A Roy Keane’s match worn / issued shirt from the historical treble season in 98/99. The team captain was important player for United during his Red years. In the second leg of Champions League semi-finals against Juventus, he was shown a yellow card preventing him from playing the final. He was one of the most iconic captains, who was well known of his aggressive playing style.
The 1998/99 season was Manchester United’s 24th consecutive season in the top division of English football. After finishing the previous season without winning any titles, United won the historical first Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. It became the first side in English football to do so. During the campaign, United lost only five times.
An incredible run of 33 games unbeaten in all competitions began on 26th of December at home to Nottingham Forest, whom United beat 8–1 in away game in February 1999. It is still Manchester United’s record away win in the Premier League.
The season will be also remembered of incredible comebacks. Particularly in the FA Cup 4th round against Liverpool and the semi-finals of the Champions League against Juventus. But the biggest comeback was seen in the Champions League final, when Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored in injury time to overturn Bayern Munich’s early lead.
Less than 24 hours after the final in Barcelona, a crowd of 500,000 people turned up on the streets of Manchester to greet the United players. The parade went through the city with the trophies in an open-top bus.
Fans, media and the whole football world regard the Treble as manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s greatest achievement. In recognition of his success, Ferguson was awarded a knighthood, and handed the Freedom of the City of Glasgow in November 1999. David Beckham was named 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. It is still causing passionate discussions why “Becks” did not win the awards.
