The Football Ramble’s Guide To… the 1999 Champions League final
Football Ramble
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4.6 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Close to 10 years to the day since Sir Alex Ferguson’s final game as manager of Manchester United, we had to look back at the defining game of his career. Or really, the defining two minutes of it.
Marcus Speller, Luke No-friends-at-the-pub Moore and Vithushan Wee Nipper Ehantharajah reminisce about Manchester United’s extraordinary turnaround against Bayern Munich and Ferguson’s role in it all. From the snooker with Jonathan Greening, to distracting a - erm - restless Roy Keane, and *that* iconic post-match interview. The Football Ramble, bloody hell.
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| 0:00.0 | Back alongside his soulmate, white walk in the Manchester United attack, they played brilliantly here for Manchester United against Barcelona. |
| 0:13.0 | Hello everybody and welcome to the Football Ambles Guide 2, I'm Marcus Speller. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Luke Moore and I'm for Lucian Hunter-Arger. |
| 0:21.0 | The defining period of Sir Alex Ferguson's 27-year reign as Manchester United manager may actually only have lasted for about three minutes. |
| 0:30.0 | That's how long it took Teddy sharing them and Ole Gunnar Soulchar to turn certain defeat into immortal victory in the 1999 Champions League final over Bayern Munich in Ferguson's personal realm added time. |
| 0:51.0 | Success at the new camp completed a treble of Premier League FA Cup and Champions League victories that is still yet to be repeated and cemented Ferguson's place among the greats. |
| 1:04.0 | It may have been a dramatic smash and grab but it was years in the making and featured meticulous planning, clever adaptation and exceptional management from Ferguson. |
| 1:14.0 | Nobody will ever, when a European comes final, more dramatically than this. |
| 1:18.0 | We're going to look back on what Clive Tilsley would repeatedly call that magical night in Barcelona featuring David Beckham in central midfield. |
| 1:26.0 | What we believe is his preferred role, they are the midfield. |
| 1:30.0 | Ryan Giggs on the wrong flank and David May. It's the Football Ambles Guide to the 1999 Champions League final. |
| 1:37.0 | Manchester United are the Champions of Europe again. |
| 1:45.0 | Gentlemen, this Friday will mark 10 years since Sir Alex Ferguson's last game in charge of Manchester United. |
| 1:52.0 | That five-all draw with West Bromwich Albion on the 19th of May 2013. |
| 1:58.0 | But we thought we would mark the occasion talking about a different game. |
| 2:02.0 | The 1990 Champions League final. |
| 2:04.0 | I bet you are. |
| 2:05.0 | Possibly not a better game but a more important game. |
| 2:07.0 | A more important game. |
| 2:09.0 | Do you remember where you were, what you did, etc. etc. |
| 2:15.0 | After Manchester United won this game, Vish. |
| 2:18.0 | I was 13, I was very excited and went to bed. |
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