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Manchester United: Ranking the Top 10 United Kits of the Premier League Era

Will Tidey

Manchester United won the first Premier League in the 1992-93 season, and have added 10 more since.

In that time, the likes of Eric Cantona, Steve Bruce, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney have all pulled on a wide variety of takes on the famous United shirt.

Which has been your favourite strip of the past 20 years?

10. Manchester United Home Kit 1996-97

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The 1996-97 season saw David Beckham emerge as a genuine United star.

He won the PFA Young Player of the Year award and picked up his first England cap, as United cantered to the Premier League title.

This home strip came with a button-up collar and baggy shorts.

9. Manchester United Away Kit 2008-09

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A clean and classy white away strip was launched for the 2008-09 season.

Here's Dimitar Berbatov in action against Liverpool during that campaign.

8. Manchester United Champions League Kit 1998-99

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United's European strip for the 1998-99 season was a classic design, with white shorts and white socks.

It had a star over the crest to signify United's 1968 European Cup win, and was released as a special edition with two stars after they triumphed in a dramatic Champions League final in Barcelona.

7. Manchester United Away Kit 1993-95

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It was the shirt that became infamous when Eric Cantona attacked a fan at Selhurst Park.

United's black away strip gave them an air of snarling intent, with the likes of Paul Ince and Roy Keane charging around in it.

6. Manchester United Home Kit 2006-07

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A one-season only production, the 2006-07 home strip was a retro number in which they won another Premier League title.

Cristiano Ronaldo was by now emerging as a genuine force and forming quite a partnership with Wayne Rooney.

5. Manchester United Away Kit 1998-99

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Most United fans prefer white for their away strip, and they had returned to that colour in time for the 1998-99 treble-winning season.

It's the shirt most remembered for the night that Ryan Giggs took it off, after beating half the Arsenal team to score a dramatic winner in the FA Cup semifinal.

4. Manchester United Home Kit 2007-09

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United wore this classic Nike strip in the 2008 Champions League final against Chelsea.

Here's Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a remarkable 41 goals in all competitions in the 2007-08 season.

3. Manchester United Home Kit 1993-94

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It was the season that saw United win the double and Eric Cantona continue his ascendancy to becoming an Old Trafford legend.

Cantona flicked the collar up and conducted the orchestra—and he did it all in this red shirt, which came complete with a watermark of Old Trafford on it.

2. Manchester United Third Kit 1992-93

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Manchester United were born as Newton Heath, and to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the club's inception, they launched a third kit for the new Premier League era.

The yellow and green colours matched those worn by Newton Heath, and were supplemented by the old-school laces on the neck.

Here's legendary United player Bryan Robson pictured in the strip.

1. Manchester United Home 1992-93

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For United's first season in the new Premier League, there was a return to the old-fashioned lace-up style, worn by the club in their former life as Newton Heath.

It clearly bought good luck, as United won their first league title for 26 years.

Here's Ryan Giggs in action, as a young winger who set the Premier League alight that season.

   

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