NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1973-1974

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1973-1974 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 1973-1974.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1973-1974 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	24	8	7	9	24	22	+2	33.33
A	21	3	5	13	15	28	-13	14.29
Total	45	11	12	22	39	50	-11	24.44

First Match Played:	25 Aug 1973 Arsenal L 0-3 League Division One @ Highbury
Last Match Played:	29 Apr 1974 Stoke City L 0-1 League Division One @ Victoria Ground
Highest Attendance:	(60025) 09 Feb 1974 Leeds United L 0-2 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(3) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(3) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	McIlroy, Sammy	6	31
2.	Macari, Lou	6	38
3.	McCalliog, Jim	4	11
4.	Greenhoff, Brian	3	39
5.	Best, George	2	12
6.	Houston, Stewart	2	20
7.	James, Steve	2	23
8.	Kidd, Brian	2	24
9.	Holton, Jim	2	37
10.	Morgan, Willie	2	44
11.	Stepney, Alex	2	45
12.	Storey-Moore, Ian	1	2
13.	Anderson, Trevor	1	12
14.	Daly, Gerry	1	17
15.	Forsyth, Alex	1	21
16.	Graham, George	1	26
17.	Young, Tony	1	32

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Buchan, Martin	45	0
2.	Stepney, Alex	45	2
3.	Morgan, Willie	44	2
4.	Greenhoff, Brian	39	3
5.	Macari, Lou	38	6
6.	Holton, Jim	37	2
7.	Young, Tony	32	1
8.	McIlroy, Sammy	31	6
9.	Graham, George	26	1
10.	Kidd, Brian	24	2
11.	James, Steve	23	2
12.	Forsyth, Alex	21	1
13.	Houston, Stewart	20	2
14.	Martin, Mick	18	0
15.	Daly, Gerry	17	1
16.	Anderson, Trevor	12	1
17.	Best, George	12	2
18.	McCalliog, Jim	11	4
19.	Griffiths, Clive	7	0
20.	Fletcher, Peter	5	0
21.	Buchan, George	4	0
22.	Bielby, Paul	4	0
23.	Sadler, David	3	0
24.	Sidebottom, Arnie	2	0
25.	Storey-Moore, Ian	2	1

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Robson, Bobby	3
2.	Mee, Bertie	2
3.	Waddington, Tony	2
4.	Jago, Gordon	2
5.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	2
6.	Greenwood, Ron	2
7.	Revie, Don	2
8.	Shankly, Bill	2
9.	McGarry, Bill	2
10.	Goodwin, Freddy	2
11.	Adamson, Jimmy	2
12.	Sexton, Dave	2
13.	Nicholson, Bill	2
14.	Harvey, Joe	2
15.	McMenemy, Lawrie	2
16.	Mercer, Joe	2
17.	Furphy, Ken	2
18.	Bingham, Billy	2
19.	Charlton, Jack	1
20.	Clough, Brian	1
21.	Norwich City Committee	1
22.	Waiters, Tony	1
23.	Mackay, Dave	1
24.	Saunders, Ron	1
25.	Bond, John	1
26.	Book, Tony	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Docherty, Tommy

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

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

No	Competition	Count

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

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Ipswich Town	3
2.	Arsenal	2
3.	Birmingham City	2
4.	Burnley	2
5.	Chelsea	2
6.	Coventry City	2
7.	Derby County	2
8.	Everton	2
9.	Leeds United	2
10.	Leicester City	2
11.	Liverpool	2
12.	Manchester City	2
13.	Newcastle United	2
14.	Norwich City	2
15.	Queens Park Rangers	2
16.	Sheffield United	2
17.	Southampton	2
18.	Stoke City	2
19.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
20.	West Ham United	2
21.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
22.	Middlesbrough	1
23.	Plymouth Argyle	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	Opponent

13-03-1974

Macari, Lou

Manchester City

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals recorded.

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	12-09-1973	Stepney, Alex	1	Leicester City
2.	20-10-1973	Stepney, Alex	1	Birmingham City
3.	20-04-1974	McCalliog, Jim	1	Southampton

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
15-09-1973	West Ham United	1	3-1	Billy Bonds 80' (pen)
22-12-1973	Liverpool	1	0-2	Kevin Keegan 30' (pen), Steve Heighway 65'
03-04-1974	Burnley	2	3-3	Paul Fletcher 12', Leighton James 68' (pen), 74' (pen)

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

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
15-12-1973	1	2-3	Buchan, Martin	Coventry City

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
15-09-1973	West Ham United	W	3-1	H	League Division One
30-03-1974	Chelsea	W	3-1	A	League Division One
03-04-1974	Burnley	D	3-3	H	League Division One
15-04-1974	Everton	W	3-0	H	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
25-08-1973	Arsenal	L	0-3	A	League Division One
17-11-1973	Newcastle United	L	2-3	A	League Division One
15-12-1973	Coventry City	L	2-3	H	League Division One
01-01-1974	Queens Park Rangers	L	0-3	A	League Division One
03-04-1974	Burnley	D	3-3	H	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
No hat-tricks recorded.

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	25-08-1973	Arsenal	Div 1	0-3	A		Ray Kennedy 48', John Radford 50', Alan Ball 88'
2.	29-08-1973	Stoke City	Div 1	1-0	H	Steve James 20'
3.	01-09-1973	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	2-1	H	Jim Holton 63', Sammy McIlroy 85'	Trevor Francis 59'
4.	05-09-1973	Leicester City	Div 1	0-1	A		Frank Worthington 52'
5.	08-09-1973	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-2	A	Trevor Anderson 85'	Mick Lambert 6', Dave Johnson 42'
6.	12-09-1973	Leicester City	Div 1	1-2	H	Alex Stepney 67' (pen)	Keith Weller 6', Mike Stringfellow 14'
7.	15-09-1973	West Ham United	Div 1	3-1	H	Brian Kidd 7', 62', Ian Storey-Moore 83'	Billy Bonds 80' (pen)
8.	22-09-1973	Leeds United	Div 1	0-0	A
9.	29-09-1973	Liverpool	Div 1	0-0	H
10.	06-10-1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-2	A	Sammy McIlroy 81'	*Jim McCalliog 51', Derek Dougan 61'
11.	08-10-1973	Middlesbrough	LC	0-1	H		Malcolm Smith 4'
12.	13-10-1973	Derby County	Div 1	0-1	H		Kevin Hector 4'
13.	20-10-1973	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-0	H	Alex Stepney 66' (pen)
14.	27-10-1973	Burnley	Div 1	0-0	A
15.	03-11-1973	Chelsea	Div 1	2-2	H	Tony Young 88', Brian Greenhoff 90'	Tommy Baldwin 2', Peter Osgood 49'
16.	10-11-1973	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-2	A	George Best 12'	Martin Chivers 10', Cyril Knowles 30'
17.	17-11-1973	Newcastle United	Div 1	2-3	A	Lou Macari 34', George Graham 43'	Tom Cassidy 17', 64', George Hope 71'
18.	24-11-1973	Norwich City	Div 1	0-0	H
19.	08-12-1973	Southampton	Div 1	0-0	H
20.	15-12-1973	Coventry City	Div 1	2-3	H	George Best 47', Willie Morgan 66'	Martin Buchan 42' (o.g.), Brian Alderson 63', David Cross 76'
21.	22-12-1973	Liverpool	Div 1	0-2	A		Kevin Keegan 30' (pen), Steve Heighway 65'
22.	26-12-1973	Sheffield United	Div 1	1-2	H	Lou Macari 7'	Tony Currie 26', Alan Woodward 75'
23.	29-12-1973	Ipswich Town	Div 1	2-0	H	Sammy McIlroy 77', Lou Macari 80'
24.	01-01-1974	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	0-3	A		*Don Givens 19', Stan Bowles 35', 65'
25.	05-01-1974	Plymouth Argyle	FAC	1-0	H	Lou Macari 64'
26.	12-01-1974	West Ham United	Div 1	1-2	A	Sammy McIlroy 67'	Billy Bonds 50', Pat Holland 85'
27.	19-01-1974	Arsenal	Div 1	1-1	H	Steve James 50'	Ray Kennedy 66'
28.	26-01-1974	Ipswich Town	FAC	0-1	H		Kevin Beattie 7'
29.	02-02-1974	Coventry City	Div 1	0-1	A		Brian Alderson 35'
30.	09-02-1974	Leeds United	Div 1	0-2	H		Mick Jones 57', *Joe Jordan 87'
31.	16-02-1974	Derby County	Div 1	2-2	A	Brian Greenhoff 47', Stewart Houston 68'	David Nish 17', Kevin Hector 31'
32.	23-02-1974	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	0-0	H
33.	02-03-1974	Sheffield United	Div 1	1-0	A	Lou Macari 35'
34.	13-03-1974	Manchester City	Div 1	0-0	A
35.	16-03-1974	Birmingham City	Div 1	0-1	A		Joe Gallagher 73'
36.	23-03-1974	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	0-1	H		Ralph Coates 53'
37.	30-03-1974	Chelsea	Div 1	3-1	A	Willie Morgan 7', Gerry Daly 60', Sammy McIlroy 67'	Bill Garner 81'
38.	03-04-1974	Burnley	Div 1	3-3	H	Sammy McIlroy 1', Alex Forsyth 67', Jim Holton 87'	Paul Fletcher 12', Leighton James 68' (pen), 74' (pen)
39.	06-04-1974	Norwich City	Div 1	2-0	A	Lou Macari 65', Brian Greenhoff 86'
40.	13-04-1974	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-0	H	Jim McCalliog 12'
41.	15-04-1974	Everton	Div 1	3-0	H	Jim McCalliog 21', 55', Stewart Houston 45'
42.	20-04-1974	Southampton	Div 1	1-1	A	Jim McCalliog 20' (pen)	Mick Channon 46'
43.	23-04-1974	Everton	Div 1	0-1	A		Michael Lyons 50'
44.	27-04-1974	Manchester City	Div 1	0-1	H		*Denis Law 82'
45.	29-04-1974	Stoke City	Div 1	0-1	A		John Ritchie 18'