Due to be aired on sky on Sunday however already on the YouTube channel if you fancy watching 

 

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. 

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 20Feb 20 by Cheese

Fan fuckin tastic watch

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!

Great to look back it all. Shame there was no match footage, but a really enjoyable watch 

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Someone should've told him about that nose hair

Just now, Kane57 said:

Someone should've told him about that nose hair

I thought he had snorted Bobby Charlton

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 

Fuckin brilliant. Loved it. Sad that those heights are now nostalgia. What a time though. Thanks BS

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. 

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

Definitely worth waiting if you didn't watch it yet, It will be even better with the match highlights. 

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.

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 

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.

I watched the youtube version & thought it was a bit shit without any highlights.

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

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.

On 20/02/2026 at 22:11, Kane57 said:

Someone should've told him about that nose hair

Now I understand!

Wow - No long post needed. That was fucking brilliant 

Edited February 22Feb 22 by desperado