Planting the Galatasaray flag at Fenerbahce | Graeme Souness on his time in Turkey.

In June 1996, Graeme Souness was named Galatasaray manager.
During his year in Istanbul, he won the Turkish Cup & Turkish Super Cup.
The biggest moment of his time in Turkey came when he planted the Galatasaray flag in the middle of Fenerbahce's pitch after Gala beat them in the Turkish Final.
He explains the reasons behind it here, and his love for the city of Istanbul.

[@robchip1]

He planted that flag to make a point and that point is "pogba needs to do more"

[@Ollay245]

haha he's not wrong

[@Eddiedoherty22]

Ha ha clinker guy🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😃🤣

[@Gurb-cr3wl]

Pogba always will need to do more. The most inconsistent player ever

[@mr.talldarkandhandsome4111]

@@Gurb-cr3wl Graeme, is that u?

[@Gurb-cr3wl]

@@mr.talldarkandhandsome4111 yes its me. and if only people got out of a fairytale world and saw the inconsistent Pogba they'd understand. 4 assists and watch rest of the season when he languishes about on the pitch

[@rasputinf]

As a Galatasaray fan, that scene is one of the unforgettable memories of my childhood. Thanks 'Ulubatlı Souness'

[@ariestiger12]

what does Ulubatlı mean in English?

[@myaltaccountthatiwillbarel2288]

@@ariestiger12 Its the name of a great Turkish hero that raised the flag of victory over captured constantinople im 1453

[@yarasa77]

@@ariestiger12 In 1453, during the conquest of Istanbul, the name of the first person to plant the Turkish flag on the Byzantine walls... Ulubatlı Hasan.

[@lamariposa5919]

Graeme❤

[@dot2562]

​@@yarasa77 the conquest of Constaninople 😊then it became Istanbul 😅😅😅, before Contsanitnople it was the Bizantime(spelling)untill the Ottomans came along and took over😊😊

[@monoelmono9476]

Souness had balls of steel. How he ever managed to get out of there alive is a miracle. Especially in the 90's

[@dot2562]

He's Scottish 😅😅😅, loyal to the cause....👊👊👊

[@dot2562]

That why the uk won ww1 and ww1 😅😅😅 weir all the same...whatever it takes...at whatever cost😅😅😅,for whatever cause😂😂😂,Scottish, English, Welsh, Northern Irish 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧and galatasrish 😂😂😂❤

[@dot2562]

Ww2....duh😂😂....except for that tussle in gallipoli was it in ww1🙄that didn't go to well😮😮😮

[@joshg2603]

He played football at the highest level in the 70s/80s. The era of football, when fans could genuinely run on and pitch and attack you. He’s always been solid.

[@sancaktarbayrak4176]

True.

[@npc3po301]

"I've never kissed so many moustachioed men in my life" 1970/80s Liverpool has left the chat

[@bookillful]

Haha, perfect comment. XD

[@rjjcms1]

Yosser Hughes.

[@Utiaux]

@kbooax wat?

[@root1905]

😂😂

[@OneCash]

This is an iconic Galatasaray moment. Just like the championship 2012 at Fener Stadium when they shut down the lights so the players had to celebrate in the dark and the media couldn't take photos.

[@RedHarlow31]

Just like when the players defended the ali sami yen pitch in 2007 after a loss so a Fener player couldn't do the same. Shambolic

[@franciscomarques5155]

Just like FC PORTO, champions in 2010/2011 at SL Benfica stadium, they turned the lights off and the water system for the pitch, Porto celebrated in the dark and wet of the stadium.

[@manseeingthefuture9732]

@@franciscomarques5155 the exact same situation at Fener Gala back in 2012 :D

[@manseeingthefuture9732]

@@franciscomarques5155 the exact same situation at Fener Gala back in 2012 :D

[@JoBlakeLisbon]

I feel like Souness was born for the cauldron of fire and machismo that is Turkish football. What a legend.

[@chunkydunky6296]

Planting the flag and shouting Pogba is sh*t

[@jodu626]

Omg that really caught me off guard. Laughed pretty hard there

[@nirajlal9469]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@hakimziyech9375]

He's a legend to Galatasaray fans.

[@bilaldurdu8061]

No he’s not

[@unknownzzz5115]

@@bilaldurdu8061 Why not?

[@n00b_n00b_]

​@@unknownzzz5115butthurt 7ener fan bro😂

[@richardcoats6430]

Also Liverpool, Rangers, and well thought of by Sampdoria,great football player.

[@yarasa77]

All Galatasaray fans love you, Souness. You will not be forgotten in the history of Galatasaray. After this act of your new name, Ulubatlı Souness... Greetings from Turkey.❤💛❤💛

[@gokmentasci5304]

After 25 years and I can still not forget it, watched the game live. Love you Ulubatlı Souness ❤

[@Instasamps]

I’d find a bit of pace from somewhere if I had 30,000 Fenerbahce fans after me

[@Ryan-dq6nn]

LIKE AND PIN THIS COMMENT TO SAVE POSSIBLY A LIFE Pls help and possibly save his life with the platform you have .Kyle by 8 year old Kyle was Diagnosed with dipg an aggressive form of brain cancer in September 2019 possibly save his life by donating to the go fund me on Kyle www.gofundme.com/f/kyles-race-against-time @kylesarmy11

[@hughmungus1235]

@Col83 thats why you help any and all you come across.

[@hugonongbri8100]

If that'd been Mertesacker he'd have broken Bolt's record

[@tamambuldum]

Greame Souness thank you very much for your kind words on behalf of all Turkish people. Love and Respect !

[@Evrim_Caglar]

You'll never walk alone on life road Mr. Souness.We know your heart beats for Liverpool,but you will always be in the hearts of the Galatasaray fans...

[@masonboyne5074]

His Heart is With Glasgow Rangers

[@MYEVILTWIIN]

Looks younger now than he did when he was at Rangers

[@godsstruggler8783]

New teeth and Botox.

[@hubertmosiej]

@@godsstruggler8783 and less stress

[@egemeno9215]

There are rumors that Graeme has problems walking. I think it has something to do with HIS MASSIVE BALLS OF STEEL!!! Love you!!! #Cimbom

[@blaineoconnor]

Souness is one of the most idiotic men in football.

[@egemeno9215]

Might be, but still: balls of steel!

[@purveyoroftruth7096]

@@blaineoconnor hes the best pundit

[@mr.talldarkandhandsome4111]

He has a problem walking because Pogba is a disgrace to football.

[@henryhill1364]

Forza fenerbahce

[@nealmceneaney3771]

Like or loath him; Souness was 100% all the time

[@paulburns1333]

Turned into an arsehole whinging about tackles on Liverpool players, fckn hypocrite.

[@liambrady4474]

@@paulburns1333 fuck off

[@J.C.180]

@@liambrady4474 No you bitch

[@randomsh1t967]

Ha indeed he was,

[@hatehaters6563]

Greeting Mr.Souness . Gala will never forget you .

[@henryangus8227]

Man who caused a riot is crying about a can of beer

[@iseekq]

He’s a prick, mate.

[@t.a.8305]

I love you Souness!!! Ulubatlı Souness!! Our hero. We love you. We dont forget you.

[@denz667]

Even Graeme could not know how important that moment was. Still gives me goosbumps. Thank you Graeme the Conquerer!

[@malikaslan4817]

Graham Souness，you will always staying a legend of Galatasaray aslong this earth exists，we will NEVER FORGET ，🏆🦁🔥 God bless u and your family Sir 🔥en buyuk cim bom bom🔥

[@ufukdeniz3704]

We love you big man... Legend

[@mariasanchezm.364]

What's going on ? .

[@Ryan-dq6nn]

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[@nurullahkahya106]

Sen unutulmayacak adamsın. Seni çok seviyor ve sayıyoruz. Kal sağlıcakla..! 🙏

[@calciointernazionale]

Souness is a hero for us Galatasaray fans

[@junglelord2194]

Legends never dies galatasaray fans never forget you💛❤🦁🏆🇲🇰

[@omaralm8061]

RETRO brought me here

[@somekidnamedenzo4932]

Łøļ §ä?ë

[@money1968]

Same 😂

[@rossmccabe3667]

Same 😂😂😂

[@andysmyth1211]

Same

[@Dylan-ek5fy]

Gotta love it

[@cforsyth1201]

Rangers fan here. Although Souness was a Rangers icon, he’s the sole reason why I have a soft spot for Galatasaray. 💙🤍❤️ ❤️💛❤️

[@markirish7599]

Tesla changed everyone's life

[@AlexBonesJones]

Orange land grabbing hun

[@OneCash]

Wow, I'm a Galatasaray fan with a soft spot for Rangers. But my adoration for you comes from FM 🤣had some legendary seasons

[@cameroncampbell2315]

@james Andthegiantpeach did great for rangers as a player manger

[@bodoor8172]

You do realize Galatasaray is like Celtic right?

[@mustafanesimitelli8062]

We will never forget you Souness, you are legend for us F..k Fenerbahçe

[@jpf7942]

Why would you like him though? He literally planted a Galatasary flag in the centre of your pitch lol

[@mustafanesimitelli8062]

@@jpf7942 im a big GS fan already

[@jpf7942]

@@mustafanesimitelli8062 sorry man I was drunk typing that comment and didn't see "Fuck Fenerbaçe" my bad. My dad's a Galatasary fan also, I'm half Turkish half, Half Irish

[@mustafanesimitelli8062]

@@jpf7942 Allright mate so nice to meet you, and take care

[@emiraga350]

@@jpf7942 you are so lucky :)

[@AJP0987654321]

This presenter is class! Why isn’t he doing the prem matches?

[@ismaeel5051]

Because pogba

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

Pogba

[@samuelbiswas615]

Pogba

[@DdotAdot]

Pogba

[@kiangray1179]

How is it because of pogba

[@WhoCares69]

Souness was and is an utter legend 👏👏👏👏

[@kensan8429]

We will always love you Master Sounness

[@dubskj01]

Mr Souness is a living legend. As a young boy I lived in the south side of Glasgow in a town where Kenny Dalglish owned a pub. He had just made his legendary move from Glasgow Celtic to Liverpool. I took my dog for a walk and popped into the chip shop a couple of doors away from Mr Dalglish's pub only to be confronted with Kenny Dalglish, Greame Souness, Alan Hanson and Sammy Lee waiting in the chip shop for fish suppers.

[@sezerari]

Greatest moment in my life as a Galatasaray fan💪 Million thanks to ULUBATLI SOUNESS🙏💓

[@phoneboxchicken4108]

Souness, Friedel and Tugay, Blackburn Rovers and Galatasaray legends.

[@bigboyrambo2009]

@Trojan Buns he was a great defender

[@blokkka9inety293]

legend ❤️💛

[@Ryan-dq6nn]

LIKE AND PIN THIS COMMENT TO SAVE POSSIBLY A LIFE Pls help and possibly save his life with the platform you have .Kyle by 8 year old Kyle was Diagnosed with dipg an aggressive form of brain cancer in September 2019 possibly save his life by donating to the go fund me on Kyle www.gofundme.com/f/kyles-race-against-time @kylesarmy11

[@hayati54]

Legend: Ulubatlı Souness

[@Mr-ye1vu]

How did I not know about this. What a legend.

[@sancaktarbayrak4176]

You need to have guts to be a legend, he has it all. He will be remembered forever...

[@IzzyMann]

ill always love graham for this, as a gala fan, this takes ALOT of balls!!!!!! CIMBOM

[@tayfun11100]

I love you Souness, I love you Souness,... We never forget you

[@jalen859]

Who came from Retro?

[@randsg9372]

🙌

[@jacobriley5214]

Me

[@siyabongampungose8035]

Lol I like how he keeps the same story throughout

[@jairosoto3445]

Wtf is retro

[@DS-kd4py]

Pogba would've quit after the first attempt to push it into the ground

[@paddybroderick]

Souness running towards a flare jeez thought they were dangerous killing machines

[@alanchriste2963]

Souey is a legend 👍Brilliant player brilliant pundit.

[@JamesFischer_35]

that was a moment to see... thank you Ulubatlı...

[@johnwilko5330]

SOUNESS!!! KING!!!!!

[@RLLuke]

Why did I get this on my recommended exactly 1 year later?

[@truth8026]

what was you thinking there ?.."it wasn't the cleverest thing I have ever done" 😅🤣😂

[@fivestardexter1872]

One Magnificent Bastard Mr.Souness. 💙

[@shadhinov]

Powerful Men being petty always makes for legendary moments

[@optimum2008]

Hahahahahahaha

[@breakfreak3181]

I remember this. Unbelievable....almost sparked a riot. Was a good, but fucking mean, player. Now as a pundit he acts like an affable grandad and that butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, but he was a nutter, lol!

[@azapro911]

Souness in his thirties: Kicks the shit out of opponents, points guns, plants flags to incite riots. Souness in his sixties: "Where has all the respect and civility gone?"

[@skitatic]

If you look closely the flag has "Pogba needs to do more" written on it.

[@ianmac3648]

Classy as always 🙈🙈🙈

[@cicstommy]

"It Was Just Banter"

[@stephaniepoulsen8735]

Gala LEGEND!!

[@garyturnbull9719]

The guys got balls of steel👍😂

[@briangaspar]

This was recommended to us.

[@drsabanotubozuk]

I'm a Gala fan. Foreigners who well adapt to football here are deer in our hearts. No matter what club. Alex, Gomez, Drogba are some recent ones who are admired by all regardless colors. Souness is a different story.😂

[@Cihanfndk]

Ulubatlı Souness 💛❤️🦁

[@enginatasoy9874]

We still love you ❤️💛

[@maxabukar9516]

One thing I agree with him. Istanbul is the greatest city on earth.

[@misterb6456]

Lol. Its not.

[@maxabukar9516]

@Artie Lange no I mean The great City Of Istanbul. I don’t know this name, and I never heard of it, is that some alcoholic persons name.

[@connorc2000]

Did anyone type in two letters to find this video and KZbin knew exactly what you were looking for ? Literally typed gr KZbin- graham Souness planting gallatadsary flag ?

[@younowhythatis6381]

He seems like a nice man.

[@spdutahraptor777]

that's maybe the most ballsy "slap" kind of attitude I ever saw in a derby (and I live in a country where derbies draw massive heat)

[@jazhussain1906]

Long live the legend!

[@djelalniyazi4090]

good luck to Graeme glad he liked working in istanbul he won the cup and turkish super cup(comunity shield) but fenerbahce were after the double in that match, having already secured the championship.

[@crazyvideosmaniaA1]

Missed you ❤

[@cemsalur]

Yo for real, Graeme.. You're such a G

I love you Ulubatlı Gream Souness 💛❤

[@idropz]

20 Yil sonra allahim ❤️💛

[@Ryan-dq6nn]

LIKE AND PIN THIS COMMENT TO SAVE POSSIBLY A LIFE Pls help and possibly save his life with the platform you have .Kyle by 8 year old Kyle was Diagnosed with dipg an aggressive form of brain cancer in September 2019 possibly save his life by donating to the go fund me on Kyle www.gofundme.com/f/kyles-race-against-time @kylesarmy11

[@redcormorant]

Legend

[@hakan7346]

ULUBATLI SOUNESS WE LOVE YOUU🔴🔴🟡🟡🔴🔴🟡🟡

[@Tattersail811]

Efsane.. Kral Souness

[@andrewtaylor6795]

What a legend

[@Ben_Dover312]

To this day, the flag incident is a debate between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce. 2021.

[@dreamjackson5483]

What a man

[@HPLovecraftsCat87]

Hard as fucking nails.

[@sam-dn9hr]

Haha God bless souness he looks youngers now than 30 years ago hahaha

[@kushal250288]

Host: Grame what were you thinking. Grame: what is thinking? Never heard of it before 🤔

[@iryaniedit2317]

Love how it's time to talk to Keith Andrews and the video ends lol

[@ct1216]

Omg is he still alive? He looked like 60 on 1996.

[@dazzaMusic]

How did Souness get out of there alive

[@fortune2006]

Had a bit pace lol

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

Souness said the most fierce derby he was ever involved in was Blackburn v Burnley.

[@mojo76]

I smell shit😂

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

@@mojo76 Only repeating what Souness said.

[@alvinanis3006]

This the same dude that complains about fans protesting greedy owners.

[@neilstamp9444]

Pogba would of asked his agent to get someone to put the flag in the ground for him

[@brianr9529]

Legend. Did wonders at rangers.

[@mattcooperdev]

"Found a bit of pace from somewhere" 🤟🏼😁

[@andrewclavin7447]

One of the better pundits

[@furkanatl404]

What a fucking legend

[@peanutpeanut123]

He loves the city but I wonder whether he could walk around alone in case he got recognised

[@borarider669]

don't worry. we will never forget such people. one of our crazy top boys planted a Fenerbahce flag in galatasaray;stadium after this. He actually hid in the stadium for days just for that.

[@jamesking981]

Souness struggled to plant the flag Souness"the grass was too long"

[@kiely4561]

He planted that flag as if he’d just captured an imperial eagle from the French lol

[@cans4657]

❤️

[@mr.tobacco1708]

Later on he was nicknamed 'Ulubatlı Souness' taking that nickname from an Ottoman Soldier named ''Ulubatlı Hasan'' he died after planting the first Ottoman banner on the Theodisian Walls during the last day of the Siege of Constantinople.

[@christopher6crawford]

Thanks, I was trying to find out why he had that nickname and where it came from.

[@halilarikan7786]

His name:"ULUBATLI SOUENNES"

[@jimmybenyoucef4416]

I didn't even know it was Souness!😅👍

[@Sii6X]

He didnt plant the flag, watch the video and you'll see its Paul Pogba

[@imrans2784]

The definition of 'big balls'

[@HACI16]

Ulubatli sounnes ❤❤❤