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The winner of Swedish Celebrity Masterchef, a crypto trader and a resident of French Guiana! As Man United head to the City Ground for the first time in 24 years, what happened to those who played in their famous 8-1 win over Forest in the Treble year?

As Manchester United head to the City Ground for the first time in almost 24 years, it won't take much jogging of the memory to recall their last outing there.

Back in 1999, as Alex Ferguson's brilliant team battled their way to an improbable Treble, Nottingham Forest found themselves on the wrong end of a brutal beating.

The 8-1 scoreline sent gasps around the nation and was the Premier League's record away win for two decades until Leicester won 9-0 at Southampton.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (centre) memorably came off the bench to score four times as Manchester United thrashed Nottingham Forest 8-1 in their last visit to the City Ground
The Norwegian scored four goals in a little under 14 minutes as United ran riot that afternoon

The ironic thing is that when Ferguson sent on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for Roy Keane in the 71st minute, with United coasting 4-1 thanks to doubles from Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole, he told the Norwegian just to keep the ball and preserve energy.