The Class of 92 Page #14

You're letting us know

We have no choice

But to carry on

Our winning ways

I hope you haven't got...

You've probably got footage

of the songs as well, haven't you?

They're just so bad it's shocking,

aren't they?

Just something

so much out of my comfort zone,

it's untrue. I just...

You know, I remember some rapper

or something,

I can't even remember his name,

coming to the dressing room,

and we're all up dancing,

or trying to dance on the side of the...

On the benches where you get changed.

It's just so embarrassing.

We are champions

Say we are champions

And we did the video in the dressing room,

and we're all sort of...

You know, it's sort of a hip-hop feel,

and I don't think Scholesy enjoyed that,

with a baseball cap on the side,

giving it all that in the dressing room.

But it was... Yeah, it was cringe-worthy.

It was stupid, and the camera panning on us

and we're all in our training kit,

dancing round like idiots.

And there was another one...

But they were

a big part of the FA Cup final.

Was it the John Barnes

one with Liverpool...

That rap one. It was good, wasn't it?

It was good to watch and...

But to be involved in? No, it was horrible.

COMMENTATOR:
The FA Cup final is the

time-honoured finale to the domestic season.

But if Manchester United can complete

the English double here today,

a European treble, a unique treble,

falls within their compass...

GARY:
So the FA Cup final comes on

the Saturday, and we just want peace.

We were playing against Newcastle,

and you just want a comfortable game.

You never get that in an FA Cup final,

it's always nervy, it's always tense.

But we got a comfortable game.

We played really well in the first half.

We lost Keaney after about 20 minutes,

which was a blow.

Then Teddy came on.

Even in adversity,

things that went wrong for us

ended up being a positive,

because the lad that came on scored.

COMMENTATOR:
Scholes...

That's perfect for Sheringham!

The substitute scores instantly!

And Paul Scholes, who won't

have any part to play in Barcelona sadly,

played a big part in that goal!

And Scholesy manages to do

what he normally does,

scores big goals on big occasions.

Not just to play in one,

but to score in an FA Cup final was...

To me, it's the best thing I've done.

COMMENTATOR:
Sheringham... Scholes!

It's two.

GIGGS:
I think, again, like Scholesy,

it sort of goes under the radar, that goal.

PHIL:
Pan' of me thinks that he was happy

that it was sandwiched in between

two of the biggest games.

He scored the winning goal.

Normally, if you score

the winning goal in the cup final,

your face is on the front page

of the newspapers

and you're shown all summer.

And it just got lost in the euphoria

of the previous seven days

and the next three days.

And it sums up Scholesy's character

in a way, because he wasn't bothered,

and this was a lad that just scored

the winning goal, FA Cup final. Go home.

Play with his kids. Have a beer.

End of story.

One thing that the times did represent,

and in a way those individuals represented,

was an understanding that although

we lived in more individualistic times,

yet there was still a unique capacity

to be greater together than you were alone.

I think in our eyes we were just playing

a game of football with our mates.

I know it sounds a bit...

Sounds a bit stupid when you think,

"God, you're playing for Man United,"

but we were lucky enough

to play well together,

and at the same time are playing

for the biggest club in the world.

We bounced off each other.

We were all pals, we all went out,

socialised together.

We'd even go out

with our girlfriends in groups.

We was just

six young lads who were enjoying life

like you couldn't believe, really.

It was just one of them...

It was like a dream.

BECKHAM:
No matter where we were from,

no matter how we were brought up,

no matter what we'd been through,

through our B-Team, A-Team,

reserve-team years,

we all had each other's back.

When you talk about brothers,

me and my brother,

it wasn't just that,

everyone was like a brother.

You know, whether you'd grown up

through the ranks,

or it was a teammate

that had been bought in,

you really looked after one.

If someone got hurt, we always tried

to make sure we got the person back,

and it was usually Nicky that did.

Yeah, growing up in Gorton

was just a joy, really.

I was always with all my mates,

it was a real working-class place.

You know, everyone looked after each other.

No matter where you went,

the doors were always open.

Butty's from Gorton, and I think

it's where they filmed Shameless,

so it gives you a bit

of an idea of the area.

But obviously Butty is proud

of where he comes from.

I think one of his first cars was an Orion.

I remember getting in it once,

and I looked down,

and there's a chain about that thick.

"Butty, what is that?"

He went, "No, no, where I live,

you've got to have one of these."

And he used to wrap it round the gearstick,

wrap it round the steering wheel,

and it was the thickest chain...

I'm surprised that the car could even move.

It was like an anchor,

and it was just purely for security.

SCHOLES:
He was a tough lad,

he was streetwise.

If there was ever any trouble, then you knew

you could just look to your right or left

and Nicky would be there to sort it out.

I think he looked after Gary

a few times as well, actually.

Down tunnels, it's always nice to have

a couple of lads alongside you, isn't it?

He wasn't the biggest, Butty.

But he had good technique of how

to get into people, you know what I mean?

You know, people know how to hit people.

Butty is Butty.

I mean, he's a fantastic soldier.

He's a typical Gorton scallywag.

I always thought Butty would be the first

to make the first team.

When he came to us, I always thought that.

He was more mature than the rest. I think

he'd lived a life before he came to us.

Nicky, at youth level,

was the best player in the team.

He had an unbelievable temperament,

he could play on any stage,

at any level, and not be phased.

BUTT:
We started thinking

this is going to be magical,

probably after the FA Cup,

'cause all the hype was about the treble,

but we never really mentioned it.

Everyone must have

thought about it deep down,

but it never got...

it never come out vocally.

We had a big problem,

because Keane and Scholes were banned

for the final of the European Cup.

COMMENTATOR:
Scholes tackle.

Well, he won the ball.

But the ref... Oh, it's a yellow card! And

he'll miss the final if United get there.

I knew from that point

I wasn't going to be available

for the Champions League final,

and that was that.

Nothing I could do about it.

Do you know what I mean?

Obviously you're disappointed at the time,

a little bit disappointed

in the dressing room,

but the most important thing

was that we'd got there.

I think the biggest disappointment

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