1 00:00:08,154 --> 00:00:10,743 [commentator] Hello once again. I'm Martin Tyler. 2 00:00:10,881 --> 00:00:14,850 Welcome to the start of a new season in England, 3 00:00:14,988 --> 00:00:17,267 football more popular than ever here. 4 00:00:19,924 --> 00:00:22,237 -[crowd cheering] -[whistle blows] 5 00:00:22,375 --> 00:00:23,721 Ekoku. 6 00:00:25,585 --> 00:00:28,623 [David Beckham] I remember Brian McClair just tapping the ball forward, 7 00:00:28,761 --> 00:00:32,213 and it was just rolling perfectly, and I thought, "Why not?" 8 00:00:32,351 --> 00:00:35,630 And it was just instinctively something that I knew, 9 00:00:35,768 --> 00:00:39,254 that I'd done so many times as a youth team player. 10 00:00:39,392 --> 00:00:41,394 I remember it going far out left, 11 00:00:41,532 --> 00:00:43,293 and then all of a sudden it started to turn, 12 00:00:43,431 --> 00:00:45,605 and I was like, "This has got a chance." 13 00:00:53,026 --> 00:00:54,856 [commentator] Beckham! 14 00:00:54,994 --> 00:00:56,720 That's absolutely brilliant. 15 00:00:58,687 --> 00:01:01,173 Take a bow, David Beckham. 16 00:01:01,311 --> 00:01:04,279 [Beckham] The boss said to me, "Get on the bus. Do not speak to the media." 17 00:01:04,417 --> 00:01:06,764 That was his way of protecting me 18 00:01:06,902 --> 00:01:11,217 because he probably knew what was gonna happen after scoring a goal like that. 19 00:01:12,770 --> 00:01:14,634 I don't think anything prepares you 20 00:01:14,772 --> 00:01:18,051 for media attention at such a young age. 21 00:01:18,190 --> 00:01:21,469 And I think that for some it was too much. 22 00:01:29,649 --> 00:01:32,583 The Football Association has approved controversial plans 23 00:01:32,721 --> 00:01:34,413 to set up a new super league. 24 00:01:35,931 --> 00:01:37,105 [commentator] On he goes! 25 00:01:40,350 --> 00:01:42,766 [man 1] When Murdoch wrote the cheque, 26 00:01:42,904 --> 00:01:46,045 everyone said, "Poor old Rupert's lost it this time." 27 00:01:50,981 --> 00:01:53,846 [Alan Shearer] How big it was gonna be, I don't think anyone could have predicted. 28 00:01:53,984 --> 00:01:56,814 I would love it if we beat them. Love it. 29 00:01:56,952 --> 00:01:59,127 [Eric Cantona] When the seagulls follow the trawler, 30 00:01:59,265 --> 00:02:01,819 they think sardines will be thrown. 31 00:02:01,957 --> 00:02:05,927 It's just all money. Each club is one big theme park now. 32 00:02:06,065 --> 00:02:09,758 [Les Ferdinand] Footballers became sort of like rock stars overnight. 33 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:11,726 [crowd roars] 34 00:02:13,797 --> 00:02:17,110 [Paul Merson] I've got a choice in life now. I either go back to the booze 35 00:02:17,249 --> 00:02:20,390 and the gambling and the drugs or I go the other way. 36 00:02:20,528 --> 00:02:25,049 It's like a religion. It's something to believe in. 37 00:02:37,441 --> 00:02:42,135 [narrator] In 1992, the Premier League and its stars were roaring onto our TV screens 38 00:02:42,274 --> 00:02:44,345 and into the public consciousness. 39 00:02:45,553 --> 00:02:46,864 But behind the scenes, 40 00:02:47,002 --> 00:02:48,866 the big clubs were developing players 41 00:02:49,004 --> 00:02:53,354 who would soon become a new, emerging cast in the football soap opera. 42 00:03:01,465 --> 00:03:06,332 [man] We'd heard rumours that something special was brewing at Manchester United 43 00:03:06,470 --> 00:03:10,163 with the group of young players that were coming through. 44 00:03:10,302 --> 00:03:14,064 Something young and fresh and exciting, which is what the Premier League was. 45 00:03:14,202 --> 00:03:17,585 [narrator] David Beckham was part of the first generation 46 00:03:17,723 --> 00:03:19,863 to come of age in the Premier League era. 47 00:03:20,001 --> 00:03:22,383 The youth team he joined at Manchester United, 48 00:03:22,521 --> 00:03:26,007 would go on to dominate British football for a decade. 49 00:03:27,871 --> 00:03:29,700 [commentator] Beckham, who's a ball-playing midfield man, 50 00:03:29,838 --> 00:03:32,082 the number eight for Manchester United. 51 00:03:32,220 --> 00:03:34,705 [Beckham] From the moment we started playing for the youth team, 52 00:03:34,843 --> 00:03:37,363 we realized that we had something special 53 00:03:37,501 --> 00:03:42,299 because we were coming up against teams like Liverpool, Everton, 54 00:03:42,437 --> 00:03:44,439 and we wasn't just beating them 1-0 or 2-0. 55 00:03:44,577 --> 00:03:49,133 We were beating them like 7-2 and winning these games easily. 56 00:03:49,272 --> 00:03:51,722 We were all from working-class backgrounds, 57 00:03:51,860 --> 00:03:56,106 and being at Manchester United, we knew that we had one opportunity. 58 00:03:56,244 --> 00:03:58,142 This wasn't gonna come around again. 59 00:03:59,351 --> 00:04:00,662 [commentator] Gillespie. 60 00:04:04,079 --> 00:04:07,566 [narrator] At the time, one of the most promising players on their side 61 00:04:07,704 --> 00:04:09,706 was Keith Gillespie, a 17-year-old 62 00:04:09,844 --> 00:04:11,949 from a small town in Northern Ireland. 63 00:04:12,087 --> 00:04:13,779 [reporter] They've asked you to sign now? 64 00:04:13,917 --> 00:04:16,678 Actually, I have signed to an apprenticeship. 65 00:04:16,816 --> 00:04:18,577 It starts next year. 66 00:04:18,715 --> 00:04:21,234 Do you feel under pressure, or are you excited? 67 00:04:21,373 --> 00:04:24,272 Excited. Right, yeah. 68 00:04:24,410 --> 00:04:27,482 Keith was one of those kids that naturally... 69 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:31,555 You know, when he ran with the ball, it's like when you watch Giggsy play. 70 00:04:33,074 --> 00:04:36,940 I was nowhere near as fast as Keith. He was so talented. 71 00:04:40,323 --> 00:04:44,603 [Gillespie] It's obviously very difficult, you know, leaving home at such a young age, 72 00:04:44,741 --> 00:04:48,469 and you're sort of thrust into the big, bad world so to speak. 73 00:04:48,607 --> 00:04:51,610 You know, but I think the main focus is that you just want to do well. 74 00:04:51,748 --> 00:04:54,095 You want to make people proud of yourself. 75 00:04:54,233 --> 00:04:57,478 And for a town like Bangor where I was living, 76 00:04:57,616 --> 00:05:00,066 it was a big thing signing for a club like Man United. 77 00:05:00,204 --> 00:05:05,417 So that was the first sort of press that I would've had. 78 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:08,558 The youth team that I was part of, 79 00:05:08,696 --> 00:05:12,769 we were very fortunate as a group that we all came through the same year, 80 00:05:12,907 --> 00:05:15,254 and we really helped each other on. 81 00:05:15,392 --> 00:05:18,361 [chattering] 82 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:24,574 [Beckham] Keith, he was actually next to the same digs as what I was in. 83 00:05:24,712 --> 00:05:27,508 Keith was one of the ones that I knew probably best 84 00:05:27,646 --> 00:05:29,648 out of most of the lads, really. 85 00:05:29,786 --> 00:05:33,065 Obviously, him being from Ireland and me being from London, 86 00:05:33,203 --> 00:05:36,309 there was a bond there because, A, we both missed home, 87 00:05:36,448 --> 00:05:39,692 and, obviously, you know, we were also both right wingers. 88 00:05:39,830 --> 00:05:42,730 [Gillespie] A few of my mates in London turned around to me and said I'm lucky 89 00:05:42,868 --> 00:05:47,493 and that I know I'm lucky, but you know, you have to give up a lot of things, 90 00:05:47,631 --> 00:05:50,496 and I was prepared to do that. 91 00:05:50,634 --> 00:05:52,947 Yeah, he was just like any normal young lad 92 00:05:53,085 --> 00:05:55,950 who just wanted what everyone else wanted, to be a professional footballer. 93 00:05:56,088 --> 00:05:57,607 He was very dedicated. 94 00:05:57,745 --> 00:06:00,299 [news anchor] We're gonna meet one 14-year-old boy 95 00:06:00,437 --> 00:06:02,301 who has just signed for Manchester United. 96 00:06:02,439 --> 00:06:04,545 But the question is, can he handle the fame, 97 00:06:04,683 --> 00:06:07,513 or will he eventually self-destruct like George Best? 98 00:06:07,651 --> 00:06:10,067 David, will you hurry up? You're late. 99 00:06:10,205 --> 00:06:13,588 [reporter] There's a picture of you there signing with Alex Ferguson. 100 00:06:13,726 --> 00:06:16,384 What was it like when you signed that? How did you feel? 101 00:06:16,522 --> 00:06:19,318 [Beckham] Well, it was brilliant. Just brilliant. 102 00:06:19,456 --> 00:06:22,597 When I first met Becks, he had this perfect coiffed hair, 103 00:06:22,735 --> 00:06:26,152 gelled-- probably Brylcreem or something fancy like that-- 104 00:06:26,290 --> 00:06:29,742 and I just thought he was flash. You would do. 105 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:31,917 Perfect track suit, perfect trainers, 106 00:06:32,055 --> 00:06:34,609 perfect hair style, and I was Gary from Bury. 107 00:06:34,747 --> 00:06:36,749 [narrator] In the early days of the Premier League, 108 00:06:36,887 --> 00:06:38,786 Manchester United started filming 109 00:06:38,924 --> 00:06:40,270 their young players behind the scenes 110 00:06:40,408 --> 00:06:41,858 as well as on the pitch 111 00:06:41,996 --> 00:06:45,586 to sell mail-order videos to fans. 112 00:06:45,724 --> 00:06:49,486 I always got a camera on me. They always push it on me. 113 00:06:49,624 --> 00:06:53,973 I think it's 'cause they're from Bury. I don't know.[man] Bury! 114 00:06:54,111 --> 00:06:56,873 [man] Show us which is your favourite.Probably the New York one. 115 00:06:57,011 --> 00:07:00,255 New York? Did you get that from...I got it from London, actually. 116 00:07:00,393 --> 00:07:02,257 Not from New York.No. 117 00:07:02,395 --> 00:07:04,777 [man] How many pairs of football boots have you got? 118 00:07:04,915 --> 00:07:07,366 [Beckham] Two pairs there and I've got about four pairs in the cupboard. 119 00:07:07,504 --> 00:07:09,886 [man] And these here? See that? "Becks". 120 00:07:10,024 --> 00:07:12,440 David wanted to be a star. 121 00:07:12,578 --> 00:07:14,442 I genuinely believe he wanted to be a star. 122 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:16,237 He was meant to be a star. 123 00:07:16,375 --> 00:07:18,066 [boy] David, can I have your autograph? 124 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:21,484 No problem. What's your name?[man] Joey Roberts. 125 00:07:21,622 --> 00:07:23,071 Marc Pettican.Marc. 126 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:24,487 And a "C". 127 00:07:26,212 --> 00:07:28,076 [crowd cheering] 128 00:07:30,285 --> 00:07:33,219 [Neville] It was almost like the perfect storm. The Premier League starting, 129 00:07:33,357 --> 00:07:35,290 us coming through at Manchester United, 130 00:07:35,428 --> 00:07:37,154 Sir Alex winning the league for the first time. 131 00:07:37,292 --> 00:07:39,950 Everything coming together at once. 132 00:07:40,088 --> 00:07:43,022 ♪ Here we go Here we go, here we go♪ 133 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,059 [narrator] As this generation came through, 134 00:07:45,197 --> 00:07:47,026 they were entering a new world where footballers 135 00:07:47,164 --> 00:07:50,961 were transforming from sportsmen into celebrities. 136 00:07:55,587 --> 00:07:58,072 [audience applauding, cheering] 137 00:07:58,210 --> 00:08:02,939 Extremely lucky this morning. I'm on the bed with soccer's latest sex god. 138 00:08:03,077 --> 00:08:08,151 Yes. He has scored more times than anyone else in the Premier League. 139 00:08:08,289 --> 00:08:10,360 [Ferdinand] With the introduction of the Premier League, 140 00:08:10,498 --> 00:08:12,949 footballers became sort of like rock stars overnight. 141 00:08:13,087 --> 00:08:15,503 What rock stars were, footballers became, 142 00:08:15,641 --> 00:08:17,885 and most of us tried to live up to that lifestyle. 143 00:08:18,023 --> 00:08:20,094 So what did you do before? 144 00:08:20,232 --> 00:08:22,614 I did a variety of jobs. I was a steam cleaner, 145 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:24,443 I did a bit of painting and decorating. 146 00:08:24,581 --> 00:08:26,376 All the best-looking boys are painters and decorators. 147 00:08:26,514 --> 00:08:29,241 [laughs]Well, they are. They are. 148 00:08:29,379 --> 00:08:32,969 At the time, my job was to edit the Bizarre pages of The Sun. 149 00:08:33,107 --> 00:08:36,731 It was the most famous sort of pop celebrity column in Britain. 150 00:08:36,869 --> 00:08:39,009 I'd regularly see footballers out and about at parties. 151 00:08:39,147 --> 00:08:41,529 There'd be loads of girls clamouring around them. 152 00:08:41,667 --> 00:08:43,704 A lot of them enjoyed playing a part of that, 153 00:08:43,842 --> 00:08:47,259 and that helped fuel the rise of their celebrity and fame. 154 00:08:47,397 --> 00:08:50,331 -[fans clamouring] -[Jamie Redknapp] As the Premier League started 155 00:08:50,469 --> 00:08:52,402 to really transform the game, 156 00:08:52,540 --> 00:08:56,164 I was sort of 19, 20 years of age and so wide-eyed. 157 00:08:56,302 --> 00:08:57,787 I just wanted to be a part of it. 158 00:08:57,925 --> 00:09:00,237 I enjoyed the razzmatazz, if you like, of it. 159 00:09:00,375 --> 00:09:02,999 [photographer] This way. Around this way. 160 00:09:03,137 --> 00:09:05,380 [Redknapp] David Beckham was starting to come on the scene 161 00:09:05,518 --> 00:09:07,762 and the pop star girlfriend. I had a pop star girlfriend. 162 00:09:07,900 --> 00:09:09,626 There was a lot of people judging you. 163 00:09:09,764 --> 00:09:12,836 Worrying-- What's first, is it football or show biz? 164 00:09:12,974 --> 00:09:14,113 What do you want to be more? 165 00:09:15,252 --> 00:09:16,840 [Merson] It all changed, you know? 166 00:09:16,978 --> 00:09:19,222 Girls have pictures of footballers on their wall. 167 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,949 And that's how it was going. It was becoming that big. 168 00:09:22,087 --> 00:09:25,262 Would you please make some noise for Mr David Ginola. 169 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:26,574 [cheering and applause] 170 00:09:30,371 --> 00:09:33,063 How does it feel when your balls hit the back of the net? 171 00:09:33,201 --> 00:09:34,409 [audience laughing] 172 00:09:34,547 --> 00:09:35,963 What is that feeling like? 173 00:09:40,657 --> 00:09:43,902 -I know what you mean. Exactly. -Good. I'm glad you do. 174 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,559 -Exactly. -We're getting on just fine. 175 00:09:54,464 --> 00:09:58,779 [crowd] Five, four, three, two, one! 176 00:09:58,917 --> 00:10:00,332 [cheering] 177 00:10:02,955 --> 00:10:05,958 [narrator] As Manchester United enjoyed success on the pitch, 178 00:10:06,096 --> 00:10:09,721 they were rapidly developing ways to exploit their brand off it. 179 00:10:11,688 --> 00:10:14,933 [man] We find that the kids today are more a leisure garment. 180 00:10:15,071 --> 00:10:17,142 People actually look forward to the kit coming out 181 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,040 'cause they want to wear it as a fashion garment. 182 00:10:19,178 --> 00:10:21,042 And we'd rather them purchase clothing off us 183 00:10:21,180 --> 00:10:24,908 rather than going to Harrods or any other High Street-- 184 00:10:25,046 --> 00:10:27,393 Harrods may not be a good example-- any other High Street store. 185 00:10:27,531 --> 00:10:29,982 [narrator] Like many of the big teams, 186 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,849 Manchester United were fast realizing the real value lay in their stars. 187 00:10:34,987 --> 00:10:38,197 We've been to places, the Far East, we've been to Europe, 188 00:10:38,335 --> 00:10:41,891 and no matter where you go, there's people brawling to get lads' autographs. 189 00:10:44,031 --> 00:10:46,309 -[man 1] You're on the air. -[chattering] 190 00:10:46,447 --> 00:10:48,242 -I was quiet, mate. -[man 2] Shh. 191 00:10:48,380 --> 00:10:50,382 [man 1] How do you think you'll cope with all the fame-- 192 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,902 -[man 2] Stop. Let's do it again. -[man 1] How do you think... 193 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,145 How do you think you'll cope with all the fame 194 00:10:55,283 --> 00:10:57,734 and all the pressure that might come from the media? 195 00:10:57,872 --> 00:10:59,840 When you come to a club like Manchester United, 196 00:10:59,978 --> 00:11:01,738 you've got to be able to handle the media. 197 00:11:01,876 --> 00:11:03,740 And at the moment, organized by Paul McGuinness, 198 00:11:03,878 --> 00:11:05,500 there's media training at the club, 199 00:11:05,638 --> 00:11:08,745 and people from local radio come in and test us 200 00:11:08,883 --> 00:11:10,747 and try and catch us out. 201 00:11:10,885 --> 00:11:12,266 It's very good. 202 00:11:13,439 --> 00:11:16,097 Thank you.[chattering] 203 00:11:16,235 --> 00:11:18,099 [man 1] I was gonna say, and it's working. 204 00:11:18,237 --> 00:11:20,481 When I look at the media training, it was critical 205 00:11:20,619 --> 00:11:25,175 because Manchester United is the most scrutinized football club in this country, 206 00:11:25,313 --> 00:11:27,384 and we, if we were gonna make it into the first team, 207 00:11:27,522 --> 00:11:29,973 were gonna be always expected to speak to the media. 208 00:11:30,111 --> 00:11:33,218 It was actually more nerve-racking speaking in front of your teammates 209 00:11:33,356 --> 00:11:35,807 than it was actually to a reporter without them being there. 210 00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:39,189 [reporter] What is Manchester like as a city to live and to work in? 211 00:11:40,604 --> 00:11:43,366 [all laughing]We're overwhelmed. Over-bloody-whelmed. 212 00:11:43,504 --> 00:11:46,610 [chattering] 213 00:11:46,749 --> 00:11:49,199 What is Manchester like as a city to live and work in? 214 00:11:49,337 --> 00:11:50,891 Fantastic.Brilliant. 215 00:11:51,029 --> 00:11:52,789 [all laugh] 216 00:11:52,927 --> 00:11:54,618 [chattering] 217 00:11:54,757 --> 00:11:57,794 Giggs, they need us here again. 218 00:11:57,932 --> 00:12:02,109 [reporter] All Ferguson's youngsters are warned about the dangers of various vices 219 00:12:02,247 --> 00:12:07,666 at a club where memories are still fresh of how George Best once fell prey 220 00:12:07,804 --> 00:12:11,152 to a cocktail of bunking, betting and boozing. 221 00:12:12,257 --> 00:12:13,327 [chuckling] 222 00:12:13,465 --> 00:12:14,949 Jesus Christ! 223 00:12:15,087 --> 00:12:16,433 [chattering] 224 00:12:16,571 --> 00:12:19,816 [Neville] We were close as a group of people. 225 00:12:19,954 --> 00:12:22,646 You were there from 8:00 in the morning till 4:00 in the afternoon, 226 00:12:22,785 --> 00:12:25,718 and we were always socializing together. 227 00:12:25,857 --> 00:12:28,273 I was living with one of the boys I played with on the youth team, 228 00:12:28,411 --> 00:12:32,380 and he said to me one day, did I fancy taking a walk with him up to the bookies? 229 00:12:32,518 --> 00:12:35,970 And I'd never been to bookies in my life before, but took the walk with him. 230 00:12:36,108 --> 00:12:38,524 I got in there, and that was me just totally hooked. 231 00:12:38,662 --> 00:12:41,010 We would go and sit in the bookies together, all of us. 232 00:12:41,148 --> 00:12:43,598 We'd go in the afternoon, it was just to be two or three hours. 233 00:12:43,736 --> 00:12:47,361 We'd put a pound on the placepot. We'd put a pound on the dog race. 234 00:12:47,499 --> 00:12:50,951 We'd put 50p on it. It was always that money that you would... 235 00:12:51,089 --> 00:12:54,851 I felt you would accept that you could lose. It was never big money. 236 00:12:54,989 --> 00:12:57,820 It was more being together and socializing. We all did it together. 237 00:12:57,958 --> 00:13:00,892 Keith obviously loved... He was the one that, to be fair, 238 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:03,998 he had the contacts with the trainers and stuff like that, 239 00:13:04,136 --> 00:13:06,587 and he had contacts with people who would give him tips. 240 00:13:06,725 --> 00:13:09,970 I used to bring in the fixed odds coupons into the training ground, 241 00:13:10,108 --> 00:13:13,801 and, you know, the physios had a syndicate, the coaches had a syndicate. 242 00:13:13,939 --> 00:13:16,010 Occasionally, Alex Ferguson would get one. 243 00:13:16,148 --> 00:13:20,187 So, yep, I would have been the sort of bookies runner so to speak, 244 00:13:20,325 --> 00:13:22,258 and put the bets on for everyone. 245 00:13:25,675 --> 00:13:29,748 [McCarthy] Keith Gillespie, he and Ryan Giggs were the players that everybody spoke of. 246 00:13:29,886 --> 00:13:33,648 Gillespie was the sort of person that if you were in the front two rows 247 00:13:33,786 --> 00:13:35,996 at Old Trafford, you'd be on your feet. 248 00:13:36,134 --> 00:13:39,758 This was something quite exciting, and he got into the first team 249 00:13:39,896 --> 00:13:42,243 ahead of... obviously ahead of David Beckham. 250 00:13:45,488 --> 00:13:49,147 By his second year, he was... he developed into a really, you know, 251 00:13:49,285 --> 00:13:52,978 outstanding athlete. Good shoulders on him. 252 00:13:53,116 --> 00:13:55,636 His stamina improved tremendously. 253 00:13:55,774 --> 00:13:59,329 And then I gave him a chance in his third year. 254 00:13:59,467 --> 00:14:03,955 [news anchor] Keith Gillespie made an unexpected but headline-hogging debut. 255 00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:06,302 [crowd roaring] 256 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,304 Only 18 and surrounded by internationals, 257 00:14:08,442 --> 00:14:10,306 he rounded off an impressive debut 258 00:14:10,444 --> 00:14:12,964 with a memorable goal ten minutes from time. 259 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:14,793 [Gillespie] The debut couldn't have gone any better. 260 00:14:14,931 --> 00:14:16,622 You know, setting one up 261 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,005 and scoring on your debut for the club that you supported. 262 00:14:20,143 --> 00:14:22,387 So, as I say, things can't get much better than that. 263 00:14:24,147 --> 00:14:27,599 It happened quite quickly for me. I left school at 16, 264 00:14:27,737 --> 00:14:30,291 but within a year and a half, I had made my first team debut. 265 00:14:32,155 --> 00:14:34,019 [narrator] Just as Gillespie was establishing himself 266 00:14:34,157 --> 00:14:36,194 as part of the Manchester United team, 267 00:14:36,332 --> 00:14:39,162 Alex Ferguson made an unexpected decision 268 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:42,338 that would have a huge impact on the young player's life. 269 00:14:42,476 --> 00:14:45,168 We were playing a game against Sheffield United in the FA Cup, 270 00:14:45,306 --> 00:14:47,688 and I'd travelled to the game and thought I was gonna play. 271 00:14:47,826 --> 00:14:50,967 The team was announced, the subs was announced, and I wasn't involved. 272 00:14:51,105 --> 00:14:52,520 [man] What's this? Alex? 273 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:55,316 We all know we're taking the Cole kid, do we? 274 00:14:55,454 --> 00:14:58,768 Alex Ferguson just pulled me aside and explained the situation, 275 00:14:58,906 --> 00:15:01,391 that we're in for the striker at Newcastle. 276 00:15:01,529 --> 00:15:05,637 He says the only way the deal is gonna happen is if you go the other way. 277 00:15:08,088 --> 00:15:11,539 You know, I'm a Man United fan. I still am a Man United fan. 278 00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:16,199 And, you know, so, to be going to a sort of game where I'm expecting to play, 279 00:15:16,337 --> 00:15:20,548 and within a conversation with the manager, 280 00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:24,345 you're thinking about leaving the club that you love, and you're gonna be sad. 281 00:15:26,416 --> 00:15:30,524 [news anchor] The Newcastle United forward, Andy Cole, has signed for Manchester United 282 00:15:30,662 --> 00:15:32,975 in a deal worth seven million pounds. 283 00:15:33,113 --> 00:15:36,392 It's a record British transfer and the third highest anywhere. 284 00:15:36,530 --> 00:15:38,842 [reporter] Was it a shock?A big shock. 285 00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:42,329 I think it's a shock to you boys as well 'cause no one thought that Kevin Keegan 286 00:15:42,467 --> 00:15:45,953 would sell me to arch-rivals Man United, but I'm looking forward to it. 287 00:15:46,091 --> 00:15:48,783 Big smile, big smile.[shutter clicking] 288 00:15:48,921 --> 00:15:51,890 [reporter] The bait, as United hooked Cole, was their own Keith Gillespie, 289 00:15:52,028 --> 00:15:55,859 admired by Newcastle not least for his goal against them earlier this season. 290 00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:58,207 A million for Gillespie plus six million cash 291 00:15:58,345 --> 00:16:00,726 makes seven million, a British record. 292 00:16:00,864 --> 00:16:03,039 [audience clapping] 293 00:16:03,177 --> 00:16:05,904 Thank you. If... 294 00:16:06,042 --> 00:16:08,803 If-- Listen to me. If... 295 00:16:08,941 --> 00:16:12,117 If you won a million pounds on the lottery, what would you spend it on? 296 00:16:12,255 --> 00:16:14,671 Well, you'd probably buy a car. 297 00:16:14,809 --> 00:16:19,297 You'd buy a holiday. You'd buy a big house. You'd buy a yacht. Maybe. 298 00:16:19,435 --> 00:16:22,024 Or you could buy a top-class footballer. 299 00:16:23,128 --> 00:16:24,923 Not just any ordinary footballer. 300 00:16:25,061 --> 00:16:26,718 The one that Kevin Keegan has described 301 00:16:26,856 --> 00:16:29,824 as the most exciting player in British football today. 302 00:16:29,962 --> 00:16:31,964 Would you please welcome the former Manchester United 303 00:16:32,103 --> 00:16:34,933 and now Newcastle United player, our very own Keith Gillespie. 304 00:16:35,071 --> 00:16:37,556 [applause] 305 00:16:40,111 --> 00:16:42,699 A million smackeroos. 306 00:16:42,837 --> 00:16:45,461 Aye. Well, congratulations for a start. 307 00:16:45,599 --> 00:16:48,326 Thanks very much.When did you hear you were on the move? 308 00:16:48,464 --> 00:16:51,191 Late Monday night. It was just a total shock to me. 309 00:16:53,193 --> 00:16:57,645 I think as a young 19-year-old and being at the club that you support and... 310 00:16:58,508 --> 00:16:59,923 Does just go to show 311 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,754 how quickly things change in football. 312 00:17:02,892 --> 00:17:06,585 Here one day, gone the next sort of thing. And, you know, clubs... 313 00:17:07,621 --> 00:17:09,278 all of a sudden don't want you. 314 00:17:09,416 --> 00:17:11,935 You must have some worries about going to Newcastle 315 00:17:12,074 --> 00:17:15,111 because you knew Manchester very well. All your friends were there. 316 00:17:15,249 --> 00:17:18,735 You're gonna have to start a whole new life. Will you fit in easy? 317 00:17:19,702 --> 00:17:21,152 I think so. I mean, I've met-- 318 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:23,326 I met up today with the players, 319 00:17:23,464 --> 00:17:25,570 and they all seemed really nice, 320 00:17:25,708 --> 00:17:29,781 so maybe they'll help me settle in into the area. 321 00:17:29,919 --> 00:17:33,371 I remember Keith coming to see me in the gym at The Cliff the day he left, 322 00:17:33,509 --> 00:17:36,374 and he said, "I've just been to see the boss, and I'm gonna go to Newcastle. 323 00:17:36,512 --> 00:17:39,308 He's gonna swap me with Andy Cole." And I said, "No. You don't have to go." 324 00:17:39,446 --> 00:17:41,448 I'd always say that to players. You could always say no. 325 00:17:41,586 --> 00:17:43,381 You've got a contract. I was gutted. 326 00:17:43,519 --> 00:17:45,452 [The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" playing] 327 00:17:49,801 --> 00:17:51,596 [narrator] Newcastle United had long been 328 00:17:51,734 --> 00:17:54,633 one of the best-supported football clubs in Britain. 329 00:17:54,771 --> 00:17:59,121 But the passion of its fans had not been matched by success on the pitch. 330 00:17:59,259 --> 00:18:02,952 [crowd cheering] 331 00:18:03,090 --> 00:18:07,819 1992, Newcastle was a football club completely on its knees, going nowhere. 332 00:18:07,957 --> 00:18:10,580 They had one foot in the old Division Three. 333 00:18:10,718 --> 00:18:12,306 [crowd chanting] 334 00:18:14,412 --> 00:18:16,068 [narrator] It had been almost 70 years 335 00:18:16,207 --> 00:18:18,485 since the club had last won the league. 336 00:18:18,623 --> 00:18:22,592 But things were about to change with the arrival of Kevin Keegan, 337 00:18:22,730 --> 00:18:25,940 who'd been a hero as a player for Newcastle. 338 00:18:26,078 --> 00:18:32,119 I'd like to now introduce you to the new manager of Newcastle United, 339 00:18:32,257 --> 00:18:33,983 Kevin Keegan. 340 00:18:34,121 --> 00:18:38,194 ♪ Show me how You do that trick...♪ 341 00:18:38,332 --> 00:18:39,954 [Keegan] We will turn this club around. 342 00:18:40,092 --> 00:18:42,440 This club will go back where it belongs. 343 00:18:42,578 --> 00:18:46,029 It may seem odd days to you all that it's not going the right way, 344 00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:48,031 but long term, it will. 345 00:18:48,170 --> 00:18:50,206 [narrator] When Keegan returned to the club, 346 00:18:50,344 --> 00:18:53,244 it was hailed as the return of the messiah. 347 00:18:53,382 --> 00:18:56,281 [crowd cheering] 348 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,148 [Hardy] The club just took off. It was incredible. 349 00:19:01,286 --> 00:19:04,393 Newcastle scored more goals than anybody in the top two divisions, 350 00:19:04,531 --> 00:19:06,429 and then went into the Premier League, 351 00:19:06,567 --> 00:19:09,191 and Kevin Keegan said, "We're coming to win this." 352 00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:19,235 The club was finally being run properly. The ground got redeveloped. 353 00:19:21,513 --> 00:19:23,446 Better players were coming in. 354 00:19:23,584 --> 00:19:26,104 ♪ Ferdinand's a Geordie Ferdinand's a Geordie♪ 355 00:19:26,242 --> 00:19:29,418 ♪ La, la, la La, la, la♪ 356 00:19:29,556 --> 00:19:32,317 [narrator] Newcastle landed star striker Les Ferdinand 357 00:19:32,455 --> 00:19:35,113 for six million in 1995, 358 00:19:35,251 --> 00:19:38,323 followed soon by Gillespie. 359 00:19:38,461 --> 00:19:41,326 For a club that had been in the doldrums for so long, 360 00:19:41,464 --> 00:19:44,364 it was just kind of manna from heaven. 361 00:19:44,502 --> 00:19:47,159 [reporter] This morning was 19-year-old Gillespie's first chance 362 00:19:47,298 --> 00:19:49,403 to impress his new manager at close quarters 363 00:19:49,541 --> 00:19:51,405 and get to know a new squad of players. 364 00:19:51,543 --> 00:19:53,373 Don't underestimate young Keith Gillespie. 365 00:19:53,511 --> 00:19:55,754 He is the most exciting player in this country for me, 366 00:19:55,892 --> 00:19:57,377 and I've looked at everybody. 367 00:19:57,515 --> 00:19:59,896 He's a class player. He's better. 368 00:20:00,034 --> 00:20:02,692 We got the better part of the deal between Andy Cole and him. 369 00:20:02,830 --> 00:20:04,901 [pop music playing] 370 00:20:05,039 --> 00:20:06,662 [crowd roars] 371 00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:10,597 [Gillespie] I think you just know what the Geordie people are like. 372 00:20:10,735 --> 00:20:12,702 It's a city with one football team. 373 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,739 They're great fans to play in front of. 374 00:20:14,877 --> 00:20:17,707 We're gonna be the Premiership champions this season. 375 00:20:17,845 --> 00:20:21,539 This has been a whirlwind, that the whole club has turned around. 376 00:20:21,677 --> 00:20:23,920 And now it's Keegan versus Ferguson 377 00:20:24,058 --> 00:20:26,371 and Manchester United versus Newcastle United, 378 00:20:26,509 --> 00:20:28,270 and it's everything Keegan said would happen. 379 00:20:36,381 --> 00:20:37,934 [narrator] Four years into the Premier League, 380 00:20:38,072 --> 00:20:40,454 Manchester United had been dominant. 381 00:20:44,113 --> 00:20:48,048 They'd won the title twice, but lost out the season before to Blackburn. 382 00:20:49,912 --> 00:20:53,674 Ferguson was expected to spend big to revitalize his team. 383 00:20:53,812 --> 00:20:59,370 Instead, he surprised everyone and took a huge gamble on his young players. 384 00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:05,790 I was with my parents on holiday, and all of a sudden, I saw, you know, 385 00:21:05,928 --> 00:21:08,896 Mark Hughes leave, Kanchelskis leave. 386 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:12,417 You know, all of these great players, and we were like, "What's going on?" 387 00:21:12,555 --> 00:21:16,456 And then all of a sudden, the manager was turning around to us and saying... 388 00:21:16,594 --> 00:21:18,527 "You're gonna be starting this weekend," 389 00:21:18,665 --> 00:21:21,150 and we were like, "Really? Are you sure?" 390 00:21:21,288 --> 00:21:25,223 And I think people were very surprised, very sceptical. 391 00:21:26,811 --> 00:21:28,502 [commentator] Aston Villa kick off the season 392 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,504 here at Villa Park 393 00:21:30,642 --> 00:21:34,336 against a Manchester United side with the accent very much on youth. 394 00:21:34,474 --> 00:21:38,443 And half the side with an average age of just 21. 395 00:21:38,581 --> 00:21:43,137 We didn't think that Sir Alex was sensible 396 00:21:43,275 --> 00:21:49,109 in getting rid of experienced players like Paul Ince, like Andrei Kanchelskis, 397 00:21:49,247 --> 00:21:54,286 to facilitate the progress of these young players. 398 00:21:55,736 --> 00:21:57,082 [commentator] Dwight Yorke, 399 00:21:57,220 --> 00:21:59,119 who has been busy in this first quarter of an hour. 400 00:21:59,257 --> 00:22:02,433 And a nice ball back to him from Townsend. 401 00:22:02,571 --> 00:22:05,332 That came off the forehead of Neville. Villa still have it. 402 00:22:05,470 --> 00:22:08,646 Here's Charles, just drilled it in. Taylor scores! 403 00:22:08,784 --> 00:22:09,819 [crowd cheering] 404 00:22:09,957 --> 00:22:12,028 Milosevic! 405 00:22:12,166 --> 00:22:14,962 -Draper! -[crowd roars] 406 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,758 It's 2-0, and we've not played half an hour, 407 00:22:17,896 --> 00:22:21,728 and Manchester United look a team in trouble. 408 00:22:21,866 --> 00:22:25,352 [Neville] First day of the season, get beat at Villa away. I mean, battered. 409 00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:28,148 There were polls from the Manchester Evening News saying he should be sacked. 410 00:22:28,286 --> 00:22:31,496 -[crowd cheering] -[commentator] 3-1 is the final score. 411 00:22:31,634 --> 00:22:35,086 It's a great start to the season for Aston Villa. 412 00:22:35,224 --> 00:22:37,399 Well, United were scarcely recognizable 413 00:22:37,537 --> 00:22:40,229 from the team we've known over the last couple of seasons. What's going on? 414 00:22:40,367 --> 00:22:43,957 Three players have departed. The trick is always buy when you're strong. 415 00:22:44,095 --> 00:22:47,132 So he needs to buy players. You can't win anything with kids. 416 00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:49,480 The trick at winning the championship is having strength and depth. 417 00:22:49,618 --> 00:22:54,174 -They just haven't got it. -When you hear someone like Alan Hansen, 418 00:22:54,312 --> 00:22:58,040 who is a legend and was one of the best players in the game, 419 00:22:58,178 --> 00:23:02,389 come out and say that, all of a sudden, as young kids, you're like, 420 00:23:02,527 --> 00:23:04,736 "Maybe we're not ready. Maybe we are too young. 421 00:23:04,874 --> 00:23:08,153 Maybe... Maybe that was our chance. 422 00:23:08,291 --> 00:23:11,398 That was our one chance to impress, and it's gone." 423 00:23:11,536 --> 00:23:13,573 [Blur's "Song 2" playing] 424 00:23:13,711 --> 00:23:15,575 [commentator] Just at the moment, this seems to be 425 00:23:15,713 --> 00:23:18,301 the most exhilarating place to visit in the Premiership. 426 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,236 Here at St James', they've lost only once in their last 31 league games. 427 00:23:22,374 --> 00:23:25,239 [narrator] By contrast, Gillespie and the Entertainers, 428 00:23:25,377 --> 00:23:27,863 as Newcastle were now known, were flying. 429 00:23:29,209 --> 00:23:31,936 [commentator] Ginola. Oh, neat. Now Gillespie. 430 00:23:32,074 --> 00:23:34,973 Now Beardsley. Back to Gillespie. He's gone over. 431 00:23:35,111 --> 00:23:36,872 Penalty says the referee. 432 00:23:37,010 --> 00:23:38,874 [Gillespie] The '95-'96 season, 433 00:23:39,012 --> 00:23:41,739 we were playing on a side which was full of excitement, 434 00:23:41,877 --> 00:23:44,914 full of attacking, you know, full of flair. 435 00:23:45,052 --> 00:23:49,540 Les thrived on crosses, and Ginola was providing them from the left, 436 00:23:49,678 --> 00:23:51,162 I was providing them from the right. 437 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:54,199 We started the season like a house on fire. 438 00:23:54,337 --> 00:23:57,409 [commentator] Gillespie again. Looking for Ferdinand. 439 00:23:57,548 --> 00:23:59,481 [crowd roars] 440 00:23:59,619 --> 00:24:02,622 -[crowd cheering] -[commentator chattering] 441 00:24:05,107 --> 00:24:08,282 [Ferdinand] Keith Gillespie was just out-and-out pace. 442 00:24:08,420 --> 00:24:10,630 Get down the line, cross the ball, no nonsense. 443 00:24:10,768 --> 00:24:13,564 ♪ All of the time But I'm never sure♪ 444 00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:16,187 ♪ Why I need you♪ 445 00:24:16,325 --> 00:24:18,120 ♪ Pleased to meet you♪ 446 00:24:18,258 --> 00:24:21,261 [commentator] And Gillespie... What a goal! 447 00:24:21,399 --> 00:24:25,645 The Entertainers was just a brand of football we played that everybody enjoyed. 448 00:24:25,783 --> 00:24:29,649 Everywhere we went, I'd come back to London, and people used to say to me, 449 00:24:29,787 --> 00:24:32,824 "I don't support Newcastle, but every time they're on the TV, I watch them 450 00:24:32,962 --> 00:24:35,137 'cause I know I'm gonna see a good game of football." 451 00:24:35,275 --> 00:24:38,727 [commentator] Now Gillespie... Beardsley wants it square. 452 00:24:38,865 --> 00:24:40,625 Ferdinand wanted it, Lee got it. 453 00:24:40,763 --> 00:24:43,041 Ferdinand... Goal! 454 00:24:43,179 --> 00:24:46,528 ♪ When I feel heavy metal Whoo-hoo♪ 455 00:24:46,666 --> 00:24:50,152 ♪ And I'm pins and I'm needles Oh, yeah♪ 456 00:24:52,499 --> 00:24:54,501 I'll just go and have a quick word.Okay. 457 00:24:55,675 --> 00:24:57,815 Or back to-- Oh, sorry. 458 00:24:57,953 --> 00:25:00,818 Okay.[man] Shouldn't add too much to the day. 459 00:25:00,956 --> 00:25:03,821 Okay. Turn him to-- Go back. Yeah. 460 00:25:03,959 --> 00:25:05,926 This is Ralph Dellor with Keith Gillespie 461 00:25:06,064 --> 00:25:08,308 at Newcastle for Match of the Day. 462 00:25:08,446 --> 00:25:10,931 You look as if you're enjoying your football as well. 463 00:25:11,069 --> 00:25:14,176 Yeah, I mean, I get a... I get a lot of support 464 00:25:14,314 --> 00:25:16,281 from the midfield, which is nice, 465 00:25:16,419 --> 00:25:19,008 and I like to get the ball to my feet and run at defenders, 466 00:25:19,146 --> 00:25:21,632 and in the past few games, I've been able to do that. 467 00:25:24,289 --> 00:25:27,776 Signing for them when I'm 19, nearly 20, I'm going to a strange city. 468 00:25:27,914 --> 00:25:32,228 The first five months of my life at Newcastle, I was living in a hotel. 469 00:25:32,366 --> 00:25:34,472 You're a professional footballer. 470 00:25:34,610 --> 00:25:37,613 You train from half 10:00 till 12:00, quarter past 12:00 every day. 471 00:25:37,751 --> 00:25:39,270 The rest of the day is your own. 472 00:25:42,066 --> 00:25:45,517 And my afternoons were spent in the bookmakers. 473 00:25:45,656 --> 00:25:47,796 I think I've probably got that addictive personality. 474 00:25:49,591 --> 00:25:51,938 You know, the strange thing is, it didn't matter 475 00:25:52,076 --> 00:25:55,251 if I had ten pounds on a horse or a thousand pounds on a horse, you know? 476 00:25:55,389 --> 00:25:56,977 The thrill was all about the winning. 477 00:25:57,115 --> 00:26:01,016 You know, I just loved that adrenaline buzz of winning. 478 00:26:01,154 --> 00:26:05,192 [Dellor] And you're relishing your opportunity?Oh, yeah. Definitely. 479 00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:07,194 [Dellor] We wish you luck. Thanks very much indeed. 480 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:09,852 [Gillespie] Thank you. Cheers. 481 00:26:09,990 --> 00:26:15,755 Now this person, I'm really excited to be interviewing. I've got a TV exclusive, 482 00:26:15,893 --> 00:26:19,275 and I know I shouldn't say this, but I really fancy him. 483 00:26:19,413 --> 00:26:23,625 He's pinned up all over hundreds and thousands and millions of girls' walls. 484 00:26:23,763 --> 00:26:27,525 He's really sexy, and I'm hoping I'm gonna get a really good interview with him, 485 00:26:27,663 --> 00:26:30,010 and maybe something else. Come on. 486 00:26:33,427 --> 00:26:36,016 [door squeaking] 487 00:26:36,154 --> 00:26:37,708 [Beckham chuckles] 488 00:26:41,125 --> 00:26:42,989 Right. Come on. 489 00:26:43,127 --> 00:26:46,475 So, when... [laughs] 490 00:26:46,613 --> 00:26:49,098 I'm gonna be really, really crap now. 491 00:26:49,236 --> 00:26:54,241 So when did you first decide... realize that you were really famous? 492 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:57,486 Straight away.Straight... [laughs] 493 00:26:57,624 --> 00:27:00,765 It was when he first started going out with me, I think, actually. 494 00:27:00,903 --> 00:27:04,631 He met Victoria, and that took him from being what would be 495 00:27:04,769 --> 00:27:10,292 an emerging, talented, good-looking young Manchester United player 496 00:27:10,430 --> 00:27:15,642 to being somebody who was like sort of a megastar. 497 00:27:15,780 --> 00:27:19,439 Wherever we went, there was a barrage of, you know, 498 00:27:19,577 --> 00:27:21,579 photographers ready. 499 00:27:21,717 --> 00:27:25,479 The Spice Girls' global status and their stardom was 500 00:27:25,617 --> 00:27:27,965 nothing that I'd ever seen before. 501 00:27:28,103 --> 00:27:31,727 [female reporter] The sun smiled on the pop star and the football idol 502 00:27:31,865 --> 00:27:35,627 as they tied the knot at what's undoubtedly the show biz wedding of the year. 503 00:27:38,216 --> 00:27:40,253 You'd go to film premieres or fashion shows, 504 00:27:40,391 --> 00:27:42,842 and they were both in, head to toe, the same clothes, 505 00:27:42,980 --> 00:27:46,086 so they really enjoyed marketing themselves in that way. 506 00:27:46,224 --> 00:27:47,743 She was more famous than him. 507 00:27:47,881 --> 00:27:49,952 It was a Spice Girl going out 508 00:27:50,090 --> 00:27:52,437 with this bloke who's just signed for Man United. 509 00:27:53,749 --> 00:27:54,992 Moschino. 510 00:27:55,130 --> 00:27:56,579 [man laughs] 511 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:58,409 Is that a shirt? Spin it around. 512 00:27:58,547 --> 00:28:01,584 Yeah, it's a shirt. It's a smart shirt. 513 00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:04,415 I wore it once, and the manager had a go at me for it. 514 00:28:04,553 --> 00:28:06,555 Yeah, and I totally went off it. 515 00:28:13,355 --> 00:28:16,634 There was a time when studs was something you found on football boots, 516 00:28:16,772 --> 00:28:19,119 shooting was something that footballers did with the ball 517 00:28:19,257 --> 00:28:22,744 and vital statistics were how many goals your centre forward scored. 518 00:28:22,882 --> 00:28:26,299 But now footballers are witnessing a whole new ball game opening up, 519 00:28:26,437 --> 00:28:28,715 and it doesn't happen on the pitch. 520 00:28:28,853 --> 00:28:33,237 We're talking modelling, on the catwalk, in editorials and advertising. 521 00:28:33,375 --> 00:28:37,517 The guys from Arena Homme Plus, who we'd met out in a nightclub somewhere, 522 00:28:37,655 --> 00:28:40,934 he said, um, "You wanna do a shoot?" 523 00:28:41,072 --> 00:28:44,110 So I'm like, "Cool. They want me to do this modelling thing. 524 00:28:44,248 --> 00:28:47,216 All right, cool. Yeah, I'll do it." So, um... 525 00:28:47,354 --> 00:28:50,185 We go... Sunday morning, we're in this car park, 526 00:28:50,323 --> 00:28:56,191 and Norman, the photographer, pacing up and down, he takes photographs. 527 00:28:56,329 --> 00:28:59,021 I'm kissing-- "Can you kiss the ball?" So I went... [kisses] 528 00:28:59,159 --> 00:29:02,507 And a few weeks later, I got a phone call that's like, "We like the pictures. 529 00:29:02,645 --> 00:29:04,130 We're gonna put one on the cover." 530 00:29:04,268 --> 00:29:08,513 I said, "What? Cover? Oh, cool. Nice, yeah." 531 00:29:08,651 --> 00:29:12,172 Then a few weeks later, Norman calls me and he says, 532 00:29:12,310 --> 00:29:15,141 "Armani's press office have seen the pictures, 533 00:29:15,279 --> 00:29:19,455 and they want to consider you for the campaign." 534 00:29:19,593 --> 00:29:22,804 And all of a sudden, it was like, yeah, you're an Armani model. 535 00:29:22,942 --> 00:29:26,324 ♪ Most of all I want that man♪ 536 00:29:26,462 --> 00:29:27,878 ♪ I want that man♪ 537 00:29:29,396 --> 00:29:32,020 This is David James. He's the goalie for Liverpool. 538 00:29:32,158 --> 00:29:34,816 He's only allowed to appear on The Clothes Show under certain conditions. 539 00:29:34,954 --> 00:29:36,645 We're not allowed to call him a model 540 00:29:36,783 --> 00:29:38,889 because he is, after all, the face of Emporio Armani. 541 00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:42,616 [James] It's how the Premier League allowed me to be in that position. 542 00:29:42,754 --> 00:29:44,929 There was this clamour for glamour. 543 00:29:45,067 --> 00:29:47,552 You look at some of the old matches on telly and, you know... 544 00:29:47,690 --> 00:29:53,248 With all... With all respect to the players, it was, like, just football. 545 00:29:53,386 --> 00:29:55,871 Whereas all of a sudden, it was all about the image, 546 00:29:56,009 --> 00:29:58,046 and the image sort of goes in line with magazines. 547 00:29:58,184 --> 00:30:01,290 It goes in line with being on TV shows, and we liked that. 548 00:30:01,428 --> 00:30:05,432 [Newton] You had the rise of the lads' mag in the '90s, which was huge. 549 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:07,641 Many footballers made the cover of those magazines 550 00:30:07,779 --> 00:30:10,610 because people were so interested in their lifestyle. 551 00:30:10,748 --> 00:30:13,095 And those articles weren't really about what they did in the pitch. 552 00:30:13,233 --> 00:30:14,994 It was all what their home life was like. 553 00:30:15,132 --> 00:30:18,652 [woman 1] Is there any kind of competition to get the best work? 554 00:30:18,790 --> 00:30:22,311 [Redknapp] Nah, no. We all know that football's the most important thing. 555 00:30:22,449 --> 00:30:25,936 Obviously, David has done very well with Armani, and we're all pleased for him. 556 00:30:26,074 --> 00:30:28,904 [woman 1] How would you compare both careers? 557 00:30:29,042 --> 00:30:32,735 Um, I don't think there's any comparison really. 558 00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:34,910 Modelling's better. Nah. Football. 559 00:30:36,118 --> 00:30:39,846 [woman 2] We did a shoot back in November issue 560 00:30:39,984 --> 00:30:44,782 where we did ten pages of footballers, and we travelled all over England 561 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,889 trying to get these guys. There was a time when we turned up 562 00:30:48,027 --> 00:30:50,650 at Liverpool training ground, and we were chasing them 563 00:30:50,788 --> 00:30:52,583 all over the pitches trying to get hold of them, 564 00:30:52,721 --> 00:30:54,481 saying, "We want to shoot you." 565 00:30:55,413 --> 00:30:58,002 This was really the start 566 00:30:58,140 --> 00:31:01,523 of the crossover between fashion and sport. 567 00:31:01,661 --> 00:31:06,321 Footballers suddenly realized that their image was as important off the pitch 568 00:31:06,459 --> 00:31:11,291 as it was on the pitch, and these guys were getting big advertising deals. 569 00:31:11,429 --> 00:31:13,397 [pop music playing] 570 00:31:15,364 --> 00:31:18,609 [Beckham] These things just came up, and every now and again, 571 00:31:18,747 --> 00:31:21,577 it'd be the right thing to do, but I kind of enjoyed them. 572 00:31:21,715 --> 00:31:24,718 To be part of a brand like Brylcreem at the time, you know, 573 00:31:24,856 --> 00:31:28,274 it was a huge brand. 574 00:31:28,412 --> 00:31:31,139 I must admit there's some front covers that I look back on, 575 00:31:31,277 --> 00:31:34,452 and I think, "What was I thinking at the time?" 576 00:31:34,590 --> 00:31:38,698 But it's obviously part of, you know, it was part of my life, you know? 577 00:31:38,836 --> 00:31:40,113 At that point. 578 00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:42,771 [Bellan] These were guys 579 00:31:42,909 --> 00:31:44,738 which were earning huge amounts of money. 580 00:31:44,876 --> 00:31:47,189 And what we saw is that, you know, 581 00:31:47,327 --> 00:31:50,606 cars were important to them, clothes were important to them. 582 00:31:50,744 --> 00:31:54,610 So they had the money to suddenly buy designer clothing 583 00:31:54,748 --> 00:31:57,096 or the car of their dreams. 584 00:32:02,032 --> 00:32:04,793 Consider what happens if you drink too much prune juice 585 00:32:04,931 --> 00:32:08,417 and eat figs at the same time. It goes in one end and out the other. 586 00:32:08,555 --> 00:32:11,144 And that's exactly what's happening with the TV money. 587 00:32:11,282 --> 00:32:15,597 It really doesn't stay with the clubs. It just flows right the way through. 588 00:32:15,735 --> 00:32:17,979 The people that are better off are the players, 589 00:32:18,117 --> 00:32:20,809 who get paid enormous amounts of money. 590 00:32:22,293 --> 00:32:24,640 [James] You know, John Barnes was on £10,000 a week. 591 00:32:24,778 --> 00:32:28,644 I was like, "What? Half a million pounds a year? 592 00:32:28,782 --> 00:32:31,923 Wow! That is ama--" And it sort of blew your mind. 593 00:32:32,062 --> 00:32:36,514 And then within a few years, that was standard for a lot of players. 594 00:32:39,862 --> 00:32:43,556 When the Premier League became so big, the money became so vast 595 00:32:43,694 --> 00:32:47,318 that I did change, and I didn't change into a particularly nice person with it. 596 00:32:47,456 --> 00:32:49,562 There are stories. One of my old teammates said 597 00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:53,393 that if I lost a game, I would change my car, which was utter nonsense. 598 00:32:53,531 --> 00:32:56,638 I changed my watch. Get a new watch, yeah. 599 00:32:56,776 --> 00:32:58,571 We lost the game, I'd get a new watch. 600 00:32:58,709 --> 00:33:01,470 This isn't a gradual thing. As an academy player, 601 00:33:01,608 --> 00:33:03,714 you're not earning half a massive amount of money, 602 00:33:03,852 --> 00:33:07,407 and then when you become a senior player, you earn the full amount. 603 00:33:07,545 --> 00:33:10,997 It's kind of like you earn nothing, and all of a sudden, you're just given... 604 00:33:11,135 --> 00:33:12,412 loads. 605 00:33:12,550 --> 00:33:14,897 When I first came into the game 606 00:33:15,036 --> 00:33:17,003 and was at The News of the World, 607 00:33:17,141 --> 00:33:23,492 I was probably earning a similar amount to young footballers. 608 00:33:23,630 --> 00:33:27,048 But suddenly, the Premier League took them into a different sphere, 609 00:33:27,186 --> 00:33:30,051 into a different universe, really. 610 00:33:30,189 --> 00:33:33,123 And there's situations where players had too much money 611 00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:35,366 and that's what got them into problems. 612 00:33:35,504 --> 00:33:40,061 [Gillespie] I just signed a sort of new contract with Newcastle 613 00:33:40,199 --> 00:33:44,548 and so I was earning, what-- five and a half grand then? 614 00:33:44,686 --> 00:33:50,140 So, talking 26 years ago, which is obviously, you know, a good wage. 615 00:33:50,278 --> 00:33:52,556 I suppose when your wages increase... 616 00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:58,424 you're gonna start putting more and more on... on your bets. 617 00:33:58,562 --> 00:34:00,978 I think the big problem came when you had phone betting 618 00:34:01,116 --> 00:34:04,361 and you could just ring up, and you're not physically handing over that money. 619 00:34:04,499 --> 00:34:08,089 And that's where the problems, you know, really started for me. 620 00:34:08,227 --> 00:34:11,437 [commentator] For tonight's match, Newcastle in their changed strip 621 00:34:11,575 --> 00:34:14,888 of purple tonight. Stoke City in the stripes of course. 622 00:34:15,026 --> 00:34:17,098 [Gillespie] We played Stoke away, 623 00:34:17,236 --> 00:34:20,204 and I knew Peter Beardsley hadn't scored in quite a few weeks 624 00:34:20,342 --> 00:34:23,828 and so I decided to ring up and had £500 on Peter Beardsley for the first goal, 625 00:34:23,966 --> 00:34:28,247 and then I had £500 on Beardsley first goal with 2-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-1. 626 00:34:28,385 --> 00:34:31,560 [commentator] It's a dangerous one, and Beardsley 627 00:34:31,698 --> 00:34:36,289 has taken full advantage by giving Newcastle United the lead. 628 00:34:36,427 --> 00:34:39,120 [Gillespie] Peter Beardsley scored the first goal. 629 00:34:39,258 --> 00:34:42,157 A couple of minutes later, he made it 2-0 just before halftime. 630 00:34:42,295 --> 00:34:45,540 [commentator] Still Beardsley, chance for number two. Would you believe it? 631 00:34:45,678 --> 00:34:48,508 And Beardsley makes it 2-0 at the other end. 632 00:34:48,646 --> 00:34:51,201 About 15 minutes into the second half, 633 00:34:51,339 --> 00:34:53,893 I had a cross shot, the keeper saved and Les scored. 634 00:34:54,031 --> 00:34:55,998 [commentator] Gillespie, danger here. 635 00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:58,622 Good save, and turned in by Ferdinand. 636 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:04,075 You know, we were 3-0 up, but the problem for me then is there's half an hour left. 637 00:35:04,214 --> 00:35:07,458 You know, I'm not wanting any more goals. Well, not for us anyway. 638 00:35:08,839 --> 00:35:10,427 If I was gonna say anything, 639 00:35:10,565 --> 00:35:12,981 probably halftime would have been the time to say it. 640 00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:18,331 But I suppose once it went 3-0, it's hard to sort of get everybody in a huddle 641 00:35:18,469 --> 00:35:21,300 to let them know that, by the way, I've a bet on here. 642 00:35:21,438 --> 00:35:24,337 Don't be scoring anymore. Just keep it tight. 643 00:35:24,475 --> 00:35:29,031 So, I'm sort of not wanting to venture forward too much. 644 00:35:29,170 --> 00:35:30,516 I was wanting to, you know, 645 00:35:30,654 --> 00:35:31,793 pass the ball backwards. 646 00:35:35,037 --> 00:35:37,178 And then about six minutes from time, 647 00:35:37,316 --> 00:35:39,663 Darren Peacock, he found himself in the box. 648 00:35:39,801 --> 00:35:42,079 [commentator] Still and still, and in the end... 649 00:35:42,217 --> 00:35:44,668 [Gillespie] The ball fell at his feet and he rifled it into the top corner, 650 00:35:44,806 --> 00:35:47,153 and everyone was running, jumping on top of him. 651 00:35:47,291 --> 00:35:50,087 Everyone but me. I was sort of trudging back to the halfway line 652 00:35:50,225 --> 00:35:53,504 thinking, "You've just cost me £52,000." 653 00:35:53,642 --> 00:35:58,682 It was a heavy hit, and, I mean, probably should have learned my lesson then 654 00:35:58,820 --> 00:36:02,030 but, you know, obviously didn't. 655 00:36:02,168 --> 00:36:05,067 [narrator] Gillespie was losing thousands at the bookies, 656 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:07,863 but his team were delivering win after win on the pitch. 657 00:36:08,001 --> 00:36:14,042 By Christmas, they looked like they were in with a chance of taking the title. 658 00:36:14,180 --> 00:36:18,633 Manchester United were in second, a distant ten points behind. 659 00:36:28,988 --> 00:36:32,371 [commentator] It's Manchester United against Newcastle United, 660 00:36:32,509 --> 00:36:37,134 the eagerly anticipated meeting of the top two in the Premier League. 661 00:36:37,272 --> 00:36:40,758 Kevin Keegan and Alex Ferguson, though they look very relaxed, 662 00:36:40,896 --> 00:36:44,037 but so much could depend on the outcome here. 663 00:36:44,175 --> 00:36:47,489 United have gone five games without a win. 664 00:36:47,627 --> 00:36:51,804 It's their worst run in the league since 1992. 665 00:36:51,942 --> 00:36:54,669 And a return to Old Trafford, of course, for Keith Gillespie, 666 00:36:54,807 --> 00:36:57,948 who scored for Manchester United against Newcastle 667 00:36:58,086 --> 00:37:00,330 in this fixture last season. 668 00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:02,573 I think at the start of the season, 669 00:37:02,711 --> 00:37:04,989 the only person who believed we could win it was Kevin Keegan. 670 00:37:05,127 --> 00:37:07,578 Without a shadow of a doubt. 671 00:37:07,716 --> 00:37:10,167 We knew we had a good squad, 672 00:37:10,305 --> 00:37:12,480 but I think by about four or five games into it, 673 00:37:12,618 --> 00:37:15,690 we started to believe maybe we were onto something here. 674 00:37:28,737 --> 00:37:30,739 [commentator] It's Gillespie who's down. 675 00:37:32,672 --> 00:37:34,847 And it does look a bit serious, doesn't it? 676 00:37:36,193 --> 00:37:37,712 My leg wanted to go one way, 677 00:37:37,850 --> 00:37:40,577 and it decided to go to the other, um... 678 00:37:40,715 --> 00:37:45,064 It was my... I had a bruise from my knee all the way up to my hip. 679 00:37:45,202 --> 00:37:49,137 [commentator] It does look as if he may be playing no further part in this game. 680 00:37:50,932 --> 00:37:53,141 [Gillespie] The physios had a look at it, and there is a possibility 681 00:37:53,279 --> 00:37:55,281 that I could be out for the rest of the season, 682 00:37:55,419 --> 00:37:57,594 which is gonna be very disappointing if I am. 683 00:38:03,151 --> 00:38:06,499 The injury to Keith Gillespie is proof that the game isn't all glamour. 684 00:38:06,637 --> 00:38:08,536 Following his move from Manchester United, 685 00:38:08,674 --> 00:38:11,573 he's had a very good 12 months here at St James' Park. 686 00:38:11,711 --> 00:38:14,335 But for the immediate future, he'll be on the treatment table. 687 00:38:15,715 --> 00:38:16,992 [Gillespie] It's murder really. 688 00:38:17,130 --> 00:38:18,649 The team's doing so well, 689 00:38:18,787 --> 00:38:21,134 and all you want to do is play. 690 00:38:21,272 --> 00:38:25,898 And, I mean, I just hope that we can get a trophy at the end of the season. 691 00:38:26,036 --> 00:38:29,729 [commentator] Giggs takes that beautifully on his chest. 692 00:38:29,867 --> 00:38:31,628 Now into his stride. Teases Phillips, 693 00:38:31,766 --> 00:38:34,769 puts in a good cross. Great save! It's a goal! 694 00:38:34,907 --> 00:38:36,771 [narrator] Whilst Gillespie was out with an injury, 695 00:38:36,909 --> 00:38:38,945 Manchester United went on a winning spree 696 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:41,879 spearheaded by his old teammates. 697 00:38:42,742 --> 00:38:43,950 [commentator] Shaw! 698 00:38:45,331 --> 00:38:48,127 A beautiful goal from David Beckham! 699 00:38:48,265 --> 00:38:50,992 [Neville] We, over a period of time, got stronger and stronger. 700 00:38:51,130 --> 00:38:54,547 We turned it from a massive pressure moment to... 701 00:38:55,824 --> 00:38:57,447 complete confidence and belief, 702 00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,241 and then we just hunted them down. 703 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:02,313 [commentator] Beckham looking and finding Giggs. 704 00:39:02,452 --> 00:39:04,074 Beautiful, beautiful! 705 00:39:04,212 --> 00:39:05,765 Beautiful! 706 00:39:09,355 --> 00:39:13,532 That was a class goal. Beckham, Giggs and Scholes, 707 00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:16,189 the kids of United. 708 00:39:16,327 --> 00:39:19,607 [man] Manchester United have moved to within four points of Newcastle 709 00:39:19,745 --> 00:39:22,886 at the top of the FA Carling Premiership. 710 00:39:23,024 --> 00:39:25,613 [Beckham] There was never a moment where I thought, "Do you know what? 711 00:39:25,751 --> 00:39:29,548 It's really tough being a United player. It's really tough". 712 00:39:29,686 --> 00:39:32,965 Because I was playing for the team that I always wanted to play for, 713 00:39:33,103 --> 00:39:37,418 I was doing what I loved best and most 714 00:39:37,556 --> 00:39:39,730 and we were winning. 715 00:39:39,868 --> 00:39:41,767 [commentator] Scholes lets it run brilliantly for Beckham. 716 00:39:43,251 --> 00:39:46,668 Under pressure, another one for David Beckham. 717 00:39:49,257 --> 00:39:52,363 [narrator] Privately, Gillespie's gambling was spiralling. 718 00:39:52,502 --> 00:39:56,782 Unbeknownst to anyone, he was often losing thousands of pounds a day. 719 00:39:59,163 --> 00:40:02,581 [Gillespie] I remember the 27th of October, 1995. 720 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,341 I had been betting all afternoon. 721 00:40:04,479 --> 00:40:06,101 You know, I had a thousand pounds 722 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,000 on the first race that day, 723 00:40:08,138 --> 00:40:09,242 a horse called Quandary. 724 00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:17,078 But by 5:20 that afternoon, I'd lost 47,000. 725 00:40:17,216 --> 00:40:20,150 The following day, I had lost another 15,000. 726 00:40:20,288 --> 00:40:22,359 On the Sunday, Kevin Keegan came in. 727 00:40:22,497 --> 00:40:24,672 He was sitting opposite me, and... 728 00:40:24,810 --> 00:40:26,501 You know, just sort of small chat at first, 729 00:40:26,639 --> 00:40:29,090 but then he pointed at me and says to Peter Beardsley, 730 00:40:29,228 --> 00:40:31,575 "He could be the best player in the country at this time." 731 00:40:31,713 --> 00:40:33,404 I knew I was having a good season. 732 00:40:33,543 --> 00:40:36,753 Incredible to hear somebody like Kevin Keegan 733 00:40:36,891 --> 00:40:38,651 give me a compliment like that, 734 00:40:38,789 --> 00:40:41,033 but I was sort of more just thinking 735 00:40:41,171 --> 00:40:45,589 if only you knew the last two days I've just had and losing 62 grand. 736 00:40:48,661 --> 00:40:52,113 I got a knock on the door, The Sunnewspaper. Um... 737 00:40:52,251 --> 00:40:54,495 You know, the next day when I seen the paper, 738 00:40:54,633 --> 00:40:56,462 they must have had somebody hiding as well 739 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,016 'cause there was a picture of me at the door, you know, 740 00:40:59,154 --> 00:41:02,157 with hair everywhere and all sorts, so... 741 00:41:02,295 --> 00:41:04,263 The bookie had sold the story. 742 00:41:04,401 --> 00:41:06,196 On tomorrow morning's front pages, 743 00:41:06,334 --> 00:41:09,371 The Sunhas news that Keith Gillespie of Newcastle 744 00:41:09,510 --> 00:41:12,513 has apparently spent £62,000 in a week at the bookies. 745 00:41:17,138 --> 00:41:19,485 [Gillespie] The hardest thing in the end that I had to do 746 00:41:19,623 --> 00:41:22,557 was ring my mum to let her know the situation 747 00:41:22,695 --> 00:41:26,319 and that there would be a story getting into the newspapers. 748 00:41:26,457 --> 00:41:28,529 And that was... that was really difficult. 749 00:41:28,667 --> 00:41:31,877 [Mrs Gillespie] I felt that there wasn't a lot for me to say, 750 00:41:32,015 --> 00:41:34,293 and I really just wanted to support him. 751 00:41:34,431 --> 00:41:37,607 And I just hoped that, you know, it was a blessing in disguise, 752 00:41:37,745 --> 00:41:41,369 and that at 21 years of age, it had come to light 753 00:41:41,507 --> 00:41:43,267 and hopefully this was the end of it. 754 00:41:45,269 --> 00:41:47,202 [Ferdinand] Footballers being footballers, you go in, 755 00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:49,204 and the boys were taking the mickey out of him. 756 00:41:49,342 --> 00:41:51,310 I'll always remember him coming in the sauna 757 00:41:51,448 --> 00:41:53,864 and he said to me, "Why wasn't you laughing 758 00:41:54,002 --> 00:41:56,487 like all the other boys taking a piss? Why didn't you take a piss?" 759 00:41:56,626 --> 00:42:02,597 And I said, "Well, basically, 'cause I know that you know 760 00:42:02,735 --> 00:42:05,807 that my mum, my dad, your mum, your dad knows what a pound note is 761 00:42:05,945 --> 00:42:08,189 and how hard it is to make a pound note. 762 00:42:08,327 --> 00:42:11,330 So what you lost, I don't see as being funny." 763 00:42:11,468 --> 00:42:13,470 From a young boy who's a long way from home 764 00:42:13,608 --> 00:42:15,852 without his family influence around him. 765 00:42:15,990 --> 00:42:18,164 Now, in today's football, 766 00:42:18,302 --> 00:42:21,685 we talk about mental health issues and stuff that goes on with people, 767 00:42:21,823 --> 00:42:25,482 but back when we-- you know, back in '95-'96, 768 00:42:25,620 --> 00:42:28,450 because you're a footballer, you're... 769 00:42:28,589 --> 00:42:30,660 It's deemed that you should just get on with it. 770 00:42:30,798 --> 00:42:33,455 [man] Is it behind you?Oh, definitely. 771 00:42:33,594 --> 00:42:35,561 I mean, you sort of learn by your mistakes, 772 00:42:35,699 --> 00:42:38,944 and that was probably the biggest mistake I ever made. 773 00:42:39,082 --> 00:42:40,946 You know, I mean, everyone's human, 774 00:42:41,084 --> 00:42:43,293 and I've just got to get on with things. 775 00:42:44,363 --> 00:42:45,813 [Keegan] There's no doubt about it. 776 00:42:45,951 --> 00:42:48,056 Had he been a bit more upfront with us at the time, 777 00:42:48,194 --> 00:42:50,127 we could have helped him an awful lot more, 778 00:42:50,265 --> 00:42:52,578 and maybe the headlines would never have got to the papers. 779 00:42:52,716 --> 00:42:56,375 But I think he was embarrassed and he was shy, and he's a lovely boy. 780 00:42:56,513 --> 00:42:58,101 I've spent a lot of time with him, 781 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,034 and I like his character. 782 00:43:00,172 --> 00:43:02,553 But he's learnt a lesson a very hard way there. 783 00:43:02,692 --> 00:43:05,108 [Gillespie] I think probably back then, 784 00:43:05,246 --> 00:43:08,076 I probably should have been offered maybe more help, 785 00:43:08,214 --> 00:43:12,391 but again, gambling wasn't that big a topic 786 00:43:12,529 --> 00:43:15,394 as it is nowadays. Um... 787 00:43:15,532 --> 00:43:19,018 And I was just sort of left to my own devices again and... 788 00:43:19,156 --> 00:43:21,607 stopped for a while, but it was inevitable that, 789 00:43:21,745 --> 00:43:23,229 you know, I would go back to it. 790 00:43:24,886 --> 00:43:26,854 [Merson] I'd already been through all that before, 791 00:43:26,992 --> 00:43:29,857 and then to see someone else do it is not nice. 792 00:43:29,995 --> 00:43:32,480 When you got an addiction of gambling, 793 00:43:32,618 --> 00:43:36,035 you could be on a million pound a week and it won't be enough. 794 00:43:36,173 --> 00:43:38,382 You know? It's a bad addiction. 795 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,351 With the drink and the drugs, I could go out 796 00:43:41,489 --> 00:43:43,560 and you can only put so much up your nose 797 00:43:43,698 --> 00:43:47,253 and you can only put so much down your throat in drink. 798 00:43:48,530 --> 00:43:50,325 But with gambling, you could lose everything. 799 00:43:50,463 --> 00:43:51,982 You could lose absolutely everything. 800 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,847 Every player out there has to be careful 801 00:43:54,985 --> 00:43:57,160 'cause it's the one thing you can hide. 802 00:43:57,298 --> 00:44:01,198 You know, if a footballer's out and they've had ten pints, 803 00:44:01,336 --> 00:44:02,717 you know they've had a drink. 804 00:44:02,855 --> 00:44:04,132 If a player's lost all their money, 805 00:44:04,270 --> 00:44:05,237 you would never know. 806 00:44:07,032 --> 00:44:10,587 This is the feeling about, I think, most of the people around. 807 00:44:10,725 --> 00:44:13,901 You are very young, you get a lot of money, 808 00:44:14,039 --> 00:44:16,489 you are very lucky in this world, 809 00:44:16,627 --> 00:44:21,529 so we will never forgive you if you do one mistake. 810 00:44:21,667 --> 00:44:25,257 [James] A lot of the media side of it, the press in particular, 811 00:44:25,395 --> 00:44:29,226 didn't like the fact-- and I say it because I had access with players-- 812 00:44:29,364 --> 00:44:31,884 the people that you're bumping shoulders with in the car park 813 00:44:32,022 --> 00:44:34,507 all of a sudden are earning ridiculous amounts of money. 814 00:44:34,645 --> 00:44:40,306 So, in a way, it was almost like the media's obligation 815 00:44:40,444 --> 00:44:42,826 to bring people back down to earth a little bit. 816 00:44:44,103 --> 00:44:45,173 Maybe. 817 00:44:46,347 --> 00:44:48,245 Jealousy's a horrible thing. 818 00:44:49,626 --> 00:44:51,041 [man] The Sunnewspaper 819 00:44:51,179 --> 00:44:54,389 done this article on me about Kenny Dalglish. 820 00:44:54,527 --> 00:44:56,978 He said, "You won at Anfield. We heard you said 821 00:44:57,116 --> 00:44:59,291 you was gonna rip his head off and shit in the hole." 822 00:45:00,568 --> 00:45:04,261 And I probably did say that to Kenny, but... 823 00:45:04,399 --> 00:45:06,332 I don't remember doing it in the game or whatever. 824 00:45:06,470 --> 00:45:08,507 I screamed something at him, I don't know. 825 00:45:08,645 --> 00:45:10,233 'Cause he came and went in for a tackle, 826 00:45:10,371 --> 00:45:12,683 he took a liberty and I went over the top. 827 00:45:12,822 --> 00:45:16,480 Uh, he was a dirty little bastard, Dalglish, tough little bastard. 828 00:45:18,828 --> 00:45:22,521 And I said, "Oh, yeah?" And he said, "Yeah, I want to do an article with you." 829 00:45:22,659 --> 00:45:25,351 He said, "I'll give you 250 quid for the article." 830 00:45:26,594 --> 00:45:28,561 So I'm getting paid, you know what I mean? 831 00:45:29,286 --> 00:45:31,150 250 quid, 832 00:45:31,288 --> 00:45:34,705 and then saw my mate who used to do the press for The Mirror, 833 00:45:34,844 --> 00:45:40,056 Tony Stenson, and he said, "You'll pay for that for the rest of your life. 834 00:45:40,194 --> 00:45:44,715 Once you take a dollar from any one of the newspapers, 835 00:45:44,854 --> 00:45:46,821 you've sold your soul to them." 836 00:45:46,959 --> 00:45:49,272 And he was right, to be fair. He was right. 837 00:45:49,410 --> 00:45:52,033 Then they owned you. They wanted a piece of you, you know what I mean? 838 00:45:52,171 --> 00:45:55,347 [Ferdinand] You was good fodder for the press 839 00:45:55,485 --> 00:45:58,315 because they wanted to see players drunk. 840 00:45:58,453 --> 00:46:02,285 They wanted to see players with women and all the stuff that goes with it. 841 00:46:02,423 --> 00:46:05,667 You know, we were picking up the tabloids every Sunday, 842 00:46:05,806 --> 00:46:08,601 and there was another footballer in it, there was another story. 843 00:46:08,739 --> 00:46:11,121 That was the unfortunate thing with footballers 844 00:46:11,259 --> 00:46:14,124 coming into the limelight, as it were. 845 00:46:14,262 --> 00:46:16,644 That was always gonna come with it. 846 00:46:16,782 --> 00:46:21,683 And then it got to a stage where you had the tabloids employing girls 847 00:46:21,822 --> 00:46:25,964 to come down to London from up north and different places 848 00:46:26,102 --> 00:46:28,794 just to try and bed footballers. 849 00:46:28,932 --> 00:46:32,729 And that's when you're going way beyond anything ethical 850 00:46:32,867 --> 00:46:36,112 that's right in life and in society, do you know what I mean? 851 00:46:36,250 --> 00:46:38,148 And that's where it went to. 852 00:46:40,116 --> 00:46:42,049 [Newton] Obviously, the press was incredibly involved, 853 00:46:42,187 --> 00:46:45,224 but some of them were making the stories themselves. 854 00:46:45,362 --> 00:46:48,365 They were not being dragged kicking and screaming to these celebrity events, 855 00:46:49,850 --> 00:46:51,299 [Gillespie] I think with the English press, 856 00:46:51,437 --> 00:46:53,577 they'd just be itching to get a story. 857 00:46:53,715 --> 00:46:56,511 They want these big scandals, they want these stories, 858 00:46:56,649 --> 00:47:01,654 and you just have to realize that that's what some people get kicks out of. 859 00:47:01,792 --> 00:47:03,725 They like to do that sort of thing 860 00:47:03,864 --> 00:47:06,970 and try and, you know, ruin lives pretty much. 861 00:47:07,108 --> 00:47:10,767 [Merson] I was writing for the back page of a newspaper, 862 00:47:10,905 --> 00:47:14,012 and I was on the front page for what I was doing. 863 00:47:14,150 --> 00:47:18,050 They didn't look at it and go, "Oh, he writes for us." 864 00:47:18,188 --> 00:47:19,914 But as George used to say to me, 865 00:47:20,052 --> 00:47:22,365 "I'm on the front page. They keep on picking on me. 866 00:47:22,503 --> 00:47:24,505 Why me? Why is it always me?" 867 00:47:24,643 --> 00:47:26,472 I used to say, "Sit at home and watch the telly 868 00:47:26,610 --> 00:47:28,336 and I'll bet you they don't write about you." 869 00:47:29,337 --> 00:47:30,511 And it's true. 870 00:47:30,649 --> 00:47:33,031 [crowd cheering] 871 00:47:38,346 --> 00:47:41,108 [commentator] ...on recent record, they're the most likely to break the deadlock. 872 00:47:41,246 --> 00:47:44,594 It's a good challenge by Speed. This is Keane. 873 00:47:44,732 --> 00:47:46,561 Trying to find some room, and he has! 874 00:47:46,699 --> 00:47:48,632 [crowd roars] 875 00:47:50,876 --> 00:47:52,567 Priceless goal! 876 00:47:59,195 --> 00:48:01,369 [narrator] After Roy Keane's strike delivered the win 877 00:48:01,507 --> 00:48:03,371 for Manchester United against Leeds, 878 00:48:03,509 --> 00:48:06,927 Alex Ferguson decided to play a psychological game. 879 00:48:09,446 --> 00:48:11,932 Newcastle were to play Leeds in five days, 880 00:48:12,070 --> 00:48:15,383 so Ferguson claimed opponents fought harder against Man United 881 00:48:15,521 --> 00:48:18,248 than they did against Keegan's side. 882 00:48:18,386 --> 00:48:20,802 For some, it's more important to get a goal against Manchester United 883 00:48:20,941 --> 00:48:22,666 to stop them winning the league than anything else. 884 00:48:22,804 --> 00:48:24,979 Which, to me, is they're cheating their manager. 885 00:48:25,117 --> 00:48:27,119 That's all it is. 886 00:48:27,257 --> 00:48:31,261 And when they come to Newcastle, you wait and see the difference, you know? 887 00:48:39,476 --> 00:48:41,375 [commentator] At St James' Park... 888 00:48:41,513 --> 00:48:43,687 [narrator] After being injured for more than two months, 889 00:48:43,825 --> 00:48:46,380 Gillespie was fit to play in this crucial game. 890 00:48:46,518 --> 00:48:48,865 [commentator] David Ginola is suspended for one game, 891 00:48:49,003 --> 00:48:51,247 but Northern Ireland international Keith Gillespie 892 00:48:51,385 --> 00:48:53,835 is a more-than-adequate stand-in for Ginola. 893 00:48:53,974 --> 00:48:56,700 Manchester United will be watching tonight 894 00:48:56,838 --> 00:49:00,083 knowing that the pressure is on Keegan's men. 895 00:49:00,221 --> 00:49:02,327 Beardsley again to take. 896 00:49:05,330 --> 00:49:06,917 Better one this time. 897 00:49:07,056 --> 00:49:08,333 And it's in! 898 00:49:09,782 --> 00:49:13,096 Gillespie has given Newcastle United the lead. 899 00:49:14,339 --> 00:49:16,997 What a return for Keith Gillespie! 900 00:49:17,135 --> 00:49:20,241 Kevin Keegan's team have managed to hang on 901 00:49:20,379 --> 00:49:22,864 with Keith Gillespie's first half goal 902 00:49:23,003 --> 00:49:28,008 knowing that the championship race is still very much alive. 903 00:49:29,526 --> 00:49:32,840 After a night game, I was one of them that struggled to sleep, 904 00:49:32,978 --> 00:49:36,499 so I was lying on my bed and I was watching the rerun of the game. 905 00:49:36,637 --> 00:49:38,225 And then I saw the rant. 906 00:49:38,363 --> 00:49:39,985 I think you've got to send Alex Ferguson 907 00:49:40,123 --> 00:49:41,883 a tape of this game, haven't you? 908 00:49:42,022 --> 00:49:43,782 Isn't that what he asked for? 909 00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,233 Well, I'm sure if he was watching it tonight, Kevin, 910 00:49:46,371 --> 00:49:49,063 he could have no arguments about the way Leeds went about their job. 911 00:49:49,201 --> 00:49:51,928 -They tested your team. -We're bigger than that. 912 00:49:52,066 --> 00:49:54,827 [man] That's part and parcel of the psychological battle, isn't it? 913 00:49:54,965 --> 00:49:58,762 No. That's... When you do that with footballers like he said about Leeds, 914 00:49:58,900 --> 00:50:02,387 you can tell him now if you're watching it, we're still fighting for this title, 915 00:50:02,525 --> 00:50:04,596 and he's got to go to Middlesbrough and get something. 916 00:50:04,734 --> 00:50:09,497 And I'll tell you, honestly, I would love it if we beat them. Love it. 917 00:50:09,635 --> 00:50:13,674 I remember picking up the phone probably about 1:00 in the morning 918 00:50:13,812 --> 00:50:16,263 and I phoned Warren Barton, and I said, 919 00:50:16,401 --> 00:50:17,850 "Have you just watched the TV?" 920 00:50:17,988 --> 00:50:19,990 And he went, "No, I was sleeping." 921 00:50:20,129 --> 00:50:22,338 I'm like, "Sorry, mate. Sorry to wake you up. 922 00:50:22,476 --> 00:50:24,995 I just seen the manager having a rant on the TV." 923 00:50:25,134 --> 00:50:28,275 And then we went into training the next day, and the truth is, 924 00:50:28,413 --> 00:50:30,932 all the boys were taking the mickey, really. 925 00:50:31,071 --> 00:50:33,176 And just saying, "I'd love it, I'd love it." 926 00:50:33,314 --> 00:50:36,662 That became the next catch phrase: "I'd love it." 927 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:41,598 But no one ever saw that as Kevin Keegan having a meltdown. 928 00:50:41,736 --> 00:50:43,600 You know, as players, we were like... 929 00:50:43,738 --> 00:50:45,913 We knew that the manager wore his heart on his sleeve, 930 00:50:46,051 --> 00:50:49,089 and as a player, that's what everybody wants to see-- 931 00:50:49,227 --> 00:50:51,850 you wear your heart on your sleeve and show your passion. 932 00:50:51,988 --> 00:50:55,025 But as a manager, it was seen as a sign of weakness. 933 00:50:58,305 --> 00:51:00,238 [narrator] Going into the last game of the season, 934 00:51:00,376 --> 00:51:03,793 Newcastle still had a chance at finishing top. 935 00:51:03,931 --> 00:51:06,002 They needed to win against Spurs 936 00:51:06,140 --> 00:51:09,178 and for Middlesbrough to beat Manchester United. 937 00:51:09,316 --> 00:51:10,903 [Hardy] For the first time since 1927, 938 00:51:11,041 --> 00:51:12,802 Newcastle could win the English championship 939 00:51:12,940 --> 00:51:15,080 on the final day of the season, 940 00:51:15,218 --> 00:51:19,222 but it built to the point whereby you had the huge flag was outside, 941 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:21,673 the Three Bulls Heads near the stadium. 942 00:51:21,811 --> 00:51:23,916 You had the expectation building. 943 00:51:24,054 --> 00:51:25,918 In those days, you would follow the radio, 944 00:51:26,056 --> 00:51:28,507 clinging onto this belief that it could still happen. 945 00:51:28,645 --> 00:51:33,788 [commentator 1] Sixty-nine years and still waiting. 946 00:51:33,926 --> 00:51:37,689 But today, is Tyneside's torment about to end? 947 00:51:48,044 --> 00:51:51,012 [commentator 2] Welcome to Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium. 948 00:51:51,151 --> 00:51:55,431 It's just like last year. The title race has gone to the very last day. 949 00:51:55,569 --> 00:51:58,537 Will it be Manchester United, or will it be Newcastle? 950 00:52:00,919 --> 00:52:05,372 [commentator 1] Keith Gillespie starts a home game here for the first time in three months. 951 00:52:07,650 --> 00:52:09,652 [commentator 2] Beckham's really taking the eye, 952 00:52:09,790 --> 00:52:12,965 and many saying that he will shortly be an England player. 953 00:52:15,692 --> 00:52:17,763 [commentator 1] Good positioning by Batty. 954 00:52:17,901 --> 00:52:20,249 And the cross must be surely-- No! 955 00:52:20,387 --> 00:52:22,078 [crowd groans] 956 00:52:25,219 --> 00:52:27,256 Two players went for the same ball. 957 00:52:31,294 --> 00:52:32,226 [commentator 2] Giggs. 958 00:52:33,814 --> 00:52:36,057 David May! And that's in! 959 00:52:36,196 --> 00:52:40,752 David May with the goal! A vital goal for Manchester United. 960 00:52:40,890 --> 00:52:44,204 Man United scored, and that just deflated the whole stadium. 961 00:52:44,342 --> 00:52:48,208 That was it. That was the moment when everybody went, "Right, it's gone." 962 00:52:50,210 --> 00:52:54,524 [commentator 2] In the 14th minute, and that is absolutely priceless. 963 00:52:55,801 --> 00:52:57,286 Beckham's up on the right. 964 00:53:00,427 --> 00:53:03,223 Giggs shoots. That has settled it. 965 00:53:03,361 --> 00:53:06,433 They've won the championship now without any doubt at all. 966 00:53:06,571 --> 00:53:08,331 Ryan Giggs. 967 00:53:10,057 --> 00:53:12,542 They can bring the trophy out now, really, can't they? 968 00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:15,718 -[audience singing] -They are indeed champions. 969 00:53:18,479 --> 00:53:20,826 -[commentator 1] He's collecting the ball. -[whistle blows] 970 00:53:20,964 --> 00:53:23,415 And the season is over at St James' Park. 971 00:53:23,553 --> 00:53:25,693 But it's not enough for Newcastle. 972 00:53:25,831 --> 00:53:28,213 How marvellously they've entertained us all, 973 00:53:28,351 --> 00:53:31,941 and runners-up after a thrilling championship race. 974 00:53:32,079 --> 00:53:36,911 Whatever happens in Manchester can't be any more passionate and enjoyable 975 00:53:37,049 --> 00:53:38,706 as what was happening here today. 976 00:53:38,844 --> 00:53:41,916 It'd be frightening if we could bring back a trophy. 977 00:53:42,054 --> 00:53:45,334 [Gillespie] I think everybody who was involved in that squad, 978 00:53:45,472 --> 00:53:48,958 there'll always be that bitter disappointment 979 00:53:49,096 --> 00:53:51,547 that we didn't, you know, get over the line. 980 00:53:51,685 --> 00:53:53,549 You have a sort of long career in football, 981 00:53:53,687 --> 00:53:56,448 and you always have a favourite place to play, 982 00:53:56,586 --> 00:53:59,209 and for me it was... it was Newcastle. 983 00:53:59,348 --> 00:54:04,525 You know, being part of that, being part of the Entertainers, almost winning the league. 984 00:54:04,663 --> 00:54:08,978 You know, it was just a great... a great, you know, place to play football, 985 00:54:09,116 --> 00:54:11,739 and such a vibrant place when things were going well. 986 00:54:11,877 --> 00:54:15,191 Did the players feel when you were 12 points behind a few months ago 987 00:54:15,329 --> 00:54:17,366 that you could still come back and win this title? 988 00:54:17,504 --> 00:54:19,816 No, we thought it was all over, really. No, we kept plugging away, 989 00:54:19,954 --> 00:54:21,577 and we always knew Newcastle would slip up, 990 00:54:21,715 --> 00:54:23,717 and lucky enough...[laughter] 991 00:54:23,855 --> 00:54:26,029 And lucky enough, they did, and we just kept plugging away. 992 00:54:26,167 --> 00:54:28,756 As I said, I think we definitely deserved it. The young lads have come in 993 00:54:28,894 --> 00:54:30,827 and been absolutely fantastic. It's good for the club. 994 00:54:30,965 --> 00:54:33,243 Manchester United had a fantastic run in, didn't they? 995 00:54:33,382 --> 00:54:37,247 One defeat in 22 games tell the story of the championship in the end, Alan. 996 00:54:37,386 --> 00:54:41,700 Fantastic, really, and I think somebody in this programme early on said, 997 00:54:41,838 --> 00:54:44,462 "You can't win anything with kids."Do you remember that? 998 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:46,912 I remember that very well.I seem to remember it too. 999 00:54:47,050 --> 00:54:49,467 I got that completely wrong. Winning the championship 1000 00:54:49,605 --> 00:54:52,159 after what happened last season at West Ham, 1001 00:54:52,297 --> 00:54:54,679 selling three of his best players in the summer 1002 00:54:54,817 --> 00:54:58,027 then bringing five kids in that are home-grown, 1003 00:54:58,165 --> 00:54:59,787 it really is a marvellous achievement. 1004 00:55:02,618 --> 00:55:04,861 [Neville] To put in Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, 1005 00:55:04,999 --> 00:55:09,176 Nicky Butt, David Beckham, it looks like genius now. 1006 00:55:09,314 --> 00:55:11,558 It looks like the right thing to do. "Well, it's obvious." 1007 00:55:11,696 --> 00:55:12,731 It wasn't at the time. 1008 00:55:14,595 --> 00:55:17,357 [Beckham] I look back at my time in the Premiership, 1009 00:55:17,495 --> 00:55:22,396 um, and know that that was the moment where it made me as a player. 1010 00:55:22,534 --> 00:55:26,918 I think it was extra special. We'd all gone into the first team, 1011 00:55:27,056 --> 00:55:31,612 we'd all had our doubts around us as individuals and as a team, 1012 00:55:31,750 --> 00:55:34,822 and then all of a sudden, we won the Premiership. 1013 00:55:54,186 --> 00:55:58,156 Some players, it's sliding doors. It is sliding doors. 1014 00:55:58,294 --> 00:56:00,538 It's weird how it works. It's weird how it works. 1015 00:56:00,676 --> 00:56:03,264 I mean, talk about Keith Gillespie. 1016 00:56:03,403 --> 00:56:07,579 I mean, he's at Man United, and then he goes to Newcastle for Andy Cole. 1017 00:56:07,717 --> 00:56:09,823 If he stays there, who's to know he ain't gonna be 1018 00:56:09,961 --> 00:56:11,411 one of the best wingers we've seen? 1019 00:56:12,929 --> 00:56:14,931 In terms of off the pitch, 1020 00:56:15,069 --> 00:56:17,486 you know, I still have the gambling problems, 1021 00:56:17,624 --> 00:56:23,112 but, you know, I'm happy in terms of I've been there. I've sort of done it. 1022 00:56:23,250 --> 00:56:25,528 I've been lucky enough to play, 1023 00:56:25,666 --> 00:56:27,599 you know, professional football. 1024 00:56:27,737 --> 00:56:29,946 I've made mistakes over the years, but, you know, 1025 00:56:30,084 --> 00:56:33,674 it's how you react to those mistakes and get on with your life. 1026 00:56:33,812 --> 00:56:38,955 Okay, ready? And so to what's been the school for scandal in recent seasons, 1027 00:56:39,093 --> 00:56:41,648 comes the scholar, Arsène Wenger-- 1028 00:56:41,786 --> 00:56:44,823 No, what has he got? A master's degree? A master's degree... 1029 00:56:44,961 --> 00:56:48,413 Travelling around the world, I had a knowledge and feel 1030 00:56:48,551 --> 00:56:50,311 that the game was going more international, 1031 00:56:50,450 --> 00:56:52,210 and that we had to move with the times. 1032 00:56:52,348 --> 00:56:53,349 Okay. 1033 00:56:54,384 --> 00:56:56,525 Oh, hi.Thank you. 1034 00:56:56,663 --> 00:57:00,529 And when I saw Arsène, I realized that he was one for the future. 1035 00:57:00,667 --> 00:57:03,393 [crowd cheering] 1036 00:57:03,532 --> 00:57:05,395 Arsène Wenger brought something different. 1037 00:57:05,534 --> 00:57:09,538 And I think that Sir Alex felt threatened, a little bit. 1038 00:57:09,676 --> 00:57:10,780 It's like a tug of war. 1039 00:57:12,644 --> 00:57:15,440 [Beckham] He knew that every time that we stepped onto that pitch, 1040 00:57:15,578 --> 00:57:16,890 it was about the fight. 1041 00:57:17,787 --> 00:57:19,548 [whistle blows] 1042 00:57:19,686 --> 00:57:22,343 I think that Arsenal team in '98, to this day, 1043 00:57:22,482 --> 00:57:25,692 was the best domestic football team that I ever played against. 1044 00:57:29,558 --> 00:57:32,526 Being a fan at that time was just fantastic. 1045 00:57:32,664 --> 00:57:34,942 It was just about focusing on the game 1046 00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:37,773 and not about all the shit that was going on off the pitch. 1047 00:57:37,911 --> 00:57:40,085 The media tycoon Rupert Murdoch 1048 00:57:40,223 --> 00:57:44,124 wants to buy Britain's biggest football club, Manchester United. 1049 00:57:44,262 --> 00:57:47,299 Rupert Murdoch needs Manchester United. 1050 00:57:47,437 --> 00:57:49,681 Manchester United do not need Rupert Murdoch. 1051 00:57:49,819 --> 00:57:52,788 We weren't just gonna have some corporate carpetbagger 1052 00:57:52,926 --> 00:57:55,549 come in and take the club over. 1053 00:57:55,687 --> 00:57:59,104 It's like, "Well, okay. All right, you've got a fight on your hands then."