My Top 5.
- Manchester United vs Sheffield Wednesday 1992/1993
- Arsenal v Manchester United 2004/2005
- Manchester United v Manchester City 2009/2010
- Liverpool v Manchester United 2006/2007
- Liverpool v Chelsea 2013/2014
Yourself?
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I didn’t have your number one in my top 25 or so. I rattled these off in the order they came to mind.
Liverpool 4 Newcastle 3 1995/96
Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2 2013/14
Crystal Palace 1 Manchester United 1 1994/95
Manchester City 3 QPR 2 2011/12
Newcastle 5 Manchester United 0 1996/97
Southampton 3 Manchester United 1 1995/96
Arsenal 2 Manchester United 4 2004/05
Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2 2013/14
Liverpool 2 Manchester United 2 1998/99
Liverpool 3 Manchester United 3 1993/94
Manchester United 4 Everton 4 2011/12
Liverpool 2 Blackburn 1 1994/95
Tottenham 3 Manchester United 5 2001/02
Nottingham Forest 1 Manchester United 8 1998/99
Aston Villa 3 Manchester United 1 1995/96
Leeds 4 Liverpool 3 2000/01
Liverpool 1 Everton 0 2018/19
Sheffield United 1 Wigan 2 2006/07
West Ham 1 Manchester United 1 1994/95
Manchester City 2 Manchester United 3 1993/94
Chelsea 2 Tottenham 2 2015/16
Manchester United 1 Liverpool 4 2008/09
Manchester City 2 Liverpool 2 1995/96
Arsenal 3 Manchester United 2 1997/98
Arsenal 3 Manchester United 1 2001/02
Everton 3 Wimbledon 2 1993/94
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2 great games there.
The Barclays Premier League has been very good to us over the years.
Arsenal v Tottenham played out a belter around 2008/2009.
4-3 Liverpool Newcastle was the greatest game in the history of the World ever.
It’s the premium non-football content that has made it the behemoth it is.
Cantona’s kung fu kick.
Keegan’s “I would love it”.
Delia Smith’s drunken rant.
Keane and Vieira going at it in the tunnel.
Pizzagate.
Niall Quinn’s Mother Teresa intervention to separate Keane and McAteer.
Di Canio pushing the referee over.
The succession of Monday night games which were abandoned because Asian betting syndicates had somebody on the inside taking out the floodlights.
Fans goading each other over rival players being done up on rape and sexual assault charges.
And so much more.
Yesterday at Stamford Bridge just the latest example.
Narrow it to a top 5 or even 10. Peddlers Steve Bruce game is surely outrageously iconic.
I’d go with the top 5 on my list because they’re the first five that sprung to mind and when you’re deciding ICONIC status it’s best to stick with the ones that are most obvious in your mind, that’s how you rank ICONIC status.
I think the Manchester United game from 1992/93 that most sticks out in my mind is the one away to Crystal Palace where Mark Hughes scored a volley, Manchester United were playing in that green and yellow kit. The league was effectively decided that night as Aston Villa were thumped at Blackburn.
I’d say it’s that Brian Kidd on knees one, cantona kung fu kick, Pool Newcastle 4 3 (for some reason), aguero goal, Gerrard slip,
Premier League Hall of Famers XI
Jussi Jaaskelainen
Rory Delap
Stephen Vickers
Olof Mellberg
Leighton Baines
Olivier Dacourt
Georgi Kinklandze
Jorginho (Boro obviously)
Jay Jay Okocha
David Ginola
Darren Huckerby
That 2-0 mugging of Liverpool by Jose in 2013 or 2014 was one of the greats. The interviews afterwards were extraordinary. Rodger’s desperately trying to insult Jose and Jose calling out Jamie rednapp. Probably Jose’s last great stand.
Pure 1990s Premier League XI
Hans Segers
Steve Watson
Steve Howey
Steve Potts
Julian Dicks
Stuart Ripley
Oyvind Leonhardsen
Andy Townsend
Matty Holmes
Matthew Le Tissier
Dion Dublin
The Augero game will probably always be top dog. Not quite 1989 but it was all you can ask for in a season finale. It was compounded by whiskey nose throwing a fit as Sunderland fans cheered the City goal 
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The Arsenal and Man U games in the early 00s were spicey. Worthy of hall of fame.
Its some pity McBennett lost the Saturday night highlights on RTE.
I wouldn’t have expected them to retain the Live games, but those winter Saturday nights watching highlights of Reading v Portsmouth were so special.
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Jose Cantered to a league title the following season.
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I’d say that was well before McBennett?
A terrible pity. It was a perfect time as well. You didn’t have to wait up until midnight to see the majority of the highlights like with MOTD. The intro song was iconic. They were still using clips of Lampard and Gerrard in their 2004-05 kits in 2013😅
May 2013 was the last highlights package. Not sure when McBennett took charge.
There was nothing really great in that though. They might have mugged city alright.
“They wanted the clowns”
When The Boss left, they felt it was all over.