I Visit Man United’s LEGENDARY Old Training Ground THE CLIFF 🤩
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- After the incredible 99 documentary was released on Prime Video I thought I'd check out where they filmed the interviews with Manchester United legends such as Paul Scholes, Peter Schmeichel, Dwight Yorke & so on. You've got to be in awe when stepping foot into the facility where Sir Alex Ferguson masterminded the Treble and the Busy Babes would also train. Filming is a no-go inside The Cliff Training Ground so I've included some old footage from previously released Man United VHS tapes. All of that footage belongs to the respective owners, but I felt it was necessary to include in order to set the scene for United fans and to give a glimpse inside this legendary training facility. Manchester United moved to Carrington in 2000 but still own The Cliff. The first team, youth team and academy might now be based at the Trafford Training Centre in Carrington, but the club still has the The Cliff open for younger footballers, charitable events & so on... Contrary to what the newspapers want you to believe - this is NOT a "crumbling relic" neglected and abandoned. For a training ground not used by the first team for 24 years, it's a piece of history, well preserved and the people running The Cliff deserve the upmost credit. I know I've pushed it a bit with making this video but I feel it's something every United fan will LOVE. The people at The Cliff were incredibly friendly and welcoming (even offered me a drink and some food haha) so if the club ever sees this 👉🏽 You've got some great staff there and I'd love for one day, United to open this up for fans to explore, even if it's only on a temporary basis. THANK YOU and BRING ON SATURDAY 🏆
#manutd #football #manchesterunited
So I fought through a bush to what I thought was Littleton Road but it was actually Broughton Road playing fields 🌳🤣 WE WILL BE BACK… Hope you enjoyed this one peeps 👉🏾 would love for United to open this up and offer public tours for more reds to enjoy 🥳👍🏾 Don’t believe what you read in the papers, everywhere open to the public is in well maintained condition and I LOVE the fact the old building has been preserved to retain that feel of what was an incredible time for Manchester United ❤️⚽️
thanks so much for the video pal! honestly, this is great work mate 🍀😄
@@BelfastManUtdTherapy thanks mate BRING ON SATURDAY 🏆❤️
Hi there, l like to say l am a manchester united employee and l have the honour of working at the cliff on a regular bases, and l am the one who looking after and keeping things in a good state in the old building that's official! 👌
You sir are a legend and I think it needs to be put out there publicly all the good surrounding United facilities etc & show people the truth as opposed to the media’s negative spin 😊
It's my pleasure mate, if get a chance again to come to the cliff again at some point l will give you a tour in the old building and also show you around Littleton Road where they use to train as well the field that you was on was Boughton playing fields. If you have a email address send to me cheers Michael 👍
@@therealmichaelknight7 I’ll be there as soon as possible! Haha footballparadisehq@gmail.com 😊🍻
Thank you for your service Michael! Used to get to play on there sometimes as a kid when Fergie allowed us on. Got so many autographs at The Cliff it's unreal. Won't say who or where but some United lads literally had to nip over the road to get to training. I miss the days when we were a proper local club.
@@Maradonaldinho thanks for sharing your memories of the cliff, it just a real honour and privilege to be working there l have to pinch myself sometimes.😁
Remember seeing a Young Beckham at 17 here along with King Eric, Keano, Giggsy, Irwin etc...everyone up for a photo and autograph. Such happy days.
I remember going to the cliff every Saturday morning, they'd let kids train 11-1, in the indoor bit, probably around 94/95 kind of era
As a united fan myself the cliff looks okay. Im a big man city fan as well and their facilities are great but not as legendary as the cliff.
Im also a big Liverpool fan and i can say the facilities at Liverpool are good but not great.
I am also a big Leeds United fan and i can say that Leeds facilites are decent but thats just it.
And finally as an Arsenal fan i can say the cliff is definitely in better condition that Highbury
This is quality content mate!!!
Thank you mate, glad you're enjoying it!
Great video man. I agree, they should make the Cliff into some kind of museum or something.
Deffo!
Played there 16th February 1973 v Manchester City…lancs league div1…frozen ground. We won 4-3. Ian storey moore and Arnie Sidebottom also played. Happy days. Frank o’farrell the main man. Great memories.
Another great video Ry!
Glad you enjoyed it! Was great fun to make 😁
Very cool! Lots of history there!
they should open it up to the public, so much unseen history
Enjoyed the video 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you mate, hopefully interesting for United fans & other fans alike 😁👍🏾
Imagine the footballing legends who have walked through that main entrance Ry, United and visitors playing for their A and B teams. Used to spend loads of time there in the 70’s when you could just watch, mingle and chat with your idols never an issue! Cadge the odd shirt here and there it was a wonderful place. Then early 90’s it changed when they stopped fans coming in, and put the barriers up between fans and players. Never understood that
And now we’ve ended up in this state (with the Premier League cash machine) 😥 I wish we could go back to a simpler era mate
Legendary training ground.. Take that you Man City Sods.. this is where Man Utd created the football dynasty from Sir Matt Busby to Sir Alex Ferguson. Fan from Singapore
I actually won the Manchester United memorial cup right on that pitch you are on there.
Some amazing times had on them pitches.
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That's quality to see, cheers for putting this together
The cliff back then was probably still one of the best training facilities in England. It’s all relative. Facilities have improved since as has technology
My eldest son Refs for Man Utd Academy on a regular basis so hes constantly between The Cliff, Littleton Road and Carrington. The Cliff is a great little facility for the Academy teams, it is dated but they keep the place in great shape and it still carries the prestige and history of Uniteds success. Great place, staff are always super nice and helpful too 🙏
i used to go there in the early 2000s on a Saturday and play football inside. They used to have 100s of kinds in there all playing.
Another enjoyable watch. You're right about The Cliff. Places like it are part of not just Man Utd history but football history as a whole.
Just Man Utd history, thanks. Let's not get carried away.
@@sammyb1651 Biggest club in the world sammy get over it...
@@joshd9454 That's subjective at best but it's not the point. I'm just saying the rest of football isn't arsed about the Cliff. Because it isn't.
@@sammyb1651Exactly sammy its subjective your opinion, you can't speak for the rest of football fans surely
@@joshd9454 I think your argument started off flimsy and just got flimsier tbh.
Awesome video mate 👍
Really hope they preserve this training ground and the facilities. Not kidding, they could do tours, just like they do at Old Trafford. Hope you read this Sir Jim!!
Broughton playing fields is where I played for my old school back in the 80s for the Manchester United memorial trophy was like the fa cup for Salford schools. We won and went to the cliff and got our medals from the united team in the changing rooms after they had trained great day.
I grew up right next to this
You are a legend brother .
Great video. Some great history
Cheers as always John! 👍🏾
The lads today could do with spending this summer there. No phones, not social media, no assistants. Just tough training for next season. About time some of them learn how lucky they are to wear the shirt.
Use to train there back in the late 70s early 80s with utd ladies
Bev we’ll have to get you on camera for a video so the people can hear some nostalgic stories! 😁
Are the grounds used for anything else?
My dads Pompey and mums Man Utd so Ive grown up liking both teams. Pompey first though 💙 enjoyed that as always 👍🏻
Cheers Stacey, will 100% get to Fratton Park for a Championship game next season 🤩
Man, you are living my dreams
Mate, you were in the wrong place for the Littleton Road pitches. You needed to go to actual Littleton Rd in Salford where they have a youth facility off Ayrshire Road
I saw that Cliff sign outside those fields so just put 2 and 2 together and got 5 🙈 what’s the name of those fields I fought my way through those hedges for? 😅 🌳
@@RysFootyParadise if you look on Google maps for Ayrshire Road, which is just off Littleton Road, you’ll see the Man Utd Academy pitches. I think that’s where some of the interviews were held. I’m sure Gary Neville says “here at Littleton Road”. They’ve been there for years. I went to a Bobby Charlton football school there in the early 80’s. The river is at the back of them so might be what you see in the background of the Sir Alex photo you showed. Great video by the way 👍
Salford school boys play on them fields not utd!! Man utd youth development training facilities are abt 3 mile drive from the cliff Ayrshire road just off Littleton rd. That's the pitches where the first team often trained way before Carrington training ground was built!!
@@RysFootyParadise The pavillion. lower broughton cricket field.
@@garico7464 cheers mate 😊 bring on Saturday 🍻
I too visited the Cliff in 2016. United moved to Carrington in 1999 not 2000.
Lovely video, maybe United should turn the Cliff into a new State of the art training facility
I dunno, I love a bit of nostalgia and it felt like walking into the 80s when I went in that building 😅❤️
its down to the fact that they pay average players way above the going rate and then cant get rid of them mate cheers ry
True mate! I think Radcliffe wants to get that wage bill down
Wow
2:29 Copyright strike. Madonna True blue.🙂
This was originally a football ground before rugby with a stand where the offices were and a stand opposite which doesn't look like the original but must be ancient.
Ye Littleton rd fields are about 5 min drive from the cliff.
@rysfootyparadise are they okay with you just walking in? I would like to go visit myself
Badmouthing? Cristiano telling the truth about the state of Carrington is not badmouthing.
Didn’t see the 99 squad crying about the basic facilities at The Cliff ❤️
@@RysFootyParadise are you really dumb or just acting? That’s not the point, the point is that Cristiano told the truth. That’s not badmouthing and you trying to get some likes
Skip to 5 mins in for him at the Cliff and not Carrington
Sorry for trying to make the video a little more interesting 😁
You are on Broughton Playing Fields, Nothing to do with MUFC.
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good video but to me becks not in same class as best charlton etc
I think it’s because I had an “undercut” hairstyle at 6 years old & took our teams free kicks so just looked up to Becks 🤩
why have training grounds in the same city, imho have it in spain warm weather and fly in the day before the match .. Many players would prefer living away from the ground. Spain is 2 hours away The body needs sunshine Vitamin D essential for bones and muscles to repair
Haha not a bad idea these days when fans don’t have much access to them at the training ground anyway
@@RysFootyParadise it will come ,,training in uk wet damp wind,, Newcastle is the worse Also it will atrract the top players abroad
No surprise that Beckham wasn’t at the cliff. Can’t be like the others can he? 🙄
You’re weird
Legendary and iconic place 💪🇾🇪
Man Utd are a finished club 😂
Yeah just beat City in the FA Cup final. Literally finished eh? 🏆
So you bad mouthing Cristiano too ( the difference is, you have no clue of what you talking about ) 😂😂😂
That's not Littleton road next door, totally wrong
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Hamilton
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Scotland.
First of all
the current
Manchester United squad play like they are in there
50's & have been smoking
50 or more a day, lol.
Chelsea is my
English club has been since 1996.
It must be cold
for Manchester United fans bow a day's you have been in City's shadows for so long now lol.
Now, I'm getting down to
nuts & bolts what you need to understand is the way the world his heading
& the way it is heading
Stadium wise, it is no longer good enough
for clubs to just have a stadium in & of itself
it needs to offer a massive mach day experience like
Spurs do &
Manchester City does on a lesser scale, which is all
part of what fans expect now as football has got more & more expensive.
Fans now expect
lots & lots of different
food live music, different music stages to cater for different musical tastes
if you look at Spurs' new
stadium they have a variety of football , drink
& two sound stages
then look at
Old Trafford
& Stamford Bridge
you tell me what is better
Old Trafford ,
Stamford Bridge or
Spurs new stadium ?
even Arsenal's
Emirates Stadium
needs a little bit of
T.L.C & it was built
in 2006.
Keep Safe.
Look forward to checking out some Scottish grounds in August 🏴
@RysFootyParadise
We stay close to
Hamilton Academical
( New Douglas Park )
back home
Saint Mirren is the local club.
I also have family
that are
Saint Johnstone fans.
at none league
( level Juniors) as we say
My Mum's Dad helped build
Johnstone Burgh's
Keanie Park
& my nephew has just
started playing for there
boys club.
Jim Leighton
Ex Scotland, Aberdeen,
Manchester United , Dundee & Hibernian
Goalkeeper is from
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my mum new her to say
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