Crystal Palace 3 v 5 Manchester United, League Division One, Matchday 38, 17th April 1971, Season 1970-1971, Venue: Selhurst Park
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Starting 11 & match stats of Manchester United football club first team League Division One match v opponent Crystal Palace football club, played on Saturday 17th April 1971 at Selhurst Park stadium during the 1970-1971 season.

Scoreboard
Crystal Palace 3
Alan Birchenall 4', Bobby Tambling 24', Gerry Queen 82'
Manchester United 5
Denis Law 43', 48', 66', George Best 58', 65'
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Misc match information
The Greek national side here to play England on Wednesday are in attendance and are given the choice to watch Arsenal or West Ham, The Greeks decide they all want to watch this match, above all they said "we wanted to watch the one and only George Best.

The Managers Match details Head to head record
Busby, Matt Head, Bert
Busby, Matt Head, Bert
Saturday 17th April 1971
League Division One
1970-1971
Matchday 38
League Division One Trophy
Venue: Selhurst Park (A)
Attendance: 39145
Match 11 of 70 vs Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace


Crystal Palace
  P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 35 25 3 7 64 24 +40 71.43
A 30 15 9 6 45 35 +10 50.00
N 5 3 2 0 10 6 +4 60.00
  70 43 14 13 119 65 +54 61.43
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 Stepney, Alex Stepney, Alex Flag
Manchester United squad number 2 Manchester United player portrait of Fitzpatrick, John Fitzpatrick, John Flag
Manchester United squad number 3 Manchester United player portrait of Dunne, Tony Dunne, Tony Flag
Manchester United squad number 4 Manchester United player portrait of Crerand, Pat Crerand, Pat Flag
Manchester United squad number 5 Manchester United player portrait of Edwards, Paul Edwards, Paul Flag
Manchester United squad number 6 Manchester United player portrait of Sadler, David Sadler, David Flag
Manchester United squad number 7 Manchester United player portrait of Best, George Best, George Flag Goal 58', 65'
Manchester United squad number 8 Manchester United player portrait of Gowling, Alan Gowling, Alan Flag
Manchester United squad number 9 Manchester United player portrait of Charlton, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Flag
Manchester United squad number 10 Manchester United player portrait of Law, Denis Law, Denis Flag Goal 43', 48', 66'
Manchester United squad number 11 Manchester United player portrait of Morgan, Willie Morgan, Willie Flag
Manchester United squad number 12 Manchester United player portrait of Burns, Francis Burns, Francis Flag ON for Crerand 70'
Match shirt
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Manchester United shirt worn for game v Crystal Palace played on Saturday 17th April 1971 at Selhurst Park stadium during the 1970-1971 season.

EVERY GAME VS Crystal Palace

No Date WDL F-A Competition
1. 26/08/1922 W 2-1 Div 2
2. 02/09/1922 W 3-2 Div 2
3. 12/04/1924 W 5-1 Div 2
4. 19/04/1924 D 1-1 Div 2
5. 11/10/1924 W 1-0 Div 2
6. 14/02/1925 L 1-2 Div 2
7. 09/08/1969 D 2-2 Div 1
8. 14/02/1970 D 1-1 Div 1
9. 10/10/1970 L 0-1 Div 1
10. 18/11/1970 W 4-2 League Cup
11. 17/04/1971 W 5-3 Div 1
12. 11/09/1971 W 3-1 Div 1
13. 25/03/1972 W 4-0 Div 1
14. 16/12/1972 L 0-5 Div 1
15. 11/04/1973 W 2-0 Div 1
16. 17/11/1979 D 1-1 Div 1
17. 29/03/1980 W 2-0 Div 1
18. 01/11/1980 L 0-1 Div 1
19. 04/04/1981 W 1-0 Div 1
20. 24/09/1985 W 1-0 League Cup
21. 09/10/1985 W 1-0 League Cup
22. 28/10/1987 W 2-1 League Cup
23. 22/08/1989 D 1-1 Div 1
24. 09/12/1989 L 1-2 Div 1
25. 12/05/1990 D 3-3 FA Cup
26. 17/05/1990 W 1-0 FA Cup
27. 03/11/1990 W 2-0 Div 1
28. 11/05/1991 L 0-3 Div 1
29. 30/11/1991 W 3-1 Div 1
30. 22/02/1992 W 2-0 Div 1
31. 02/09/1992 W 1-0 Premiership
32. 21/04/1993 W 2-0 Premiership
33. 19/11/1994 W 3-0 Premiership
34. 25/01/1995 D 1-1 Premiership
35. 09/04/1995 D 2-2 FA Cup
36. 12/04/1995 W 2-0 FA Cup
37. 04/10/1997 W 2-0 Premiership
38. 27/04/1998 W 3-0 Premiership
39. 10/11/2004 W 2-0 League Cup
40. 18/12/2004 W 5-2 Premiership
41. 05/03/2005 D 0-0 Premiership
42. 30/11/2011 L 1-2 League Cup
43. 14/09/2013 W 2-0 Premiership
44. 22/02/2014 W 2-0 Premiership
45. 08/11/2014 W 1-0 Premiership
46. 09/05/2015 W 2-1 Premiership
47. 31/10/2015 D 0-0 Premiership
48. 20/04/2016 W 2-0 Premiership
49. 21/05/2016 W 2-1 FA Cup
50. 14/12/2016 W 2-1 Premiership
51. 21/05/2017 W 2-0 Premiership
52. 30/09/2017 W 4-0 Premiership
53. 05/03/2018 W 3-2 Premiership
54. 24/11/2018 D 0-0 Premiership
55. 27/02/2019 W 3-1 Premiership
56. 24/08/2019 L 1-2 Premiership
57. 16/07/2020 W 2-0 Premiership
58. 19/09/2020 L 1-3 Premiership
59. 03/03/2021 D 0-0 Premiership
60. 05/12/2021 W 1-0 Premiership
61. 22/05/2022 L 0-1 Premiership
62. 18/01/2023 D 1-1 Premiership
63. 04/02/2023 W 2-1 Premiership
64. 26/09/2023 W 3-0 League Cup
65. 30/09/2023 L 0-1 Premiership
66. 06/05/2024 L 0-4 Premiership
67. 21/09/2024 D 0-0 Premiership
68. 02/02/2025 L 0-2 Premiership
69. 30/11/2025 W 2-1 Premiership
70. 01/03/2026 W 2-1 Premiership

 

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