NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1928-1929

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1928-1929 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 1928-1929.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1928-1929 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	22	8	8	6	32	24	+8	36.36
A	22	7	5	10	37	53	-16	31.82
Total	44	15	13	16	69	77	-8	34.09

First Match Played:	25 Aug 1928 Leicester City D 1-1 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Last Match Played:	04 May 1929 Portsmouth D 0-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(61007) 01 Sep 1928 Manchester City D 2-2 League Division One @ Maine Road
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(5) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(6) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Hanson, James	20	43
2.	Reid, Thomas	14	17
3.	Rawlings, William	6	20
4.	Spence, Joe	6	38
5.	Johnston, William	5	12
6.	Rowley, Harry	5	25
7.	Thomas, Harry	4	20
8.	Ramsden, Charlie	3	5
9.	Taylor, Christopher	1	4
10.	Sweeney, Eric	1	8
11.	Hilditch, Clarence	1	11
12.	Wilson, John "Jack"	1	21
13.	Mann, Frank	1	27
14.	Silcock, Jack	1	29

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Hanson, James	43	20
2.	Steward, Alfred	39	0
3.	Moore, Charlie	39	0
4.	Spence, Joe	38	6
5.	Spencer, Charles	38	0
6.	Bennion, Samuel	34	0
7.	Silcock, Jack	29	1
8.	Mann, Frank	27	1
9.	Rowley, Harry	25	5
10.	Wilson, John "Jack"	21	1
11.	Rawlings, William	20	6
12.	Thomas, Harry	20	4
13.	Dale, William	19	0
14.	Williams, David "Rees"	19	0
15.	Reid, Thomas	17	14
16.	Johnston, William	12	5
17.	Hilditch, Clarence	11	1
18.	Sweeney, Eric	8	1
19.	Ramsden, Charlie	5	3
20.	Partridge, Edward	5	0
21.	Richardson, Lancelot	5	0
22.	Taylor, Christopher	4	1
23.	Nicol, George	2	0
24.	McLenahan, Hugh	1	0
25.	Inglis, William	1	0
26.	Thomson, Arthur	1	0
27.	Boyle, Thomas	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Smith, Percy	3
2.	Orr, William	2
3.	Smith, W J	2
4.	Hodge, Peter	2
5.	Ray, Dick	2
6.	Patterson, George	2
7.	King, Syd	2
8.	Watt, Frank	2
9.	Pickles, Albert	2
10.	Stewart, Fred	2
11.	Knighton, Leslie	2
12.	Chaplin, Jack	2
13.	Foweraker, Charles	2
14.	Brown, Robert	2
15.	Jobey, George	2
16.	Cochrane, Johnny	2
17.	Crompton, Bob	2
18.	Chapman, Herbert	2
19.	McIntosh, Thomas	2
20.	Tinn, Jack	2
21.	Nicholson, John	2
22.	Schofield, Joe	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Bamlett, Herbert

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	22
2.	Anfield	1
3.	Baseball Ground	1
4.	Boleyn Ground	1
5.	Bramall Lane	1
6.	Burnden Park	1
7.	Elland Road	1
8.	Ewood Park	1
9.	Filbert Street	1
10.	Fratton Park	1
11.	Gigg Lane	1
12.	Goodison Park	1
13.	Highbury	1
14.	Hillsborough	1
15.	Leeds Road	1
16.	Maine Road	1
17.	Ninian Park	1
18.	Old Recreation Ground	1
19.	Roker Park	1
20.	St Andrews	1
21.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
22.	Turf Moor	1
23.	Villa Park	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	FA Cup	2

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Bury	3
2.	Arsenal	2
3.	Aston Villa	2
4.	Birmingham City	2
5.	Blackburn Rovers	2
6.	Bolton Wanderers	2
7.	Burnley	2
8.	Cardiff City	2
9.	Derby County	2
10.	Everton	2
11.	Huddersfield Town	2
12.	Leeds United	2
13.	Leicester City	2
14.	Liverpool	2
15.	Manchester City	2
16.	Newcastle United	2
17.	Portsmouth	2
18.	Sheffield United	2
19.	Sheffield Wednesday	2
20.	Sunderland	2
21.	West Ham United	2
22.	Port Vale	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	42
2.	Wales	2

No	Date	Player	Opponent

27-08-1928

Hanson, James

Aston Villa

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals recorded.

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	15-09-1928	Hanson, James	1	Liverpool
2.	06-10-1928	Hanson, James	1	Burnley
3.	27-10-1928	Hanson, James	1	Huddersfield Town
4.	29-12-1928	Hanson, James	1	Leicester City
5.	16-03-1929	Hanson, James	1	Bolton Wanderers
6.	30-03-1929	Hanson, James	1	Derby County

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
06-10-1928	Burnley	2	4-3	Andy McCluggage ??' (pen), 83' (pen), George Beel ??'
24-11-1928	Sunderland	1	1-5	Adam McLean 40', Dave Halliday 43', 80', 83', Billy Clunas 68' (pen)
09-02-1929	Newcastle United	1	0-5	Hugh Gallacher 8', 44', 67' (pen), Tom Urwin 19', Tommy Lang 65'
13-02-1929	Liverpool	1	3-2	Gordon Hodgson 12', Robert Done 34' (pen)

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
No own goals recorded.

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
No own goals against recorded.

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
29-09-1928	Newcastle United	W	5-0	H	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
26-12-1928	Sheffield United	L	1-6	A	League Division One
30-03-1929	Derby County	L	1-6	A	League Division One

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

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	25-08-1928	Leicester City	Div 1	1-1	H	William Rawlings 3'	*Ernie Hine 40'
2.	27-08-1928	Aston Villa	Div 1	0-0	A
3.	01-09-1928	Manchester City	Div 1	2-2	A	John Wilson ??', William Johnston ??'	Frank Roberts 5', Tommy Johnson 53'
4.	08-09-1928	Leeds United	Div 1	2-3	A	Joe Spence 30', William Johnston 33'	Russell Wainscoat 3', Charlie Keetley 62', Jack Armand 80'
5.	15-09-1928	Liverpool	Div 1	2-2	H	Jack Silcock 40', James Hanson 72' (pen)	Gordon Hodgson 2', Dick Edmed 58'
6.	22-09-1928	West Ham United	Div 1	1-3	A	William Rawlings 82'	John Payne 13', Danny Shone 80', 87'
7.	29-09-1928	Newcastle United	Div 1	5-0	H	William Rawlings 15', 63', James Hanson 18', Joe Spence 22', William Johnston 88'
8.	06-10-1928	Burnley	Div 1	4-3	A	Joe Spence 5', 42', James Hanson ??', 35' (pen)	Andy McCluggage ??' (pen), 83' (pen), George Beel ??'
9.	13-10-1928	Cardiff City	Div 1	1-1	H	William Johnston 80'	*George McLachlan 85'
10.	20-10-1928	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-0	H	William Johnston 5'
11.	27-10-1928	Huddersfield Town	Div 1	2-1	A	Joe Spence 9', James Hanson 87' (pen)	Clem Stephenson 67'
12.	03-11-1928	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	1-1	H	James Hanson 60'	Len Murphy 1'
13.	10-11-1928	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	1-2	A	James Hanson 89'	Bob Gregg 32', Mark Hooper 61'
14.	17-11-1928	Derby County	Div 1	0-1	H		Harry Bedford 75'
15.	24-11-1928	Sunderland	Div 1	1-5	A	Harry Rowley 10'	Adam McLean 40', Dave Halliday 43', 80', 83', Billy Clunas 68' (pen)
16.	01-12-1928	Blackburn Rovers	Div 1	1-4	H	Charles Ramsden 57'	Clarrie Bourton 22', 44', 80', 85'
17.	08-12-1928	Arsenal	Div 1	1-3	A	James Hanson 74'	David Jack 25', 78', Jimmy Brain 44'
18.	15-12-1928	Everton	Div 1	1-1	H	James Hanson 80'	Alec Troup 32'
19.	22-12-1928	Portsmouth	Div 1	0-3	A		Jack Smith 26', 38', Johnny McNeil 81'
20.	25-12-1928	Sheffield United	Div 1	1-1	H	Charles Ramsden 24'	Harry Johnson 77'
21.	26-12-1928	Sheffield United	Div 1	1-6	A	William Rawlings 35'	Fred Tunstall 9', Harry Johnson 10', 31', 88', Sid Gibson 47', Tom Phillipson 59'
22.	29-12-1928	Leicester City	Div 1	1-2	A	James Hanson 38' (pen)	*Ernie Hine 15', 29'
23.	01-01-1929	Aston Villa	Div 1	2-2	H	Clarence Hilditch 1', Harry Rowley 76'	Thomas Waring 31', 33'
24.	05-01-1929	Manchester City	Div 1	1-2	H	William Rawlings 48'	Tommy Johnson 83', Sam Austin 88'
25.	12-01-1929	Port Vale	FAC	3-0	A	Joe Spence 2', James Hanson 25', Chris Taylor 38'
26.	19-01-1929	Leeds United	Div 1	1-2	H	Eric Sweeney 5'	Charlie Keetley 70', Ernie Hart 85'
27.	26-01-1929	Bury	FAC	0-1	H		Wally Amos 67'
28.	02-02-1929	West Ham United	Div 1	2-3	H	Harry Rowley 29', Thomas Reid 55'	Victor Watson 32', Vivian Gibbins 45', Jimmy Ruffell 68'
29.	09-02-1929	Newcastle United	Div 1	0-5	A		Hugh Gallacher 8', 44', 67' (pen), Tom Urwin 19', Tommy Lang 65'
30.	13-02-1929	Liverpool	Div 1	3-2	A	Thomas Reid 28', 33', Henry Thomas 32'	Gordon Hodgson 12', Robert Done 34' (pen)
31.	16-02-1929	Burnley	Div 1	1-0	H	Harry Rowley 43'
32.	23-02-1929	Cardiff City	Div 1	2-2	A	Thomas Reid 50', James Hanson 80'	Hugh Ferguson 1', Stan Davies 55'
33.	02-03-1929	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-1	A	James Hanson 10'	George Hicks 35'
34.	09-03-1929	Huddersfield Town	Div 1	1-0	H	James Hanson 55'
35.	16-03-1929	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	1-1	A	James Hanson 1' (pen)	Bill Wright 73'
36.	23-03-1929	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	2-1	H	Thomas Reid 5', Harry Rowley 57'	Len Hargreaves 81'
37.	29-03-1929	Bury	Div 1	3-1	A	Thomas Reid 16', 18', Henry Thomas 79'	*David Robbie 48'
38.	30-03-1929	Derby County	Div 1	1-6	A	James Hanson 88' (pen)	Tom Ruddy 20', 52', Harry Bedford 30', 32', George Stephenson 66', 81'
39.	01-04-1929	Bury	Div 1	1-0	H	Henry Thomas 30'
40.	06-04-1929	Sunderland	Div 1	3-0	H	Thomas Reid 7', Frank Mann 37', James Hanson 40'
41.	13-04-1929	Blackburn Rovers	Div 1	3-0	A	Thomas Reid 31', 60', Charles Ramsden 32'
42.	20-04-1929	Arsenal	Div 1	4-1	H	Thomas Reid 10', 18', Henry Thomas 23', James Hanson 39'	David Jack 89'
43.	27-04-1929	Everton	Div 1	4-2	A	Thomas Reid 40', 90', James Hanson 7', 62'	Tom Griffiths 8', Warney Cresswell 87'
44.	04-05-1929	Portsmouth	Div 1	0-0	H