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Open Image ModalErnest Mangnall's Manchester United, champions in 1908 and FA Cup winners in 1909
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Open Image ModalUnited's second title winners, 1911
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Open Image ModalMatt Busby (back row, far right) poses with his first title-winning squad
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Open Image ModalRoger Byrne, United's captain who died in the 1958 Munich air disaster, hoists the First Division Championship trophy in 1956
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Open Image ModalMatt Busby (second from right) celebrates his Babes' second successive title win with (from left to right) Johnny Berry, Bill Foulkes, Billy Whelan, Eddie Colman, David Pegg, Bobby Charlton, Tommy Taylor and a kitted-out Byrne
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Open Image ModalDenis Law savours United's first post-Munich title at Old Trafford in 1965
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Open Image ModalUnited embark on a lap of honour to celebrate regaining their title in 1967. The club would have to wait another 26 years to be crowned champions of England
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Open Image ModalCaptain Steve Bruce and club leader of 12 years Bryan Robson get the party started at Old Trafford in 1993 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalFerguson, who had already won the FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup in the previous three years, is mobbed as he becomes just the third manager in United's 115-year history to win the league (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalA 19-year-old Ryan Giggs enjoys his first league win (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalJust champion (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalFerguson's Eric Cantona-inspired United beat Aston Villa to the title in the first season of the Premier League (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalBruce and Robson, who had just played his last ever game for United, celebrate the club retaining the league for the first time since the 50s in 1994 (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalEric Cantona scored 25 goals and would go on to convert two penalties in the following week's FA Cup final as United claimed their first domestic double (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFuture Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry (centre) smiles ruefully (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalPeter Schmeichel claimed his second title (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited had played out a 0-0 draw with Coventry prior to the celebrations (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSteve Bruce, who had already played his final United match the previous month, got kitted out to hoist the trophy as United regained their crown with 'the kids' in 1996 (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalEric Cantona was talismanic again as United achieved a second double (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBrian Kidd, when popular with United fans - and Ferguson (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalUnited beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at the Riverside Stadium to claim the club's 10th title win, as Newcastle could only draw 1-1 with Tottenham at St James's Park (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalDavid May, Andy Cole and Ryan Giggs all scored in the victory (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA morose-looking Eric Cantona lifts his one United title as captain in 1997. He would not play football again (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBack when the crown fell off... (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalOle Gunnar Solskjaer enjoyed an excellent debut season, top scoring with 18 goals (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalUnited won the title with just 75 points, with Newcastle finishing second again (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe Brylcreem Boy (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalRoy Keane lifts the first of his four titles as United captain in 1999 (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAlthough United won the league with 79 points, they had experienced an almighty tussle with champions Arsenal (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalTeddy Sheringham enjoys knowing that his song will be due a re-write (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDwight Yorke and Andy Cole hit 53 goals between them in 98/99. It was Cole (right) who leapt off the bench to score the title winner against Tottenham on the final day of the campaign (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalYorke, nicknamed the 'King of Pornography' by United fans, tries on his crown (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalRoy Keane brandishes the league trophy after one of Ferguson's most impressive title wins (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSheringham and Solskjaer add another medal to their collection (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBrooklyn Beckham, aged one, gets used to the sight of silverware (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDad hogs the trophy (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited won the league by 18 points (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalFerguson and his lieutenant stroll out to collect their prize in 2001 (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited won their 2001 title in April, but the celebrations felt flat after failure in Europe (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalKeane had publicly suggested a number of players should be sold after elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Bayern Munich (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalDavid Beckham nevertheless enjoyed the occasion (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalThe 2001 win meant United became the fourth team to win the English championship three seasons in a row, after Huddersfield Town, Arsenal and Liverpool (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFerguson celebrates getting his trophy back in 2003 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalKeane clutches his last title with United (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalLaurent Blanc bows out of football victorious (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited won the league after Arsenal lost at home to struggling Leeds the previous week (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited won 10 and drew one of their final 11 games, having been eight points behind Arsenal in March (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited had never gone more than two years without a title under Ferguson since his first win, but had to wait four until their 16th win in 2007 (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalCristiano Ronaldo was phenomenal throughout, scoring 23 goals and scooping the player of the year awards (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSolskjaer bowed out of football with a sixth title (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalRio Ferdinand - along with Nemanja Vidić - formed an imperious defensive partnership (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAstonishingly, United were top for all but two weeks of the season despite José Mourinho's Chelsea juggernaut (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited's 2-0 at Wigan in 2008 made it the second time they had won the league on the final day of the season under Ferguson (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalRyan Giggs equalled Sir Bobby Charlton's appearance record and scored the clincher. Rio Ferdinand, captaining United that day, stepped aside in order to allow Giggs to lift the trophy (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalArguably Ferguson's strongest ever squad, United would go on to win the Champions League 10 days later (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalCarlos Tévez made a habit of scoring pivotal goals in the league, notably at Liverpool, Tottenham and Blackburn (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalRonaldo was the star man again, hitting a sensational 42 goals (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalEighteen. United, who trailed Liverpool 18-7 in 1993, had now equalled their great rivals' title tally just 16 years later (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalUnited made it three in a row again after a 0-0 draw with Arsenal. It was Ronaldo's final game for the club at Old Trafford (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalFerguson, now assisted by Mike Phelan after Carlos Queiroz departed in 2009, faced a genuine threat from Liverpool for the first time in over a decade (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalLiverpool finished the season with 86 points, but United held them off (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalUnited didn't concede a goal in the league in 14 successive games (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNineteen. United overtake Liverpool in 2011 (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn underwhelming United team finished the campaign with 80 points in one of English football's poorest seasons (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalJavier Hernández hit 20 goals in his debut season with the Reds (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalUnited sealed the title with a 1-1 draw at Blackburn before they were presented with the trophy after a 4-2 defeat of Blackpool (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBizarrely, United finished the season nine points clear of Chelsea (credit:Getty Images)