NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1969-1970

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1969-1970 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 1969-1970.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1969-1970 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	28	14	10	4	49	30	+19	50.00
A	27	8	11	8	40	39	+1	29.63
N	4	1	2	1	2	1	+1	25.00
Total	59	23	23	13	91	70	+21	38.98

First Match Played:	09 Aug 1969 Crystal Palace D 2-2 League Division One @ Selhurst Park
Last Match Played:	15 Apr 1970 Sheffield Wednesday D 2-2 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(63418) 17 Dec 1969 Manchester City D 2-2 League Cup @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(8) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(5) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Best, George	23	53
2.	Kidd, Brian	20	49
3.	Charlton, Bobby	14	57
4.	Morgan, Willie	9	49
5.	Gowling, Alan	3	8
6.	Law, Denis	3	16
7.	Fitzpatrick, John	3	26
8.	Sartori, Carlo	3	27
9.	Burns, Francis	3	42
10.	Sadler, David	3	57
11.	Givens, Don	1	9
12.	Edwards, Paul	1	28
13.	Aston Jnr, John	1	30
14.	Crerand, Pat	1	36
15.	Ure, Ian	1	48

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Charlton, Bobby	57	14
2.	Sadler, David	57	3
3.	Stepney, Alex	54	0
4.	Best, George	53	23
5.	Kidd, Brian	49	20
6.	Morgan, Willie	49	9
7.	Dunne, Tony	48	0
8.	Ure, Ian	48	1
9.	Burns, Francis	42	3
10.	Crerand, Pat	36	1
11.	Aston Jnr, John	30	1
12.	Edwards, Paul	28	1
13.	Sartori, Carlo	27	3
14.	Fitzpatrick, John	26	3
15.	Law, Denis	16	3
16.	Stiles, Nobby	13	0
17.	Brennan, Shay	11	0
18.	Givens, Don	9	1
19.	Gowling, Alan	8	3
20.	Rimmer, Jimmy	5	0
21.	Foulkes, William	3	0
22.	James, Steve	3	0
23.	Ryan, Jimmy	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Revie, Don	5
2.	Mercer, Joe	5
3.	Clough, Brian	4
4.	Anderson, Stan	3
5.	Robson, Bobby	3
6.	Potts, Harry	3
7.	Head, Bert	2
8.	Catterick, Harry	2
9.	Bates, Ted	2
10.	McGarry, Bill	2
11.	Harvey, Joe	2
12.	Brown, Alan	2
13.	Shankly, Bill	2
14.	Williams, Danny	2
15.	Mee, Bertie	2
16.	Greenwood, Ron	2
17.	Gillies, Matt	2
18.	Ashman, Alan	2
19.	Waddington, Tony	2
20.	Cantwell, Noel	2
21.	Nicholson, Bill	2
22.	Sexton, Dave	2
23.	Neal, John	1
24.	Bowen, Dave	1
25.	Adamson, Jimmy	1
26.	Furphy, Ken	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

McGuinness, Wilf

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	28
2.	Baseball Ground	2
3.	Highbury	2
4.	Hillsborough	2
5.	Maine Road	2
6.	Portman Road	2
7.	Turf Moor	2
8.	Anfield	1
9.	Ayresome Park	1
10.	Boleyn Ground	1
11.	Burnden Park	1
12.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
13.	County Ground, Northampton	1
14.	Elland Road	1
15.	Goodison Park	1
16.	Highfield Road	1
17.	Molineux	1
18.	Roker Park	1
19.	Selhurst Park	1
20.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
21.	Stamford Bridge	1
22.	The Dell	1
23.	The Hawthorns	1
24.	Victoria Ground	1
25.	Villa Park	1
26.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	FA Cup	9
3.	League Cup	8

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Leeds United	5
2.	Manchester City	5
3.	Burnley	4
4.	Derby County	4
5.	Ipswich Town	3
6.	Middlesbrough	3
7.	Arsenal	2
8.	Chelsea	2
9.	Coventry City	2
10.	Crystal Palace	2
11.	Everton	2
12.	Liverpool	2
13.	Newcastle United	2
14.	Nottingham Forest	2
15.	Sheffield Wednesday	2
16.	Southampton	2
17.	Stoke City	2
18.	Sunderland	2
19.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
20.	West Bromwich Albion	2
21.	West Ham United	2
22.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
23.	Northampton Town	1
24.	Watford	1
25.	Wrexham	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	58
2.	Wales	1

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.	20-10-1969	Best, George	1	Burnley
2.	24-01-1970	Morgan, Willie	1	Manchester City
3.	25-02-1970	Morgan, Willie	1	Middlesbrough
4.	28-02-1970	Morgan, Willie	1	Stoke City

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
18-10-1969	Nottingham Forest	1	1-1	*Ian Storey-Moore 17' (pen)
03-12-1969	Manchester City	1	1-2	Colin Bell 13', Francis Lee 88' (pen)
28-03-1970	Manchester City	1	1-2	Francis Lee 10' (pen), Mike Doyle 24'
04-04-1970	Newcastle United	2	1-5	Pop Robson 34', 84' (pen), 87' (pen), *Wyn Davies 36', Jimmy Smith 66'

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
13-12-1969	1	4-1	Liverpool	Ron Yeats 20' (o.g.), Ian Ure 60', Willie Morgan 64', Bobby Charlton 84'
03-01-1970	1	1-0	Ipswich Town	Mick O'Neil 90' (o.g.)

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
06-09-1969	1	2-2	Sadler, David	Leeds United
04-10-1969	1	0-2	Fitzpatrick, John	Derby County
15-11-1969	1	0-4	Sadler, David	Manchester City

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
07-02-1970	Northampton Town	W	8-2	A	FA Cup

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
04-04-1970	Newcastle United	L	1-5	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	07-02-1970	Best, George	6	Northampton Town

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	09-08-1969	Crystal Palace	Div 1	2-2	A	Bobby Charlton 24', Willie Morgan 56'	Mel Blyth 11', Gerry Queen 40'
2.	13-08-1969	Everton	Div 1	0-2	H		John Hurst 38', Alan Ball 70'
3.	16-08-1969	Southampton	Div 1	1-4	H	Willie Morgan 8'	*Ron "Tudor" Davies 12', 16', 58', 87'
4.	19-08-1969	Everton	Div 1	0-3	A		Alan Ball 8', John Morrissey 20', Joe Royle 25'
5.	23-08-1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	0-0	A
6.	27-08-1969	Newcastle United	Div 1	0-0	H
7.	30-08-1969	Sunderland	Div 1	3-1	H	George Best 8', Brian Kidd 53', Don Givens 86'	Mick McGiven 23'
8.	03-09-1969	Middlesbrough	LC	1-0	H	David Sadler 73'
9.	06-09-1969	Leeds United	Div 1	2-2	A	George Best 62', 65'	David Sadler 23' (o.g.), Billy Bremner 83'
10.	13-09-1969	Liverpool	Div 1	1-0	H	Willie Morgan 69'
11.	17-09-1969	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	3-1	A	Brian Kidd 11', George Best 82', 83'	Graham Pugh 38'
12.	20-09-1969	Arsenal	Div 1	2-2	A	George Best 44', David Sadler 79'	Jon Sammels 1', *George Graham 27'
13.	23-09-1969	Wrexham	LC	2-0	H	Brian Kidd 10', George Best 64'
14.	27-09-1969	West Ham United	Div 1	5-2	H	Francis Burns 5', George Best 12', 82, Bobby Charlton 66' , Brian Kidd 86'	Geoff Hurst 26', 76'
15.	04-10-1969	Derby County	Div 1	0-2	A		Kevin Hector 44', John Fitzpatrick 62' (o.g.)
16.	08-10-1969	Southampton	Div 1	3-0	A	George Best 36', Francis Burns 49', Brian Kidd 60'
17.	11-10-1969	Ipswich Town	Div 1	2-1	H	George Best 2', Brian Kidd 32'	Mick Mills 15'
18.	14-10-1969	Burnley	LC	0-0	A
19.	18-10-1969	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	1-1	H	George Best 47'	*Ian Storey-Moore 17' (pen)
20.	20-10-1969	Burnley	LC	1-0	H	George Best 54' (pen)
21.	25-10-1969	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	1-2	A	Brian Kidd 27'	Tony Brown 52', Bobby Hope 69'
22.	01-11-1969	Stoke City	Div 1	1-1	H	Bobby Charlton 45'	Harry Burrows 86'
23.	08-11-1969	Coventry City	Div 1	2-1	A	John Aston Jnr 43', Denis Law 72'	Ernie Hunt 85'
24.	12-11-1969	Derby County	LC	0-0	A
25.	15-11-1969	Manchester City	Div 1	0-4	A		Neil Young 38', Colin Bell 55', 88', David Sadler 56' (o.g.)
26.	19-11-1969	Derby County	LC	1-0	H	Brian Kidd 68'
27.	22-11-1969	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	3-1	H	Francis Burns 40', Bobby Charlton 45', 72'	Martin Chivers 66'
28.	29-11-1969	Burnley	Div 1	1-1	A	George Best 5'	Geoff Nulty 44'
29.	03-12-1969	Manchester City	LC	1-2	A	Bobby Charlton 66'	Colin Bell 13', Francis Lee 88' (pen)
30.	06-12-1969	Chelsea	Div 1	0-2	H		Ian Hutchinson 12', 38'
31.	13-12-1969	Liverpool	Div 1	4-1	A	Ron Yeats 20' (o.g.), Ian Ure 60', Willie Morgan 64', Bobby Charlton 84'	Emlyn Hughes 25'
32.	17-12-1969	Manchester City	LC	2-2	H	Paul Edwards 23', Denis Law 60'	Ian Bowyer 17', Mick Summerbee 68'
33.	26-12-1969	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	0-0	H
34.	27-12-1969	Sunderland	Div 1	1-1	A	Brian Kidd 10'	Joe Baker 70'
35.	03-01-1970	Ipswich Town	FAC	1-0	A	Mick O'Neil 90' (o.g.)
36.	10-01-1970	Arsenal	Div 1	2-1	H	Carlo Sartori 45', Willie Morgan 48'	Peter Marinello 15'
37.	17-01-1970	West Ham United	Div 1	0-0	A
38.	24-01-1970	Manchester City	FAC	3-0	H	Willie Morgan 44' (pen), Brian Kidd 53', 64'
39.	26-01-1970	Leeds United	Div 1	2-2	H	David Sadler 54', Brian Kidd 67'	Mick Jones 57', Billy Bremner 60'
40.	31-01-1970	Derby County	Div 1	1-0	H	Bobby Charlton 36'
41.	07-02-1970	Northampton Town	FAC	8-2	A	George Best 27', 36', 51', 62', 72', 86', Brian Kidd 69', 78'	Dixie McNeil 81', Frank Large 89'
42.	10-02-1970	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-0	A	Brian Kidd 48'
43.	14-02-1970	Crystal Palace	Div 1	1-1	H	Brian Kidd 15'	John Sewell 74'
44.	21-02-1970	Middlesbrough	FAC	1-1	A	Carlo Sartori 13'	John Hickton 37'
45.	25-02-1970	Middlesbrough	FAC	2-1	H	Bobby Charlton 26', Willie Morgan 78' (pen)	John Hickton 74'
46.	28-02-1970	Stoke City	Div 1	2-2	A	Carlo Sartori 13', Willie Morgan 79' (pen)	Dennis Smith 40', Harry Burrows 53'
47.	14-03-1970	Leeds United	FAC	0-0	N
48.	17-03-1970	Burnley	Div 1	3-3	H	Pat Crerand 21', Denis Law 68', George Best 88'	Steve Kindon 3', Dave Thomas 5', 28'
49.	21-03-1970	Chelsea	Div 1	1-2	A	Willie Morgan 75'	Ian Hutchinson 14', 19'
50.	23-03-1970	Leeds United	FAC	0-0	N
51.	26-03-1970	Leeds United	FAC	0-1	N		Billy Bremner 7'
52.	28-03-1970	Manchester City	Div 1	1-2	H	Brian Kidd 18'	Francis Lee 10' (pen), Mike Doyle 24'
53.	30-03-1970	Coventry City	Div 1	1-1	H	Brian Kidd 2'	Neil Martin 80'
54.	31-03-1970	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	2-1	A	Alan Gowling 24', Bobby Charlton 56'	Peter Hindley 1'
55.	04-04-1970	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-5	A	Bobby Charlton 66'	Pop Robson 34', 84' (pen), 87' (pen), *Wyn Davies 36', Jimmy Smith 66'
56.	08-04-1970	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	7-0	H	John Fitzpatrick 1', 59', Bobby Charlton 15', 66', Alan Gowling 34', 76', George Best 80'
57.	10-04-1970	Watford	FAC	2-0	N	Brian Kidd 65', 88'
58.	13-04-1970	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-2	A	John Fitzpatrick 51'	Martin Chivers 14', Alan Gilzean 60'
59.	15-04-1970	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	2-2	H	George Best 6', Bobby Charlton 8'	Tony Coleman 38', Jack Whitham 60'