Monday, 15 October 2018

Unofficial Champions of England: Manchester United 4-0 Bradford City, 26/12/1999


Quinton Fortune scores Man United's first.
Bradford City's reign as English Champions started well with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United but their second match brought the daunting prospect of a visit to the home of Treble winners Manchester United.

Played on a horrible Old Trafford pitch, for a time the Bantams may have felt the United players had overdone the Christmas turkey the day before. It took 75 minutes to break the dead-lock, Quinton Fortune sliding in to convert Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's low cross.
The goals flowed after that with one each for the deadly strike duo of Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke.
The win was rounded off with a typical bursting run and finish from United's iconic captain Roy Keane.

With their title reclaimed for the 7th time, a 2-2 draw with Sunderland two days later guaranteed Manchester United would enter the new millenium as both England's Official and Unofficial Champions.


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