1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That

Matt Dickinson

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398503793
• Print ISBN:
  9781398503809

In 1999, Manchester United completed a unique Treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League - but more remarkable than that was how they did it, and the stories behind the historic achievement. Matt Dickinson covered the whole story at the time, and now in 99 compelling chapters brings it all vividly to life.

When the season began, Manchester United were up for sale, the club's iconic talisman Eric Cantona had gone, rivals Arsenal were the reigning Double winners, David Beckham was a national hate figure after being sent off during the World Cup, and even manager Alex Ferguson's position was being questioned. Early signs weren't promising, despite record spending to bring in new stars, among them Jaap Stam and Dwight Yorke, but soon things began to change.

Driven by the indomitable will of skipper Roy Keane, supported by a nucleus from the Class of 92 - Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, the Nevilles and Paul Scholes - who had grown up at the club, they went on a long unbeaten and unbeatable run, featuring some of the most dramatic games in fans' memories. Matt Dickinson highlights the key moments, speaking to those at the centre of the story and to those whose moment went unnoticed. 1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That is so much more than a book for United fans; it is an insight into team building, the will to success and a tale of local pride. It reveals the real stories behind the legend that was sealed with a last-minute scrambled goal from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to win the Champions League.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Prologue: The First Draft of History
• Chapter 1: Reunited
• Chapter 2: Hitting the Bottom
• Chapter 3: New Labour, New Football
• Chapter 4: Mad Fer It
• Chapter 5: Or You Hated Them
• Chapter 6: Fucking Smart Arse
• Chapter 7: Fergie: I Quit!
• Chapter 8: Beckham Flees
• Chapter 9: Effigy
• Chapter 10: A Big Dutch Man
• Chapter 11: Roy is Back, and with a Bang
• Chapter 12: A Roy Night Out
• Chapter 13: Character is Fate #1
• Chapter 14: The Cliff
• Chapter 15: The Chairman
• Chapter 16: Sold!
• Chapter 17: Who Plays Left-Back for Manchester United?
• Chapter 18: What If…
• Chapter 19: Dwight
• Chapter 20: Yorke Scores!
• Chapter 21: Everest
• Chapter 22: Character is Fate #2
• Chapter 23: Jesper
• Chapter 24: Old Vinegar Face
• Chapter 25: No Dopes
• Chapter 26: Munich
• Chapter 27: Coley
• Chapter 28: The Feud
• Chapter 29: The Class of ’92
• Chapter 30: Big Peter
• Chapter 31: AGM
• Chapter 32: The Brand Plays On
• Chapter 33: The Hairdryer
• Chapter 34: The Old One-Two
• Chapter 35: Teddy
• Chapter 36: Pressure
• Chapter 37: Strife of Brian, Part One
• Chapter 38: So Near Yet…
• Chapter 39: Ooh Aah, Eric the Film Star
• Chapter 40: Absent
• Chapter 41: Party Time
• Chapter 42: Countdown
• Chapter 43: Aberdeen
• Chapter 44: Character is Fate #3
• Chapter 45: ‘Fergie Time’
• Chapter 46: ’94 Versus ’99
• Chapter 47: Denis
• Chapter 48: Fergie for England
• Chapter 49: Character is Fate #4
• Chapter 50: You’re Banned!
• Chapter 51: Ole
• Chapter 52: Steve
• Chapter 53: Rotation
• Chapter 54: Mr Loophole
• Chapter 55: Tactics? What Tactics?
• Chapter 56: Pasta Joke
• Chapter 57: Character is Fate #5
• Chapter 58: A Boy Called Brooklyn
• Chapter 59: The End
• Chapter 60: Treble Talk
• Chapter 61: Coming of Age
• Chapter 62: Scholesy
• Chapter 63: Zidane on One Leg
• Chapter 64: Monopolies 1 Murdoch 0
• Chapter 65: A Word, Ryan
• Chapter 66: Character is fate #6
• Chapter 67: If
• Chapter 68: The Gallops
• Chapter 69: A Happy Ending?
• Chapter 70: Character is Fate #7
• Chapter 71: The Postman
• Chapter 72: Echoes of the Past
• Chapter 73: Sir Alf
• Chapter 74: The Cutting Edge
• Chapter 75: Bend It Like…
• Chapter 76: Ref Rage
• Chapter 77: A Blink
• Chapter 78: Strife of Brian, Part Two
• Chapter 79: Character is Fate #8
• Chapter 80: Under Arrest
• Chapter 81: Because I’m not Worth It
• Chapter 82: Two Out of Three
• Chapter 83: The Meaning of the Cup
• Chapter 84: Barcelona
• Chapter 85: Character is Fate #9
• Chapter 86: 102 Seconds
• Chapter 87: Football, Bloody Hell
• Chapter 88: When the Facts are Unbelievable
• Chapter 89: The Celebrations that Never Stop
• Chapter 90: Arise, Sir Alex
• Chapter 91: Where Were You?
• Chapter 92: Lou
• Chapter 93: No Time for Losers
• Chapter 94: Comebacks
• Chapter 95: Redemption
• Chapter 96: A Royal Wedding
• Chapter 97: Trebles
• Chapter 98: The Weight of History
• Chapter 99: What Happened Next…
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Statistics
• Index
• Copyright