NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1961-1962

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1961-1962 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 1961-1962.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1961-1962 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	25	13	4	8	49	33	+16	52.00
A	23	6	7	10	30	44	-14	26.09
N	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0.00
Total	49	19	11	19	80	80	0	38.78

First Match Played:	19 Aug 1961 West Ham United D 1-1 League Division One @ Boleyn Ground
Last Match Played:	28 Apr 1962 Fulham L 0-2 League Division One @ Craven Cottage
Highest Attendance:	(65000) 31 Mar 1962 Tottenham Hotspur L 1-3 FA Cup @ Hillsborough
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(6) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(5) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Herd, David	17	32
2.	Quixall, Albert	10	24
3.	Charlton, Bobby	10	43
4.	Viollet, Dennis	7	13
5.	Stiles, Nobby	7	38
6.	McMillan, Samuel	6	11
7.	Lawton, Norbert	6	27
8.	Setters, Maurice	4	45
9.	Giles, Johnny	3	37
10.	Dawson, Alex	2	4
11.	Cantwell, Noel	2	19
12.	Brennan, Shay	2	47
13.	Chisnall, Phillip	1	13
14.	Pearson, Mark	1	17
15.	Nicholson, James	1	21

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Brennan, Shay	47	2
2.	Foulkes, William	47	0
3.	Setters, Maurice	45	4
4.	Charlton, Bobby	43	10
5.	Stiles, Nobby	38	7
6.	Giles, Johnny	37	3
7.	Dunne, Tony	35	0
8.	Herd, David	32	17
9.	Gaskell, David	28	0
10.	Lawton, Norbert	27	6
11.	Quixall, Albert	24	10
12.	Nicholson, James	21	1
13.	Cantwell, Noel	19	2
14.	Pearson, Mark	17	1
15.	Gregg, Harry	13	0
16.	Viollet, Dennis	13	7
17.	Chisnall, Phillip	13	1
18.	McMillan, Samuel	11	6
19.	Moir, Ian	9	0
20.	Briggs, Ronnie	8	0
21.	Bradley, Warren	7	0
22.	Dawson, Alex	4	2
23.	Haydock, Frank	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Buckingham, Vic	4
2.	Nicholson, Bill	3
3.	Swindin, George	3
4.	Ridding, Bill	3
5.	Greenwood, Ron	2
6.	Drake, Ted	2
7.	Marshall, Jack	2
8.	Suart, Ron	2
9.	Jones, Bill	2
10.	Mercer, Joe	2
11.	McDowall, Les	2
12.	Cullis, Stan	2
13.	Merrick, Gil	2
14.	Gillies, Matt	2
15.	Ramsey, Alf	2
16.	Potts, Harry	2
17.	Catterick, Harry	2
18.	Jezzard, Bedford	2
19.	Beattie, Andy	2
20.	Milne, Jimmy	2
21.	Harris, John	2
22.	Clark, Gordon	1
23.	Macaulay, Archie	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Busby, Matt

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	25
2.	Hillsborough	3
3.	Bloomfield Road	1
4.	Boleyn Ground	1
5.	Bramall Lane	1
6.	Burnden Park	1
7.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
8.	Craven Cottage	1
9.	Deepdale	1
10.	Ewood Park	1
11.	Filbert Street	1
12.	Goodison Park	1
13.	Highbury	1
14.	Maine Road	1
15.	Molineux	1
16.	Ninian Park	1
17.	Portman Road	1
18.	St Andrews	1
19.	Stamford Bridge	1
20.	The Hawthorns	1
21.	Turf Moor	1
22.	Villa Park	1
23.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	FA Cup	7

No	Opponent	Count

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

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	47
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.	26-08-1961	Quixall, Albert	1	Blackburn Rovers
2.	16-09-1961	Quixall, Albert	1	Cardiff City
3.	04-04-1962	Quixall, Albert	1	Leicester City
4.	14-04-1962	Brennan, Shay	1	Burnley

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
02-09-1961	Blackpool	1	3-2	Ray Charnley 26', 39' (pen)
26-12-1961	Nottingham Forest	1	6-3	Len Julians 40', Trevor Hockey 68', Calvin Palmer 81' (pen)

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
23-09-1961	1	3-2	Manchester City	Nobby Stiles 2', Dennis Viollet 14', Dave Ewing 50' (o.g.)

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
23-09-1961	1	3-2	Stiles, Nobby	Manchester City
16-04-1962	1	2-3	Cantwell, Noel	Arsenal

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
26-08-1961	Blackburn Rovers	W	6-1	H	League Division One
26-12-1961	Nottingham Forest	W	6-3	H	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
21-10-1961	Arsenal	L	1-5	A	League Division One
02-12-1961	Everton	L	1-5	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	26-12-1961	Lawton, Norbert	3	Nottingham Forest
2.	07-04-1962	Quixall, Albert	3	Ipswich Town

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	19-08-1961	West Ham United	Div 1	1-1	A	Nobby Stiles 18'	John Dick 37'
2.	23-08-1961	Chelsea	Div 1	3-2	H	David Herd 14', Dennis Viollet 25', Mark Pearson 75'	Bobby Tambling 67', 89'
3.	26-08-1961	Blackburn Rovers	Div 1	6-1	H	Bobby Charlton 3', Albert Quixall 58' (pen), 59', David Herd 74', 78', Maurice Setters 87'	John Bray 48'
4.	30-08-1961	Chelsea	Div 1	0-2	A		Bobby Tambling 38', Barry Bridges 70'
5.	02-09-1961	Blackpool	Div 1	3-2	A	Dennis Viollet 3', 74', Bobby Charlton 22'	Ray Charnley 26', 39' (pen)
6.	09-09-1961	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-0	H	Albert Quixall 67'
7.	16-09-1961	Cardiff City	Div 1	2-1	A	Albert Quixall 21' (pen), Alex Dawson 75'	Dai Ward 30'
8.	18-09-1961	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-1	A	Nobby Stiles 43'	Peter McParland 36'
9.	23-09-1961	Manchester City	Div 1	3-2	H	Nobby Stiles 2', Dennis Viollet 14', Dave Ewing 50' (o.g.)	Nobby Stiles 19' (o.g.), Bobby Kennedy 24'
10.	30-09-1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	0-2	H		John Kirkham 41', Peter Broadbent 50'
11.	07-10-1961	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	1-1	A	Alex Dawson 74'	Derek Kevan 87'
12.	14-10-1961	Birmingham City	Div 1	0-2	H		Bryan Orritt 26', Mike Hellawell 87'
13.	21-10-1961	Arsenal	Div 1	1-5	A	Dennis Viollet 86'	Gerry Ward 37', John Barnwell 49', George Eastham 60', Alan Skirton 65', 75'
14.	28-10-1961	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	0-3	H		Brian Pilkington 13', Freddie Hill 18', Billy McAdams 63'
15.	04-11-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	1-3	A	Dennis Viollet 20'	John Fantham 9', Tony Kay 14', Keith Ellis 88'
16.	11-11-1961	Leicester City	Div 1	2-2	H	Johnny Giles 38', Dennis Viollet 65'	Frank McLintock 2', Colin Appleton 35'
17.	18-11-1961	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-4	A	Sammy McMillan 90'	Ted Phillips 25', 67', Ray Crawford 75', John Elsworthy 87'
18.	25-11-1961	Burnley	Div 1	1-4	H	David Herd 6'	Gordon Harris 35', Jimmy Robson 61', Ray Pointer 69', *John Connelly 89'
19.	02-12-1961	Everton	Div 1	1-5	A	David Herd 60'	Bobby Collins 9', Roy Vernon 11', 32', Jimmy Fell 15', Alex Young 38'
20.	09-12-1961	Fulham	Div 1	3-0	H	David Herd 38', 47', Nobby Lawton 79'
21.	16-12-1961	West Ham United	Div 1	1-2	H	David Herd 18'	John Dick 75', 85'
22.	26-12-1961	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	6-3	H	David Herd 3', Nobby Lawton 8', 30', 71', Bobby Charlton 24', Shay Brennan 78'	Len Julians 40', Trevor Hockey 68', Calvin Palmer 81' (pen)
23.	06-01-1962	Bolton Wanderers	FAC	2-1	H	David Herd 83', James Nicholson 90'	Dennis Stevens 35'
24.	13-01-1962	Blackpool	Div 1	0-1	H		Peter Hauser 8'
25.	15-01-1962	Aston Villa	Div 1	2-0	H	Albert Quixall 20', Bobby Charlton 25'
26.	20-01-1962	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-2	A	Bobby Charlton 35', Nobby Stiles 65'	Jimmy Greaves 45', 77'
27.	31-01-1962	Arsenal	FAC	1-0	H	Maurice Setters 28'
28.	03-02-1962	Cardiff City	Div 1	3-0	H	Nobby Stiles 2', Johnny Giles 30', Nobby Lawton 89'
29.	10-02-1962	Manchester City	Div 1	2-0	A	Phil Chisnall 34', David Herd 68'
30.	17-02-1962	Sheffield Wednesday	FAC	0-0	H
31.	21-02-1962	Sheffield Wednesday	FAC	2-0	A	Johnny Giles 8', Bobby Charlton 73'
32.	24-02-1962	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	4-1	H	Bobby Charlton 52', 75', Maurice Setters 57', Albert Quixall 65'	Alec Jackson 69'
33.	28-02-1962	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	2-2	A	Nobby Lawton 32', David Herd 65'	Jimmy Murray 68', Chris Crowe 70'
34.	03-03-1962	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-1	A	David Herd 86'	Ken Leek 51'
35.	10-03-1962	Preston North End	FAC	0-0	A
36.	14-03-1962	Preston North End	FAC	2-1	H	Bobby Charlton 27', David Herd 37'	Alan Spavin 70'
37.	17-03-1962	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	0-1	A		Brian Pilkington 46'
38.	20-03-1962	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	0-1	A		Geoff Vowden 20'
39.	24-03-1962	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	1-1	H	Bobby Charlton 28'	John Fantham 61'
40.	31-03-1962	Tottenham Hotspur	FAC	1-3	N	David Herd 82'	Jimmy Greaves 4', Cliff Jones 24', Terry Medwin 87'
41.	04-04-1962	Leicester City	Div 1	3-4	A	Sammy McMillan 39', 43', Albert Quixall 52' (pen)	Albert Cheesebrough 5', 20', Ken Keyworth 37', 57'
42.	07-04-1962	Ipswich Town	Div 1	5-0	H	Albert Quixall 14', 20', 48', Maurice Setters 80', Nobby Stiles 85'
43.	10-04-1962	Blackburn Rovers	Div 1	0-3	A		Ronnie Clayton 10', Fred Pickering 17', Barrie Ratcliffe 84'
44.	14-04-1962	Burnley	Div 1	3-1	A	Noel Cantwell 40', Shay Brennan 64' (pen), David Herd 88'	Ray Pointer 65'
45.	16-04-1962	Arsenal	Div 1	2-3	H	Sammy McMillan 35', Noel Cantwell 71'	George Eastham 12', Noel Cantwell 32' (o.g.), Alan Skirton 79'
46.	21-04-1962	Everton	Div 1	1-1	H	David Herd 38'	Dennis Stevens 44'
47.	23-04-1962	Sheffield United	Div 1	0-1	H		Derek Pace 11'
48.	24-04-1962	Sheffield United	Div 1	3-2	A	Sammy McMillan 75', 89', Nobby Stiles 78'	Derek Pace 47', Billy Hodgson 58'
49.	28-04-1962	Fulham	Div 1	0-2	A		Maurice Cook 3', Graham Leggat 21'