I feel that Wenger would've been able to attract star players and underpay them, and they would've joined simply for the chance to play for the man who "turned down the Real Madrid job" and made Arsenal a myth. Thus Arsenal could've continued to pay off their stadium debts, but would've been making much more money due to their marketing and commercial sales by attracting superstars like Franck Ribery(Marsseile) Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), David Villa (Valencia) and many other great players that I'm convinced would've wanted to simply play for Wenger. That being said Arsene Wenger wasted many prime years starting in 2002-2005 building a LEAGUE team, instead of coming up with a specific team and tactics to face European teams (defence orientated, using the pace of Henry as a counter attacking move)... Arsenal crashed out the GROUP stages of the CL way too often and when they made it out the group never went far, yet that match vs Inter at the San Siro in 2003 showed Arsenal had the firepower to bang with them hitters. AC Milan had the OPPOSITE philosophy, sacrifice league, go all or nothing in Europe, it lead to a Win in 2003, (2004 they chocked away a 4-1 lead and got ko'd early and guess what... They won the damn Scuddeto), final in 2005, semi final in 2006 and another win 2007. Arsenal between 2002-2006 should've adopted Milan's philosophy
No imo winning the 06 CL would gave made no difference as Arsenal was paying for their new stadium and couldnt attract players like Chelsea , City , Man U... they didnt overpay for anyone
@@blaquenguni9249 what is puzzling is that even before Wenger George Graham had a more defensive approach in Europe and still lost. Even when he won the Cup Winners Cup Arsenal got badly outplayed
@@alexxallert412 George Graham did NOT have prime Robert Pires, Ljunberg, Bergkamp, Henry, Reyes, young RVP, Fabregas etc... Wenger had a defense as good as Graham and one of the most devatsting counter attacks on the planet. He should've done way better in Europe from 2001 onwards
@soham kukarni those were the days when soccer for la liga giants barcelona were a political joke for them as sending lehman off with a red was the one of the worst decisions made in cpl as well as sending off van persie with a red card for offside trap it was all part of buying the refrees to let them create the worst mistakes that too in an major european competition
@@prithijoysur3913 also as you remember Arsenal face Barcelona 3-4 times in Quarter finals not barca but many times we get a very much stronger opponent in quarters.
As an Arsenal fan, watching this video hurts so much since we could've achieved a lot more than we did. We were runners up in so many competitions throughout the 2000s.
We were like Deportivo La Coruna of England during Ferguson United, still upset on how we threw it away in 1998 /99 season to let Man United win the treble
@@thandomvimbi1558 I'm a United fan so that was fun to see. But the one that shocked even United fans was the 2002/03 league title. 21 years later I still can't understand how Arsenal threw that title away to a mediocre United team.
The Legend of Arsène Wenger as Arsenal manager -3 PREMIER LEAGUES 1997/´98 DOUBLE (Premier League/F.A Cup) 2001/´02 DOUBLE (Premier League/F.A Cup) Winning the title at Manchester United's Old Trafford 2003/´04 INVINCIBLE (Golden PL Trophy ) Winning the title at Tottenham´s White Hart Lane *26W 12D & 0L -7 F.A CUPS 2-0 v Newcastle (19997/´98) 2-0 v Chelsea (2001/´02) 1-0 v Southampton (2002/´03) 0-0(5-4p.) v Manchester United (2004/´05) 3-2 v Hull City (2013/´14) 4-0 v Aston Villa (2014/´15) 2-1 v Chelsea (2016/´17) -7 COMMUNITY SHIELDS 3-0 v Manchester United (1998) 2-1 v Manchester United (1999) 1-0 v Liverpool (2002) 3-1 v Manchester United (2004) 3-0 v Manchester City (20014) 1-0 v Chelsea (2015) 1-1(4-1p.) v Chelsea (2017) *Finalist of the Copa Uefa/Europa League 1999/´00 (0-0 (4-5p.) v Galatasaray) *Finalist of the Champions League 2005/´06 (1-2 v Barcelona) Merci Arsène Thank You Arsène Gracias Arsène "You are the reason I became an Arsenal Fan"
@@parklane8315 Only around 50 - 60 managers have ever won the European Cup/Champions League in all of football history, so it's not exactly a common thing that's easy to achieve. Not winning it does not reflect upon whether one was a great manager or not. Otherwise, we're saying there have been less than 60 great managers in the past 70 years.
Irrespective of everything Wenger deserves respect for the sticking with the club when all his players left and when he was scapegoated for his club's failures to compete but despite the financial backing he did an amazing job every year!
he's the one who wanted to turn Arsenal into "money ball" football club, players were loyal to him but they wanted trophy, they wanted to be competitive. Those are the thing Arsenal could not offer after moving to Emirates. In the end, Wenger is his own worst enemy.
I started watching Arsenal in 2014 (still a kid but probably a bit older than most people who get into football) and the worst day in my 7.5 years as a fan was that Europa League defeat, so I can’t imagine losing the Champions League final.
For the youngsters who don't know this era of Arsenal glory - Wenger was Pep before Pep. People said their possession style couldn't hold up against English physicality. He proved them wrong. As Pep's playing career at Barca was coming to a close he called Wenger wanting to join. That's the clearest example of how influenced Pep was by Wenger's Arsenal. Unfortunately, the funding of the Emirates stadium (which was necessary because Highbury's capacity was only 38k, the rise to 60k would see matchday revenue rise by over 50%) caused the team to continually sell star players. Wenger and Arsenal dominated the transfer market in these days continually buying low and selling high to maintain top 4 an incredible 19 YEARS IN A ROW from 98-2016. Even Fergie only managed 18 in a row from 96-13.
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Thank you for representing Arsenal honestly. Every non Arsenal fan just rips on them as if Wenger didn't massively overachieve. I can't imagine how good they could have been with a chelsea or united budget.
Nah man Wenger was a great coach at his time, but he never overachieved. Especially in his earlier years he had a fantastic squad at Arsenal with the likes of Thiery Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires, Emmanuel Petit, Sol Campbell, Cesc Fabregas, Ashley Cole, and so on that undoubtedly had the quality to win league titles, fa cups and also ucl titles. The fact that Wenger failed to build continuous success on his players' individual quality is a blemish on his in other aspects incredible career.
@@yw9113 i meant overall as a manager. Mostly the extremely difficult personnel decisions he was forced to make because of their budget from 2004 until i guess Ozil? When exactly was the stadium money paid back and their transfer and wage budget able to significantly increase?
@@yw9113 Well you gotta give him some credits for finding all those magnificent players. Kinda sad to see how it didnt work out quite well in the last few seasons but it is what it is
@@yw9113 you can’t just list a bunch of great players and say “this team should have won more”. Any team’s ability to win is dependent on not only their own team, but also their opposition. If they had the budget of United and Chelsea, that list of great players would have been even longer. For one, CR7 was ready to go to Arsenal before United.
2004 was a very big chance to win the CL, especially after AC Milan (best team in the world that time) choked and got KO'd early, Arsenal should've put extra focus on Europe and not worry about no dumb invincible record, they were better than Chelsea in 2004, would've played Monaco in the semi and Porto or Man Utd in the final... All teams they were better than
i supported arsenal from the day i joined form one in 2003 and felt in love with it,that 2006 champions leage final with barcelona still hurts me up to date,i remember how i cried and my mum was just consoling me may she rest in peace..thank you for the good memeories lads ...18 years being a fan and am still in love with this club
Man Fahad your docu's are serious quality. The stories themselves are captivating but the way you stitch everything up with the music, the edits, the narration etc I sit there almost hypnotised. No other video on the platform has managed to hold my attention so effectively. Huge props.
@@balon-english Great documentaries . Keep it up. Suggest you to make a video about Real Madrids search for 7th Champions League title after long 32 years. Their CL win 1998.
How is this content free this is TV like documentary!such an rare gem of a youtuber it's amazing the high quality content that is produced should have 1millions subscribers even that wouldn't do justice to the level of work if I'm being honest.
@@balon-english Great work! I love all your documentaries. But in this one you put little emphasis on the point where they really accomplished the impossible, by winning the season of 03/04 unbeaten. You just go one with the next season like nothing happened!
After watching this I think we owe Arsene Wenger an apology for thinking he was the problem after 2005/2006 seaaon. He deserves all the love and respect from us.
I am lucky that I was 10 years old when I first saw the very first Arsenal game with my father, who also is a big fan. And I'm in love with this club ever since. When they became the invincibles in 2004, I was so happy. When they lost the Champions League title in 2006, I was crying like hell that night. 21 years as an Arsenal fan, I am thrilled.
I became a diehard Arsenal fan in 1997 and that defeat in the 2006 Champions League final still ranks as the most excruciating night of my life. I cried myself to sleep and my eyes were very sore the next morning.
1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final Valencia 0 - 0 Arsenal 5 - 4 pens I cried all night long. I could not go to school for the rest of the week and that weekend was my birthday. I didn't celebrate. I am now 58, I've been a Gooner since I was four years old. That game is burned in my brain over every single game I have ever seen and I've seen quite a few.
His advantage in recruiting French talent at the time French players were at a historic peak was a massive advantage. It was practically the French National team.
Having grown up as a kid & as a teen with 1997-2008 football was the most redeeming and rewarding thing ever, something that will always play a big part of my life. Thanks for the documentary!
I remember Arsenal being a solid defensive team and that was it when I was growing up. Because of Arsene Wenger they became my second team. I loved watching them. I loved the 97-98-99 team and the 03 team. What a man. What a manager. Legend
Without Arsène Wenger Arsenal would not have reach at this level. He made Arsenal Europe top 10 club, they built new stadium 🏟, they are on top 6 six in every English Premiere League, Arsenal can purchase any players they want, they are known all over the world, they have millions of fans around the world and playing wonderful football because of Arsène Wenger. Thanks Arsène Wenger
As a journalism student and video editor myself, this is nothing short of amazing. Masterpiece after masterpiece on this channel, I instantly subscribed and shared with my friends. Congratulations and thank you for the incredible work, this is by far the best football channel on youtube!
As much of a bummer as the post-Henry era was at times, Wenger's class is what led to Arteta falling in love with the club. The new era led by Arteta is upon us. The development of Saka(21), Odegaard (24), Martinelli (21), Saliba (22), etc., along with maintaining top of the table position makes the future look great.
@@Kira-lyagamiyou mean the current Team? Do you even realise how many world champions there were at Arsenal and that time? This Team now would never win against the invincibles
Man, I'm sure he still be thinking about those title chances they missed coming so close. He did all he could for the club. He'll always be a legend in my eyes.
As an Arsenal fan this is a bittersweet watch. From Iinvincibles and title chasers to bottlers and struggling to stay above 10th spot. It's sad that Arsene got the stick that he did. I regret being on the Wenger out bandwagon when watching content like this. Excellent video, captivating stuff 👏👏👏.
Thanks for your honest comment. It's easy to get caught up in the moment & as you say jump on the bandwagon. I'm sure that a lot of fans who were "Wenger out" now regret it but don't have the courage to come out & admit it.
As good as Arsenal were in the Arsene Wenger Years, he was always hampered by constant limited transfer budgets. He was instrumental in the rebuild of the Colney training ground - making it state of the art and bringing it up to date with a lot of modern equipment, and then the obvious construction and move to the brand new Emirates Stadium. It's crazy to think that he could sign quality players, build such strong teams and win titles and trophies with what little resources he had. An incredible man.
Addendum: And we did it ALL, without the backing of a Billionaire Chairman pumping bottomless funds into the club!! So, suck on it Chelsea, United and City!!!
Superb stuff. I was a North Bank season ticket holder from 1988 and was lucky to experience the golden years. 43 minutes of smiles, tears and rekindled memories for me, thank you so very much. The mighty Arsenal will return.
It pains me to see this I was too young to remember the golden moments of this club man we need rise again love this documentary thanks so much for uploading
Imagine if Arsenal had owner like Roman, Wenger managed to drag the team with limited resources for many years , if he had the amount of financial support Chelsea had the story would be completely different
This is a fantastic documentary! I was wondering if you would ever do one for the later and more difficult Wenger years (2006-2018), it would be an interesting watch. Keep up the great work!
Bro I was literally watching the Arabic version rn even though my Arabic isn't the best and I find the English version 😳 I love the way you do this documentary
thank you for this, Arsenal was my first favorite club! You are amazing at what you do, and every video so far was one of the best football docs that I have ever watched. Incredible work!
The more you learn and know more about Asene Wenger, the more you respect him. Positive, respectful and professional in and out of the field. A decent human being. Worked for the dickhead Stan Kroenke unfortunately and all the failure and frustration from fans were not directed to the owner but transferred to him alone. When Wenger was the manger, fans pointed fingers at him for his fault, then he left. In came Emery, here we go again it’s his fault, then he left. Arteta stepped in, won 2 cups and 10th firm in the league, one week played like Arsenal and another like Sunderland and that begs the question: Whose fault is that exactly?
One of the best football documentaries I've ever watched. Not even an Arsenal fan, but; this is class, especially from a second language English speaker!!
I think I have watched this several times. And every time I teared up at the 06 UCL final loss. And after being so impressive in the knockout stages, even led in the final after down to 10 men.
As a chelsea supporter, Baku in 2019 was my favourite match to watch ever, it was fun to watch from the second half, lots of goals, no stress coz we were all over u guys, and Eden’s last match for us
Great videos bro. Love these documentaries! Im from Norway and I have become a rosenborg supporter. "Rosenborg Ballklubb" was founded in 1917 and has two golden eras, one in the 60s , I believe. And of course the late 80s to the early 2000s when Nils Arne Eggen was the head coach. I personally think Rosenborg is the biggest club in Norway but if you want to make a video about some nordic clubs , then I would definitely recommend Rosenborg as one of them. Rosenborg won 2- 0 against real Madrid, drawed 1-1 against Juventus , won 3-0 against Borussia dortmund , and of course they won 2-1 against AC Milan at the san siro. Peace from Norway !🇧🇻😀😎
0:25 literal chills flow down my spine every time I watch that the music is just perfect and realy gives you that feeling of 'the real arsenal' that most people know.
I was born in 1999. Started watching football in 2004-05. Watching Bergkamp, Henry, Pereira and team is like having flashbacks of some beautiful dream you had in the childhood.
This is such a legendary football club with so much history and in that we had so much tears of pain and joy you cant buy from money that.....Arsenal will always be in my heart, a life long fan in this journey. Also Arsene Wenger is such a legend not only in Arsenal but on the whole of Premier League
Thank you for all of these, man. You tell the stories so well, and it is wayy above everything else on this platform quality-wise. Keep the work up - always gonna support!
The best documentary about Arsenal Finally something that reminds me of the good old memories. Today the ball is blown with money, not with soul 😭 Ronaldinho. Zidane. Henry. Bergkamp. Denelson. Dalglish. Kaka. Gerard . Ronaldo. . Ronaldo. We miss them 😭😭Thank you for the good memories and thank you Balloon for reminding me of these memories 😩😫😖😞
Wow! M blown away with the depth of ur research and such well documented along with newspapers articles, as I dint had much idea about the 90's of Arsenal football club, this certainly helped me alot.. What a lovely video, the pauses in between and the introduction, dam goosebumps! It's like a fantastic, well crafted Suspense/Thriller Movie! ❤️
To be an authentic Arsenal fan you must be old enough to have experienced the workaday football produced by Terry Neill, Don Howe and George Graham teams. My first game in 1968 at Highbury was a terrific match against Leeds, earnest endeavour epitomised the match, my gaze was transfixed to Jackie Charlton, his giraffe like gait something to behold. But the team provided honest, dogged, and determined football, the GG era really solidified Arsenal's boring reputation, the 89 team probably provided my favourite ever sporting moment. The Wenger era obviously provided great beauty and plenty of excitement, but the first ten years was an amalgamation of GG's 'boring' solid era and Wenger's imaginative, stylish tactics, this is my point, the greatest period in Arsenal's history was the binding of traditional values and the fresh, French fantasy of Wenger's tactics. Those who experienced the dreary days of Howe and Neill and then the joie li vive of Wenger's football have balance, I've always found the best supporters are those with football equilibrium, experiencing the joy of winning and the despair of losing, similarly, my preferred Arsenal people are those with similar symmetry to my own, appreciative of the workaday, ecstasy with the fancy stuff.
Don't think he is.... He is making these mainly for the arabs and remakes it with English.... And in Arabic it gets way more views.... Its impressive for a documentary channel who is only about 1 year old
Beauty of life, everyone has his side of the story. As Barcelona fan, that was the first Barca UCL since 1991, and thier rivalry with madrid was intense, Ronaldinho and eto against the Galactic's.
You`re not alone. To this day I say the ref cocked up by sending off Jens. I remember Souness after the game saying it totally ruined the Champions League Final for Arsenal, & the neutrals as a spectacle. He should have let the resulting tap in after Etoo went over, stand. I still believe we would have turned them over from 1-0 down. We would have still had Pires on the pitch, with over an hour to play.
Great documentary. I hope those who wanted him out realise what he done for this club, then you add in the loan payments, the latter stage of his time at Arsenal needs more recognition. Legend
The Champions League loss to Barca and more recently the Europa League loss to Chelsea were some of the most painful memories for me. The team that won the double and Invincibles though should have done so much better in Europe. The team we had in the final was no where near as good as prime Arsenal. I think the EL one hurts because we played soooo well then bottle it against Chelsea in that manner. The Barca match is so frustrating due to the red card.. It does make you wonder what could have been if we didn't lose such an important player that early in the match.
No matter how bad it ended for wenger's time at arsenal. We can't deny he was revolutionary and paved the way for other non-british managers in the premier league.
World Class team on their day👏Good Analysis, Many Trophies, French connection and Bergkamp, Anelka And Tony Adams leadership with Titi, Wrighty and others
Respect to Wenger and what he has achieved but it seems this team has a long history of bottling things up. Arteta seems to be doing exactly what Wenger did then too
After watching this again, it brought bavk memories. I cried that night we lost to Barca in Paris. The next day, my eyes were still sore. I can sacrifice a lot to see Arsenal win the UCL. It's going to really be a dream come true.
As a baby my parents moved from Manchester to London in fact Chelshit but he loved the way Arsenal played and from my first game I was only 2 years old I have the Arsenal blood flowing through my veins for 54years now. I’ve traveled all over the world and I’ve always found a radio or tv just to catch the commentary. Arsenal for life.
What a post ..🙏🏼 Thank you.I live & love Arsenal,my life through.This is so accurate and your narration is first class man 👌🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Keep up your awesome work amigo .
You are simply the greatest content creator to ever exist.... I honour you.. I have watched 5 concurrent videos of beautiful football..... May these video be available forever. Thank you
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If we'd won that Champions League Final in 06' everything would've bee different. Pain
I feel that Wenger would've been able to attract star players and underpay them, and they would've joined simply for the chance to play for the man who "turned down the Real Madrid job" and made Arsenal a myth.
Thus Arsenal could've continued to pay off their stadium debts, but would've been making much more money due to their marketing and commercial sales by attracting superstars like Franck Ribery(Marsseile) Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), David Villa (Valencia) and many other great players that I'm convinced would've wanted to simply play for Wenger.
That being said Arsene Wenger wasted many prime years starting in 2002-2005 building a LEAGUE team, instead of coming up with a specific team and tactics to face European teams (defence orientated, using the pace of Henry as a counter attacking move)... Arsenal crashed out the GROUP stages of the CL way too often and when they made it out the group never went far, yet that match vs Inter at the San Siro in 2003 showed Arsenal had the firepower to bang with them hitters.
AC Milan had the OPPOSITE philosophy, sacrifice league, go all or nothing in Europe, it lead to a Win in 2003, (2004 they chocked away a 4-1 lead and got ko'd early and guess what... They won the damn Scuddeto), final in 2005, semi final in 2006 and another win 2007.
Arsenal between 2002-2006 should've adopted Milan's philosophy
No imo winning the 06 CL would gave made no difference as Arsenal was paying for their new stadium and couldnt attract players like Chelsea , City , Man U... they didnt overpay for anyone
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@@blaquenguni9249 what is puzzling is that even before Wenger George Graham had a more defensive approach in Europe and still lost. Even when he won the Cup Winners Cup Arsenal got badly outplayed
@@alexxallert412 George Graham did NOT have prime Robert Pires, Ljunberg, Bergkamp, Henry, Reyes, young RVP, Fabregas etc... Wenger had a defense as good as Graham and one of the most devatsting counter attacks on the planet.
He should've done way better in Europe from 2001 onwards
The regret of losing UCL final in 2006 is infinite.
Gosh Wenger lifted this club on his shoulders
@soham kukarni those were the days when soccer for la liga giants barcelona were a political joke for them as sending lehman off with a red was the one of the worst decisions made in cpl as well as sending off van persie with a red card for offside trap it was all part of buying the refrees to let them create the worst mistakes that too in an major european competition
@@prithijoysur3913 also as you remember Arsenal face Barcelona 3-4 times in Quarter finals not barca but many times we get a very much stronger opponent in quarters.
@@nikhil1234raje true soccer federation UEFA has been biased with arsenal for decades.
@@prithijoysur3913 why Titi Henry blew too many 1v1 chances when it mattered?
@@RafsanS15 demotivation of loosing lehman via controversial red card that had to be yellow in ucl 2006
As an Arsenal fan, watching this video hurts so much since we could've achieved a lot more than we did. We were runners up in so many competitions throughout the 2000s.
The move from Highbury to Emirates hurt us😭
We were like Deportivo La Coruna of England during Ferguson United, still upset on how we threw it away in 1998 /99 season to let Man United win the treble
So were Leeds United in 60s/70s.
@@thandomvimbi1558After 1990/91 Arsenal were never really ready to challenge for League Championship until 1997/98.
@@thandomvimbi1558 I'm a United fan so that was fun to see. But the one that shocked even United fans was the 2002/03 league title. 21 years later I still can't understand how Arsenal threw that title away to a mediocre United team.
The Legend of Arsène Wenger as Arsenal manager
-3 PREMIER LEAGUES
1997/´98 DOUBLE (Premier League/F.A Cup)
2001/´02 DOUBLE (Premier League/F.A Cup) Winning the title at Manchester United's Old Trafford
2003/´04 INVINCIBLE (Golden PL Trophy ) Winning the title at Tottenham´s White Hart Lane
*26W 12D & 0L
-7 F.A CUPS
2-0 v Newcastle (19997/´98)
2-0 v Chelsea (2001/´02)
1-0 v Southampton (2002/´03)
0-0(5-4p.) v Manchester United (2004/´05)
3-2 v Hull City (2013/´14)
4-0 v Aston Villa (2014/´15)
2-1 v Chelsea (2016/´17)
-7 COMMUNITY SHIELDS
3-0 v Manchester United (1998)
2-1 v Manchester United (1999)
1-0 v Liverpool (2002)
3-1 v Manchester United (2004)
3-0 v Manchester City (20014)
1-0 v Chelsea (2015)
1-1(4-1p.) v Chelsea (2017)
*Finalist of the Copa Uefa/Europa League 1999/´00 (0-0 (4-5p.) v Galatasaray)
*Finalist of the Champions League 2005/´06 (1-2 v Barcelona)
Merci Arsène
Thank You Arsène
Gracias Arsène
"You are the reason I became an Arsenal Fan"
Never gonna get better
Me too since December 1997
No european cups 😳
liiverpool fan arsenal played beautiful ball under wenger he's a Legend
@@parklane8315 Only around 50 - 60 managers have ever won the European Cup/Champions League in all of football history, so it's not exactly a common thing that's easy to achieve. Not winning it does not reflect upon whether one was a great manager or not. Otherwise, we're saying there have been less than 60 great managers in the past 70 years.
Irrespective of everything Wenger deserves respect for the sticking with the club when all his players left and when he was scapegoated for his club's failures to compete but despite the financial backing he did an amazing job every year!
@@benisrood and where did you get that information from? Lol smh
@@benisrood ok
@@benisrood and the big stadium is what gives arsenal a good revenue dip💩
he's the one who wanted to turn Arsenal into "money ball" football club, players were loyal to him but they wanted trophy, they wanted to be competitive. Those are the thing Arsenal could not offer after moving to Emirates. In the end, Wenger is his own worst enemy.
Uhhh Arsenal became shit the moment the defence Wenger inherited retired and he had to build his own, so it'sa totally on him, he bought Senderos etc
Criminally underrated channel, may the algorithm bless you!
And he still on 30k
Agreed
That night in 2006 I literally cried myself to sleep. We were leading and just like that it all fell apart.
Same.
10 man against Barcelona was too much for them Lol
I am a United fan but I feel for you,same for us against Barca...
Lehman was always a hot head and a liability.....
I started watching Arsenal in 2014 (still a kid but probably a bit older than most people who get into football) and the worst day in my 7.5 years as a fan was that Europa League defeat, so I can’t imagine losing the Champions League final.
For the youngsters who don't know this era of Arsenal glory - Wenger was Pep before Pep. People said their possession style couldn't hold up against English physicality. He proved them wrong. As Pep's playing career at Barca was coming to a close he called Wenger wanting to join. That's the clearest example of how influenced Pep was by Wenger's Arsenal. Unfortunately, the funding of the Emirates stadium (which was necessary because Highbury's capacity was only 38k, the rise to 60k would see matchday revenue rise by over 50%) caused the team to continually sell star players. Wenger and Arsenal dominated the transfer market in these days continually buying low and selling high to maintain top 4 an incredible 19 YEARS IN A ROW from 98-2016. Even Fergie only managed 18 in a row from 96-13.
It’s here! Best football documentaries in the whole of RUclips, well presented and informative. Keep it up!
Thanks ❤
Dude this guy has a Arabic channel he uploads In Arabic
@@balon-english hey please make one about "the fall and rise of Atletico de Madrid" including the incidents of relegation of 2000 and how they bounce back. Also your documentaries are highly underrated. I hope you make about a million subscribers.
@@balon-english Please make a Liverpool documentary
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Thank you for representing Arsenal honestly. Every non Arsenal fan just rips on them as if Wenger didn't massively overachieve. I can't imagine how good they could have been with a chelsea or united budget.
feels bad man i love soccer because of arsenal and my passion for soccer die down when henry wanted out of Arsenal...
Nah man Wenger was a great coach at his time, but he never overachieved. Especially in his earlier years he had a fantastic squad at Arsenal with the likes of Thiery Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Vieira, Robert Pires, Emmanuel Petit, Sol Campbell, Cesc Fabregas, Ashley Cole, and so on that undoubtedly had the quality to win league titles, fa cups and also ucl titles. The fact that Wenger failed to build continuous success on his players' individual quality is a blemish on his in other aspects incredible career.
@@yw9113 i meant overall as a manager. Mostly the extremely difficult personnel decisions he was forced to make because of their budget from 2004 until i guess Ozil? When exactly was the stadium money paid back and their transfer and wage budget able to significantly increase?
@@yw9113 Well you gotta give him some credits for finding all those magnificent players. Kinda sad to see how it didnt work out quite well in the last few seasons but it is what it is
@@yw9113 you can’t just list a bunch of great players and say “this team should have won more”. Any team’s ability to win is dependent on not only their own team, but also their opposition. If they had the budget of United and Chelsea, that list of great players would have been even longer. For one, CR7 was ready to go to Arsenal before United.
Man Arsenal were regular winners. You know you're dominant when going undefeated over a 38-game season is a reasonable goal to go for.
2004 was a very big chance to win the CL, especially after AC Milan (best team in the world that time) choked and got KO'd early, Arsenal should've put extra focus on Europe and not worry about no dumb invincible record, they were better than Chelsea in 2004, would've played Monaco in the semi and Porto or Man Utd in the final... All teams they were better than
@@blaquenguni9249 well we chose to go for a unique timeless record instead. It was 06 we should’ve won.
yes@@FatTodd
12 Draws
@@whitehallavenue1752zero losses 👍
i supported arsenal from the day i joined form one in 2003 and felt in love with it,that 2006 champions leage final with barcelona still hurts me up to date,i remember how i cried and my mum was just consoling me may she rest in peace..thank you for the good memeories lads ...18 years being a fan and am still in love with this club
Man Fahad your docu's are serious quality. The stories themselves are captivating but the way you stitch everything up with the music, the edits, the narration etc I sit there almost hypnotised. No other video on the platform has managed to hold my attention so effectively. Huge props.
Appreciate the continued support and praise Stephen, thanks again ❤
@@balon-english Great documentaries . Keep it up. Suggest you to make a video about Real Madrids search for 7th Champions League title after long 32 years. Their CL win 1998.
@@balon-english Please, would it be possible to know the name of the jazz music at the beginning of the video ?
@@cenopako5077 It's called "Threnody for a Burning Building" by Daniel Thorne.
@@balon-english thanks a million
How is this content free this is TV like documentary!such an rare gem of a youtuber it's amazing the high quality content that is produced should have 1millions subscribers even that wouldn't do justice to the level of work if I'm being honest.
Appreciate the praise !
@@balon-english you need to be on espn
I was thinking the same thing. Why this content isn't on Netflix?
@@zayyarphone Fuck Netflix. I grew up in the internet. I'm a pirate. Everything is for free to me...arrrrrrrr!
@@balon-english Great work! I love all your documentaries.
But in this one you put little emphasis on the point where they really accomplished the impossible, by winning the season of 03/04 unbeaten. You just go one with the next season like nothing happened!
After watching this I think we owe Arsene Wenger an apology for thinking he was the problem after 2005/2006 seaaon. He deserves all the love and respect from us.
I am lucky that I was 10 years old when I first saw the very first Arsenal game with my father, who also is a big fan. And I'm in love with this club ever since. When they became the invincibles in 2004, I was so happy. When they lost the Champions League title in 2006, I was crying like hell that night. 21 years as an Arsenal fan, I am thrilled.
I became a diehard Arsenal fan in 1997 and that defeat in the 2006 Champions League final still ranks as the most excruciating night of my life. I cried myself to sleep and my eyes were very sore the next morning.
Not an Arsenal fan. That was truly horrid.
1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
Valencia 0 - 0 Arsenal
5 - 4 pens
I cried all night long. I could not go to school for the rest of the week and that weekend was my birthday. I didn't celebrate.
I am now 58, I've been a Gooner since I was four years old. That game is burned in my brain over every single game I have ever seen and I've seen quite a few.
I’m so glad I wasn’t old enough to remember that game 😭😭😭😭
As painful as it is to pore over our missteps when true glory was so near...... it's beautiful to see our story told so informatively & accurately.
His advantage in recruiting French talent at the time French players were at a historic peak was a massive advantage. It was practically the French National team.
I agree, I used to think of Arsenal as being a French team that just happened to play in England!
He Wenger paid dearly for it from English referees, always biased when it comes to Wenger arsenal matches 😭😭😭wenger suffer alot for this club.
Having grown up as a kid & as a teen with 1997-2008 football was the most redeeming and rewarding thing ever, something that will always play a big part of my life. Thanks for the documentary!
I remember Arsenal being a solid defensive team and that was it when I was growing up. Because of Arsene Wenger they became my second team. I loved watching them. I loved the 97-98-99 team and the 03 team. What a man. What a manager. Legend
Without Arsène Wenger Arsenal would not have reach at this level. He made Arsenal Europe top 10 club, they built new stadium 🏟, they are on top 6 six in every English Premiere League, Arsenal can purchase any players they want, they are known all over the world, they have millions of fans around the world and playing wonderful football because of Arsène Wenger. Thanks Arsène Wenger
Building that stadium, instead of buying solid players that would win the UCL 😢
Watching 06 back makes me tear up to this day man - that team deserved a ucl
As a journalism student and video editor myself, this is nothing short of amazing. Masterpiece after masterpiece on this channel, I instantly subscribed and shared with my friends. Congratulations and thank you for the incredible work, this is by far the best football channel on youtube!
Appreciate your kind words Ian ❤
Man the nostalgia in these documentaries! keep the coming bro ! such good work..best regards from South Africa
As much of a bummer as the post-Henry era was at times, Wenger's class is what led to Arteta falling in love with the club. The new era led by Arteta is upon us. The development of Saka(21), Odegaard (24), Martinelli (21), Saliba (22), etc., along with maintaining top of the table position makes the future look great.
If wenger had this team in his prime, I swear we would go invincible again
@@Kira-lyagamiyou mean the current Team? Do you even realise how many world champions there were at Arsenal and that time? This Team now would never win against the invincibles
@@donflori I know that, I'm just confident that wenger would make this team next level
Me who taught that Arsenal was named after Arsen Wenger 😂😂😂
Arsen was all.arsenal
Lol ive seen this comment since 10 years ago
arseneal
You gotta be from the US...
Muppets to believe this
Man, I'm sure he still be thinking about those title chances they missed coming so close. He did all he could for the club. He'll always be a legend in my eyes.
As an Arsenal fan this is a bittersweet watch. From Iinvincibles and title chasers to bottlers and struggling to stay above 10th spot. It's sad that Arsene got the stick that he did. I regret being on the Wenger out bandwagon when watching content like this.
Excellent video, captivating stuff 👏👏👏.
Thanks for your honest comment. It's easy to get caught up in the moment & as you say jump on the bandwagon. I'm sure that a lot of fans who were "Wenger out" now regret it but don't have the courage to come out & admit it.
@@jamesmiles4159 look at us now
We’re alive once again
I always come to this channel with great expectations, and find them exceeded every single time. You’re a genius mate
Appreciate the compliment ❤
@@balon-english do one of BBC era( 2014-2018) would be fantastic.
The reason i became a fan of this massive club. Arsene Wenger....Thank you Arsene!
As good as Arsenal were in the Arsene Wenger Years, he was always hampered by constant limited transfer budgets.
He was instrumental in the rebuild of the Colney training ground - making it state of the art and bringing it up to date with a lot of modern equipment, and then the obvious construction and move to the brand new Emirates Stadium.
It's crazy to think that he could sign quality players, build such strong teams and win titles and trophies with what little resources he had.
An incredible man.
Addendum: And we did it ALL, without the backing of a Billionaire Chairman pumping bottomless funds into the club!!
So, suck on it Chelsea, United and City!!!
Superb stuff. I was a North Bank season ticket holder from 1988 and was lucky to experience the golden years. 43 minutes of smiles, tears and rekindled memories for me, thank you so very much. The mighty Arsenal will return.
Kroenke out. I'm a liverpool supporter but respect arsenal a lot. Sad chelsea think they're the biggest club in london now.
Such tough scenarios for Wenger. Phenomenal club. This season we got this. Come on the Arsenal!
It pains me to see this I was too young to remember the golden moments of this club man we need rise again love this documentary thanks so much for uploading
My goal is to rekindle everybody's love for their team and maybe build some empathy for others.
@@balon-english legend keep it up
"Arsene who? Arsene what? Arsene-bludclat-Wenger."
Arsenal is the team that won the league without losing
@@fareskameli1590 Rangers also
😂
I cried.. I was a fan since 8yrs old.. and I’m 31 in 2021. I remembered everything since 1999.
Imagine if Arsenal had owner like Roman, Wenger managed to drag the team with limited resources for many years , if he had the amount of financial support Chelsea had the story would be completely different
But they gonna endup like chelsea today bro 😔
Chelsky ruined EPL with oligarch funded football! Only Wenger build British talent(Wilshire, Ramsey) and youth players
This is a fantastic documentary! I was wondering if you would ever do one for the later and more difficult Wenger years (2006-2018), it would be an interesting watch. Keep up the great work!
You should consider doing a follow up video on arsenal during “those” years. Up until arsene wenger’s retirement. Your videos are amazing
He should do Rise of AFTV and Don Robbie
@@Abdirahman_Mohamed lmao
He didn't retire, he was forced out 🫣
Bro I was literally watching the Arabic version rn even though my Arabic isn't the best and I find the English version 😳 I love the way you do this documentary
This is the best documentary I've ever watched. It's so good that I wish I hadn't watched it looool. Now I can't watch it again
Just found this channel and let me tell you, this is some of the best football content on this platform, remember me when you get big bro 👍
thank you for this, Arsenal was my first favorite club! You are amazing at what you do, and every video so far was one of the best football docs that I have ever watched. Incredible work!
Good for you hopefully we are still a favorite and Arteta can bring back the glory days....
The more you learn and know more about Asene Wenger, the more you respect him. Positive, respectful and professional in and out of the field. A decent human being. Worked for the dickhead Stan Kroenke unfortunately and all the failure and frustration from fans were not directed to the owner but transferred to him alone.
When Wenger was the manger, fans pointed fingers at him for his fault, then he left. In came Emery, here we go again it’s his fault, then he left. Arteta stepped in, won 2 cups and 10th firm in the league, one week played like Arsenal and another like Sunderland and that begs the question: Whose fault is that exactly?
One of the best football documentaries I've ever watched.
Not even an Arsenal fan, but; this is class, especially from a second language English speaker!!
I think I have watched this several times. And every time I teared up at the 06 UCL final loss. And after being so impressive in the knockout stages, even led in the final after down to 10 men.
That Champions League Final on 2006 was when I started supporting Arsenal and I have never looked back since then.
Best documentaries I’ve seen for a while. Had no idea how much history we made and had no idea how long the we had money issues. Great content.
Paris 2006 and Baku 2019 were some of the most hurtful moments as an Arsenal supporter
As a chelsea supporter, Baku in 2019 was my favourite match to watch ever, it was fun to watch from the second half, lots of goals, no stress coz we were all over u guys, and Eden’s last match for us
2006 was heartbreaking, 2019 was just humiliating
Wonderful documentary.
Arsenal with such a strong spine with heart, to spineless and soulless Arsenal now. Such a fall.
Great videos bro. Love these documentaries! Im from Norway and I have become a rosenborg supporter. "Rosenborg Ballklubb" was founded in 1917 and has two golden eras, one in the 60s , I believe. And of course the late 80s to the early 2000s when Nils Arne Eggen was the head coach. I personally think Rosenborg is the biggest club in Norway but if you want to make a video about some nordic clubs , then I would definitely recommend Rosenborg as one of them. Rosenborg won 2- 0 against real Madrid, drawed 1-1 against Juventus , won 3-0 against Borussia dortmund , and of course they won 2-1 against AC Milan at the san siro. Peace from Norway !🇧🇻😀😎
Henry is easily top 10 best of all time. This man was a complete inhumane machine. What a player
Not even better than Salah.
@@tylerfoster79Salah and Henry in there primes, Henry would literally run circles around Salah, not even close.
@@Sarge80 Salah is matching Henry's goals an records while being more complete i really doubt he would.
@@tylerfoster79Scoring wise they are pretty similar yes, but sheer technique and speed Salah comes in 2nd. For me atleast, and i am a Salah fan.
0:25 literal chills flow down my spine every time I watch that the music is just perfect and realy gives you that feeling of 'the real arsenal' that most people know.
Hands down the greatest football documentaries ever made !
I was born in 1999. Started watching football in 2004-05. Watching Bergkamp, Henry, Pereira and team is like having flashbacks of some beautiful dream you had in the childhood.
I found the channel 2-3 weeks ago, and I finally finished watching all of your videos. Like many have said, they are amazing. You're so good at this.
This is such a legendary football club with so much history and in that we had so much tears of pain and joy you cant buy from money that.....Arsenal will always be in my heart, a life long fan in this journey. Also Arsene Wenger is such a legend not only in Arsenal but on the whole of Premier League
These videos are absolutely AMAZING. Please do keep making more of them, I love how complete they are and the way you describe them.
Thank you for all of these, man.
You tell the stories so well, and it is wayy above everything else on this platform quality-wise. Keep the work up - always gonna support!
You're a gem man. Absolutely loved watching everything you've uploaded. Please do more of these
The best documentary about Arsenal
Finally something that reminds me of the good old memories. Today the ball is blown with money, not with soul 😭
Ronaldinho. Zidane. Henry. Bergkamp. Denelson. Dalglish. Kaka. Gerard . Ronaldo. . Ronaldo. We miss them 😭😭Thank you for the good memories and thank you Balloon for reminding me of these memories 😩😫😖😞
Freddie Ljungberg, bought for a small sum in comparision to many, became the player of the season in PL. Shows that not all stars must be over-priced!
Today he would cost 80m that type of quality player
I keep coming back to the intro every other day, it gives me goosebumps EVERY SINGLE TIME. Unbelievably good documentary. You're amazing.
cried while watching the evolution from the era of wenger, to the loss of the UCL
2006 uefa champions league final was painful
Wow! M blown away with the depth of ur research and such well documented along with newspapers articles, as I dint had much idea about the 90's of Arsenal football club, this certainly helped me alot.. What a lovely video, the pauses in between and the introduction, dam goosebumps! It's like a fantastic, well crafted Suspense/Thriller Movie! ❤️
To be an authentic Arsenal fan you must be old enough to have experienced the workaday football produced by Terry Neill, Don Howe and George Graham teams. My first game in 1968 at Highbury was a terrific match against Leeds, earnest endeavour epitomised the match, my gaze was transfixed to Jackie Charlton, his giraffe like gait something to behold. But the team provided honest, dogged, and determined football, the GG era really solidified Arsenal's boring reputation, the 89 team probably provided my favourite ever sporting moment. The Wenger era obviously provided great beauty and plenty of excitement, but the first ten years was an amalgamation of GG's 'boring' solid era and Wenger's imaginative, stylish tactics, this is my point, the greatest period in Arsenal's history was the binding of traditional values and the fresh, French fantasy of Wenger's tactics. Those who experienced the dreary days of Howe and Neill and then the joie li vive of Wenger's football have balance, I've always found the best supporters are those with football equilibrium, experiencing the joy of winning and the despair of losing, similarly, my preferred Arsenal people are those with similar symmetry to my own, appreciative of the workaday, ecstasy with the fancy stuff.
Are you preparing a new documentary? Please don't give up on this...
Don't think he is.... He is making these mainly for the arabs and remakes it with English.... And in Arabic it gets way more views.... Its impressive for a documentary channel who is only about 1 year old
That UCL final broke my heart.
Beauty of life, everyone has his side of the story. As Barcelona fan, that was the first Barca UCL since 1991, and thier rivalry with madrid was intense, Ronaldinho and eto against the Galactic's.
@@moderngladiators300 fuck your beauty of life, and do not piss other people
@@moderngladiators300 And now Barcelona are shit lol
You`re not alone. To this day I say the ref cocked up by sending off Jens. I remember Souness after the game saying it totally ruined the Champions League Final for Arsenal, & the neutrals as a spectacle. He should have let the resulting tap in after Etoo went over, stand. I still believe we would have turned them over from 1-0 down. We would have still had Pires on the pitch, with over an hour to play.
@@snkneo-geo933 and still better than Arsenal😭😭
Great documentary. I hope those who wanted him out realise what he done for this club, then you add in the loan payments, the latter stage of his time at Arsenal needs more recognition. Legend
The Champions League loss to Barca and more recently the Europa League loss to Chelsea were some of the most painful memories for me. The team that won the double and Invincibles though should have done so much better in Europe. The team we had in the final was no where near as good as prime Arsenal. I think the EL one hurts because we played soooo well then bottle it against Chelsea in that manner. The Barca match is so frustrating due to the red card.. It does make you wonder what could have been if we didn't lose such an important player that early in the match.
This is quality programme-making. Hats off to you.
By far my favorite football channel!
Amazing videos, can't wait to see your video on Mourinho's first season in England.
Cannot stop watching these....the narration, storytelling , editing, etc. all top notch....very difficult to stop once you start a video!
No matter how bad it ended for wenger's time at arsenal. We can't deny he was revolutionary and paved the way for other non-british managers in the premier league.
World Class team on their day👏Good Analysis, Many Trophies, French connection and Bergkamp, Anelka And Tony Adams leadership with Titi, Wrighty and others
I just stumbled across this channel, and it's truely amazing factual stuff. I'll deffs be following you, keep up the entertaining content!
You should do a video on Liverpool of the 80s, the generation of today don’t understand how dominant that team was
Respect to Wenger and what he has achieved but it seems this team has a long history of bottling things up. Arteta seems to be doing exactly what Wenger did then too
Arteta doesn't have 20% of Wenger's ability.
Incomparable - Arteta can't hold a candle to the charisma, class and sophistication of someone like Wenger.
Im a Liverpool fan and Im to young to remember there glory years but the ending of this video put a tear in my eyes
This documentary makes we appreciate wenger more....
Please guys support and donate , this level of work and quality deserves appreciation. Top level documenting
this is an inside job this is men. loving your content!
Thanks for watching!
Wow! This documentary is amazing. Narration is captivating. Good job guys.
Thanks a lot for this mate, fantastic documentaries. This one was your best yet!
After watching this again, it brought bavk memories. I cried that night we lost to Barca in Paris. The next day, my eyes were still sore.
I can sacrifice a lot to see Arsenal win the UCL. It's going to really be a dream come true.
The 2006 UCL final pain me the most
As a baby my parents moved from Manchester to London in fact Chelshit but he loved the way Arsenal played and from my first game I was only 2 years old I have the Arsenal blood flowing through my veins for 54years now. I’ve traveled all over the world and I’ve always found a radio or tv just to catch the commentary. Arsenal for life.
David Dein was a legend imagine if we had him now.
HE SOLD OUT TO STAN KRONKE 👎
What a post ..🙏🏼 Thank you.I live & love Arsenal,my life through.This is so accurate and your narration is first class man 👌🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Keep up your awesome work amigo .
Man keep up the outstanding work, you're too awesome!
Maybe liverpool 80s and early 90s and their struggle till 2020 next?
Fahad, Sir. Thank you for the remarkably informative, entertaining doccies on football right now. Im loving every minute of this
Quality! Only you can make these kind of documentaries!
Appreciate the continued support ❤
One of the best football channels on the planet. Amazing work.
I just chose Arsenal as my PL team and this is the perfect video to watch
You are welcome. I've been an Arsenal fan since 2004 when I was 10.
The video quality is so quality and great to watch. Big up to you and this channel.
Masha'Allah Fahad, this is top quality content, brother. Well done, and thank you for this.
Appreciate your words Philip ❤
You are simply the greatest content creator to ever exist.... I honour you.. I have watched 5 concurrent videos of beautiful football.....
May these video be available forever. Thank you
Best channel. The fact that you can find so many old newspaper is so amazing.
What is your next project though???
Still a secret 😅