[energetic rock music]
- Manchester United, number one in England.
- [Narrator] Manchester United,
arguably one of the biggest and best clubs
the world of football has ever seen.
With such a rich history,
United have changed the way of English football.
- One thing has come over another.
This is extraordinary.
[crowd singing]
- Is there anyone bigger than Sir Alex?
I think what he's basically accomplishing is,
in my opinion, he created the Major League.
- Opportunities like this don't come all the time.
And I said I don't want to sit
at the end of my career i think i can
do this and I can do that.
This is definitely a step in the right direction for me.
- After I went to United, it was perfect.
It's all you wanted as a child.
- [Narrator] With 20 league titles, 12 FA Cups,
five League Cups and 21 FA Community Shields,
Manchester United have done the unthinkable
and holds the record for most league titles
in British sport.
- I think I've reached,
I would probably say accomplished as a young manager.
Came to Manchester, I did Aberdeen
and things like that,
So I won't let it affect my life.
But even with all that, there is satisfaction in doing so.
- [Narrator] Watch the story of Manchester United
when we look deeply at the good times.
- I think '99 can't be beat,
but you have beaten him today.
- [Narrator] The bad one.
- Goodbye.
- Respect.
Sincerely, man.
Respect, respect me.
- [Narrator] And how they became the most iconic team
in the world of football.
This is Manchester United and their Campaign for Glory.
[soft guitar music]
In 1878, Manchester was a thriving industrial city
in the heart of England,
birthplace of railroad manufacturing,
which not only employs thousands of workers,
but helps to give strength to the city,
and also allows them to become an economic power
in English.
It's on the railroad tracks where Manchester United
first formed.
[machine humming]
Originally named Newton Heath
because of their factory location,
their first match against engineering
and maintenance workers in what is classified
as the first Manchester Derby.
But at first, Newton Heath didn't play
in their trademark red kit.
Instead, they wore green and yellow striped shirts
with a black lace tie as pictured here
in one of their first team photos.
Newton Heath finally changed their name
to Manchester United in 1902,
after joining the Football Alliance in 1888,
and moved to their new stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
United went on to win LeagueOne for the first time in 1908.
And again won it in 1911 under management
by Ernest Mangnall.
At the end of World War I,
the football industry is the biggest ever.
Thousands of fans attend the game every week
with teams like Manchester City and Newcastle
selling seats at Wembley Stadium
for the FA Cup final.
Manchester United unfortunately failed to achieve
any success after World War I
and labeled as team yo-yo
because of constant ups and downs
in all football leagues.
In 1939, Britain was at war with Germany once again.
Football is still held as a spirit booster,
but because of the ongoing war effort,
teams across England don't compete
to the same high standards as before.
In 1941, German bombers destroyed Old Trafford
because they aim to take the factory within the city.
Because of that, football stopped at Old Trafford
for another eight years as the focus changes
for the war effort and rebuilding the city.
After the Second World War ended,
Manchester United appointed with new manager.
This manager is the previous player
who has achieved a lot of success
during his playing career for Liverpool,
Scotland national team, and rivals United,
Manchester City, but this manager will carry on
to be the best United have ever had.
That manager is Matt Busby.
- He is the most famous manager for many years.
Probably the most important manager in their history.
He was the one who took them from a worthy club
to be the best in the country.
He could have been Liverpool manager at one stage.
He is a Liverpool player.
There are some Liverpool fans out there and I thought,
that would make a huge difference, wouldn't it?
You know, he's the one who drives a lot
of what became Manchester United.
So, for example, particularly with European competition,
it was he who said I wanted our team to play in Europe.
When, at the time, it wasn't a good thing.
FA, I think the Football League too,
at the same time, don't really want English clubs to play
in the competition and he is the one who
enforce that, and look at the legacy now.
Champions League and of course English clubs
do well in it too.
So it's just one legacy,
and then you play it too,
where, obviously, he had a situation where
he wants to bring in the best young players,
and he wants them to play football, the right way.
And it has continued ever since.
- [Narrator] Entering the 1950s,
Matt Busby introduces the new team line-up
filled with new young players.
This team will be a huge success once again,
and the team was labeled as The Busby Babes.
- Busby, when he came in, he had a philosophy
he likes young players.
He likes them to go out there and play without fear
for fun, they attack more,
and that's the way Manchester United,
he likes them to play, he wants them to play.
It's not necessarily too different
from the other team at the time,
but that's with young players coming through.
And then he had the great, Busby Babes,
which he has a group,
many of them came at the same time,
and that's where he developed a worldwide reputation
because I remember when I was growing up.
My dad is not a Manchester United fan but he said to me
I watched Manchester United play and I watched the Busby Babes.
So even someone who is not a Manchester United fan
and not necessarily football fans,
he was proud of the fact that he had seen the team play,
which says everything about what is being created.
The fact that it's not just for football fans,
only for Manchester United fans.
This is for everyone out there who enjoys what he brings.
- [Narrator] Manchester United belongs to England
first representative in the European Cup.
Busby is very happy with this,
despite being hit by controversy by the FA.
Busby ignores criticism
and determined to bring home the European Cup
and made them European champions.
United lost, lost to Real Madrid in the semifinals
European Cup 1957,
who destroyed the United squad,
but a year later, everything seems to be working
in supporting United when it comes to winning titles.
- Well, they became league champions.
So to have a team when you have so many young players who
represent your club, be successful in the club,
and also be international too,
which says how good their sides are.
A good analogy is if you think about The Beatles.
It was a case of me seeing The Beatles at The Cavern.
I saw Matt Busby's baby at that time.
That was the moment I was there.
Unfortunately, it didn't last long
for a very sad reason.
[serious music]
- [Narrator] While in Yugoslavia, United went on to go
to beat Red Star Belgrade on aggregate 5-4,
allow them to reach the semifinals
for the second year in a row.
Their title hopes look promising.
But on the way from Yugoslavia,
while refueling in Munich,
United squad will face tragedy face
which destroyed English and world football.
[soft music]
- This is Old Trafford and, today,
it is the heart of the city of mourning.
Everyone in Manchester, almost everyone in England,
looking to this land
and inside the staff are busy answering questions,
tell relatives about the long process
of the people injured in the accident.
And the one question that was on everyone's mind was
how is Matt Busby's relationship?
This is the first thing the taxi driver asked me
when I got off the train at the station earlier.
- Manchester United playing in the European Cup
and it was opposed by the authorities.
They don't really want an English club to play there
so Matt Busby and the club said no, we want to play in it.
We want to go there and we want to represent England,
and we want to do well out there.
And they play in this match
and there is a lot of pressure on them to come back
Because there is a schedule on the weekend,
and they have to come back in time,
and aviation wasn't the same as it is now.
You can't have two, three, five, six, seven a day.
At that time, you get one day.
They play a game and they have to get a flight home.
Now, it's in terrible, terrible condition.
Now, I don't know if there's any pressure on the pilot
to say let's start this flight,
but maybe, behind,
which few of us have,
behind, obviously, it can't take off.
But if it doesn't take off and they will stay there
they will be in big trouble
with the authorities that they will not be able
to fulfill their equipment.
And that might be the end
European football for English clubs
because there might be a club
maybe just say that.
We might not want to do this
if we're going to get in trouble for this kind of stuff.
It took off.
Unfortunately, it fell.
It was a terrible moment for the club, the players.
There were a lot of young players who died.
A staff member died.
My uncle, he is a Manchester United fan,
and i remember my dad told me that
he didn't speak for two or three days.
And that's the kind of impact in that case
You have a very attractive team, a very young team, rejected.
Turned down the chance to continue even just that season.
Turned down the chance to continue
and maybe win the European Cup.
Turned down the chance to play for five, 10 years.
And it's devastating.
- [Narrator] Football plans across England
surprised by the news and sent their thoughts
to all relatives of people who have passed away
in disaster.
- [Journalists] How do you feel about this tragedy?
- [Man] Well, too poor for words, really.
I feel like we lost a great sportsman
and very upset.
- The fact that you're not Manchester Man
no difference? - No difference.
They're a good team and I'm very sorry.
- What's your main thought right now?
- Well, I hope they all get better soon and I hope.
Well, I just hope so.
There are no words I can express.
I just hope they unite
and try and forget all about it.
- We must, of course, send a message to the bereaved
to say how sad and sad we are for them,
and send our best wishes to the survivors
and hope they get along
and get back to us in Manchester soon.
- [Narrator] Matt Busby spent months recovering in the hospital.
The doctor originally said his chances of survival
no better than 50-50.
But the whole of England is behind his recovery.
And after two months, Busby returned home.
- They are his...
They are not called darling for the wrong reasons.
They were almost his children.
He developed them and they were like family to him.
So for him to lose it and then have to come back
for, to be honest, it's just football,
must be difficult.
- [Narrator] In 2006, Sir Bobby Charlton,
who survived the disaster, talking about his experience
during and after an accident in an interview
it is very private and rare.
- Well, I just kept my head down.
I think I lowered my head and the next thing I remember
wake up from the plane,
and I sat tied to a chair.
I woke up the next morning and a German read it.
So I've been sleeping for,
I don't know how long they knocked me out.
And that's how I found out who was alive and who was dead.
I never got over it.
I see some relatives from time to time
and I feel a little guilty.
This is our national game.
This is our national match and we are not only
represent Manchester as we go,
we represent the country.
And I think it's worth remembering all.
I wouldn't say remember too much,
but never forget, it's true.
[ solemn music ]
[cheerful rock music]
- [Narrator] The early '60s were difficult for United
because they don't seem to get any success
despite bringing in some big names, such as Dennis Law.
The name Busby Babes was dropped too
because it was deemed inappropriate for the time.
Nickname for team changed
to the Red Devils when the name is seen
as scary when going against other teams.
Despite being 19th in the 1962-1963 season,
United bounced back to beat Leicester City 3-1
to win the FA Cup in the same year.
The following season, United brought in new players
to early 11.
This player was only 17 years old when he made his first team debut
and will become one of United's star players.
This player is George Best,
and with Bobby Charlton and Dennis Law,
become one of the best attacking forces
United have seen it.
Things are getting better for United
when they beat Benfica
in the European Cup final, 4-1,
helped United become the first English team
to win the European Cup.
- The team that Matt Busby built
have three of the best players in the world up front.
If you have one of these, you're in luck.
He has a Northern Ireland international.
He has England internationals.
He has a Scotland international.
And the three teams are blessed
with the fact that they have George Best,
Dennis Law, and Bobby Charlton.
But to have all three in the same team
means they have a team, capable of
beat the best in the world
and they showed it that night when they beat Benfica
extra time in the European Cup final.
All of them came forward.
Everyone played well, scored important goals.
And it's just fantastic attack power
and a fantastic team.
- [Announcer] Bobby Charlton makes it 4-1.
Manchester United did well and really did.
They are the highest football champions in Europe.
Finally, Matt Busby, Manchester United mogul,
have prepared a great enough team to beat Europe's best team.
- [Reporter] It's a great climax
for a beautiful season for you.
- Certainly.
Looks like one thing has happened
over another.
This is extraordinary.
- [Reporter] What's your reaction?
when you heard this news?
- There is a feeling,
Of course, I'm happy and very proud.
I feel that this has happened
by people, good by many people around me
which may be due to more credit than me.
There is my wife and family, my mother.
All football people, teams and players.
And really they have contributed to the position
more than I might have done.
- When your career has reached every new peak,
rumors have come that you will retire.
Are you going to retire this time?
- Yes, I keep hearing this.
I don't feel ready for it.
When my director and the club itself
that's enough of me, I'll probably start considering it.
- [Narrator] After the 1968-69 season,
Busby did go into retirement.
It was the end of an era for the United squad,
and fans praise Busby for the work he has done with United,
won five Division One trophies, two FA Cups,
five FA Charity shields, and one European Cup,
made an incredible 13 career trophies.
However, after a miserable season in 1970-71,
McGuinness, who has taken over the managerial role,
stopped because of the fans and the board
lack of trust in the system.
Busby convinced to come back
and set the team back.
Unfortunately, at this time period
United's relationship with their star player, George Best,
get very hot,
and it seems that Best's interest is in something else
away from United.
- [Journalists] Previously, Sir Matt had watched United
players train at their training ground.
The best should be among them,
but again he failed to show up or send messages.
Sir Matt returned to his office at Old Trafford,
find the director, and hold a press conference.
- [Journalist] Mr. Matt, there's some talk
about George being sick and this has something to do
on the current squad.
Have you heard anything about this effect?
- My friend, I haven't heard anything since Friday.
Since Thursday.
Friday morning, haven't heard anything.
Saturday, Sunday and this morning.
- [Reporter] Actually, you don't know
where is he, Mr. Matt?
- I can't tell you if he's in Manchester,
or whether he's in England or London.
I can't tell you.
I have no contact, he made no contact.
Now as I told you, all of you this morning,
he knows where to find me.
The door was there waiting for him.
I'm not going to look for George Best.
- George Best was probably the first
for the football industry, of course this country,
in a sense he's not just a footballer.
He is a superstar, on and off the pitch.
And unfortunately the trap of being a superstar
caught up with him.
- [Male] This morning the United manager, Frank O'Farrell,
in his confrontation with George Best
have to decide both how much punishment
to share with the star players
and how much Best is needed for the team.
United's surprise is indicative of the fans' way
Best thing, attracting the biggest crowd in English football.
He owns the lion's share of the souvenir market.
- You saw that spotlight roll,
the goals he scored, the chicks he had,
and the throws they play
in those days too, you can imagine
playing on the field today.
He will be Lionel Messi.
And he will have the same
which Lionel Messi now has to protect him.
some of those things,
he didn't have so much protection in those days.
So George Best, the best player in the world at the time,
but maybe the wrong era.
- [Male] The club said that the problem is nothing new
and not involving his girlfriend or his salary.
It is estimated that he decided to ditch
after losing shape and being unable to regain it.
Club officials feel his football concentration
and therefore his chances of returning to the top spot
diverted by its sizable business interests,
Manchester discotheque world leadership
and live constantly in the public eye.
The club feels the accumulation of this problem
causing their most famous players to succumb to the pressure
and tension.
- [Narrator] After some languid performances
from Best in the early 1970s,
and a real lack of respect for training sessions,
Best finally left the squad in 1974
along with Bobby Charlton, who left the year before.
After Busby's brief return,
United went through a rollercoaster season,
find themselves through manager after manager.
Tommy Docherty takes over after Busby
and saw United relegated for the first time in 36 years.
Dave Sexton quickly took over from Docherty,
but again, failed to achieve any form of success.
- Every time the top person leaves any kind of organization
maybe in a football club of course,
there is always a period where it will be different
and when you have someone who is very, very successful,
very rarely the next person who enters
can match that success.
In recent years, you may have had it
in Barcelona or Real Madrid, Bayern Munich,
Manchester City maybe too.
But in those days it was very rare.
Liverpool, they did.
But other clubs weren't at the time.
So replacing Matt Busby, that's a job you don't want.
You kind of want to be the person after that person.
But unfortunately they, from their point of view,
they never got it back.
Well, not for years they got it back.
And had a big slump
where they actually dropped out of the top division,
which, for a club as big as Manchester United, is,
shouldn't be heard.
- [Narrator] United finally chose Ron Atkinson
in 1981, who has established himself with West Bromwich Albion
the last few seasons.
Atkinson revived the United team.
They play attractive football again,
and their new players like Bryan Robson,
who went on to become United's longest-serving captain,
become a club legend.
In Atkinson's second season with the club,
United went on to win the FA Cup,
the first trophy the club won in six years.
He then won it the following season,
allowed Atkinson to win the respect of United fans.
But sadly this was short lived as Atkinson
found himself fired in 1986
after almost getting United relegated
because of some terrible seasons.
After Atkinson's sacking, United are looking for
for experienced managers to help United
back to the top of the league.
It didn't take long for them to distract themselves
to the highly successful Scottish manager, Alex Ferguson.
- Alex Ferguson, when he came to Manchester United,
is the winner.
In Scotland, since the 1960s, only two clubs have ever
won the First Division in Scotland
apart from Celtic and Rangers.
Dundee United did it once,
Aberdeen did it three times, all under Ferguson.
They won the cup their four times.
They won the European Cup Winners' Cup.
So to have a manager come to the club,
which is not one of the big two, and dominates,
for several years, six, seven, eight years,
to dominate that division, that's the winner.
But it was also successful in Europe too,
which for the Scottish team, Celtic did it, Rangers did it,
but for Aberdeen to get into the final of the European Cup Winners
and beat Real Madrid, Aberdeen.
That said it was a man who could do it on the domestic stage
and on the world stage,
and that's what Manchester United need.
- [Narrator] Despite Alex Ferguson's legacy with United,
the first few seasons were not positive
a little bit.
Ferguson stated after he nearly lost his job in 1989,
that it was the darkest day of her life,
but with board support into the 1990s,
Ferguson would change the team completely.
And in the 1992-93 season,
went on to win his first Premier League title.
First league trophy in over 26 years.
- The happiest day of my life, the happiest day of my life.
- I've waited 26 years to watch United win the title.
To be able to celebrate it at home, that's great.
Felt really amazing.
- It's going to be a great party!
[crowd singing]
- There are many moments where things can change,
it could have been different, and some of those moments,
one of them happened last season
before the Premier League where Manchester United
go for the league with Leeds,
and probably could and should have won it.
They were the better team all season,
but Leeds almost held them back.
There's a game against Liverpool,
that Man United fans will remember,
where they lost 2-0 and Liverpool fans
singing You Will Never Win The League.
I think they regret it.
- [Narrator] United are amazingly following this
by winning the league again.
First time they won the second title in a row
since 1957.
They also won the FA Cup in the same year,
making it the club's first double
in the history of the club.
Ferguson branded as club legend
only five years after he was branded a failure.
But fans also attribute this win
to one of their latest bargain signings
from league winners, Leeds United.
The player will be known to fans as King Eric Cantona.
- At the start of the first season of the Premier League,
Leeds United are champions with Harold Wilkinson,
and he called Ferguson,
interested in signing Denis Irwin,
full-back for Manchester United,
and during that conversation, Ferguson said,
"What about Eric Cantona, is he available?"
And it was the first contact between the two clubs
and finally he signed and the price was cheap.
Got him, I think it's less than a million pounds.
But it wasn't Manchester United who initiated it.
It was actually the Leeds manager
who was the first to call.
So it's an important moment.
What will happen if Wilkinson doesn't do it
call them?
It could be a completely different story.
- [Narrator] Unfortunately, in 1995, Cantona got into a wide range
league problems after him
attacking Crystal Palace supporters
after being sent off during their match.
- [Announcer] Oh, what's going on here?
Cantona was involved with several supporters.
Oh, this is outrageous.
- He was doubted by Manchester United.
He lost money, he lost captain of the French team,
and he suffered a fine that was double the maximum amount,
that he could face in a court case.
- Cantona was a huge influence in that dressing room.
Specifically, through those first four or five years
where they didn't win it.
They have someone who has won it with Leeds,
so you already have a winner in the squad.
I think towards the end of his career,
it gets to the stage where you have players
in the locker room who is now a winner.
So the effect is not that important,
so because it's not too much loss
that he left.
If he left early,
then I thought it would be a big loss,
but since you have Bruces, Pallisters,
that kind of character, where, you know, the winner.
They won't let that happen to their football club,
the fact that only one player remains.
And, of course, you have Ferguson who is the winner
in Scotland and is now a winner in England.
And the way he deals with all the players,
all scenarios, he made sure that he was the one in charge.
- [Narrator] Despite the setbacks,
United went on to win the league once again,
even with their top scorer out of the squad.
In the mid 90's, many United fans took notice
that with the great season recently,
Ferguson fits Matt Busby's style
by bringing in some iconic young players.
These young players will continue to form one
of the strongest squad the world of football has ever seen.
- One of the most important things
for Manchester United for many years
has developed young players.
They did it with baby Busby.
They did it to a lesser extent in the 70s.
In the 1980s, they had Norman Whiteside
who arrived at the age of 17 years.
He played in two World Cups at the age of 22.
So you have players who always come,
and something Ferguson really wanted to do.
He is lucky in a sense
that he got it all at once.
He has Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Giggs, Neville brothers.
It might never happen again you have
that many high quality players, high quality young players,
come together.
But they need to be taken care of
because it could be wrong.
Giggs was the first.
Giggs is the first
and Ferguson was very, very clever with him.
He had seen what happened to George Best
and he wants to make sure, we'll take care of you,
and become one of their best players ever.
The others you have.
You have Paul Scholes who is the complete opposite
from David Beckham in a sense
from not wanting any media spotlight,
but likes to play football.
Very excited.
Tack in midfield but quality also on the ball,
and he uses it very cleverly.
Sometimes he can play up front,
sometimes he can play in midfield.
Sometimes he can be law enforcement.
Then you have the Neville brothers.
Gary Neville after about 20 odd games with Manchester United
was on the England team.
So so good not only Manchester United
he thought, but also the English team.
And actually his brother, pretty quickly,
many people thought he would be better than Gary.
It didn't work like that,
but he also had a fantastic career with Manchester,
and to a lesser extent with Everton.
And Nicky Butt too
who may be lower than all of them,
maybe because he had Roy Keane in front of him.
But Nicky Butt is very important
in the European Champions League final Champions
because neither Scholes nor Keane are available
so Butt must be there,
and he should be the one to do that midfield,
he looks for it in midfield.
So he played a big role in their success.
- [Narrator] After returning from Preston North End in 1996,
David Beckham went on to become one of the best young players
at the same time become a club
and an all-around soccer legend.
But with his extraordinary skill, there appeared endless media
the attention and fame that once plagued George Best
back in the late 1960s.
[cool music]
- David Beckham, as a Manchester United player,
is probably the best ball crosser
in European football, maybe in the world, football,
and he was very important for that Man United team.
He works hard, he scores goals, he sets goals.
He has a great relationship with Gary Neville
down on the right side,
both for United and also for England.
So you have one of the best players in Europe in that team.
And you have people like Scholes.
You got Cole upfront, York,
and he will give purpose to them.
It's no coincidence when everything goes
slightly pear-shaped with Manchester United
and then he left, the team that bought him was Real Madrid.
Now Real Madrid may have bought him half
for his media personality and what he can bring
let alone selling t-shirts.
But when he actually got into that team,
who takes the free kick?
David Beckham takes a free kick.
When you have a team that has Roberto Carlos,
Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham still
take a free kick.
Even Real Madrid know he is a pretty good player.
- [Narrator] United continued to win titles during the 90s.
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In 1996, they became the first English club
won the double title for the second time.
By 1997, they had also won the league four times
under Ferguson's management.
[players cheering]
But entering the 1998-99 season,
United's youth squad thirsts for more,
and clearly visible after the first few matches
that it will be an unforgettable season for United.
- There was one important moment throughout the season,
which may be overlooked
just based on what's happened since then,
but Ferguson brought a coach
Christmas roundabout, New Year period
by the name of Steve McLaren, and, you know, a good coach.
He came from Derby.
Since then, Manchester United have never lost
for the rest of the season.
So it's not a coincidence.
Ferguson likes to do coaching,
but he also likes refreshing
and get different people in.
Get a different idea and it worked that season.
He got someone, fresh ideas,
and the momentum that has built up since then.
Through the FA Cup, preliminary round,
defend the Premier League title.
It was them and Arsenal for the Premier League,
along the way.
And it hits and goes, it's very, very tight.
Same with them in the FA Cup.
Arsenal are still in the FA Cup.
Champions League...
Same top quality measure they use too.
So there's a three-way attack,
trying to win three trophies,
which no one had ever done before.
Liverpool have done it with the League Cup,
but not with the FA Cup so you got something,
which has never been done before.
And there are some matches in it that are turning points.
One, the FA Cup semifinals.
Two minutes remaining, the score 1-1.
FA Cup semi-final replay, 1-1, minutes away.
It has dropped to 10 people.
Manchester United with Keane sent off.
Penalty, most likely, goals in, end of game.
Arsenal qualified for the FA Cup final,
maybe win the FA cup,
and that might affect what happens
with Manchester United in the league.
Schmeichel saves penalty, into extra time,
and Giggs scored the goal of the century.
And showing off his hairy chest.
- [Announcer] Go back to him.
It's been a great run for Giggs!
Sensational goal for Ryan Giggs
in the second half of extra time.
He cut Arsenal into ribbons and a team of 10
again winning 2-1.
- That night, Manchester United knew, right,
realistically we will probably win that one.
Let's concentrate on the other two.
But they have to do it anyway because it's Saturday-Tuesday,
Saturday-Tuesday, Saturday-Wednesday, like that,
throughout, pretty much from Christmas onwards.
So they need the squad and suspension come in,
for all competitions.
So injured players, missing from the game,
somehow they did it.
- [Narrator] United win the league once again,
and also won the FA Cup against Newcastle United.
But Ferguson doesn't want to stop there
as the only achievement he hasn't got
is to win the Champions League.
With this title, Ferguson will match Busby's record
and would become United's most successful manager.
But in the 1999 final, they had to face off
against an almost unbeaten Bayern Munich
in what would become the clash of the titans.
- Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
First time Manchester United
have been in the European finals for years.
And a young squad.
Losing two important players in Scholes and Keane.
One that fell very early.
Schmeichel has been a fantastic player
all season,
possible error there, free fast.
Go one way, the ball goes to where he is standing.
And then, as the game progresses,
Bayern Munich is absolutely fantastic.
Hit the post, hit the bar, create chances.
And when that happens, you just think
is it still 1-0?
And they must think so too,
"Is it still only 1-0?"
So if we can get that goal it will be extra time.
And they did it with one more minute.
- [Announcer] They have that one too.
Giggs plans it back and Sheringham
have a reason for Manchester United!
Can you believe this?
- 50 seconds later, it's not 1-1, it's 2-1,
and Manchester United suddenly have
won the Champions League trophy.
The Champions League trophy they won
has a Bayern Munich ribbon on it
because they don't have enough time
to take off the tape to put Manchester United there.
That's how crazy.
- [Narrator] Even though United have a very young age
and an inexperienced team, thanks to a last-minute goal
by Ole Gunnar Solskjfr,
Manchester United has made history
and became the first club in English history
to win the Premier League, FA Cup,
and the Champions League all in one season.
- [Announcer] Beckham to rock this one again.
Sheringham pack it, Solskjfr with a goal
for Manchester United!
[crowd cheering]
- Ferguson United have done the unthinkable.
He was also once the most successful manager in the sport.
- [Journalists] Well, Alex, lots of congratulations.
Have you drowned yet?
- It's now.
I'm fine after the match because I can't believe it
and when I came back to town, saw my family,
and I can enjoy it.
- [Reporter] Now is this a success
mean to you personally?
- I think I've reached.
I mean, I'd probably say that I did excel as a young manager,
come to Manchester.
I do Aberdeen and stuff like that.
So I won't let it affect my life.
But he will see that there
is fulfillment in doing so.
[crowd cheering]
[hip hop music]
- [Narrator] Moves to the 2000s,
United are on top of the world
thank you for the motivation to win the first one
triple in English football.
They went on to win the Premier League
in 2000, 2001 and 2003.
But, unfortunately, around this time,
the relationship between Beckham and United
on strike, and on July 1, 2003,
Beckham sold to Real Madrid
for a fee of 33.7 million pounds.
- I have joined a club which is a big club.
If I was going to leave Manchester United
every moment of my career,
then joining a big club like Real Madrid is a dream.
I think I will miss the fans
and the players who grew up with me
because I already value the players
at Manchester United as my family,
and I have a lot of very special friends there,
lots of special people.
Everyone was so nice to me in Manchester
and took care of me for 13 years.
Obviously I'm sad to leave them,
but I joined Real Madrid and that, for me,
just as interesting to be honest.
- [Narrator] With Beckham gone,
Ferguson needed a new number seven.
In a pre-season friendly between United and Sporting Lisbon,
his prayers were answered as he proceeded to sign
what would become one of the greatest football players ever,
Cristiano Ronaldo.
- The story at halftime
Manchester United players have
given a walk by this kid
that they know almost nothing about,
such that they walk in the locker room ruang
at half-time and said to the Manchester United manager,
Alex Ferguson, you have to recruit this kid.
John O'Shea, experienced Manchester United defender,
twisted inside and out in the first 45 minutes by Ronaldo,
an outstanding performance.
And the story goes that Alex Ferguson
climbed into United's kit man, told him to find Peter Kenyon,
club chief executive,
and immediately negotiate with Sporting
during the second half to ensure that Manchester United
can sign this child before anyone else does.
Actually, Ronaldo has been touting himself a bit
to Liverpool.
He said how thrilling it was, how honorable it was
to be involved in such a club with such a tradition.
Arsenal have met with his agent.
But Alex Ferguson, at the words of his players,
ensure that in the second 45 minutes
from this exhibition match that they pretty much have Ronaldo
at the final whistle.
- So Alex Ferguson said,
"Cristiano, I want you to come to Manchester United.
"You will play 50% of the game."
Made me feel good and I said wow.
18 years to play 50% of the game.
For me, it's hard to believe.
This is why I, you know.
I made that decision because of course George helped me
to take that decision.
And, of course, a final word from Sir Alex Ferguson
was the key to signing for Manchester United.
- [Narrator] Ronaldo thrived during his time at United
and became the top scorer season after season.
2005 saw United under a lot of reaction
because the club will be bought
by US tycoon and NFL owner Malcolm Glazer.
This deal means that the Glazers own 75% of the club,
take all the fans say in the club management.
This deal sparked a lot of anger
by fans who want Glazer to come out soon.
[singing fans]
- Not for sale!
- [Together] We're not for sale!
We are not for sale, we are not for sale!
- There has been a change of ownership at Manchester United
and changes in philosophy because it is considered
that the club back then, any money made,
will only go to shareholders
as opposed to returning to the club.
There was a lot of reaction against Manchester United,
and it never stops, to be fair.
But the irony is actually
made Ferguson's life a little easier
Because he didn't have to deal with so many people.
He really would only deal with a few families.
And they keep winning the league.
The first three years after the takeover,
they won league one, two, three years by running.
So it's very, very difficult for United fans
to really succeed, I mean,
when your team succeeds on the playing field.
And Ferguson is still there.
If Ferguson leaves, it will happen
be a different matter because they could be
blamed the Glazers for Ferguson's departure.
But, he didn't, he stayed and they kept on doing it
what Manchester United do,
and that is winning trophies and being,
not only that, the best team in Europe too.
- [Narrator] Even though the protests continue
regarding club ownership,
United go on to sign some pretty big names,
and in 2006, went on to sign a young striker
and Everton prodigy Wayne Rooney.
[cool music]
- Wayne Rooney's strength is that he can score goals,
he's skilled, he's tough.
He can make a tackle or two.
Very strong, especially for his age.
He took some wounds, but in general
he was injury free for much of that time.
You feel it from a British point of view
because all the burden is on him
to try and save which is pretty ordinary British time
post-Gerrard and Lampard,
he was the one who should beat England.
But for Manchester United, he fits perfectly
because he is not everything, the end of everything for Manchester United.
There are a lot of good players around him.
But he is the type, he and Ronaldo...
If you put two people on Ronaldo, Rooney will score
and vice versa, so he's perfect,
their partner together.
- [Narrator] United win the league once again
in 2007 and 2008.
But Ferguson didn't want to stop there and wanted glory
to win the Champions League once again.
But to achieve this, they must defeat their British rivals
and the biggest competitor, Avram Grant Chelsea.
- Back then, Manchester United was
overhaul Liverpool's domestic title record
in the Premier League,
and of course the great rivalry between the two clubs
demanding that they win the European Cup
and try and close the gap between Manchester United
and Liverpool in terms of the European Cup
and a Champions League win.
So this is a real focus for Alex Ferguson.
They haven't won the Champions League since 1999.
And, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo is very, very aware
that you will never be seen
as one of the great players in the world
if you don't win the Champions League.
So the game itself, two sides who know each other well.
Ronaldo probably couldn't help but break the deadlock,
put Manchester United in front,
but Chelsea were strong and Frank Lampard equalised,
and there's almost nothing to choose from
between the two sides.
And it continued until late into the penalty shootout
where Manchester United finally came out as champions.
Ronaldo can celebrate being a Champions League winner,
but Ronaldo is the only Manchester United player
to miss from the penalty spot in the final,
which might dampen the night to some extent.
- [Announcer] He kept it!
Some things are just meant to be.
The man who can't stop scoring goals all season
stop in the middle of the journey
and Petr Cech threw him out.
- But he finally has that Champions League Winner medal
and Manchester United have the trophy
for the first time in almost a decade.
- In my opinion, I played well in the game
and I scored, and I missed the penalty.
I feel, well, the bad day of my life.
Worst day of my life. - Worst day of your life.
- Oh Lord.
But the players did a great job.
- [Journalists] Is this your best team?
- I think it will be their best team, huh.
I mean, it's an achievement, a fantastic achievement.
Great team, great team.
- And what about another European Cup for Manchester United?
- Fantastic, oh, we deserve it.
- [Narrator] United have done it again
and won their fifth double under Ferguson.
Unfortunately, once again, Ronaldo is one of them
of the biggest talking points about Manchester United.
Ferguson shows his irritation inside
press conference because of this constant media talk.
- Can someone bring us a violin case?
- Hah? - I didn't mention that.
OK, the problem is solved now.
He's a Manchester United player, that's over.
- [Male] So, do you want
say nothing about-- - It's done.
- Christian situation. - Yes, it's done.
He's here.
He will be a player here next season, believe me.
- [Narrator] But on July 1, 2009,
Cristiano Ronaldo is following in the footsteps of David Beckham
and joined Real Madrid for a fee of 84.6 million pounds,
become the most expensive player in the sport.
Ronaldo's recent defeat didn't stop United
from achieving success.
- Thanks to their loyal players,
such as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville,
and Rio Ferdinand, they proceed to
won the league again in 2011,
helped them to surpass Liverpool's domestic title win
record and become the top team in England
with 19 Premier League trophies.
Ferguson is also the most decorated manager
in their history with 12 Premier League titles,
two Champions League wins, and four FA Cups.
It was the pinnacle of their success,
and I don't think there's anything wrong with United.
- Rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool
has been around for years.
When I grew up, it was called Clash of the Titans
or Clash of the Giants and that's when Liverpool
this is by far the best side,
and Manchester United for a long time
not even the second best team,
but it's always the game you want to watch.
It was the one that meant the most, even over Derby.
You know, Manchester against Man City
or Liverpool against Everton.
Still Manchester United-Liverpoolpool pertandingan
still a big one.
Then there is the comment made by Kenny Dalglish
and others to Ferguson and when they said that
Man United have 10, 12 titles less.
So you can get away with saying it.
It's okay, they'll never go after him.
Well, they did, pretty quickly.
Yes, it means a lot to match them
then go one more of them,
and say we've won more league titles than you.
Liverpool will turn around and say
we have won more European Cups and more trophies,
but ask the Liverpool players what is most important.
Win the domestic league.
Same with Manchester United players,
and the same with the manager.
- [Narrator] In the 2012-2013 season,
United went on to win their 20th title
thanks to a new wave of players,
like Robin van Persie, who helped boost their success.
Towards the end of the season,
United fans and press shocked
with the announcement made by Ferguson.
[fine music]
- Ferguson had previously announced that he would be retiring
and he did it in the middle of the season,
and said at the end of next season I would retire.
And when they enter that season,
he feels he lost his players
because why play for this manager
because he's leaving at the end of the season,
and they did very badly that year.
But he relented, deciding, no, I would stay.
So a second time, he'll make sure, right,
I won't announce anything until we win the league.
Now at that moment, Manchester City has arrived.
Suddenly they weren't just noisy neighbors.
They are a team to beat.
Ferguson wants to make sure he doesn't end
in a season where they didn't win.
So during what turned out to be his final season,
nobody really knew at the time, but that's the thing,
he made sure that his team won the league that season.
And immediately after that it must be mathematically
then he announced that he would be
go at the end of the season.
Is that a bomb?
Maybe not that surprising
only on the basis that he had done it before.
And on the back of winning the league,
seems like the right time.
But it's a bomb in a sense
Now we really have to find a replacement.
And it proved very difficult.
- [Narrator] Alex Ferguson has retired from the club.
It was the end of a glorious era
when they say goodbye to their longest-serving manager
which has led them to become the best team in the world.
Behind this departure,
United are looking for their new manager.
Rumors speculated some big names.
And the media turned the search into a big guessing game.
With Pep Guardiola and Mourinho out of the question,
one manager will stay.
That manager will be the former Everton manager,
David Moyes.
- Alex Ferguson didn't make many, if any, mistakes
while at Manchester United,
but he made an important one right at the end.
And that doesn't necessarily support David Moyes
like supporting it with a board,
but in public he doesn't support it
when he did his speech for his last game at home.
He was standing in the field and he said,
"Just remember, when things didn't go well for me
"On the field of play, we are supported, I am supported.
"You will support your new manager."
And it sends a mentality, the message to the fans is that
new manager. You're going to be trash.
You have to support him.
- When times are hard here, the club stands by me
all my staff stood beside me, the players stood beside me.
Your job now is to accompany your new manager.
[cheering]
- I can't imagine him doing that if he were Pep.
If it's Klopp, if it's Ancelotti,
if it's Mourinho.
He would never say such a message
in public, and that's the message we're getting.
It's almost like giving David Moyes,
it's my ship, and when you ship it
in the distance you just send a quick message
for everyone in it, by the way, it will sink.
And guess what happened?
Everyone on the ship panicked.
- [Narrator] Moyes wins the FA Community Shield
in his first official game with United,
beat Wiggan Athletic 2-0.
But in one season at the club
only managed to take them to seventh in the league.
After 10 months in charge, Moyes was dismissed.
He is the manager with the shortest tenure in United history
with former players like Dennis Law and David Beckham
stated he deserved more time.
- A frustrating season, I think, for everyone.
You know, you win together and lose together.
Like I said, these four remaining matches
I want to bring some positives back.
I want to put a smile on the face.
We have three home games at Old Trafford
where our form is not good yet.
I want to see goals, I want to see tackles.
I want to see players take players.
I want to make a lot of people
and I want the passion to come
by becoming a Manchester United player.
- [Narrator] Ryan Giggs becomes interim manager
for the last four games of the season,
but failed to impress the board.
Entering the 2014-15 season,
United seem to have signed a very experienced manager
which can take the club forward in new directions.
The new manager is Louis van Gaal
who has an outstanding track record of success
with other European clubs.
- [Journalists] I think we expected
to hear that van Gaal will be appointed.
Is he the right man for Old Trafford?
- I mean, you hope so, again, only time will tell.
I think David Moyes is a good choice.
You feel he should have had more time.
But van Gaal is, obviously, a very experienced manager.
Outside the big clubs, Bayern and Barcelona.
He has been involved in the national team before.
Yes, I think he is class, he will come and do business.
- [Journalists] They say that he is quite disciplined.
Is that what the club needs right now you think?
- Maybe so, but a different manager
will have different styles and different character traits.
Yes, I've heard that before.
He is quite strict when it comes to punctuality
and things like that, but listen.
If you can't be on time for work
something is drastically wrong.
So hopefully he comes in
and United gave him all the backing he needed.
And hopefully he will get more time
from David Moyes is given.
- Unfortunately, once again,
this role was unsuccessful and short-lived.
At the end of Van Gaal's United career,
the press conference is heating up
because the pressure weighs on his work,
leads to Van Gaal walking out on some of them.
- Is there anyone in this room
no feelings to apologize to me?
No one has that feeling?
I wish you a Merry Christmas
and maybe also Happy New Year when I see you,
and enjoy the wine and the big fire, goodbye.
- [Male] Louis, you don't take questions from the media?
- Not.
- [Narrator] Van Gaal is given more time than David Moyce,
but in May 2016, Van Gaal announced his retirement
from football, two days after winning the FA cup.
Once again, United have to find a new manager.
Fortunately, after the sacking of Jose Mourinho
at Chelsea in the same season,
United had an open target and approached him for the role.
Despite the long rivalry between United and Chelsea,
faced him several times in the Ferguson years,
Mourinho joined United on 27 May 2016.
- I think with Jose Mourinho, everything is interesting with him
good or bad, there's always a story,
there's always fun.
United fans will love it.
- [Narrator] Under Mourinho, things seem to be getting better
with United rising to the top of the league.
Mourinho also helped United to continue
to win the Europa League
and the English Football League Cup in the same year,
got United doubled to add to their collection.
After a phenomenal first season,
Mourinho United started slipping once again.
In the 2017-2018 season, they finished second,
18 points behind their nearest rivals Manchester City.
They also failed to get silver
in one of the other competitions they entered.
- I'm very, very happy with the cast
that I have in the field.
With their attitude, with their effort, I'm more than happy.
I'm more than happy, and because I'm more than happy,
I bear the responsibility of defeat,
and I want them to eat behind me.
They really give everything.
- [Narrator] Next season,
the pressure is mounting on Mourinho once again.
Inconsistency weighs on the club once again,
and the media focused on why Mourinho
failed as a manager.
In constant struggle with the press,
Mourinho finally lashes out at a journalist
in the post-match conference after losing 3-0
to Tottenham at Old Trafford.
- No, just to finish, do you know what the result was?
3-0.
3-0, do you know what this means?
3-0, but also means 3 major championships
and I won more premiere titles alone
of the other 19 managers together.
Three for me and two for them.
- Just one second. - Respect.
Honor.
Respect, dear, respect, respect.
Sincerely, man.
- [Narrator] A few months later,
Mourinho sacked from United,
and it goes back to the drawing board once again.
At the start of the 2018-2019 season,
United are struggling to find anyone
for management roles.
In an act to raise morale for the players and the fans,
the board appoints former players and club legends,
Ole Gunnar Solskjfr, in interim management role.
But with his appointment, United's results have grown
as they win game after game.
Within a few months,
United's board hires Ole as their new manager.
- I didn't even see Ole's announcement coming.
It was such a big surprise that they chose him.
I think they will go elsewhere.
Some ex-players who had bigger clubs,
who have been at clubs from other parts of Europe.
That's kind of a smart move
because Ole worked with Pogba,
he worked with Lingard when they were in reserve,
and they have a lot of respect for Ole.
Everyone respects Ole a lot.
The potential as a coach is very, very early.
It was clear that he would be a very good coach.
- Looking back is a wonderful thing, isn't it?
We all want to have it.
We kind of forgot that when Ole came in,
Ole Gunnar Solskjfr comes in at first
as interim manager, the results [blowing]
straight away, for a good period of time.
It's not one or two games, it's more than 15 games.
They won 12 or something like that out of 15 games.
He will be a brave boy to go,
no, we're not going there, we're going somewhere else
because he will be crucified.
'Cause they're leaving, well, what's up?
What else can he do?
But once he is given a job, then go it
[slowly blows],
now why is that?
It has to be a bit of a mentality to the players.
I didn't imagine for a second
that Solskjfr will change.
He will still do the same thing he does
do for the first 15 games.
But my mentality is playing for interim manager,
all right, let's get it, yeah.
I'll work for you, work for you, work for you,
and then suddenly you were placed full time
that, alright, alright, alright,
I don't know if it won't work for you
for two, three years.
And the personnel changed a bit,
and he has to change it a lot
because the policy of bringing in new players is also the same.
It's dangerous because of that.
We're talking about Busby Babes.
You're talking about Class '92.
They are quality and quality players.
Really, really good, young players.
But they also have some senior players around them.
I don't see too many senior players
around Manchester United players
in Ole Gunnar Solskjfr's squad
except Pogba,
Mata, towards the end of his career.
And some others are those people
which gets slabbed more than anything.
Phil Jones, Lukaku's left.
So there's no balance there and that, is that a mistake?
- [Narrator] Until now, Ole is still behind the wheel
and continue to build a new United youth team.
With the same mentality as Ferguson and Busby,
Ole looks like he's trying to encourage young players
to see their true potential.
And even though they're not what they used to be
in their heyday, maybe in the near future
United can develop into a legendary team
as they did in the early 1990s.
- You have to be patient.
You have to know that to build a team
and rebuilding that squad will take time.
I won't ask for too much time
because as a manager you are always under pressure
to get immediate results.
Or maybe not the result, but maybe as we want
play soccer so I hope our way
approaching the game now, fans will see what we try
do and the results will come.
- Results are still not consistent
but the performance is getting better
so we can see where we're headed
and obviously there are a lot of young players in the squad
and in starting 11 so we kind of learn
as time goes on, but you know hopefully we can.
This is the first time we have won in a row
in the league so hopefully it can start something
for us and we can get used to getting results
and do.
[cheerful music]
- [Narrator] United is a long time
and the rich history behind them.
They are still at this point in the Premier League
top winning team.
They have also become one of the biggest brands
in the industry, selling millions of merchandise
around the world.
With more than 650 million fans worldwide,
it's not hard to see why Manchester United
is a recognizable image known everywhere.
- They will always be there or around and their size.
You can't pick a number and say
throw stats out there.
The richest club in the world this year is Real Madrid
and last year was Manchester United.
Go somewhere in Thailand and whatever
and walk up to someone and say
Which football team do you know, and they'll soon find out,
Man United will be one of the first they say.
- [Narrator] With a statue of Matt Busby,
Alex Ferguson, and the Munich Air Disaster
Memorial Clock, United's history will always be remembered
whatever happens to them
on the field for several seasons.
Everyone will always know the name of the team, Manchester United,
and will always know their hard struggle campaign
and how they attained their glory.