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.

Unofficial Champions of England: Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 24/03/1996

Eric Cantona puts United ahead

The games were starting to come thick and fast as the 1995/96 season entered its final stretch.

New English champions Tottenham Hotspur had no time to savour their victory as they were soon back in action at Old Trafford against title chasing Manchester United.

Much is made of United's 'kids' this season but the man who really inspired them in this Double winning season was the controversial Frenchman in the upturned collar, Eric Cantona. Arguably the best player in Premier League history, Cantona had the uncanny knack of always being in the right place at the right time for United.

It was Cantona who was the difference maker once more for United on this day. A few minutes into the second half, Cantona took the ball near the halfway line, ran towards the Tottenham goal, made space for himself on the edge of the box before placing the ball into the bottom right corner of the Spurs net.

The first Unofficial Champions had reclaimed their crown after three years away.