Bristol Rovers 4 v 0 Manchester United, FA Cup, 3rd Round, 7th January 1956, Season 1955-1956, Venue: Eastville Stadium
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Starting 11 & match stats of Manchester United football club first team FA Cup match v opponent Bristol Rovers football club, played on Saturday 7th January 1956 at Eastville Stadium stadium during the 1955-1956 season.
Scoreboard
Bristol Rovers 4
Alfie Biggs 11', 60', Barrie Meyer 44', Geoff Bradford 83' (pen)
Manchester United 0
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Misc match information

The Managers Match details Head to head record
Busby, Matt Tann, Bert
Busby, Matt Tann, Bert
Saturday 7th January 1956
FA Cup
1955-1956
3rd Round
FA Cup Trophy
Venue: Eastville Stadium (A)
Attendance: 35872
Match 2 of 7 vs Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers


Bristol Rovers
  P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 66.67
A 4 1 2 1 5 7 -2 25.00
  7 3 2 2 12 10 +2 42.86
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 Wood, Ray Wood, Ray Flag
Manchester United squad number 2 Manchester United player portrait of Greaves, Ian Greaves, Ian Flag
Manchester United squad number 3 Manchester United player portrait of Byrne, Roger Byrne, Roger Flag
Manchester United squad number 4 Manchester United player portrait of Colman, Eddie Colman, Eddie Flag
Manchester United squad number 5 Manchester United player portrait of Jones, Mark Jones, Mark Flag
Manchester United squad number 6 Manchester United player portrait of Whitefoot, Jeffery Whitefoot, Jeffery Flag
Manchester United squad number 7 Manchester United player portrait of Berry, Johnny Berry, Johnny Flag
Manchester United squad number 8 Manchester United player portrait of Doherty, John Doherty, John Flag
Manchester United squad number 9 Manchester United player portrait of Taylor, Tommy Taylor, Tommy Flag
Manchester United squad number 10 Manchester United player portrait of Viollet, Dennis Viollet, Dennis Flag
Manchester United squad number 11 Manchester United player portrait of Pegg, David Pegg, David Flag
Newspaper Match Report
Match shirt
Image used with kind permission from https://www.unitedkits.com/
Manchester United shirt worn for game v Bristol Rovers played on Saturday 7th January 1956 at Eastville Stadium stadium during the 1955-1956 season.

EVERY GAME VS Bristol Rovers

No Date WDL F-A Competition
1. 12/01/1935 W 3-1 FA Cup
2. 07/01/1956 L 0-4 FA Cup
3. 25/01/1964 W 4-1 FA Cup
4. 03/10/1972 D 1-1 League Cup
5. 11/10/1972 L 1-2 League Cup
6. 21/09/1974 W 2-0 Div 2
7. 28/03/1975 D 1-1 Div 2

 

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