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If you asked 100 Manchester United fans to name a player who featured in the matchday squad in the 1999 Champions League final, it is highly likely the same names would be mentioned on repeat.
The most likely candidates would include goalscorers Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, as well as the likes of Peter Schmeichel, David Beckham, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke.
The 1999 Treble-winning squad was packed with household names and some of the club's greatest-ever players. It was also managed by the most successful manager to have ever wandered the Old Trafford corridors in Sir Alex Ferguson.
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With all of that in mind, it is highly unlikely that any United supporter, when reminiscing about the success of the 1998/99 campaign, would think of Jonathan Greening. Signed from York City following a four-day trial in 1998, the former midfielder, who is now manager at non-league Scarborough Athletic, was named among the substitutes for the historic 2-1 triumph over Bayern Munich at Camp Nou 25 years ago.
A youngster at the time, Greening made just seven appearances during the campaign and did not feature in a single Champions League matchday squad en route to the final. Yet he was lucky enough to bag himself a place on the bench for the biggest match in club football, alongside the likes of Phil Neville, David May, Solskjaer and Sheringham.
Despite not playing at all during the Champions League campaign, Greening was awarded a medal and celebrated on the Camp Nou pitch just as much as those who had played starring roles in helping United complete a hat-trick of
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