26 May 1999
The day when we won the treble, 7 years ago. Doesn't seem that long ago that's for sure.
Off the top of my head but the team for that day was
Schmeichel
Gary Nev Stam Johnsen Irwin
Giggs Beckham Butt Blomqvist
Cole Yorke
Of course we went down 1-0 down early doors to Mario Basler's free kick, a defensive mix up, and Schmeichel and the bar saved us for much of the match. Only when Sir Alex sent on Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did the complexion of the match change. United started to get chances, and hit the bar once if I remember correctly. Into injury time, United's treble dream seemed dead and buried.
Suddenly United get a corner.
Can United score? They always score"
Schmeichel went up. Beckham's delivery into the box, absolute melee, Giggs mishits a shot, falls into Sheringham's path, who slots it home. 1-1!
NAME ON THE TROPHY
92nd minute, and into the last minute of the three added minutes. United get another corner, Schmeichel didn't come up this time. Another Beckham corner, into the 6 yard box, Sheringham flicked it on, Solskjaer stuck out a leg, roof of the net.
And Solskjaer has won it!
Magnificent game, espescially those last minutes.
And of course it was Sir Matt Busby's 90th birthday that night, and it would have been his 97th today.
Off the top of my head but the team for that day was
Schmeichel
Gary Nev Stam Johnsen Irwin
Giggs Beckham Butt Blomqvist
Cole Yorke
Of course we went down 1-0 down early doors to Mario Basler's free kick, a defensive mix up, and Schmeichel and the bar saved us for much of the match. Only when Sir Alex sent on Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did the complexion of the match change. United started to get chances, and hit the bar once if I remember correctly. Into injury time, United's treble dream seemed dead and buried.
Suddenly United get a corner.
Can United score? They always score"
Schmeichel went up. Beckham's delivery into the box, absolute melee, Giggs mishits a shot, falls into Sheringham's path, who slots it home. 1-1!
NAME ON THE TROPHY
92nd minute, and into the last minute of the three added minutes. United get another corner, Schmeichel didn't come up this time. Another Beckham corner, into the 6 yard box, Sheringham flicked it on, Solskjaer stuck out a leg, roof of the net.
And Solskjaer has won it!
Magnificent game, espescially those last minutes.
And of course it was Sir Matt Busby's 90th birthday that night, and it would have been his 97th today.
posted by Melvin at 12:12 AM
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