NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1972-1973

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1972-1973 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 1972-1973.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1972-1973 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	23	10	7	6	28	22	+6	43.48
A	24	3	8	13	23	45	-22	12.50
Total	47	13	15	19	51	67	-16	27.66

First Match Played:	12 Aug 1972 Ipswich Town L 1-2 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Last Match Played:	28 Apr 1973 Chelsea L 0-1 League Division One @ Stamford Bridge
Highest Attendance:	(61676) 21 Apr 1973 Manchester City D 0-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(3) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(5) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Charlton, Bobby	7	41
2.	Best, George	6	23
3.	Storey-Moore, Ian	6	30
4.	Macari, Lou	5	16
5.	MacDougall, Ted	5	18
6.	Davies, Ronald "Wyn"	4	17
7.	Kidd, Brian	4	25
8.	Morgan, Willie	4	44
9.	Holton, Jim	3	15
10.	Law, Denis	2	14
11.	Martin, Mick	2	16
12.	Anderson, Trevor	1	7
13.	McIlroy, Sammy	1	13
14.	Graham, George	1	19

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Buchan, Martin	47	0
2.	Morgan, Willie	44	4
3.	Stepney, Alex	43	0
4.	Charlton, Bobby	41	7
5.	Young, Tony	34	0
6.	Storey-Moore, Ian	30	6
7.	Dunne, Tony	28	0
8.	James, Steve	26	0
9.	Kidd, Brian	25	4
10.	Best, George	23	6
11.	Sadler, David	22	0
12.	Graham, George	19	1
13.	MacDougall, Ted	18	5
14.	O'Neil, Thomas	17	0
15.	Davies, Ronald "Wyn"	17	4
16.	Macari, Lou	16	5
17.	Martin, Mick	16	2
18.	Holton, Jim	15	3
19.	Law, Denis	14	2
20.	McIlroy, Sammy	13	1
21.	Forsyth, Alex	9	0
22.	Anderson, Trevor	7	1
23.	Fitzpatrick, John	6	0
24.	Donald, Ian	5	0
25.	Watson, Willie	4	0
26.	Rimmer, Jimmy	4	0
27.	Fletcher, Peter	2	0
28.	Sidebottom, Arnie	2	0
29.	Edwards, Paul	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	McGarry, Bill	3
2.	Robson, Bobby	2
3.	Shankly, Bill	2
4.	Catterick, Harry	2
5.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	2
6.	Mee, Bertie	2
7.	Sexton, Dave	2
8.	Greenwood, Ron	2
9.	Summers, Gerry	2
10.	Mercer, Joe	2
11.	Clough, Brian	2
12.	Harris, John	2
13.	Megson, Don	2
14.	Howe, Don	2
15.	Goodwin, Freddy	2
16.	Harvey, Joe	2
17.	Nicholson, Bill	2
18.	Allison, Malcolm	2
19.	McMenemy, Lawrie	2
20.	Saunders, Ron	2
21.	Waddington, Tony	2
22.	Revie, Don	2
23.	Head, Bert	1
24.	Hart, Johnny	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	O'Farrell, Frank	26
2.	Docherty, Tommy	21

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	23
2.	Molineux	2
3.	Anfield	1
4.	Baseball Ground	1
5.	Boleyn Ground	1
6.	Bramall Lane	1
7.	Carrow Road	1
8.	Eastville Stadium	1
9.	Elland Road	1
10.	Filbert Street	1
11.	Goodison Park	1
12.	Highbury	1
13.	Highfield Road	1
14.	Maine Road	1
15.	Manor Ground	1
16.	Portman Road	1
17.	Selhurst Park	1
18.	St Andrews	1
19.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
20.	Stamford Bridge	1
21.	The Dell	1
22.	The Hawthorns	1
23.	Victoria Ground	1
24.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	League Cup	4
3.	FA Cup	1

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3
2.	Arsenal	2
3.	Birmingham City	2
4.	Bristol Rovers	2
5.	Chelsea	2
6.	Coventry City	2
7.	Crystal Palace	2
8.	Derby County	2
9.	Everton	2
10.	Ipswich Town	2
11.	Leeds United	2
12.	Leicester City	2
13.	Liverpool	2
14.	Manchester City	2
15.	Newcastle United	2
16.	Norwich City	2
17.	Oxford United	2
18.	Sheffield United	2
19.	Southampton	2
20.	Stoke City	2
21.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
22.	West Bromwich Albion	2
23.	West Ham United	2

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	Opponent

1.	13-01-1973	Dunne, Tony	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2.	17-03-1973	Holton, Jim	Newcastle United

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals recorded.

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	23-08-1972	Best, George	1	Leicester City
2.	12-09-1972	Best, George	1	Oxford United
3.	07-10-1972	Best, George	1	West Bromwich Albion
4.	20-01-1973	Charlton, Bobby	1	West Ham United
5.	10-02-1973	Charlton, Bobby	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
19-08-1972	Everton	1	0-2	John Connolly 17', Joe Royle 75' (pen)
30-09-1972	Sheffield United	1	0-1	Alan Woodward 88' (pen)
17-02-1973	Ipswich Town	1	1-4	Bryan Hamilton 2', 47', Colin Harper 30', Colin Viljoen 61' (pen)
10-03-1973	Birmingham City	1	1-3	Bob Latchford 30', Bob Hatton 63', Alan Campbell 88' (pen)

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

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
18-11-1972	1	0-3	Buchan, Martin	Manchester City

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
12-09-1972	Oxford United	W	3-1	H	League Cup
23-09-1972	Derby County	W	3-0	H	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
16-12-1972	Crystal Palace	L	0-5	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.	12-08-1972	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-2	H	Denis Law 88'	Trevor Whymark 6', Bryan Hamilton 84'
2.	15-08-1972	Liverpool	Div 1	0-2	A		John Toshack 12', Steve Heighway 20'
3.	19-08-1972	Everton	Div 1	0-2	A		John Connolly 17', Joe Royle 75' (pen)
4.	23-08-1972	Leicester City	Div 1	1-1	H	George Best 41' (pen)	Frank Worthington 26'
5.	26-08-1972	Arsenal	Div 1	0-0	H
6.	30-08-1972	Chelsea	Div 1	0-0	H
7.	02-09-1972	West Ham United	Div 1	2-2	A	George Best 10', Ian Storey-Moore 80'	Bryan "Pop" Robson 35', 79'
8.	06-09-1972	Oxford United	LC	2-2	A	Denis Law 3', Bobby Charlton 87'	Ken Skeen 4', Roy Clayton 78'
9.	09-09-1972	Coventry City	Div 1	0-1	H		Willie Carr 55'
10.	12-09-1972	Oxford United	LC	3-1	H	Ian Storey-Moore 35', George Best 56' (pen), 80'	Geoff Bray 42'
11.	16-09-1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	0-2	A		Derek Dougan 24', John Richards 67'
12.	23-09-1972	Derby County	Div 1	3-0	H	Ian Storey-Moore 33', Wyn Davies 66', Willie Morgan 75'
13.	30-09-1972	Sheffield United	Div 1	0-1	A		Alan Woodward 88' (pen)
14.	03-10-1972	Bristol Rovers	LC	1-1	A	Willie Morgan 87'	John Rudge 55'
15.	07-10-1972	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	2-2	A	George Best 35' (pen), Ian Storey-Moore 60'	Alistair Brown 17', 22'
16.	11-10-1972	Bristol Rovers	LC	1-2	H	Sammy McIlroy 82'	John Rudge 30', Bruce Bannister 86'
17.	14-10-1972	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-0	H	Ted MacDougall 18'
18.	21-10-1972	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-2	A	Bobby Charlton 84'	Terry Hibbitt 67', John Tudor 77'
19.	28-10-1972	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-4	H	Bobby Charlton 57'	Martin Peters 20', 24', 34', 80'
20.	04-11-1972	Leicester City	Div 1	2-2	A	George Best 14', Wyn Davies 60'	Jon Sammels 49', John Farrington 70'
21.	11-11-1972	Liverpool	Div 1	2-0	H	Wyn Davies 44', Ted MacDougall 53'
22.	18-11-1972	Manchester City	Div 1	0-3	A		Colin Bell 7', 85', Martin Buchan 82' (o.g.)
23.	25-11-1972	Southampton	Div 1	2-1	H	Wyn Davies 5', Ted MacDougall 51'	Mick Channon 7'
24.	02-12-1972	Norwich City	Div 1	2-0	A	Ian Storey-Moore 15', Ted MacDougall 88'
25.	09-12-1972	Stoke City	Div 1	0-2	H		Mike Pejic 15', John Ritchie 41'
26.	16-12-1972	Crystal Palace	Div 1	0-5	A		Paddy Mulligan 10', 42', Don Rogers 46', 87', Alan Whittle 86'
27.	23-12-1972	Leeds United	Div 1	1-1	H	Ted MacDougall 25'	Allan Clarke 90'
28.	26-12-1972	Derby County	Div 1	1-3	A	Ian Storey-Moore 61'	Roy McFarland 7', 58', Alan Hinton 19'
29.	06-01-1973	Arsenal	Div 1	1-3	A	Brian Kidd 85'	Ray Kennedy 44', George Armstrong 46', Alan Ball 68'
30.	13-01-1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	FAC	0-1	A		Mike Bailey 2'
31.	20-01-1973	West Ham United	Div 1	2-2	H	Bobby Charlton 31' (pen), Lou Macari 80'	Bryan "Pop" Robson 15', Clyde Best 25'
32.	24-01-1973	Everton	Div 1	0-0	H
33.	27-01-1973	Coventry City	Div 1	1-1	A	Jim Holton 34'	Brian Alderson 35'
34.	10-02-1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	2-1	H	Bobby Charlton 57' (pen), 62'	Danny Hegan 66'
35.	17-02-1973	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-4	A	Lou Macari 60'	Bryan Hamilton 2', 47', Colin Harper 30', Colin Viljoen 61' (pen)
36.	03-03-1973	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	2-1	H	Brian Kidd 41', Lou Macari 47'	Jeff Astle 40'
37.	10-03-1973	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-3	A	Lou Macari 85'	Bob Latchford 30', Bob Hatton 63', Alan Campbell 88' (pen)
38.	17-03-1973	Newcastle United	Div 1	2-1	H	Jim Holton 44', Mick Martin 54'	Irving Nattrass 57'
39.	24-03-1973	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-1	A	George Graham 6'	Martin Chivers 84'
40.	31-03-1973	Southampton	Div 1	2-0	A	Bobby Charlton 16', Jim Holton 50'
41.	07-04-1973	Norwich City	Div 1	1-0	H	Mick Martin 78'
42.	11-04-1973	Crystal Palace	Div 1	2-0	H	Brian Kidd 27', Willie Morgan 34'
43.	14-04-1973	Stoke City	Div 1	2-2	A	Lou Macari 65', Willie Morgan 87'	*Jimmy Greenhoff 35', John Ritchie 41'
44.	18-04-1973	Leeds United	Div 1	1-0	A	Trevor Anderson 75'
45.	21-04-1973	Manchester City	Div 1	0-0	H
46.	23-04-1973	Sheffield United	Div 1	1-2	H	Brian Kidd 12'	Bill Dearden 22', Keith Eddy 62'
47.	28-04-1973	Chelsea	Div 1	0-1	A		Peter Osgood 60'