in 1995–96, after mark hughes moved to chelsea, scholes had more first-team opportunities, standing in for the suspended eric cantona as andrew cole's strike partner for the first two months of the campaign. scholes scored 14 goals in all competitions as united became the first english team to win the double twice. he picked up another premier league winners medal in 1996–97 – in this season he changed his shirt number to 18, which he held for the next 15 years.