Arsenal went into the 1998/1999 Premier League season as champions after winning the trophy the previous season. However, they were dethroned by a resilient Man United side in 1999 that went on to win a treble the same season.
The 1998/99 season was the most successful season in the history of Man United. After finishing the previous season without winning any titles, the Alex Ferguson Man United team won a treble of trophies (the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League) as they became the first side in English football to achieve such a feat.
However, the historical feet of Man United is a topic for another day as this article is aimed at highlighting the Arsenal team of 1999, which had the club's all time top goal scorer Thierry Henry.
He joined the Gunners on August 3, 1999, from Juventus for an estimated fee of £11 million.
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Henry went on to score his first Arsenal goal on September 18 1999 and that was his first of 228 goals he eventually scored for the club.
Here is a list of Arsenal's players in 1999.
1. David Seaman (ENG) Goalkeeper
2. Lee Dixon (ENG) Defender/Right back
3. Nigel Winterburn (ENG) Defender/Left back
4. Patrick Vieira (FRA) Midfielder
5. Steve Bould (ENG) Defender
6. Tony Adams (ENG) Defender
7. Nelson Vivas (ARG) Defender/Full back
8. Freddie Ljungberg (SWE) Midfielder
9. Nicolas Anelka (FRA) Forward
10. Dennis Bergkamp (NED) Forward
11. Marc Overmars (NED) Midfielder
12. Christopher Wreh (LBR) Forward
13. Alex Manninger (AUT) Goalkeeper
14. Martin Keown (ENG) Defender/Centre back
15. Ray Parlour (ENG) Midfielder
16. Stephen Hughes (ENG) Midfielder
17. Emmanuel Petit (FRA) Midfielder
18. Gilles Grimandi (FRA) Defender/Midfielder
19. Remi Garde (FRA) Midfielder
20. Matthew Upson (ENG) Defender/Centre back
21. Luis Boa Morte (POR) Midfielder/Forward
22. David Grondin (FRA) Defender/Left back
22. Oleg Luzhny (UKR) Defender/Right back
23. Alberto Mendez (GER) Midfielder
24. John Lukic (ENG) Goalkeeper
25. Nwankwo Kanu (NGA) Forward
26. Fabian Caballero (ARG) Forward
27. Kaba Diawara (GUI) Forward
28. Michael Black (ENG) Midfielder
29. Jason Crowe (ENG) Defender
30. Paolo Vernazza (ENG) Midfielder
31. Ashley Cole (ENG) Defender/Left back
32. Ömer Riza (TUR) Forward
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Arsenal team in 1998/99 Premier League season
Source: Getty Images
Unused players
33. Greg Lincoln (ENG) Midfielder
34. Tommy Black (ENG) Forward
35. Stuart Taylor (ENG) Goalkeeper
36. Graham Barrett (IRL) Forward
37. Jamie Day (ENG) Defender/Midfielder
38. Willie Huck (FRA) Midfielder
39. David Livermore (ENG) Midfielder
40. Brian McGovern (IRL) Defender/Centre back
41. Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu (NGA) Forward
42. Jermaine Pennant (ENG) Midfielder
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