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NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1972-1973

Manchester United season stats A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1972-1973 season 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, most goals conceded, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played in 1972-1973.
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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1972-1973 Season Record

Manchester United club crest PWDLFA
P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 23 10 7 6 28 22 +6 43.48
A 24 3 8 13 23 45 -22 12.50
Total 47 13 15 19 51 67 -16 27.66
 
First Match Played: 12 Aug 1972 Ipswich Town L 1-2 League Division One @ Old Trafford  
Last Match Played: 28 Apr 1973 Chelsea L 0-1 League Division One @ Stamford Bridge
Highest Attendance: (61676) 21 Apr 1973 Manchester City D 0-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored in a Match: (3) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match: (5) See table below
Other information
Goals scored Appearances Opponent Manager Club Manager
No Player Name Goals Apps
1. Charlton, Bobby 7 41
2. Best, George 6 23
3. Storey-Moore, Ian 6 30
4. Macari, Lou 5 16
5. MacDougall, Ted 5 18
6. Davies, Ronald "Wyn" 4 17
7. Kidd, Brian 4 25
8. Morgan, Willie 4 44
9. Holton, Jim 3 15
10. Law, Denis 2 14
11. Martin, Mick 2 16
12. Anderson, Trevor 1 7
13. McIlroy, Sammy 1 13
14. Graham, George 1 19
No Player Name Apps Goals
1. Buchan, Martin 47 0
2. Morgan, Willie 44 4
3. Stepney, Alex 43 0
4. Charlton, Bobby 41 7
5. Young, Tony 34 0
6. Storey-Moore, Ian 30 6
7. Dunne, Tony 28 0
8. James, Steve 26 0
9. Kidd, Brian 25 4
10. Best, George 23 6
11. Sadler, David 22 0
12. Graham, George 19 1
13. MacDougall, Ted 18 5
14. O'Neil, Thomas 17 0
15. Davies, Ronald "Wyn" 17 4
16. Macari, Lou 16 5
17. Martin, Mick 16 2
18. Holton, Jim 15 3
19. Law, Denis 14 2
20. McIlroy, Sammy 13 1
21. Forsyth, Alex 9 0
22. Anderson, Trevor 7 1
23. Fitzpatrick, John 6 0
24. Donald, Ian 5 0
25. Watson, Willie 4 0
26. Rimmer, Jimmy 4 0
27. Fletcher, Peter 2 0
28. Sidebottom, Arnie 2 0
29. Edwards, Paul 1 0
No Opponent Manager Count
1. McGarry, Bill 3
2. Robson, Bobby 2
3. Shankly, Bill 2
4. Catterick, Harry 2
5. Bloomfield, Jimmy 2
6. Mee, Bertie 2
7. Sexton, Dave 2
8. Greenwood, Ron 2
9. Summers, Gerry 2
10. Mercer, Joe 2
11. Clough, Brian 2
12. Harris, John 2
13. Megson, Don 2
14. Howe, Don 2
15. Goodwin, Freddy 2
16. Harvey, Joe 2
17. Nicholson, Bill 2
18. Allison, Malcolm 2
19. McMenemy, Lawrie 2
20. Saunders, Ron 2
21. Waddington, Tony 2
22. Revie, Don 2
23. Head, Bert 1
24. Hart, Johnny 1
No MUFC Managers Count
1. O'Farrell, Frank 26
2. Docherty, Tommy 21
Stadiums Manchester United have played at Manchester United by competition Manchester United opponents Manchester United opponent nationality
No Stadium Count
1. Old Trafford 23
2. Molineux 2
3. Anfield 1
4. Baseball Ground 1
5. Boleyn Ground 1
6. Bramall Lane 1
7. Carrow Road 1
8. Eastville Stadium 1
9. Elland Road 1
10. Filbert Street 1
11. Goodison Park 1
12. Highbury 1
13. Highfield Road 1
14. Maine Road 1
15. Manor Ground 1
16. Portman Road 1
17. Selhurst Park 1
18. St Andrews 1
19. St James Park, Newcastle 1
20. Stamford Bridge 1
21. The Dell 1
22. The Hawthorns 1
23. Victoria Ground 1
24. White Hart Lane 1
No Competition Count
1. League Division One 42
2. League Cup 4
3. FA Cup 1
No Opponent Count
1. Wolverhampton Wanderers 3
2. Arsenal 2
3. Birmingham City 2
4. Bristol Rovers 2
5. Chelsea 2
6. Coventry City 2
7. Crystal Palace 2
8. Derby County 2
9. Everton 2
10. Ipswich Town 2
11. Leeds United 2
12. Leicester City 2
13. Liverpool 2
14. Manchester City 2
15. Newcastle United 2
16. Norwich City 2
17. Oxford United 2
18. Sheffield United 2
19. Southampton 2
20. Stoke City 2
21. Tottenham Hotspur 2
22. West Bromwich Albion 2
23. West Ham United 2
No Opponent Nationality Count
1. England 47
Manchester United red cards Manchester United Cup Finals
No Date Player Opponent
1. 13-01-1973 Dunne, Tony Wolverhampton Wanderers
2. 17-03-1973 Holton, Jim Newcastle United
No Date WDL F-A Opponent Competition
No cup finals recorded.
Manchester United penalties scored Manchester United penalties conceded
No Date Player Name No Opponent
1. 23-08-1972 Best, George 1 Leicester City
2. 12-09-1972 Best, George 1 Oxford United
3. 07-10-1972 Best, George 1 West Bromwich Albion
4. 20-01-1973 Charlton, Bobby 1 West Ham United
5. 10-02-1973 Charlton, Bobby 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Date Opponent No F-A Scorer
19-08-1972 Everton 1 0-2 John Connolly 17', Joe Royle 75' (pen)
30-09-1972 Sheffield United 1 0-1 Alan Woodward 88' (pen)
17-02-1973 Ipswich Town 1 1-4 Bryan Hamilton 2', 47', Colin Harper 30', Colin Viljoen 61' (pen)
10-03-1973 Birmingham City 1 1-3 Bob Latchford 30', Bob Hatton 63', Alan Campbell 88' (pen)
Manchester United own goals for Manchester United own goals against
Date No F-A Opponents Scorers
No own goals recorded.
Date No F-A Player Name Opponent
18-11-1972 1 0-3 Buchan, Martin Manchester City
Manchester United most goals scored Manchester United most goals conceded
Date Opponent WDL F-A HAN Competition
12-09-1972 Oxford United W 3-1 H League Cup
23-09-1972 Derby County W 3-0 H League Division One
Date Opponent WDL F-A HAN Competition
16-12-1972 Crystal Palace L 0-5 A League Division One
Manchester United Hat-tricks  
No Date Player Name No Opponent
No hat-tricks recorded.
 
Matches played in 1972-1973
No Date Comp WDL F-A HAN Scorers Opp Scorers
1. 12-08-1972 Div 1 L 1-2 H Denis Law 88' Trevor Whymark 6', Bryan Hamilton 84'
2. 15-08-1972 Div 1 L 0-2 A John Toshack 12', Steve Heighway 20'
3. 19-08-1972 Div 1 L 0-2 A John Connolly 17', Joe Royle 75' (pen)
4. 23-08-1972 Div 1 D 1-1 H George Best 41'' (pen) Frank Worthington 26'
5. 26-08-1972 Div 1 D 0-0 H
6. 30-08-1972 Div 1 D 0-0 H
7. 02-09-1972 Div 1 D 2-2 A George Best 10', Ian Storey-Moore 80' Bryan "Pop" Robson 35', 79'
8. 06-09-1972 LC D 2-2 A Denis Law 3', Bobby Charlton 87' Ken Skeen 4', Roy Clayton 78'
9. 09-09-1972 Div 1 L 0-1 H Willie Carr 55'
10. 12-09-1972 LC W 3-1 H Ian Storey-Moore 35', George Best 56' (pen), 80' Geoff Bray 42'
11. 16-09-1972 Div 1 L 0-2 A Derek Dougan 24', John Richards 67'
12. 23-09-1972 Div 1 W 3-0 H Ian Storey-Moore 33', Wyn Davies 66', Willie Morgan 75'
13. 30-09-1972 Div 1 L 0-1 A Alan Woodward 88' (pen)
14. 03-10-1972 LC D 1-1 A Willie Morgan 87' John Rudge 55'
15. 07-10-1972 Div 1 D 2-2 A George Best 35' (pen), Ian Storey-Moore 60' Alistair Brown 17', 22'
16. 11-10-1972 LC L 1-2 H Sammy McIlroy 82' John Rudge 30', Bruce Bannister 86'
17. 14-10-1972 Div 1 W 1-0 H Ted MacDougall 18'
18. 21-10-1972 Div 1 L 1-2 A Bobby Charlton 84' Terry Hibbitt 67', John Tudor 77'
19. 28-10-1972 Div 1 L 1-4 H Bobby Charlton 57' Martin Peters 20', 24', 34', 80'
20. 04-11-1972 Div 1 D 2-2 A George Best 14', Wyn Davies 60' Jon Sammels 49', John Farrington 70'
21. 11-11-1972 Div 1 W 2-0 H Wyn Davies 44', Ted MacDougall 53'
22. 18-11-1972 Div 1 L 0-3 A Colin Bell 7', 85', Martin Buchan 82' (o.g.)
23. 25-11-1972 Div 1 W 2-1 H Wyn Davies 5', Ted MacDougall 51' Mick Channon 7'
24. 02-12-1972 Div 1 W 2-0 A Ian Storey-Moore 15', Ted MacDougall 88'
25. 09-12-1972 Div 1 L 0-2 H Mike Pejic 15', John Ritchie 41'
26. 16-12-1972 Div 1 L 0-5 A Paddy Mulligan 10', 42', Don Rogers 46', 87', Alan Whittle 86'
27. 23-12-1972 Div 1 D 1-1 H Ted MacDougall 25' Allan Clarke 90'
28. 26-12-1972 Div 1 L 1-3 A Ian Storey-Moore 61' Roy McFarland 7', 58', Alan Hinton 19'
29. 06-01-1973 Div 1 L 1-3 A Brian Kidd 85' Ray Kennedy 44', George Armstrong 46', Alan Ball 68'
30. 13-01-1973 FAC L 0-1 A Mike Bailey 2'
31. 20-01-1973 Div 1 D 2-2 H Bobby Charlton 31' (pen), Lou Macari 80' Bryan "Pop" Robson 15', Clyde Best 25'
32. 24-01-1973 Div 1 D 0-0 H
33. 27-01-1973 Div 1 D 1-1 A Jim Holton 34' Brian Alderson 35'
34. 10-02-1973 Div 1 W 2-1 H Bobby Charlton 57' (pen), 62' Danny Hegan 66'
35. 17-02-1973 Div 1 L 1-4 A Lou Macari 60' Bryan Hamilton 2', 47', Colin Harper 30', Colin Viljoen 61' (pen)
36. 03-03-1973 Div 1 W 2-1 H Brian Kidd 41', Lou Macari 47' Jeff Astle 40'
37. 10-03-1973 Div 1 L 1-3 A Lou Macari 85' Bob Latchford 30', Bob Hatton 63', Alan Campbell 88' (pen)
38. 17-03-1973 Div 1 W 2-1 H Jim Holton 44', Mick Martin 54' Irving Nattrass 57'
39. 24-03-1973 Div 1 D 1-1 A George Graham 6' Martin Chivers 84'
40. 31-03-1973 Div 1 W 2-0 A Bobby Charlton 16', Jim Holton 50'
41. 07-04-1973 Div 1 W 1-0 H Mick Martin 78'
42. 11-04-1973 Div 1 W 2-0 H Brian Kidd 27', Willie Morgan 34'
43. 14-04-1973 Div 1 D 2-2 A Lou Macari 65', Willie Morgan 87' *Jimmy Greenhoff 35', John Ritchie 41'
44. 18-04-1973 Div 1 W 1-0 A Trevor Anderson 75'
45. 21-04-1973 Div 1 D 0-0 H
46. 23-04-1973 Div 1 L 1-2 H Brian Kidd 12' Bill Dearden 22', Keith Eddy 62'
47. 28-04-1973 Div 1 L 0-1 A Peter Osgood 60'
 

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