1984-85: Manchester United v Everton

BBC highlights of Manchester United against Everton in March 1985, including some Match of the Day studio footage (don't have the full episode sorry).

[@chrisevans5259]

Loved football from this era, proper games on proper pitches with mud,....loved the cut and thrust of these games full of raw passion and excitement..... miss those great times

[@PeteBurns-xv2fz]

Derek mountfield was a centre half we will NEVER see the like of again....a very solid no frills defender....who in that season scored 14 goals !!... headers shots, everything....NO penalties....i remember us beating sunderland at roker park 2-1... and he scored both our goals !!...a tremendous player ✌

[@darrenbrackley2301]

Loved those days. Always up there in the League, and a decent cup side.

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

I'm Chelsea; and not a Glory supporter. I'm from Kensington and Chelsea. I remember the shitty times; in the lower division. However, the Everton team at this time; was superb. Mountfield a fab servant to the cause. Everton broke their neighbours monopoly; even if it was only for a short time. Arguably played better football too.

[@jeannotschumacher1024]

Best english side i remember. Gooner born 1965.

[@allantheblue5084]

My 21st birthday that day. Went the game then back for my party. Happy days!!

[@anthonyscott4270]

Some tough tackles by some hard cases on both sides, and not one player whinged like today's players. The good old days!.

[@TheDavelister30]

This Everton team were massively underrated. Southall was the best keeper in Europe by a mile in this era.

[@darrinellis2399]

I'm not convinced they were underrated! I've heard it said many times that they probably would have gone on and won The European Cup if it hadn't been for Heysel. They were certainly a better team than Steaua Bucharest team that won it in 1986, and the PSV team that won it in 1988.

[@mogg34y]

Great era of football ⚽️ movie's and music 🎶

[@apathyintheuk265]

Stood on that scoreboard end terrace a few times in the '80's. God how I miss 'old' football stadia.

[@mrkipling2201]

I miss the atmosphere, grounds and football from the 1980's. I would take the game from back then over today's rubbish, every time. Just remove the hooliganism. Mind you, in all the games I went to in the 1980's, I probably saw 2 instances of trouble. If you went looking for it, you would probably find it. If you didn't look for trouble, you wouldn't really see any.

[@martinduckworth9837]

Remember this one well. Hadn't had a home game in a full month before this. Great atmosphere. Some argy bargy in the United Road after Everton's pen.

[@fisherpeter695]

This game and era shows the premier league as now no better than a game of drafts now VAR can cancel goal celebration's by making decisions after the event. Lucky to have seen so many great games between Everton and United. Though these skills, endeavour and atmosphere seemed regular when games were played Saturday afternoon at 3 pm. How can fans and players raise this type of atmosphere on a Monday night at 8pm? I often recall being inside Goodson in 1964 when Everton and United fought out a 3-3 draw. And in 1966 when George Best gave a great second half display to lay on 2 goals for Denis Law to cancel out Derek Temples earlier goal. And a memorial game at Bolton in 1966 when Everton gave a great defensive display to beat United 1-0 in the FA Cup semi final. Hard to believe that Norman Whiteside would join Everton four years after this game after falling out with Alex Ferguson. And Mark Hughes would sign for Walter Smith when he was at Everton in 2000. And in my opinion Everton gave one of their finest away performance in August 1969 defeating a very powerful United side 2-0 at Old Trafford on a Wednesday night, Ball Kendall Harvey Hurst and Labone were brilliant and I recall applauded off by some United fans near me at full time

[@paulmcdivitt2890]

Still the best Everton side of all time come on Everton 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@diggers7169]

Ski hats in the crowd! Love it!

[@apathyintheuk265]

We all had 'em!

[@petercarey7456]

Ahh those were the days. 💙💙💙

[@jeremyslaney5644]

This was probably Jesper Olsen's best game for Manchester United

[@leechristianandrews2257]

Loved Jesper Olson great player

[@mrkipling2201]

One of the only good things Alan Brazil did for us in setting up that goal!! Hitting the bar as well!! One of his best games for us. Proper football with a proper atmosphere. This is great. No robbo for us that game as well. Which made our performance even better. We should have won that game. What a team Everton had back then though. Brilliant.

[@mrkipling2201]

distantvoices I always thought it was strange that after they won the title in 86/87 they wouldn’t challenge for the title again after that. They went from being one of the best teams in Europe in that period from 84-87 then nothing. I think the European ban hurt them more than other clubs to be honest. And it could have gone either way in 85/86 it was that close at one point. Plus West Ham had a genuine shout of the league that season.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

@distantvoices won the title in 87 get it right ha

[@user-py5ct1go2s]

​@@mrkipling2201It didn't help that Andy gray was getting too many injuries and was sold. Also 3 pissed off out of the club. Steven, Stevens and Reid.

[@johnruby147]

As soon as Jim said "your match commentator is John Motson" i turned the sound off. I put the subtitles on , i think the person typing the subtitles was a Dyslexic . Admire Trevor Steven after he was hit with a coin , just rubbed his head and got on with it , not like todays pampered superstars , they would be rolling around on the floor

[@stevecampbell6294]

Proper football.

[@bluenose1744]

Feel like crying watching this, how have we ended up so bad. Utft

[@johnb9624]

Like us mate

[@kingkevinhector]

What a frantic match. John Motson had it right at the end - healthy belligerence.

[@partickdurrant6803]

Best Everton team I ever Sean 👍👍

[@martinjackson3586]

So this is what football looks like without VAR 😀

[@mrkipling2201]

I thought the caption said Norman wisdom was the referee for a second!!

[@Rivelino824]

The Stretford end in them days if you wasn't there you haven't lived.

[@zakariyyayusuf6208]

Were both sets of fans sitting together?

[@davidantony2734]

Blatant foul throw at 3:03?

[@smith077906]

As a Leeds fan I was rooting for Man U. Strachan pen miss 🙈🙈 McGrath crunching foul without a yellow 😂😂 & the state of the pitch! G8 times.

[@kpr1969]

It’s like watching a different game

[@ChrisTCAP]

An attacking midfield for Man Utd!? Do we need that today with Ole...

[@YJB8CCFC]

What was going on in the crowd at 23.10?

[@daveankerr8786]

Utd road paddock getting narky at the scousers

[@daveankerr8786]

Good old days in the Utd road paddock right next the scousers old Trafford was a bear pit back then

[@benbirch1497]

Man United awarded 15!!! Pens already this season!!!!!

[@petercarey7456]

What a proud and great time to be a blue.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Nice to See David Icke on here, I remember when the media said he was crazy etc just because he had a different opinion to them..They should have listened to him and maybe the country might have been in a prosperous place by now aye ❤

[@gustaaf1892]

Sure, all his predictions that turned out to be 100% false. He is just a conman profiting from gullible idiots in an age of ridiculous conspiracy theories.

[@tatata1543]

Are you kidding, the guy is a total wingnut.

[@tyqwdybijo]

@@tatata1543 and you must be a fool. How many injections did you take .? Do you think soccer will be classified as “essential” when net zero is Implemented?

[@synxx1004]

You’re as crazy as him if you believe that!

[@nicholaswalmsley3662]

Blimey! McGrath cleaned out Curran and didn’t even pick up a yellow!

[@user-dv9zg2yy8n]

Moses was on the bench

[@daveankerr8786]

Utd road paddock in the corner was getting abit narky near the end towards the scousers

[@oliver69cork46]

How did Terry Curran get on even before Alan harper? He was a tryer but bang average.

[@JohnJones-hh8cs]

Neville Southall master keeper

[@texriba8000]

Late Jimmy Hill the best

[@tonydunn3559]

Used to regular in those days ,some great games ,midfield then compared to now ,and the wingers they are looking up who to pass too ,not any more ,its all selfish make me wonder what do the coaches do at United.

[@Muesli711]

@20:26 😮

[@derekcummins9088]

Like playing on a ploughed field

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Peter Reid tearing whiteside a new one 😂

[@shaka7594]

Big Norm tore him later in the Fa Cup Final 😂

[@paulanthony5274]

No way that was a penalty Albiston barely touched him, diver.

[@mrkipling2201]

Awful penalty from strachan. Just as bad as the one Kerry Dixon took against us at Stamford Bridge that season.

[@kingkevinhector]

Looked like he struck the ball with his big toe.

[@mrkipling2201]

kingkevinhector definitely. It was an awful penalty. Mind you our pitch in the 80’s didn’t help!!

[@amc7004]

Bring back the hat wearers I was born in 79 and have my 85 cup final cap somewhere which I remember well but I can't remember league being called the canon league ,a programme that would show that then a 3rd division game and who the fuck was Terry Curran 😁 but he looked game as fuck

[@roynickson8460]

Interesting to see the son of god chatting with Jimmy Hill not something i thought i would ever see on you tube.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Yeah he speaks only the truth, you should maybe listen to him to learn a few things me old fruit

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Manure’s goal was offside! No change there then, playing twelve or more men against the SLY (Six, five, seven?)

[@patrickmalone1902]

Shut up you child.Hated Adored,never ignored.MUFC.

[@shaka7594]

More Salt?

[@luddite2702]

Brazil was a joke.

[@janetcrisp5815]

Eric cantoner😂

[@timjones9962]

I'd far rather watch these games than watch today's over priced over paid wankers.

[@djsjtj1731]

The standard of football compared to today is appalling 😂, like kids booting it everywhere

[@yozzer6449]

I'd like to see tika-taka being played on this sort of pitch🤣, and this sort of tackling. Today's players wouldn't last 5 minutes

[@shaka7594]

Todays players wouldn't cope on those pitches nor with the tackles

[@jeannotschumacher1024]

Todays game isn't football anymore. There are no emotions aka no atmosphere no happiness to the people watching nothing bar flicks. it's appaling.

[@PeteBurns-xv2fz]

Forgot to add how much i loved going to old trafford as a blue, the aggro, fisticuffs😂 being bombarded by missiles when walking past the 'lou macari' chippy 😁...plus the atmosphere....old trafford was so exciting to go to...the noise was f•ckin deafening ✌👍🍻

[@williambeck1574]

Went with Everton that day,great game,better after the game the Everton scallies ran the mancs everywhere