Michael Thomas wins league title for Arsenal at Anfield, 1989

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  • Michael Thomas scores in injury-time to give Arsenal the 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield they required on the last day of the league season, to win the title in 1989.

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  • @jasonjones5357
    @jasonjones5357 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2552

    I'm not an Arsenal fan but make no mistake, Man City winning on the final day may have seemed more dramatic due to Sky Sports, media, money and pundits, but on that day Utd were playing Sunderland and City playing QPR, not exactly top of the table stuff. This was incredible, the 2 top teams, Arsenal having a huge lead during the season and then having to do what was literally impossible at Anfield, don't let anyone tell you this this wasn't the biggest 2 minutes in the history of the league.

    • @lloyd_r
      @lloyd_r 8 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      Couldn't agree more, greatest finale ever. From a United fan

    • @seattlesfinest1927
      @seattlesfinest1927 7 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Couldn't have summed it better son, well done!

    • @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin
      @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      Indeed.
      City's goal was inevitable. Arsenal's was unthinkable.

    • @KaizerMan
      @KaizerMan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I’m a 16 year old Gooner and even though my dad supports United he’ll probably vouch for this goal even more than me. I was obviously never alive to experience this but just from hearing/watching it it’s clearly a classic moment, I envy that my dad got to experience it :P

    • @squirtlehvac8962
      @squirtlehvac8962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Jason Jones couldn’t have said any better. This was real soccer. Before Arab money

  • @YCnBball21
    @YCnBball21 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1135

    So weird seeing the goalies pick up a pass back to them lol

    • @tikmik1789
      @tikmik1789 6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      When teams were defending a lead they would pass back to keeper continuously for him to pick it up. Boring af

    • @TitanFind
      @TitanFind 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I remember European Cup matches in particular were full of minutes on end when the team in the lead passed it around at the back then tapped it to the keeper who picked it up. Again. So dull.

    • @robicenco1701
      @robicenco1701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Watch a few videos of Liverpool games from the 1980s. You'll get used to it pretty quickly.

    • @miraclechijioke1213
      @miraclechijioke1213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol. Things change right

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      all you heard was hanson to grobbelar - grobbelar to hanson ..BORRRRING ,footys so much better since they took the liverpooling out of the equation

  • @jc16781
    @jc16781 8 ปีที่แล้ว +853

    I was 11 years old when Mickey Thomas stuck that in to win us the league.. My big brother lift me up and put me on his shoulders and ran around the living room.. Will never forget that memory.

    • @brandonwilson2732
      @brandonwilson2732 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      jc16781 thanks for sharing it with us. 👏🏻

    • @tiarnan76
      @tiarnan76 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I was 12 watchin it live with my 2 mates who supported Liverpool.....my best memory of any football match ever

    • @KirkLee1983
      @KirkLee1983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was 7

    • @KirkLee1983
      @KirkLee1983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was 6

    • @joelrobinson1157
      @joelrobinson1157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wasn't born.

  • @vickykk7929
    @vickykk7929 8 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    every time I watch this I get worried sick Michael Thomas is not gonna score... best win ever!!!

    • @mikloslipcsey7923
      @mikloslipcsey7923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And for such a enjoyable comment, I’ll give you a 100th like.

    • @adamstoweett6803
      @adamstoweett6803 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      he hold the ball for too long there😭

    • @vordman
      @vordman ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It does look like the ball is going to get caught up under his feet for a second. But what nerve to put it away. Michael Thomas will always hold legendary status in the history of English football for this.

    • @billywindsock9597
      @billywindsock9597 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One day, I think Grobelar will get a hand on it!

    • @peterjinks5857
      @peterjinks5857 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He never does

  • @Prodigy_Fan
    @Prodigy_Fan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    As a diehard Evertonian I could never thank Arsenal enough for this moment. Thank you Sir Michael Thomas inparticular.

    • @vordman
      @vordman ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Me too, I was a Gunner that night. As a Blue it was hard losing a second FA Cup final (when it meant something) to Liverpool a few days before. Felt like revenge!

    • @lordnignog1688
      @lordnignog1688 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Im a gunner, but everton is my 2nd favourite club

    • @andrewwright4195
      @andrewwright4195 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Everton isn't even bigger than villa 😂​@@lordnignog1688

    • @craig3613
      @craig3613 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lordnignog1688 Oh dear

    • @lordnignog1688
      @lordnignog1688 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@craig3613 I think you misunderstood a bit there, mate. 😂😂😂

  • @steveN111333
    @steveN111333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    everytime I hear Brian Moore say "Thomas...CHARGING THROUGH THE MIDFIELD.. ! " My heart rate goes through the roof !!!

    • @keiraxen7878
      @keiraxen7878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Best commentator ever.

    • @zaidabraham7310
      @zaidabraham7310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@keiraxen7878 He didn't really do this moment justice though.

    • @keiraxen7878
      @keiraxen7878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zaidabraham7310 Maybe but his voice is utter class!Google 50 best UCL goals and watch number 5 goal by Lars Ricken and hear that commentary😍

    • @AH-be6bu
      @AH-be6bu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@zaidabraham7310 only because we're used to commentators absolutely losing their shit over football drama. There was a time when said drama was allowed to speak for itself without the commentators making it all about them.

    • @zaidabraham7310
      @zaidabraham7310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AH-be6bu I've watched plenty of Liverpool matches from the 70's and 80's where the commentary is better than this.

  • @DaveSpagnol
    @DaveSpagnol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    As an Arsenal fan, one thing I will congratulate Liverpool on, was having the best, most sporting fans. It would have been easy for them to be spoiled by success, but they hung around and applauded.

    • @martinkulkarni3569
      @martinkulkarni3569 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Easy for you to say. You haven’t had to share a city with that scum. The only surprise in this game was that the ref didn’t award a penalty to the dark side after Arsenal scored their second!

    • @MickyJCurry
      @MickyJCurry ปีที่แล้ว

      Rubbish. I was there in the Anfield Rd end as a 13 year and witnessed Liverpool fans at their worst. Scum.

    • @stevesalkas9128
      @stevesalkas9128 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not players sore losers like now nothing changed

    • @stevesalkas9128
      @stevesalkas9128 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Greenfields 12 as arsenal fan newcaslte and arsenal will be good next 5 years young sides. Newcastle is my 2nd team cause magpies Collingwood football club in australia being arsenal fan since 79 fa cup

    • @EBGamez1
      @EBGamez1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stevesalkas9128 Richmond better :)

  • @obb_tv3102
    @obb_tv3102 8 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    The greatest end to a football league season EVER!!! City in 2012 was good, but this was first Vs. second, last fixture on a Friday night. Arsenal needing to win by two at Anfield (Liverpool hardly lost at Anfield in the 80s, never mind by two!!) Great commentary too from the late Brian Moore. City's win is second to this, but a distant second. Not even close.

    • @ColmK83
      @ColmK83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well said

    • @adamjama6323
      @adamjama6323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How about the Wilford goal that won arsenal the league

    • @obb_tv3102
      @obb_tv3102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@adamjama6323 Not even close. This was as tight as it could go. Storybook stuff, amazing atmosphere too!!

    • @rohithraman6488
      @rohithraman6488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And the weird thing is, this wouldn't be the dramatic last day 1st vs 2nd fixture if Hillsborough hadn't happened

    • @obb_tv3102
      @obb_tv3102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@rohithraman6488 Crazy to think that Barnes didn’t go for the corner flag to kill time!! Saw an interview with him saying how much he regrets cutting inside.

  • @stevemcelmy9354
    @stevemcelmy9354 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Not an arsenal fan but if anyone who thinks football was invented in 1992 tells you the aguero moment is even comparable to this, tell them they're an idiot. This had everything, the impossibility of the situation, the absurdity of 2 title challengers playing the last game, and the late great Brian Moore commentating.

    • @lukealvarez3744
      @lukealvarez3744 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The top 2 had same point and goal difference!😨

    • @Leogunner2
      @Leogunner2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unrivaled as the greatest finish to a league season

    • @brentinnes5151
      @brentinnes5151 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      100%.....completely different...City were big favourites to win...Ars away to Liv and win by 2 goals...thats 1,000 to 1..and in the last minute...hollywood coudnt make that up...truth is stranger than fiction

  • @peeper2070
    @peeper2070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Imagine if something like this happened recently. Sky would be showing it every day for the next 40 years.

    • @peeper2070
      @peeper2070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And no, 2012 final day is incomparable next to this

    • @jdbhatts2912
      @jdbhatts2912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol thats true. the premier league has made us believe that the league only became thrilling when the bought the rights. its all money and sponsorship now. football back then belonged to the people.

    • @housinauthority5258
      @housinauthority5258 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @1101grayzer
    @1101grayzer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’d like to pay homage to Alan Smith’s fantastic control from Dixon’s long ball and his instant pass to Thomas. Although Thomas got lucky with the ricochet off Nicol, Smith’s skill makes this a really good goal. Still the highlight of 40+ years supporting the Arsenal and it’ll never be beaten.

  • @bigbadbill0071
    @bigbadbill0071 7 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    what amazing history arsenal have. winning titles at anfield, old trafford and white hart lane (twice). have they done it any other rivals?

    • @Hardyyy-vt7mn
      @Hardyyy-vt7mn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      big bad one no

    • @ProductionRms
      @ProductionRms 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      stamford bridge

    • @KaizerMan
      @KaizerMan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      big bad one Nah, they beat Everton 4-0 to win the title in the 00s but that was at Highbury

    • @rau1seixas
      @rau1seixas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It was in 1998

    • @redroses6522
      @redroses6522 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Hardyyy-vt7mn and need at Etihad too

  • @dominicdavison8590
    @dominicdavison8590 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Most dramatic climax to a season in global football history. Sensational.

    • @januariasg2837
      @januariasg2837 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah mate PSV back in 2006/2007

  • @stewy62
    @stewy62 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Still gives me goosebumps watching this after all these years.

    • @999raycurran
      @999raycurran หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There's a picture out there with Steve McMahon signalling his team mates 1 more minute. Then we go and score... glorious

  • @edmondscott7444
    @edmondscott7444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    ITV sport, and Brian Moore and Brian Clough finest hour. Great performance by Arsenal against the odds.

  • @jamesmeek754
    @jamesmeek754 6 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I'm a Man United fan . Was 13 in 1989 . Not ashamed to say I loved this goal . 👍

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      me too i hate liverpool

    • @John-ml8qf
      @John-ml8qf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mcfcguvnors You are going to have to hate them come next May 2020,at the rate going on they are unstoppable.

    • @gomezcat1
      @gomezcat1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same here. I was 17 when this went in and it remains my favourite non-United memory ever.

    • @gg0u1239
      @gg0u1239 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a Liverpool fan I loved aguero’s goal, utd fans realisation at Sunderland , Phil jones looking confused, Michael Owen out of place, fergie ushering his players off the field and into the wilderness years post retirement

    • @Erictheking07
      @Erictheking07 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I loved utd 13 premier leagues .. great win for gunners watched this live .. sick as pigs they were

  • @UBZUKki
    @UBZUKki 9 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Absolute moment of pure magic.....Not many gave Arsenal a chance in HELL to get the result at ANFIELD...And by two clear goals....Watched it on the tv at home on the night...nearly lost my Fuckin mind....

    • @cakestalker
      @cakestalker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +UBZUKKI I agree, and this was back in the day when Liverpool more or less was at their prime.

    • @UBZUKki
      @UBZUKki 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Ingen Ting I'll never forget that image of Liverpool players on their knees after the final whistle. They were shell shocked...utter disbelief at what happened on THEIR ground......Stunning result.

  • @pauladdae3130
    @pauladdae3130 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The classic commentary from Brian Moore is unforgettable: "Thomas charging through the midfield! Thomas, its up for grabs nooooow!"

  • @hammer6619
    @hammer6619 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    i'm a west ham fan remember this night very well the greatest finish to a season ever miles in front of city's the reason being liverpool were an incredible side then for arsenal to win there was a footballing miracle

  • @Marcomanexists
    @Marcomanexists ปีที่แล้ว +35

    10 years before my time but still undoubtedly one of the proudest moments in our history. Only topped by the invincibles. We are the Arsenal!

  • @Wilshy
    @Wilshy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    There was no back pass rule in '89. And Liverpool were time wasting right until Arsenal got the ball back. God, Liverpool fans just can't accept that they were on the receiving end of an incredibly epic sport's moment. I don't know why people don't like the commentary, either. "It's up for grabs now! Thomas!" I'd like to see people do better in the spur of the moment. He probably couldn't believe that was happening.

    • @girlgooner5502
      @girlgooner5502 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      +John Wilson To be fair not the Liverpool fans in the stadium that fateful night they applauded us when everything calmed down.

    • @UBZUKki
      @UBZUKki 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +girl gooner That was a class moment.

    • @Wolfington
      @Wolfington 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Liverpool time wasted for 20 odd years. Funny how the back pass rule is introduced and they win fuck all league titles after that.

    • @Wolfington
      @Wolfington 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Red Man Apart from the FIFA World Club Championship. And the Cup Winners Cup.

    • @Wolfington
      @Wolfington 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Red Man You was in the Cup Winners Cup the first season the back pass rule was introduced. Were you still in nappies back then??

  • @Leogunner2
    @Leogunner2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a night, what an atmosphere, what a finish. Gives me "goosebubbles" every time. If you know, you know.COYG

  • @ythinder
    @ythinder 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a great way to shut Liverpool fans up!!! This was truly a gift from god, the way the arrogant Liverpool players were shaking hands before the final whistle, McMahon with his "one minute" gesture, the Liverpool fans celebrating, Aldridge being a bad loser not shaking hands with O'Leary - it was simply glorious, and will never to be repeated!!!

  • @lndnflms484
    @lndnflms484 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    A great moment for all neutral fans watching. No one really believed Arsenal could do it, and more to the point, no one believed Liverpool would let them.

    • @elgonm289
      @elgonm289 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I believed it and won money, betting with spurs fan who was a mate of mine

  • @davidmcconachie5718
    @davidmcconachie5718 8 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    “Aldridge is down, Barnes is down, Dalglish just stands there. Nicol’s on his knees, McMahon’s on his knees”

    • @tikmik1789
      @tikmik1789 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Some of those Liverpool players refused to shake hands with arsenal after the game. Lil bitches

    • @dre8463
      @dre8463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      No wonder Nicol's on ESPN hates our guts hahaha :-P

    • @tyleru96
      @tyleru96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      And to this day, Nicol still hasn't gotten over it. He despises Arsenal with every fiber of his being and I love it. He'll be bitter about this result for the rest of his life.

    • @kwameaboagye7959
      @kwameaboagye7959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sour grapes. Arsenal had every right to win our first league title in 88/89

    • @KJ_2020
      @KJ_2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@tikmik1789 pathetic considering Arsenal players ran to all corners of Anfield before kickoff giving flowers to Liverpool fans in the wake of Hillsborough.

  • @Vortigan07
    @Vortigan07 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I never get tired of hearing Kerb Crawl Pleat's barely concealed delight with his "poetic justice" bullshit.....knowing that seconds later he was just as sick as any Liverpool fan in there that night!

  • @sovietblipvertscontrolyour611
    @sovietblipvertscontrolyour611 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    1988-89 probably the most memorable season in english football

    • @garethfieldstead7547
      @garethfieldstead7547 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is up there as one of the strangest comments ever. Small matter of 97 football fans killed the previous month? Liverpool were not even going to finish the season. Players were considering retirement.

    • @drssexy2142
      @drssexy2142 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      how many retired exactly? @@garethfieldstead7547

    • @sirpagandetyptoft6793
      @sirpagandetyptoft6793 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry mate but Arsenal bored the pants off fans including their own. Scraping wins by small margins including when I saw them at Boro win 1-0. all they had a was rock solid defence.

  • @JezmondoMisterfull
    @JezmondoMisterfull 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    And it was live on Terrestrial TV too! I'm in that throng of Arsenal fans somewhere, 18! A bit older now and nothing has come close to that feeling, on that day at Anfield. A truly unforgettable experience, and what's more, travelling in the coaches leaving Highbury, the fire in the team that day, and the fans, was Awesome. We knew we could do it. And we did! I've seen the film, have the recording of the match on DVD, but thanks for posting this! If it's in our hands at the end of next season, we'll do it then too. But it won't be as awesome as this.

  • @ThatGuyNorm
    @ThatGuyNorm หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    13 years old watching my team win the title for the first time in my life was so emotional. Especially when we beat Liverpool at Anfield to do it. ❤

  • @IVIyWorld
    @IVIyWorld 10 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    The city last minute goal was intense but not near this intensity! the two contenders fighting each other liverpool chance to win a double! and Arsenal first league win in 18 years

    • @TitanFind
      @TitanFind 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      IVIyWorld I dunno, they're pretty close. City hadn't won a title in 44 years, and were about to be edged by their hated rivals YET again. There was more on the line in 2012. But in this game it was the two actual contenders playing against each other in the final match. So swings and roundabouts.

    • @clivenewman3715
      @clivenewman3715 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      TitanFind You say there was more on the line in 2012 - I disagree. Arsenal hadn't won the title in 18 years and had been in charge of the first division for the first half of the season, Liverpool were flying and had given everything for their fans after the horror of Hillsborough. When Liverpool stuffed West Ham 5-1 to make Arsenal need the 2 goals, they hadn't been beaten by two clear goals all season. If Barnes had just run to the corner flag in the 91st minute the result was different. Listen to the comments from Pleat - he didn't even consider the 2nd goal a possibility at this point. Two titans battling head to head with the underdog coming through with seconds to go.
      The single greatest night of my life :)

    • @TitanFind
      @TitanFind 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Clive Newman Man City hadn't won the title in 44 years and had been in charge of the Premiership for most of the season before losing the lead but THEN hauling it back to be in pole position. It was City's title to lose on the final day, and the pressure was immense. Just look at the frustration on the faces of the fans as they're losing at the 90 minute mark. Man Utd are going to rub this in their faces - all they have to do is win a single home game against QPR, and they fuck it up! - and it will take them a generation to recover from the feeling of bereft humiliation.
      I am confident that the ecstasy of the City fans in 2012 eclipses even that of the Arsenal fans in 1989.

    • @TitanFind
      @TitanFind 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      arsenal0782 I wasn't too young, no.
      Arsenal fan by any chance? :)

    • @dibz06
      @dibz06 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      arsenal0782 I think this other chap is trying to wind you up, probably best to ignore him! What a moment though

  • @nelvaldo.4850
    @nelvaldo.4850 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Leeds fan here . That was why the beautiful game is so special.
    Incredible game !

  • @glenjarnold
    @glenjarnold หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We were watching it at work on evening shift, the crew room absolutely erupted!

  • @bobuk161
    @bobuk161 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    As a liverpool fan I was obviously gutted. But what a brave Aresnal team that was. It really was mission impossible accomplished. Liverpool were all conquering back then and that's what makes the result more special.

  • @cheyeser
    @cheyeser ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Something that often goes unnoticed was George Graham not celebrating in front of the Liverpool bench out of respect for the occasion and a gallant Liverpool side who had gone through an incredibly traumatic year (Hillsbrough) trying (and failing) to get his coaching staff and bench to do the same.

  • @markgbullen
    @markgbullen 10 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    25 years ago today, IT'S UP FOR GRABS NOW!!!!!!!!!!

    • @AJ-ep9is
      @AJ-ep9is 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      markgbullen Deary me 😂😂😂

    • @nishilbright2007
      @nishilbright2007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Make that 31.. Still Gold. And as a Chelsea fan even, it gives you goosebumps. Epic moment

  • @tomryan4556
    @tomryan4556 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "It's up for grabs now!" What a line..

  • @rogerramjet5302
    @rogerramjet5302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Put a big smile on my face again - Arteta needs to play this to the current team. This is the Arsenal boys now get out there and win.

    • @paulharper4196
      @paulharper4196 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe he played it to them this season....

  • @kovictim
    @kovictim 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Still gives me goosebumps, all these years later.

  • @TOSILENCE77
    @TOSILENCE77 10 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Arsenal fans in the away end at Anfield were a totally different breed to the new yuppies that have taken over the Emirates.

    • @HawkEyeRS
      @HawkEyeRS 10 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Look at away games, they are almost always louder then home support.

    • @TOSILENCE77
      @TOSILENCE77 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Royal Arsenal Yeah but it's static. The the late 80s and 90s, people used to go mental when a goal was scored and it was wild. Home and away, big game or small game. Today when a goal goes in, they get their ipads out! It's the stand up and clap brigade. In the Anfield 89 era the passion was raw. Football today is sanitised garbage.

    • @chinary8
      @chinary8 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's like that in all sports now. I'm coming from Canada and, when I was a kid, NHL games were electric. Now it's just a big corporate wank. I don't go, let alone drop $100 for a shitty seat. I had free tickets last year and went and, though the game is arguably better than it used to be, half the "fans" are there for work fucking around on their phones. You just sit there praying an errant puck hits one. The MLS is actually becoming the best league to watch even though it's a minor league by soccer standards. But the fans are true blue , loud and a lot of fun. It seems to be where people who actually enjoy a game spend their bucks now. Even on TV you can hear it's far louder than the local NHL team.

    • @kashykorner2
      @kashykorner2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TOSILENCE77 spot on mate.

    • @LionSaultV2
      @LionSaultV2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Working class been priced out, Middle class priced in

  • @daveagnew2367
    @daveagnew2367 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I remember watching this on my friends family's little black & white portable TV. Even after all these years I can still remember when this goal went in - the most dramatic end to a season I have ever seen.
    Sadly, that was the last memory I have of my mate, as he went off to university weeks later and he stayed on in that area after graduating.

  • @PC-hj4wg
    @PC-hj4wg หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This was the beginning of the end for Liverpool - we didn't know it at the time, but it was the turning point in our tragic history since then. Overtaken by Manchester - United and now City.

    • @wleon4068
      @wleon4068 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We were absolutely shattered. Both physically and mentally. Remember, the Hillsborough tragedy was in the same season. That would have taken a massive toll on our players then. We just ran out of steam, and Arsenal deserved to win the title that season.

    • @johnrockyryan
      @johnrockyryan 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But yall won the league again the season after... or do you mean an end to your reign of terror cause if so then yeah

  • @Tomgood1984
    @Tomgood1984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not one Liverpool fan left the stadium when we lifted the trophy! After Hillsborough and there pain to endure that was hard on them so I hope this Sunday they get to put it right. Massive RESPECT from an Arsenal fan.

  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Was in a restaurant in Phuket watching this--the locals wanted Liverpool! Greatest night for me!

  • @mazza8576
    @mazza8576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well done Arsenal. I'm a scouser. It killed me watching this. But some perspective. Hillsborough was 5 weeks earlier. We played the fa cup final on a Saturday, West ham on a Tuesday and this match on a Friday. Anyway, my Uncle was at the game and he applauded arsenal when they lifted the trophy like most of us did that night. Best climax to any football league season ever, will never be repeated ... I hate to admit haha

  • @marcusclark5330
    @marcusclark5330 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love the way George Graham telling them to calm down

  • @petef7323
    @petef7323 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Doesn't get any closer than this!
    The final goal needed in the near final minute of the final league match of the season, between the only two teams that were directly fighting for the title race.
    This will probably never happen again. 👏👏👏

    • @william_SMMA
      @william_SMMA ปีที่แล้ว

      It's football, it definitely will

  • @stephenclough6893
    @stephenclough6893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m a Liverpool fan, was about 14 years old watching this at home possibly shell shocked but without doubt the most dramatic ending to a game ever with the most iconic commentary probably after “they think it’s all over..” The whole nation watching, the most emotional season, a brilliant LFC team and a great Arsenal kit to be fair! Man City Aguero miles behind this

  • @ronaldcharlemagne7149
    @ronaldcharlemagne7149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There is something about this moment that makes me watch it over again and again. The pure rawness of emotions on both sides given the stakes this game had was so intense. Classic!

  • @WipeOut180
    @WipeOut180 10 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Hahaha Barnes will not be denied, yes he will.

    • @tris87don16
      @tris87don16 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🗣️🤣🤣

  • @DuderinoDeux
    @DuderinoDeux 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    as A Manchester United Fan and fan of the game in general this and The Noucamp99 moments rank the best in HISTORY.

  • @ens4808
    @ens4808 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was the baddest game ever! ... to go to anfield and had to win by 2 goals to get the title against the team to beat back then. Mad! Must of been the bug of the summer of love 89. Immortal 😂 ❤❤❤

  • @alanboots1106
    @alanboots1106 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best night of my football life

  • @jamesbishop1161
    @jamesbishop1161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    30 years ago and it’s still the most dramatic end to a league season ever!!

  • @ceannasai5731
    @ceannasai5731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    John Aldridge showing his class at the end to his Irish International team mate 😀✌

  • @tanyazhukova7186
    @tanyazhukova7186 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Fever Pitch brought me here.

    • @pabloeransusantonanzas2868
      @pabloeransusantonanzas2868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mee too. 4 o'clock am, cannot sleep. So reading this very special episode of arsenal history on the bed. It was so perfectly narrated that I had to watch the goal. And oof course I had to listen to the commentators as well, so I have got out the bedroom to watch-listen to it (I did three times) what a dramatic moment. I am Spanish, I lived in Spain and I was 11 at that moment. I was unaware of this moment and today, 30 years later, fever pitch has brought to me this epic moment.

    • @relaxrelaxed4235
      @relaxrelaxed4235 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me 2 .

    • @Bucci86Marco
      @Bucci86Marco หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm AS Roma fan, i watched this for first time in 2001, one week after the defeat with the hateful liverpool. You can Image how i was feeling 😁 from this Arsenal is my first fav English team (in the last years Newcastle United and Leicester City, too), Come on you Gunners and Forza Roma!

    • @johnrockyryan
      @johnrockyryan 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@Bucci86Marco thanks bro i love Roma i like to think of Arsenal as the British AS Roma

  • @beakaHD
    @beakaHD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm a Spurs fan. But this was pretty amazing. Having to not only beat Liverpool at Anfield but have to do it by 2 goals. Being shown on free tv with the whole nation watching.

  • @gregconway736
    @gregconway736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Most dramatic and memorable finish ever to an English league season. Everyone went crazy bar Liverpool and Spurs fans.

  • @Fujiwara.Takumi1
    @Fujiwara.Takumi1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Gooners know this is the best line ever

  • @Mediumal
    @Mediumal หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Arguably, it was the greatest and most dramatic top-flight Title win ever. Any Arsenal fan at the match that night must have been in seventh heaven as that second goal went in. Such a drama was positively Homeric. This game was certainly one of the most memorable and significant spectacles in football to be played out in modern times, possibly only equalled by Liverpool's similarly epic comeback in the Istanbul CL Cup Final some years later. It's because of games like this, that makes football what it is - the most compelling of sports, where one can go from complete despair to sheer jubilation and vice-versa in the space of 90 minutes.

  • @nikreece6295
    @nikreece6295 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    l rememeber this game so well on lTV's the match in late may 1989
    ....As a Liverpool fan..when l look back on this now?.....I think both the tragic events at Hillsborough and this night in 1988/89 in this season is what knocked us off our perch...Even though we won the league back the following season...We've sadly have never been the same since...

    • @stevesalkas9128
      @stevesalkas9128 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree

    • @adebolabloke6962
      @adebolabloke6962 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree but please explain

    • @nikreece6295
      @nikreece6295 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@adebolabloke6962 Well mentally....the invinisbilty that liverpool had always had throughout the 1980s had been damaged after the 1988-89 season....but now?... klopp has put us back on top

  • @Wilshy
    @Wilshy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’m an Arsenal fan, but surely, we can all agree that this is what makes football magic.

    • @stevesalkas9128
      @stevesalkas9128 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah no corruption like now with city ....enjoy 3nd division man city ....cost liverpool 2 titles

    • @KryptonitetoallBS
      @KryptonitetoallBS หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm not an Arsenal fan and I really don't like them at all but like most of the UK on that night because of who you were playing I watched the game with pals who supported Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, United, and Scum and everyone of us was celebrating afterwards as if it was our team. It's without doubt the greatest finish to any top class English season. A. Because it was the closest of all time and involved the top 2. and B. Because the whole country celebrated as one 🤣🤣🤣

  • @AjarnDeeTeesut
    @AjarnDeeTeesut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    30 years ago today. A beautiful moment. The greatest end to any league season in history.

    • @garethfieldstead7547
      @garethfieldstead7547 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Greatest end to a season that included the hillsborough disaster only a month earlier - yeah right.

  • @mrsmith3930
    @mrsmith3930 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still feel the emotion from that game fantastic effort by everyone at the club. This is why they are all legends, memories for life. God speed Rocky!

  • @dodibenabba525
    @dodibenabba525 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Never gets old....

  • @lewdogzombies
    @lewdogzombies 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mickey Thomas scoring this one goal made him an Arsenal legend forever. Absolute hero at the right place and time

  • @capri2673
    @capri2673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm a Liverpool fan but well done Arsenal. What a match it was.

    • @drssexy2142
      @drssexy2142 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      youre not a liverpool fan

  • @garethjenkins6273
    @garethjenkins6273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watched the game in the Wheatsheafs pub, Islington Green more in hope than expectation. I have never experienced such euphoria from watching football before or since at that moment when Lord Michael stuck the ball in the Scousers net - even winning the Prem at Old Trafford or Shite Hart Lane.
    That night was the start of a Bank Holiday weekend. I think I consumed my annual recommended units of alcohol in 4 days.

  • @davidhurst100
    @davidhurst100 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember watching this live on TV with a plastic Liverpool fan (the rest of us were Wolves fans). About 10 seconds before Thomas scored, I said, 'oh well, Liverpool deserve it I suppose (glum faced). Then 'that' happened! I remember seeing Thomas celebrating his goal and he was flipping around like a salmon on a hot deck not knowing how to celebrate enough to merit the enormity of his achievement - still makes me smile.

  • @Sirius1914
    @Sirius1914 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And 30+ years later, Arsenal and Liverpool produce another classic match. Saka so close to recreating that Michael Thomas goal and Liverpool denied by two world class Ramsdale saves.

    • @benstonks9047
      @benstonks9047 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imagine if Saka got to that ball before Allison did... History would've probably repeated itself.

    • @deathdragonslayer1
      @deathdragonslayer1 ปีที่แล้ว

      If only martinelli could pass like smithy 😢

    • @Sirius1914
      @Sirius1914 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deathdragonslayer1 Lads will pick themselves up and move onto West Ham. We gotta win.

  • @ZaaRaphz
    @ZaaRaphz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Here because of aftv invincibles podcast, big up Robbie & Lee Judges

  • @richardcummins5465
    @richardcummins5465 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was working night shift at a sewage treatment plant on this night. Small transistor radio glued to my ear. When Arsenal scored Jonathan Pearce went ballistic on London Capitol Gold. So did i. Could have heard me all over Croydon. And im not a Gunners fan! Absolutely magical.

  • @raindancerave8521
    @raindancerave8521 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was there In the arsenal end in the seats was 16 and all I remember is MT scoring and me and my pals going flying over 2 rows of seats what an unbelievable night 🥳🥳🥳

  • @RFED2O
    @RFED2O 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The greatest finish in the history of football 💯

  • @brandonwilson2732
    @brandonwilson2732 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The one and only Brian Moore with his iconic sporting voice that lit up my childhood! Still can’t believe this happened? Proper fairytale stuff! Just wow!!!

  • @nasreireinas3392
    @nasreireinas3392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best finish to a season EVER, man city doesnt either come close, as much as some might not want to admit, it will never be beat, just like 49 games unbeaten , ARSENAL FOREVER IN FOOTBALL HISTORY

  • @jamesnastri2364
    @jamesnastri2364 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We’ve gone and won the league at Anfield, old Trafford and that dump in N17 twice all our biggest rivals who else has done that

  • @martinhester8009
    @martinhester8009 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    27 years later I still get goose bumps seeing it

  • @kurtfruth2148
    @kurtfruth2148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Before there was Sergio Aguerro, there was Michael Thomas.

  • @dannywlm63
    @dannywlm63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Superb night. I still get goosebumps, and can remember

  • @anglowarrior3871
    @anglowarrior3871 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm not an Arsenal fan but this is the greatest ever English top flight finish.Look at all the ingredients,I can't see this ever being equalled.

  • @rncfc
    @rncfc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just a shame there weren't more shots of the Arsenal fans celebrating the goal. Those were the days, crammed in on the terrace; not likes today's plastic shite.

  • @Trecesolotienesdos
    @Trecesolotienesdos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Thomas, it's grab for grabs now! Thomas! Right at the end!!"

  • @64offsuiter
    @64offsuiter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is THE greatest finish to any football season ever. No contest.

  • @videocrafterd2637
    @videocrafterd2637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Liverpool didn’t lose at home that hole season Liverpool were first and arsenal were second they had the same amount of points but arsenal has one less goal difference meaning they would have to score 2 goals up from Liverpool
    In the first half of the match nothing happened and everyone was shocked because (Liverpool one every home game that season) but in the second half arsenal successfully scored a goal everyone was screaming in which if the match ended like that Liverpool would of one because arsenal were away so they talking as thin as margins. Anyway the match went on there was 1 minute left the ball went to arsenals keeper he kicked it up the pitch to the left winger he passed to Michael Thomas he dribbled through three defensive players kicked it and it chipped over the keeper and went in the goal everyone was screaming they were all celebrating together and as an arsenal fan I still remember the adrenaline it gave me and I still sometimes get goosebumps but to this day Michael Thomas is still a legend and always will be

  • @jaynedavis3655
    @jaynedavis3655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One beautiful night , that was !

  • @threedoubles4827
    @threedoubles4827 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    27th anniversary, hard to believe. Footballs greatest ever moment.

    • @ridingkangastoschool1358
      @ridingkangastoschool1358 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      threedoubles not exactly, probably 05 CL final

    • @markballerina4277
      @markballerina4277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Leicester winning the league

    • @NoCluYT
      @NoCluYT 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      - 6-1 "la remontada"
      - Man city "aguerooooooo"
      Still close anyway

    • @wvvw4036
      @wvvw4036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      GOAT Aguero's goal was by no means better than this, and Barca's 6-1 was marred by allegations of corruption

    • @djstarscream
      @djstarscream 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely eclipsed by aguero. When you think of Man City you think of that goal, when you think of arsenal you think of fantv 😂

  • @hazardous1990
    @hazardous1990 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thomas, it's up for grabs now! Thomas!

  • @927ismynumber
    @927ismynumber 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Only a few years before football was invented ❤

  • @79Adam
    @79Adam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Still gives me chills

  • @bigbadbill0071
    @bigbadbill0071 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    greatest moment in sport bar none. imn a evertononian by the way

    • @davidcooke1972
      @davidcooke1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As an Evertonian I didn't feel anything one way or the other. I stopped acknowledging them as human beings after Heysel.

  • @ZeldaFitz
    @ZeldaFitz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It took the PL 23 years to have their very own Anfield 89 moment. Yes the Man City game was great, but it wasn’t anywhere near as dramatic as this game. You had to have been around at that time to realise how special that moment was.

  • @scatmann5839
    @scatmann5839 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of those times I'm so glad to have been alive then and old enough to have witnessed this incredible moment and experienced all the emotions that went with it. Gooner till I die ❤

  • @LionSaultV2
    @LionSaultV2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    100 Times better than that overhyped sky sports City goal

    • @djembadjemba5038
      @djembadjemba5038 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I hate City with a passion, but overhyped? Piss off

    • @RonaldNixiux
      @RonaldNixiux 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Overhyped? lol

    • @traviswilliams4548
      @traviswilliams4548 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100x better for an Arsenal fan sure, but still a great ending.

    • @sejason56
      @sejason56 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair City were down 2-1 into the 90th minute so it was a near impossible success... though QPR did make it somewhat easier as they knew they were safe and allowed City to constantly throw pressure into the box.
      '89 still better, 1st vs 2nd defined by essentially the last kick of the game... Liverpool was no QPR especially at Anfield in the 80s, no chance anyone saw Arsenal score so late, at Loftus Road there was always a sense that City would score again once it was 2-2.

    • @tomben6180
      @tomben6180 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sejason56Being objective, as a City fan, there are pros and cons to both.
      Yes City were only playing QPR, I disagree about what you said about them allowing it, there was a last ditch tackle to try and stop Aguero and I can’t remember who but a QPR player said most of them didn’t know they were safe, as the bench had only just started celebrating 20 seconds earlier, but as you say, it was 2 goals needed in injury time to win it.
      I also think the fact we were up against United for the league, the club who are our most hated rivals and had ridiculed us for decades, just made it more special.
      Arsenal playing the team who started the day in 1st and winning by 2 clear goals is a better achievement on the day, but I just think City’s meant more to City fans because of the context of going 44 years without a league and it being against United for the title.
      I am biased though.

  • @conradmeinecke5861
    @conradmeinecke5861 9 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    Aguero's 2012 goal had better commentary
    But this goal was better

    • @TheBlueAnorak
      @TheBlueAnorak 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Conrad Meinecke
      Nah...
      NOTHING beats that 93:20 moment.

    • @alfiealacorte1345
      @alfiealacorte1345 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Richard Mottershead yes it does that goal was not as important

    • @nathanbarnes8535
      @nathanbarnes8535 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      +Richard Mottershead Sorry but I have disagree. This is one the great moments in English football league history. We beat an 11 man Liverpool at Anfield (then one of the strongest teams of all time) we were the rank outsiders and only won the league on goals scored (not even goal difference). The commentary perhaps wasn't as good but the moment is better.

    • @Demonaire
      @Demonaire 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Richard Mottershead (Mr-Ed) I agree. Nothing beats an epic win in your own arena, regardless the rival.

    • @eddiepower3876
      @eddiepower3876 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Screwy Gooey BPC Unless of course they come from 4-0 down at half time to beat some team like Barca on pens it might just top the 2005 one

  • @wmorris189
    @wmorris189 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Of all my memories as an Arsenal fan this is by far the best, makes me feel happy every time I think of it. Also, it reminds me of classy opponents, Liverpool what a team and club they are.

  • @mathewaconley7810
    @mathewaconley7810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Liverpool fan from Liverpool. I was 10 years old in 1989. Not ashamed to admit that on two occasions I cried while watching football - England getting knocked out of the world cup semi-final against West Germany on penalties in 1990 was the second. This moment was the first. Even though we were on the losing end, looking back now I can appreciate how amazing this really was. You couldn't make it up.

  • @agnieszkamikoajek5729
    @agnieszkamikoajek5729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Look at the CLASS of George Graham. Respectful for LFC, having in fresh memory what happened to their club and fans at Hilsborough, not only refused to celebrate at ther ground himself, but also calming down his staff members just to avoid anything bad that could happen to each sides fans.

  • @Mjwara
    @Mjwara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:06
    One of the most iconic victory calls of all time!

  • @paulrogers7725
    @paulrogers7725 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Being a Manchester United fan I remember this & fukin loving it.

  • @Oscarspaw1971
    @Oscarspaw1971 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not an Arsenal fan but this was fantastic to watch as a young footballer. What an advert for football,it had everything.Nothing like the cross we watch on sky sports show