Manchester United 6 v 0 Loughborough Town, League Division Two, Matchday 21, 6th February 1897, Season 1896-1897, Venue: Bank Street
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Starting 11 & match stats of Manchester United football club first team League Division Two match v opponent Loughborough Town football club, played on Saturday 6th February 1897 at Bank Street stadium during the 1896-1897 season.
Scoreboard
Manchester United 6
Richard Smith ??', ??', Henry Boyd ??', Bob Donaldson ??', Levi Draycott ??', Ceaser Jenkyns ??'
Loughborough Town 0
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Misc match information
Flooding in the Loughborough area saw some of the home team players who lived on Falcon Street having to be rescued out of their bedroom windows to allow them to be taken to the train station. Loughborough play the second half with 10 men due to injury to Berry. Bank Street pitch as in a terrible state being one big patch of mud & while in the centre was a pool of water.

The Managers Match details Head to head record
Albut, Alf Loughborough Town Committee
Albut, Alf Loughborough Town Committee
Saturday 6th February 1897
League Division Two
1896-1897
Matchday 21
League Division Two Trophy
Venue: Bank Street (H)
Attendance: 5000
Match 3 of 10 vs Loughborough Town
Loughborough Town


Loughborough Town
  P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 5 5 0 0 23 2 +21 100.00
A 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 40.00
  10 7 2 1 29 7 +22 70.00
Clean Sheets
Portrait Player Name Clean Sheets
Barrett, Frank Barrett, Frank Clean Sheets gloves
Manchester United Starting 11
Manchester United shirt number Manchester United portraits Manchester United player name Manchester United red cards Manchester United National flag Manchester United substitutes Goal Goal time
Manchester United squad number 1 Manchester United player portrait of Barrett, Frank Barrett, Frank Flag
Manchester United squad number 2 Manchester United player portrait of Stafford, Harry Stafford, Harry Flag
Manchester United squad number 3 Manchester United player portrait of Erentz, Fredrick Erentz, Fredrick Flag
Manchester United squad number 4 Manchester United player portrait of Draycott, Levi Draycott, Levi Flag Goal ??'
Manchester United squad number 5 Manchester United player portrait of Jenkyns, Ceaser Jenkyns, Ceaser Flag Goal ??'
Manchester United squad number 6 Manchester United player portrait of McNaught, James McNaught, James Flag
Manchester United squad number 7 Manchester United player portrait of Smith, Richard "Dick" Smith, Richard "Dick" Flag Goal ??', ??'
Manchester United squad number 8 Manchester United player portrait of Donaldson, Robert Donaldson, Robert Flag Goal ??'
Manchester United squad number 9 Manchester United player portrait of Boyd, Henry Boyd, Henry Flag Goal ??'
Manchester United squad number 10 Manchester United player portrait of Gillespie, Matthew Gillespie, Matthew Flag
Manchester United squad number 11 Manchester United player portrait of Cassidy, Joe Cassidy, Joe Flag
Newspaper Match Report
Match shirt
Image used with kind permission from https://www.unitedkits.com/
Manchester United shirt worn for game v Loughborough Town played on Saturday 6th February 1897 at Bank Street stadium during the 1896-1897 season.

EVERY GAME VS Loughborough Town

No Date WDL F-A Competition
1. 14/09/1895 D 3-3 Div 2
2. 04/04/1896 W 2-0 Div 2
3. 06/02/1897 W 6-0 Div 2
4. 10/04/1897 L 0-2 Div 2
5. 29/03/1898 W 5-1 Div 2
6. 16/04/1898 D 0-0 Div 2
7. 22/10/1898 W 6-1 Div 2
8. 18/02/1899 W 1-0 Div 2
9. 16/09/1899 W 4-0 Div 2
10. 14/01/1900 W 2-0 Div 2

 

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