NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1975-1976

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1975-1976 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 1975-1976.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1975-1976 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	25	19	5	1	48	17	+31	76.00
A	25	10	6	9	35	37	-2	40.00
N	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
Total	52	30	11	11	85	55	+30	57.69

First Match Played:	16 Aug 1975 Wolverhampton Wanderers W 2-0 League Division One @ Molineux
Last Match Played:	04 May 1976 Manchester City W 2-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(99115) 01 May 1976 Southampton L 0-1 FA Cup @ Wembley
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(5) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(4) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Macari, Lou	15	45
2.	Pearson, Stuart	14	49
3.	McIlroy, Sammy	13	51
4.	Daly, Gerry	11	51
5.	Hill, Gordon	10	33
6.	Coppell, Steve	5	49
7.	McCreery, David	4	32
8.	Forsyth, Alex	3	35
9.	Houston, Stewart	2	52
10.	Coyne, Peter	1	2
11.	Greenhoff, Brian	1	50

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Buchan, Martin	52	0
2.	Houston, Stewart	52	2
3.	Daly, Gerry	51	11
4.	McIlroy, Sammy	51	13
5.	Greenhoff, Brian	50	1
6.	Coppell, Steve	49	5
7.	Pearson, Stuart	49	14
8.	Stepney, Alex	47	0
9.	Macari, Lou	45	15
10.	Forsyth, Alex	35	3
11.	Hill, Gordon	33	10
12.	McCreery, David	32	4
13.	Nicholl, Jimmy	25	0
14.	Jackson, Thomas	20	0
15.	Roche, Paddy	5	0
16.	Albiston, Arthur	3	0
17.	Grimshaw, Anthony	2	0
18.	Coyne, Peter	2	1
19.	Young, Tony	1	0
20.	Kelly, James	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	McGarry, Bill	4
2.	Mackay, Dave	3
3.	Book, Tony	3
4.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	3
5.	Saunders, Ron	3
6.	Milne, Gordon	2
7.	Waddington, Tony	2
8.	Neill, Terry	2
9.	Sexton, Dave	2
10.	Robson, Bobby	2
11.	Armfield, Jimmy	2
12.	Mee, Bertie	2
13.	Lyall, John	2
14.	Bond, John	2
15.	Paisley, Bob	2
16.	Lee, Gordon	2
17.	Charlton, Jack	2
18.	Bingham, Billy	2
19.	Goodwin, Freddy	1
20.	Furphy, Ken	1
21.	Docherty, John	1
22.	Sirrel, Jimmy	1
23.	Adamson, Jimmy	1
24.	Brown, Mick	1
25.	Cantwell, Noel	1
26.	Bell, Willie	1
27.	Brown, Joe	1
28.	McMenemy, Lawrie	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Docherty, Tommy

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	25
2.	Filbert Street	2
3.	Maine Road	2
4.	Molineux	2
5.	Villa Park	2
6.	Anfield	1
7.	Ayresome Park	1
8.	Baseball Ground	1
9.	Boleyn Ground	1
10.	Bramall Lane	1
11.	Carrow Road	1
12.	Elland Road	1
13.	Goodison Park	1
14.	Highbury	1
15.	Highfield Road	1
16.	Hillsborough	1
17.	Loftus Road	1
18.	Portman Road	1
19.	St Andrews	1
20.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
21.	Turf Moor	1
22.	Victoria Ground	1
23.	Wembley	1
24.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	FA Cup	7
3.	League Cup	3

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4
2.	Aston Villa	3
3.	Derby County	3
4.	Leicester City	3
5.	Manchester City	3
6.	Arsenal	2
7.	Birmingham City	2
8.	Burnley	2
9.	Coventry City	2
10.	Everton	2
11.	Ipswich Town	2
12.	Leeds United	2
13.	Liverpool	2
14.	Middlesbrough	2
15.	Newcastle United	2
16.	Norwich City	2
17.	Queens Park Rangers	2
18.	Sheffield United	2
19.	Stoke City	2
20.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
21.	West Ham United	2
22.	Brentford	1
23.	Oxford United	1
24.	Peterborough United	1
25.	Southampton	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	Opponent

No red cards recorded.

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

01-05-1976

0-1

Southampton

FA Cup

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	06-09-1975	Daly, Gerry	1	Tottenham Hotspur
2.	03-01-1976	Daly, Gerry	2	Oxford United
3.	27-03-1976	Daly, Gerry	1	Middlesbrough

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
No penalties conceded recorded.

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
23-08-1975	1	5-1	Sheffield United	Stuart Pearson 11', 40', Len Badger 38' (o.g.), Gerry Daly 64', Sammy McIlroy 84'
30-08-1975	1	1-0	Stoke City	Alan Dodd 15' (o.g.)
06-09-1975	1	3-2	Tottenham Hotspur	John Pratt 26' (o.g.), Gerry Daly 45', 47' (pen)
20-03-1976	2	4-3	Newcastle United	Stuart Pearson 12', 58', John Bird 15' (o.g.), Pat Howard 49' (o.g.)
17-04-1976	1	2-1	Everton	Roger Kenyon 56' (o.g.) , David McCreery 69'

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
27-09-1975	1	2-2	Nicholl, Jimmy	Manchester City
22-11-1975	1	1-3	Greenhoff, Brian	Arsenal

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
23-08-1975	Sheffield United	W	5-1	H	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
12-11-1975	Manchester City	L	0-4	A	League Cup

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
No hat-tricks recorded.

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	16-08-1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	2-0	A	Lou Macari 73', 79'
2.	19-08-1975	Birmingham City	Div 1	2-0	A	Sammy McIlroy 47', 82'
3.	23-08-1975	Sheffield United	Div 1	5-1	H	Stuart Pearson 11', 40', Len Badger 38' (o.g.), Gerry Daly 64', Sammy McIlroy 84'	Chris Guthrie 56'
4.	27-08-1975	Coventry City	Div 1	1-1	H	Stuart Pearson 23'	Alan Green 69'
5.	30-08-1975	Stoke City	Div 1	1-0	A	Alan Dodd 15' (o.g.)
6.	06-09-1975	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	3-2	H	John Pratt 26' (o.g.), Gerry Daly 45', 47' (pen)	Chris Jones 2', Martin Chivers 66'
7.	10-09-1975	Brentford	LC	2-1	H	Lou Macari 53', Sammy McIlroy 74'	Keith Lawrence 49'
8.	13-09-1975	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	0-1	A		David Webb 3'
9.	20-09-1975	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-0	H	Stewart Houston 28'
10.	24-09-1975	Derby County	Div 1	1-2	A	Gerry Daly 82'	Charlie George 31', 85'
11.	27-09-1975	Manchester City	Div 1	2-2	A	David McCreery 29', Lou Macari 31'	Jimmy Nicholl 21' (o.g.), Joe Royle 31'
12.	04-10-1975	Leicester City	Div 1	0-0	H
13.	08-10-1975	Aston Villa	LC	2-1	A	Lou Macari 63', Steve Coppell 73'	Andy Gray 86'
14.	11-10-1975	Leeds United	Div 1	2-1	A	Sammy McIlroy 30', 55'	Alan Clarke 85'
15.	18-10-1975	Arsenal	Div 1	3-1	H	Steve Coppell 35', 68', Stuart Pearson 48'	Eddie Kelly 39'
16.	25-10-1975	West Ham United	Div 1	1-2	A	Lou Macari 55'	Alan Taylor 6', Bobby Gould 69'
17.	01-11-1975	Norwich City	Div 1	1-0	H	Stuart Pearson 79'
18.	08-11-1975	Liverpool	Div 1	1-3	A	Steve Coppell 52'	Steve Heighway 12', John Toshack 46', Kevin Keegan 78'
19.	12-11-1975	Manchester City	LC	0-4	A		Dennis Tueart 1', 28', Joe Royle 14', Asa Hartford 78'
20.	15-11-1975	Aston Villa	Div 1	2-0	H	Steve Coppell 15', Sammy McIlroy 55'
21.	22-11-1975	Arsenal	Div 1	1-3	A	Stuart Pearson 58'	Alan Ball 1', Brian Greenhoff 25' (o.g.), George Armstrong 90'
22.	29-11-1975	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-0	H	Gerry Daly 68'
23.	06-12-1975	Middlesbrough	Div 1	0-0	A
24.	13-12-1975	Sheffield United	Div 1	4-1	A	Stuart Pearson 3', 74' , Gordon Hill 31', Lou Macari 87'	Bill Dearden 52'
25.	20-12-1975	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-0	H	Gordon Hill 90'
26.	23-12-1975	Everton	Div 1	1-1	A	Lou Macari 26'	Bob Latchford 40'
27.	27-12-1975	Burnley	Div 1	2-1	H	Sammy McIlroy 51', Lou Macari 80'	Ray Hankin 34'
28.	03-01-1976	Oxford United	FAC	2-1	H	Gerry Daly 46' (pen), 54' (pen)	Derek Clarke 43'
29.	10-01-1976	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	2-1	H	Gordon Hill 15', Sammy McIlroy 57'	*Don Givens 10'
30.	17-01-1976	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-1	A	Gordon Hill 4'	John Duncan 63'
31.	24-01-1976	Peterborough United	FAC	3-1	H	Alex Forsyth 8', Sammy McIlroy 11', Gordon Hill 73'	John Cozens 35'
32.	31-01-1976	Birmingham City	Div 1	3-1	H	Alex Forsyth 36', Lou Macari 43', Sammy McIlroy 88'	Peter Withe 60'
33.	07-02-1976	Coventry City	Div 1	1-1	A	Lou Macari 82'	Leslie Cartwright 39'
34.	14-02-1976	Leicester City	FAC	2-1	A	Lou Macari 8', Gerry Daly 33'	Robert Lee 60'
35.	18-02-1976	Liverpool	Div 1	0-0	H
36.	21-02-1976	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-2	A	Lou Macari 44'	Bob McDonald 38', Andy Gray 60'
37.	25-02-1976	Derby County	Div 1	1-1	H	Stuart Pearson 27'	Bruce Rioch 57'
38.	28-02-1976	West Ham United	Div 1	4-0	H	Alex Forsyth 49', Lou Macari 56', David McCreery 76', Stuart Pearson 88'
39.	06-03-1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers	FAC	1-1	H	Gerry Daly 66'	John Richards 60'
40.	09-03-1976	Wolverhampton Wanderers	FAC	3-2	A	Stuart Pearson 35', Brian Greenhoff 74', Sammy McIlroy 96'	Steve Kingdon 19', John Richards 20'
41.	13-03-1976	Leeds United	Div 1	3-2	H	Stewart Houston 3', Stuart Pearson 42', Gerry Daly 61'	Trevor Cherry 87', Billy Bremner 88'
42.	16-03-1976	Norwich City	Div 1	1-1	A	Gordon Hill 9'	Phil Boyer 63'
43.	20-03-1976	Newcastle United	Div 1	4-3	A	Stuart Pearson 12', 58', John Bird 15' (o.g.), Pat Howard 49' (o.g.)	Mickey Burns 17', Malcolm McDonald 27', *Alan Gowling 41'
44.	27-03-1976	Middlesbrough	Div 1	3-0	H	Gerry Daly 60' (pen), David McCreery 65', Gordon Hill 70'
45.	03-04-1976	Derby County	FAC	2-0	N	Gordon Hill 12', 84'
46.	10-04-1976	Ipswich Town	Div 1	0-3	A		Mick Lambert 35', Trevor Whymark 79', Dave Johnson 84'
47.	17-04-1976	Everton	Div 1	2-1	H	Roger Kenyon 56' (o.g.) , David McCreery 69'	George Telfer 20'
48.	19-04-1976	Burnley	Div 1	1-0	A	Lou Macari 57'
49.	21-04-1976	Stoke City	Div 1	0-1	H		Alan Bloor 87'
50.	24-04-1976	Leicester City	Div 1	1-2	A	Peter Coyne 57'	Robert Lee 26', Chris Garland 47'
51.	01-05-1976	Southampton	FAC	0-1	N		Bobby Stokes 83'
52.	04-05-1976	Manchester City	Div 1	2-0	H	Gordon Hill 48', Sammy McIlroy 52'