Manchester United became the first English team to become champions of Europe in 1968. Six years later, they found themselves unthinkably on the quick road to relegation. This is the story of how they fell so far, and how they got back.
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TIMESTAMPS & REFERENCES
1999 (Matt Dickinson)
The Athletic
The Anatomy of Manchester United (Jonathan Wilson)
The Class of ’92 (Fulwell ’73)
The Guardian
Sir Alex (BBC)
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In (Amazon)
Sir Matt Busby (Patrick Barclay)
These Football Times (Magazine: Manchester United, Podcast)
Too Good to Go Down (TNT Sport Films)
Too Good to Go Down (Wayne Barton)
00:00 – Introduction
00:35 – Since Sir Matt
17:35 – 1973/74
23:40 – Aftermath
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ABOUT THE CHANNEL
What if Documentaries is YouTube's only football magazine, with monthly issues of five videos each month on a topic as far back as the dominant Aston Villa team of the 1890s, as recently as Napoli's stunning 2023 Scudetto winning team, as obvious as Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo and their litany of trophies, as obscure as Dynamo Moscow's passovotchka football of the 40s. We've got it all.
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