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- Today marks 25 years since striker Teddy Sheringham signed for Manchester United from Tottenham. Brought in to fill Eric Cantona's shoes, following the Frenchman's shock retirement, the England international went on to play a key role in United's treble triumph before going on to achieve further success with the club.
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May 23, 2019 · Teddy Sheringham may not have had the biggest impact across the entire 1998/99 season, but he still made some undoubtedly vital contributions to Manchester United's historic Treble...
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Sheringham was part of the Manchester United team that won the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999. He scored the equalising goal and provided the assist for the club's winning goal in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich that sealed it, with both goals coming in injury time of the second ...
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- A season of frustration
On this day in 1999, Manchester United took the second step towards their treble by beating Newcastle 2-0 in the FA Cup final. We continue our 20th anniversary coverage with a look at how Teddy Sheringham overcame a frustrating season to play a key role in their success.
Sheringham is regarded as a key figure in Manchester United's treble because of his FA Cup final goal against Newcastle and his Champions League final equaliser against Bayern Munich in Barcelona a few days later. But it is often overlooked that up until then he had been a peripheral figure.
The forward had been a regular starter in the previous season, scoring 14 goals in 42 games in all competitions following his move from Tottenham, but Dwight Yorke's arrival from Aston Villa a year later changed everything. Yorke became Sir Alex Ferguson's first-choice partner for Andy Cole, pushing a disgruntled Sheringham down the pecking order.
"For Manchester United, it was a fantastic season," Sheringham said in a Sky Sports documentary. "For me, personally, up until the last two weeks of the season, I was very frustrated. I lost my place to Yorkey, first of all, then got a couple of niggly injuries.
Image: It had been a frustrating season for Sheringham
"Dwight and Coley were the main strikers and Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) and I fitted in around them. It was kind of squad rotation but, with all due respect, myself and Ole were playing against the Bradfords and the Sheffield Wednesdays at home, the ones where you're expected to win. When you were playing Blackburn away or Arsenal away in a crunch game, you knew that the main team was going to play."
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May 22, 2019 · Teddy Sheringham explains how Sir Alex primed him for the end-of-season impact in the Treble campaign.
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Nov 26, 2023 · Teddy Sheringham’s exploits with Manchester United were a mirror of his impact on the international stage. England recognized his promise early on, awarding him his first cap in 1993 against Poland. Sheringham’s tenure in the national team saw him earn 51 caps and score 11 goals.
Apr 24, 2009 · United won the game 2-0 with goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes, which gave United the FA Cup the second leg of the treble, and the "English Double" (winning both the FA Cup and the...
Teddy not only helped the Reds beat Arsene Wenger's men to the title in 1999 but he was Man of the Match in the FA Cup final win over Newcastle United, scoring and setting up Paul Scholes with...
