I wish they would bring the Royal Tournament back! I went every year for over 10 yrs and LOVED it, especially the Field Gun competition ( ex Pompey 'Jenny')
McIlvanney was such a great writer. I watched this when first aired on TV and two times more here on RU-vid and it is brilliant. Remarkable men during remarkable times - true working class heroes - absolutely incredible stories that dramatised films of, would never do justice, but this documentary does do the story justice. Documentaries today are nowhere nearly as well done.
I wonder what these men would be like with the bill big boots players of today with the money they get paid & pampered the way they do 3 of the most extraordinary men that ever graced the land of football when you think of these 3 clubs instantly you think big Jock/ Sir Matt and Shanks ,RIP each & every 1 of you
Can someone kindly tell me what is the difference between this documentary and the one available at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-53TaTp5N4sw.html It seems both were made by Hugh Mcilvanney.
Firstly thank you so much for posting this video. Can you imagine what these legends would have said about this European super league??? Thankfully and I'm sure because of the legacies these giants left behind, we the fans have said NO!!!
As much as I admire this great Scottish men. Bill Struth. The Great Rangers manager had far better records than Shankly and Stein! Yet his achievements are always over looked. Walter smith has won more as a coach than stein also! Worth mentioning
I loved watching this as a child, especially the gun crews. Tragic though that this film is marred by so many racist and anti-European comments below. What is wrong with people? If something like this, that should be a joyous celebration of national identity, can engender such hatred, maybe it did have to be brought to an end.
These men managed their teams during era when there was no television pundits throwing their tuppence in after every game, no ex players telling them what to do Football was football then and available to everyone not £50 a game to get in
Having the best managers doesn't guarantee trophies. If you put Sir Alex Ferguson in charge of Yeovil Town for instance he's not going to win European Cups, he's going to take them 1 or 2 leagues above what they're used to but the overwhelming power of the bigger, wealthier clubs will always prevail. Scotland has a population of just 5m, they're not winning World Cups even with the best managers
Winning the top division with Derby & Notts Forest, not to mention back to back European Cups. Preposterous claim that Clough was a charlatan. GET A GRIP!
This was a national disgrace when this was shut down !! The Queen should insist that this should continue !! Especially the Field Gun Crews !!! The Government should find this !! If they can find money for immigrants and Forgien aid !! Then why not this !!!
