Boxing Day 1989

[Damo70]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

I'd forgotten their historical revisionism suggests we'd all had a group hallucination that day.

It is a reverse of The Sex Pistols/Southampton '86 thing. Absolutely no United fan was present at Villa Park that day and even if they were they were not chanting about Ferguson. For the record I was at the 8,000 Southampton game but I wasn't at The Sex Pistols thing. Was it the 100 club or something? I was probably about six at the time.

[LeeB]

Those were the days when United not only didn't win anything but they didn't even finish in the top six. And they lost games by three goals. We will never see anything like that again.

And they used to pay way over the odds to try to close the gap, it's hard to imagine now.

[Rudy65]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

May not have referred to the dole, but they were definitely chanting they wanted Fergie out

[Exeter 77]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

May not have referred to the dole, but they were definitely chanting they wanted Fergie out

Our fans were definitely singing that. Their fans were chanting that they wanted him out.

[dave.woodhall]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

May not have referred to the dole, but they were definitely chanting they wanted Fergie out

Our fans were definitely singing that. Their fans were chanting that they wanted him out.

No they weren't.

[Damo70]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

May not have referred to the dole, but they were definitely chanting they wanted Fergie out

Our fans were definitely singing that. Their fans were chanting that they wanted him out.

No they weren't.

I came here for an argument. That is just contradiction.

[dave.woodhall]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

May not have referred to the dole, but they were definitely chanting they wanted Fergie out

Our fans were definitely singing that. Their fans were chanting that they wanted him out.

No they weren't.

I came here for an argument. That is just contradiction.

Okay, if they did, where's your evidence? Forty thousand Manchester United supporters Never Missed A Match from 1968-1992. I defy you to find one who heard it.

[Damo70]

There is also a photo of a Fergie Out banner at Old Trafford around that time which is obviously a fake.

[Chris Jameson]

I definitely remember that at the final whistle those in the United end applauded Ferguson as he walked towards the tunnel and were shouting encouragement and words like 'keep it up, we're all behind you'.

[usav]

The song that sticks out clearly to me from that day was the "thank you very much for Paul McGrath" to the tune of the Cadbury's Roses commercial.

[VILLA MOLE]

I have video footage of that memorable match. If I recall we beat the Arse 2-0 two days later - I have an hour's footage of that game. Also, we beat Chelsea 3-0 at their place on New Year's Day to complete probably the best Christmas ever - I have another hour's footage of that one as well. What a goal by Tony Daley!!

I was in the states as a kid with my folks at the time and trying to find the scores was near on impossible Having to buy newspapers a couple of days old !! but what a christmas week that was !! beat both my mum and dads teams Arsenal and chelsea respectively 

[the-farmer]

I was 21, after the United game I took my brother (12) to the Arsenal game
We stood in the queue for the junior/U16 turnstile & I bundled him through in front of me.
I was chuffed to get in at junior rate, I think £2.50 instead of £5 ? 

[Holte L2]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

I'd forgotten their historical revisionism suggests we'd all had a group hallucination that day.

It is a reverse of The Sex Pistols/Southampton '86 thing. Absolutely no United fan was present at Villa Park that day and even if they were they were not chanting about Ferguson. For the record I was at the 8,000 Southampton game but I wasn't at The Sex Pistols thing. Was it the 100 club or something? I was probably about six at the time.

Free Trade Hall, Manchester mate.

[JD]

I remember the chorus of 'Fergie On The Dole' from that game as well.

No you don't. It never happened.

I'd forgotten their historical revisionism suggests we'd all had a group hallucination that day.

It is a reverse of The Sex Pistols/Southampton '86 thing. Absolutely no United fan was present at Villa Park that day and even if they were they were not chanting about Ferguson. For the record I was at the 8,000 Southampton game but I wasn't at The Sex Pistols thing. Was it the 100 club or something? I was probably about six at the time.

Free Trade Hall, Manchester mate.

I was at the 100 Club DJ'ing**



**It was about eight years after the Pistol played there though.

[rob_bridge]

I have video footage of that memorable match. If I recall we beat the Arse 2-0 two days later - I have an hour's footage of that game. Also, we beat Chelsea 3-0 at their place on New Year's Day to complete probably the best Christmas ever - I have another hour's footage of that one as well. What a goal by Tony Daley!!

Yep what a great Christmas period that was!  Dismantled Manchester United on Boxing Day and then beat the reigning champions a couple of days later (though I thought it was 2-1). Those two results, particularly the Aresenal one, signalled that we were serious contenders for the league title.   

Totally agree, one of the best Christmases I can remember as a Villa fan.

Against Arsenal, I remember us singing "Hand it over, hand it over, hand it over, Arsenal"

I think Adams got a latish goal in Arsenal game.

Manure were battered though I think we lost 2-0 to them which all but ended out title tilt.