Bill Nicholson v Manchester United
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A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches played against teams managed by Bill Nicholson including RESULTS, STATS and HISTORY. Navigate page below for a statistical breakdown unrivalled by other sites, as we are proud to showcase the club’s entire history of first team games offering stats on appearances, goals, opponent manager, club manager, stadium, competition, opponents, opponent nationality, red cards, cup finals, penalties for, penalties against, own goals for, own goals against, most goals scored vs this opponent manager, most goals conceded vs this opponent manager, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played vs teams managed by Bill Nicholson.

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Manchester United v Bill Nicholson All Time Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	18	12	2	4	42	26	+16	66.67
A	18	3	4	11	23	40	-17	16.67
N	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0.00
Total	37	15	6	16	66	69	-3	40.54

First Match Played:	07 Feb 1959 v Tottenham Hotspur W 3-1 League Division One @ White Hart Lane
Last Match Played:	23 Mar 1974 v Tottenham Hotspur L 0-1 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(65295) 16 Jan 1961 v Tottenham Hotspur W 2-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored v Opponent Manager:	(5) See table below
Most Goals Conceded v Opponent Manager:	(6) See table below

Player

1.	Law, Denis	15	19
2.	Charlton, Bobby	15	35
3.	Herd, David	7	14
4.	Best, George	7	22
5.	Fitzpatrick, John	3	10
6.	Crerand, Pat	3	19
7.	Viollet, Dennis	2	5
8.	Quixall, Albert	2	11
9.	Stiles, Nobby	2	18
10.	Pearson, Mark	1	2
11.	Moore, Graham	1	2
12.	McIlroy, Sammy	1	2
13.	Graham, George	1	2
14.	Bradley, Warren	1	3
15.	Scanlon, Albert	1	3
16.	Burns, Francis	1	8
17.	Morgan, Willie	1	10

Player

1.	Charlton, Bobby	35	15
2.	Dunne, Tony	24	0
3.	Foulkes, William	22	0
4.	Best, George	22	7
5.	Law, Denis	19	15
6.	Crerand, Pat	19	3
7.	Stiles, Nobby	18	2
8.	Stepney, Alex	16	0
9.	Sadler, David	15	0
10.	Brennan, Shay	14	0
11.	Herd, David	14	7
12.	Kidd, Brian	13	0
13.	Quixall, Albert	11	2
14.	Gregg, Harry	10	0
15.	Setters, Maurice	10	0
16.	Fitzpatrick, John	10	3
17.	Morgan, Willie	10	1
18.	Cantwell, Noel	9	0
19.	Aston Jnr, John	9	0
20.	Burns, Francis	8	1
21.	Giles, Johnny	6	0
22.	Gaskell, David	6	0
23.	James, Steve	6	0
24.	Viollet, Dennis	5	2
25.	Buchan, Martin	5	0
26.	Connelly, John	4	0
27.	Gowling, Alan	4	0
28.	Bradley, Warren	3	1
29.	Carolan, Joseph	3	0
30.	Cope, Ronald	3	0
31.	Scanlon, Albert	3	1
32.	Nicholson, James	3	0
33.	Dunne, Patrick	3	0
34.	Edwards, Paul	3	0
35.	Goodwin, Frederick	2	0
36.	McGuinness, Wilf	2	0
37.	Dawson, Alex	2	0
38.	Pearson, Mark	2	1
39.	Chisnall, Phillip	2	0
40.	Lawton, Norbert	2	0
41.	Moore, Graham	2	1
42.	Sartori, Carlo	2	0
43.	Ure, Ian	2	0
44.	Rimmer, Jimmy	2	0
45.	Watson, Willie	2	0
46.	McIlroy, Sammy	2	1
47.	O'Neil, Thomas	2	0
48.	Graham, George	2	1
49.	Holton, Jim	2	0
50.	Macari, Lou	2	0
51.	Young, Tony	2	0
52.	Greenhoff, Brian	2	0
53.	Greaves, Ian	1	0
54.	Haydock, Frank	1	0
55.	Noble, Bobby	1	0
56.	Ryan, Jimmy	1	0
57.	Davies, Ronald "Wyn"	1	0
58.	MacDougall, Ted	1	0
59.	Martin, Mick	1	0
60.	Bielby, Paul	1	0
61.	Daly, Gerry	1	0
62.	Forsyth, Alex	1	0
63.	Houston, Stewart	1	0
64.	McCalliog, Jim	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

Nicholson, Bill

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Busby, Matt	28
2.	McGuinness, Wilf	3
3.	O'Farrell, Frank	3
4.	Docherty, Tommy	3

No	Stadium	Count

1.	White Hart Lane	18
2.	Old Trafford	18
3.	Hillsborough	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	31
2.	FA Cup	3
3.	Cup Winners Cup	2
4.	Charity Shield	1

No	Opponent	Count

Tottenham Hotspur

No	Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	HAN	WDL	F-A

31-01-1968

Kidd, Brian

0-1

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

12-08-1967

3-3

Tottenham Hotspur

Charity Shield

No	Date	Player	Pens	WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	07-02-1959	Charlton, Bobby	1	W	3-1	League Division One
2.	24-10-1962	Quixall, Albert	1	L	2-6	League Division One
3.	06-02-1971	Morgan, Willie	1	W	2-1	League Division One

No	Date	Count	F-A	Competition	Opponent scorers

21-03-1964

3-2

League Division One

Laurie Brown 28', Jimmy Greaves 89' (pen)

No	Date	OG	F-A	Scorers
1.	18-12-1965	1	5-1	Bobby Charlton 20', Denis Law 21', 81', Phil Beal 36' (o.g.), David Herd 49'
2.	28-08-1968	1	3-1	John Fitzpatrick 14', 48', Phil Beal 65' (o.g.)

Date	OG	WDL	F-A	HAN	Comp	Player
09-11-1963	1	W	4-1	H	League Division One	Gregg, Harry

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

18-12-1965

Tottenham Hotspur

5-1

League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

24-10-1962

Tottenham Hotspur

2-6

League Division One

No	Date	Player		WDL	F-A	Competition

09-11-1963

Law, Denis

4-1

League Division One

No	Date		Shirt	Opponents	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	07-02-1959			Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	A	Bobby Charlton 15' ( pen), 25', Albert Scanlon 47'	Maurice Norman 50'
2.	12-09-1959	?		Tottenham Hotspur	1-5	H	Dennis Viollet 43'	Dave Dunmore 18', Bobby Smith 23', 87', Tommy Harmer 28', Dave Mackay 89'
3.	23-01-1960	?		Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	A	Warren Bradley 48'	Bobby Smith 8', 32'
4.	03-09-1960			Tottenham Hotspur	1-4	A	Dennis Viollet 43'	Bobby Smith 6', 85', Les Allen 20', 65'
5.	16-01-1961	?		Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	H	Nobby Stiles 14', Mark Pearson 73'
6.	09-09-1961	?		Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	H	Albert Quixall 67'
7.	20-01-1962	?		Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	A	Bobby Charlton 35', Nobby Stiles 65'	Jimmy Greaves 45', 77'
8.	31-03-1962			Tottenham Hotspur	1-3	N	David Herd 82'	Jimmy Greaves 4', Cliff Jones 24', Terry Medwin 87'
9.	24-10-1962	?	?	Tottenham Hotspur	2-6	A	David Herd 83', Albert Quixall 87' (pen)	Jimmy Greaves 15', 50', 78', Terry Medwin 28', 40', Cliff Jones 70'
10.	09-03-1963	?		Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	H		Cliff Jones 32', Frank Saul 65'
11.	09-11-1963	?		Tottenham Hotspur	4-1	H	Denis Law 42', 80', 85', David Herd 56'	Harry Gregg 72' (o.g.)
12.	03-12-1963			Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	A		Dave Mackay 67', Terry Dyson 86'
13.	10-12-1963			Tottenham Hotspur	4-1	H	David Herd 6', 57', Bobby Charlton 77', 83'	Jimmy Greaves 59'
14.	21-03-1964	?		Tottenham Hotspur	3-2	A	Denis Law 25', Graham Moore 29', Bobby Charlton 36'	Laurie Brown 28', Jimmy Greaves 89' (pen)
15.	26-09-1964			Tottenham Hotspur	4-1	H	Pat Crerand 17', 56', Denis Law 59', 89'	Jimmy Robertson 80'
16.	06-02-1965			Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	A		Ron Henry 19'
17.	16-10-1965			Tottenham Hotspur	1-5	A	Bobby Charlton 74'	Alan Gilzean 25', Neil Johnson 38', Jimmy Greaves 58', Eddie Clayton 60', Jimmy Robertson 77'
18.	18-12-1965			Tottenham Hotspur	5-1	H	Bobby Charlton 20', Denis Law 21', 81', Phil Beal 36' (o.g.), David Herd 49'	Cliff Jones 47'
19.	10-09-1966			Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	A	Denis Law 43'	Alan Gilzean 86', Jimmy Greaves 88'
20.	14-01-1967	?		Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	H	David Herd 73'
21.	12-08-1967			Tottenham Hotspur	3-3	H	Bobby Charlton 18', 20', Denis Law 72'	Jimmy Robertson 2', Pat Jennings 8', Frank Saul 49'
22.	23-09-1967	?		Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	George Best 6', 87', Denis Law 85'	Alan Gilzean 1'
23.	27-01-1968			Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	H	George Best 4', Bobby Charlton 73'	Martin Chivers 2', 89'
24.	31-01-1968	?		Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	A		Jimmy Robertson 104'
25.	03-02-1968	?		Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	A	George Best 18', Bobby Charlton 88'	Martin Chivers 2'
26.	28-08-1968	?		Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	John Fitzpatrick 14', 48', Phil Beal 65' (o.g.)	Jimmy Greaves 58'
27.	09-10-1968	?		Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	A	Pat Crerand 35', Denis Law 53'	Cliff Jones 9', Alan Gilzean 21'
28.	22-11-1969			Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	Francis Burns 40', Bobby Charlton 45', 72'	Martin Chivers 66'
29.	13-04-1970	?		Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	A	John Fitzpatrick 51'	Martin Chivers 14', Alan Gilzean 60'
30.	05-12-1970			Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	A	Denis Law 33', George Best 57'	Martin Peters 63', Alan Gilzean 69'
31.	06-02-1971	?		Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	H	George Best 15', Willie Morgan 24' (pen)	Martin Peters 27'
32.	13-11-1971			Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	Sammy McIlroy 40', Denis Law 54', 82'	Martin Chivers 84'
33.	04-03-1972	?		Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	A		Steve Perryman 69', Martin Chivers 70'
34.	28-10-1972			Tottenham Hotspur	1-4	H	Bobby Charlton 57'	Martin Peters 20', 24', 34', 80'
35.	24-03-1973	?		Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	A	George Graham 6'	Martin Chivers 84'
36.	10-11-1973			Tottenham Hotspur	1-2	A	George Best 12'	Martin Chivers 10', Cyril Knowles 30'
37.	23-03-1974			Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	H		Ralph Coates 53'