{"id":207,"date":"2011-10-26T17:42:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.30yardsniper.co.uk\/?p=207"},"modified":"2011-10-26T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:45:42","slug":"snipertube-episode-5-man-utd-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.30yardsniper.co.uk\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"SniperTube episode 5: Man Utd Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all been there, haven&#8217;t we? On the wrong end of an absolute tonking. By the time the 5th or 6th one goes in, you&#8217;re so far beyond caring that you&#8217;re busy chatting to the bloke next to you about politics or kabbadi. What&#8217;s that, we&#8217;re down to 10 men as well? Ah well.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, we&#8217;ve all been there. Some more than others, it has to be said. And when the most domestically successful team in English football gets a jolly shellacking, we have to savour the moment, since it happens so very, very rarely. And then dredge up and bask in a load of other whuppings for good measure.<\/p>\n<p>After three years of treading water in Division 1, Crystal Palace would finally be relegated in 1973. But it wasn&#8217;t all doom and gloom at Selhurst Park, where one of their 7 home victories was against one of the less well-remembered Man Utd sides (they finished a lowly 18th that season). And what a victory it was, too:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YRPvJ-fYqDA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the pure joy of listening to Brian Moore saying &#8220;Manchester United simply don&#8217;t know which day it is&#8221;, it&#8217;s also great to see moustachioed genius Don Rogers (&#8220;&#8230;in a way, doing a Pele&#8221;), Palace&#8217;s rather dark red and light blue striped kit, and rubber &#8220;goalie gloves&#8221; taken straight from the washing up bowl and onto the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>***********************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd walked the league in the 99-00 season, 18 points ahead of nearest challengers Arsenal come May. Here though, it&#8217;s early October and the season is still very much finding its feet. And as soon as you hear Martin Tyler say something about &#8220;Phil Neville&#8217;s been put there to do a job on Gianfranco Zola&#8221;, you know the United defence is going to be in for a long afternoon:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5OlulRzU27Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s so many things wrong in this video. Jody Morris <em>scoring<\/em>, then doing <em>that <\/em>trombone celebration; Chris Sutton <em>scoring<\/em>, who cost \u00a310million (30YS Videprinter: <em>Ten); <\/em>and finally the conclusive proof that all &#8216;keepers who wear jogging bottoms are ultimately doomed to fail.<\/p>\n<p>***********************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Post <a title=\"Love it. \" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YXpUdBlRZe8\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Love it <\/em><\/a>Newcastle under Kevin Keegan were something of a busted flush, but no compilation of teams beating Man Utd 5-0 is complete without Little Kev&#8217;s moment of small revenge. Fergie&#8217;s men famously overhauled the Geordies 12-point lead to take the title in 1996, but then Shearer was bought for \u00a315million that summer in what was really Keegan&#8217;s last throw of the dice. He would leave the job just a few months later, but not before this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dK4wFKYtipo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Keegan&#8217;s last hurrah showed just how wonderful that Newcastle team could be on occasion. Everyone remembers Philippe Albert&#8217;s chip, but David Ginola&#8217;s strike for 2-0 was almost as incredible. Keegan resigned in January 1997, saying that he&#8217;d taken the club as far as he could; Kenny Dalglish took over and Newcastle finished 2nd behind Man Utd, just as they had the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 290px; height: 62px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2F30-yard-sniper%2F143100995783955&amp;width=290&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=false&amp;border_color&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false&amp;height=62\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all been there, haven&#8217;t we? On the wrong end of an absolute tonking. 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