NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1960-1961

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1960-1961 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 1960-1961.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1960-1961 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	24	16	5	3	67	28	+39	66.67
A	24	4	6	14	33	60	-27	16.67
Total	48	20	11	17	100	88	+12	41.67

First Match Played:	20 Aug 1960 Blackburn Rovers L 1-3 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Last Match Played:	29 Apr 1961 Cardiff City D 3-3 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(65295) 16 Jan 1961 Tottenham Hotspur W 2-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(6) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(7) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Charlton, Bobby	21	42
2.	Dawson, Alex	20	34
3.	Viollet, Dennis	16	27
4.	Quixall, Albert	15	41
5.	Pearson, Mark	9	33
6.	Nicholson, James	5	37
7.	Setters, Maurice	4	45
8.	Giles, Johnny	3	25
9.	Cantwell, Noel	2	27
10.	Stiles, Nobby	2	31
11.	Moir, Ian	1	8
12.	Scanlon, Albert	1	11

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Brennan, Shay	46	0
2.	Setters, Maurice	45	4
3.	Foulkes, William	45	0
4.	Charlton, Bobby	42	21
5.	Quixall, Albert	41	15
6.	Nicholson, James	37	5
7.	Dawson, Alex	34	20
8.	Pearson, Mark	33	9
9.	Stiles, Nobby	31	2
10.	Gregg, Harry	30	0
11.	Viollet, Dennis	27	16
12.	Cantwell, Noel	27	2
13.	Giles, Johnny	25	3
14.	Scanlon, Albert	11	1
15.	Gaskell, David	11	0
16.	Moir, Ian	8	1
17.	Cope, Ronald	7	0
18.	Haydock, Frank	4	0
19.	Dunne, Tony	4	0
20.	Bradley, Warren	4	0
21.	Pinner, Michael	4	0
22.	Carolan, Joseph	3	0
23.	Briggs, Ronnie	3	0
24.	Lawton, Norbert	2	0
25.	Morgans, Kenny	2	0
26.	Heron, Thomas	1	0
27.	Bratt, Harold	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Catterick, Harry	4
2.	Marshall, Jack	2
3.	Carey, Johnny	2
4.	Nicholson, Bill	2
5.	Fenton, Ted	2
6.	Gillies, Matt	2
7.	Mercer, Joe	2
8.	Cullis, Stan	2
9.	Ridding, Bill	2
10.	Potts, Harry	2
11.	Wilson, Glen	2
12.	Mitten, Charlie	2
13.	Beattie, Andy	2
14.	Swindin, George	2
15.	Merrick, Gil	2
16.	Clark, Gordon	2
17.	Jones, Bill	2
18.	Britton, Cliff	2
19.	Jezzard, Bedford	2
20.	Drake, Ted	2
21.	McDowall, Les	2
22.	Suart, Ron	2
23.	Jackson, Peter	1
24.	Dennison, Bob	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Busby, Matt

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	24
2.	Hillsborough	2
3.	Bloomfield Road	1
4.	Boleyn Ground	1
5.	Burnden Park	1
6.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
7.	Craven Cottage	1
8.	Deepdale	1
9.	Ewood Park	1
10.	Filbert Street	1
11.	Goodison Park	1
12.	Highbury	1
13.	Maine Road	1
14.	Molineux	1
15.	Ninian Park	1
16.	St Andrews	1
17.	St James Park, Exeter	1
18.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
19.	Stamford Bridge	1
20.	The Hawthorns	1
21.	Turf Moor	1
22.	Valley Parade	1
23.	Villa Park	1
24.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

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

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Sheffield Wednesday	4
2.	Arsenal	2
3.	Aston Villa	2
4.	Birmingham City	2
5.	Blackburn Rovers	2
6.	Blackpool	2
7.	Bolton Wanderers	2
8.	Burnley	2
9.	Cardiff City	2
10.	Chelsea	2
11.	Everton	2
12.	Exeter City	2
13.	Fulham	2
14.	Leicester City	2
15.	Manchester City	2
16.	Newcastle United	2
17.	Nottingham Forest	2
18.	Preston North End	2
19.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
20.	West Bromwich Albion	2
21.	West Ham United	2
22.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
23.	Bradford City	1
24.	Middlesbrough	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	46
2.	Wales	2

No	Date	Player	Opponent

No red cards recorded.

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals recorded.

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	14-09-1960	Quixall, Albert	1	West Ham United
2.	26-10-1960	Quixall, Albert	1	Exeter City
3.	19-11-1960	Quixall, Albert	1	West Bromwich Albion
4.	10-12-1960	Quixall, Albert	1	Fulham
5.	28-01-1961	Cantwell, Noel	1	Sheffield Wednesday
6.	18-02-1961	Quixall, Albert	1	Bolton Wanderers
7.	15-04-1961	Quixall, Albert	1	Birmingham City

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
22-10-1960	Newcastle United	1	3-2	Gordon Hughes 56', Bob Stokoe 87' (pen)
26-10-1960	Exeter City	1	4-1	Jimmy Thompson 14' (pen)
21-01-1961	Leicester City	1	0-6	Jimmy Walsh 21', 51', Ken Keyworth 31', 70, Gordon Willis 76', Howard Riley 85' (pen)
29-04-1961	Cardiff City	1	3-3	Derek Tapscott 29', Derek Hogg 53' (pen), 74'

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
03-04-1961	1	2-0	Blackpool	James Nicholson 1', Peter Hauser 42' (o.g.)

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
25-03-1961	1	1-5	Cantwell, Noel	Sheffield Wednesday
31-03-1961	1	0-2	Stiles, Nobby	Blackpool
15-04-1961	1	4-1	Foulkes, William	Birmingham City

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
14-09-1960	West Ham United	W	6-1	H	League Division One
26-12-1960	Chelsea	W	6-0	H	League Division One
12-04-1961	Burnley	W	6-0	H	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
01-02-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	L	2-7	H	FA Cup

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	15-10-1960	Viollet, Dennis	3	Burnley
2.	26-12-1960	Dawson, Alex	3	Chelsea
3.	31-12-1960	Dawson, Alex	3	Manchester City
4.	12-04-1961	Quixall, Albert	3	Burnley
5.	12-04-1961	Viollet, Dennis	3	Burnley

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	20-08-1960	Blackburn Rovers	Div 1	1-3	H	Bobby Charlton 70'	Derek Dougan 11', 74', 89'
2.	24-08-1960	Everton	Div 1	0-4	A		Michael Lill 23', 86', Bobby Collins 68', 87'
3.	31-08-1960	Everton	Div 1	4-0	H	Bobby Charlton 11', Alex Dawson 40', 86', James Nicholson 89'
4.	03-09-1960	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-4	A	Dennis Viollet 43'	Bobby Smith 6', 85', Les Allen 20', 65'
5.	05-09-1960	West Ham United	Div 1	1-2	A	Albert Quixall 44'	Ron Brett 18', Malcolm Musgrove 54'
6.	10-09-1960	Leicester City	Div 1	1-1	H	Johnny Giles 19'	Jimmy Walsh 44'
7.	14-09-1960	West Ham United	Div 1	6-1	H	Dennis Viollet 19', 39', Bobby Charlton 46', 60', Albert Scanlon 75', Albert Quixall 87' (pen)	Ron Brett 44'
8.	17-09-1960	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-3	A	Dennis Viollet 56'	Harry Burrows 33', Bobby Thomson 53', James MacEwan 69'
9.	24-09-1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-3	H	Bobby Charlton 8'	Des Horne 28', Ted Farmer 34', 37'
10.	01-10-1960	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	1-1	A	Johnny Giles 75'	Billy McAdams 13'
11.	15-10-1960	Burnley	Div 1	3-5	A	Dennis Viollet 30', 40', 80'	Ray Pointer 10', *John Connolly 33', 48', Walter Joyce 37', Jimmy McIlroy 84'
12.	19-10-1960	Exeter City	LC	1-1	A	Alex Dawson 78'	Graham Rees 15'
13.	22-10-1960	Newcastle United	Div 1	3-2	H	Alex Dawson 10', Nobby Stiles 51', Maurice Setters 72'	Gordon Hughes 56', Bob Stokoe 87' (pen)
14.	24-10-1960	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	2-1	H	Dennis Viollet 44', 59'	Colin Booth 8'
15.	26-10-1960	Exeter City	LC	4-1	H	Albert Quixall 7', 85' (pen), Johnny Giles 25', Mark Pearson 31'	Jimmy Thompson 14' (pen)
16.	29-10-1960	Arsenal	Div 1	1-2	A	Albert Quixall 26'	John Barnwell 9', *David Herd 21'
17.	02-11-1960	Bradford City	LC	1-2	A	Dennis Viollet 25'	Gerry Smith 55', Bobby Webb 57'
18.	05-11-1960	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	0-0	H
19.	12-11-1960	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-3	A	Bobby Charlton 81'	Richard Neal 13', Johnny Gordon 72', Brian Taylor 75'
20.	19-11-1960	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	3-0	H	Alex Dawson 20', Dennis Viollet 31', Albert Quixall 77' (pen)
21.	26-11-1960	Cardiff City	Div 1	0-3	A		Derek Hogg 30', 59', Brian Edgeley 43'
22.	03-12-1960	Preston North End	Div 1	1-0	H	Alex Dawson 60'
23.	10-12-1960	Fulham	Div 1	4-4	A	Bobby Charlton 4', Albert Quixall 8' (pen), 56', Alex Dawson 47'	Stan Brown 38', 42', Alan Mullery 45', Pat O'Connell 63'
24.	17-12-1960	Blackburn Rovers	Div 1	2-1	A	Mark Pearson 12', 23'	Ally MacLeod 35'
25.	24-12-1960	Chelsea	Div 1	2-1	A	Bobby Charlton 49', Alex Dawson 67'	Peter Brabrook 90'
26.	26-12-1960	Chelsea	Div 1	6-0	H	Alex Dawson ??', ??', ??', James Nicholson ??', ??', Bobby Charlton ??'
27.	31-12-1960	Manchester City	Div 1	5-1	H	Bobby Charlton 5', 48', Alex Dawson 19', 44', 65'	Colin Barlow 16'
28.	07-01-1961	Middlesbrough	FAC	3-0	H	Noel Cantwell 25', Alex Dawson 77', 84'
29.	16-01-1961	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-0	H	Nobby Stiles 14', Mark Pearson 73'
30.	21-01-1961	Leicester City	Div 1	0-6	A		Jimmy Walsh 21', 51', Ken Keyworth 31', 70, Gordon Willis 76', Howard Riley 85' (pen)
31.	28-01-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	FAC	1-1	A	Noel Cantwell 43' (pen)	Derek Wilkinson 14'
32.	01-02-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	FAC	2-7	H	Mark Pearson 4', Alex Dawson 60'	John Fantham 2', 52', Alan Finney 30', 80', Keith Ellis 32', 38', 64'
33.	04-02-1961	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-1	H	Bobby Charlton 85'	Bobby Thomson 47'
34.	11-02-1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-2	A	James Nicholson 68'	Norman Deeley 8', Ron Flowers 53'
35.	18-02-1961	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	3-1	H	Alex Dawson 58', 79', Albert Quixall 70' (pen)	Billy McAdams 18'
36.	25-02-1961	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	2-3	A	Bobby Charlton 10', Albert Quixall 48'	John Rowland 24', Colin Booth 84', Colin Addison 85'
37.	04-03-1961	Manchester City	Div 1	3-1	A	Alex Dawson 18', Bobby Charlton 28', Mark Pearson 69'	David Wagstaffe 62'
38.	11-03-1961	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-1	A	Bobby Charlton 4'	*Albert Scanlon 7'
39.	18-03-1961	Arsenal	Div 1	1-1	H	Ian Moir 11'	Mel Charles 17'
40.	25-03-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	1-5	A	Bobby Charlton 89'	Noel Cantwell 4' (o.g.), Gerry Young 14', 52', 65', Bobby Craig 72'
41.	31-03-1961	Blackpool	Div 1	0-2	A		Brian Peterson 32', Nobby Stiles 71' (o.g.)
42.	01-04-1961	Fulham	Div 1	3-1	H	Bobby Charlton 44', Dennis Viollet 66', Albert Quixall 73'	Pat O'Connell 9'
43.	03-04-1961	Blackpool	Div 1	2-0	H	James Nicholson 1', Peter Hauser 42' (o.g.)
44.	08-04-1961	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	1-1	A	Mark Pearson 48'	Don Howe 79'
45.	12-04-1961	Burnley	Div 1	6-0	H	Dennis Viollet 30', 55', 82', Albert Quixall 43', 61', 75'
46.	15-04-1961	Birmingham City	Div 1	4-1	H	Mark Pearson 16', 64', Albert Quixall 25' (pen), Dennis Viollet 58'	Bill Foulkes 4' (o.g.)
47.	22-04-1961	Preston North End	Div 1	4-2	A	Bobby Charlton 18', 87', Maurice Setters 20', 44'	Peter Thompson 28', Garbutt Richardson 32'
48.	29-04-1961	Cardiff City	Div 1	3-3	H	Bobby Charlton 19', 35', Maurice Setters 31'	Derek Tapscott 29', Derek Hogg 53' (pen), 74'