He’s still a legend despite how he left and managing spurs. That 89 title win was the greatest moment in our history. He transformed a very average Arsenal into a formidable team and a title winning force. He also won our only European cup something Wenger couldn’t do. The defence he built was the foundation for Wenger’s success. The 90/91 team were also one game away from being invincibles.
An absolute Legend. George Graham gave The Arsenal it’s greatest night ever . Graham never got the recognition he deserved. Wenger couldn’t get a European Trophy in 22 years , Graham did .
I argue to this day Graham is our greatest manager ever. He won 6 trophies in 9 seasons. Including a European one. If he wasnt caught for what he did he could have made Arsenal even better than Wenger did. He just needed time to adjust to the PL.
@@chrisrowe7503 No doubt he was a great manager in his own right, but cut out the crap about comparing George with Arsene. You have forgotten before George was sacked we had to fight off relegation, and the team was in decline. If you want to nominate the greatest manager at Arsenal, you will have to include Herbert Chapman. Chapman came to Arsenal in 1925 while we didn't have a major trophy in the Cabinet. He laid the foundations from dust to make us what Arsenal is today. 5 years later he won our first major trophy in 1930 (FA Cup) then the following season we won our first league title and again in the following season. I think you should drop the "who was the best manager" BS.
@@MrUnbling The team was in decline because the media kept on at Arsenal like leaches that season thanks to Paul Merson admitting his cocaine addiction. No arguing with his record. Two league titles, 2 league cups, 1 FA Cup, 1 Cup winners cup and all in his 9 years at the club. George was sacked after being caught doing what every manager was doing for years and still are doing. Look at Raul Sanellhi. He has been sacked because he overspend by £22m for Pepe. Do you really believe that all of that £22m is going to the club we signed Pepe from? Of course it's not. More than probable that the agent and Raul are splitting it £11m each. Also Herbert Chapman in my view is probably the greatest English manager in history. As I say had Graham stayed I believe we would have been just as successful with him as we were with Wenger. We will never know but I definitely believe Arsene Wenger was given far too much favourable treatment by the club based on successes from over a decade ago. Now Middlesex Hotspur are seeing the same with Has Been Mourinho.
@@chrisrowe7503 Wenger won 7 trophies in 9 season and got the invincible and was a Henry shot away from the CL. Don’t pretend that Graham would have been more successful, he lost his way in 94/95 and Wenger changed English football, Arsenal and had great knowledge of the French market. Graham was a proper 80s and 90s manager, Wenger was definitely the modern manager. Also with moving stadium, Graham’s philosophy at end of Arsenal tenure wouldn’t have been good enough for continuous champions league football which was necessary.
Graham was quite simply the right man in the right place at the right time. You can split his management career in two, 1987-91 1991-94. The the first half he was riding on the crest of a wave, the second was more functional but still delivered trophies. I believe he would have stepped down or been sacked by 1996 regardless of the bung scandal. Every manager was at it back then, he was just the one that got caught. After his time at Spurs George knew the game had moved on and he wasn’t the correct fit for the modern game, hence why he jacked it in after Spurs. He will always be a legend in my book, without GG there would never have been a Wenger era.
GG’s treatment of Rocky and the way his AFC career ended is an often forgotten chapter of the story. And Gorgeous always gets the credit for promoting the youth players (Merson, Adams, Rocastle, Thomas, Hayes) when it was Don Howe who blooded them. And even then it was more of a case of rolling the dice because the senior first team had lost their way by the early to mid 1980s (York & Walsall leading us a merry dance along with poor league campaigns) George won us the first trophy of my lifetime & ended our long wait for the title. I’ll always be grateful for what he did. But the revisionist stuff is insulting the intelligence of us fans who lived through the Graham years. We were never the same after Benfica knocked us out of Europe in Nov 1991 in our own back yard. They were the days when a 1-1 draw away in the first leg really was as good as a win. It’s incredible how the fans who attempt to distort GG’s achievements completely airbrush away that defeat at Highbury. That’s before we recall the season when we scored 40 league goals in 38 games which still makes my skin crawl. 3 trophies in his final 3 full seasons would suggest I’m being unduly harsh, but the football being played isn’t a patch on what we saw from May 1986- May 1992. I’ve often looked back and noted that we were a side who only Arsenal fans could love in those final three years of his reign. No neutrals would root for us. And that’s because the brand of football was so dreadful that if they were playing in your back garden, you’d close the curtains unless you were a fan. As for the “last to win a European trophy” argument- its there in black and white & cant be disputed. That said, there’s a reason the ECWC isn’t contested anymore: it was always the most lopsided of European competitions because you had higher caliber sides in both what are now the Champions League and Europa League. ECWC was an easy competition to win. And if you can’t see that, then could you explain how the Arsenal side which flirted with relegation in 94/95 made it all the way to the final? We were so bad that season that London Tonight were reporting on bookies taking bets on us to go down as late as March. Never happened in any other season since. So yes, George did win us our last European trophy, but like another now defunct European competition (Intertoto) its hardly worth making a fuss about.
The early work George Graham did at Arsenal was remarkable. Dixon, Bould, Winterburn, Richardson, Groves and Smith were tremendous buys. Merson, Rocastle and Thomas coming through was a great plus. He inherited Davis and O’Leary. Post 89 you would have to say his judgment in buying players wasn’t as unerring. To be fair Seaman, Limpar and Wright were cracking buys. By that stage he was spending big money relative to the time. His sides became more functional and dour as time went on. His trophy haul is impressive and in Seaman, Dixon, Bould, Adams, and Winterburn he put together arguably the greatest back line of a club side in England in the last 40 years.
Wenger was phenomenal in his first 10 years but he deliberately neglected the defence. He bought dross, the best defender he bought after Sol was Koscielny who was average at best. Georgie Graham understood how a strong defence is the foundation of any successful team. Proper legend even though he managed sp*rs.
Didn't he build the defence for Wenger's first 2 titles but not the invincibles? Seaman, Adams and Keown played in Graham's team + Wenger's 1st 2 League titles while Keown is the only one to play in all 3 of Wenger's PL wins iirc
The man was more ruthless than Fergie was. He would shake a player's hand one day and sell them the next. Anders Limpar once said he was the biggest bastard of a manager he had ever played for but also said it worked and made Arsenal one of the best teams in England at the time.
This man laid the foundation for wenger, but he doesn’t really get the credit. Idk if it has to do with his departure or his stint at spurs, he’s a proper legend anyway
Graham wasn't bad as a player for Arsenal, when he played in the midfield. As a manager he led us to two league titles, two league cups, the FA cup and the ECWC.I didn't like his way of managing our enemies from the Lane and the feeling was mutual from Tottenham fans too.
He never should have gone to Tottenham. He'd have been much better off at Leeds. He could have taken them to a title or to win far more. There were a group of promising youngsters who had come through. It was never going to work at Spurs where the fans hated him. That was the 2nd biggest mistake he made in his career. His 1st was taking the money from Hauge. His 3rd was getting rid of Andy Cole and his creative midfield.
The George Graham Story doesnt end with Anfield 89...what anout the 2nd title when we lost only One game over a 42 games season ..a record which still stands...the Cup Double...the Copenhagen Final and the Brown Paper bags...this cut and join clips is poor....
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He’s still a legend despite how he left and managing spurs. That 89 title win was the greatest moment in our history. He transformed a very average Arsenal into a formidable team and a title winning force. He also won our only European cup something Wenger couldn’t do. The defence he built was the foundation for Wenger’s success. The 90/91 team were also one game away from being invincibles.
I agree. I prefer him to Wenger
Along side, chapman, mee, just about the most dedicated, and best manager we had, and a very good player as well, many thanks gg
An absolute Legend. George Graham gave The Arsenal it’s greatest night ever . Graham never got the recognition he deserved. Wenger couldn’t get a European Trophy in 22 years , Graham did .
I argue to this day Graham is our greatest manager ever. He won 6 trophies in 9 seasons. Including a European one. If he wasnt caught for what he did he could have made Arsenal even better than Wenger did. He just needed time to adjust to the PL.
Agreed. GG was a better coach and better tactically than Wenger.
@@chrisrowe7503 No doubt he was a great manager in his own right, but cut out the crap about comparing George with Arsene. You have forgotten before George was sacked we had to fight off relegation, and the team was in decline. If you want to nominate the greatest manager at Arsenal, you will have to include Herbert Chapman. Chapman came to Arsenal in 1925 while we didn't have a major trophy in the Cabinet. He laid the foundations from dust to make us what Arsenal is today. 5 years later he won our first major trophy in 1930 (FA Cup) then the following season we won our first league title and again in the following season. I think you should drop the "who was the best manager" BS.
@@MrUnbling The team was in decline because the media kept on at Arsenal like leaches that season thanks to Paul Merson admitting his cocaine addiction. No arguing with his record. Two league titles, 2 league cups, 1 FA Cup, 1 Cup winners cup and all in his 9 years at the club. George was sacked after being caught doing what every manager was doing for years and still are doing. Look at Raul Sanellhi. He has been sacked because he overspend by £22m for Pepe. Do you really believe that all of that £22m is going to the club we signed Pepe from? Of course it's not. More than probable that the agent and Raul are splitting it £11m each. Also Herbert Chapman in my view is probably the greatest English manager in history. As I say had Graham stayed I believe we would have been just as successful with him as we were with Wenger. We will never know but I definitely believe Arsene Wenger was given far too much favourable treatment by the club based on successes from over a decade ago. Now Middlesex Hotspur are seeing the same with Has Been Mourinho.
@@chrisrowe7503 Wenger won 7 trophies in 9 season and got the invincible and was a Henry shot away from the CL. Don’t pretend that Graham would have been more successful, he lost his way in 94/95 and Wenger changed English football, Arsenal and had great knowledge of the French market. Graham was a proper 80s and 90s manager, Wenger was definitely the modern manager. Also with moving stadium, Graham’s philosophy at end of Arsenal tenure wouldn’t have been good enough for continuous champions league football which was necessary.
Top top man I was lucky enough to get to know him a little and he had red and white running through his veins
Graham was quite simply the right man in the right place at the right time. You can split his management career in two, 1987-91 1991-94. The the first half he was riding on the crest of a wave, the second was more functional but still delivered trophies. I believe he would have stepped down or been sacked by 1996 regardless of the bung scandal. Every manager was at it back then, he was just the one that got caught. After his time at Spurs George knew the game had moved on and he wasn’t the correct fit for the modern game, hence why he jacked it in after Spurs. He will always be a legend in my book, without GG there would never have been a Wenger era.
He never should have gone to Tottenham. He'd have been much better off at Leeds. It was never going to work at Spurs where the fans hated him.
GG’s treatment of Rocky and the way his AFC career ended is an often forgotten chapter of the story. And Gorgeous always gets the credit for promoting the youth players (Merson, Adams, Rocastle, Thomas, Hayes) when it was Don Howe who blooded them. And even then it was more of a case of rolling the dice because the senior first team had lost their way by the early to mid 1980s (York & Walsall leading us a merry dance along with poor league campaigns)
George won us the first trophy of my lifetime & ended our long wait for the title. I’ll always be grateful for what he did. But the revisionist stuff is insulting the intelligence of us fans who lived through the Graham years. We were never the same after Benfica knocked us out of Europe in Nov 1991 in our own back yard. They were the days when a 1-1 draw away in the first leg really was as good as a win. It’s incredible how the fans who attempt to distort GG’s achievements completely airbrush away that defeat at Highbury. That’s before we recall the season when we scored 40 league goals in 38 games which still makes my skin crawl. 3 trophies in his final 3 full seasons would suggest I’m being unduly harsh, but the football being played isn’t a patch on what we saw from May 1986- May 1992. I’ve often looked back and noted that we were a side who only Arsenal fans could love in those final three years of his reign. No neutrals would root for us. And that’s because the brand of football was so dreadful that if they were playing in your back garden, you’d close the curtains unless you were a fan.
As for the “last to win a European trophy” argument- its there in black and white & cant be disputed. That said, there’s a reason the ECWC isn’t contested anymore: it was always the most lopsided of European competitions because you had higher caliber sides in both what are now the Champions League and Europa League. ECWC was an easy competition to win. And if you can’t see that, then could you explain how the Arsenal side which flirted with relegation in 94/95 made it all the way to the final? We were so bad that season that London Tonight were reporting on bookies taking bets on us to go down as late as March. Never happened in any other season since. So yes, George did win us our last European trophy, but like another now defunct European competition (Intertoto) its hardly worth making a fuss about.
@@MauriGooner Brilliant.
Lord George Graham, the supreme commander, master tactician.
26/05/1989 - What a night that was. George was a brilliant manager! COYG
Bloody hell! I had this on VHS back in the day, never thought I'd see it again! Many thanks for the upload!
The early work George Graham did at Arsenal was remarkable. Dixon, Bould, Winterburn, Richardson, Groves and Smith were tremendous buys. Merson, Rocastle and Thomas coming through was a great plus. He inherited Davis and O’Leary. Post 89 you would have to say his judgment in buying players wasn’t as unerring. To be fair Seaman, Limpar and Wright were cracking buys. By that stage he was spending big money relative to the time. His sides became more functional and dour as time went on. His trophy haul is impressive and in Seaman, Dixon, Bould, Adams, and Winterburn he put together arguably the greatest back line of a club side in England in the last 40 years.
Stoller will always he a legend
Wenger was phenomenal in his first 10 years but he deliberately neglected the defence. He bought dross, the best defender he bought after Sol was Koscielny who was average at best. Georgie Graham understood how a strong defence is the foundation of any successful team. Proper legend even though he managed sp*rs.
Kolo Toure?
One of the best.
He built the defense of the 'Invincibles'! Great lad! I met him in the 60's . George 'Stroller' Graham!
Didn't he build the defence for Wenger's first 2 titles but not the invincibles?
Seaman, Adams and Keown played in Graham's team + Wenger's 1st 2 League titles while Keown is the only one to play in all 3 of Wenger's PL wins iirc
The man was more ruthless than Fergie was. He would shake a player's hand one day and sell them the next. Anders Limpar once said he was the biggest bastard of a manager he had ever played for but also said it worked and made Arsenal one of the best teams in England at the time.
legend
He won a trophy with Tottenham. That can't have been easy.
This man laid the foundation for wenger, but he doesn’t really get the credit. Idk if it has to do with his departure or his stint at spurs, he’s a proper legend anyway
He comes from a strong family.
didn't know his dad died when he was a baby.
This is so authentically vintage that the audio is in mono.
Graham wasn't bad as a player for Arsenal, when he played in the midfield. As a manager he led us to two league titles, two league cups, the FA cup and the ECWC.I didn't like his way of managing our enemies from the Lane and the feeling was mutual from Tottenham fans too.
He never should have gone to Tottenham. He'd have been much better off at Leeds. He could have taken them to a title or to win far more. There were a group of promising youngsters who had come through. It was never going to work at Spurs where the fans hated him. That was the 2nd biggest mistake he made in his career. His 1st was taking the money from Hauge. His 3rd was getting rid of Andy Cole and his creative midfield.
Audio is really rough.
First coyg!!
k Fletch good work fella love Arsenal love George Graham love the video love your comment COYG !!!
Graham, Arsenal legend 🔴❤️💪🏻
@george huh
The George Graham Story doesnt end with Anfield 89...what anout the 2nd title when we lost only One game over a 42 games season ..a record which still stands...the Cup Double...the Copenhagen Final and the Brown Paper bags...this cut and join clips is poor....
Spurs legend
18 years not 28
Nice too see these whining yiddo's on here still living in arsenal's shadows 😂😂😂😂
This bighead put DG on transfer list ffs WEAK
Who's DG ?
DG?
@@philipkempbell7174 Guessing David Ginola.