Speaking last year, Gary Neville - who played on that day 23 years ago - revealed that the choice to ditch our grey jersey was actually based on scientific research.
“The boss brought it up,” recalled Neville on the Quickly Kevin; will he score? podcast. “He hated that kit, but there's a bit of science behind this.
“People to this day always joke that it was because we were losing, because of this and that, but Sir Alex had employed a professor from Liverpool University around sight - a vision specialist called Gail Stevenson.