20 Years ago today.

OPENROAD

One of the greatest finishes ever to a season


Any older board members have any memory of the match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmO3S2eLPE&NR=1

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/the-night-football-reached-fever-pitch-92610.html

That_Guy

Only 2 subs back then?

artanevilla

Pass backs as well.

keano_afc

I'm not old:D

I remember it was live on ITV but my old man was a staunch Man Utd fan so he wouldnt let me watch it. I recorded it on our vhs video to watch later. My best mate next door was a Liverpool fan, as well as his whole family. I remember not hearing much cheering or celebrating from them around full time but it hadnt occured to me that we might actually have pulled it off. I was in the kitchen around 10:15 gettin ready to watch the video when my da called me in to show me Tony Adams lifting the trophy on the 10 o'clock news. I had a go at him for ruining the match for me but inside I was ecstatic. I'd only been a Gooner 2 years but was already hooked. I taunted my mate the day after for hours with Steve McMahon's "one more minute" gesture.

thewing

I remember crying, and nearly breaking a window after kicking a football in fury just after the game

Can you imagine what Sky would charge if the same were to occur now?

Mitch Connor

thewing wrote: »

I remember crying, and nearly breaking a window after kicking a football in fury just after the game

Can you imagine what Sky would charge if the same were to occur now?

the exact same as they would charge now, whatever it costs to have the sports pack.... its not like they can throw up a pay per view football match whenever they want to.

kida

My singularly most pleasant Non United memory

thewing

I'm sure they'd find a way to make it a PPV match.....SUPER DUPER GRAND SLAM SURVIVAL MONUMENTAL WINNER TAKES ALL MEGA SUNDAY...

Mitch Connor

thewing wrote: »

I'm sure they'd find a way to make it a PPV match.....SUPER DUPER GRAND SLAM SURVIVAL MONUMENTAL WINNER TAKES ALL MEGA SUNDAY...

Yeah - because they do that type of thing so often. Baseless Sky bashing.

gucci

thewing wrote: »

I'm sure they'd find a way to make it a PPV match.....SUPER DUPER GRAND SLAM SURVIVAL MONUMENTAL WINNER TAKES ALL MEGA SUNDAY...

I'm not sure this is the thread to bring up a sky tv debate, and anyways, every sunday regardless of who is playing sky do their best to big it up.

Latchy

Yes ,oh lawdy lawdy do I remember . that ball bouncing of the defender ,back to the feet of Michel Thomas, unbelievable .A horror show for Liverpool .

Hobart

thewing wrote: »

I remember crying, and nearly breaking a window after kicking a football in fury just after the game

Can you imagine what Sky would charge if the same were to occur now?

Sky do windows now? Super stuff.

I remember it well, a Friday night game, and Michael Thomas doin the durty . Super game for a gunner fan, not so for a Liverpool supporter.

Boggles

Remember well, sex wee and jubilation everywhere!!

gucci

How come the game was on a friday night? Was that the norm back then or was there some sort of fixture congestion following Hillsborough? I remember the game well, but dont remember if Friday night football was a regular thing!

dfx-

The commentary is still imprinted on my brain. Someone please make it stop

Boggles

mike65

Arsenal stumble across the line Liverpool had bigger things to deal with that season.

Dubliner28

I must thank Steve McMahon for the best (1 minute):)TV moment in the last 20 years

Dubliner28

Well it could be a worse. Didnt Deportivo have a peno in the last min of the last game to win the title on GD a few years back and the lad bottled it and Barca won the league

hullaballoo

OPENROAD wrote: »

One of the greatest finishes ever to a season


Any older board members have any memory of the match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmO3S2eLPE&NR=1

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/the-night-football-reached-fever-pitch-92610.html

That looked like it was going to be a really good article but then I read, 'stars like George Hamilton of RTÉ' and spat my tea everywhere.

premierstone

Cheers op certainly brightened up my day my whole class in school at the time were Liverpool fans it was sooo sweet, I remember watching it I was only 10 but was even cynical then, never thought for a second we would do it but what did I know I was just a dumb kid :D

5starpool

Brian Moores commentary for the Michael Thomas goal still haunts me.

I remember that evening well. Lovely weather and took out my frustrations by kicking the crap out of a football in the garden afterwards.

mike65

5starpool do you have ITV 4? if so avoid the following

Liverpool v Arsenal 1989
ITV4
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
6:00pm to 7:00pm

A look back at the famous match from 20 years ago. On 26 May 1989, Liverpool and Arsenal met at Anfield in a First Division Championship decider with a twist - Arsenal needed to win by an unlikely two clear goals to claim the title and deny Liverpool a historic second double. An evening of mounting tension culminated in a moment of pure sporting drama, as Michael Thomas closed in on the Liverpool goal with just seconds remaining on the clock. Brian Moore and David Pleat are the commentators.

patmac

Great night I would say sky saw the potential after this game, viewing figures were huge and everyone was talking about it. To help ease the pain of Liverpool fans, 30 years ago one of the best ever Cup Finals took place between Utd and Arsenal with UTd coming from 2-0 down to draw level in the dying seconds only for Alan Sunderland to score the winner. They showed repeats of it on ITV3 during the week. Cloughie felt very sorry for United, first time I can remember being bitterly dissapointment after a match, great run by Brady though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDUwYqPj1YE

Benedict XVI

Interesting to see that there were 5 Republic of Eire players on that pitch that night

Stantuon
Whelan
Houghton
Aldridge
O' Leary

I remember it well, I had a bet at Christmas time with a Liverpool fan at school that Liverpool would not win the league, £1, a fourtue 20 years ago

5starpool

At Christmas were Arsenal not a shedload of points clear? Even for £1 it looked a pretty safe bet at the time.

Mike - don't worry, even if I did have ITV4, I would avoid like the plague. First time I am glad I am stuck with NTL rather than sky.

premierstone

mike65 wrote: »

5starpool do you have ITV 4? if so avoid the following

Liverpool v Arsenal 1989
ITV4
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
6:00pm to 7:00pm

A look back at the famous match from 20 years ago. On 26 May 1989, Liverpool and Arsenal met at Anfield in a First Division Championship decider with a twist - Arsenal needed to win by an unlikely two clear goals to claim the title and deny Liverpool a historic second double. An evening of mounting tension culminated in a moment of pure sporting drama, as Michael Thomas closed in on the Liverpool goal with just seconds remaining on the clock. Brian Moore and David Pleat are the commentators.

Hey anyone know what the codes for tuning this in on sky are?

mike65

Go to Services, click Other chanels see if its there first, if not go to Add Channels-
ah hell read this

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520627

Quint

Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play

OPENROAD

gucci wrote: »

How come the game was on a friday night? Was that the norm back then or was there some sort of fixture congestion following Hillsborough? I remember the game well, but dont remember if Friday night football was a regular thing!

Everything was put back cause of Hillsborough so very unusual for it to be on Friday night.

Firetrap

Gawd, I remember this oh so well. I was watching it as a Liverpool fan in the company of my kid brother who was a Man Utd fan. I was absolutely gutted and kid brother just laughed his sides sick at me. We were watching it on RTÉ and I think not too long before that, George Hamilton had said something along the lines of "the title's going back to Anfield". As he was saying it, I was going "noooo, nooo, don't say things like that" in my head because George always had the ability to curse matches.

partyguinness

Am fairly sure it was on a Friday night and parents went out to the pub went to the pub to watch it. The father got great joy in watching the Liverpool fans faces. We are die hard Leeds United fans so we revelled in other peoples misery...:o

Myself (I was 11) and the sister were thrown into the grandmothers for the night watching the old person TV...:mad:...had no idea what was happening with the game and fell asleep.

Was woken around 2am by the father collecting us and he told me how Arsenal had won..I honestly thought I was dreaming it as I was still half asleep. The cup final against Everton had been a triller a few days beforehand

partyguinness

Look at how many Irish players were playing in a Championship decider..:eek:

Compare that to now..:(

Mossy Monk

I watched it on Arsenal TV last night. Great game

Davidth88

I was down the pub for the first half , no one was taking any notice , after all no one beat Liverpool at home in those days ( these were the days when you still got Kop penalties if Liverpool were losing )


I got home my brother who is an Arsenal fan was watching it.... watched the final 10 mins with him , he went mad , totally mad.

He drove an old escort , I remember we went out and I drove ( can't remember why ) and he was on the roof of the van shouting and screaming.

He went up to Highbury the next day to watch the team come back.

I actually remember going to Arsenal Vs Millwall that season and I think it was a draw , and I figured that the championship was over

Oh yes.... it was a Friday .