Ron Saunders v Manchester United
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A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches played against teams managed by Ron Saunders 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 Ron Saunders.

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Manchester United v Ron Saunders All Time Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	13	10	3	0	26	8	+18	76.92
A	14	5	5	4	22	19	+3	35.71
Total	27	15	8	4	48	27	+21	55.56

First Match Played:	02 Dec 1972 v Norwich City W 2-0 League Division One @ Carrow Road
Last Match Played:	22 Feb 1986 v West Bromwich Albion W 3-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(57089) 19 Mar 1977 v Aston Villa W 2-1 FA Cup @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored v Opponent Manager:	(4) See table below
Most Goals Conceded v Opponent Manager:	(3) See table below

Player

1.	McIlroy, Sammy	6	16
2.	Coppell, Steve	6	19
3.	Jordan, Joe	4	6
4.	Macari, Lou	4	15
5.	Olsen, Jesper	3	1
6.	Robson, Bryan	3	6
7.	Pearson, Stuart	3	9
8.	Moran, Kevin	3	10
9.	Whiteside, Norman	2	5
10.	Stapleton, Frank	2	9
11.	MacDougall, Ted	1	1
12.	Storey-Moore, Ian	1	1
13.	Hogg, Graeme	1	2
14.	Gibson, Colin	1	2
15.	Martin, Mick	1	3
16.	Grimes, Ashley	1	3
17.	Thomas, Mickey	1	4
18.	Birtles, Garry	1	4
19.	Hill, Gordon	1	6
20.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	1	7
21.	Houston, Stewart	1	11
22.	Nicholl, Jimmy	1	11

Player

1.	Buchan, Martin	19	0
2.	Coppell, Steve	19	6
3.	Albiston, Arthur	17	0
4.	McIlroy, Sammy	16	6
5.	Macari, Lou	15	4
6.	Bailey, Gary	12	0
7.	Stepney, Alex	11	0
8.	Houston, Stewart	11	1
9.	Nicholl, Jimmy	11	1
10.	Greenhoff, Brian	10	0
11.	Moran, Kevin	10	3
12.	Pearson, Stuart	9	3
13.	Stapleton, Frank	9	2
14.	Wilkins, Ray	8	0
15.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	7	1
16.	McQueen, Gordon	7	0
17.	Duxbury, Mick	7	0
18.	Hill, Gordon	6	1
19.	Jordan, Joe	6	4
20.	Robson, Bryan	6	3
21.	Daly, Gerry	5	0
22.	McCreery, David	5	0
23.	Gidman, John	5	0
24.	Whiteside, Norman	5	2
25.	Thomas, Mickey	4	1
26.	Birtles, Garry	4	1
27.	Morgan, Willie	3	0
28.	Young, Tony	3	0
29.	Martin, Mick	3	1
30.	Forsyth, Alex	3	0
31.	Grimes, Ashley	3	1
32.	Moses, Remi	3	0
33.	Hughes, Mark	3	0
34.	Charlton, Bobby	2	0
35.	Graham, George	2	0
36.	Holton, Jim	2	0
37.	Roche, Paddy	2	0
38.	McGrath, Chris	2	0
39.	McGarvey, Scott	2	0
40.	Muhren, Arnold	2	0
41.	Graham, Arthur	2	0
42.	Hogg, Graeme	2	1
43.	Blackmore, Clayton	2	0
44.	Gibson, Colin	2	1
45.	McGrath, Paul	2	0
46.	Strachan, Gordon	2	0
47.	Turner, Chris	2	0
48.	Davies, Ronald "Wyn"	1	0
49.	Dunne, Tony	1	0
50.	MacDougall, Ted	1	1
51.	O'Neil, Thomas	1	0
52.	Sadler, David	1	0
53.	Storey-Moore, Ian	1	1
54.	Anderson, Trevor	1	0
55.	James, Steve	1	0
56.	Kidd, Brian	1	0
57.	Law, Denis	1	0
58.	Bielby, Paul	1	0
59.	Davies, Ronald "Tudor"	1	0
60.	Sidebottom, Arnie	1	0
61.	Jackson, Thomas	1	0
62.	Coyne, Peter	1	0
63.	Ritchie, Andy	1	0
64.	Jovanovic, Nikola	1	0
65.	Brazil, Alan	1	0
66.	Garton, Billy	1	0
67.	Gibson, Terry	1	0
68.	Olsen, Jesper	1	3

No	Opponent Manager	Count

Saunders, Ron

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Docherty, Tommy	9
2.	Atkinson, Ron	9
3.	Sexton, Dave	8
4.	O'Farrell, Frank	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	13
2.	Villa Park	9
3.	St Andrews	3
4.	Carrow Road	1
5.	Maine Road	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	24
2.	FA Cup	1
3.	League Cup	1
4.	League Division Two	1

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Aston Villa	17
2.	Birmingham City	6
3.	Norwich City	2
4.	Manchester City	1
5.	West Bromwich Albion	1

No	Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	HAN	WDL	F-A

13-03-1974

Macari, Lou

0-0

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals found vs Saunders, Ron.

No	Date	Player	Pens	WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	24-02-1979	Greenhoff, Jimmy	1	D	1-1	League Division One
2.	08-09-1979	Thomas, Mickey	1	W	3-0	League Division One
3.	08-10-1980	McIlroy, Sammy	1	D	3-3	League Division One
4.	14-03-1981	McIlroy, Sammy	1	D	3-3	League Division One
5.	22-02-1986	Olsen, Jesper	2	W	3-0	League Division One

No	Date	Count	F-A	Competition	Opponent scorers

1.	08-10-1980	1	3-3	League Division One	Peter Withe 15' Gordon Cowans 55' (pen), Gary Shaw 67'
2.	15-01-1983	1	2-1	League Division One	Kevin Dillon 54' (pen)
3.	07-02-1984	1	2-2	League Division One	Robert Hopkins 6', Billy Wright 80' (pen)

No	Date	OG	F-A	Scorers
No own goals recorded vs Saunders, Ron.

Date	OG	WDL	F-A	HAN	Comp	Player
No own goals against found vs Saunders, Ron.

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

06-02-1982

Aston Villa

4-1

League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

06-11-1976	Aston Villa	L	2-3	A	League Division One
08-10-1980	Aston Villa	D	3-3	H	League Division One
14-03-1981	Aston Villa	D	3-3	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player		WDL	F-A	Competition

22-02-1986

Olsen, Jesper

3-0

League Division One

No	Date		Opponents	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	02-12-1972		Norwich City	2-0	A	Ian Storey-Moore 15', Ted MacDougall 88'
2.	07-04-1973	?	Norwich City	1-0	H	Mick Martin 78'
3.	13-03-1974	?	Manchester City	0-0	A
4.	22-02-1975		Aston Villa	0-2	A		Ray Graydon 5', Charlie Aitken 25'
5.	08-10-1975	?	Aston Villa	2-1	A	Lou Macari 63', Steve Coppell 73'	Andy Gray 86'
6.	15-11-1975	?	Aston Villa	2-0	H	Steve Coppell 15', Sammy McIlroy 55'
7.	21-02-1976	?	Aston Villa	1-2	A	Lou Macari 44'	Bob McDonald 38', Andy Gray 60'
8.	06-11-1976		Aston Villa	2-3	A	Stuart Pearson 24', Gordon Hill 49'	Dennis Mortimer 39', Andy Gray 46', 54'
9.	01-01-1977	?	Aston Villa	2-0	H	Stuart Pearson 16', 23'
10.	19-03-1977		Aston Villa	2-1	H	Stewart Houston 26', Lou Macari 76'	Brian Little 2'
11.	29-10-1977	?	Aston Villa	1-2	A	Jimmy Nicholl 83'	Andy Gray 30', Alex Cropley 41'
12.	29-03-1978	?	Aston Villa	1-1	H	Sammy McIlroy 52'	John Deehan 50'
13.	14-10-1978		Aston Villa	2-2	A	Sammy McIlroy 50', Lou Macari 71'	John Gregory 33', 45'
14.	24-02-1979	?	Aston Villa	1-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 75' (pen)	Ken Swain 60'
15.	08-09-1979		Aston Villa	3-0	A	Steve Coppell 18', Mickey Thomas 70' (pen), Ashley Grimes 86'
16.	23-04-1980	?	Aston Villa	2-1	H	Joe Jordan 4', 68'	Des Bremner 89'
17.	08-10-1980	?	Aston Villa	3-3	H	Sammy McIlroy 35' (pen), 57', Steve Coppell 36'	Peter Withe 15' Gordon Cowans 55' (pen), Gary Shaw 67'
18.	14-03-1981		Aston Villa	3-3	A	Joe Jordan 46', 66', Sammy McIlroy 88' (pen)	Peter Withe 15', 28', Gary Shaw 68'
19.	12-09-1981	?	Aston Villa	1-1	A	Frank Stapleton 42'	Gordon Cowans 16'
20.	06-02-1982	?	Aston Villa	4-1	H	Kevin Moran 44', 78', Bryan Robson 62', Steve Coppell 66'	David Geddis 21'
21.	06-03-1982	?	Birmingham City	1-0	A	Garry Birtles 18'
22.	28-08-1982	?	Birmingham City	3-0	H	Kevin Moran 47', Frank Stapleton 51', Steve Coppell 73'
23.	15-01-1983		Birmingham City	2-1	A	Norman Whiteside 49', Bryan Robson 55'	Kevin Dillon 54' (pen)
24.	07-02-1984	?	Birmingham City	2-2	A	Norman Whiteside 42', Graeme Hogg 54'	Robert Hopkins 6', Billy Wright 80' (pen)
25.	07-04-1984	?	Birmingham City	1-0	H	Bryan Robson 27'
26.	01-01-1986		Birmingham City	1-0	H	Colin Gibson 50'
27.	22-02-1986		West Bromwich Albion	3-0	H	Jesper Olsen 26' (pen), 43' (pen), 70'