pfk505 Posted February 20 Posted February 20 (edited) 42 minutes ago, jeep said: How long is the documentary 90 min Watched it last night, its fantastic, only thing is I wish they had included the highlights he was watching (not sure if thats maybe a regional version issue - every time it showed him watching an important moment or goal, it just showed still images, and only post match interviews etc. were shown in full). Edited February 20 by pfk505 Quote
Manchester_whites Posted February 20 Posted February 20 4 minutes ago, pfk505 said: 90 min Watched it last night, its fantastic, only thing is I wish they had included the highlights he was watching (not sure if thats maybe a regional version issue - every time it showed him watching an important moment or goal, it just showed still images, and only post match interviews etc. were shown in full). Apparently the Sky version has the highlights. Quote
Cheese Posted February 20 Posted February 20 (edited) 1 hour ago, Manchester_whites said: Apparently the Sky version has the highlights. Aye, sounds like it's worth waiting and watching the proper version, rather than the one on youtube which is restricted by copyright of the clips for some reason. Looking forward to it. Edited February 20 by Cheese Quote
Eddie Posted February 20 Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Cheese said: Aye, sounds like it's worth waiting and watching the proper version, rather than the one on youtube which is restricted by copyright of the clips for some reason. Looking forward to it. Good reason to watch it again! Quote
boltonboris Posted February 20 Posted February 20 Great to look back it all. Shame there was no match footage, but a really enjoyable watch Quote
Stig Posted February 20 Posted February 20 8 hours ago, barrycowdrill said: IIRC Sam had said previously that we were 4th going in to the Jan window and the club had budget a £15m budget for the following summer. He wasn’t asking for extra money but that budget to be brought forward to enable him to sign the players needed to keep us in the CL spots that’s where the message relayed back was “we don’t want CL football” as you say PG sadly can’t respond to those claims but it has been position that Sam has relayed on a few occasions over the years During this whole spell I disliked Gartside as I thought he was a moneyman who knew nothing about football and lost us our best manager in modern times. Then I learnt he wasn't even a competent moneyman and allowed the club to go to wrack and ruin and completely hated him and still do. Quote
perth_white Posted February 20 Posted February 20 8 hours ago, mickbrown said: I’m ace me. Repeat for a couple of hours It's more highly respected people in the game saying "Sam's ace he is" and Sam nodding. Quote
MancWanderer Posted February 20 Posted February 20 4 hours ago, Cheese said: Aye, sounds like it's worth waiting and watching the proper version, rather than the one on youtube which is restricted by copyright of the clips for some reason. Looking forward to it. That’s what I’m doing. Saving it for Sunday night viewing Quote
boltonboris Posted February 20 Posted February 20 Gartside intimated that Sam’s spending and wage bill was the catalyst behind the issues that followed. I don’t think gartside didn’t want champions league, more so that he was nervous about what would have happen if we didn’t qualify. ultimately we were three points off and then we went on backing Megson with that money and more out of panic Quote
Traf Posted February 20 Posted February 20 1 minute ago, boltonboris said: Gartside intimated that Sam’s spending and wage bill was the catalyst behind the issues that followed. I don’t think gartside didn’t want champions league, more so that he was nervous about what would have happen if we didn’t qualify. ultimately we were three points off and then we went on backing Megson with that money and more out of panic The money wasn't there to spend. Megson got the next tranche of SKY money. Neither Eddie Davies nor the banks were willing to loan the club that money, Sam was pretty much told he had to wait for funds. Sam spit the dummy out right at the end of the season at a time too late to spend any money anyway. The whole thing was handled badly by all involved. I think a lot of people forget that PG was really just the buffer between the money holder and the money spender. Quote
RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted February 20 Posted February 20 Just now, Kane57 said: Someone should've told him about that nose hair I thought he had snorted Bobby Charlton Quote
L/H White Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Just watched it. Great viewing Takes. Bring back the ticket office at the front of the ground. I miss news headlines in those metal boards outside newsagents Completely forgot we were 2 down after 7 mins in the league cup final Roy Keane at Sam's house for 3 hours but had heart on Celtic, never knew that, along with some of the other players he was after Quote
Burnden Pies Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Fuckin brilliant. Loved it. Sad that those heights are now nostalgia. What a time though. Thanks BS Quote
TM Trotter Posted February 21 Posted February 21 A lovely watch after a good couple of beers. Took me back to being 11 years old. I haven't got Scarborough, or Wrexham, or Torquay to look back on fondly like so many of you do. But I have got the formative memories of my hometown club signing World Cup winners, of bloodying the noses of United, Liverpool and Arsenal, of battling with Bayern Munich on Channel 5. Sure, I was spoiled - we all were. Supporters of every single club in this division would give their right arm to experience what we did for those few truly great years. Cheers Sam, and to all those who made it happen. Quote
Popular Post Zico Posted February 21 Popular Post Posted February 21 Watched it pissed last night Enjoyed it, have to watch it again sober He basically spanned my 20s after finishing uni Best days of my life in terms of going on the piss with the lads every week home and away topped off with Europe It doesn't get better than that at that age Quote
pfk505 Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Definitely worth waiting if you didn't watch it yet, It will be even better with the match highlights. Quote
wakey Posted February 21 Posted February 21 21 hours ago, Traf said: I'm still not convinced that PG said "we don't want to play in the Champions League". I wouldn't class Sam as the most reliable source. His version(s) have changed over time and he's contradicted himself. Pretty sure the champions league claim didn't emerge until after PG had died. Shame it ended how it did, as they'd done brilliantly together to that point. Quote
barrycowdrill Posted February 21 Author Posted February 21 Think there was always an inevitably about Sam leaving. As much as he spoke about how shocked he was and how he never saw it happening, his aspirations were always going to be bigger than us as a club and his stock was rising. So the only questions were the circumstances surrounding how he went a when. The time he left definitely felt like that chapter had closed and no matter who we got in it would never reach the same heights Quote
Tonge moor green jacket Posted February 21 Posted February 21 14 hours ago, Traf said: The money wasn't there to spend. Megson got the next tranche of SKY money. Neither Eddie Davies nor the banks were willing to loan the club that money, Sam was pretty much told he had to wait for funds. Sam spit the dummy out right at the end of the season at a time too late to spend any money anyway. The whole thing was handled badly by all involved. I think a lot of people forget that PG was really just the buffer between the money holder and the money spender. Aye. Covered this before, but at the time, many on here were supportive of PG not overspending. Always an argument that had we done, we may have made more money etc, but it's we will never know. Can't blame him for making that decision at the time, if he felt our finances wouldn't support the risk. Quote
Burndens Bogs Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I watched the youtube version & thought it was a bit shit without any highlights. Quote
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted February 22 Posted February 22 11 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: Aye. Covered this before, but at the time, many on here were supportive of PG not overspending. Always an argument that had we done, we may have made more money etc, but it's we will never know. Can't blame him for making that decision at the time, if he felt our finances wouldn't support the risk. It's with the benefit of hindsight obviously, but the really shit thing is we didn't take the risk and yet later went on to suffer the financial catastrophe we wanted to avoid The worth of boast worlds Quote
Whitesince63 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Absolutely incredible memories and probably never to be matched again. Watched the YouTube version but will also watch the full Sky version as well. So lucky to be a Wanderers fan at that time. Quote
Marc505 Posted February 22 Posted February 22 On 20/02/2026 at 22:11, Kane57 said: Someone should've told him about that nose hair Now I understand! Quote
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