Class of ’92 is a sports
documentary about the famous Manchester United youth cup winning team that
included David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary & Phil Neville and
Nicky Butt. The documentary focuses on how the friends rose through the ranks
together culminating in each one of them making a huge contribution to
Manchester United’s treble winning season in 1999. Possible the best year of
Manchester United’s dominance of British football.
I don’t care which football team
you support, this is a must watch for any football fan. I am a die hard Cardiff
City fan, but my dad tried to raise me as a Liverpool fan, so it has always
been ingrained into my head, rightly or wrongly, Man Utd are the enemy, but as
a football fan I was fascinated.
I particularly enjoyed the
sections where the 6 men were sat around talking to each other, and it was
refreshing to see the real Ryan Giggs, laughing and joking, and being
"real", as opposed to the wooden character we see in post match interviews.
I also liked the fact that
David Beckham was highlighted no more no less than the other 5 players, as they
were all as equally as important as the others. Highlighting Beckham more,
simply because he's a "global superstar" could have happened easily.
I would have liked to have had
more of a section dedicated to the other players who didn’t quite make the
grade at Manchester United from the same youth team, basically a where are they
now section. I think this would have been very interesting. This may very well
be on the special features but I haven’t watched them at this point.
All in all, this is a very
good football documentary about 6 very different men that came along at the
same time to form a strong bond with each other, and a strong team for
Manchester United. Opposite to what Alan Hansen said, you can win trophy’s with
kids. If you are a football fan, no matter what colours or badge you wear, new
or old fan, treat yourself to this.
Content: 10/10 – Fantastic
interviews with the players, nothing feels like it’s being held back, sprinkled
in with some football highlights to emphasise what each one is saying, this is
exactly what it should be.
Re-watchable: 6/10 – Will be
something I watch again, although I’m not sure if it will be as fun the second
time around, but still enjoyable.
Overall Score: 16/20
By @haydngleed
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