United vs Milan, friendly 1988

Just pinched this from RI, first time I've seen any highlights of that game

http://youtu.be/QhQbveV739E

looks like it's 'nicked' from milan channel and put on youtube to me.

Originally Posted by aardvark

looks like it's 'nicked' from milan channel and put on youtube to me.

So

Originally Posted by aardvark

looks like it's 'nicked' from milan channel and put on youtube to me.

Looks like an open and shut case, lads. Aardvarkers has done it again.

Quality, I remember going to that. I thought it was 4-2 though

Van Basten's dive

Overriding memory is Gullit refusing to wave to the Stretford End, the miserable £#%&!er.

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

Overriding memory is Gullit refusing to wave to the Stretford End, the miserable £#%&!er.

And that they were vastly superior.

State of that £#%&!ing pitch

State of our pitch.

The scoreline was misleading, they took a load of players off and I left with five mins left. That's when we got our goals.

My main regret from that night is never getting to see Van Basten play in the flesh- then it turns out he did play! Absolutely no memory of Van Basten playing that night.

Nice job by the scouse @#%&!s getting us banned for five years.

Originally Posted by Ashley's Grime

State of our pitch.

The scoreline was misleading, they took a load of players off and I left with five mins left. That's when we got our goals.

My main regret from that night is never getting to see Van Basten play in the flesh- then it turns out he did play! Absolutely no memory of Van Basten playing that night.

Nice job by the scouse @#%&!s getting us banned for five years.

I remember their second goal. Though I'd forgotten in til I just saw that. Great FK at the end.

Nowhere near as misleading as our 1-0 win over Red Star

Good enough to beat Barcelona deservedly, but bad enough to get utterly outclassed for most of the game at home to RSB 6 months later - and that Barcelona team went on to cheat its way past Sampdoria and win the last ever European Cup :shakehead:

I was in the scoreboard end for that game, my over riding memory was that it pissed down.

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

Overriding memory is Gullit refusing to wave to the Stretford End, the miserable £#%&!er.

And a variety of songs about his hair being a wig. Maybe he took it badly.

bizarrely I thought we drew 2-2 with them

Originally Posted by elephantstone

bizarrely I thought we drew 2-2 with them

at this point i assume you weren't on any wagon?

the wagon had long left the station straight up I thought we drew 2-2

To think that we actually finished 2nd in the league that season

Goes to show how shite English football was at that time

And the vermin still go on about their 1987 / 88 side as if it was one of the greatest football teams ever. They were a very good side but in a hopelessly mediocre league

The fact that they believe they would have won at least a couple more European Cups is pretty fanciful with that Milan side around at that time along with the great Madrid and Red Star teams of that era

it was a friendly, you cant read too much in to the performance.

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

To think that we actually finished 2nd in the league that season

Goes to show how shite English football was at that time

And the vermin still go on about their 1987 / 88 side as if it was one of the greatest football teams ever. They were a very good side but in a hopelessly mediocre league

The fact that they believe they would have won at least a couple more European Cups is pretty fanciful with that Milan side around at that time along with the great Madrid and Red Star teams of that era

tbf I think they would have won it that season if they'd been in it.

Barnes and Beardsley were virtually unplayable - except by United

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

To think that we actually finished 2nd in the league that season

Goes to show how shite English football was at that time

That team won its last five games and went unbeaten in its last ten.

I was pretty young but as I remember no-one ever seriously thought they could win the league that year and that team isn't remembered particularly fondly, unlike a certain other team that finished runners-up not too long ago.

hard hitting analysis of united's performance and chances in the league for the upcoming 1988/89 season

g2c