Manchester United v Arsenal 1990-91

On 20 October 1990 Arsenal travelled to Old Trafford to play Manchester United in the First Division of the Football League. Anders Limpar put Arsenal 1-0 up but the talking point of the game (and the season) was when Brian McClair gave Nigel Winterburn a good kicking as Winterburn was on the ground. This resulted in a mass brawl / a bit of handbags* which saw Arsenal deducted 2 points and United 1 point. Arsenal went on to win the League despite the points deduction.

Bad feelings amongst the clubs perpetuated for many years after this.

There is also a short interview with Lee Dixon at the end of the clip.

[GodOfVictory]

Let's all just be honest: on-pitch brawls are fuckin' brilliant. I love watching them break out.

[jamesrichings]

1:31 - 1:36
RIP Les Sealy and David Rocastle

[bertiebert]

How good was football in these days ? A simple game, all 3pm kick offs, characters in each team, real players, real loyal players .
No Sky biased towards teams . No high inflated wages, no over hyped players .
Love Georgie Graham, the tough Scot who installed what it meant to play for The Arsenal.
Georgie Graham is the foundation to which The Emirates is built on, not Arsene Wenger but Georgie Graham.
Thank you Stroller Graham .
The foundation maker to the Arsenal that is today .

[TOSILENCE]

Love the goal celebrations in the away end

[otimoluk]

1:32 it's hard to think both those players have passed away.

[mrkipling]

Proper football here. None of today’s crap. Atmosphere, terraces, tackling. No play acting or ponces on 200 grand a week.

[sarnobat]

I'm a Liverpool fan, but one of the things I like about Arsenal is that the players have always stood up for themselves. There's no way to beat a Ferguson team by being "nice". A red card here or there to tell others you aren't intimidated by them goes a long way..

[ZeldaFitz]

Graham’s best arsenal team was the 90-91 title winners. The almost invisibles! We even had 2 points deducted after this game but still went on to win the league title.

[stevee]

love the passion. Need more of that these days. It doesent help that everything players do is under the microscope which in turn has generated robots who say the right things, do the right things and so there's no characters.

[GregRandles]

I don't know how both teams got fined and points deducted for this, nothing bad really happened, considering this was in an era when football was still regarded as a 'man's game'

[telephonic]

It was handbags, amazing they were points deducted for that.

[alanoflynn]

Anders Limpar is the reason I started supporting Arsenal COYG

[scottfinlayson]

I remember the re-match at Highbury.We had won the league earlier in the day as Liverpool drew at Forrest.We told the FA where to stick their 2 points.

[lirastanley]

The war between them began so long ago😉...rest in eternal love and peace David

[raindancerave]

Super super swede super super swede super super swede super Anders Limpar

Was in the away end that day great times EIE

[kevaaalahh]

First game my Dad took me to aged 9, and we lost! The brawl happened right in front of me too

[rmkw]

Arsenal had two points deducted because of the brawl, Man Utd had one point also.
I don't think this has happened since but they're not as strict now on rivalry/derby skirmishes like they were before the Premier League.

[richardv.]

30 years on . . . Boy I miss watching the game at the stadium!

[gadaboutunited]

Lost 2 characters of the games since then, Les Sealey & David Rocastle, ironically one calming down the other to the end of the fracas. RIP fellas

[bobstermaher]

not an arsenal fan but that was probably dave seamans best season of his entire career .