You actually sensed that once Newcastle got one and two

0:34:45 > 0:34:47that this comeback could be on.

0:34:47 > 0:34:52- 'He's given a penalty!'- You think if you get back to 4-3, it's a miracle.

0:34:53 > 0:34:57'It's 3-4! Unbelievable!'

0:34:57 > 0:35:01Come on, Toon! This cheeky chap wants another one, and as they say,

0:35:01 > 0:35:05all good things come to good men... and Joey Barton.

0:35:05 > 0:35:08'They've got seven minutes to score one more.'

0:35:08 > 0:35:12With the end of the game in sight, Newcastle got a freekick on the edge of the box.

0:35:12 > 0:35:16Joey Barton whipped in a freekick but it got cleared by an Arsenal defender.

0:35:16 > 0:35:19It kind of looks like it's happening in slow motion.

0:35:19 > 0:35:25'Tiote. Great strike... Goal! It's an absolutely fantastic goal!'

0:35:25 > 0:35:30Newcastle and St James' Park went wild and, of course, Arsene Wenger never saw it.

0:35:30 > 0:35:33So not only are you elated that you've got a point and a draw,

0:35:33 > 0:35:35it was such a high to end on such a brilliant goal.

0:35:35 > 0:35:38'This game is going down in premier League history.'

0:35:38 > 0:35:41So what did Wenger make of it all?

0:35:41 > 0:35:45- My opinion is not important. - Come on, Arsene, what do you really think?

0:35:45 > 0:35:49My opinion is not important.

0:35:49 > 0:35:51Ah, fair enough.

0:35:53 > 0:35:57In the game of Top Trumps - Football's Biggest Losers,

0:35:57 > 0:35:58one name rules supreme.

0:35:59 > 0:36:03- David Seaman?- No.- Shocking ponytail. - Yeah, who'd have one of those?!

0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Bernt Haas?- No.

0:36:08 > 0:36:10- John Terry?- John Terry?

0:36:11 > 0:36:13- Harry Kewell?- Close but no cigar.

0:36:13 > 0:36:18I'm talking, of course, of the idiot gift that kept on giving.

0:36:18 > 0:36:21Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Peter Enckelman.

0:36:22 > 0:36:24Now, that's what you call handling, Robbie.

0:36:29 > 0:36:33It's time to head off to get another Brummie derby for more classic,

0:36:33 > 0:36:34slapstick capers.

0:36:34 > 0:36:37What have those funsters got in store for us this time?

0:36:37 > 0:36:39Some of the most special games are derby games.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41I was lucky enough to referee most of them

0:36:41 > 0:36:44and Birmingham-Villa was another key game.

0:36:44 > 0:36:47Birmingham were leading 1-0 after 30 minutes,

0:36:47 > 0:36:48but then rather than equalise,

0:36:48 > 0:36:50the Villa jokers decided to delight the crowd

0:36:50 > 0:36:52with some classic comedy gold.

0:36:52 > 0:36:53Peter Enckelman...

0:36:53 > 0:36:57There was a throw-in taken back to him

0:36:57 > 0:36:59and he appeared to just lift his foot.

0:37:03 > 0:37:06'Oh, my word! Oh, what an embarrassment!

0:37:06 > 0:37:08'I do not believe it.

0:37:08 > 0:37:11'We have seen one the craziest goals ever!'

0:37:14 > 0:37:17One half of Birmingham goes absolutely insane.

0:37:17 > 0:37:20And Villa fans go home looking for the pillow to hide under.

0:37:20 > 0:37:23It's pretty much what would happen if my mum was in goal.

0:37:23 > 0:37:25- It's absolutely incredible. - Peter Enckelman...

0:37:25 > 0:37:28Well, probably as bad with his hands, never mind his feet!

0:37:28 > 0:37:33David Elleray was refereeing and some how had seen this very slight touch.

0:37:37 > 0:37:40'If it did come off the goalkeeper's foot, then obviously,

0:37:40 > 0:37:41'the goal should stand,

0:37:41 > 0:37:44'but if it didn't, it should have been disallowed.'

0:37:44 > 0:37:48But with every comedy crowd, you'll always get the idiot hecklers.

0:37:48 > 0:37:52'What the stewards were doing to allow those idiots on the pitch I'll never know.'

0:37:52 > 0:37:54If that happened to me I'd have to rugby tackle that fan.

0:37:54 > 0:37:56He's getting it. The fan's getting it.

0:37:56 > 0:37:58I don't care how big he is, he's getting it.

0:38:03 > 0:38:06This is a tale of one Russian, one Dane

0:38:06 > 0:38:10and one goal worth one billion pounds.

0:38:10 > 0:38:13The Chelsea-Liverpool game at the end of that season was a game

0:38:13 > 0:38:15that changed the history of the Premiership.

0:38:15 > 0:38:20Back in 2003, Chelsea weren't the team that most of us know and hate today.

0:38:20 > 0:38:22They were in serious financial trouble.

0:38:22 > 0:38:25What a lot of Chelsea fans don't know is that it was very possible

0:38:25 > 0:38:28that Chelsea would have gone into administration.

0:38:28 > 0:38:31On the last day of the season, Chelsea were playing Liverpool.

0:38:32 > 0:38:38The final Champions League place would go to the winner, so the stakes couldn't be higher.

0:38:38 > 0:38:40Trevor Birch, who was the chief executive,

0:38:40 > 0:38:43went into the changing room before the game, and said to the players,

0:38:43 > 0:38:47"If we don't get into the Champions League and get access to that big pot of gold,

0:38:47 > 0:38:49"the club is in dire straits."

0:38:51 > 0:38:57And hovering above London at that very moment was a rich Russian, on a mission to buy a football club.

0:39:01 > 0:39:02Abramovich was looking around,

0:39:02 > 0:39:05and he was either going to go for Spurs or Chelsea.

0:39:05 > 0:39:07There were rumours that he'd looked at buying Tottenham Hotspur,

0:39:07 > 0:39:11but Tottenham Hotspur weren't close to the Champions League at that point.

0:39:11 > 0:39:16The game was at 1-1. With 26 minutes gone, up steps Danish maestro, Jesper Gronkjaer,

0:39:16 > 0:39:20with a moment that changed Chelsea Football Club for ever.

0:39:20 > 0:39:24'Gronkjaer, who's been peripheral so far, but not now!

0:39:24 > 0:39:30'Oh! What about that! Jesper Gronkjaer! 2-1 Chelsea!

0:39:30 > 0:39:33'Amazing moment at Stamford Bridge.'

0:39:33 > 0:39:36It's impossible to overestimate the importance of that result,

0:39:36 > 0:39:39and for that reason, Jesper Gronkjaer is a folk hero

0:39:39 > 0:39:42within the history of Chelsea Football Club.

0:39:42 > 0:39:47'Jesper Gronkjaer has Chelsea on their way to the Champions League.'

0:39:47 > 0:39:51So, because of that goal, Roman Abramovich bought them for 140 million,

0:39:51 > 0:39:55and Chelsea became for ever known as Chelksi.

0:39:55 > 0:39:59That's why they call Jesper Gronkjaer's goal the one billion pound goal.

0:40:03 > 0:40:07At number 33 is a tale of two Spurs players, who in 1997

0:40:07 > 0:40:11were quite literally caught with their pants down at St James's Park.

0:40:11 > 0:40:14You know, half time came and we went in, and, um,

0:40:14 > 0:40:19manager gave his team talk and I went "I got to go to the toilet."

0:40:19 > 0:40:21So I went off to the toilet.

0:40:21 > 0:40:23I went to the toilet, Les went to the toilet,

0:40:23 > 0:40:24cubicles next to each other.

0:40:24 > 0:40:26I think we might have been talking,

0:40:26 > 0:40:28I can't remember exactly what happened.

0:40:28 > 0:40:31We were in the toilet, and we're discussing about what we needed to do.

0:40:31 > 0:40:35Everyone does what they want to do, you know, you sit down, you relax a bit, you know.

0:40:35 > 0:40:41# I fell in to a burning ring of fire... #

0:40:41 > 0:40:43So we're talking, and we're talking ages, and I went,

0:40:43 > 0:40:46"Foxy - sounds a bit quiet in the changing rooms."

0:40:46 > 0:40:48He went... I can't say what he said, but he said,

0:40:48 > 0:40:50"Yeah, it does sound a bit quiet."

0:40:53 > 0:40:58Went down, as we're going down the tunnel we see the game going on, like.

0:40:58 > 0:41:02'Newcastle kick off the second half, but I don't know if the players are aware...'

0:41:02 > 0:41:03I said, "Les, I think they've kicked off."

0:41:03 > 0:41:07So the walk turned into a jog, got to the edge of the pitch,

0:41:07 > 0:41:11and we were standing there, saying, "Referee, we're two players short!"

0:41:11 > 0:41:13But the referee was in a hurry to get the game started

0:41:13 > 0:41:17so he could get back to his 1970s referee fancy dress party.

0:41:17 > 0:41:23We come up the stairs onto the pitch, and obviously the supporters gave us a big cheer and stuff,

0:41:23 > 0:41:26and it was just one of those mad, mad situations, like,

0:41:26 > 0:41:28the referee had started the game with nine men.

0:41:28 > 0:41:31I mean, I've never heard anything like it before or since.

0:41:31 > 0:41:35To start a game with nine players because two of them are in the khazi,

0:41:35 > 0:41:37um, it's not exactly professional, is it?

0:41:40 > 0:41:42In the second half, Newcastle let rip.

0:41:42 > 0:41:47- They won the game and Spurs were left down in the dumps(!) - HE CHUCKLES

0:41:52 > 0:41:54Hey Robbie, let's play a game of word association.

0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Here's one for you - - MAKES SEAGULL NOISES

0:41:58 > 0:42:00Eric Cantona.

0:42:00 > 0:42:04Well done. Good, good, good. OK - Va-va-voom!

0:42:05 > 0:42:11- Thierry Henry.- Well, there's no fooling you, mister. OK.

0:42:11 > 0:42:14- COMEDY SOUND EFFECT:- Wah-wah-wah...

0:42:14 > 0:42:16Who's that?

0:42:16 > 0:42:20Well, that is a sound that follows this buffoon around.

0:42:20 > 0:42:25Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr OG himself, Michael Proctor.

0:42:30 > 0:42:33'The supporters here have seen fewer goals this season than

0:42:33 > 0:42:37'any other crowd in English league football.'

0:42:37 > 0:42:39On the first of February 2003,

0:42:39 > 0:42:42and with just 16 goals in 25 games, things were about to change

0:42:42 > 0:42:46as Sunderland managed to score a unique hat-trick in one match.

0:42:46 > 0:42:50But unfortunately, it wasn't quite as good as it sounds.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52'Mark Fish...Deflected and in!'

0:42:52 > 0:42:55As a defender, I can defend an own goal,

0:42:55 > 0:42:57cos I've scored a couple in my time.

0:42:57 > 0:43:00'And that sums up Sunderland's luck right now.'

0:43:00 > 0:43:04It's hard enough to keep a clean sheets without banging in goals against yourselves.

0:43:04 > 0:43:06You might think one own goal's funny,

0:43:06 > 0:43:08but two is definitely no laughing matter.

0:43:08 > 0:43:12'Oh! It's another own goal! Michael Proctor. Twice in three minutes.'

0:43:12 > 0:43:16He actually looks like he shoots, as well. He picks his leg up and looks like he shoots.

0:43:16 > 0:43:18So I don't know what he's doing, then.

0:43:18 > 0:43:21'You're next-to-bottom in the league, you can't find a win or a goal,

0:43:21 > 0:43:24'well, Sunderland have scored twice, both in their own net.'

0:43:24 > 0:43:28What's the manager thinking? He must be just spewing.

0:43:28 > 0:43:29BLEEP

0:43:29 > 0:43:34Things got so bad that even the Charlton manager could hardly bear to watch.

0:43:34 > 0:43:36'Four making the run.

0:43:36 > 0:43:38'Oh! It's gone in again!'

0:43:38 > 0:43:41Three own goals in one game? That's quite an achievement.

0:43:43 > 0:43:47'A hat-trick of own goals in seven unbelievable minutes.

0:43:47 > 0:43:52'Michael Procter turned his back, and it bounced off him into the net.'

0:43:52 > 0:43:55Michael Procter. Gutted.

0:43:56 > 0:44:00'It's the first time this season that Sunderland have scored three in a game.'

0:44:00 > 0:44:03You know you're a bad team when you score three own goals in one game

0:44:03 > 0:44:06and there's no question of match fixing whatsoever.

0:44:06 > 0:44:10"Three own goals in eight minutes? Who was playing?" "Sunderland."

0:44:10 > 0:44:12"Yep, that sounds about right."

0:44:16 > 0:44:20It's hard to imagine a time before Premier League genius David Beckham,

0:44:20 > 0:44:23but let's hear from the man who taught him everything he knows.

0:44:23 > 0:44:26Becks was probably the hardest worker in training.

0:44:26 > 0:44:29Would stay after training, practise free kicks, practise his passing.

0:44:29 > 0:44:30A fantastic talent.

0:44:30 > 0:44:33And at number 31 is the amazing moment

0:44:33 > 0:44:36that thrust the 21-year-old onto the world stage.

0:44:36 > 0:44:39It was kind of the arrival of David Beckham in the footballing world,

0:44:39 > 0:44:42and from that point onwards, it was Beckham world, you know?

0:44:42 > 0:44:46It was the opening game of the season at Wimbledon, in 1996,

0:44:46 > 0:44:48and Manchester United were cruising at 2-nil,

0:44:48 > 0:44:49when this happened.

0:44:52 > 0:44:55'And Beckham saw Sullivan off his line...

0:44:55 > 0:44:56'Oh!

0:44:56 > 0:44:58'That is absolutely phenomenal!'

0:44:59 > 0:45:02He obviously meant it. Saw the keeper off his line.

0:45:02 > 0:45:06You know that the moment he saw that going in, in his head he was like,

0:45:06 > 0:45:08"Oh! I want to have it off with a pop star!"

0:45:10 > 0:45:13The keeper was like that, just looking, going, "Oh, that's nice.

0:45:13 > 0:45:15"What's that? Oh, it's a football!"

0:45:15 > 0:45:19And I think only after the ball had bounced in the keeper realised,

0:45:19 > 0:45:23"Oh, yeah! That's my goal. I should've saved that."

0:45:23 > 0:45:25'And that is truly outstanding.'

0:45:25 > 0:45:28Imagine if he hadn't have scored, you know? What would've happened then?

0:45:28 > 0:45:30Who would've married Posh? Robbie Fowler?

0:45:30 > 0:45:31Who'd be doing all his endorsements?

0:45:31 > 0:45:34Would you have Gary Neville selling Police sunglasses.

0:45:34 > 0:45:37Phil Neville doing aftershave. "Smell like a Neville."

0:45:37 > 0:45:39You know, who'd be mates with Tom Cruise and Gordon Ramsay?

0:45:39 > 0:45:43Luke Chadwick? They wouldn't look right on photographs.

0:45:43 > 0:45:45So, on behalf of Tom Cruise, Gordon Ramsay, Posh,

0:45:45 > 0:45:48and all of those hard-working marketing executives,

0:45:48 > 0:45:52we'd just like to say thanks for not screwing it up.

0:45:52 > 0:45:54And David Beckham, we salute you.

0:45:59 > 0:46:02Coming up, the controversial...

0:46:02 > 0:46:05'The goal is given. What a bizarre incident, here.'

0:46:05 > 0:46:07..The sublime...

0:46:09 > 0:46:13- He was fantastic. - ..And the ridiculous.

0:46:13 > 0:46:16That strip, it just blended in with the crowd. We couldn't see each other.

0:46:16 > 0:46:20'Well, Manchester United will surely be heading for a roasting in the dressing room.'

0:46:24 > 0:46:27To be honest, Don, this next player reminds me a lot of myself, you know.

0:46:27 > 0:46:31Except, without my work rate, my drive,

0:46:31 > 0:46:33and my understanding of the game.

0:46:33 > 0:46:34Yeah, and his hair wasn't as good.

0:46:34 > 0:46:37I mean, he looked like a binman, for Christ's sake.

0:46:37 > 0:46:40But saying that, he did have actual talent.

0:46:40 > 0:46:42He could play football, unlike yourself.

0:46:51 > 0:46:53In terms of ability, he's one of the best players

0:46:53 > 0:46:54this country's ever produced, ever seen.

0:46:54 > 0:46:58- Riddled with a touch of genius, wasn't he?- He was fantastic.

0:46:58 > 0:47:01Ladies and gentlemen, Robbie Savage. Only kidding.

0:47:01 > 0:47:05At number 30, we're of course talking Le Tissier,

0:47:05 > 0:47:09perhaps the most naturally gifted of all of our Premier League genii.

0:47:09 > 0:47:10This was the boy from Guernsey,

0:47:10 > 0:47:13who hopped over the channel to play for his nearest club,

0:47:13 > 0:47:18and became the godlike genius that never moved, literally.

0:47:18 > 0:47:22'...From one of the great mystery talents in the English game.'

0:47:28 > 0:47:31He was at this little club, Southampton,

0:47:31 > 0:47:34and it was OK to like Matt Le Tissier, and it was OK

0:47:34 > 0:47:37to openly say he was everything that was great about football.

0:47:37 > 0:47:39Almost a modern-day Messi, if you like,

0:47:39 > 0:47:41played the game in slow-motion in his head,

0:47:41 > 0:47:43and saw things that, simply, other player didn't see.

0:47:43 > 0:47:46Scorer of some of the best goals in Premier League history.

0:47:46 > 0:47:48Flicking free kicks up and then volleying them.

0:47:53 > 0:47:57You know, it's just something you didn't do, but he was happy to try it.

0:47:57 > 0:48:01Anything he touched, it was like... In the back of the net.

0:48:03 > 0:48:05'Danger not over. Le Tissier!'

0:48:05 > 0:48:07Le Tissieeeer!

0:48:07 > 0:48:12Could do anything with a football, but he was no fancy Dan prima donna.

0:48:12 > 0:48:14No. He was just like you and me.

0:48:14 > 0:48:17He didn't work hard. You know, he had no intention of chasing back.

0:48:17 > 0:48:20He's the only player who can play football

0:48:20 > 0:48:23without actually ever moving. Science fact.

0:48:23 > 0:48:27The manager used to shout at him, "Matt, warm up, you're coming off."

0:48:27 > 0:48:29You know, that's how much he used to run around.

0:48:29 > 0:48:31I like the fact he just looked like a fan

0:48:31 > 0:48:33who'd wandered down from the stands,

0:48:33 > 0:48:35but was just the most beautifully talented player.

0:48:38 > 0:48:41So, Le Tissier was perfect. Or was he?

0:48:41 > 0:48:45Because I'm, I'm not so sure. Oh, yes. I know stuff...

0:48:48 > 0:48:52- His penalty record - calmness under pressure.- Or was it?

0:48:52 > 0:48:55- He had a great strike, he could put the ball where he wanted to. - Or could he?

0:48:55 > 0:48:59- To score 47 out of 48 penalties... - Sorry, say that again.

0:48:59 > 0:49:02To score 47 out of 48 penalties is unbelievable.

0:49:02 > 0:49:05Well, he missed one, then. And this is it,

0:49:05 > 0:49:09the amazing moment that Matthew Le Tissier became a mere mortal.

0:49:09 > 0:49:11Not so perfect, is he?

0:49:11 > 0:49:13He must lie in bed at night thinking,

0:49:13 > 0:49:17"I scored every single penalty I took in my career...

0:49:17 > 0:49:21"..apart from one. Does that mean my career was a failure?"

0:49:21 > 0:49:23I can't say. You'd have to ask him.

0:49:27 > 0:49:30There are some things you should alway remember to take to a football match.

0:49:30 > 0:49:34Players - check. Manager - check.

0:49:34 > 0:49:37Team bus - check. Packed lunch - check.

0:49:37 > 0:49:42Hair dryer - check. Kit - oh, no. Oops.

0:49:42 > 0:49:47So Chelsea play Coventry, and somehow managed to forget their kits.

0:49:47 > 0:49:50Yes, believe it or not, in 1997,

0:49:50 > 0:49:53Premier League giants Chelsea forgot their shirts.

0:49:53 > 0:49:55I think they should've been made to do it in their pants,

0:49:55 > 0:49:58that's what we did in school. That's how you learn a lesson.

0:49:58 > 0:50:00Forget your kit? Get your kit or play naked.

0:50:03 > 0:50:07Not wishing to see Gianfranco Zola and Roberto Di Matteo's tackle,

0:50:07 > 0:50:10Coventry kindly leant them some spares.

0:50:10 > 0:50:12It became even harder to tell them apart,

0:50:12 > 0:50:14as Chelsea began to play LIKE Coventry, too.

0:50:18 > 0:50:20Reminded me of when you go round a friend's house and stay over,

0:50:20 > 0:50:23and you'll go, "Have you got a top or something I can wear?"

0:50:23 > 0:50:25And they'll go, "Oh..." They won't ever give you anything nice.

0:50:25 > 0:50:27And that must've been how they all felt.

0:50:28 > 0:50:31Still, at least one of the Coventrys won.

0:50:31 > 0:50:35So everyone went home happy that day. Apart from the Chelsea kit man.

0:50:35 > 0:50:40Rumour has it he was sent to Coventry. Again. Poor chap.

0:50:43 > 0:50:45So Robbie,

0:50:45 > 0:50:48what was the British transfer record before the Premier League began?

0:50:48 > 0:50:52That'd be Gazza, 5.5 million, from Spurs to Lazio.

0:50:52 > 0:50:54Cor! And how much did Ronaldo go for?

0:50:54 > 0:50:57- 80 million big ones. - 80 million big ones. Phew-ee!

0:50:59 > 0:51:0080 million...

0:51:00 > 0:51:03How many Robbie Savages could you buy for 80 million?

0:51:03 > 0:51:0480, or even 800?

0:51:08 > 0:51:11Seriously, I haven't agreed to do this to be the butt of your jokes.

0:51:11 > 0:51:13- All right, I'm just saying. We're friends...- Seriously.

0:51:13 > 0:51:15All right. Just trying to have some fun.

0:51:17 > 0:51:19- Stupid hair.- All right.- Quiff.

0:51:21 > 0:51:22Here's Ronaldo.

0:51:27 > 0:51:28Back to United, then.

0:51:28 > 0:51:31Imagine you're the manager of the most successful team

0:51:31 > 0:51:34in the Premier League, and Real Madrid want to buy your best player.

0:51:34 > 0:51:35You'd be joyous, right?

0:51:35 > 0:51:39Absolutely no chance. Jesus Christ. I wouldn't sell them a virus.

0:51:39 > 0:51:43This man's not for turning. But doesn't every player have his price?

0:51:43 > 0:51:45And when you're the world's second-best,

0:51:45 > 0:51:47you know it's going to be high.

0:51:47 > 0:51:51Apparently in an interview, Messi was asked,

0:51:51 > 0:51:55"What do you think about Ronaldo saying he's sent from God?"

0:51:55 > 0:51:57And Messi said, "I never sent him."

0:51:59 > 0:52:04This semi-godlike footballer is apparently worth 80 million pounds.

0:52:05 > 0:52:09I've never seen a more impressive male specimen in my life.

0:52:09 > 0:52:11Steady on, Hobbit guy.

0:52:11 > 0:52:14OK, admittedly he's a bit of a dish, but 80 million quid,

0:52:14 > 0:52:16for a footballer?

0:52:16 > 0:52:19How do you put a price like that on a footballer? It's ridiculous.

0:52:19 > 0:52:24Ridiculous maybe, but in 2009, that's what Real Madrid coughed up

0:52:24 > 0:52:27to snatch Ronaldo away from Manchester United.

0:52:27 > 0:52:29Estoy muy feliz de estar aqui.

0:52:29 > 0:52:33If I'm the manager of Real Madrid, I'd buy him for 80 million quid.

0:52:33 > 0:52:36OK, so 80 million might seem a lot for one footballer,

0:52:36 > 0:52:39but he did come with loads of accessories.

0:52:42 > 0:52:46'Cristiano Ronaldo has scored yet again.'

0:52:46 > 0:52:49His goal against Portsmouth, his free kick.

0:52:49 > 0:52:51This technique where he can bring it up and down

0:52:51 > 0:52:54in a really strange dipping motion.

0:52:54 > 0:52:57He almost, like, stabs at the ball with so much power.

0:53:00 > 0:53:03It's like a cannonball into the top right hand corner.

0:53:03 > 0:53:06'It gets even better for Cristiano Ronaldo.'

0:53:06 > 0:53:09The reaction from David James is amazing. He just goes...

0:53:09 > 0:53:10"What am I going to do?

0:53:10 > 0:53:13"What do you expect me to do with a shot like that?"

0:53:16 > 0:53:18I'd spend 81 million on him,

0:53:18 > 0:53:20like, cash out of my own pocket.

0:53:20 > 0:53:22I do think he's worth 16 times more than me.

0:53:22 > 0:53:24One, because of his looks, and two,

0:53:24 > 0:53:25because of the way he plays football.

0:53:25 > 0:53:28I was 900,000, round it out to a million.

0:53:28 > 0:53:30He's not 80 times better than me.

0:53:37 > 0:53:42Carlos Tevez, one of the best Argentinian gifts since Maradona and steak.

0:53:42 > 0:53:44He was a full international at 19,

0:53:44 > 0:53:49with an estimated transfer tag of a staggering 40 million pounds.

0:53:49 > 0:53:51No wonder he signed for West Ham.

0:53:52 > 0:53:57It was a big shock, West Ham signing these two major Argentine internationals.

0:53:57 > 0:54:01Yes, it was a deal so shocking, even the manager was surprised.

0:54:01 > 0:54:04Let's be honest, it is intriguing. It's intriguing to me.

0:54:04 > 0:54:05But, to be honest, I don't care.

0:54:05 > 0:54:09All right, Alan - keep your lovely, shiny, silver hair on.

0:54:09 > 0:54:13Pardew's standing there thinking, "Wow, Christmas has come early."

0:54:13 > 0:54:16And Tevez and Mascherano are thinking, "What the hell are we doing here?"

0:54:17 > 0:54:21Carlos cemented himself into West Ham folklore

0:54:21 > 0:54:23on the 14th of May 2007.

0:54:23 > 0:54:26It was the last game of the season, and they went to Old Trafford,

0:54:26 > 0:54:28desperately needing a win to stay up.

0:54:28 > 0:54:30It was amazing. I was at Old Trafford,

0:54:30 > 0:54:34and I think that was probably one of the best moments of my life.

0:54:34 > 0:54:35'Tevez.

0:54:38 > 0:54:40'In goes Tevez... Goal!

0:54:40 > 0:54:44'For West Ham United! He's done it again, the little fella!'

0:54:44 > 0:54:48This was the incredible moment that saved West Ham from relegation.

0:54:48 > 0:54:49But this is Carlos Tevez.

0:54:49 > 0:54:52Surely controversy was only round the corner.

0:54:52 > 0:54:54And needless to say, it was.

0:54:54 > 0:54:57There was a hullabaloo about Tevez's eligibility to play,

0:54:57 > 0:55:00and relegated Sheffield United were up in arms.

0:55:00 > 0:55:04It was some law about third party ownership, or something.

0:55:04 > 0:55:07Anyone tried to ask me to explain that, I wouldn't have a clue.

0:55:07 > 0:55:08Me neither, Liz.

0:55:08 > 0:55:12It was a situation so complicated that no-one understood it.

0:55:12 > 0:55:15Well, apart from one man - take it away, Jimmy.

0:55:15 > 0:55:17End of the day, there's rules there.

0:55:17 > 0:55:20If you've not broke them, you know, play. You know?

0:55:21 > 0:55:23That's how I see it.

0:55:23 > 0:55:26Thanks, Jimmy. Sums it up nicely, there. So it all got settled.

0:55:26 > 0:55:29West Ham were ordered to compensate Sheffield United

0:55:29 > 0:55:30a reported £20 million,

0:55:30 > 0:55:34and Tevez vowed to live on the rest of his life free of controversy.

0:55:38 > 0:55:42Yeah, I mean, Big Ron's a good friend of mine. Big Ron Atkinson.

0:55:42 > 0:55:43What a great guy.

0:55:43 > 0:55:47Taught me the ropes, when I was first coming up through the ranks.

0:55:47 > 0:55:48A real straight shooter.

0:55:48 > 0:55:51- What a top, top... - Yeah, yeah, shall we move on?

0:55:51 > 0:55:54Well, I'm just talking about Ron. I mean, you should've been at his 60th birthday party.

0:55:54 > 0:55:56He had the works. Big, old hog roast.

0:55:56 > 0:55:58I mean, there wasn't much of a turnout.

0:55:58 > 0:56:00None of the old football gang were there.

0:56:00 > 0:56:04- A real shame. What a real, real... - Seriously! Let's move on.

0:56:04 > 0:56:06All right. No problem.

0:56:06 > 0:56:08Anyone fancy a game of tummy sticks?

0:56:12 > 0:56:17In January 1999 Nottingham Forest were bottom of the league,

0:56:17 > 0:56:21so turned to one of football's most flamboyant and perma-tanned characters,

0:56:21 > 0:56:23who flew in from Barbados to save the day.

0:56:23 > 0:56:28Here at number 26 is a man we all know and love as Big Ron Atkinson.

0:56:28 > 0:56:30I see in the programme it says you wrote your notes

0:56:30 > 0:56:32from the beach in the Caribbean.

0:56:32 > 0:56:33I've got a long pen, yeah.

0:56:33 > 0:56:36He were a bit of a geezer, weren't he? We loved him at Wednesday.

0:56:36 > 0:56:38Well, he does look dodgy, doesn't he?

0:56:38 > 0:56:41I mean, he looks like he's about to sell you a used car.

0:56:41 > 0:56:43He totally does.

0:56:43 > 0:56:47This was a man who had the press falling at his feet. Literally.

0:56:47 > 0:56:50But his moment came as he took his place in the dugout

0:56:50 > 0:56:53on his first game as manager of Nottingham Forest

0:56:53 > 0:56:54when they played Arsenal.

0:56:54 > 0:56:56His first game at Forest, walked out, got in the dugout,

0:56:56 > 0:56:58looked round and thought,

0:56:58 > 0:57:01"My God, we've got a good squad here, this can't be bad."

0:57:01 > 0:57:04That's cos he was in the wrong dugout, Harry.

0:57:04 > 0:57:08Looked around. "My players," sort of thing.

0:57:08 > 0:57:11"What do I do? How do I get out of this gracefully?

0:57:11 > 0:57:13- "Uh, hey, listen, I gotta take a- BLEEP."

0:57:13 > 0:57:17What made matters worse was this was his home debut.

0:57:17 > 0:57:20It was his ground! That's bad, innit?

0:57:20 > 0:57:23And you're kind of going, "We might be all right in Big Ron's hands,

0:57:23 > 0:57:25"he's not the worst manager ever."

0:57:25 > 0:57:28And then you turn around and watch him walk into the wrong dugout,

0:57:28 > 0:57:30and think... HE GROANS

0:57:30 > 0:57:33Like a British summer, Big Ron's comeback was a washout,

0:57:33 > 0:57:35and Nottingham Forest were relegated.

0:57:35 > 0:57:40I mean, there is literally nothing else you can do in your career

0:57:40 > 0:57:44as bad as standing in the wrong dugout at the first home game.

0:57:44 > 0:57:47Thank God he didn't do anything worse than that.

0:57:51 > 0:57:52I can remember this game very well.

0:57:52 > 0:57:55It was my last game in the season '95/'96, and I went down to the Dell

0:57:55 > 0:58:00for a routine win for Man United, and unbelievably, they played dreadfully.

0:58:01 > 0:58:03'It is Nielsen, and Shipperley!

0:58:03 > 0:58:06They've only gone and scored a second.'

0:58:06 > 0:58:08The idea you're losing to Southampton

0:58:08 > 0:58:11because they're better than you is an impossible thing to comprehend.

0:58:11 > 0:58:15It was 1996, and this was our old friends United.

0:58:15 > 0:58:18There had to be some rational explanation.

0:58:18 > 0:58:23It was as if Southampton were playing ghosts.

0:58:24 > 0:58:26No, too rational. This is United.

0:58:26 > 0:58:28Alex Ferguson comes out with the worst excuses.

0:58:28 > 0:58:30They couldn't see each other.

0:58:31 > 0:58:33I know people would laugh at that, but it was a problem.

0:58:33 > 0:58:36That strip just blended into the crowd.

0:58:36 > 0:58:37You couldn't see each other.

0:58:37 > 0:58:39Why would you want to wear a grey kit?

0:58:39 > 0:58:42Of course, the kit. It's like they were...what's that word?

0:58:42 > 0:58:45MUSIC: "Invisible" by Alison Moyet

0:58:47 > 0:58:50'And Southampton lead 3-0. Yes, 3-0.'

0:58:55 > 0:58:56'I can scarcely believe this.

0:58:56 > 0:58:59Manchester United will surely be heading for a roasting

0:58:59 > 0:59:00in the dressing room.'

0:59:00 > 0:59:03A roasting? Easy, fella, there's a time and a place.

0:59:03 > 0:59:05We go to Southampton, we're getting beaten by three.

0:59:05 > 0:59:07And the manager said right, get that kits off.

0:59:07 > 0:59:09Oh, that'll be the roasting then.

0:59:11 > 0:59:14But wait, who's this lot? Where have the grey lot gone?

0:59:14 > 0:59:18'Here come Manchester United, and, yes, it is Manchester United,

0:59:18 > 0:59:19in blue and white.'

0:59:19 > 0:59:22The only time I've seen someone change their kit

0:59:22 > 0:59:25midway through a game is when I was playing cricket when I was about 12

0:59:25 > 0:59:26and my friend Matt pooed himself

0:59:26 > 0:59:29after I made a catch that was so good that it shocked him.

0:59:29 > 0:59:32The world's worst excuse meant bad news for one man in particular,

0:59:32 > 0:59:35yes, you, kit manufacturer man.

0:59:35 > 0:59:38That didn't do us a lot of favours at the time, bearing in mind

0:59:38 > 0:59:41the huge financial loss we were about to incur.

0:59:41 > 0:59:43Yes, yes, terrible shame that.

0:59:43 > 0:59:46The problem is the players should want to have the best conditions

0:59:46 > 0:59:49in which to win a game of football,

0:59:49 > 0:59:52and they found it difficult picking each other out.

0:59:52 > 0:59:54The blue kit made a world of difference.

0:59:54 > 0:59:57Instead of losing 3-0, United lost 3-one.

0:59:57 > 0:59:59'Well, they pulled one back.'

1:00:04 > 1:00:08Every so often in football something happens that you have to see it

1:00:08 > 1:00:10to believe it.

1:00:10 > 1:00:12Well, exactly, and this one Robbie's seen,

1:00:12 > 1:00:15but he still doesn't believe.

1:00:15 > 1:00:17Robbie, are you a conspiracy theorist?

1:00:17 > 1:00:20Do you believe in another life form? Who did shoot JFK?

1:00:25 > 1:00:28Three times in four minutes 23 seconds, that is impressive.

1:00:28 > 1:00:31There's not much you can do in four minutes and 33 seconds.

1:00:31 > 1:00:35Watch a 10th of an episode of Magnum. Choose a nice hat to wear.

1:00:35 > 1:00:36Start building a boat.

1:00:36 > 1:00:39But in the time it takes you to do any of these things,

1:00:39 > 1:00:43this 19-year-old Spice Boy, did something quite remarkable.

1:00:43 > 1:00:46Robbie Fowler, I think, was the best striker of his generation.

1:00:46 > 1:00:50One of the most naturally-gifted goalscorers of all time.

1:00:50 > 1:00:55It was August 1994, Liverpool versus Arsenal, and Premier League legend

1:00:55 > 1:00:59Fowler didn't just break a Premier League record, he annihilated it.

1:00:59 > 1:01:02It didn't surprise me, the hat-trick, but the speed of it did.

1:01:10 > 1:01:13MUSIC: "Can't Stop" - Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

1:01:15 > 1:01:19He really announced himself with that four-minute, 33-second hat-trick,

1:01:19 > 1:01:21which has never been beaten in Premier League history.

1:01:23 > 1:01:26The reason he scored so quickly was because he wanted get off.

1:01:26 > 1:01:29He was going down Ritzy's with the rest of the Spice Boys.

1:01:30 > 1:01:35Arsenal, a team with the best defence in probably Premiership history.

1:01:35 > 1:01:38And he absolutely single-handedly took them apart.

1:01:38 > 1:01:40I created the third goal.

1:01:40 > 1:01:42He had enough composure to control it on the by-line

1:01:42 > 1:01:44and pop it in for the hat-trick.

1:01:47 > 1:01:48He just wasn't scared of anyone,

1:01:48 > 1:01:51because he wasn't old enough to be scared.

1:01:51 > 1:01:53It's not often people have smiles on their faces and are pleased

1:01:53 > 1:01:57when you say "three times in four minutes and 33 seconds."

1:01:57 > 1:01:59Whatever do you mean, Charlotte?

1:02:05 > 1:02:08At 23, it's Manchester United and a controversial moment.

1:02:08 > 1:02:10Who'd have thunk it?

1:02:10 > 1:02:12They are home, it's 2010,

1:02:12 > 1:02:15and it is Hard-Luck Hotspurs on the receiving end.

1:02:15 > 1:02:21'Nani trying to squeeze in behind Nani! Was he fouled?

1:02:21 > 1:02:23Mark Clattenburg says no penalty.'

1:02:23 > 1:02:24Nani thinks it's a penalty.

1:02:24 > 1:02:26He's literally put his hand on the ball.

1:02:26 > 1:02:29Gomes sees Nani putting a hand of the ball and goes, well clearly,

1:02:29 > 1:02:33this is a free-kick and prepares to punt it up field.

1:02:33 > 1:02:36At that point, Nani nicks the ball before Gomes gets to it,

1:02:36 > 1:02:37and looks at the referee.

1:02:37 > 1:02:39And the referee says, "Yes, it is fine."

1:02:39 > 1:02:41Do what you wanna do, bruv.

1:02:41 > 1:02:45He looked at Fergie. "Fergie? Yes? Are you ready?"

1:02:45 > 1:02:47Great, and play, and they score.

1:02:51 > 1:02:54- 'The goal is given.' - 'What a bizarre incident here.'

1:02:54 > 1:02:58' Gomes comes across and screams at the assistant here.'

1:02:58 > 1:03:01The linesman actually flags for the original handball,

1:03:01 > 1:03:03so there are about five different reasons

1:03:03 > 1:03:04why the goal shouldn't have stood.

1:03:06 > 1:03:10'This is Gomes, still carrying on the protest here.

1:03:10 > 1:03:14Just have another look at this. Nani going through. His hand touches it.'

1:03:14 > 1:03:17'Exactly. So Tottenham are assuming it's a free-kick.

1:03:17 > 1:03:21Gomes puts it down on the floor, Nani realises it isn't a free-kick

1:03:21 > 1:03:24and sticks it in the back of the net.'

1:03:24 > 1:03:26'This is one of these where you really wish

1:03:26 > 1:03:28you could ask the officials.'

1:03:28 > 1:03:29Well, let's ask one.

1:03:29 > 1:03:32For me, I think Martin got it wrong.

1:03:32 > 1:03:36Thanks, Referee Graham Poll. There you go, Spurs. Consolation for you.

1:03:36 > 1:03:38' Well, that is the most bizarre goal I think

1:03:38 > 1:03:41I have ever seen in the Barclays Premier League.'

1:03:47 > 1:03:51You have got some pretty cool tatts, my man,

1:03:51 > 1:03:53that is some pretty heavy inkage.

1:03:53 > 1:03:57Cheers, Dom. I got that one when I bought my first Ferrari.

1:03:57 > 1:04:00I got that when I bought my house in the Bahamas

1:04:00 > 1:04:02and I got that one when I made all my millions.

1:04:02 > 1:04:05- Have you got any?- Yeah, I have.

1:04:05 > 1:04:07I've got a picture of Fergie on my heart,

1:04:07 > 1:04:11an Arsenal crest on my right arm and a blue moon across my butt.

1:04:16 > 1:04:20Tattoos, permanent homages to the things you love most in your life.

1:04:20 > 1:04:23Those constants that never change, like your loved ones

1:04:23 > 1:04:25and classic words of wisdom.

1:04:25 > 1:04:27Take Robert Nesbitt here.

1:04:27 > 1:04:30He loved Newcastle's Andy Cole so much

1:04:30 > 1:04:32that he had him tattooed on his thigh.

1:04:32 > 1:04:35It's a strange place to have a tattoo, as a man, on your thigh.

1:04:35 > 1:04:37Hey, fellas, have you seen my tattoo?

1:04:37 > 1:04:39Let me just take my entire bottom half off.

1:04:41 > 1:04:43But the location of the tattoo was unfortunately

1:04:43 > 1:04:45the least of his troubles.

1:04:45 > 1:04:47Two days later, literally 48 hours,

1:04:47 > 1:04:50Andy Cole moves to Manchester United.

1:04:50 > 1:04:54I was devastated. I didn't believe it. He's a star, isn't he?

1:04:54 > 1:04:56Tattoos are a risky business at the best of times.

1:04:56 > 1:04:59To have any footballer who is currently still playing the game

1:04:59 > 1:05:01is a bit silly.

1:05:01 > 1:05:04Yes, this was the most amazingly ill-conceived tattoo

1:05:04 > 1:05:07in the history of the Premier League.

1:05:07 > 1:05:09I'd be distraught.

1:05:09 > 1:05:12I probably wouldn't even go for laser, I'd want to scratch it off.

1:05:12 > 1:05:14I wonder what he's done.

1:05:14 > 1:05:18He could remove his upper leg, or, as a very last resort, change team.

1:05:20 > 1:05:24Apparently he has had it covered over now with a tattoo of his own leg,

1:05:24 > 1:05:26which I think works.

1:05:40 > 1:05:42'Paolo Di Canio has scored a beauty here!

1:05:42 > 1:05:46What a magnificent goal by the Italian.'

1:05:46 > 1:05:49He was a bit like Eric Cantona, an Italian Cantona.

1:05:51 > 1:05:54Another Premier League genius, Paolo Di Canio,

1:05:54 > 1:05:58is capable of moments like that - when things are going his way.

1:05:58 > 1:06:00If you upset Paulo, he's a nightmare.

1:06:03 > 1:06:06And against Bradford in 2000, he got upset.

1:06:06 > 1:06:10'Threads his way into the area, and goes down. No penalty.'

1:06:10 > 1:06:12The ref was just not having a bit of Paolo.

1:06:12 > 1:06:14He wasn't giving anything.

1:06:14 > 1:06:17'What a piece of skill, and he's now through two of them.

1:06:17 > 1:06:18It's a goal kick.

1:06:18 > 1:06:23Past Lawrence. Onto the right foot. Onto the left. Pulled over!

1:06:23 > 1:06:25That has to be a penalty!'

1:06:25 > 1:06:27West Ham are 4-2 down, and after being denied

1:06:27 > 1:06:31a penalty for the third time, Paolo Di got very upset.

1:06:31 > 1:06:34De Canio turned round to Redknapp and said, "Take me off".

1:06:39 > 1:06:43When the bench ignored him, he had a strop and sat down on the floor.

1:06:43 > 1:06:46He's a baby. And with them, you have to encourage them.

1:06:46 > 1:06:49So do Canio is having a sulk and doesn't want to play any more.

1:06:49 > 1:06:52But what happened next was truly amazing.

1:06:52 > 1:06:54You hear about people fans turning round games,

1:06:54 > 1:06:55and they are the 12th man,

1:06:55 > 1:06:57we felt like that because we started singing.

1:06:57 > 1:06:59# Paolo Di Canio!

1:07:02 > 1:07:05His ego rises from his waist up to his chest a little bit,

1:07:05 > 1:07:07and starts filling his heart up again.

1:07:07 > 1:07:08It was like Superman.

1:07:09 > 1:07:11CROWD: # Paolo Di Canio! Paolo Di Canio!

1:07:11 > 1:07:15MUSIC: "Theme from Superman " - John Williams Orchestra

1:07:15 > 1:07:17You almost felt like the kryptonite had fallen

1:07:17 > 1:07:21from Di Canio's neck and he was going to turn the game round.

1:07:25 > 1:07:27And he did. He was amazing.

1:07:27 > 1:07:30In one incredible moment, the crowd had transformed

1:07:30 > 1:07:33Paulo Di Canio from sulking baby to man on a mission.

1:07:33 > 1:07:35And nobody was going to get in his way.

1:07:35 > 1:07:37Not even his own team-mates.

1:07:37 > 1:07:39'I've never seen this before.

1:07:39 > 1:07:42They are arguing over who will take the penalty.'

1:07:44 > 1:07:48It's 4-3. Is di Canio inspiring a dramatic comeback?

1:07:48 > 1:07:50And is this another rhetorical question?

1:07:50 > 1:07:51It was the Paolo di Canio show, really.

1:07:51 > 1:07:55I think even Harry called it something like Roy of the Rovers.

1:07:55 > 1:07:58- COMMENTATOR:- What a save!

1:07:58 > 1:08:01Unbelievable.

1:08:01 > 1:08:06Di Canio, Lampard, on the left. He's done it.

1:08:06 > 1:08:12Amazing. One crowd-chanting moment had inspired the Incredible Sulk

1:08:12 > 1:08:16to lead West Ham's most unbelievable comeback.

1:08:16 > 1:08:18Typical of Paulo. All he needs is a bit of love.

1:08:22 > 1:08:26- Coming up, the bizarre. - They're trying something here.

1:08:26 > 1:08:29It's a complete shambles.

1:08:31 > 1:08:34- The shocking. - Mark Hughes is furious.

1:08:34 > 1:08:39- And the outrageous.- What an error! Surely that crossed the line.

1:08:39 > 1:08:42Pedro Mendes still can't believe it.

1:08:48 > 1:08:50When most people thing of Blackburn,

1:08:50 > 1:08:52they think of my Uncle Merton's canal boat,

1:08:52 > 1:08:55the Pendlebury roundabout and holes - loads of holes.

1:08:55 > 1:09:00The Premier league champions?! Don't be a daft ha'porth.

1:09:03 > 1:09:08Once upon a time, 1995, to be exact, football witnessed what can

1:09:08 > 1:09:11only be describes as its own Lancashire fairytale.

1:09:11 > 1:09:15Blackburn hadn't won the title for over 80 years.

1:09:15 > 1:09:19In fact, the last time they won it, King George V was on the throne,

1:09:19 > 1:09:22Charlie Chaplin made his first film and Madonna was born.

1:09:22 > 1:09:24Then suddenly Jack Walker came in with his millions

1:09:24 > 1:09:29and suddenly were contenders from day one in the Premiership.

1:09:29 > 1:09:32Two points ahead of Man United on the final day,

1:09:32 > 1:09:36all they had to do was win their last game and they'd win the league.

1:09:36 > 1:09:40Blackburn were going to Liverpool, Man United coming to West Ham...

1:09:40 > 1:09:43Anything for Liverpool fans that can stop Manchester United winning

1:09:43 > 1:09:45the title is a good thing.

1:09:47 > 1:09:50Naturally, it was all going to plan - Blackburn take the lead.

1:09:50 > 1:09:53Good ball. Alan Shearer. Magnificently done.

1:09:56 > 1:09:59- Just when it was needed most. - But someone hadn't read the script.

1:09:59 > 1:10:02Liverpool weren't supposed to equalise.

1:10:05 > 1:10:09Oh, John Barnes. Kenny Dalglish is going to be utterly furious.

1:10:09 > 1:10:12I didn't score many towards the end of my career so I think

1:10:12 > 1:10:15I gave a bit of a celebration until I remembered what it meant.

1:10:16 > 1:10:23- The disaster, Liverpool weren't meant to score again.- Oh, my God!

1:10:23 > 1:10:26Blackburn were losing. Kenny's title hopes were teetering On the brink.

1:10:26 > 1:10:28We didn't expect Liverpool to do us

1:10:28 > 1:10:30any favours, they end up going in front.

1:10:30 > 1:10:34Blackburn just had to pray United didn't win at West Ham.

1:10:35 > 1:10:39Alistair with the flick-off. It's Cole.

1:10:41 > 1:10:43We just couldn't score.

1:10:43 > 1:10:45The amount of chances we created had clearances off the line.

1:10:45 > 1:10:48The keeper made so many world-class saves, it was unbelievable.

1:10:48 > 1:10:51Maybe you should bring on Baby Becks, eh, Fergie?

1:10:51 > 1:10:52We had so many chances to win it

1:10:52 > 1:10:55and couldn't put the ball in the back of the net.

1:10:55 > 1:10:57Back at Ewood Park, the whistle's gone

1:10:57 > 1:11:00and the news slowly filters through of the United result.

1:11:00 > 1:11:04Even Kenny doesn't know.

1:11:04 > 1:11:06Did you see the faces of the fans getting beat at Liverpool?

1:11:06 > 1:11:08Suddenly they're in tears.

1:11:08 > 1:11:11They think Man United will win at West Ham.

1:11:11 > 1:11:14Then the result comes through from Upton Park it's been a draw.

1:11:14 > 1:11:17You see Kenny on the touch-line jumping for joy.

1:11:17 > 1:11:19The fans suddenly...

1:11:19 > 1:11:21It was a great day and it was a special day

1:11:21 > 1:11:25in my opinion in the history of English football.

1:11:25 > 1:11:30Man United could not win. Blackburn Rovers are champions.

1:11:30 > 1:11:33Sometimes it's written in the stars and you're not meant to win it.

1:11:33 > 1:11:35It couldn't have worked out any better.

1:11:37 > 1:11:40A true Lancashire fairytale - Blackburn were champions.

1:11:40 > 1:11:42Unfortunately, it didn't last.

1:11:42 > 1:11:44They were relegated a few seasons alter.

1:11:44 > 1:11:47It may take them another 80 years to win it again.

1:11:47 > 1:11:49If they're lucky.

1:11:52 > 1:11:56Fernando Torres was a sensation for Liverpool.

1:11:56 > 1:11:58Everybody at Liverpool took him to their heart.

1:11:58 > 1:12:01Fernando Torres was one of Liverpool's best signings,

1:12:01 > 1:12:04scoring 65 goals in just 102 games.

1:12:06 > 1:12:10Torres!

1:12:12 > 1:12:13That is brilliant.

1:12:16 > 1:12:20A team would have to rob a bank to get a legend like that.

1:12:20 > 1:12:24When Chelsea paid a Premier League record of 350 million for Torres,

1:12:24 > 1:12:26they were surely onto a winner.

1:12:26 > 1:12:31Imagine them in the board meeting going,

1:12:31 > 1:12:34Abramowitz going, "50 million," and everyone going...

1:12:34 > 1:12:36"Don't say anything."

1:12:36 > 1:12:39# It's not about the money, money, money... #

1:12:39 > 1:12:42At that price, he was surely going to be a huge success, wasn't he?

1:12:42 > 1:12:44His first half season,

1:12:44 > 1:12:48I think he got more yellow cards than he did league goals.

1:12:48 > 1:12:51With a record that not even a mascot could be proud of,

1:12:51 > 1:12:55Torres had to do something special to turn his season around.

1:12:55 > 1:12:56And what better place to prove himself

1:12:56 > 1:12:59than at Old Trafford against the might of Manchester United.

1:12:59 > 1:13:02Torres looking really sharp through out the game.

1:13:02 > 1:13:05Man United are lucky to in front.

1:13:05 > 1:13:11- He does a brilliant step over, the confidence is back.- Open goal.

1:13:11 > 1:13:13Come on, boy. You're back!

1:13:13 > 1:13:18This was his moment, his chance for salvation at last. This was it.

1:13:18 > 1:13:20He's going to score and...oh, my word.

1:13:20 > 1:13:23That caps the lot.

1:13:25 > 1:13:27It was like God had said, let's give Chelsea some hope.

1:13:27 > 1:13:29No, let's take it away.

1:13:29 > 1:13:35- That was an open empty goal. - At least one man was happy.

1:13:35 > 1:13:38For me, it was also a big shock.

1:13:41 > 1:13:45We've witnessed some amazing comebacks from the dead.

1:13:45 > 1:13:48Dirty Den, Bobby Ewing and of course Harold Bishop.

1:13:49 > 1:13:53As remarkable as these were, nothing was quite as dramatic as the one

1:13:53 > 1:13:57that took place at White Heart Lane on a September afternoon in 2001.

1:13:57 > 1:14:01Tottenham Man United games are dynamite.

1:14:01 > 1:14:04In the first half, this one blew up in Man United's face.

1:14:06 > 1:14:09A goal. 2-0, Tottenham.

1:14:09 > 1:14:12We were going crazy. We were dominating the game.

1:14:12 > 1:14:15Dominating possession, dominating everything.

1:14:15 > 1:14:173-0.

1:14:17 > 1:14:24Man United have another defensive post mortem to hold.

1:14:24 > 1:14:25Fan-dabby-dozey.

1:14:25 > 1:14:27Tottenham in dreamland.

1:14:27 > 1:14:31They lead Man United at the break by three, yes, three goals to nil.

1:14:31 > 1:14:34It's like a boxing match. You don't want the bell to come.

1:14:34 > 1:14:37You don't want half-time to come. You want that momentum to keep going.

1:14:37 > 1:14:39You know that once they get in at half-time,

1:14:39 > 1:14:41the manager's going to have a few choice words.

1:14:41 > 1:14:44Fergie's hairdryer must have gone nuclear,

1:14:44 > 1:14:47but not even United can come back from 3-0 down,

1:14:47 > 1:14:51but then again, this is Spurs.

1:14:51 > 1:14:563-1, that's all right. Beating Man United 3-1.

1:14:59 > 1:15:02It was 3-2. Starting to show their Tottenham-ness.

1:15:04 > 1:15:07Van Nistelrooy.

1:15:08 > 1:15:12United are the ultimate Premier League team at cutting other team's throats.

1:15:12 > 1:15:17Veron! Hats off to Man United.

1:15:17 > 1:15:22I don't feel that Tottenham are a side that are supposed to be victorious.

1:15:23 > 1:15:25Sometimes you need fillers.

1:15:25 > 1:15:27Beckham with time to take a touch.

1:15:27 > 1:15:32- Time to take aim!- Tottenham - 3, Manchester United - 5.

1:15:32 > 1:15:36How can you be three goals up in a game and lose it by three?

1:15:36 > 1:15:39I don't know how that can happen. I don't know how that can happen.

1:15:39 > 1:15:42Because you're Tottenham, Ricky. Because you're Tottenham.

1:15:42 > 1:15:44Glum is the word for Glen.

1:15:49 > 1:15:51- You played for Leicester City, right?- Yeah, I did.

1:15:51 > 1:15:53Here's something that'll cheer you up.

1:15:53 > 1:15:56It's a story about someone being fantastic in a Leicester City game.

1:15:56 > 1:15:58Is it me?

1:15:59 > 1:16:00Not this time, champ.

1:16:09 > 1:16:11# Dennis, Dennis Bergkamp Dennis, Dennis Bergkamp... #

1:16:11 > 1:16:15what can you say about Dennis Bergkamp that hasn't already been said?

1:16:15 > 1:16:17He's a nasty little so-and-so.

1:16:17 > 1:16:19- All right, Gary.- He's the type

1:16:19 > 1:16:22of player that would clip your heels or give you a little niggle.

1:16:22 > 1:16:28- He was quite a chewy player. - OK, leave it, mate. Pot and kettle, black and all that.

1:16:28 > 1:16:31- I like the fact that he was quiet. - Hang on - nasty and quiet?!

1:16:31 > 1:16:34- But magnificent player to witness. - That's better.

1:16:35 > 1:16:38He had the touch of a wizard.

1:16:38 > 1:16:40Dennis Bergkamp, the non-flying Dutchman was possibly

1:16:40 > 1:16:46the greatest-ever Premier League import.

1:16:46 > 1:16:50In 1997, he did something that no ever player has done before or after.

1:16:50 > 1:16:52Over to you, Des.

1:16:52 > 1:16:55Right now, it's the result of our first goal of the month

1:16:55 > 1:16:57competition for this season.

1:16:57 > 1:16:59Third was goal 4 by Dennis Bergkamp.

1:17:01 > 1:17:03# There goes my hero... #

1:17:03 > 1:17:06The second was goal 9 by Dennis Bergkamp.

1:17:06 > 1:17:12- Here's Bergkamp. Ohh, that is special.- And first was this one.

1:17:12 > 1:17:15He may not like flying but he does love scoring.

1:17:15 > 1:17:19In to Bergkamp. And Dennis Bergkamp!

1:17:19 > 1:17:22What a goal.

1:17:22 > 1:17:25There's some stragglers that go a whole career without

1:17:25 > 1:17:28a goal of the month or come in third.

1:17:28 > 1:17:32Coming in first, second and third is, like, phenomenal.

1:17:36 > 1:17:38They were flukes. He couldn't do that again if he tried.

1:17:38 > 1:17:43I doubt he did try, it was only against you lot at Leicester City.

1:17:49 > 1:17:52Guess what? We've not always had instant media access.

1:17:52 > 1:17:56Football news was once delivered by men with hats, carrier pigeons

1:17:56 > 1:17:59and by an old bloke in the crowd with a wireless. Usually,

1:17:59 > 1:18:03this was fine, but in May 1996, it proved anything but.

1:18:03 > 1:18:07Man City go into the last game of the season against Liverpool,

1:18:07 > 1:18:11and they need a win to ensure survival and make sure they stay up.

1:18:11 > 1:18:13'Yes! It's 2-2.'

1:18:13 > 1:18:16At the start of the game, they needed to win,

1:18:16 > 1:18:19but results elsewhere could change this at any time.

1:18:19 > 1:18:25A fan in the crowd hears that a 2-2 draw will be enough to keep them up.

1:18:25 > 1:18:27That information then gets relayed to Alan Ball,

1:18:27 > 1:18:31who tells the guys to "sit back, sit tight, just defend, we'll be fine".

1:18:31 > 1:18:34'It looks as though City are going to try and run down the clock.'

1:18:34 > 1:18:38# You're my favourite waste of time... #

1:18:38 > 1:18:43From then on, Man City kept the ball, passing it around,

1:18:43 > 1:18:45played keep-ball. Ran down the clock.

1:18:45 > 1:18:47That went on for about three minutes,

1:18:47 > 1:18:49and it was right at the end of the game.

1:18:49 > 1:18:51'Again. That's a goal kick now.'

1:18:51 > 1:18:53Somebody on a wireless, little earpiece in their ear,

1:18:53 > 1:18:56listening away to the game, has got their maths wrong.

1:18:56 > 1:18:59Yep, some random bloke who'd put two and two together

1:18:59 > 1:19:02and come up with an umbrella, and City had believed him.

1:19:02 > 1:19:06They actually needed to win, or they were going to go down.

1:19:07 > 1:19:10The best thing of that was that everyone was on the bench,

1:19:10 > 1:19:11and Niall Quinn went

1:19:11 > 1:19:14"I think actually, we probably need another goal".

1:19:14 > 1:19:18'Some frantic messages are coming from the Manchester City dugout.

1:19:18 > 1:19:19'Alan Ball on his feet.

1:19:19 > 1:19:22'A point may not be enough to keep them in the league.'

1:19:22 > 1:19:24Niall Quinn got up and ran down to tell him

1:19:24 > 1:19:27"We haven't got time to waste time. It's not the result we thought.

1:19:27 > 1:19:29"We're losing. Hurry up and try and do something.

1:19:32 > 1:19:36'City holding on by their fingertips to life in the Premiership.'

1:19:36 > 1:19:38So by the time they then said,

1:19:38 > 1:19:40"We have to try and score", it was too late.

1:19:40 > 1:19:44# Our time is running out... #

1:19:44 > 1:19:46That was it.

1:19:46 > 1:19:49One fan with one radio with one dodgy bit of info

1:19:49 > 1:19:52had consigned Man City to relegation.

1:19:53 > 1:19:55It's like a cloud has come over the club.

1:19:55 > 1:19:59Perhaps, looking back, we know where the damage was done.

1:19:59 > 1:20:01Don't worry, maybe one day,

1:20:01 > 1:20:06you'll be taken over by a family worth, I don't know, £100 billion,

1:20:06 > 1:20:09and you'll be able to buy your own radio

1:20:09 > 1:20:11and maybe even a Premier League title.

1:20:17 > 1:20:21It's January 2005, and the ever fortunate Tottenhams

1:20:21 > 1:20:24are visiting Old Trafford, where they haven't won in 16 years.

1:20:24 > 1:20:27Usually, it's because they've been a bit rubbish,

1:20:27 > 1:20:29but this time, it could be different.

1:20:29 > 1:20:33This time, they really crossed the line. Or did they?

1:20:33 > 1:20:35Pedro Mendes had a mad shot

1:20:35 > 1:20:38from just inside his own half, or roundabout the halfway line.

1:20:38 > 1:20:42I think he knew Carroll was off his line. Carroll tries to make the ground up.

1:20:44 > 1:20:49'Oh, there's an error! Surely that crossed the line?'

1:20:49 > 1:20:51The initial thought was "It's in".

1:20:51 > 1:20:52'Tottenham appeal.

1:20:52 > 1:20:55'From our vantage point, that looked over the line'.

1:20:55 > 1:20:58It was a goal! That's what I remember. It was a goal.

1:21:04 > 1:21:07You didn't need goal-line technology to see that.

1:21:07 > 1:21:10Everybody in the stadium could see the ball had crossed the line.

1:21:10 > 1:21:14I've never seen a ball that far over a goal line and never given.

1:21:15 > 1:21:18Anyone who's got children

1:21:18 > 1:21:20knows that this look...

1:21:20 > 1:21:23is a look that someone's done something wrong.

1:21:23 > 1:21:25He should have given the goal

1:21:25 > 1:21:27on the basis of Roy Carroll's guilty look.

1:21:27 > 1:21:31- Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy Man United again. - Don't be silly, Ricky.

1:21:31 > 1:21:33You put him straight, pal.

1:21:33 > 1:21:35There was a little bit of luck that Manchester United,

1:21:35 > 1:21:38as everybody says, seem to get when they play at Old Trafford.

1:21:38 > 1:21:39I take it back.

1:21:39 > 1:21:42'Pedro Mendes still can't believe it.'

1:21:42 > 1:21:45Never mind, I'm sure Tottenham's luck will change at some point,

1:21:45 > 1:21:47but then again, maybe not.

1:21:52 > 1:21:54When it comes to football,

1:21:54 > 1:21:56the French play with a joie de vivre,

1:21:56 > 1:21:58a je ne sais quoi, whatever that means,

1:21:58 > 1:22:00and plenty of va-va-voom.

1:22:00 > 1:22:04'Henry! Oh, what a goal!'

1:22:04 > 1:22:08Yes, it's fair to say they're definitely not "merde",

1:22:08 > 1:22:12but what the world witnessed at Highbury on 22nd October 2005

1:22:12 > 1:22:16was less vintage champagne, more coq au vin.

1:22:16 > 1:22:20'It's penalty number two. Arsenal have another spot-kick.'

1:22:20 > 1:22:24Having already scored from the spot ten minutes earlier,

1:22:24 > 1:22:27Robert Pires stepped up again to put the game beyond doubt.

1:22:30 > 1:22:32'Oh, they're trying something here.'

1:22:32 > 1:22:35Pires wanted to tap it and get Henry to come and smash it in,

1:22:35 > 1:22:38just to be cocky, showing that they're the best.

1:22:38 > 1:22:42It's just a complete and utter shambles.

1:22:42 > 1:22:45'Well, you might do that when you're five or six up,

1:22:45 > 1:22:49'but Arsenal are left with egg on their face.'

1:22:49 > 1:22:52The great thing about it is that Danny Mills, when it happens,

1:22:52 > 1:22:56he can't work out whether he wants to clear the danger of the goal

1:22:56 > 1:22:58or he wants to get in Robert Pires' ear.

1:22:58 > 1:23:00In the end, somebody else clears the ball

1:23:00 > 1:23:02and he can get in Robert Pires' ear.

1:23:02 > 1:23:05Why would you go mental? They've missed it anyway. It don't matter.

1:23:05 > 1:23:07I'd be tapping them on the back.

1:23:07 > 1:23:08I wish I could repeat what I said,

1:23:08 > 1:23:11but I think anybody that can half lip-read

1:23:11 > 1:23:14will work it out for themselves.

1:23:14 > 1:23:16It might look like he's calling him a BLEEP,

1:23:16 > 1:23:19but Danny Mills had in fact noticed that they were merely trying

1:23:19 > 1:23:23to replicate the 1982 Cruyff-Olsen penalty.

1:23:23 > 1:23:27'Olsen, Cruyff, goal.'

1:23:27 > 1:23:31Somebody told me that it was your idea.

1:23:31 > 1:23:35It was, but it wasn't my idea to make his leg go numb.

1:23:39 > 1:23:41Back in 1993, we had Fergie Time,

1:23:41 > 1:23:44the legend of the 98th minute winner.

1:23:44 > 1:23:48'Can you believe that?'

1:23:48 > 1:23:53Now it's back in Fergie Time 2, when injury time lasted a week.

1:23:53 > 1:23:55And this time, it's personal.

1:23:57 > 1:23:59Man United-Man City has always been massive.

1:23:59 > 1:24:03At number 13, it's the first Manchester derby of 2009,

1:24:03 > 1:24:05and it's 3-2 to United.

1:24:05 > 1:24:07And it's the last minute of the game.

1:24:07 > 1:24:10'Bellamy...he scores!

1:24:10 > 1:24:12'On the cusp of stoppage time,

1:24:12 > 1:24:15'Bellamy has stopped the champions in their tracks.'

1:24:15 > 1:24:17Manchester City fans were just bouncing

1:24:17 > 1:24:19in that corner of Old Trafford.

1:24:19 > 1:24:22They've gone behind three times. They've got a point.

1:24:22 > 1:24:24But the fools haven't accounted for...

1:24:24 > 1:24:25Fergie Time.

1:24:25 > 1:24:27# Tick, tock, tick, tock... #

1:24:27 > 1:24:28Four minutes is up.

1:24:28 > 1:24:31Mark Hughes, the manager on the touchline,

1:24:31 > 1:24:34thinks "Great - we've got a fantastic heroic point here".

1:24:34 > 1:24:36I think you're forgetting one thing.

1:24:36 > 1:24:37Fergie Time.

1:24:37 > 1:24:40'Mark Hughes is asking why the whistle hasn't gone.

1:24:40 > 1:24:42'We've had four and a half minutes, he says.'

1:24:42 > 1:24:44Ferguson's probably checking his watch,

1:24:44 > 1:24:46saying "Four minutes - that means six."

1:24:47 > 1:24:50'You know who he learnt his timekeeping from, of course.'

1:24:52 > 1:24:55So the four minutes had gone. So had the five.

1:24:55 > 1:24:56Will the whistle ever go?

1:24:56 > 1:25:02'Hughes is getting angrier and angrier down below us.'

1:25:02 > 1:25:05And it's the 96th minute when the inevitable, of course, happens.

1:25:05 > 1:25:09Giggs just threads a beautifully weighted pass to Michael Owen,

1:25:09 > 1:25:11who slots it in the back of the net.

1:25:11 > 1:25:16'Michael Owen wins it in the most extraordinary way!

1:25:17 > 1:25:19'And Mark Hughes is furious.'

1:25:20 > 1:25:23United never lose games, they just run out of time.

1:25:23 > 1:25:25'Surely the whistle now.'

1:25:25 > 1:25:26WHISTLE BLOWS

1:25:26 > 1:25:28'That's it!

1:25:28 > 1:25:32'One of the most extraordinary derbies you are ever likely to see.'

1:25:32 > 1:25:35That's right. Can you remind them why, Jimmy?

1:25:35 > 1:25:37- There's normal time, and then there's Fergie time.- Thanks, Jimmy.

1:25:37 > 1:25:41So watch out for Fergie Time 3, a game of two halves,

1:25:41 > 1:25:45or three if you need it, coming to a theatre of dreams near you.

1:25:54 > 1:25:58In 2006, Spurs were just one game away from securing

1:25:58 > 1:26:01their very first Champions League spot and trumping the enemy.

1:26:01 > 1:26:04- This was their moment at last. - They're going to overtake Arsenal.

1:26:04 > 1:26:07Arsenal are going to finish out the Champions League.

1:26:07 > 1:26:09It's a major disaster for Arsene Wenger.

1:26:09 > 1:26:11Questions are being asked. Could he go?

1:26:11 > 1:26:15The Tottenham squad went to a hotel in Canary Wharf

1:26:15 > 1:26:17to prepare for the biggest moment of their season.

1:26:17 > 1:26:20They have a lovely lasagne the night before,

1:26:20 > 1:26:23and then in the morning, they feel a little bit gippy.

1:26:23 > 1:26:26The pasta proved a problem, and during the night,

1:26:26 > 1:26:28there were rumblings in the Tottenham camp.

1:26:32 > 1:26:34Have you had food poisoning before?

1:26:34 > 1:26:36Have you tried to get up the next day?

1:26:36 > 1:26:39Have you tried to leave the toilet? You know when you get up and go

1:26:39 > 1:26:42"Oh, yeah, I'm fine now, "I can actually leave",

1:26:42 > 1:26:43and then you hit the door

1:26:43 > 1:26:46and you're like "No, I've got to sit back down again.

1:26:46 > 1:26:49It was squeaky bum time all round, as West Ham took full advantage.

1:26:55 > 1:26:58'Yossi Benayoun may well have finished off

1:26:58 > 1:27:01'Tottenham Hotspur's European Champions League dream.'

1:27:01 > 1:27:03There's nothing worse

1:27:03 > 1:27:06than trying to do a job whilst mentally tethered to the lav.

1:27:11 > 1:27:14And those considerate West Ham fans did what they could

1:27:14 > 1:27:19to help the players out in their time of need. Ah, bless.

1:27:19 > 1:27:22'There's the full-time whistle. West Ham have beaten Tottenham

1:27:22 > 1:27:27'and Arsenal will strut their Champions League stuff

1:27:27 > 1:27:29'at the Emirates Stadium next season.'

1:27:29 > 1:27:33Tottenham lose, they blow their chances of the Champions League

1:27:33 > 1:27:35and they blow their chances of overtaking Arsenal.

1:27:35 > 1:27:38But did they ever get to the bottom of Lasagne-gate?

1:27:38 > 1:27:41Was the truth ever found out?

1:27:42 > 1:27:45Lasagne-gate should be reopened cos no-one knows what happened.

1:27:45 > 1:27:47I'm thinking the kitchen hands might have been Arsenal fans.

1:27:47 > 1:27:50The fact that the chef in the hotel's surname was Wenger

1:27:50 > 1:27:52might tell you all you need to know.

1:27:52 > 1:27:53Know what I mean?

1:27:53 > 1:27:57So whether it was a dodgy lasagne or just a virus in the Spurs camp,

1:27:57 > 1:28:00Tottenham's season went down the pan and pretty much crowns them

1:28:00 > 1:28:03the unluckiest Premier League team of the lot.

1:28:08 > 1:28:12On that freezing cold night when the Titanic sunk, one man got the blame.

1:28:12 > 1:28:15- That, of course, was the captain. - Where are you going with this?

1:28:15 > 1:28:17Well, to football's very own Titanic,

1:28:17 > 1:28:20captained - of course, Mr Savage -

1:28:20 > 1:28:22rather badly by YOU.

1:28:22 > 1:28:23Here's Derby County.

1:28:24 > 1:28:26- Great breaststroke.- Hell of a form.

1:28:30 > 1:28:33# You're free... #

1:28:33 > 1:28:3611 is one of my most favourite numbers.

1:28:36 > 1:28:38There are 11 players on a football team.

1:28:38 > 1:28:40Apollo 11 took Neil Armstrong to the moon,

1:28:40 > 1:28:44and the number 11 bus was where I first copped off with Kirsty Juggins.

1:28:44 > 1:28:45But for Derby County fans,

1:28:45 > 1:28:4911 is probably their least favourite number of all-time.

1:28:51 > 1:28:54- Derby County got relegated with 11 points.- 11 points.

1:28:54 > 1:28:56We all understand that teams lose,

1:28:56 > 1:29:00but there is losing and there is like, being the worst loser.

1:29:00 > 1:29:03'Harper... Reading are ahead!

1:29:03 > 1:29:04'What a big, big goal!'

1:29:07 > 1:29:09'Deflected and deflected in.'

1:29:09 > 1:29:14They won one game out of a whole season.

1:29:14 > 1:29:17That's in the Guinness Book Of Records, right?

1:29:17 > 1:29:21It wasn't all bad news for Derby, they did have one moment of glory.

1:29:22 > 1:29:27'A shot from Miller...! And how much will that goal mean to Derby County?'

1:29:27 > 1:29:28They beat Newcastle.

1:29:28 > 1:29:32I mean, that's a positive if you're a Sunderland fan.

1:29:32 > 1:29:34Derby's 1-0 win was just a tiny blip

1:29:34 > 1:29:38and by 28 October they were firmly rooted to the bottom of the table.

1:29:44 > 1:29:47They were desperate and needed a superstar to get them out of trouble.

1:29:47 > 1:29:50Henry was unavailable, Becks was otherwise engaged,

1:29:50 > 1:29:52and Ronaldo was just too pretty.

1:29:52 > 1:29:56So they turned to the only person they could to drag them from the abyss -

1:29:56 > 1:29:59a long-haired saviour and exotic dancer.

1:30:00 > 1:30:04Clearly, the signing of Robbie Savage had a huge,

1:30:04 > 1:30:06galvanising effect on Derby that season(!)

1:30:06 > 1:30:08I thought I'd go there and make a difference.

1:30:08 > 1:30:10Try and get them a few more points

1:30:10 > 1:30:13and even keep them in the Premier League, but... I didn't.

1:30:13 > 1:30:16# I'm a loser, baby... #

1:30:16 > 1:30:19Derby's 11 points was the lowest tally ever

1:30:19 > 1:30:22and they became the only team to be relegated before April.

1:30:22 > 1:30:25Another record, well done, Robbie(!)

1:30:25 > 1:30:28'And Derby's season is just slipping away.'

1:30:28 > 1:30:30It just goes to show

1:30:30 > 1:30:32that the Premier League is the best league in the world

1:30:32 > 1:30:36and teams like Derby County prove it to us.

1:30:40 > 1:30:43Coming up... Drama.

1:30:43 > 1:30:44It was amazing.

1:30:44 > 1:30:47'Staggering! Just staggering!'

1:30:48 > 1:30:49Hilarity.

1:30:49 > 1:30:51'It will fall for Bent!'

1:30:53 > 1:30:55'The little deflection from the shot.'

1:30:56 > 1:30:57And Delia.

1:30:57 > 1:31:01Let's be having you!

1:31:04 > 1:31:07# Oh, yeah, you with the sad face

1:31:07 > 1:31:10# Come back to my place and we'll get it on

1:31:10 > 1:31:12# Yeah... #

1:31:12 > 1:31:14Oh, whoa!

1:31:14 > 1:31:19- Why are you on my piano and WHY are you with my wife?- Your wife?!

1:31:19 > 1:31:22Christ, I thought that was your twin sister!

1:31:26 > 1:31:28Myself and Robbie went to every pub in the land

1:31:28 > 1:31:31and we asked the resident old bloke in the hat at the end of the bar

1:31:31 > 1:31:34what his favourite ever Premier League game was.

1:31:34 > 1:31:36They all said, without a doubt this one -

1:31:36 > 1:31:40apart from old Gutty McGinty, but he's a miserable old sod.

1:31:40 > 1:31:44It's number ten. It's Liverpool, it's Newcastle. It's 1996.

1:31:44 > 1:31:47The game was amazing. It was the sort of game where people go,

1:31:47 > 1:31:50"This is why the Premiership's so good."

1:31:50 > 1:31:54Newcastle were only three points behind leaders Man United

1:31:54 > 1:31:57and Liverpool still had an outside chance of the title.

1:31:57 > 1:32:00Right from the off, both teams went for broke.

1:32:00 > 1:32:03'What a start for Liverpool.'

1:32:03 > 1:32:05What a match. Great game.

1:32:05 > 1:32:07'Ferdinand...'

1:32:07 > 1:32:10The best game in the Premier League ever, for me.

1:32:10 > 1:32:12'Ginola with a finish.'

1:32:12 > 1:32:15It was a great game to be involved in if you won.

1:32:15 > 1:32:18'McManaman, taking on Albert... And a shot, it's a goal! Fowler!'

1:32:18 > 1:32:21Newcastle were in front, then Liverpool were in front.

1:32:21 > 1:32:23Then it was Newcastle again.

1:32:23 > 1:32:25'Asprilla... Yes!'

1:32:26 > 1:32:31It's right up there with the very best, simply because of the drama that was involved.

1:32:31 > 1:32:33'A good ball in, Collymore!'

1:32:33 > 1:32:35Stan Collymore - just brilliant.

1:32:35 > 1:32:38He was raw power. In that sort of situation he was amazing.

1:32:38 > 1:32:39'Now Ian Rush...'

1:32:39 > 1:32:42And deep into injury time with the score at 3-3,

1:32:42 > 1:32:47one more moment of Collymore magic sealed Newcastle's fate.

1:32:47 > 1:32:49'Liverpool have won it!'

1:32:49 > 1:32:52Even as a Newcastle fan, it didn't even matter that we lost,

1:32:52 > 1:32:55it was such a great game of football.

1:32:55 > 1:32:57Well, not everyone felt the same way.

1:32:57 > 1:33:01Kevin Keegan really showed what it's like to be a football manager,

1:33:01 > 1:33:03but more than that, a football fan.

1:33:03 > 1:33:06As Stan Collymore rammed the winner in for Liverpool late on,

1:33:06 > 1:33:09Keegan just kind of slumped in the dugout.

1:33:09 > 1:33:11He knew that he was the victim in a great drama.

1:33:11 > 1:33:14From a neutral's point of view, I think it's probably

1:33:14 > 1:33:16one of the greatest games and at the end you can look back

1:33:16 > 1:33:19and say it is the greatest game I have been involved in because we won.

1:33:19 > 1:33:22From a footballing point of view, no.

1:33:22 > 1:33:24Newcastle's title dreams were in tatters

1:33:24 > 1:33:27and they eventually finished second to Man United,

1:33:27 > 1:33:29the closest Keegan ever got.

1:33:29 > 1:33:32To those that would say perhaps you should have shut up shop earlier,

1:33:32 > 1:33:34you say, no, we carry on playing this way?

1:33:34 > 1:33:38Yeah, or I go. There's no question the other way.

1:33:42 > 1:33:46Football - it's a maelstrom of energetic excitement,

1:33:46 > 1:33:50played at breakneck speeds and full of cut and thrust,

1:33:50 > 1:33:52mud, sweat and tears.

1:33:52 > 1:33:54'Horsfield!

1:33:54 > 1:33:56'Kieran Richardson!'

1:33:56 > 1:33:59But some of the most exciting and dramatic moments

1:33:59 > 1:34:02occur when nothing happens at all.

1:34:03 > 1:34:06At number nine is the final game of 2005

1:34:06 > 1:34:10and probably the tensest and most dramatic ever on a Survival Sunday.

1:34:10 > 1:34:15West Brom's Premiership lives were teetering on the brink of safety and relegation

1:34:15 > 1:34:17and all they could do was wait.

1:34:17 > 1:34:20For the first time in the Premier League,

1:34:20 > 1:34:23any of the bottom four could survive relegation.

1:34:23 > 1:34:25Which one? It was too close to call.

1:34:25 > 1:34:27At the final whistle of the West Brom game,

1:34:27 > 1:34:30they were left in limbo cos their game had finished early,

1:34:30 > 1:34:34so they're all standing around the pitch - the players, the management, the coaching staff, thinking,

1:34:34 > 1:34:37"Come on, the whistle's got to blow."

1:34:37 > 1:34:40They'd done all they could. They'd won, but they had to hope their relegation rivals

1:34:40 > 1:34:43Norwich, Southampton and Palace didn't.

1:34:43 > 1:34:45Slim chance.

1:34:45 > 1:34:49Tick followed tock, followed tick, followed tock.

1:34:50 > 1:34:52They were all on telephones, weren't they?

1:34:52 > 1:34:54They were all on old radios and stuff.

1:34:54 > 1:34:56It was weird - what were they all listening to?

1:34:56 > 1:34:58Were they phoning people...?

1:34:58 > 1:35:00Were they phoning people at home who had the telly on?

1:35:00 > 1:35:03# I can't get this pressure point out of my head

1:35:03 > 1:35:06# I can't get this pressure point out of my head... #

1:35:06 > 1:35:08I owned the team that was right in the middle of it.

1:35:08 > 1:35:10I assumed we were going to stay up.

1:35:10 > 1:35:12West Brom I had written off in my own mind.

1:35:12 > 1:35:15The odds had been stacked against plucky West Brom all season.

1:35:15 > 1:35:17They'd been rooted to the bottom for most of it

1:35:17 > 1:35:19and were the bookies' favourite for the drop.

1:35:19 > 1:35:20If they were going to survive,

1:35:20 > 1:35:23this would be the Premier League's greatest escape.

1:35:23 > 1:35:26All they could do was wait.

1:35:30 > 1:35:32MUSIC: "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand

1:35:32 > 1:35:36'The cheers have gone around the Hawthorns. The news has come through.

1:35:36 > 1:35:42Bryan Robson's Baggies are staying in the Barclays Premiership.

1:35:42 > 1:35:44It was one of the most memorable pitch invasions ever.

1:35:44 > 1:35:46The players were carried off on shoulders.

1:35:46 > 1:35:48# Take me out

1:35:48 > 1:35:50# I stay, you don't show

1:35:50 > 1:35:52# Don't move... #

1:35:52 > 1:35:55West Brom were safe and Bryan Robson was hailed as a hero.

1:35:55 > 1:35:57So happy, it sort of made... Everyone was in tears of joy.

1:35:57 > 1:35:59It was a fantastic day for West Brom fans.

1:35:59 > 1:36:02This was the greatest escape ever in the Premier league,

1:36:02 > 1:36:04everyone was euphoric, well, almost everyone.

1:36:04 > 1:36:07For me, it wasn't very nice because it meant Palace got relegated

1:36:07 > 1:36:09and West Brom stayed up.

1:36:12 > 1:36:15What is it with football fans and inflatable objects?

1:36:15 > 1:36:18They'll bring anything inflatable, whether it be a whale,

1:36:18 > 1:36:21a ball, bouncy castles, a tent...

1:36:21 > 1:36:23If you can put air in it, they'll bring it.

1:36:23 > 1:36:27And by the time Sunderland hosted Liverpool in 2009,

1:36:27 > 1:36:31inflatables were everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE.

1:36:31 > 1:36:33'Now Cattermole takes over.'

1:36:33 > 1:36:34The game was only five minutes old,

1:36:34 > 1:36:37when a seemingly innocuous Darren Bent goal

1:36:37 > 1:36:39was not as innocent as it appeared.

1:36:39 > 1:36:42'Threatening here from Sunderland, it will fall for Bent!'

1:36:42 > 1:36:46'A little deflection from the shot from Darren Bent off Glen Johnson.'

1:36:46 > 1:36:51This was no Johnson deflection! This was beach ball-gate.

1:36:51 > 1:36:55When Darren Bent took the shot it hit the beach ball absolutely spot-on, perfectly.

1:36:55 > 1:36:58The beach ball one way, the ball in the back of the net. Good goal.

1:37:01 > 1:37:02Could this incredible event

1:37:02 > 1:37:05have been a tactical piece of Sunderland genius?

1:37:05 > 1:37:09It was actually a Liverpool fan who threw the beach ball onto the pitch.

1:37:09 > 1:37:10Imagine being him!

1:37:10 > 1:37:12Irony of ironies.

1:37:12 > 1:37:15It's always the one with the pixelated face.

1:37:15 > 1:37:18Poor little fella. Imagine how bad he must have felt.

1:37:18 > 1:37:21So this incredible moment secured victory

1:37:21 > 1:37:24and mid-table mediocrity for Sunderland that year.

1:37:24 > 1:37:29That beach ball was actually the fifth-highest scorer that year for Sunderland.

1:37:29 > 1:37:31Joint fifth with Jordan Henderson.

1:37:31 > 1:37:35And it wasn't long before everyone wanted a ropey old bag filled with hot air.

1:37:35 > 1:37:36No, not that one!

1:37:36 > 1:37:39Man City put a £30 million bid in.

1:37:39 > 1:37:40But then they actually withdrew that bid

1:37:40 > 1:37:44when they realised that the transfer price was inflated.

1:37:49 > 1:37:52I was thinking, Robert, you've played with some of the real great players.

1:37:52 > 1:37:54Danny Mills, right?

1:37:54 > 1:38:00Well, no, I was thinking more like Christophe Dugarry, Roque Santa Cruz and Gerry Taggart.

1:38:00 > 1:38:01But how interesting is it

1:38:01 > 1:38:04that some people lie about being a footballer

1:38:04 > 1:38:06and get caught out straight away,

1:38:06 > 1:38:10others manage to play 346 Premier League games!

1:38:10 > 1:38:14- I'm a millionaire, though.- Don't show off, Robbie, it's not becoming.

1:38:20 > 1:38:22I know a bloke who blagged his way into a Spice Girls concert

1:38:22 > 1:38:26backstage, which, to us at the time, was the greatest blag ever

1:38:26 > 1:38:30but blagging yourself into a Premier League match, that's impressive.

1:38:30 > 1:38:32REPORTER: It was a footballing gift horse

1:38:32 > 1:38:34that Graeme Souness could hardly afford to turn down.

1:38:34 > 1:38:37A striker recommended on the phone by an impeccable source,

1:38:37 > 1:38:39world footballer of the year, George Weah.

1:38:39 > 1:38:41In November 1996,

1:38:41 > 1:38:44Southampton manager Graeme Souness was about to fall

1:38:44 > 1:38:47for the greatest blag since Mel Gibson tried

1:38:47 > 1:38:49to become the chief rabbi of Jerusalem.

1:38:49 > 1:38:53Within days, the Southampton boss had given 30-year-old Ali Dia a month's contract.

1:38:53 > 1:38:55That's right. On the basis of a hoax phone call,

1:38:55 > 1:38:58Souness signed up Senegalese chancer Ali Dia.

1:39:02 > 1:39:06He didn't bother seeing him play, he just let him loose on a full Premier League game.

1:39:06 > 1:39:10Didn't he come on for Le Tissier? That's quite a gear change, isn't it?

1:39:11 > 1:39:14Dia had previously failed at Port Vale, Gillingham

1:39:14 > 1:39:18and non-League Blyth Spartans before conning his way into Southampton.

1:39:18 > 1:39:21I love the realisation that must have taken place in Graeme Souness's head

1:39:21 > 1:39:25of going, "Get out there, Ali, go and do it. Score a goal for us."

1:39:25 > 1:39:28And him running out and turning to his assistant manager

1:39:28 > 1:39:32and going, "Ali's not a footballer, is he?"

1:39:32 > 1:39:36He came on in a game against somewhere where Matt Le Tissier went off injured

1:39:36 > 1:39:40and really didn't show us that he was up to Premier League football.

1:39:40 > 1:39:43That's pretty much cos he was a pub team player, Graeme.

1:39:43 > 1:39:46How gullible is Graeme Souness? This isn't the first time it's happened.

1:39:46 > 1:39:50Apparently Steve McMahon once dressed up as his wife

1:39:50 > 1:39:52and pretended to be her for 15 years.

1:39:52 > 1:39:55So Dia left the following morning, not even saying goodbye,

1:39:55 > 1:39:58and found his natural home - five divisions below,

1:39:58 > 1:40:00at non-League Gateshead.

1:40:00 > 1:40:04Rumour has it that Souness now runs a successful hedge fund,

1:40:04 > 1:40:08investing in tartan paint, chocolate toasters and magic beans.

1:40:12 > 1:40:16Some say Arsenal of 2004 were good. Some say they were great.

1:40:16 > 1:40:20But some say they were the best Premier League has ever seen.

1:40:30 > 1:40:33They were brilliant to watch. Fluid, total football.

1:40:33 > 1:40:36They were amazing. They were a fantastic side.

1:40:42 > 1:40:45Thierry Henry, perhaps the best player in the world at the time.

1:40:45 > 1:40:50The pace and power of Henry, the guile and craft of Bergkamp.

1:40:50 > 1:40:52He could actually break your leg.

1:40:52 > 1:40:55Even neutrals sat back and admired it.

1:40:58 > 1:41:02Never before had one team gone an entire season without losing

1:41:02 > 1:41:06and Arsenal, with 37 games unbeaten, were on the cusp of immortality.

1:41:06 > 1:41:08Only one more game to go.

1:41:10 > 1:41:11The stage was set,

1:41:11 > 1:41:14the final game at home to already-relegated Leicester City.

1:41:14 > 1:41:17Easy. Glory was on its way, surely?

1:41:20 > 1:41:22That wasn't in the script, was it?

1:41:22 > 1:41:25Worried faces in the Arsenal camp.

1:41:25 > 1:41:28Hang on, one-nil down? Arsenal are losing?

1:41:28 > 1:41:30Was this going to be the ultimate choke?

1:41:30 > 1:41:34The last game of the season, losing one-nil down to Leicester.

1:41:34 > 1:41:36As a fan, you're watching, thinking, "Oh, my god,

1:41:36 > 1:41:38"we're not going to go a whole season unbeaten!"

1:41:42 > 1:41:46But this isn't the Arsenal we know today. This lot were invincible.

1:41:57 > 1:42:00For that team to go through the season unbeaten

1:42:00 > 1:42:03and carry that run on was a tremendous achievement.

1:42:03 > 1:42:04Unbelievable, the Invincibles.

1:42:04 > 1:42:07- They are unbeaten. - Hail the history men.

1:42:09 > 1:42:12For Arsenal to do what they did without losing a game

1:42:12 > 1:42:14was incredible and I never thought I would see it done.

1:42:14 > 1:42:17Absolutely incredible, and I don't think that will ever happen again.

1:42:28 > 1:42:32This recipe, for wholewheat girdle cakes, is using up...

1:42:32 > 1:42:36Delia Smith has been teaching the nation how to cook for 30 over years.

1:42:36 > 1:42:40I think kebabs go particularly well with rice.

1:42:40 > 1:42:43But back in 1996, she booked a place at the high table of football

1:42:43 > 1:42:47when she stepped in to save her beloved Norwich City from bankruptcy.

1:42:47 > 1:42:49Delia was great, she came into Norwich,

1:42:49 > 1:42:52instantly threw a couple of parties to get to know the players.

1:42:52 > 1:42:55As a person, probably one of the nicest people I've ever met.

1:42:55 > 1:42:57Good luck, have a lovely season.

1:42:57 > 1:43:00- She loves her football. - Look, look, look!

1:43:00 > 1:43:03But in February 2005, Delia surprised everyone

1:43:03 > 1:43:07with a half-time rallying cry for the Norwich faithful.

1:43:07 > 1:43:09I was out warming up at half time and, next thing you know,

1:43:09 > 1:43:11I see Delia walking out onto the pitch.

1:43:11 > 1:43:14I'm thinking, "This is a bit strange, I've never seen this before."

1:43:14 > 1:43:20You're the best supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here.

1:43:20 > 1:43:22Where are you?

1:43:22 > 1:43:27Where are you?! Let's be having you!

1:43:29 > 1:43:30Come on!

1:43:30 > 1:43:31It's a passion, isn't it?

1:43:31 > 1:43:35Sometimes you cannot control that passion inside you, it comes out.

1:43:35 > 1:43:39We always think of Delia as being very sophisticated, you know,

1:43:39 > 1:43:40a posh lady in a pinny.

1:43:40 > 1:43:43It has a nice, strong, nutty flavour.

1:43:43 > 1:43:46And then she goes all east end market on us, doesn't she?

1:43:46 > 1:43:48Let's be having you!

1:43:48 > 1:43:51It's a different language to the North East, that's for sure.

1:43:51 > 1:43:54- But you knew where she was coming from.- Where are you?!

1:43:55 > 1:43:59And you just say, "No, somebody take her away!"

1:43:59 > 1:44:02If she thinks that there's a chance that she might be able

1:44:02 > 1:44:05to help out, in any way, during the match, she wanted to do it

1:44:05 > 1:44:08and unfortunately, it just didn't quite work out on that day

1:44:08 > 1:44:11and I haven't seen her on the pitch at half time since.

1:44:11 > 1:44:13And that's all from me this week, bye-bye.

1:44:17 > 1:44:20Shearer! Shearer!

1:44:20 > 1:44:24Alan Shearer's probably the all-time Premier League's greatest centre-forward.

1:44:24 > 1:44:27Alan is just a master of putting the ball in the back of the net.

1:44:27 > 1:44:31- Which, in Geordie, means...- He's the best thing since sliced bread. - Exactly, Geordie man.

1:44:31 > 1:44:36And, in April 2006, Premier League genius Shearer scored his 260th goal,

1:44:36 > 1:44:40a Premier League record that still stands today.

1:44:40 > 1:44:43That's over 70 more than Andy Cole, his nearest rival.

1:44:43 > 1:44:47- He's the best thing since sliced bread.- Thanks, Geordie man.

1:44:51 > 1:44:54- He's the best thing since sliced bread.- Aye, all right, Geordie man.

1:44:54 > 1:44:56Shearer was deadly inside the box

1:44:56 > 1:44:59and he once even managed to score from outside it.

1:45:02 > 1:45:08But, unfortunately, with 260 of these, there were also 260 of these.

1:45:08 > 1:45:12When it comes to celebrations, he was absolutely shocking.

1:45:12 > 1:45:15He just put one hand up and he would run,

1:45:15 > 1:45:17but he wouldn't even stretch the arm.

1:45:17 > 1:45:20It was like a limp arm. We used to be like,

1:45:20 > 1:45:23"Come on, man. Come on, Shearer!"

1:45:23 > 1:45:26Left hand or right hand? Who knows? Sometimes, he'd mix it up.

1:45:30 > 1:45:33He does a 40-yard screamer and goes like that.

1:45:33 > 1:45:35I'm thinking, "How happy are you, Alan?"

1:45:35 > 1:45:39Alan Shearer, arguably the greatest striker in the history of the Premier League,

1:45:39 > 1:45:43with a celebration that could send an insomniac into a coma.

1:45:43 > 1:45:45Goal! Celebration.

1:45:46 > 1:45:48Goal! Celebration.

1:45:49 > 1:45:53Goal! Can someone wake me up when he scores again?

1:45:57 > 1:45:59A lot of people will tell you I'm a lot like Jose.

1:45:59 > 1:46:01I interviewed him once for the Watford Gazette.

1:46:01 > 1:46:04He's a real straight shooter.

1:46:04 > 1:46:06I was just chatting about his favourite fruit,

1:46:06 > 1:46:08he's a big fan of oranges nonetheless.

1:46:08 > 1:46:11- What about you, Robbie? - Tomatoes and pears fan myself.

1:46:11 > 1:46:14Really? I had you down as a banana kind of guy.

1:46:19 > 1:46:23We've seen the managerial greats, from Fergie to Brown.

1:46:23 > 1:46:27But this next guy, our number three, is a bit special.

1:46:27 > 1:46:30You can be arrogant when you're that good, and he is that good.

1:46:30 > 1:46:33He's one of those people who says what he means and means what he says

1:46:33 > 1:46:35and then has the ability to back it up.

1:46:35 > 1:46:37When a somebody phones up from Stamford Bridge

1:46:37 > 1:46:40and says, "The new manager of Chelsea's here

1:46:40 > 1:46:42"and he says he's the special one,"

1:46:42 > 1:46:47you go, "Ooh, this bloke could be a bit good, couldn't he?" You know.

1:46:47 > 1:46:50I'm not one of...of the bottle. I think I'm a special one.

1:46:50 > 1:46:54# Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste. #

1:46:57 > 1:47:01In the supermarket, you have eggs - class one, class two, class three.

1:47:01 > 1:47:04And some are more expensive than others

1:47:04 > 1:47:05and some give you better omelettes.

1:47:05 > 1:47:07Interesting, Jose.

1:47:07 > 1:47:11Not quite seagulls, but interesting all the same.

1:47:11 > 1:47:16You know? Are in Waitrose and you cannot go there? You have a problem.

1:47:16 > 1:47:19He did two amazing things, Jose Mourinho.

1:47:19 > 1:47:22He made Chelsea even more hated than they were already

1:47:22 > 1:47:24but he also made Chelsea cool.

1:47:24 > 1:47:28He's just so cool, calm and collected. Plus my mum fancies him.

1:47:28 > 1:47:34He is the sexiest football manager that I've ever seen.

1:47:34 > 1:47:36Oh, and he was really good at managing teams.

1:47:37 > 1:47:39Yeah, forgot about that bit.

1:47:42 > 1:47:43# I am the one and only

1:47:43 > 1:47:46# You can't take that away from me. #

1:47:46 > 1:47:49Jose Mourinho has got big balls.

1:47:49 > 1:47:51At one point - I think it was in February -

1:47:51 > 1:47:54he predicted the day that Chelsea would win the League.

1:47:54 > 1:47:59And on 30th April 2005, his ballsy prediction came true at Bolton.

1:47:59 > 1:48:03Mourinho had indeed led Chelsea to their first title in 50 years.

1:48:03 > 1:48:04Now, that's special.

1:48:05 > 1:48:08COMMENTATOR: Frank Lampard, round the keeper,

1:48:08 > 1:48:09into the back of the net.

1:48:09 > 1:48:12Chelsea is the name on the Championship Trophy.

1:48:13 > 1:48:15For all intents and purposes,

1:48:15 > 1:48:17he was the Muhammad Ali of football managers, you know.

1:48:17 > 1:48:20He called what was going to happen and it happened.

1:48:20 > 1:48:22COMMENTATOR: Jose Mourinho indulges

1:48:22 > 1:48:25in another of those touchline dashes.

1:48:25 > 1:48:28To sum up just how good this man was,

1:48:28 > 1:48:31Chelsea recorded the most points ever, the most wins ever,

1:48:31 > 1:48:33the most clean sheets ever

1:48:33 > 1:48:37and the least goals conceded. Now, that is REALLY special.

1:48:37 > 1:48:40COMMENTATOR: Jose Mourinho has shown the world

1:48:40 > 1:48:43that he is indeed The Special One.

1:48:43 > 1:48:46I've seen most managers and to my mind,

1:48:46 > 1:48:48a lot of them are the emperor's new clothes.

1:48:48 > 1:48:50This guy was the real deal.

1:48:53 > 1:48:57Cantona must figure as one of the greatest United players of all time.

1:48:57 > 1:48:58At Number Two is Le God.

1:48:59 > 1:49:04The greatest player ever to grace the Premier League? Peut-etre.

1:49:04 > 1:49:06It's obviously the buy of the century.

1:49:06 > 1:49:08COMMENTATOR: Cantona...he's done it.

1:49:12 > 1:49:14# God gave rock 'n' roll to you. #

1:49:14 > 1:49:19Madman, genius? Very, very fine line. Cantona was exceptional.

1:49:19 > 1:49:24He could do things... He'd try things that other people would dare not even think about trying.

1:49:24 > 1:49:25Like talking drivel?

1:49:25 > 1:49:31- When the seagulls...follow the trawler...- We digress!

1:49:31 > 1:49:34Cantona inspired Man United to four titles,

1:49:34 > 1:49:37and the start of their Premier League dominance.

1:49:37 > 1:49:43Would they have done it without him? Who knows?

1:49:43 > 1:49:46But what we do know is that none of this would've happened

1:49:46 > 1:49:48if one daft bloke back in 1992

1:49:48 > 1:49:51hadn't made the mistake of a lifetime!

1:49:51 > 1:49:53Eric Cantona is like the great lost love.

1:49:53 > 1:49:55Before Man United even had a sniff,

1:49:55 > 1:49:59Cantona went on trial to Trevor Francis's Sheffield Wednesday.

1:49:59 > 1:50:02But what did you do, Trevor? What did you do?

1:50:04 > 1:50:07I made a reasonable request which I felt was to ask him

1:50:07 > 1:50:10to stay for this week in the hope the weather would improve,

1:50:10 > 1:50:12then he could train on grass.

1:50:12 > 1:50:15He rejected my request, and he's gone to Leeds.

1:50:15 > 1:50:16It's a great move for him.

1:50:16 > 1:50:20You turned down Eric the King, Trevor, you turned him down!

1:50:20 > 1:50:23We had him. Francis had him. Played him in a friendly

1:50:23 > 1:50:25and decided that we needed to see him play on grass.

1:50:25 > 1:50:28Need to see him play on grass?! The King, on grass?

1:50:28 > 1:50:29I was like...

1:50:31 > 1:50:34Still breaks my heart that he didn't turn out in a Wednesday shirt.

1:50:34 > 1:50:38I don't know... It brings back bad memories to even talk about it, to be honest.

1:50:38 > 1:50:39That could've been us.

1:50:39 > 1:50:44- I wish him all the very best. - Of course, Trev, of course.

1:50:44 > 1:50:46It's not like you passed on an opportunity of a lifetime.

1:50:50 > 1:50:54And I'm sure life wouldn't have been any different if you'd signed him.

1:51:02 > 1:51:06We've seen the Europa League places and the Champion's League places.

1:51:06 > 1:51:10And now it's time for numero uno. That's what I mean. Number one.

1:51:10 > 1:51:12The title-winning charge of this,

1:51:12 > 1:51:15the Premier League's most amazing moments.

1:51:15 > 1:51:19And, Robbie, you're not in it. Cheers, old son.

1:51:26 > 1:51:30We knew it was going to Manchester, we didn't know which side, though.

1:51:30 > 1:51:32It's the final game of the 2012 season.

1:51:32 > 1:51:35If City win, they'll be crowned champion.

1:51:35 > 1:51:37The league had gone back and forth all season

1:51:37 > 1:51:39between the two Manchester rivals

1:51:39 > 1:51:43and this was City's closest chance in 44 years to step out

1:51:43 > 1:51:46of the shadows of their dominant neighbours and win the title.

1:51:47 > 1:51:50'Here perhaps is how they mount an attack.'

1:51:50 > 1:51:53At home to struggling QPR for what is a routine win, surely?

1:51:53 > 1:52:00- 'Oh, it's in! Unbelievable!' - And the tears are starting to flow.

1:52:00 > 1:52:03They're now 2-1 down against ten men, they're going to blow it,

1:52:03 > 1:52:06they're going to throw it away.

1:52:06 > 1:52:10Against all odds and rational thinking, City are losing to QPR.

1:52:10 > 1:52:11To make matters worse,

1:52:11 > 1:52:14deadly rivals United were winning over at Sunderland.

1:52:14 > 1:52:17If the score stayed like this, City will have handed the title

1:52:17 > 1:52:20over to their hated neighbours on a silver platter.

1:52:20 > 1:52:23It was going to have to be a two-goal swing

1:52:23 > 1:52:26and City just were not at the races.

1:52:26 > 1:52:28The 90 minutes was up and it was all slipping away.

1:52:28 > 1:52:30With four minutes of injury time,

1:52:30 > 1:52:32the title now seemed like a pipe dream.

1:52:32 > 1:52:35Unless something extraordinary happened.

1:52:35 > 1:52:42'He scores! Four minutes to save themselves! 2-2 in stoppage time!'

1:52:42 > 1:52:45It was in a matter of minutes. It was nail-biting stuff.

1:52:45 > 1:52:50'Howard Webb blows his whistle. But nobody knows what it means!

1:52:50 > 1:52:52'What a season!

1:52:52 > 1:52:55'It's finished and they still don't know if they've won it.'

1:52:56 > 1:52:58It was all over at United.

1:52:58 > 1:53:02If things stayed the same, United are Premier League champs again.

1:53:02 > 1:53:03And City will have blown it.

1:53:06 > 1:53:09'Manchester United's game is over. 2.5 minutes to play.

1:53:12 > 1:53:15'This is all about the title now.'

1:53:15 > 1:53:19The beautiful thing about football is at any moment it can change.

1:53:26 > 1:53:27'Balotelli.

1:53:29 > 1:53:30'Aguero!

1:53:30 > 1:53:36'Staggering! Just staggering! The blue moon has risen!'

1:53:40 > 1:53:45- Balotelli to Aguero! - It was amazing.- Just flabbergasted.

1:53:45 > 1:53:50You just can't write those type of moments.

1:53:50 > 1:53:53Within a couple of seconds, it had gone from doom to euphoria.

1:53:53 > 1:53:57Everybody went mental.

1:53:57 > 1:53:59'United's game was over - they've had it stolen back!'

1:54:06 > 1:54:09'And the news is coming through, the title has gone,

1:54:09 > 1:54:12'just as they were going to celebrate.'

1:54:12 > 1:54:14Best end to a season ever.

1:54:17 > 1:54:20'It's just the most extraordinary scenario you could have dreamt up!'

1:54:20 > 1:54:22Suddenly, they knew they'd won it.

1:54:22 > 1:54:25People that were starting to walk down the exits suddenly came

1:54:25 > 1:54:26flying back in.

1:54:29 > 1:54:32'City are champions. It just does not get better than this.'

1:54:35 > 1:54:36This will never be repeated again.

1:54:39 > 1:54:44After 20 years, 7,846 Premier League matches, the most amazing

1:54:44 > 1:54:49moment the Premier League has ever seen came in one extraordinary,

1:54:49 > 1:54:53breathtaking and spectacular finale in the very heart of Manchester.

1:54:57 > 1:55:00'The most thrilling Premier League finale of all time!'

1:55:02 > 1:55:06And who knows what 2012-2013 will bring.

1:55:06 > 1:55:09Anything can happen in the greatest league in the world.

1:55:14 > 1:55:15Well, that's it.

1:55:15 > 1:55:18That was The Most Amazing Premier League Moments Of All Time.

1:55:18 > 1:55:24It sure was, Robster, it sure was. We've seen some great goals.

1:55:24 > 1:55:28- Great girls.- And one hell of a great guy.- Cheers, Don.

1:55:28 > 1:55:31- I've been Donovan Daily. - And I've been Robbie Savage.

1:55:31 > 1:55:33And on this journey we've been on, we've not only learned

1:55:33 > 1:55:37a lot about the Premier League, and a lot about football,

1:55:37 > 1:55:41we've learned just a little bit, just a little bit, about ourselves.

1:55:41 > 1:55:44And, as I always say, don't go changing.

1:55:52 > 1:55:53Robbie? Robbie?

1:55:53 > 1:55:57I've, er...I've left my Speedos by the...by the pool there.

1:55:57 > 1:56:00Can you, er, pass them through the letter box?

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