6 Epic Sporting Stories That Deserve The Last Dance Treatment

The greatest achievement in British footballing history? Possibly. The most dramatic? Undoubtably. Sir Alex Ferguson’s description of the experience - ‘Football. Bloody Hell’ – summed up the achievement almost perfectly (and would make a great title).

United remain the only English team to have ever won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in one season. It's an accomplishment that has been matched by teams in Scotland, Holland, Italy, Germany and Spain, but none were ever secured in a fashion close to that fateful night in Barcelona in 1999, where 12 months of narratives on and off the pitch converged for the perfect conclusion.

There are so many aspects of the triumph that a series could explore, including the likes of Peter Schmeichel’s retirement and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cementing his status as a ‘super-sub’ by putting 4 goals past Nottingham Forest in 13 minutes. So many individual contributions would deserve to be explored in more detail – David Beckham’s redemption after starting the season as England’s most hated man following the World Cup, Roy Keane’s finest performance in a red shirt to secure passage to a Champions League final he knew he would miss thorough suspension and Ryan Giggs scoring one of the greatest goals of all-time in the FA Cup semi-final for starters.

Mixing these with the revisiting of edge-of-your-seat affairs against Bayern, Barcelona, Juventus, Liverpool and Arsenal (to name a few) would all combine to tell the truly epic tale that United fans will never forget.