With the 2026 World Cup now underway, here is a little montage of one of the greatest commentators to grace our screens.
Barry Davies at the World Cup.
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Was sent this a few weeks back and it's excellent.
Every World Cup game in the timezone or city you chose from the menu, pub friendly times, family friendly times etc. Really well thought out.
Enjoy!
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Sir Alex Ferguson:
Just at Aberdeen
Trophies Sir Alex Won at Aberdeen (1978–1986)
Scottish Premier Division — 3x
1979–80
1983–84
1984–85
Scottish Cup — 4x
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1985–86
Scottish League Cup — 1
1985–86
European Cup Winners’ Cup — 1
1982–83
Beat Real Madrid CF 2–1 in the final
European Super Cup — 1
1983
Beat Hamburger SV
Total:
🏆 10 major trophies
The 1983 European run is still considered one of the greatest achievements by any manger of any era.
🚨 Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City. And before City fans start writing his obituary as the greatest manager of all time, let’s have a quick word.
19 trophies in 10 years at City. Impressive. Genuinely. Nobody is taking that away.
But let’s put some context around those numbers before the statues get commissioned.
Guardiola had the most expensively assembled squad in Premier League history at his disposal. Every single transfer window. Every single year. Limitless resources. A club willing to spend whatever it took, and a Financial Fair Play case hanging over them that somehow never seemed to slow anything down.
Need a full-back? £50 million.
Need a centre-back? £60 million.
Need a striker? £100 million.
Need depth? Buy another international.
Most managers are forced to solve problems. Pep simply replaced them.
Now compare that to Sir Alex Ferguson.
Sir Alex won 13 Premier League titles, 2 Champions Leagues and 5 FA Cups with a club he built from the ground up. He developed young players, rebuilt multiple generations and dominated English football for 27 years, not 10.
He did it through the Eric Cantona years, the Roy Keane years, the Cristiano Ronaldo years and the Ryan Giggs years. Different squads. Different eras. Same outcome.
🚨 José Mourinho on comparisons between Pep Guardiola and Sir Alex Ferguson after Manchester City’s FA Cup final win over Chelsea:
“No, no, no… that is not even close.”
“Yes, Pep Guardiola is a great coach. What he has done with Manchester City is fantastic, the football is beautiful and the trophies are there.”
“But Sir Alex Ferguson? Come on. You speak like people who did not watch football.”
“Sir Alex built different generations of winning teams over more than 20 years. Different players, different eras, different rivals and still he continued winning.”
“He did not always have the biggest spending power, but Manchester United remained at the top because of his mentality and leadership.”
“What Sir Alex did was not just coaching tactics, it was building a football empire.”
“Pep has coached incredible teams with incredible structures, but Sir Alex rebuilt Manchester United again and again while the whole league kept changing around him.”
“One dominated with perfection. The other dominated through generations.”
“For me, Sir Alex Ferguson is still untouchable.”
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Back in January 1973, BBC Grandstand brought us another iconic sporting moment From Cardiff Arms Park.
The great Gareth Edwards Try for The Barbarians against The All Blacks of New Zealand.
With great commentary from Cliff Morgan