Manchester United The Greatest Ever XI - DVD - 4 Discs - PAL

Met all of my expectations, which were high. It was a gift to a lifelong United fan who is simply thrilled with it. Strongly recommended to all those United fans out there!

Manchester United has dominated the English game for the past two decades but this DVD focuses not only on those players who helped United win 12 Premier League crowns, 5 FA Cups, 4 League Cups, 2 European Cups and be crowned the world's best team twice during this golden era, but on all of the players who have made Manchester United the club it is today. There are old black and white snippets from past eras including the 1950s when the famous Busby Babes were not only the greatest team in England but in Europe. And it was nice to see Clarence "Lal" Hilditch, the only man to have ever been the player-manager of Manchester United, get a mention. But what better way for the DVD to start than to show the greatest footballer the world has ever seen, the mercurial Belfast Boy himself, George Best. Quite fittingly the first action we see is George famously chipping the ball over his international team-mate, Pat Jennings', head in a First Division match at Old Trafford with two defenders standing on the line! And this is soon followed by the audacious, but quite brilliant, chip Eric "The King" Cantona did in a Premiership game at Old Trafford against Sunderland. Two United legends, each unique in their own distinctive and iconic way. But this DVD is so much more than a look at the famous strikers we have been brought up on following United. It is a search for the Greatest Ever Manchester United XI which is no mean feat when you look at the household names that have pulled on the famous red, or green goalkeeper's jersey, of Manchester United. In this DVD you will learn what Manchester United actually means to us the fans because many fans from different countries have aired their opinion on who they believe is the greatest goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker in our history. United stand, as the club has always stood from its earliest beginnings, like a rock, for the enjoyment of all men regardless of race or nation and the United fans have their say in this excellent DVD. To be the best team in the world is a contest of will and purpose as well as force and aggression, a battle for minds and souls as well as silverware, but imagine fielding the Greatest Ever Manchester United XI. What a team! And at the end of this DVD, Disc 4, we find out which players have been named by the fans as United's best ever side. Many of you will argue as to why a certain player was omitted but many of you will also nod your head in agreement with many of the selections. United stand for the ethos of the beautiful game and that is the players' commitment to us the fans but in this DVD the fans get to pay their own fitting tributes to their own United heroes. Enjoy.
John White, Branch Secretary, The George Best Carryduff Manchester United Supporters' Club & The Sir Alex Ferguson Carryduff Junior Reds

Every United true fan should have this with his library, great production .. very high quality, and very nicely done.

Totaly recommended