The Class of 92 Page #2

on me. He was just what I needed.

Took absolutely no (BLEEP).

They, probably

the young boys will tell you,

but at the window, I don't know

how that window ever survived.

He would be upstairs at The Cliff

and somebody

would make a mistake and he'd be...

He'd batter on the window

and they wouldn't look up!

They'd be dead scared to look up.

But if they didn't see him at the window,

they knew he was on the way down.

It was funny, it was...

And I'd be in my next door

and I could hear the window battering

and I would shake my head

and kill myself laughing...

I said, "God help them

when they come in at half-time!"

I remember my wife watching me one day,

because we were going to...

She wanted to go to the Trafford Centre

after a training session.

I got in the car, and she was sat in the

car, she said, "You're a disgrace."

I said, "What do you mean?"

She said, "You wouldn't do that

to your children, would you?"

Eric has grounded them people, and he's put

into 'em morals and "treat people right".

I think that if you're looking at Becks,

probably one of the biggest

sports stars in the world,

you know, and he's still grounded.

You know, we can thank Eric for that.

You've got to make those demands

to be successful out there.

Those who could cope with those demands

played, those who didn't...

And that's football.

HARRISON:
The one I was most disappointed

in was Raphael Burke.

Supremely talented player.

I wish he had have had that right attitude

because he would have been

a first-team player.

BURKE:
For me, I thought I was talented,

but I didn't dedicate like these guys.

When people say, "What was Becks like?"

Or, "What was Giggs like?"

I say, "Well, the first

thing is they sacrificed."

If you're gonna even have

a tiny chance of being like them,

if you don't practise or you don't

sacrifice, you haven't got a chance.

HARRISON:
I made Gary my youth-team

captain of the Class of '92.

And he was a fantastic captain.

Gary was the leader,

because if you saw Gary doing something

different on the pitch, after training,

it had me thinking, "Well, if he's doing

it, I need to be doing something."

You know, he was the captain of the team.

So he always took on the mantle

of looking after everyone.

I thought he was the glue

that held them lads together.

Like our, I don't know, Uncle Gary, he is.

He does everything for us.

It's just the way it is.

We phone each other up now and again,

and I just go like that...

"Have you finished yet?"

Oh, dear me, he talks for England, he does,

you know. And Phil's not bad as well.

Gaz and Phil would be, like,

throwing balls up at each other.

They'd be like, you know,

jogging on the spot.

"Lads, relax, there's an hour to go

till kick-off yet. Relax."

If you laid back, then you just sat there,

just looking at them,

and just, "What you doing?"

"What are you doing?"

And they were probably doing the same.

You can probably just imagine them

speaking to each other.

"Phil, have you seen these?

It's cup final. Look at them.

"They're not even prepared right.

We're prepared.

"Are you prepared? Yeah, I'm prepared.

"Yeah. Right. Well, we're prepared.

Never mind these."

You know, you can just imagine it, that's

what they were like from an early age.

They were just all about the focus,

and it worked.

GIGGS:
I'd had two really bad experiences

in the Youth Cup.

I played as a schoolboy,

we got beat in the semi-final.

Played as a first-year apprentice,

and got knocked out in the semi-final.

So I was desperate to win it,

absolutely desperate,

even though I'd played a few games

in the first team.

The football was so good, I think.

It was just so enjoyable to play in that.

We'd be winning four, five, six-nil

most weeks.

COMMENTATOR:
And here's Ben Thornley.

Could go it all alone!

He's scored!

Switzer trying to get in behind

and there are people in the middle...

And it could come to... It's Giggs!

One of the things that I remember

is Butty's overhead kick, you know.

Didn't go in, but he got

so excited about it.

There was only going to be one result

for this team, it was just...

You just knew.

(CHEERING)

HARRISON:
And that was a really tough game.

But I mean, that was the biggest relief

I've ever had in my life,

to come off that field

winners of the Youth Cup, you know,

and see them lifting the Youth Cup.

It was sensational.

COMMENTATOR:
How many of these faces

will we ever see

in a Manchester United first team?

They hadn't won it for such a long time.

I think it was the Busby Babes

who won it last time, I think.

So there was a great optimism

from everyone at the club,

including the supporters

and particularly the supporters.

They realised

they were seeing something special.

BUTT:
Went in the changing rooms

and the manager was there,

the players were there,

the first-team players were there.

All the staff was there.

Directors were there.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

BUTT:
It was massive. It was huge.

And I put that medal alongside

every other medal that I've made.

I wouldn't put it any higher,

I wouldn't put it any lower,

it's on a par with every single medal

that I've ever won,

because at the time, at 16, 17, 18,

it's the biggest medal you can win.

We had a great team spirit.

Great bunch of lads. Great coaches.

We hadn't won it for a long time,

and we lifted the cup at Old Trafford,

we couldn't ask for much more really.

It was an achievement, but it's never

enough to just win one trophy.

"Okay, next year we're

going to do it again."

BUTT:
Best time of my career

was my apprenticeship.

You go to work every day

together with your mates,

you've got no cares in the world,

it's just fun.

You knew you was good,

you knew you was better than most teams

you played against.

But they were the best times in my career,

I can still say that now.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

What happened at The Cliff

when we was kids was the old apprentices,

or the first-year pro,

would always, you know...

(CLEARS THROAT)

...get hold of the first-year apprentices,

which was us, do all sorts.

Most of the things are unspeakable.

It was the end of that era

where it was just the done thing.

Where part of your initiation,

part of your growing-up process,

your toughening-up process, was to put

you in situations that you didn't like.

They put me in a kit bag and

padlocked it up once and put me on a bus.

And then did the same with Scholesy

the week later.

Nicky wasn't small,

but I was tiny, so I'd fit in quite easily.

And you'd end up smacking

the bag like this,

and you'd be in the middle of Old Trafford

in the laundry getting plucked out.

So it were unlocked and sent back.

At dinner times, you just knew

when you've had your dinner, that's it,

the second-years were gonna

absolutely try and abuse you.

And we just all used

to go and hide somewhere.

I think we used to hide in the big gym.

When it comes to initiations, a lot of people,

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