SCOTTISH
NEWTON HEATH &
MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS |
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Explore the complete list of Scottish footballers who have represented both Newton Heath and Manchester United throughout the club’s long and storied history. From early pioneers in the Newton Heath era to legendary figures like Denis Law, this page showcases Scotland’s profound influence on the club’s success. Learn about appearances, goals, honours, and the lasting legacy of Scottish players who helped shape Manchester United. An essential resource for fans, historians, and anyone celebrating the Scottish roots of one of the world’s greatest football clubs.
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| No |
Portrait |
Player Name |
Nationality |
Years at Club |
Total Apps |
Total Goals |
Strike Ratio
Goals/Games |
| 1. |
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Ramsey, Robert "Bob" |
Scotland |
1890-1891 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 2. |
|
Stewart, William Stewart "Willie" |
Scotland |
1889-1895 |
87 |
5 |
0.06 |
| 3. |
|
Milarvie, Robert |
Scotland |
1890-1891 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 4. |
|
McFarlane, Robert |
Scotland |
1891-1892 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 5. |
|
Sneddon, John |
Scotland |
1891-1892 |
3 |
1 |
0.33 |
| 6. |
|
Brown, James (1892-1893) |
Scotland |
1892-1893 |
7 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 7. |
|
Erentz, Fredrick |
Scotland |
1892-1902 |
310 |
9 |
0.03 |
| 8. |
|
Coupar, James |
Scotland |
1892-1894, 1901-1902 |
34 |
10 |
0.29 |
| 9. |
|
Donaldson, Robert |
Scotland |
1891-1897 |
155 |
66 |
0.43 |
| 10. |
|
Carson, Adam |
Scotland |
1892-1893 |
13 |
3 |
0.23 |
| 11. |
|
Mathieson, William |
Scotland |
1892-1894, 1895-1896 |
10 |
2 |
0.20 |
| 12. |
|
Mitchell, Andrew (1892-1894) |
Scotland |
1892-1894 |
61 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 13. |
|
Hood, William "Billy" |
Scotland |
1891-1894 |
37 |
6 |
0.16 |
| 14. |
|
Hendry, James |
Scotland |
1892 |
2 |
1 |
0.50 |
| 15. |
|
Colville, James |
Scotland |
1892-1893 |
10 |
1 |
0.10 |
| 16. |
|
Fitzsimmons, Thomas |
Scotland |
1892-1894 |
30 |
6 |
0.20 |
| 17. |
|
Brady, William |
Scotland |
1893 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 18. |
|
Cassidy, Joe |
Scotland |
1893, 1895-1900 |
174 |
100 |
0.57 |
| 19. |
|
Davidson,William |
Scotland |
1893-1895 |
44 |
2 |
0.05 |
| 20. |
|
McNaught, James |
Scotland |
1893-1898 |
162 |
12 |
0.07 |
| 21. |
|
Thomson, William |
Scotland |
1893 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 22. |
|
Graham, John |
Scotland |
1893-1894 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 23. |
|
Campbell, William |
Scotland |
1893-1894 |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
| 24. |
|
Clarkin, John |
Scotland |
1894-1896 |
74 |
23 |
0.31 |
| 25. |
|
Parker, Samuel |
Scotland |
1894 |
12 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 26. |
|
Douglas, William "Hugh" |
Scotland |
1894-1896 |
57 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 27. |
|
Dow, John |
Scotland |
1894-1896 |
50 |
6 |
0.12 |
| 28. |
|
McCartney, John |
Scotland |
1894-1895 |
20 |
1 |
0.05 |
| 29. |
|
Millar, George |
Scotland |
1894-1895 |
7 |
5 |
0.71 |
| 30. |
|
McFetridge, David |
Scotland |
1895 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 31. |
|
Longair, William |
Scotland |
1895 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 32. |
|
Fitzsimmons, David |
Scotland |
1895-1896, 1899-1900 |
31 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 33. |
|
Kennedy, William |
Scotland |
1895-1896 |
33 |
12 |
0.36 |
| 34. |
|
Aitken, John |
Scotland |
1895 |
2 |
1 |
0.50 |
| 35. |
|
Vance, James |
Scotland |
1896 |
11 |
1 |
0.09 |
| 36. |
|
Barrett, Frank |
Scotland |
1896-1900 |
136 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 37. |
|
Gillespie, Matthew |
Scotland |
1896-1901 |
89 |
21 |
0.24 |
| 38. |
|
Boyd, Henry |
Scotland |
1897-1899 |
62 |
35 |
0.56 |
| 39. |
|
Erentz, Henry "Harry" |
Scotland |
1897-1898 |
9 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 40. |
|
Cairns, James |
Scotland |
1898 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 41. |
|
Connachan, James |
Scotland |
1898-1899 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 42. |
|
Cunningham, John |
Scotland |
1898-1899 |
17 |
2 |
0.12 |
| 43. |
|
Walker, Robert |
Scotland |
1899 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 44. |
|
Gourlay, James |
Scotland |
1899 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 45. |
|
Bain, James (1899-1900) |
Scotland |
1899 |
2 |
1 |
0.50 |
| 46. |
|
Clark, Joseph |
Scotland |
1899-1900 |
9 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 47. |
|
Fisher, James |
Scotland |
1900-1902 |
46 |
3 |
0.07 |
| 48. |
|
Morgan, Hugh |
Scotland |
1900-1901 |
23 |
4 |
0.17 |
| 49. |
|
Peddie, Jack |
Scotland |
1902-1903, 1904-1908 |
121 |
58 |
0.48 |
| 50. |
|
Downie, Alex |
Scotland |
1902-1910 |
191 |
14 |
0.07 |
| 51. |
|
Bell, Alex |
Scotland |
1902-1913 |
309 |
10 |
0.03 |
| 52. |
|
Christie, John |
Scotland |
1902-1904 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 53. |
|
Bonthron, Robert |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
134 |
3 |
0.02 |
| 54. |
|
Robertson, Alex |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
35 |
2 |
0.06 |
| 55. |
|
Robertson, Thomas |
Scotland |
1903 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 56. |
|
Robertson, "Sandy" |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
34 |
9 |
0.26 |
| 57. |
|
McCartney, William "John" |
Scotland |
1903-1904 |
13 |
1 |
0.08 |
| 58. |
|
Blackstock, Thomas |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
38 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 59. |
|
Grassam, William |
Scotland |
1903-1905 |
37 |
14 |
0.38 |
| 60. |
|
Kerr, Hugh |
Scotland |
1903-1904 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 61. |
|
Mackie, Charles |
Scotland |
1904-1905 |
7 |
4 |
0.57 |
| 62. |
|
Picken, Jack |
Scotland |
1905-1911 |
122 |
46 |
0.38 |
| 63. |
|
Montgomery, Archibald |
Scotland |
1905-1906 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 64. |
|
Young, Arthur |
Scotland |
1906-1907 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 65. |
|
Menzies, Alexander |
Scotland |
1906-1907 |
25 |
4 |
0.16 |
| 66. |
|
Turnbull, Sandy |
Scotland |
1906-1915 |
247 |
101 |
0.41 |
| 67. |
|
Turnbull, Jimmy |
Scotland |
1907-1910 |
78 |
45 |
0.58 |
| 68. |
|
Whiteside, Kerr |
Scotland |
1908-1910 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 69. |
|
Christie, David |
Scotland |
1907-1910 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 70. |
|
Livingstone, George |
Scotland |
1909-1914 |
46 |
4 |
0.09 |
| 71. |
|
Quin, Jack |
Scotland |
1908-1911 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 72. |
|
Edmonds, Hugh |
Scotland |
1910-1912 |
51 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 73. |
|
Hodge, James |
Scotland |
1910-1919 |
86 |
2 |
0.02 |
| 74. |
|
Thomson, James |
Scotland |
1913-1914 |
6 |
1 |
0.17 |
| 75. |
|
Hodge, John |
Scotland |
1913-1919 |
30 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 76. |
|
Bissett, George |
Scotland |
1919-1922 |
42 |
10 |
0.24 |
| 77. |
|
Prentice, John |
Scotland |
1919-1920 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 78. |
|
Miller, Thomas |
Scotland |
1920-1921 |
27 |
8 |
0.30 |
| 79. |
|
Scott, John |
Scotland |
1921-1922 |
24 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 80. |
|
Lochhead, Arthur |
Scotland |
1921-1926 |
153 |
50 |
0.33 |
| 81. |
|
McBain, Neil |
Scotland |
1921-1923 |
43 |
2 |
0.05 |
| 82. |
|
Henderson, William |
Scotland |
1921-1925 |
36 |
17 |
0.47 |
| 83. |
|
Wood, John |
Scotland |
1922-1923 |
16 |
1 |
0.06 |
| 84. |
|
Bain, David |
Scotland |
1922-1924 |
23 |
9 |
0.39 |
| 85. |
|
MacDonald, Kenneth |
Scotland |
1923 |
9 |
2 |
0.22 |
| 86. |
|
Ellis, David |
Scotland |
1923-1924 |
11 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 87. |
|
Miller, James |
Scotland |
1924 |
4 |
1 |
0.25 |
| 88. |
|
Bain, James (1922-1928) |
Scotland |
1922-1928 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 89. |
|
Rennox, Clatworthy |
Scotland |
1924-1927 |
68 |
26 |
0.38 |
| 90. |
|
McCrae, James |
Scotland |
1926 |
13 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 91. |
|
Inglis, William |
Scotland |
1925-1930 |
14 |
1 |
0.07 |
| 92. |
|
Smith, Albert |
Scotland |
1925-1927 |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
| 93. |
|
Johnston, William |
Scotland |
1927-1932 |
77 |
27 |
0.35 |
| 94. |
|
Nicol, George |
Scotland |
1927-1929 |
7 |
2 |
0.29 |
| 95. |
|
Reid, Thomas |
Scotland |
1928-1933 |
101 |
67 |
0.66 |
| 96. |
|
McLachlan, George |
Scotland |
1929-1934 |
116 |
4 |
0.03 |
| 97. |
|
McDonald, William |
Scotland |
1932-1934 |
27 |
4 |
0.15 |
| 98. |
|
Black, Arthur |
Scotland |
1931-1934 |
8 |
3 |
0.38 |
| 99. |
|
Frame, Thomas |
Scotland |
1932-1936 |
52 |
4 |
0.08 |
| 100. |
|
Chalmers, William |
Scotland |
1932-1934 |
35 |
1 |
0.03 |
| 101. |
|
Stewart, William Todd |
Scotland |
1932-1934 |
49 |
7 |
0.14 |
| 102. |
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Dewar, Neil |
Scotland |
1933 |
36 |
14 |
0.39 |
| 103. |
|
McGillivray, Charles |
Scotland |
1933-1934 |
9 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 104. |
|
Robertson, William |
Scotland |
1934-1936 |
50 |
1 |
0.02 |
| 105. |
|
McKay, William |
Scotland |
1933-1946 |
182 |
15 |
0.08 |
| 106. |
|
Mutch, George |
Scotland |
1934-1938 |
120 |
49 |
0.41 |
| 107. |
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Boyd, William |
Scotland |
1934-1935 |
6 |
4 |
0.67 |
| 108. |
|
Brown, James (1935-1939) |
Scotland |
1935-1939 |
110 |
1 |
0.01 |
| 109. |
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Robbie, David |
Scotland |
1935 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 110. |
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Lang, Thomas |
Scotland |
1935-1937 |
13 |
1 |
0.08 |
| 111. |
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McClelland, James |
Scotland |
1936-1937 |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
| 112. |
|
Murray, Robert |
Scotland |
1937-1938 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 113. |
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Dougan, Thomas |
Scotland |
1939-1940 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 114. |
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Delaney, Jimmy |
Scotland |
1946-1951 |
184 |
28 |
0.15 |
| 115. |
|
Lowrie, Thomas |
Scotland |
1947-1951 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 116. |
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Downie, John |
Scotland |
1948-1953 |
116 |
37 |
0.32 |
| 117. |
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Bogan, Thomas |
Scotland |
1947-1952 |
33 |
7 |
0.21 |
| 118. |
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McShane, Harry |
Scotland |
1950-1954 |
57 |
8 |
0.14 |
| 119. |
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Dawson, Alex |
Scotland |
1956-1962 |
93 |
54 |
0.58 |
| 120. |
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Heron, Thomas |
Scotland |
1958-1961 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 121. |
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Moir, Ian |
Scotland |
1960-1965 |
45 |
5 |
0.11 |
| 122. |
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Herd, David |
Scotland |
1961-1968 |
265 |
145 |
0.55 |
| 123. |
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Law, Denis |
Scotland |
1962-1973 |
404 |
237 |
0.59 |
| 124. |
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Crerand, Pat |
Scotland |
1963-1971 |
397 |
15 |
0.04 |
| 125. |
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Fitzpatrick, John |
Scotland |
1963-1973 |
147 |
10 |
0.07 |
| 126. |
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Ryan, Jimmy |
Scotland |
1965-1970 |
27 |
4 |
0.15 |
| 127. |
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Burns, Francis |
Scotland |
1965-1972 |
156 |
7 |
0.04 |
| 128. |
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Kopel, Frank |
Scotland |
1967-1969 |
12 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 129. |
|
Morgan, Willie |
Scotland |
1968-1975 |
296 |
34 |
0.11 |
| 130. |
|
Ure, Ian |
Scotland |
1969-1971 |
65 |
1 |
0.02 |
| 131. |
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Watson, Willie |
Scotland |
1970-1973 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 132. |
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Donald, Ian |
Scotland |
1969-1973 |
6 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 133. |
|
Buchan, Martin |
Scotland |
1971-1983 |
456 |
4 |
0.01 |
| 134. |
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MacDougall, Ted |
Scotland |
1971-1972 |
18 |
5 |
0.28 |
| 135. |
|
Forsyth, Alex |
Scotland |
1972-1978 |
119 |
5 |
0.04 |
| 136. |
|
Graham, George |
Scotland |
1972-1975 |
46 |
2 |
0.04 |
| 137. |
|
Holton, Jim |
Scotland |
1972-1975 |
69 |
5 |
0.07 |
| 138. |
|
Macari, Lou |
Scotland |
1973-1984 |
401 |
97 |
0.24 |
| 139. |
|
Buchan, George |
Scotland |
1972-1973 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 140. |
|
Houston, Stewart |
Scotland |
1973-1980 |
250 |
16 |
0.06 |
| 141. |
|
McCalliog, Jim |
Scotland |
1973-1974 |
38 |
7 |
0.18 |
| 142. |
|
Albiston, Arthur |
Scotland |
1974-1988 |
485 |
7 |
0.01 |
| 143. |
|
Paterson, Steven |
Scotland |
1974-1980 |
10 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 144. |
|
Jordan, Joe |
Scotland |
1977-1981 |
126 |
41 |
0.33 |
| 145. |
|
McQueen, Gordon |
Scotland |
1977-1985 |
229 |
26 |
0.11 |
| 146. |
|
McGarvey, Scott |
Scotland |
1980-1984 |
25 |
3 |
0.12 |
| 147. |
|
Graham, Arthur |
Scotland |
1983-1984 |
52 |
7 |
0.13 |
| 148. |
|
Hogg, Graeme |
Scotland |
1982-1988 |
110 |
1 |
0.01 |
| 149. |
|
Strachan, Gordon |
Scotland |
1984-1989 |
201 |
38 |
0.19 |
| 150. |
|
Brazil, Alan |
Scotland |
1984-1986 |
41 |
12 |
0.29 |
| 151. |
|
McClair, Brian |
Scotland |
1987-1998 |
471 |
127 |
0.27 |
| 152. |
|
Leighton, Jim |
Scotland |
1988-1991 |
94 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 153. |
|
Milne, Ralph |
Scotland |
1988-1990 |
30 |
3 |
0.10 |
| 154. |
|
Ferguson, Darren |
Scotland |
1990-1994 |
30 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 155. |
|
McKee, Colin |
Scotland |
1994 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 156. |
|
Notman, Alex |
Scotland |
1998-2001 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 157. |
|
Stewart, Michael |
Scotland |
1997-2004 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 158. |
|
Goram, Andy |
Scotland |
2000-2001 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 159. |
|
Fletcher, Darren |
Scotland |
2003-2015 |
342 |
24 |
0.07 |
| 160. |
|
Bardsley, Phil |
Scotland |
2003-2008 |
18 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 161. |
|
Gray, David |
Scotland |
2006-2010 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 162. |
|
Love, Donald |
Scotland |
2016 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| 163. |
|
McTominay, Scott |
Scotland |
2013-2024 |
255 |
29 |
0.11 |
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