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Manchester United Home 1998/2000
After finishing the previous season without winning any titles. United won the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1998–99! The first and to date only side in English football to do so. During the campaign, United lost only five times: in the Charity Shield against Arsenal; in the fifth round of the League Cup against eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur; and three times in the league, including their only home loss all season, against Middlesbrough in December 1998.

A run of 33 games unbeaten in all competitions began on 26 December at home to Nottingham Forest. Whom they also beat 8–1 away from home in February 1999. Manchester United’s record away win in the Premier League. The season had a lot of comebacks, particularly in the FA Cup fourth round against Liverpool. And the semi-finals of the Champions League against Juventus, but none more so than in the Champions League final, when Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored in injury time to overturn Bayern Munich’s early lead.

Veteran players Gary Pallister and Brian McClair had left the club before the season began. Their replacements Dutch defender Jaap Stam from PSV Eindhoven and Trinidadian striker Dwight Yorke from Aston Villa were both signed for club record fees. In November 1998, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel announced his intention to leave the club. After eight years at Old Trafford, joining Sporting CP at the end of the season.

Fans and writers regard the Treble as manager Alex Ferguson’s greatest achievement. In recognition of his success, Ferguson was awarded a knighthood. And also handed the Freedom of the City of Glasgow in November 1999. David Beckham went on to become UEFA Club Footballer of the Year for the 1998–99 season, and was runner-up to Rivaldo for 1999’s Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.

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