NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1976-1977

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1976-1977 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 1976-1977.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1976-1977 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	32	21	7	4	65	31	+34	65.63
A	25	6	7	12	34	48	-14	24.00
N	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Total	59	29	14	16	103	81	+22	49.15

First Match Played:	21 Aug 1976 Birmingham City D 2-2 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Last Match Played:	21 May 1977 Liverpool W 2-1 FA Cup @ Wembley
Highest Attendance:	(99252) 21 May 1977 Liverpool W 2-1 FA Cup @ Wembley
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(7) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(4) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Hill, Gordon	22	56
2.	Pearson, Stuart	19	53
3.	Macari, Lou	14	53
4.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	12	34
5.	Coppell, Steve	8	56
6.	Daly, Gerry	7	28
7.	Houston, Stewart	5	51
8.	Greenhoff, Brian	5	57
9.	McIlroy, Sammy	3	57
10.	McCreery, David	2	37
11.	Nicholl, Jimmy	1	55

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Greenhoff, Brian	57	5
2.	McIlroy, Sammy	57	3
3.	Stepney, Alex	57	0
4.	Coppell, Steve	56	8
5.	Hill, Gordon	56	22
6.	Nicholl, Jimmy	55	1
7.	Macari, Lou	53	14
8.	Pearson, Stuart	53	19
9.	Houston, Stewart	51	5
10.	Buchan, Martin	46	0
11.	McCreery, David	37	2
12.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	34	12
13.	Daly, Gerry	28	7
14.	Albiston, Arthur	25	0
15.	McGrath, Chris	7	0
16.	Paterson, Steven	5	0
17.	Forsyth, Alex	5	0
18.	Waldron, Colin	4	0
19.	Foggon, Alan	3	0
20.	Jackson, Thomas	3	0
21.	Roche, Paddy	2	0
22.	Clark, Jonathan	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Lee, Gordon	3
2.	Stokoe, Bob	3
3.	Armfield, Jimmy	3
4.	Saunders, Ron	3
5.	Sexton, Dave	3
6.	Paisley, Bob	3
7.	Bell, Willie	2
8.	Milne, Gordon	2
9.	Burkinshaw, Keith	2
10.	Ivic, Tomislav	2
11.	Book, Tony	2
12.	Giles, Johnny	2
13.	Trapattoni, Giovanni	2
14.	Bond, John	2
15.	Robson, Bobby	2
16.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	2
17.	Lyall, John	2
18.	Bingham, Billy	2
19.	Neill, Terry	2
20.	Dicks, Alan	2
21.	McMenemy, Lawrie	2
22.	Eastham, George	2
23.	Mackay, Dave	1
24.	King, John	1
25.	Charlton, Jack	1
26.	MacFarlane, Ian	1
27.	Fraser, Doug	1
28.	Murphy, Colin	1
29.	Dinnis, Richard	1
30.	Adamson, Jimmy	1
31.	Middlesbrough Committee	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Docherty, Tommy

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	32
2.	Roker Park	2
3.	Anfield	1
4.	Ashton Gate	1
5.	Ayresome Park	1
6.	Baseball Ground	1
7.	Boleyn Ground	1
8.	Carrow Road	1
9.	Elland Road	1
10.	Filbert Street	1
11.	Goodison Park	1
12.	Highbury	1
13.	Highfield Road	1
14.	Hillsborough	1
15.	Loftus Road	1
16.	Maine Road	1
17.	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam	1
18.	Portman Road	1
19.	St Andrews	1
20.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
21.	Stadio Comunale	1
22.	The Dell	1
23.	The Hawthorns	1
24.	Victoria Ground	1
25.	Villa Park	1
26.	Wembley	1
27.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	FA Cup	7
3.	League Cup	6
4.	Europa League	4

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Sunderland	5
2.	Aston Villa	3
3.	Everton	3
4.	Leeds United	3
5.	Liverpool	3
6.	Newcastle United	3
7.	Queens Park Rangers	3
8.	Ajax Amsterdam	2
9.	Arsenal	2
10.	Birmingham City	2
11.	Bristol City	2
12.	Coventry City	2
13.	Derby County	2
14.	Ipswich Town	2
15.	Juventus	2
16.	Leicester City	2
17.	Manchester City	2
18.	Middlesbrough	2
19.	Norwich City	2
20.	Southampton	2
21.	Stoke City	2
22.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
23.	West Bromwich Albion	2
24.	West Ham United	2
25.	Tranmere Rovers	1
26.	Walsall	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	55
2.	Holland	2
3.	Italy	2

No	Date	Player	Opponent

07-05-1977

McIlroy, Sammy

Bristol City

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

21-05-1977

2-1

Liverpool

FA Cup

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	04-10-1976	Daly, Gerry	1	Sunderland
2.	23-10-1976	Daly, Gerry	1	Norwich City
3.	20-11-1976	Daly, Gerry	1	Leicester City
4.	23-03-1977	Hill, Gordon	1	West Bromwich Albion
5.	11-04-1977	Hill, Gordon	1	Sunderland
6.	07-05-1977	Greenhoff, Jimmy	1	Bristol City

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
04-10-1976	Sunderland	1	2-2	Tony Towers 7' (pen), Ray Train 87'
26-02-1977	Southampton	1	2-2	David Peach 28' (pen), Nick Holmes 43'
08-03-1977	Southampton	1	2-1	David Peach 41' (pen)
11-04-1977	Sunderland	1	1-2	Kevin Arnott 3', Tony Towers 19' (pen)
23-04-1977	Leeds United	1	2-1	Allan Clarke 71' (pen)

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
18-09-1976	1	2-0	Middlesbrough	Tony McAndrew 20' (o.g.), Stuart Pearson 78'
22-09-1976	1	2-2	Sunderland	Stuart Pearson 16', Jeff Clarke 87' (o.g.)
05-02-1977	1	3-1	Derby County	Lou Macari 8', Stewart Houston 53', Steve Powell 60' (o.g.)
12-03-1977	1	1-0	Leeds United	Trevor Cherry 12' (o.g.)
02-04-1977	1	1-2	Norwich City	Tony Powell 57' (o.g.)

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
03-01-1977	1	1-2	Greenhoff, Brian	Ipswich Town

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
27-10-1976	Newcastle United	W	7-2	H	League Cup

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
16-10-1976	West Bromwich Albion	L	0-4	A	League Division One
19-04-1977	Queens Park Rangers	L	0-4	A	League Division One
16-05-1977	West Ham United	L	2-4	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	27-10-1976	Hill, Gordon	3	Newcastle United
2.	19-02-1977	Greenhoff, Jimmy	3	Newcastle United

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	21-08-1976	Birmingham City	Div 1	2-2	H	Steve Coppell 19', Stuart Pearson 29'	Archie Styles 15', Ken Burns 44'
2.	24-08-1976	Coventry City	Div 1	2-0	A	Lou Macari 20', Gordon Hill 62'
3.	28-08-1976	Derby County	Div 1	0-0	A
4.	01-09-1976	Tranmere Rovers	LC	5-0	H	Gerry Daly 52' 83', Lou Macari 53', Stuart Pearson 61', Gordon Hill 78'
5.	04-09-1976	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-3	H	Steve Coppell 16', Stuart Pearson 22'	Ralph Coates 55', Ian Moores 60', John Pratt 78'
6.	11-09-1976	Newcastle United	Div 1	2-2	A	Stuart Pearson 17', Brian Greenhoff 32'	Paul Cannell 13', Micky Burns 52'
7.	15-09-1976	Ajax Amsterdam	EL	0-1	A		Ruud Krol 42'
8.	18-09-1976	Middlesbrough	Div 1	2-0	H	Tony McAndrew 20' (o.g.), Stuart Pearson 78'
9.	22-09-1976	Sunderland	LC	2-2	H	Stuart Pearson 16', Jeff Clarke 87' (o.g.)	Ray Train 6', Tony Towers 80'
10.	25-09-1976	Manchester City	Div 1	3-1	A	Steve Coppell 15', David McCreery 26', Gerry Daly 69'	Dennis Tueart 7'
11.	29-09-1976	Ajax Amsterdam	EL	2-0	H	Lou Macari 42', Sammy McIlroy 65'
12.	02-10-1976	Leeds United	Div 1	2-0	A	Gerry Daly 6', Steve Coppell 9'
13.	04-10-1976	Sunderland	LC	2-2	A	Brian Greenhoff 46', Gerry Daly 89' (pen)	Tony Towers 7' (pen), Ray Train 87'
14.	06-10-1976	Sunderland	LC	1-0	H	Brian Greenhoff 75'
15.	16-10-1976	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	0-4	A		*Johnny Giles 6', Tony Brown 35', Len Cantello 50', Ray Treacy 78'
16.	20-10-1976	Juventus	EL	1-0	H	Gordon Hill 32'
17.	23-10-1976	Norwich City	Div 1	2-2	H	Gerry Daly 38' (pen), Gordon Hill 42'	John Ryan 71', Phil Boyer 85'
18.	27-10-1976	Newcastle United	LC	7-2	H	Stewart Houston 7', Gordon Hill 13', 52', 67', Stuart Pearson 34', Steve Coppell 56', Jimmy Nicholl 47'	Irving Nattrass 17', Micky Burns 47'
19.	30-10-1976	Ipswich Town	Div 1	0-1	H		Clive Woods 2'
20.	03-11-1976	Juventus	EL	0-3	A		Roberto Boninsegna 29' 63', Romeo Benetti 85'
21.	06-11-1976	Aston Villa	Div 1	2-3	A	Stuart Pearson 24', Gordon Hill 49'	Dennis Mortimer 39', Andy Gray 46', 54'
22.	10-11-1976	Sunderland	Div 1	3-3	H	Gordon Hill 33', Stuart Pearson 41', Brian Greenhoff 55'	Bob Lee 55', 76', Bill Hughes 58'
23.	20-11-1976	Leicester City	Div 1	1-1	A	Gerry Daly 84' (pen)	Chris Garland 8'
24.	27-11-1976	West Ham United	Div 1	0-2	H		Trevor Brooking 20', Billy Jennings 29'
25.	01-12-1976	Everton	LC	0-3	H		Martin Dobson 33', Andy King 37', 50'
26.	18-12-1976	Arsenal	Div 1	1-3	A	Sammy McIlroy 6'	Malcolm Macdonald 5', 52', Liam Brady 45'+2
27.	27-12-1976	Everton	Div 1	4-0	H	Stuart Pearson 47', Jimmy Greenhoff 61', Gordon Hill 71', Lou Macari 85'
28.	01-01-1977	Aston Villa	Div 1	2-0	H	Stuart Pearson 16', 23'
29.	03-01-1977	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-2	A	Stuart Pearson 1'	Brian Greenhoff 79' (o.g.), Clive Woods 83'
30.	08-01-1977	Walsall	FAC	1-0	H	Gordon Hill 43'
31.	15-01-1977	Coventry City	Div 1	2-0	H	Lou Macari 8', 19'
32.	19-01-1977	Bristol City	Div 1	2-1	H	Stuart Pearson 47, Brian Greenhoff 79'	Keith Fear 5'
33.	22-01-1977	Birmingham City	Div 1	3-2	A	Stewart Houston 22', Jimmy Greenhoff 24', Stuart Pearson 52'	Trevor Francis 21', Gary Emmanuel 80'
34.	29-01-1977	Queens Park Rangers	FAC	1-0	H	Lou Macari 16'
35.	05-02-1977	Derby County	Div 1	3-1	H	Lou Macari 8', Stewart Houston 53', Steve Powell 60' (o.g.)	Tony Macken 80'
36.	12-02-1977	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	3-1	A	Lou Macari 4', Sammy McIlroy 32', Gordon Hill 60'	Chris Jones 35'
37.	16-02-1977	Liverpool	Div 1	0-0	H
38.	19-02-1977	Newcastle United	Div 1	3-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 10', 35', 71'	Geoff Nulty 32'
39.	26-02-1977	Southampton	FAC	2-2	A	Lou Macari 12', Gordon Hill 40'	David Peach 28' (pen), Nick Holmes 43'
40.	05-03-1977	Manchester City	Div 1	3-1	H	Stuart Pearson 24', Gordon Hill 31', Steve Coppell 54'	Joe Royle 61'
41.	08-03-1977	Southampton	FAC	2-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 5', 69'	David Peach 41' (pen)
42.	12-03-1977	Leeds United	Div 1	1-0	H	Trevor Cherry 12' (o.g.)
43.	19-03-1977	Aston Villa	FAC	2-1	H	Stewart Houston 26', Lou Macari 76'	Brian Little 2'
44.	23-03-1977	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	2-2	H	Gordon Hill 43' (pen), Steve Coppell 90'	David Cross 18', *Bryan Robson 35'
45.	02-04-1977	Norwich City	Div 1	1-2	A	Tony Powell 57' (o.g.)	Colin Suggett 7', Kevin Reeves 33'
46.	05-04-1977	Everton	Div 1	2-1	A	Gordon Hill 1', 20'	Martin Dobson 73'
47.	09-04-1977	Stoke City	Div 1	3-0	H	Stewart Houston 51', Lou Macari 60', Stuart Pearson 81'
48.	11-04-1977	Sunderland	Div 1	1-2	A	Gordon Hill 15' (pen)	Kevin Arnott 3', Tony Towers 19' (pen)
49.	16-04-1977	Leicester City	Div 1	1-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 75'	Steve Earle 46'
50.	19-04-1977	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	0-4	A		*Don Givens 1', Eddie Kelly 22', Peter Eastoe 46', 60'
51.	23-04-1977	Leeds United	FAC	2-1	N	Steve Coppell 6', Jimmy Greenhoff 14'	Allan Clarke 71' (pen)
52.	26-04-1977	Middlesbrough	Div 1	0-3	A		Dave Armstrong 20', 33', David Mills 64'
53.	30-04-1977	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	1-0	H	Lou Macari 82'
54.	03-05-1977	Liverpool	Div 1	0-1	A		Kevin Keegan 15'
55.	07-05-1977	Bristol City	Div 1	1-1	A	Jimmy Greenhoff 50' (pen)	Chris Garland 5'
56.	11-05-1977	Stoke City	Div 1	3-3	A	Gordon Hill 21', 60', David McCreery 22'	*Garth Crooks 41' 49', Alan Bloor 66'
57.	14-05-1977	Arsenal	Div 1	3-2	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 11', Lou Macari 36', Gordon Hill 53'	Liam Brady 51', *Frank Stapleton 79'
58.	16-05-1977	West Ham United	Div 1	2-4	A	Gordon Hill 1', Stuart Pearson 65'	Frank Lampard Snr 30', Geoff Pike 52', Bryan "Pop" Robson 60', 75'
59.	21-05-1977	Liverpool	FAC	2-1	N	Stuart Pearson 50', Jimmy Greenhoff 55'	Jimmy Case 52'