NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1970-1971

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1970-1971 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 1970-1971.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1970-1971 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	26	12	8	6	37	28	+9	46.15
A	24	8	5	11	41	47	-6	33.33
Total	50	20	13	17	78	75	+3	40.00

First Match Played:	15 Aug 1970 Leeds United L 0-1 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Last Match Played:	05 May 1971 Manchester City W 4-3 League Division One @ Maine Road
Highest Attendance:	(59365) 15 Aug 1970 Leeds United L 0-1 League Division One @ Old Trafford
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.	Best, George	21	48
2.	Law, Denis	16	34
3.	Kidd, Brian	13	33
4.	Gowling, Alan	8	22
5.	Charlton, Bobby	8	50
6.	Aston Jnr, John	3	24
7.	Morgan, Willie	3	29
8.	Fitzpatrick, John	3	43
9.	Sartori, Carlo	2	8
10.	Sadler, David	1	39

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Charlton, Bobby	50	8
2.	Best, George	48	21
3.	Fitzpatrick, John	43	3
4.	Dunne, Tony	42	0
5.	Sadler, David	39	1
6.	Law, Denis	34	16
7.	Edwards, Paul	33	0
8.	Kidd, Brian	33	13
9.	Morgan, Willie	29	3
10.	Rimmer, Jimmy	28	0
11.	Crerand, Pat	27	0
12.	Aston Jnr, John	24	3
13.	Gowling, Alan	22	8
14.	Stepney, Alex	22	0
15.	Burns, Francis	22	0
16.	Stiles, Nobby	19	0
17.	Ure, Ian	17	0
18.	James, Steve	17	0
19.	Watson, Willie	10	0
20.	Sartori, Carlo	8	2
21.	Young, Tony	1	0
22.	Donald, Ian	1	0
23.	O'Neil, Thomas	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Sexton, Dave	3
2.	Head, Bert	3
3.	Revie, Don	2
4.	Mee, Bertie	2
5.	Adamson, Jimmy	2
6.	Greenwood, Ron	2
7.	Catterick, Harry	2
8.	Shankly, Bill	2
9.	Cantwell, Noel	2
10.	Robson, Bobby	2
11.	McGarry, Bill	2
12.	Ashman, Alan	2
13.	Harvey, Joe	2
14.	Waddington, Tony	2
15.	Gillies, Matt	2
16.	Bates, Ted	2
17.	Greaves, Ian	2
18.	Nicholson, Bill	2
19.	Mercer, Joe	2
20.	Crowe, Vic	2
21.	Clough, Brian	2
22.	Anderson, Stan	2
23.	Melia, Jimmy	1
24.	Shannon, Les	1
25.	Tindall, Ron	1
26.	Stokoe, Bob	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	McGuinness, Wilf	29
2.	Busby, Matt	21

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

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

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	League Cup	6
3.	FA Cup	2

No	Opponent	Count

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

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	Opponent

01-05-1971

Crerand, Pat

Blackpool

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals recorded.

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	09-01-1971	Morgan, Willie	1	Chelsea
2.	06-02-1971	Morgan, Willie	1	Tottenham Hotspur
3.	24-04-1971	Best, George	1	Ipswich Town

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
19-09-1970	Ipswich Town	1	0-4	Colin Viljoen 13', 84' (pen), Trevor Whymark 39', Frank Clarke 42'
30-01-1971	Huddersfield Town	1	2-1	Frank Worthington 35' (pen)

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

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
19-04-1971	1	0-2	Edwards, Paul	Liverpool

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
20-02-1971	Southampton	W	5-1	H	League Division One
17-04-1971	Crystal Palace	W	5-3	A	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
22-08-1970	Arsenal	L	0-4	A	League Division One
19-09-1970	Ipswich Town	L	0-4	A	League Division One
12-12-1970	Manchester City	L	1-4	H	League Division One
26-12-1970	Derby County	D	4-4	A	League Division One
06-03-1971	West Bromwich Albion	L	3-4	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	20-02-1971	Gowling, Alan	4	Southampton
2.	17-04-1971	Law, Denis	3	Crystal Palace

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	15-08-1970	Leeds United	Div 1	0-1	H		Mick Jones 21'
2.	19-08-1970	Chelsea	Div 1	0-0	H
3.	22-08-1970	Arsenal	Div 1	0-4	A		John Radford 14, 20', 60', *George Graham 67'
4.	25-08-1970	Burnley	Div 1	2-0	A	Denis Law 68', 75'
5.	29-08-1970	West Ham United	Div 1	1-1	H	John Fitzpatrick 28'	Geoff Hurst 2'
6.	02-09-1970	Everton	Div 1	2-0	H	Bobby Charlton 62', George Best 78'
7.	05-09-1970	Liverpool	Div 1	1-1	A	Brian Kidd 21'	Alun Evans 22'
8.	09-09-1970	Aldershot	LC	3-1	A	George Best 45', Brian Kidd 63', Denis Law 71'	Richard Walden 42'
9.	12-09-1970	Coventry City	Div 1	2-0	H	Bobby Charlton 55', George Best 60'
10.	19-09-1970	Ipswich Town	Div 1	0-4	A		Colin Viljoen 13', 84' (pen), Trevor Whymark 39', Frank Clarke 42'
11.	26-09-1970	Blackpool	Div 1	1-1	H	George Best 29'	Mick Burns 65'
12.	03-10-1970	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	2-3	A	Alan Gowling 11', Brian Kidd 68'	Bobby Gould 2', 36', 52'
13.	07-10-1970	Portsmouth	LC	1-0	H	Bobby Charlton 61'
14.	10-10-1970	Crystal Palace	Div 1	0-1	H		Bobby Tambling 63'
15.	17-10-1970	Leeds United	Div 1	2-2	A	John Fitzpatrick 59', Bobby Charlton 85'	Jack Charlton 9', Rod Belfitt 47'
16.	24-10-1970	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	2-1	H	Denis Law 75', Brian Kidd 77'	Tony Brown 20'
17.	28-10-1970	Chelsea	LC	2-1	H	Bobby Charlton 28', George Best 70'	John Hollins 35'
18.	31-10-1970	Newcastle United	Div 1	0-1	A		*Wyn Davies 51'
19.	07-11-1970	Stoke City	Div 1	2-2	H	Denis Law 29', David Sadler 71'	Gerard Conroy 2', John Ritchie 72'
20.	14-11-1970	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	2-1	A	Alan Gowling 21', Carlo Sartori 49'	Peter Cormack 55'
21.	18-11-1970	Crystal Palace	LC	4-2	H	John Fitzpatrick 29', Brian Kidd 49', 53', Bobby Charlton 80'	Gerry Queen 78', Tony Taylor 88'
22.	21-11-1970	Southampton	Div 1	0-1	A		Jimmy Gabriel 35'
23.	28-11-1970	Huddersfield Town	Div 1	1-1	H	George Best 28'	Brian Greenhaigh 40'
24.	05-12-1970	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-2	A	Denis Law 33', George Best 57'	Martin Peters 63', Alan Gilzean 69'
25.	12-12-1970	Manchester City	Div 1	1-4	H	Brian Kidd 72'	Mike Doyle 15', Francis Lee 43', 53', 57'
26.	16-12-1970	Aston Villa	LC	1-1	H	Brian Kidd 44'	Andy Lochhead 37'
27.	19-12-1970	Arsenal	Div 1	1-3	H	Carlo Sartori 41'	Frank McLintock 14', *George Graham 21', Ray Kennedy 36'
28.	23-12-1970	Aston Villa	LC	1-2	A	Brian Kidd 14'	Andy Lochhead 37', Pat McMahon 72'
29.	26-12-1970	Derby County	Div 1	4-4	A	Denis Law 55', 59', George Best 57', Brian Kidd 75'	Dave Mackay 3', Frank Wignall 21', Kevin Hector 66', Archie Gemmill 71'
30.	02-01-1971	Middlesbrough	FAC	0-0	H
31.	05-01-1971	Middlesbrough	FAC	1-2	A	George Best 89'	Hugh Mcllmoyle 7', Derrick Downing 73'
32.	09-01-1971	Chelsea	Div 1	2-1	A	Willie Morgan 77' (pen), Alan Gowling 86'	Alan Hudson 59'
33.	16-01-1971	Burnley	Div 1	1-1	H	John Aston Jnr 47'	Martin Dobson 78'
34.	30-01-1971	Huddersfield Town	Div 1	2-1	A	Denis Law 26', John Aston Jnr 46'	Frank Worthington 35' (pen)
35.	06-02-1971	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-1	H	George Best 15', Willie Morgan 24' (pen)	Martin Peters 27'
36.	20-02-1971	Southampton	Div 1	5-1	H	Willie Morgan 26', Alan Gowling 35', 42', 44', 88'	Jimmy Gabriel 67'
37.	23-02-1971	Everton	Div 1	0-1	A		Tommy Wright 22'
38.	27-02-1971	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-0	H	Brian Kidd 43'
39.	06-03-1971	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	3-4	A	George Best 18', John Aston Jnr 50', Brian Kidd 60'	Tony Brown 31', 47', 54', John Wile 62'
40.	13-03-1971	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	2-0	H	Denis Law 12', George Best 43'
41.	20-03-1971	Stoke City	Div 1	2-1	A	George Best 23', 34'	John Ritchie 77'
42.	03-04-1971	West Ham United	Div 1	1-2	A	George Best 56'	Geoff Hurst 4', Bobby Robson 10'
43.	10-04-1971	Derby County	Div 1	1-2	H	Denis Law 70'	John O'Hare 38', 48'
44.	12-04-1971	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-0	H	Alan Gowling 42'
45.	13-04-1971	Coventry City	Div 1	1-2	A	George Best 60'	Ernie Hunt 5', 49'
46.	17-04-1971	Crystal Palace	Div 1	5-3	A	Denis Law 43', 48', 66', George Best 58', 65'	Alan Birchenall 4', Bobby Tambling 24', Gerry Queen 82'
47.	19-04-1971	Liverpool	Div 1	0-2	H		Steve Heighway 19', Paul Edwards 58' (o.g.)
48.	24-04-1971	Ipswich Town	Div 1	3-2	H	George Best 27' (pen), Bobby Charlton 40', Brian Kidd 76'	Peter Morris 18', Frank Clarke 82'
49.	01-05-1971	Blackpool	Div 1	1-1	A	Denis Law 6'	Tony Green 26'
50.	05-05-1971	Manchester City	Div 1	4-3	A	Bobby Charlton 15', Denis Law 30', George Best 31', 75'	Freddie Hill 46', Francis Lee 80', Ian Mellor 82'