Carling English Premier League 1998-1999 Season Review

Man Utd capture their fifth Premier League title as part of an historic treble
In the last full season before the turn of the Millennium, history was made as Manchester United became the first English club to win the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League treble, and their fate in all three competitions was sealed during an incredible 10-day period in May 1999.
The first of an unprecedented trio of trophies was the Premier League title. After locking horns with Arsenal and Chelsea throughout the campaign, the Gunners fell short by just one point as Andrew Cole sealed a comeback victory for Man Utd against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on the final day.
The gripping finale followed a campaign full of landmark moments, as the Premier League Academy system was set up, England got three Champions League places for the first time and the Premier League's turnover rose to £281million.
In the summer of 1998, Man Utd looked to bounce back from Arsenal's maiden Premier League title triumph with the additions of Jesper Blomqvist, Dutch centre-back Jaap Stam and Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke, while Gianluca Vialli brought Marcel Desailly to Chelsea after he starred in France's 1998 FIFA World Cup triumph.
Another shining light in the summer's World Cup was 18-year-old England forward Michael Owen, and he hit the ground running on his return with a hat-trick for Liverpool, under the stewardship of Roy Evans and newly appointed joint-manager Gerard Houllier, as they beat Newcastle United 4-1 in Ruud Gullit's first match in charge at St James' Park.
In September, Christian Gross was the next manager to depart and he was replaced at Spurs by George Graham, who had led his Leeds United side to a thrilling 3-3 draw at White Hart Lane in his last match before taking over. Spurs finished 11th and won the League Cup final, with the dazzling form of winger David Ginola recognised with the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers' Association Player of the Year awards.
Meanwhile, David O'Leary made the step up from assistant to manager at Leeds and guided them to a fourth-place finish, with striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink the Premier League's joint top scorer, alongside Owen and Yorke, with 18 goals.
Villa compensated for the loss of Yorke by recruiting Dion Dublin and Paul Merson, and they flourished under the tutelage of John Gregory, spending much of the first half of the season at the top of the table. Dublin's double helped them beat Arsenal 3-2 at Villa Park in December, but a 10-match winless run at the turn of the year took them out of the title race.
Villa's poor form in 1999 and a difficult winter spell for Leeds meant the title race was between Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. After losing their opening match at Coventry City, Chelsea went on a 22-match unbeaten run before Dennis Bergkamp's goal for the Gunners consigned them to their second league defeat in January.
Man Utd came to the fore and five successive wins put them in the ascendancy in February. In one of those successes, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored four goals in 14 minutes after coming on as a substitute as they thrashed Nottingham Forest 8-1 at the City Ground, the biggest away win in Premier League history.
Man Utd remained unbeaten for the rest of the campaign but only one defeat apiece for Arsenal and Chelsea during that time took the title race down to the wire. Steve Guppy's stoppage-time leveller for Leicester City at Stamford Bridge landed a damaging blow to Chelsea's hopes, while Liverpool held Man Utd to a 2-2 draw on the same weekend.
Arsenal's 1-0 loss to Leeds in their penultimate match of the season and a 0-0 draw for Man Utd against Blackburn Rovers, who were subsequently consigned to relegation four years after being crowned Premier League champions, meant Sir Alex Ferguson's side were one point ahead of the Gunners going into the final day.

[@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount]

I still prefer Premier League Years to this program. The music that you get to hear in that series is sensational and such a throwback.

[@roryslaine7896]

Premier League Years was unreal! Did they cancel it? I remember being on summer holidays watching it on Sky at like 2am whilst playing Footy Manager when I was like 12-16. Good times. Edit: yea the soundtrack was also class. They did a good job of putting in tunes that were popular at the time. Added to the nostalgia.

[@mrkipling2201]

Good player Dion Dublin. Very underrated. Such a shame that he didn’t really get to show it at United. Suffering a broken leg not long after joining. Mind you, maybe Eric Cantona wouldn’t have come to United if he hadn’t got injured. Who knows??

[@alanjohnsonbmw]

90s football music is its own genre

[@kevinmaddens10]

Premier league review loves its techno music....

[@kennethwilkinson2095]

Middlesbrough, Liverpool, a div1 fulham, Chelsea, arsenal, Newcastle was the fa cup run. Bayern, Barcelona, brondby all x2, inter Milan, juve, bayern was the cl run. This man utd team didn't have no buys, no easy ties and will go down as the most competitive team I've ever seen. Pompey fan

[@tobznoobs]

the government should have also rejected the glazers bid.

[@joeandrews7329]

Paolo Di Canio was fined £10,000 for throwing ref Paul Alcock over on 26-9-1998!. From Joe. X

[@salfordnick5336]

United game....cut to shreds no goals shown....arsenal game, everything shown reply etc....did my head in. The last 5 minutes were all over the place, but still enjoyable

[@hamzaalktaishat6938]

Probably a buthurt arsenal fan who edited the video before being published on this page

[@mrkipling2201]

Might be because of copyright issues

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

Great memories, 22 odd years have flown by

[@jamescharlesismad8584]

Can you do a 2007/08 season

[@KirkLee1983]

I still have my Arsenal home and away shirts from this season.

[@CultPersonalityOf]

Am I the only one who thinks that most of the music on this review wouldn't be out of place on the early Tekken games?

[@freddieppalmers9059]

You good man

[@dingelberryhandpump7834]

Very

[@samcurtisrobinson]

Chelsea were unlucky that season in the prem

[@varunsubramanian9226]

I for sure came for the music. Great memories :) great season! :)

[@michaelblackledge5447]

Thank you for uploading all of those Premier League Years. Is it possible to upload the full episodes like for 1994, 1995 and 1996?

[@mrkipling2201]

How things have changed from 23 years ago. Not for the better in football terms in my opinion. Or life at the moment.

[@cimiez1]

rip gianluca vialli

[@freddieppalmers9059]

Good video

[@nickycotton6137]

Dwight in full flight done a great job for the Reds.🔥

[@rahiimmo7221]

Whata season for united

[@adamnordinrogers]

Great rollin' 90s

[@Nightopian1982]

Imagine what Jim Smith would make of the current Premier League riches! Back then £12.5m was considered overpriced for Dwight Yorke, so what would he think about Grealish for £100m? It's truly insane. What'll it be like in 2043, players for £500m?

[@lewispetherick6753]

can you give me the name of the song at the start ive heard it many times and i cant remember it

[@youtubak.]

Where do you get this stuff from bro?

[@CursoryMercenary]

12:48 go Steve Blackman ! thats his theme music :)

[@Smicheal]

Paul ince the fool Treble UTD had the last laugh🤣💀

[@BatmanKnightfan]

1998-1999 premier league was the best if you were Man United fan as the club won the treble 👹

[@bocjagne2878]

Leeds is in West Yorkshire, not South! Anyway, this for me, ranks as one of the best premier league seasons, if not the best!

[@funkrates4778]

Wasn't there a redistricting after 1999? Or sometime later and that it was South Yorkshire at that time?

[@bocjagne2878]

@@funkrates4778 Maybe there was but I honestly don't know about that mate because I moved to West Yorkshire in 2001.

[@gtrdriver27]

7:57 damn

[@joeandrews7329]

The 3 relegated sides have often bounced back into the premiership. From Joe. X

[@joeandrews7329]

Paul Dempsey and Gabriel Clarke were the narrators on this season review. From Joe. X

[@ylberjaha3710]

The managers in this era where truest horrendous Fergie was of been laughing his head off for 20 years.

[@Dlj71]

George Graham at spurs ....who would have thought that way back in 1987...

[@joeandrews7329]

They were worthington cup winners in 98/99. From Joe. X

[@jamesflynn4951]

Jim Smith's words 25 years on. Warning fell on deaf ears

[@joeandrews7329]

David Ginola won his 1st trophy in 99 in the Worthington Cup. From Joe. X

[@Nightopian1982]

Paul Ince was a disrespectful traitor in his Liverpool move. United certainly had the last laugh there!

[@simoneortolani3604]

Gianfranco zola is from sardinia, not sicily

[@edjeoranje4865]

Tottenham... same story decades later

[@FootkerSnookball]

🤔 they won a trophy that season.

[@joeandrews7329]

@@FootkerSnookball in the worthington cup. From Joe. X

[@mrjones29]

8:00 The funniest moment in English football history...ever. What a couple of prats.

[@idontknow2480]

2020 now 😂😂😂

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

So better than now coronavirus lockdown

[@idontknow2480]

Yes I agree

[@WRCSeb]

Why was there England 2006 boards in 1998

[@liambingham4477]

Because England made a bid for 2006 World Cup.

[@KirkLee1983]

We lost by 1 fuckin point!!

[@FootkerSnookball]

And ManUtd lost by "1 fuckin point" the season earlier. ManUtd have lost 4 PL titles by either 1 point or Goal difference.

[@TomuCow]

Was Le Tissier born as a 45 year old man as he looks no different here lol

[@dingelberryhandpump7834]

South Yorkshire the city of Leeds ? Er WTF

[@dingelberryhandpump7834]

South Yorkshire the city of Leeds. U tripping boy. Try west yorkshire

[@mikelchristopher9210]

I would of take them instead of the prat ed Woodward and Glazer's they take so long to buy just at least 1 players

[@salfordnick5336]

Not the best edit....no top of the table clash in Feb wtf!!???

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

He did his best better than nothing

[@mrkipling2201]

Copyright maybe??

[@Yamcha291]

I see chelsea have no history

[@samcurtisrobinson]

Exactly

[@KM_1304]

Are you saying they didn’t have history or something they did have history?

[@Yamcha291]

@@KM_1304 I was being sarcastic because some clowns say chelsea was nothing before abramovich but this video proves otherwise

[@hypello9534]

I swear without the injures to key players half way through the season chelsea wouldve won the league..

[@devashanpillay1738]

2099 united will recreate the treble. Come back to this reply.

[@spleenetideal2662]

31:04 - Beautiful lady

[@sejfa936]

di cianio king hhaha

[@joeandrews7329]

He was a very clumsy clown pushing a ref over!. From Joe. X

[@user-hb9pg3ho8l]

🩵 🤍 ✨ 🎆 🏆 congrats to Manchester City for winning today 🏆🎆 ✨ 🤍 🩵