NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1981-1982

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1981-1982 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 1981-1982.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1981-1982 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	22	12	6	4	27	10	+17	54.55
A	23	10	6	7	32	22	+10	43.48
Total	45	22	12	11	59	32	+27	48.89

First Match Played:	29 Aug 1981 Coventry City L 1-2 League Division One @ Highfield Road
Last Match Played:	15 May 1982 Stoke City W 2-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(57827) 27 Feb 1982 Manchester City D 1-1 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(5) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(3) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Stapleton, Frank	13	44
2.	Birtles, Garry	11	36
3.	Coppell, Steve	9	38
4.	Moran, Kevin	7	33
5.	Robson, Bryan	5	35
6.	McIlroy, Sammy	3	14
7.	Macari, Lou	2	12
8.	McGarvey, Scott	2	16
9.	Moses, Remi	2	23
10.	Whiteside, Norman	1	2
11.	Grimes, Ashley	1	11
12.	Gidman, John	1	40
13.	Albiston, Arthur	1	45
14.	Wilkins, Ray	1	45

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Albiston, Arthur	45	1
2.	Wilkins, Ray	45	1
3.	Stapleton, Frank	44	13
4.	Bailey, Gary	42	0
5.	Gidman, John	40	1
6.	Coppell, Steve	38	9
7.	Birtles, Garry	36	11
8.	Robson, Bryan	35	5
9.	Moran, Kevin	33	7
10.	Buchan, Martin	30	0
11.	Duxbury, Mick	25	0
12.	Moses, Remi	23	2
13.	McQueen, Gordon	21	0
14.	McGarvey, Scott	16	2
15.	McIlroy, Sammy	14	3
16.	Macari, Lou	12	2
17.	Grimes, Ashley	11	1
18.	Roche, Paddy	3	0
19.	Whiteside, Norman	2	1
20.	Nicholl, Jimmy	1	0
21.	Davies, Alan	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Burkinshaw, Keith	4
2.	Saunders, Ron	3
3.	Sexton, Dave	2
4.	Clough, Brian	2
5.	Robson, Bobby	2
6.	Toshack, John	2
7.	Murdoch, Bobby	2
8.	Neill, Terry	2
9.	Clarke, Alan	2
10.	Bond, John	2
11.	Paisley, Bob	2
12.	Sirrel, Jimmy	2
13.	Durban, Alan	2
14.	Bailey, Mike	2
15.	McMenemy, Lawrie	2
16.	Kendall, Howard	2
17.	Barker, Richie	2
18.	Lyall, John	2
19.	Allen, Ronnie	2
20.	Barnwell, John	1
21.	Smith, Jim	1
22.	Taylor, Graham	1
23.	Greaves, Ian	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Atkinson, Ron

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	22
2.	White Hart Lane	2
3.	Anfield	1
4.	Ayresome Park	1
5.	Boleyn Ground	1
6.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
7.	Elland Road	1
8.	Goldstone Ground	1
9.	Goodison Park	1
10.	Highbury	1
11.	Highfield Road	1
12.	Maine Road	1
13.	Meadow Lane	1
14.	Molineux	1
15.	Portman Road	1
16.	Roker Park	1
17.	St Andrews	1
18.	The Dell	1
19.	The Hawthorns	1
20.	Vetch Field	1
21.	Vicarage Road	1
22.	Victoria Ground	1
23.	Villa Park	1

No	Competition	Count

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

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Tottenham Hotspur	4
2.	Arsenal	2
3.	Aston Villa	2
4.	Birmingham City	2
5.	Brighton	2
6.	Coventry City	2
7.	Everton	2
8.	Ipswich Town	2
9.	Leeds United	2
10.	Liverpool	2
11.	Manchester City	2
12.	Middlesbrough	2
13.	Nottingham Forest	2
14.	Notts County	2
15.	Southampton	2
16.	Stoke City	2
17.	Sunderland	2
18.	Swansea City	2
19.	West Bromwich Albion	2
20.	West Ham United	2
21.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
22.	Watford	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	43
2.	Wales	2

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.	23-01-1982	Stapleton, Frank	1	Stoke City
2.	17-04-1982	Coppell, Steve	1	Tottenham Hotspur

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
17-10-1981	Birmingham City	1	1-1	Frank Worthington 33' (pen)
24-10-1981	Liverpool	1	2-1	Terry McDermott 74' (pen)

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

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
No own goals against recorded.

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
03-10-1981	Wolverhampton Wanderers	W	5-0	H	League Division One
07-11-1981	Sunderland	W	5-1	A	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
21-11-1981	Tottenham Hotspur	L	1-3	A	League Division One
05-12-1981	Southampton	L	2-3	A	League Division One
10-04-1982	Everton	D	3-3	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	03-10-1981	McIlroy, Sammy	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	29-08-1981	Coventry City	Div 1	1-2	A	Lou Macari 43'	Steve Whitton 11', Peter Bodak 48'
2.	31-08-1981	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	0-0	H
3.	05-09-1981	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-2	H	Frank Stapleton 13'	*Alan Brazil 6', John Wark 27'
4.	12-09-1981	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-1	A	Frank Stapleton 42'	Gordon Cowans 16'
5.	19-09-1981	Swansea City	Div 1	1-0	H	Garry Birtles 37'
6.	22-09-1981	Middlesbrough	Div 1	2-0	A	Frank Stapleton 29', Garry Birtles 54'
7.	26-09-1981	Arsenal	Div 1	0-0	A
8.	30-09-1981	Leeds United	Div 1	1-0	H	Frank Stapleton 80'
9.	03-10-1981	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	5-0	H	Frank Stapleton 9', Sammy McIlroy 21', 50, 76', Garry Birtles 86'
10.	07-10-1981	Tottenham Hotspur	LC	0-1	A		Steve Archibald 65'
11.	10-10-1981	Manchester City	Div 1	0-0	A
12.	17-10-1981	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-1	H	Steve Coppell 64'	Frank Worthington 33' (pen)
13.	21-10-1981	Middlesbrough	Div 1	1-0	H	Remi Moses 82'
14.	24-10-1981	Liverpool	Div 1	2-1	A	Kevin Moran 24', Arthur Albiston 89'	Terry McDermott 74' (pen)
15.	28-10-1981	Tottenham Hotspur	LC	0-1	H		Mickey Hazard 7'
16.	31-10-1981	Notts County	Div 1	2-1	H	Garry Birtles 40', Remi Moses 65'	Iain McCulloch 37'
17.	07-11-1981	Sunderland	Div 1	5-1	A	Kevin Moran 20', Bryan Robson 53', Frank Stapleton 67', 71', Garry Birtles 89'	Stan Cummins 38'
18.	21-11-1981	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-3	A	Garry Birtles 43'	Mickey Hazard 6', Graham Roberts 30', Steve Archibald 53'
19.	28-11-1981	Brighton	Div 1	2-0	H	Garry Birtles 38', Frank Stapleton 68'
20.	05-12-1981	Southampton	Div 1	2-3	A	Frank Stapleton 28', Bryan Robson 52'	Steve Moran 22', Kevin Keegan 43', David Armstrong 90'
21.	02-01-1982	Watford	FAC	0-1	A		Jan Lohman 44'
22.	06-01-1982	Everton	Div 1	1-1	H	Frank Stapleton 82'	Graeme Sharp 32'
23.	23-01-1982	Stoke City	Div 1	3-0	A	Steve Coppell 10', Frank Stapleton 85' (pen), Garry Birtles 88'
24.	27-01-1982	West Ham United	Div 1	1-0	H	Lou Macari 73'
25.	30-01-1982	Swansea City	Div 1	0-2	A		Alan Curtis 55', Robbie James 57'
26.	06-02-1982	Aston Villa	Div 1	4-1	H	Kevin Moran 44', 78', Bryan Robson 62', Steve Coppell 66'	David Geddis 21'
27.	13-02-1982	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-0	A	Garry Birtles 31'
28.	20-02-1982	Arsenal	Div 1	0-0	H
29.	27-02-1982	Manchester City	Div 1	1-1	H	Kevin Moran 39'	Kevin Reeves 17'
30.	06-03-1982	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-0	A	Garry Birtles 18'
31.	17-03-1982	Coventry City	Div 1	0-1	H		Steve Whitton 39'
32.	20-03-1982	Notts County	Div 1	3-1	A	Steve Coppell 10', 61', Frank Stapleton 64'	Rachid Harkouk 70'
33.	27-03-1982	Sunderland	Div 1	0-0	H
34.	03-04-1982	Leeds United	Div 1	0-0	A
35.	07-04-1982	Liverpool	Div 1	0-1	H		Craig Johnston 63'
36.	10-04-1982	Everton	Div 1	3-3	A	Steve Coppell 32', 48', Ashley Grimes 57'	Graeme Sharp 42', Mike Lyons 56', Adrian Heath 65'
37.	12-04-1982	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	1-0	H	Kevin Moran 67'
38.	17-04-1982	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-0	H	Steve Coppell 65' (pen), Scott McGarvey 87'
39.	20-04-1982	Ipswich Town	Div 1	1-2	A	John Gidman 18'	John Wark 36', 75'
40.	24-04-1982	Brighton	Div 1	1-0	A	Ray Wilkins 87'
41.	01-05-1982	Southampton	Div 1	1-0	H	Scott McGarvey 61'
42.	05-05-1982	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	1-0	A	Frank Stapleton 36'
43.	08-05-1982	West Ham United	Div 1	1-1	A	Kevin Moran 61'	David Cross 49'
44.	12-05-1982	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	3-0	A	Bryan Robson 25', Garry Birtles 36', Steve Coppell 77'
45.	15-05-1982	Stoke City	Div 1	2-0	H	Bryan Robson 44', Norman Whiteside 44'