Match Of The Day - 21 February 2009

[@tahmidkalam1814]

Please upload more😢 so nostalgic

[@hafeji19]

Best period of the PL era

[@alexfulbo8353]

Rest In Peace Motty!

[@vlnakajr2346]

Awesome. Keep these coming if you have more. Cheers. The mid 00s was the best era of Premier League.

[@danielmorgan1893]

Ðàñìèĺ😂I love

[@hydry6317]

to think 14 and a half years later Johnny Evans would be back playing for us and be scoring another disallowed goal from a corner. Mad.

[@Nightopian1982]

He must be the only player from the 08/09 season still playing for the same club as back then (although I know he's joined United again from Leicester only recently). Are there any other players from this era still playing in the PL? I know Ashley Young is at Everton now at 38 years old, but I can't think of any others.

[@liamjohnson7887]

​@@Nightopian1982was milner around then?

[@Nightopian1982]

@@liamjohnson7887 Ah, good call! Yes, he was at Villa at this point (I know he scored against United for Newcastle two seasons before this one). Keep forgetting he's at Brighton now. I still don't think there's anyone from that PL era other than Evans who's back playing for his boyhood club, but I may be wrong.

[@liamjohnson7887]

@@Nightopian1982 as far as longest serving current players go, Coleman at Everton springs to mind, but I'm not sure if he was playing that far back.

[@RobLamb-ob1bh]

@@liamjohnson7887 Milner and Young both started for Villa in the first game of this vid!

[@alisteell]

Love this! Great work uploading these! Keep them coming from this era of Barclays : D

[@Danny0Poland]

Thanks for posting all of your stuff. So nostalgic

[@drewhayman1815]

Loving these uploads thank you

[@thomasdgreen]

Classic Howard Webb performance in the Man Utd Blackburn game, there.

[@georgewhitehall322]

Ahh the good old days where Man United would get away with absolute murder. 😂🙄

[@dylanmulroe9978]

My 10th birthday let’s go

[@julian_cross_]

I remember watching Arshavin debut 🙌🏾

[@OnlyTheJugg]

That Villa team is one of the best to not qualify for the UCL in Prem history

[@nickyhaugh2390]

@Ben Jones - Can you upload more ASAP please?

[@habesha6883]

Watching this PL era as a young teen was the best thing for me back then…I don’t watch football that much nowadays

[@joecurran2811]

Same - don't even bother watching MOTD. I watch highlights onKZbin for the most part.

[@dylanmulroe9978]

Some supporter you are

[@brendanhunter389]

@@dylanmulroe9978or maybe he is bored of every league being won by the same teams every year?

[@MultiVince95]

Saturday 21st February 2009

[@thedishonestjeffsokol2489]

Back when teams didn't sit all back with 10 men behind the ball and attackers actually had space to move and try things. God I miss this.

[@phillyjackson1680]

lol

[@tombardsley3081]

Teams did this back in the day as well. Also what do you expect lesser teams to do for them to win? Play a style that doesn’t suit them and get smashed 4/5-0?

[@laticrourke3173]

World class football in the 'Boro Wigan match!

[@darthwatson8274]

18:00 I remember watching this match on Setanta Sports

[@dylanmulroe9978]

Setanta sports! Now that’s a throwback

[@darthwatson8274]

@@dylanmulroe9978 HAHAHAH I know right? I guess they were like an OG BT Sports

[@danielmorgan1893]

❤❤

[@Coxy_Wrecked]

Was going to make a comment about Ronaldo being a cheating pr**k and all round tosspot but...to be fair,what a free kick that was😮.

[@vladimirpoosintins8235]

2:44 Heskey the 🐐🐐

[@JustSam_96]

One of the best Chelsea kits ever

[@thedishonestjeffsokol2489]

ok sal: pronounce roman (abramovic) as "ruh-maann"

[@mesicek7]

How did you get through copyright restrictions? I have a few episodes and they're all copyright resticted as soon as they're upped.

[@joecurran2811]

I think it's tough from 2009 onwards - I think it's how old before they let it go and almost see it as an advertisement for themselves perhaps?

[@mesicek7]

@@joecurran2811 I tried some old Revista and got blocked instantly.

[@barrygreen5782]

John motson legend on the mic rip

[@aleksanderpagels288]

11 April 2009 and 5 February 2011? Around 40 goals in one weekend

[@juliolleshi751]

5th Feb? The same weekend United lost their first league game of that season and Newcastle came from 4-0 down against Arsenal 😂

[@Wonderguard1]

Good old Mike Phelan. Saying the media do are what they do even back then.

[@kitsch570]

Unfashionable to say but I think people forget Agbonlahor could PLAY

[@kirky1293]

Alfonso Alves might not have scored today but I'm sure he will bop in 20 a season for Middlesbrough when he settles

[@hsthatzo8063]

Before we all knew Lineker as Britains resident refugee fetishist.

[@jordanangus1962]

Lampard was a balller

[@joecurran2811]

Tottenham in 16th!

[@sc1788]

Wow united really did get all the big decisions at old trafford

[@Jakeindbox]

There's literally a goal chalked off for fuck all reason in the first half.

[@Nightopian1982]

Oh please, you lot have been singing from the same hymn sheet for decades now. There have been plenty of occasions when we've not got decisions. In the last few years, there have been plenty of decisions for and against us. Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs have more than their fair share of luck too. The difference back then is that United could actually play football really well, as opposed to today.

[@joecurran2811]

25:27 how is that not a penalty?! VAR has been a disaster for Man U!

[@Chimagic]

All these old motd uploads show us just how biased refs were to United

[@joecurran2811]

VAR has been a disaster for them and great for other teams - look at the recent Arsenal Man U match

[@Chimagic]

@@joecurran2811 what do you mean? Offside is offside according to the rules and Lindelof should have got a red

[@Chimagic]

@@joecurran2811 also onanas foul in the wolves game was ignored too

[@joecurran2811]

@@Chimagic There was a massive reaction to the Onana thing though. Felt like a line in the sand.

[@Chimagic]

@@joecurran2811 hope so

[@joecurran2811]

Only way that Chelsea game was on first because it was a big game - no way that was the best game of the day!

[@josephcole8046]

Definitely a big game because it was Hiddink's first game and 3rd (Villa) vs 4th (Chelsea). Villa were so comfortably on track for top 4 until this match, being 7 points ahead of Arsenal in 5th (themselves coming towards the end of a run of only 5 wins in 15 and in the midst of 4 consecutive games without scoring). This was the start of a 9 game run of not winning for Villa - they didn't win until May.

[@Ross_Milton]

Not an alex scott to be seen

[@JcoolV]

Jonny Evans still plays for Manchester United.

[@thedishonestjeffsokol2489]

Giggs debuted in 1992 and played in 2014....mental

[@danielmorgan1893]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@benmatthews7316]

I might be on my own here but am I the only one who thinks it isn’t a penalty.

[@aleksanderpagels288]

That Man United game here is a big middle finger to the people saying Howard Webb was Man United's 12th player.

[@Mlaargaar]

Except for the fact that he completely missed Ronaldo kicking out about 30 seconds before his dive, get a grip.

[@YagaYooo]

tess tickles

[@joecurran2811]

Portsmouth game is exactly why we need VAR - two wrong decisions given against them leading to goals - goals change games.

[@ChrisJ-ru6ek]

lol alladycre whinging as usual

[@crystalracing4794]

Blair's Britain

[@tonytandtherevengeofthecru9108]

Brown's Britain.

[@brettriverboat9920]

look at the garbage in the league then: Stoke,Boro,Wigan,Bolton,Stoke,Pompey,WBA... jesus this league was poor then