NEWTON HEATH &
MANCHESTER UNITED –
OUTFIELD PLAYERS NEVER TO SCORE A GOAL

Explore a detailed archive of Newton Heath and Manchester United outfield players who made competitive appearances without scoring a single goal. This unique list features defenders, midfielders & strikers—past and present—who contributed through grit, tackles, assists, and leadership rather than goals. From club legends to brief squad members, this page offers insights into the roles and careers of those whose value wasn’t defined by finding the net. A must-read for fans and statisticians seeking to honour the less-celebrated heroes of Manchester United’s rich footballing history.

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No	Portrait	Player Name	Position	Nationality	Years at Club	Games without scoring
1.		Moore, Charlie	full-back	England	1919-1921, 1922-1931	328
2.		Jones, Thomas (1924-1937)	full-back	Wales	1924-1937	200
3.		Mellor, Jack	full-back	England	1930-1937	122
4.		Donaghy, Mal	defender	Northern Ireland	1988-1992	119
5.		Holden, Richard	full-back	England	1904-1914	117
6.		Gibson, Thomas	half-back	England	1950-1955	115
7.		Perrins, George	right-half	England	1892-1896	102
8.		Whitefoot, Jeffery	half-back	England	1949-1956	95
9.		Roughton, William	full-back	England	1936-1939	92
10.		Greaves, Ian	full-back	England	1953-1960	75
11.		Mazraoui, Noussair	defender	Morocco	2024-Present*	72
12.		Carolan, Joseph	full-back	Republic of Ireland	1958-1960	71
13.		Dale, William	full-back	England	1928-1931	68
14.		O'Neil, Thomas	full-back	England	1970-1973	68
15.		Porter, William	full-back	England	1934-1944	65
16.		Mitchell, Andrew (1892-1894)	right-back	Scotland	1892-1894	61
17.		McNulty, Thomas	full-back	England	1949-1954	60
18.		Linkson, Oscar	full-back	England	1908-1913	59
19.		Burgess, Herbert	full-back	England	1906-1910	54
20.		Garton, Billy	defender	England	1983-1990	51
21.		Malacia, Tyrell	defender	Holland	2022-Present*	49
22.		Spencer, Charles	half-back	England	1928-1930	48
23.		Clements, John	left-back	England	1890-1894	42
24.		Read, Thomas	full-back	England	1902-1908	42
25.		Blackstock, Thomas	full-back	Scotland	1903-1907	38
26.		Whalley, Bert	half-back	England	1935-1947	38
27.		Redman, William	full-back	England	1950-1954	38
28.		Donnelly, Anthony	full-back	England	1908-1913	37
29.		Tuanzebe, Axel	defender	England	2017-2023	37
30.		Forster, Thomas	half-back	England	1916-1922	36
31.		Noble, Bobby	full-back	England	1965-1967	33
32.		Fitzsimmons, David	right-half	Scotland	1895-1896, 1899-1900	31
33.		Hodge, John	defender	Scotland	1913-1919	30
34.		Barlow, Cyril	full-back	England	1919-1923	30
35.		Ferguson, Darren	midfielder	Scotland	1990-1994	30
36.		Fosu-Mensah, Timothy	defender/midfielder	Holland	2014-2021	30
37.		Amrabat, Sofyan	midfielder	Morocco	2023-2024	30
38.		Rothwell, Herbert	full-back	England	1902-1903	28
39.		Wallwork, Ronnie	midfielder	England	1996-2004	28
40.		Haslam, George	half-back	England	1921-1927	27
41.		Winterbottom, Walter	half-back	England	1936-1938	27
42.		Greening, Jonathan	forward	England	1998-2002	27
43.		McNair, Paddy	defender	Northern Ireland	2014-2016	27
44.		Haywood, Joseph	half-back	England	1913-1915	26
45.		Chapman, William	forward	England	1926-1928	26
46.		Pellistri, Facundo	forward	Uruguay	2020-2024	25
47.		Scott, John	half-back	Scotland	1921-1922	24
48.		Clegg, Michael	defender	England	1996-2003	24
49.		Gipps, Thomas	half-back	England	1910-1920	23
50.		Walton, Joseph W.	half-back	England	1945-1948	23
51.		Ball, John	full-back	England	1947-1950	23
52.		Morgans, Kenny	forward	Wales	1957-1959	23
53.		Jackson, Thomas	midfielder	Northern Ireland	1975-1978	23
54.		Heaven, Ayden	defender	England	2025-Present*	21
55.		Crowther, Stan	half-back	England	1957-1959	20
56.		Sidebottom, Arnie	half-back	England	1972-1975	20
57.		Hofton, Leslie	full-back	England	1910-1913, 1919-1922	19
58.		Curtis, John	full-back	England	1995-2000	19
59.		Bardsley, Phil	defender	Scotland	2003-2008	18
60.		Smith, William	inside-right	England	1901-1902	17
61.		Parker, Thomas	half-back	England	1930-1932	17
62.		Chong, Tahith	forward	Holland	2016-2022	16
63.		Curry, Joseph	half-back	England	1908-1911	14
64.		Lowrie, Thomas	half-back	Scotland	1947-1951	14
65.		Watson, Willie	full-back	Scotland	1970-1973	14
66.		Thornley, Ben	forward	England	1993-1999	14
67.		Stewart, Michael	midfielder	Scotland	1997-2004	14
68.		Borthwick-Jackson, Cameron	defender	England	2015-2020	14
69.		Cookson, Sam	half-back	Wales	1914-1919	13
70.		Spratt, Walter	full-back	England	1915-1920	13
71.		McCrae, James	half-back	Scotland	1926	13
72.		Lynn, Samuel	half-back	England	1938-1951	13
73.		Anderson, William	forward	England	1963-1967	13
74.		Collyer, Toby	midfielder	England	2022-Present*	13
75.		Parker, Samuel	forward	Scotland	1894	12
76.		Dunn, William	forward	England	1897-1898	12
77.		Allman, Arthur	full-back	England	1914-1919	12
78.		Gibson, Richard	forward	England	1921-1922	12
79.		Hannaford, Charles	forward	England	1925-1927	12
80.		Page, Louis	forward	England	1931-1933	12
81.		Bent, Geoff	full-back	England	1954-1958	12
82.		Kopel, Frank	full-back	Scotland	1967-1969	12
83.		Sloan, Thomas	midfielder	Northern Ireland	1978-1982	12
84.		Blackett, Tyler	defender	England	2014-2016	12
85.		Reguilon, Sergio	defender	Spain	2023-2024	12
86.		Hudson, Edward	full-back	England	1912-1919	11
87.		Ellis, David	forward	Scotland	1923-1924	11
88.		Harrop, Robert	half-back	England	1954-1959	11
89.		Varela, Guillermo	defender	Uruguay	2013-2017	11
90.		Higgins, Sandy	half-back	England	1901-1902	10
91.		Brett, Frank	full-back	England	1921-1922	10
92.		Robinson, Matthew	forward	England	1931-1932	10
93.		Davies, Ronald "Tudor"	forward	Wales	1974-1975	10
94.		Paterson, Steven	defender	Scotland	1974-1980	10
95.		Wilson, Mark	midfielder	England	1998-2001	10
96.		Gomes, Angel	forward	England	2016-2020	10
97.		Kambwala, Willy	defender	France	2020-2024	10
98.		Erentz, Henry "Harry"	right-back	Scotland	1897-1898	9
99.		Clark, Joseph	inside-right/outside-left	Scotland	1899-1900	9
100.		Wilkinson, Henry "Harry"	forward	England	1903-1904, 1906	9
101.		McGillivray, Charles	forward	Scotland	1933-1934	9
102.		Pepper, Francis "Frank"	centre-half	England	1898-1899	8
103.		Heathcote, Joseph	forward	England	1899-1902	8
104.		Gaudie, Ralph	forward	England	1903	8
105.		Higgins, Mark	defender	England	1985-1987	8
106.		Maiorana, Guiliano	forward	England	1989-1994	8
107.		Spector, Jonathon	defender	USA	2003-2006	8
108.		Simpson, Danny	defender	England	2007-2010	8
109.		Possebon, Rodrigo	midfielder	Brazil	2008-2010	8
110.		Obi-Martin, Chidozie	forward	Denmark	2025-Present*	8
111.		Brown, James (1892-1893)	left-back	Scotland	1892-1893	7
112.		Stone, Herbert	centre-half	England	1893-1895	7
113.		Fletcher, Peter	forward	England	1972-1974	7
114.		Griffiths, Clive	defender	Wales	1973-1976	7
115.		O'Kane, John	defender	England	1994-1997	7
116.		Casper, Chris	defender	England	1993-1998	7
117.		Higginbotham, Danny	defender	England	1996-2000	7
118.		Pugh, Danny	midfielder	England	2000-2004	7
119.		Garner, James	midfielder	England	2017-2022	7
120.		Forson, Omari	midfielder	England	2020-2024	7
121.		Amass, Harry	defender	England	2023-Present*	7
122.		Owen, John "Jack"	left-half	Wales	1887-1893	6
123.		Henrys, Arthur	half-back/outside-left	England	1891-1893	6
124.		Sawyer, Thomas	outside-right	England	1899-1901	6
125.		Marshall, Arthur	full-back	England	1903	6
126.		Worrall, Harold	full-back	England	1946-1948	6
127.		Haydock, Frank	half-back	England	1959-1963	6
128.		Donald, Ian	full-back	Scotland	1969-1973	6
129.		Wilson, David	midfielder	England	1988-1991	6
130.		de Laet, Ritchie	defender	Belgium	2009-2012	6
131.		Fryers, Ezekiel	defender	England	2011-2012	6
132.		Lyons, George	forward	England	1904-1906	5
133.		Ford, Joseph	forward	England	1907-1910	5
134.		Nevin, George	full-back	England	1933-1934	5
135.		Savage, Robert	half-back	England	1937-1938	5
136.		Mulryne, Philip	midfielder	Northern Ireland	1997-1999	5
137.		Jones, Ritchie	midfielder	England	2005-2008	5
138.		Tosic, Zoran	forward	Serbia	2009-2010	5
139.		Keane, Michael	defender	England	2011-2014	5
140.		Shoretire, Shola	forward	England	2020-2024	5
141.		Powell, John	full-back	Wales	1886-1890	4
142.		Graham, John	centre-forward/centre-half	Scotland	1893-1894	4
143.		Turner, John	centre-half	England	1898-1903	4
144.		Connachan, James	forward	Scotland	1898-1899	4
145.		Williams, William "Bill"	inside-right/outside-right	England	1901	4
146.		Ball, William	half-back	England	1902-1903	4
147.		Hartwell, William	forward	England	1904-1905	4
148.		Thomson, Ernest	half-back	England	1906-1909	4
149.		McGillivray, John	half-back	England	1908-1910	4
150.		Hulme, Aaron	full-back	England	1906-1909	4
151.		Hardman, Harold	forward	England	1908-1909	4
152.		Chorlton, Thomas	full-back	England	1912-1914	4
153.		Howarth, John	full-back	England	1921-1923	4
154.		Bain, James (1922-1928)	half-back	Scotland	1922-1928	4
155.		Ferguson, Daniel	forward	Wales	1927-1928	4
156.		Murray, Robert	forward	Scotland	1937-1938	4
157.		Dougan, Thomas	forward	Scotland	1939-1940	4
158.		Cassidy, Laurence	forward	England	1947-1956	4
159.		Buchan, George	forward	Scotland	1972-1973	4
160.		Bielby, Paul	forward	England	1972-1976	4
161.		Waldron, Colin	defender	England	1976-1978	4
162.		Wood, Nicky	forward	England	1985-1989	4
163.		Nardiello, Daniel	forward	Wales	1999-2005	4
164.		Jones, David (2004-2007)	midfielder	England	2004-2007	4
165.		Campbell, Fraizer	forward	England	2007-2009	4
166.		Eckersley, Richard	defender	England	2008-2009	4
167.		Wootton, Scott	defender	England	2012-2013	4
168.		Zaha, Wilfred	forward	Ivory Coast	2013-2015	4
169.		Wheatley, Ethan	forward	England	2022-Present*	4
170.		Fredricson, Tyler	defender	England	2025-Present*	4
171.		Mitchell, John	full-back	England	1885-1888, 1888-1891	3
172.		McFarlane, Robert	right-back	Scotland	1891-1892	3
173.		Thomson, William	inside-right	Scotland	1893	3
174.		Whitney, John	left-back/left-half	England	1895-1903	3
175.		Lawson, Reginald "Reg"	inside-right	England	1900	3
176.		Greenwood, Wilson	outside-left	England	1900-1901	3
177.		Street, Ernest	forward	England	1902-1904	3
178.		Robertson, Thomas	forward	Scotland	1903	3
179.		Donaghy, Bernard	forward	Ireland	1905-1906	3
180.		Yates, William	forward	England	1906-1907	3
181.		Buckley, Franklin	half-back	England	1906-1907	3
182.		Cashmore, Arthur	forward	England	1913-1914	3
183.		Lyner, David	forward	Northern Ireland	1922	3
184.		Cartman, Herbert	forward	England	1922-1923	3
185.		Lievesley, Wilfred	forward	England	1922-1923	3
186.		Dennis, William	full-back	England	1923-1924	3
187.		Hall, John "Jack" (1925-1927)	forward	England	1925-1927	3
188.		Williams, Frank	half-back	England	1930-1931	3
189.		Lydon, George	half-back	England	1928-1933	3
190.		Scott, John "Jackie"	forward	England	1951-1956	3
191.		Heron, Thomas	forward	Scotland	1958-1961	3
192.		Foggon, Alan	forward	England	1976-1977	3
193.		Healy, David	forward	Northern Ireland	1999-2001	3
194.		Webber, Danny	forward	England	1998-2002	3
195.		Roche, Lee	defender	England	2001-2003	3
196.		Martin, Lee Robert	midfielder	England	2005-2009	3
197.		Dong, Fangzhou	forward	China	2004-2008	3
198.		Manucho	forward	Angola	2008-2009	3
199.		Morrison, Ravel	midfielder	England	2010-2012	3
200.		Keane, William "Will"	forward	England	2011-2016	3
201.		Fletcher, Jack	midfielder	England	2023-Present*	3
202.		Lacey, Shea	forward/midfielder	England	2023-Present*	3
203.		Davies, Joseph	centre-half	Wales	1886-1890	2
204.		Sharpe, William	inside-left	England	1890-1891	2
205.		Prince, S	outside-left	England	1893-1894	2
206.		Jones, John "Owen"	forward	Wales	1898	2
207.		Turner, Robert "Bob"	defender	England	1898-1899	2
208.		Walker, Robert	centre-half	Scotland	1899	2
209.		Blackmore, Peter	centre-forward	England	1899	2
210.		Booth, William	outside-left	England	1900-1902	2
211.		Bunce, William	full-back	England	1902-1903	2
212.		Kerr, Hugh	forward	Scotland	1903-1904	2
213.		Schofield, Joseph	forward	England	1903-1905	2
214.		Young, Arthur	midfielder/defender	Scotland	1906-1907	2
215.		Christie, David	forward	Scotland	1907-1910	2
216.		Quin, Jack	forward	Scotland	1908-1911	2
217.		Roberts, Robert	full-back	England	1913-1919	2
218.		Williamson, John	half-back	England	1920-1921	2
219.		Pugh, James	full-back	England	1921-1923	2
220.		Iddon. Richard	forward	England	1925-1927	2
221.		Astley, John "Joe"	full-back	England	1925-1928	2
222.		Haworth, Ronald	forward	England	1926-1927	2
223.		Dean, Harold	forward	England	1931	2
224.		Lievesley, Leslie	half-back	England	1932-1933	2
225.		Manns, Thomas	half-back	England	1934	2
226.		Newton, Percy	half-back	England	1931-1934	2
227.		Ainsworth, Alfred	forward	England	1933-1934	2
228.		Roach, John	full-back	England	1946	2
229.		Dale, Joseph	forward	England	1947-1948	2
230.		McIlvenny, Edward	half-back	USA	1950-1953	2
231.		Walton, John	forward	England	1951-1952	2
232.		Baldwin, Thomas	midfielder	England	1974-1975	2
233.		Grimshaw, Anthony	defender	England	1975-1979	2
234.		Connell, Thomas	full-back	Northern Ireland	1978-1982	2
235.		Dempsey, Mark	midfielder	England	1982-1986	2
236.		Brazil, Derek	defender	Republic of Ireland	1986-1992	2
237.		Wratten, Paul	midfielder	England	1991-1992	2
238.		Tomlinson, Greame	forward	England	1994-1998	2
239.		Prunier, William	defender	France	1995-1996	2
240.		Appleton, Michael	midfielder	England	1996-1997	2
241.		Twiss, Michael	forward	England	1996-2000	2
242.		Djordjic, Bojan	midfielder	Sweden	1999-2004	2
243.		Shawcross, Ryan	defender	England	2006-2008	2
244.		King, Joshua	forward	Norway	2009-2013	2
245.		Vermijl, Marnick	defender	Belgium	2012-2015	2
246.		Tunnicliffe, Ryan	midfielder	England	2012-2014	2
247.		Love, Donald	defender	Scotland	2016	2
248.		Riley, Joe	defender	England	2016-2018	2
249.		Laird, Ethan	defender	England	2017-2023	2
250.		Mengi, Teden	defender	England	2018-2023	2
251.		Gore, Daniel "Dan"	midfielder	England	2018-Present*	2
252.		Burke, Thomas	half-back	Wales	1886-1890	1
253.		Davies, Heber	forward	Wales	1883-1888	1
254.		Earp, John	right-half/forward	England	1885-1888	1
255.		Gotheridge, Isaiah "James"	outside-left	England	1884-1889	1
256.		Howles, Edward	half-back	England	1883-1886	1
257.		Longton, Aaron	half-back/inside-forward	England	1885-1886	1
258.		Harrison, Charles E.	goalkeeper/full-back	England	1887, 1889-1890	1
259.		Owen, George	inside-left	Wales	1889-1890	1
260.		Wilson, Edgar	inside-left/outside-left	England	1889-1890	1
261.		Milarvie, Robert	outside-left	Scotland	1890-1891	1
262.		Ramsey, Robert "Bob"	centre-half	Scotland	1890-1891	1
263.		Dale, Herbert	half-back	England	1886-1891	1
264.		Donnelly, John	forward	England	1890-1891	1
265.		Felton, Charles	half-back	England	1887-1895	1
266.		O'Shaughnessy, Thomas	forward	Wales	1890-1894	1
267.		Rattigan, William	left-half	England	1890-1893	1
268.		Turner, William	centre-forward	England	1890	1
269.		Denman, Joseph	right-back	England	1891-1892	1
270.		Kinloch, Joseph	outside-right	England	1892-1893	1
271.		Brady, William	inside-right	Scotland	1893	1
272.		McFetridge, David	left-back	Scotland	1895	1
273.		Caine, James	goalkeeper/full-back	England	1894-1899	1
274.		Longair, William	centre-half	Scotland	1895	1
275.		Cairns, James	outside-left	Scotland	1898	1
276.		Owen, William (1898-1899)	outside-right	Wales	1898-1899	1
277.		Gourlay, John	centre-half	Scotland	1899	1
278.		Hopkins, James	inside-right	England	1899	1
279.		Radcliffe, George	outside-right	England	1898-1899	1
280.		Johnson, Samuel "Sam"	inside-forward	England	1901-1902	1
281.		O'Brien, George	outside-left	England	1902	1
282.		Christie, John	full-back	Scotland	1902-1904	1
283.		Cleaver, Harry	forward	England	1902-1903	1
284.		Dyer, James	forward	England	1905-1908	1
285.		Blew, Horace	full-back	Wales	1906-1907	1
286.		Whiteside, Kerr	half-back	Scotland	1908-1910	1
287.		Wilson, Thomas	forward	England	1908	1
288.		Dalton, Edward	full-back	England	1906-1908	1
289.		McCarthy, Patrick	forward	Wales	1912	1
290.		Capper, Alfred	forward	England	1911-1913	1
291.		Rowe, Jocelyn	full-back	England	1914	1
292.		Prince, Albert	forward	England	1914-1915	1
293.		Prentice, John	forward	Scotland	1919-1920	1
294.		Schofield, George	forward	England	1920-1922	1
295.		Albinson, George	half-back	England	1921-1922	1
296.		Schofield, Percy	forward	England	1921-1922	1
297.		Taylor, Walter	forward	England	1921-1922	1
298.		Sarvis, William	forward	Wales	1922-1925	1
299.		Broome, Albert	forward	England	1922-1924	1
300.		Tyler, Sidney	full-back	England	1922-1924	1
301.		Whittle, John	forward	England	1932	1
302.		Mitchell, Andrew (1932-1933)	forward	England	1932-1933	1
303.		Robbie, David	forward	Scotland	1935	1
304.		Morton, Benjamin	forward	England	1935-1936	1
305.		Jones, David (1937-1938)	half-back	Wales	1937-1938	1
306.		McFarlane, Noel	forward	Republic of Ireland	1954-1956	1
307.		Kennedy, Patrick	full-back	Republic of Ireland	1952-1956	1
308.		Whitehurst, Walter	half-back	England	1955-1956	1
309.		Jones, Ernest	full-back	England	1957-1960	1
310.		Hunter, John "Reg"	forward	Wales	1956-1960	1
311.		Bratt, Harold	half-back	England	1960-1961	1
312.		Walker, Dennis	forward	England	1963-1964	1
313.		Tranter, Wilfred	half-back	England	1962-1966	1
314.		Kelly, James	midfielder	England	1972-1976	1
315.		Clark, Jonathan	midfielder	Wales	1975-1978	1
316.		Rogers, Martyn	defender	England	1977-1979	1
317.		Whelan, Anthony	defender	Republic of Ireland	1980-1983	1
318.		Beardsley, Peter	forward	England	1982-1983	1
319.		Whitworth, Neal	defender	England	1991-1993	1
320.		McKee, Colin	forward	Scotland	1994	1
321.		McGibbon, Pat	defender	Northern Ireland	1995-1997	1
322.		Notman, Alex	forward	Scotland	1998-2001	1
323.		Wellens, Richard	midfielder	England	1999-2000	1
324.		Davis, Jimmy	forward	England	1999-2003	1
325.		Timm, Mads	forward	Denmark	2002-2006	1
326.		Lynch, Mark	defender	England	1999-2004	1
327.		Johnson, Edward "Eddie"	forward	England	2001-2006	1
328.		Tierney, Paul	midfielder	Republic of Ireland	2000-2005	1
329.		Eckersley, Adam	defender	England	2005-2007	1
330.		Barnes, Michael	forward	England	2006-2008	1
331.		Gray, David	defender	Scotland	2006-2010	1
332.		Marsh, Phil	forward	England	2006-2007	1
333.		Chester, James	defender	England	2009-2011	1
334.		Cole, Larnell	midfielder	England	2011-2014	1
335.		Brady, Robbie	forward	Republic of Ireland	2012-2013	1
336.		Lawrence, Thomas "Tom"	forward	Wales	2014	1
337.		James, Reece	defender	England	2014-2015	1
338.		Janko, Saidy	defender	Switzerland	2014-2015	1
339.		Thorpe, Tom	defender	England	2014-2015	1
340.		Poole, Reagan	defender	Wales	2015-2019	1
341.		Weir, James	midfielder	England	2011-2016	1
342.		Mitchell, Demitri	defender	England	2013-2020	1
343.		Bernard, Di'Shon	defender	Jamaica	2017-2023	1
344.		Levitt, Dylan	midfielder	Wales	2017-2022	1
345.		Bughail-Mellor, Dmani	midfielder	England	2017-2022	1
346.		Ramazani, Largie	forward	Belgium	2017-2020	1
347.		Galbraith, Ethan	midfielder	Northern Ireland	2017-2023	1
348.		Fish, William	defender	England	2019-2024	1
349.		Iqbal, Zidane	midfielder	Iraq	2012-2023	1
350.		Savage, Charlie	midfielder	Wales	2019-2023	1
351.		McNeill, Charlie	forward	England	2020-2024	1
352.		Mantato, Bendito	forward	England	2024-Present*	1
353.		Fletcher, Tyler	midfielder	Scotland	2023-Present*	1