Manchester United: 30 Years of the Premier League

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The campaign ended at Selhurst Park on 9 May when United won 2–1 against Wimbledon, in a game where Bryan Robson scored his first goal in 18 months. Cantona retired with an instant reputation as one of Manchester United's greatest ever players, a reputation that would only grow over the coming years. Manchester United have a rich history, and many of their moments of glory have come in the 30 years since the First Division became the Premier League in 1992. Sensationally, his replacement was to be the man who had toppled one of Ferguson's great United teams - former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.

Manchester United's iconic Class of 1992-93 celebrated a very special anniversary as the players reunited to share memories of winning the very first Premier League title. This is the first season since the inaugural Premier League campaign in which a United team has lost their opening two fixtures. There are profiles of 30 players to have starred in the competition for the Reds, as well as personal memories from many of those legends, and a look at some of our fiercest rivalries over the years. Succeeding Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool is a HOSPITAL PASS of a job because his biggest stars could follow him out the door, says Chris Sutton on It's All Kicking Off.An afternoon to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary Year of Manchester United winning the Double of FA Cup and Premier League in 1993-1994 Season. Arsene Wenger's imperious Arsenal side went an entire season undefeated in 2003-04 to seal the title, while the enigmatic Jose Mourinho took over in charge of Chelsea and led them to two utterly dominant titles in 04-05 and 05-06. Mark Hughes topped the goalscoring charts with 15 league goals, while the brilliant Ryan Giggs was voted PFA Young Player of the Year for the second year in succession.

They won 81 points and finished in second place - though they were a distant 19 points behind rivals Manchester City. But for Sharpe, retirement has brought about a bizarre switch of codes, with the former defender now competing in professional golf tournaments as of 2021. The Manchester United team at the start of the 1905–06 season, in which they were runners-up in the Second Division and were promoted. Change was afoot at Old Trafford, as the ruthlessness of Alex Ferguson was to be shown in the summer of 1995.

Over the next two weeks we'll be recounting some of the Premier League's most iconic stories, moments and characters - starting where it all began in 1992/93. The decision to pull out brought disappointed comment from not only figures within the football world, but as far up as British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Manchester United legends get back together to celebrate 30 years since winning their first ever Premier League title - with one unrecognisable star sporting a HUGE beard. The sad thing about the Champions League nowadays is that there are only four teams capable of winning it, because of finances. After Ferguson had suggested some opponents tried harder against United than they did Newcastle, Magpies boss Keegan delivered an epic rant, with the line “I’ll tell you, honestly, I will love it if we beat them.

REVEALED: Manchester United stars are ANGRY with Marcus Rashford over his latest lapse of discipline after. They did, however, narrowly miss out on the Premier League title to Chelsea, now under Carlo Ancelotti.Just six minutes in, Ferguson's side had once again made things difficult for themselves, with Mario Basler giving Bayern an early lead at the Camp Nou. An evening to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary Year of Manchester United winning the 1st ever Premier League in 1992-1993. Manchester United: 30 years of the Premier League’ takes a lavish in-depth look at the greatest goals, matches and moments in the league over the last three decades, with expert analysis of moments like Wayne Rooney’s overhead kick against Manchester City, David Beckham’s halfway-line stunner against Wimbledon and Steve Bruce’s title-race heroics against Sheffield Wednesday in 1993. Defeat in the FA Cup final to Chelsea also soured the mood at the season's conclusion, but the 2007-08 season was to make up for that disappointment. Two new superstars had arrived in consecutive years in the early 2000s, with Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy joining in 2001 and English centre-back Rio Ferdinand signed from Leeds in 2002.

The shocking incident saw the Frenchman out for the season, and for the opening months of the following year.

The England captain had fallen out with manager Ferguson, with one incident seeing a boot flung by Ferguson inadvertently striking Beckham and slicing his head open just above his eyebrow. Each of those championships featured a host of superstars, and the contributions of legends like Bryan Robson, David Beckham, Eric Cantona, Rio Ferdinand, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney will be celebrated. The backbone of the first great Alex Ferguson Manchester United team had been built in that first season of English football's new era. Step forward a last-gasp resurgence via unlikely heroes - which came to be defining tenets of the Man Utd dynasty.