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Return from International Break
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the daily Manchester United podcast. My name is Niall Hannigan and I'm back with Carmich Dooley. Carmich, how are you getting on?
00:00:18
Cormac
Yeah, not too well. Good to be on again. It's been a little while.
00:00:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
It has, yeah, and it's um yeah it's a slow couple
Irish Football Triumphs
00:00:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
of weeks. This international break is tough going, isn't it?
00:00:26
Cormac
Ah, it is. I know. I know. Club football may be a little bit good frost for us, but I suppose we were kind of on a good run. So it was exciting to see before the break. Hopefully the lads can keep it going into the next. But yeah, and all no one seems to be really a fan of the international break at all.
00:00:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's um slow slow news. I think Perk here was trying to come up with an episode there this week of doing live updates of the match, but it's difficult when it's a pre-recorded podcast.
00:00:50
Cormac
a
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But good week for us with the Irish team anyway.
Wildcard Wednesday Introduction
00:00:58
Cormac
yeah no beating Bulgaria and I know it was good to see finally win away it was a s slow enough start under Hal Grimson but no and then you have all the the young lads Ferguson scoring Adam Ida yeah I know it's two good legs winning Bulgaria as well so yeah know it's great stuff I think that's
00:01:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:18
Cormac
five sessions in a row he's been in the nation league longest one running so no good stuff
00:01:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah. I was pretty shocked that we actually happened to get a few points on the board or actually won matches um but when the when the backs were against the wall. But anyway, and enough of the Irish conversation. um we'll We'll go back and we'll focus on on United.
2008 UCL Final Reminiscence
00:01:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we have a bit of a wildcard Wednesday. were... racking our brains trying to come up with something and we've decided to look back at some of the games some of the our favorite games as a united fan over the past few years and uh yeah i think dating back to our childhoods as well trying to trying to define the most important games but we have a bit of a list um and we'll do it in in no particular order we'll kind of leave it to yourselves to figure out what you think is is the best match and in in our lifetime, I suppose. But the first one, which was probably the first one that came to both of our heads, Cormac, was the the final in Moscow in 08. I mean, incredible stuff as a kid.
00:02:20
Cormac
Oh, absolutely. in order That's one of the matches that really sticks out for me. you know I remember watched the first half in the playroom on the little bats TV and then um you know i went and watched the second half extra time in the living room on the big TV and what a match. you know I vividly remember Wes Brown crossing that ball in Ronaldo like what a header.
00:02:40
Cormac
And then, yeah, Lampard scoring for them. Unfortunately, Van der Sarge slipped and you know we created the better chances. you know I just couldn't win in full time and then You know, i was a bit nervous.
00:02:50
Cormac
But then that Drogba... I'll never forget that Drogba slap on Vidic getting the the red card right before the pen's.
00:02:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:02:56
Cormac
was a bit crazy. um But no, what a match. Like, I even remember... um When Ronaldo missed, my heart just sunk. and then When Terry stepped up, actually ran behind the couch and just hid. I couldn couldn't bear to watch.
00:03:10
Cormac
and I just hear the commentator saying he slipped and missed it. and i yeah and then The United boys are going, I think Enelka missed the final penalty then. and just With the rain coming down in Moscow and Ronaldo on the pitch in tears, it was just pure cinematic. It was...
00:03:26
Cormac
ah Definitely, I think my favourite match in my lifetime watching, just winning Champions League, you know, no bigger trophy. And yeah, it was just, those days I wish could get them back.
Carmich's Liverpool Dislike
00:03:37
Cormac
and
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, it was unbelievable.
00:03:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
um i I was scared as well a couple of years before that for the Liverpool-AC Milan game in Istanbul. um My dad made a promise that if AC Milan won the game, I'd get an AC Milan jersey.
00:03:53
Cormac
The origins, yeah.
00:03:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I was... buzzing at halftime and then I started running down around the house bawling my eyes out after Liverpool came back so if anyone has ah has any hatred for Liverpool this is what it stems from like for me he's so
00:04:06
Cormac
yeah the origins ah
00:04:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it was and it was great to come out the right end of it. But yeah, like you said, like the emotions were unbelievable.
Manchester United's Golden Era
00:04:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
like you know You have Ronaldo going from hero, which could have been an absolute disaster.
00:04:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um incredible Incredible team that was as well. like we We always kind of go back to that forward line that they had and just a multitude of options. But and it was just like probably my favorite era of United like in terms of the...
00:04:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
the amount of players that they had, like it's kind of the first names that would come into your head when you're actually reeling off some of the best players that you've seen play for the club. um But yeah, the drama was just unbelievable.
00:04:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
And some of the penalties as well, like, I mean, was it Anderson's penalty that was like absolutely ridiculous?
00:04:52
Cormac
Yeah, and he put a top corner, I think. and I think Owen Hargreaves had a brilliant pen as well.
00:04:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, yeah.
00:04:57
Cormac
um Yeah, no, just the the quality the pen taken. I think we had, like, Giggs on 7th, and he hit a fine one.
00:05:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's madness.
00:05:04
Cormac
Like, it just the quality out there was just unbelievable. And even, be fair, Chelsea, like, that was kind of prime team for them. All the stars they had, it was just such a final, like, all the big players playing. It was, yeah, just thank God we came out with the win.
00:05:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know, i know. it's ah yeah It's a long way back.
FA Cup Final Experience
00:05:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's a long
00:05:20
Cormac
Yeah. Yeah.
00:05:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a long way back thinking of that match. But ah yeah, it was it was incredible drama, unbelievable stuff. But ah yeah, that was definitely one that we had to touch on because ah just it was the first one that came into my mind when you mentioned it today.
00:05:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
So and yeah, incredible stuff really.
00:05:36
Cormac
okay Absolutely. i
00:05:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
The next one then was ah a bit more recent. Slipped your mind, Karmic. The FA Cup final last year. That was unbelievable. So it was the actual the actual shock of it was brilliant.
00:05:50
Cormac
Yeah, no, I can't believe it's it slipped my mind because I was at the match in the United. Makes it even worse. um ah But no, what what quite a final. I'm so glad I went because I actually got tickets like last minute and they weren't the cheapest, like, and I had friends saying to me, know, like, why the hell are you wasting money?
00:06:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's the point? Yeah.
00:06:09
Cormac
you Like, City are only going to go and win. I was like, ah, but like, you know, what if United could win? Like, we we do decent against City, like, it'll be someday, and yeah, i mean, just being in the crowd when we scored that first goal, Garnaccio, like, just seeing, it was like slow-mo when Verdi all-headed the ball over him, and Garnaccio scoring, and then
00:06:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:27
Cormac
What a start. And then we had the disallowed Raptors goal too after and we were kind of Raptors and we didn't even know i was offside down the other end of the pitch. and But no, then the like are the the goal after that, the Kobe-Menu goal, was just the pass from Bruno.
00:06:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Incredible.
00:06:40
Cormac
and Yeah, like for us to be 2-0 up that early against City when everyone thought City was going to win, it was... absolutely phenomenal and know you had the whole drama about the new owners coming in like 10 Hags job on the line and he'd probably go and it just ah the feeling there like in the stadium when we won was just unbelievable like was real community family feeling everyone seemed to be on the side of 10 Hags you know after that and I guess that kind of led to you know the letter they were wrote and 10 Hags being kept although in the end it didn't really work out um but no just what what what a win and obviously it got us Europe as well when we weren't getting it so
00:07:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:15
Cormac
Yeah, no, it was just an absolutely unbelievable match.
Impact of FA Cup Win
00:07:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
The impact that that match had was unbelievable because you know the mood was so bad around the the club before that. and you know We'd even started doing a few podcasts kind of going up to the to the launch of this last year and it was coming towards the end of the season and just...
00:07:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
the performances were shocking and you just couldn't see, you were you know, you're thinking fours and fives that City would put past them in the final, um especially after year before in the FA Cup final, getting the goals so early and just killing the mood altogether.
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, they just rallied, I suppose, for the final and just pulled off an unbelievable performance. um And yeah, the Kabymenu goal and yeah, it was just incredible, like brilliant, brilliant stuff.
00:08:01
Cormac
Oh yeah, no, it was absolutely classic.
Comeback Against PSG
00:08:03
Cormac
Going into it obviously, if we scraped by Coventry City in the semis, you know, and they had a goal this late on.
00:08:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:08:09
Cormac
It was just absolutely shocking that we nearly threw that way. So yeah, i know going into it, confidence really was at an all-time low. But yeah, that just shows you never know what United are going to get and them that there it was the United we wanted. And thank God, yeah, we came out with FA Cup champions.
00:08:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah definitely well worth the price anyway I'm not going to ask you Carmichael I'd imagine it was horrible laughing
00:08:29
Cormac
No, no. I to be sharing ah the ah the work a good bit to pay it off, but definitely worth every penny. what Wouldn't change it for the world.
00:08:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good stuff. Good stuff. Right. We'll take a quick break there and be back with a few more games after this.
00:09:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, Carmich, mountains are there to be climbed and mountains were, what's the past tense? Climbed? Club.
00:09:44
Cormac
Yeah. Yeah. yeah yeah
00:09:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
And they certainly were. They certainly were. What about that evening in Paris?
Amad's FA Cup Heroics
00:09:51
Cormac
Oh man, like that one, like when we came off the list, that was right after 08 UCL for me. I mean, just like going into, you know, the first leg, I think they beat us, suppose, at 2-0 and was fairly comfortable, know, and you had Di Maria, i remember Young, flattened him into the barns and then you kind of had him like taking the piss the United fans when they went 2-0 up and
00:10:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:10:13
Cormac
Going to Paris with all the injuries we had, we had some amount of youngsters you know on the bench. um You just didn't think there was a hope in hell of us coming through. and then you know Early on, Lukaku got that goal. um You're like, alright, maybe. and then I think it was Bernat who scored the goal for PSG back post.
00:10:31
Cormac
You're like, shite, here we go again. But no, Lukaku, fair play. When people talk about Lukaku, I feel like it's in a negative way.
00:10:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very effective.
00:10:41
Cormac
Yeah, oh yeah, no, I thought he was you know pretty good for us, like, showed up when needed, and that match was an example, and yeah, he was there for the rebound, Buffon spilled, and then, you know, or go only a goal away, and this was back when the away goals were there too, like and I remember like when Dallow hit that ball, Kim Penbe's iron going up, and no one really said it, and they showed, I think that was early days, kind of via air, and they're looking at it, and like, oh, that's definitely a pen, and yeah, my hair was, I was actually so nervous when Rashford steps up there, like,
00:10:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very effective.
00:10:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:11:11
Cormac
But what a pain. Like, you just cannon at home. And I was going absolutely mental, running screaming.
00:11:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:16
Cormac
Like, I actually just couldn't believe we'd be such a star-studded PSG team when, you know, we we weren't that great at all.
00:11:23
Cormac
um But, yeah, know what that night in Paris, like, would forever live in memory. Like, just what a night.
00:11:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:11:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was it was incredible. And like even, yeah, some of the youngsters that were on, like your man Chong was playing as well. Like it was absolutely mental who was on the pitch at the end.
00:11:36
Cormac
Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:11:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, so um um was it was iconic. And then you had you had all the famous lines after it, of course, with with Neville.
00:11:43
Cormac
yeah yeah but get the contract on the table yeah yeah yeah oh no it was for meme central yeah it was nah a night though fantastic
00:11:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then you had me with Ferdinand as well. ah
00:11:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, he's at the wheel. it was brilliant. So much content from that evening.
00:12:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely brilliant. um And the next one, actually, i didn't really discuss it. Maybe you wrote it down, but it's just come to my mind when you said you were running around the room going mad because that's exactly what I was doing for the Ahmad last minute winner in the f FA Cup last year against Liverpool.
00:12:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because...
00:12:19
Cormac
I
00:12:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was incredible. like That was peak United in terms of how bad we were. And then Liverpool were flying at the time. And we've somehow just snatched victory after the... Was it the main new goal as well within that game? Or was that the league game?
00:12:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Ahmad's last-minute winner as well was just unbelievable. Unbelievable drama at the end.
00:12:42
Cormac
Yeah, no, another fantastic one. I think that that was the quarter-final, wasn't it?
00:12:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:12:45
Cormac
Yeah, so yeah, I mean, even before Coventry had that match. But I mean, yeah, you know, Liverpool expected to come, you know, the go a few goals up and United clung in there.
00:12:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:54
Cormac
I think Anthony might have bagged the goal as well that game.
00:12:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
He did.
00:12:56
Cormac
Yeah, yeah.
00:12:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
He did, yeah.
00:12:57
Cormac
So it just shows, like, you know, all the quality of players we had out there. um But no, like, Liverpool pushing to win that and, yeah, just that counter-attack, like, you know Liverpool thinking, I don't know, just leaving one man back. like They were weren't really scared at all. And then just seeing Garnaccio pounce onto it.
00:13:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:15
Cormac
And honestly, I thought he messed up the pass. I thought he could have went another second.
00:13:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a bit wide. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:13:19
Cormac
Yeah, it was. Yeah, but I mean, wow, Ahmad, literally pinpoint precision. like I don't think he could hit that ball anywhere else that side of Kelleher.
00:13:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:13:28
Cormac
And yeah, just going
United vs Liverpool Rivalry
00:13:29
Cormac
off the post. And yeah, against biggest rivals... to win like the way it did 120th minute was just absolutely unbelievable and obviously we know that led to an FA Cup win for us so I mean yeah just what a result for United that day like I would have loved to be in Old Trafford amongst the crowd for that definitely
00:13:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I just, I haven't reacted like that to a game alive in a long time.
00:13:51
Cormac
yeah
00:13:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, it was it it was just so shocking. Even when Anthony went in, you were like, surely not. like Because, first of all, Anthony scored. It's like, well, maybe there is some magic in the air here.
00:14:02
Cormac
Exactly.
00:14:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But then just, yeah, how iconic it was where he just holds the jersey up in Old Trafford.
00:14:09
Cormac
yeah
00:14:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's like... like half the people have never heard of him before and he's like now it seems strange because he's like our our most consistent player but and yeah he was just kind of sprung from the bench and then like you said perfectly placed into the bottom corner it was brilliant and but yeah it was so it was such a mad game because obviously it went to it went to extra time and like the amount of injuries and people just kind of falling over like I think Bruno ended ended up playing centre back for most of
00:14:13
Cormac
exactly
00:14:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, for most of it. And Anthony was left back because he was given out that he had to go back into left back, I think.
00:14:45
Cormac
Yeah, no, just again, like makeshift, it seems like that's a common theme the last years with us, but you know, lads getting thrown in makeshift positions, you know, just being there to fill a gap basically, and I mean, yeah, to beat Liverpool, I mean, it's the extra special to beat like top flying side like Liverpool with with players playing in, you know, our ridiculous positions just I think adds to the sentiment of how big a win it was and why it's on this list really.
00:15:09
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We're going back again to the to the good old days. um Those Ashley Young free kicks against Arsenal. I mean, could you imagine that scoreline now?
00:16:05
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and Incredible. a too in Old Trafford. I mean, it was the good old days when it was just an easy game against Arsenal, wasn't it?
00:16:13
Cormac
Oh, no. To go back, like, and, yeah, i mean, looking at the lineup for that match, you know, like, this, is like, Fergie, like, people would say, like, no, there's a debate, obviously, you know, me you would probably think he's the manager ever, but, you know, I hear people talk about, like, maybe Pep and stuff, but, like, you know, Fergie,
00:16:31
Cormac
for me, like, can do it with a good team or a bad team, and I think this match was perfect example, you know, was looking at the lineup, you had Johnny Evans, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley, Anderson, Danny Welbeck, like, these lads in the lineup, and you're beating Arsenal A2 with these players in the lineup, like, think that just serves, like, how good a manager Ferguson was, and how he could get the max out as players, but i mean, yeah, just what a match, like, as you said, the young free kicks, like,
00:16:43
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Yeah. It too.
00:16:47
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air two
00:16:57
Cormac
Bruni bagging the goals. think Welbeck might have had one. like it was just It was just a slaughter, really. and You know always see that famous clip of the score and um after the match, Manchester United 8, Arsenal 2.
00:17:06
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yeah
00:17:11
Cormac
What a freak result, really. You wouldn't see that nowadays. I don't think two big sides with stairs. I know we had a bad one against Liverpool, but I feel like that one was just
00:17:21
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Thank you.
Sir Alex Ferguson's Legacy
00:17:24
Cormac
wow.
00:17:24
Cormac
like One of Ferguson's most impressive results with the squad he had out.
00:17:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's a good point about the team. I mean, like you name those names out and you're like, you know, you'd be complaining now if you had players like that saying that, oh, look, we don't, the the manager doesn't have his players yet.
00:17:35
Cormac
Oh, I absolutely didn't.
00:17:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's like looking at that going, he's kind of, he's got them into some sort of formation. But yes, there's a couple of world-class players there, but you know, that's not normally enough to kind of get over the line and to win by that much in in such big games.
00:17:54
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But yeah, he just seemed to have a knack for actually getting the the best out of these players.
00:18:00
Cormac
Yeah, I mean, even, like, around that area, had, like, And Irish had Darren Gibson, even. And i think he scored against Bayern Munich in the Champions League that year where Robin knocked us out.
00:18:08
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Yeah.
00:18:10
Cormac
But, you know, like Ferguson, it's just the the man management skills he's had and like able to get stuff out of players like Fabio De Silva, lads like that. you know um Even Raphael was a solid right back for us. And I feel like if he's around nowadays. you know As you said, people would be saying, oh, the manager doesn't have the players.
00:18:28
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yeah
00:18:28
Cormac
But yeah, no, it just goes to show how great a manager and why I think he's by far the best manager of all time.
00:18:34
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it's It's actually mad as well when you mentioned Pep, especially probably Pep, but like you look at his teams and you're like, you you cannot find a flaw in that team in terms of the personnel that he has.
00:18:41
Cormac
Exactly. Mm-hmm.
00:18:44
Cormac
Oh.
00:18:46
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and like yeah Going back to the Champions League winning City team, like it's absolutely star-studded.
00:18:46
Cormac
Yeah.
00:18:53
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It's incredible. Left-back, right-back, no weak links like anywhere while... you know United, even in their in their best teams, would have you know a couple players like Wes Brown, for example, England International, but nothing like you know a Kyle Walker, where it's probably second best right back the Premier League's ever seen.
00:19:04
Cormac
Yeah,
00:19:10
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um so yeah, it's just incredible the actual output he was able to get from them, and it goes back to probably management management skills, because even when you listen to the ex-players, they never really say that you know he was a master tactician or anything.
00:19:23
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It's more just... having that good man management skills and and understanding but what makes every player tick.
00:19:30
Cormac
yeah no, absolutely. And I think Ronaldo's great example of that, you know, listening Ronaldo talk about when his dad passed away and, you know, Fergie kind of was like, listen, like, go and deal with it. and Ronaldo wanted to stay and play and young in his career. And, you know, a Ferguson saying like, just go on. He just knew how to deal with those situations. And I think that's the reason why, you know, Ronaldo always refers to as his footballing father. And you always see like the great respect he has for Fergie. I don't really think you see that in a bond between the manager and the player as much as you with them too. So,
00:20:01
Cormac
Yeah, no, it's just fantastic all around for you.
00:20:04
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Yeah, and the way like that the pressure would have been on, the easy decision would have just been like, you're under a contract, like play away, like we need you or whatever. But yeah, to kind of see the bigger picture as well as is is sign of a great manager,
Thrilling Win Over City
00:20:19
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I suppose.
00:20:19
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The player wants to come back and play for you then. So it's all part of the long game.
00:20:21
Cormac
Yeah, exactly. Mm-hmm.
00:20:26
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The final one before we wrap up um was, i don't know if this was like, it was it probably was back in the good times. It was kind of a strange time with that ah when Michael Owen joined you United.
00:20:38
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We had that very strange feeling, very strange feeling, especially when he's doing his random pieces of punditry now and you're kind of like, oh yeah, he did play.
00:20:39
Cormac
Yeah.
00:20:44
Cormac
yeah
00:20:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
He did play for United. Like, you know, I don't know what legend he is, but... I don't think any club really ah owns him or likes to be associated with him. It's a strange one, but we were definitely happy with the last minute goal anyway.
00:20:59
Cormac
Yeah, no, absolutely. That was, you know, another match that United 4-3 win against City where I have fond memories. I was actually in a City Limits, if you remember that, like the bowling players. think they had a few across Ireland, but in Gola.
00:21:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:11
Cormac
And they had kind of a sports bear downstairs. And I was with my friend Ben, who's a big Liverpool fan. And we walked in. It was late on the match in 3-3. he's all like jeering, teasing me.
00:21:23
Cormac
And yeah, just like, I remember as well, like, I think they added on like an extra like two, three minutes. Like Merrick Hughes was going...
00:21:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
97, 98 or something. It was madness.
00:21:30
Cormac
Yeah, yeah, mental, like, and was only supposed to be, like, foregone mental.
00:21:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:33
Cormac
um But, yeah, no, Giggs just found Michael on and just took a touch and kind of outside of the boot, just bottom corner and, oh, the place absolutely erupted, like, with United fans.
00:21:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:45
Cormac
It was another fond memory I have, but, I mean, no, that match just in general was just a crazy one. um i remember Ben Foster was in goal for United, that's one match I remember him actually being in. I didn't stare at a lot when Band of Sarah was there, but,
00:21:59
Cormac
Even you had like Craig Bellamy for City was causing us havoc.
00:22:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was flying back then.
00:22:03
Cormac
Yeah, he was yeah oh he was doing superb.
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:22:06
Cormac
And it was just just such like a crazy... I think that was like Prime Berkley's matches right there.
00:22:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:13
Cormac
But yeah, no water. So Mike Lone just running around the side of the stretch for and just celebrating.
00:22:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:18
Cormac
You just see the crowd interrupters. It was oh just what why a win. And yeah, win at that late, all the controversy in the Derby was just another great match.
00:22:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it was it was that kind of time as well where you were like, in the back your head, you're like, oh, City are coming here. Like, you know, there's um there's a team starting to form here and the fear of coming to Old Trafford is kind of evaporating.
00:22:34
Cormac
Mm-hmm.
00:22:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
and And yeah, it was nice just to keep them at bay, I suppose, for another bit. And yeah I mean the pass from gigs was unbelievable like just to have that composure like outside the box to play it into and then to be fair you know Owen could barely move back then but it was an unbelievable touch and finish he just did it so quickly and got the shot away like you mentioned very instinct rather than you know anything i just thinking of the video of him knocking it past the 10 year old and that's
00:23:07
Cormac
yeah he's an interesting lad alright yeah
00:23:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's all I can think of now when I think that he's one of them with the keeper.
00:23:17
Cormac
mean yeah no mercy no no ah
00:23:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no, no mercy. yeah You're never getting that one. You're never getting that one. There's so many. Honestly, there's so much content with Michael Owen. We could probably have another podcast on him.
00:23:29
Cormac
yeah you could
00:23:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
like Because every time he steps on a podcast, he's just after coming out with some random stuff. Yeah. Yeah.
00:23:36
Cormac
Oh, yeah, what His career, though, is one of the weirdest ones, too. To win the Ballon d'Or as young as he did, you know and then like to not really you know um amount to much after that, like those two years after he won, is crazy.
00:23:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:51
Cormac
can't remember how old he was exactly when he joined us, but like I don't think it was crazy, like 35, 36.
00:23:57
Cormac
I see some strikers still doing the bits like that. and
00:24:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:00
Cormac
yeah and know, as you said, he could barely move.
Michael Owen's Career Reflection
00:24:03
Cormac
But no, he's one I think should have had a a lot better career than he did even though he did win the Ballon d'Or
00:24:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, its it is a really strange career like um when you're looking into it because, like I said, I don't think any club really owns him. I mean, that that Liverpool mentality of when you leave, like we're seeing it with Trent now, like when you leave Liverpool, it's like, my we don't care anymore.
00:24:24
Cormac
yeah mm-hmm
00:24:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
like um So it's like him and McManaman and then obviously Trent now as well going to Madrid. And then he went to United. It's not going to help. um Then he went to Stoke at some stage.
00:24:38
Cormac
I think he's at Newcastle as well.
00:24:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
so Very strange career. Madrid. Newcastle. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:24:43
Cormac
Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're not big fans of him in Newcastle either.
00:24:46
Cormac
No one claims him, yeah.
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I'm not actually sure what the story is.
00:24:47
Cormac
Mm-hmm. yeah
00:24:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But ah yeah.
00:24:49
Cormac
one clients i mean
00:24:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, um we've gone through 08, 08 final, FA Cup final last year. we talked about the the mountain in Paris that was climbed.
The Greatest United Match?
00:25:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
We had the Ahmad goal against Liverpool.
00:25:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
We had 8-2 against Arsenal. We had the Mike Lohan last-minute winner. If you had to pick one, Cormac, what does it have to be?
00:25:15
Cormac
ah
00:25:17
Cormac
Putting like sentiment aside, I'm going to have say like United 08 UCL has to be there. Even though I was at the FA Cup match, you know, Sunday, just that 08 final just is by far the best in my lifetime I've seen.
00:25:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:30
Cormac
And, you know, the biggest stage were club football, Champions League final, just the drama involved. And, you know, we had thought we lost the Terry. had a kick to win it for Chelsea, misses, and then we're champions, and Ronaldo's first UCL, and just everything that went into you know, Ronaldo just crying in the middle of the pitch, everyone off running, the rain coming down, when it was just, yeah, an unforgettable night, and yeah, that for me has to be number one.
00:25:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it has to be the same for me. It's just the first one that came to my head when you mentioned the topic. um Probably the most iconic United team in my lifetime as well that I would always think back on is that kind of those sort of players that were playing at the time.
00:26:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
and it was It was when the Champions Leagues were still on Wednesday nights as well, the final, rather than the that woke woke nonsense of having it on a Saturday.
00:26:15
Cormac
Yeah, the RT. yeah ah so
00:26:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah i think was the first one on the Saturday when we lost to Barcelona because that'll always...
00:26:20
Cormac
Yeah.
00:26:23
Cormac
Yeah.
00:26:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that was should never have happened. if we If it was on a Wednesday, probably would won.
00:26:27
Cormac
No.
00:26:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah.
00:26:28
Cormac
oh Oh, absolutely. And I think that one as well was one, was that the year the Chelsea, they fairly snaked them in the semi-final, that one of the most rigged games I had ever seen.
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah that was That was earlier.
00:26:40
Cormac
But I should...
00:26:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was that was really...
00:26:41
Cormac
Yeah. Oh, yeah.
00:26:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
i was like Was that the Ronaldinho goal in Stamford Bridge? Was that that year with Iniesta?
00:26:48
Cormac
Oh, no, I think... Yeah, I'm thinking of Iniesta one last minute where Chelsea had two handballs, like, disallowed, and it was just...
00:26:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, the Iniesta one, yeah. yeah
00:26:55
Cormac
But we would have had rematch against Chelsea again in 0-9, and obviously, we know in Rome, Barcelona beat us well, but...
00:27:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:27:03
Cormac
Yeah, no, it's not a crazy one.
00:27:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, unbelievable. But ah yeah, that brings it to an end. Conor, thanks for joining me um for this Wildcard Wednesday.
00:27:11
Cormac
Yeah.
00:27:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
we'll We'll actually have some content to speak about now when the Premier League starts back up again. So that'll be good.
00:27:16
Cormac
Yeah. its
00:27:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll look forward to that. But yeah, thanks everyone for listening. And yeah, we'll see you in the next one.