1996 FA Cup Final Manchester United v Liverpool

Manchester Utd v Liverpool 1996 FA Cup Final DVD

With United gunning for their second double in three seasons, this final brought back memories of the 1977 final, when these two rivals met for the first time beneath the Twin Towers, and United denied the Merseysiders of the double, but 19 years later, United werent to be denied, and the double double was complete in successive seasons.

United started with confidence, and Beckham struck a bullet-shot that James did well to save in the opening exchanges. But the expected breakthrough didnt follow, and tension mounted. The 1st half passed and the 2nd continued in a similar manner as extra time loomed.

But with 85 minutes played Beckham sent over an out-swinging corner, which James only managed to parry and newly crowned Footballer of the Year Eric Cantona pounced. The Frenchman, within an instant re-positioned himself and drove the ball back through a crowded penalty area and into the net.

It had been a remarkable year for the hugely talented Cantona, who had marked his return to football after an absence of 8 years with an awe-inspiring season that didnt go unnoticed by the critics.

You dont win anything with kids said former Liverpool player and pundit Alan Hansen at the start of that season about Uniteds young team. Nine months later, these same kids had won the double and had made their mark in football history. So now relive this day in history once again, when Eric Cantona became the first Frenchman to lead his team up the Wembley steps and receive the Cup for a record 9th time for the Club.

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Sports

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• 1996
• FA
• Cup
• Final
• Manchester
• United
• Liverpool

[stanleyambrose1988]

Greatest Club of all time !!

~ Glory Glory Man United ~

[cajjer]

Truly a great day

[bcg3ied]

Cantona > liverpool

[2SmokingBarrelz]

5 Champions leagues proves who's a bigger club

Don't hate appreciate ! without us you'd be nothing.

P.S Sky did not start English football, so stop going on about 12 EPL's you sound retarded

Real United fans respect Liverpool FC as we respect them for their achievements. Winning a 5th European cup with the squad we had shows how great Liverpool fc are as a club. No one else would have achieved that with a squad which contained...Sinama, Mellor, Biscan, Traore, and flipping Nunez

[2SmokingBarrelz]

5 Champions leagues proves who's a bigger club

Don't hate appreciate ! without us you'd be nothing.

P.S Sky did not start English football, so stop going on about 12 EPL's you sound retarded

Real United fans respect Liverpool FC as we respect them for their achievements. Winning a 5th European squad with the squad we had shows how great Liverpool fc are as a club. No one else would have achieved that with a squad which contained...Sinama, Mellor, Biscan, Traore, and flipping Nunez

[joesakic91]

@2SmokingBarrelz

And you? Do you have the answer to my question.

Who has more world titles (Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup)? Liverpool or Manchester United?

Are you afraid to answer that?

[joesakic91]

@2SmokingBarrelz

To answer your question: LFC 5, MUFC 3.

BUT who has more world titles (Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup)? Liverpool or Manchester United?

Can someone please tell me how many trophies LFC won since 2007? Zippo.

Manchester United? 11 trophies won since 2007.

Trophies won: MUFC 59 and counting, Liverpool 58

[joesakic91]

@United2o11

Make it 12-0 in EPL titles mate.

[ionlywatchgoodthings]

@2SmokingBarrelz if i was a dirty rotten scouser i wouldn't be asking for help on history but for some help to sort out the pigshit of a mess called liverpool football club. Maybe if u all stopped raving on about the past, stopped wearing shell suits and fucking did something then your club might have some sort of dignity or respect around it's name but now its just shitty old liverpool with there shitty old gerrard.

[l33dsRshit3]

Great day... fuckin wank video... where's the goal???? 

[United2o11]

@2SmokingBarrelz Still living off your past success? How many Prem titles compared to United? 11 United 0 Liverpool.

Choose to gloat about a competition you can't enter anymore.