Manchester United record @
City Ground, Nottingham

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Newton Heath/Manchester United at City Ground, Nottingham
All-Time Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
A	55	20	13	22	80	74	+6	36.36
N	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00
Total	56	20	13	23	80	75	+5	35.71

First Match Played:	17 Apr 1908 v Nottingham Forest (League Division One) L 0-2
Last Match Played:	01 Nov 2025 v Nottingham Forest (Premiership) D 2-2
Highest Attendance:	(49946) 28 Oct 1967 v Nottingham Forest (League Division One) L 1-3
Most Goals scored at this Stadium:	(8) See table below
Most Goals Conceded at this Stadium:	(4) See table below

Player

1.	Solskjær, Ole-Gunnar	5	2
2.	Charlton, Bobby	5	11
3.	Viollet, Dennis	4	3
4.	Bryant, William	3	3
5.	Cole, Andrew	3	3
6.	Best, George	3	8
7.	Yorke, Dwight	2	1
8.	Scanlon, Albert	2	2
9.	Gowling, Alan	2	2
10.	Bamford, Thomas	2	3
11.	Strachan, Gordon	2	3
12.	Rashford, Marcus	2	3
13.	Quixall, Albert	2	5
14.	Casemiro, Carlos	2	5
15.	Stapleton, Frank	2	6
16.	Law, Denis	2	7
17.	Robson, Bryan	2	8
18.	Hughes, Mark	2	8
19.	Gallimore, Stanley	1	1
20.	Brown, James (1932-1934)	1	1
21.	Stewart, William Todd	1	1
22.	Carey, Johnny	1	1
23.	Whelan, William	1	1
24.	Chisnall, Phillip	1	1
25.	Sartori, Carlo	1	1
26.	Daly, Gerry	1	1
27.	Barnes, Peter	1	1
28.	Dewar, Neil	1	2
29.	Giles, Johnny	1	2
30.	Pearson, Stuart	1	2
31.	Robins, Mark	1	2
32.	Cantona, Eric	1	2
33.	Weghorst, Wout	1	2
34.	Turnbull, Sandy	1	3
35.	Dawson, Alex	1	3
36.	Kanchelskis, Andrei	1	3
37.	Beckham, David	1	3
38.	Butt, Nicky	1	3
39.	Diallo, Amad	1	3
40.	Aston Jnr, John	1	4
41.	Macari, Lou	1	4
42.	Jordan, Joe	1	4
43.	dos Santos, Antony	1	4
44.	Wilkins, Ray	1	5
45.	Whiteside, Norman	1	5
46.	Giggs, Ryan	1	5
47.	Dalot, Diogo	1	5
48.	Herd, David	1	6
49.	Fernandes, Bruno	1	6
50.	Coppell, Steve	1	8
51.	Blackmore, Clayton	1	9

Player

1.	Charlton, Bobby	11	5
2.	Foulkes, William	10	0
3.	Dunne, Tony	10	0
4.	Crerand, Pat	9	0
5.	Albiston, Arthur	9	0
6.	Bailey, Gary	9	0
7.	Duxbury, Mick	9	0
8.	Blackmore, Clayton	9	1
9.	Bruce, Steve	9	0
10.	McClair, Brian	9	0
11.	Brennan, Shay	8	0
12.	Stiles, Nobby	8	0
13.	Best, George	8	3
14.	Coppell, Steve	8	1
15.	Robson, Bryan	8	2
16.	Hughes, Mark	8	2
17.	Law, Denis	7	2
18.	Pallister, Gary	7	0
19.	Herd, David	6	1
20.	Sadler, David	6	0
21.	Stepney, Alex	6	0
22.	Buchan, Martin	6	0
23.	Stapleton, Frank	6	2
24.	McGrath, Paul	6	0
25.	Irwin, Denis	6	0
26.	Schmeichel, Peter	6	0
27.	Fernandes, Bruno	6	1
28.	Vose, George	5	0
29.	Quixall, Albert	5	2
30.	James, Steve	5	0
31.	McIlroy, Sammy	5	0
32.	Nicholl, Jimmy	5	0
33.	McQueen, Gordon	5	0
34.	Wilkins, Ray	5	1
35.	Moran, Kevin	5	0
36.	Whiteside, Norman	5	1
37.	Phelan, Mike	5	0
38.	Giggs, Ryan	5	1
39.	Casemiro, Carlos	5	2
40.	Dalot, Diogo	5	1
41.	Bell, Alex	4	0
42.	Stacey, George	4	0
43.	Wall, George	4	0
44.	Griffiths, John "Jack"	4	0
45.	Aston Jnr, John	4	1
46.	Fitzpatrick, John	4	0
47.	Macari, Lou	4	1
48.	Jordan, Joe	4	1
49.	Thomas, Mickey	4	0
50.	Ince, Paul	4	0
51.	dos Santos, Antony	4	1
52.	Eriksen, Christian	4	0
53.	Garnacho, Alejandro	4	0
54.	Halse, Harold	3	0
55.	Meredith, Billy	3	0
56.	Roberts, Charlie	3	0
57.	Turnbull, Sandy	3	1
58.	Hayes, Vince	3	0
59.	Moger, Harry	3	0
60.	Bamford, Thomas	3	2
61.	McKay, William	3	0
62.	Mutch, George	3	0
63.	Porter, William	3	0
64.	Rowley, Harry	3	0
65.	Bryant, William	3	3
66.	Viollet, Dennis	3	4
67.	Dawson, Alex	3	1
68.	Gregg, Harry	3	0
69.	Cantwell, Noel	3	0
70.	Setters, Maurice	3	0
71.	Connelly, John	3	0
72.	Dunne, Patrick	3	0
73.	Kidd, Brian	3	0
74.	Greenhoff, Brian	3	0
75.	Strachan, Gordon	3	2
76.	Anderson, Viv	3	0
77.	Beardsmore, Russell	3	0
78.	Leighton, Jim	3	0
79.	Martin, Lee A.	3	0
80.	Kanchelskis, Andrei	3	1
81.	Sharpe, Lee	3	0
82.	Beckham, David	3	1
83.	Butt, Nicky	3	1
84.	Cole, Andrew	3	3
85.	Neville, Gary	3	0
86.	Scholes, Paul	3	0
87.	Lindelöf, Victor	3	0
88.	Rashford, Marcus	3	2
89.	Wan-Bissaka, Aaron	3	0
90.	Diallo, Amad	3	1
91.	Onana, André	3	0
92.	Duckworth, Dick	2	0
93.	Turnbull, Jimmy	2	0
94.	Picken, Jack	2	0
95.	Jones, Thomas (1924-1937)	2	0
96.	Chalmers, William	2	0
97.	Dewar, Neil	2	1
98.	Frame, Thomas	2	0
99.	Hine, Ernest	2	0
100.	Manley, Thomas	2	0
101.	Mellor, Jack	2	0
102.	Cape, Jack	2	0
103.	Robertson, William	2	0
104.	Cope, Ronald	2	0
105.	Goodwin, Frederick	2	0
106.	Scanlon, Albert	2	2
107.	Gaskell, David	2	0
108.	Pearson, Mark	2	0
109.	Nicholson, James	2	0
110.	Giles, Johnny	2	1
111.	Gowling, Alan	2	2
112.	Morgan, Willie	2	0
113.	Houston, Stewart	2	0
114.	Pearson, Stuart	2	1
115.	McCreery, David	2	0
116.	Grimes, Ashley	2	0
117.	Muhren, Arnold	2	0
118.	Brazil, Alan	2	0
119.	Hogg, Graeme	2	0
120.	Davenport, Peter	2	0
121.	Olsen, Jesper	2	0
122.	Turner, Chris	2	0
123.	Donaghy, Mal	2	0
124.	Robins, Mark	2	1
125.	Wallace, Danny	2	0
126.	Webb, Neil	2	0
127.	Keane, Roy	2	0
128.	May, David	2	0
129.	Cantona, Eric	2	1
130.	Johnsen, Ronny	2	0
131.	Solskjær, Ole-Gunnar	2	5
132.	de Gea, David	2	0
133.	Rodrigues, Fredico "Fred"	2	0
134.	Weghorst, Wout	2	1
135.	Maguire, Harry	2	0
136.	Evans, Jonny	2	0
137.	Mainoo, Kobbie	2	0
138.	McTominay, Scott	2	0
139.	Varane, Raphaël	2	0
140.	de Ligt, Matthijs	2	0
141.	Dorgu, Patrick	2	0
142.	Mazraoui, Noussair	2	0
143.	Yoro, Leny	2	0
144.	Broomfield, Herbert	1	0
145.	Burgess, Herbert	1	0
146.	Bannister, James	1	0
147.	Curry, Joseph	1	0
148.	Downie, Alex	1	0
149.	Payne, Ernest	1	0
150.	Livingstone, George	1	0
151.	West, Enoch	1	0
152.	Bennion, Samuel	1	0
153.	Ferguson, John	1	0
154.	Gallimore, Stanley	1	1
155.	Hopkinson, Samuel	1	0
156.	Johnston, William	1	0
157.	Parker, Thomas	1	0
158.	Reid, Thomas	1	0
159.	Silcock, Jack	1	0
160.	Steward, Alfred	1	0
161.	Wilson, John "Jack"	1	0
162.	Brown, James (1932-1934)	1	1
163.	McLachlan, George	1	0
164.	Moody, John	1	0
165.	Topping, Henry	1	0
166.	Vincent, Ernest	1	0
167.	Hillam, Charles	1	0
168.	McGillivray, Charles	1	0
169.	McLenahan, Hugh	1	0
170.	Stewart, William Todd	1	1
171.	Hacking, Jack	1	0
172.	Jones, Thomas (1934-1935)	1	0
173.	Langford, Leonard	1	0
174.	Owen, William (1934-1937)	1	0
175.	Brown, James (1935-1939)	1	0
176.	Hall, John "Jack" (1932-1936)	1	0
177.	Lang, Thomas	1	0
178.	Baird, Harry	1	0
179.	Breedon, Jack	1	0
180.	Carey, Johnny	1	1
181.	Redwood, Hubert	1	0
182.	Roughton, William	1	0
183.	Rowley, Jack	1	0
184.	Berry, Johnny	1	0
185.	Blanchflower, Jackie	1	0
186.	Byrne, Roger	1	0
187.	Colman, Eddie	1	0
188.	Edwards, Duncan	1	0
189.	Pegg, David	1	0
190.	Taylor, Tommy	1	0
191.	Whelan, William	1	1
192.	Wood, Ray	1	0
193.	Greaves, Ian	1	0
194.	McGuinness, Wilf	1	0
195.	Taylor, Ernie	1	0
196.	Carolan, Joseph	1	0
197.	Morgans, Kenny	1	0
198.	Briggs, Ronnie	1	0
199.	Lawton, Norbert	1	0
200.	Moir, Ian	1	0
201.	Haydock, Frank	1	0
202.	Walker, Dennis	1	0
203.	Chisnall, Phillip	1	1
204.	Burns, Francis	1	0
205.	Kopel, Frank	1	0
206.	Ryan, Jimmy	1	0
207.	Rimmer, Jimmy	1	0
208.	Sartori, Carlo	1	1
209.	Watson, Willie	1	0
210.	O'Neil, Thomas	1	0
211.	Storey-Moore, Ian	1	0
212.	Young, Tony	1	0
213.	Daly, Gerry	1	1
214.	Forsyth, Alex	1	0
215.	Hill, Gordon	1	0
216.	McGrath, Chris	1	0
217.	Roche, Paddy	1	0
218.	Jovanovic, Nikola	1	0
219.	Birtles, Garry	1	0
220.	Gidman, John	1	0
221.	McGarvey, Scott	1	0
222.	Graham, Arthur	1	0
223.	Moses, Remi	1	0
224.	Barnes, Peter	1	1
225.	Sivebaek, Johnny	1	0
226.	Gibson, Colin	1	0
227.	O'Brien, Liam	1	0
228.	Gill, Tony	1	0
229.	Milne, Ralph	1	0
230.	Sealey, Les	1	0
231.	Dublin, Dion	1	0
232.	Ferguson, Darren	1	0
233.	Poborský, Karel	1	0
234.	Blomqvist, Jesper	1	0
235.	Curtis, John	1	0
236.	Neville, Phillip	1	0
237.	Stam, Jaap	1	0
238.	Yorke, Dwight	1	2
239.	Elanga, Anthony	1	0
240.	Malacia, Tyrell	1	0
241.	Martínez, Lisandro	1	0
242.	Pellistri, Facundo	1	0
243.	Martial, Anthony	1	0
244.	Sancho, Jadon	1	0
245.	Reguilon, Sergio	1	0
246.	Amrabat, Sofyan	1	0
247.	Højlund, Rasmus	1	0
248.	Mount, Mason	1	0
249.	Ugarte, Manuel	1	0
250.	Zirkzee, Joshua	1	0
251.	Cunha, Matheus	1	0
252.	Lammens, Senne	1	0
253.	Mbeumo, Bryan	1	0
254.	Šeško, Benjamin	1	0
255.	Shaw, Luke	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Clough, Brian	19
2.	Watson, Noel	6
3.	Carey, Johnny	5
4.	Gillies, Matt	4
5.	Walker, Billy	3
6.	Beattie, Andy	3
7.	Espirito Santo, Nuno	3
8.	Hallam, Harry	2
9.	Earp, Fred	2
10.	Clark, Frank	2
11.	Cooper, Steve	2
12.	Wightman, Harold	1
13.	Revie, Don	1
14.	Pearce, Stuart	1
15.	Atkinson, Ron	1
16.	Dyche, Sean	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Busby, Matt	13
2.	Ferguson, Alex	11
3.	Atkinson, Ron	6
4.	Duncan, Scott	5
5.	Sexton, Dave	5
6.	Mangnall, Ernest	4
7.	ten Hag, Erik	4
8.	McGuinness, Wilf	2
9.	Amorim, Ruben	2
10.	Bamlett, Herbert	1
11.	Crickmer, Walter	1
12.	O'Farrell, Frank	1
13.	Docherty, Tommy	1

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Leeds United	1
2.	Nottingham Forest	55

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	34
2.	Premiership	9
3.	League Division Two	7
4.	FA Cup	5
5.	League Cup	1

No	Nationality	Count

England

No	Stadium	Count

City Ground, Nottingham

No	Date	Player	HAN	WDL	F-A

02-04-1980

McIlroy, Sammy

0-2

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

No cup finals found vs City Ground, Nottingham.

No	Date	Player	Pens	WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	31-03-1969	Best, George	1	W	1-0	League Division One
2.	08-12-1984	Strachan, Gordon	1	L	2-3	League Division One
3.	27-11-1995	Cantona, Eric	1	D	1-1	Premiership

No	Date	Count	F-A	Competition	Opponent scorers

1.	09-04-1910	1	0-2	League Division One	Grenville Morris 19', Ginger Maltby 49' (pen)
2.	01-10-1966	1	1-4	League Division One	Chris Crowe 1', 44', 55' (pen), Frank Wignall 30'
3.	02-04-1980	1	0-2	League Division One	John Robertson 79' (pen), *Garry Birtles 88'

No	Date	OG	F-A	Scorers
No own goals recorded vs City Ground, Nottingham.

Date	OG	WDL	F-A	HAN	Comp	Player
No own goals against found vs City Ground, Nottingham.

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

06-02-1999

Nottingham Forest

8-1

Premiership

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition

24-08-1965	Nottingham Forest	L	2-4	A	League Division One
01-10-1966	Nottingham Forest	L	1-4	A	League Division One
02-05-1990	Nottingham Forest	L	0-4	A	League Division One

No	Date	Player		WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	12-12-1959	Viollet, Dennis	3	W	5-1	League Division One
2.	06-02-1999	Solskjær, Ole-Gunnar	4	W	8-1	Premiership

No	Date		Shirt	Opponents	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	17-04-1908	?	?	Nottingham Forest	0-2	A		*Enoch West 43', Tom Marrison 60'
2.	27-02-1909	?	?	Nottingham Forest	0-2	A		*Enoch West 30', Tom Marrison 70'
3.	09-04-1910	?	?	Nottingham Forest	0-2	A		Grenville Morris 19', Ginger Maltby 49' (pen)
4.	10-09-1910	?	?	Nottingham Forest	1-2	A	Sandy Turnbull 10'	John Derrick 12', Grenville Morris 72'
5.	19-09-1931	?	?	Nottingham Forest	1-2	A	Stanley Gallimore 73'	Bill Dickinson 5', John Dent 12'
6.	14-04-1933	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-3	A	Neil Dewar 51', James Brown 82'	Bobby Heslop 15', 55', Cyril Stocks 50'
7.	07-09-1933	?	?	Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	William Stewart 79'	James Graham 25'
8.	26-01-1935	?	?	Nottingham Forest	0-0	A
9.	06-04-1935	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-2	A	William Bryant 25', 86'	Tom Peacock 14', 40'
10.	18-04-1936	?	?	Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	Thomas Bamford 20'	Johnny Dent 11'
11.	28-12-1937	?	?	Nottingham Forest	3-2	A	Johnny Carey 8', William Bryant 55', Thomas Bamford 58'	David Martin 43', Gib McNaughton 87'
12.	12-10-1957	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-1	A	Billy Whelan 3', Dennis Viollet 59'	Stuart Imlach 47'
13.	27-08-1958	?	?	Nottingham Forest	3-0	A	Bobby Charlton 18', 23', Albert Scanlon 20'
14.	12-12-1959	?		Nottingham Forest	5-1	A	Alex Dawson 26', Dennis Viollet 43', 75', 81', Albert Scanlon 72'	Tom Wilson 12'
15.	25-02-1961	?		Nottingham Forest	2-3	A	Bobby Charlton 10', Albert Quixall 48'	John Rowland 24', Colin Booth 84', Colin Addison 85'
16.	20-03-1962	?	?	Nottingham Forest	0-1	A		Geoff Vowden 20'
17.	20-05-1963	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-3	A	Johnny Giles 2', David Herd 50'	Colin Addison 39', Dennis Mochan 65', Len Julians 80'
18.	19-10-1963	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-1	A	Phil Chisnall 7', Albert Quixall 70'	Frank Wignall 22'
19.	16-01-1965			Nottingham Forest	2-2	A	Denis Law 3', 31'	Alan Hinton 15', 23'
20.	31-03-1965			Leeds United	0-1	N		Billy Bremner 89'
21.	24-08-1965	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-4	A	John Aston Jnr 66', George Best 80'	Frank Wignall 8', Colin Addison 28', 44', Alan Hinton 63'
22.	01-10-1966	?	?	Nottingham Forest	1-4	A	Bobby Charlton 72'	Chris Crowe 1', 44', 55' (pen), Frank Wignall 30'
23.	28-10-1967	?	?	Nottingham Forest	1-3	A	George Best 71'	Joe Baker 26', 40', Frank Wignall 59'
24.	31-03-1969	?	?	Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	George Best 50' (pen)
25.	31-03-1970	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-1	A	Alan Gowling 24', Bobby Charlton 56'	Peter Hindley 1'
26.	14-11-1970	?	?	Nottingham Forest	2-1	A	Alan Gowling 21', Carlo Sartori 49'	Peter Cormack 55'
27.	22-04-1972	?		Nottingham Forest	0-0	A
28.	22-03-1975	?		Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	Gerry Daly 35'
29.	12-11-1977			Nottingham Forest	1-2	A	Stuart Pearson 5'	Kenny Burns 49', Archie Gemmill 72'
30.	18-04-1979	?		Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	Joe Jordan 47'	Trevor Francis 86'
31.	02-04-1980	?		Nottingham Forest	0-2	A		John Robertson 79' (pen), *Garry Birtles 88'
32.	04-10-1980			Nottingham Forest	2-1	A	Lou Macari 43', Steve Coppell 73'	Ian Wallace 31'
33.	24-01-1981			Nottingham Forest	0-1	A		Trevor Francis 15'
34.	05-05-1982	?		Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	Frank Stapleton 36'
35.	01-09-1982	?		Nottingham Forest	3-0	A	Ray Wilkins 72', Norman Whiteside 81', Bryan Robson 88'
36.	16-05-1984	?		Nottingham Forest	0-2	A		Garry Birtles 34', Viv Anderson 47'
37.	08-12-1984			Nottingham Forest	2-3	A	Gordon Strachan 14', 26' (pen)	Steve Hodge 63', Gary Mills 78', Johnny Metgod 90'
38.	31-08-1985			Nottingham Forest	3-1	A	Mark Hughes 2', Peter Barnes 5', Frank Stapleton 41'	*Peter Davenport 47'
39.	04-10-1986			Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	Bryan Robson 73'	*Garry Birtles 51'
40.	19-03-1988	?		Nottingham Forest	0-0	A
41.	27-03-1989			Nottingham Forest	0-2	A		Stuart Pearce 3', Lee Chapman 61'
42.	07-01-1990	?		Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	Mark Robins 56'
43.	02-05-1990			Nottingham Forest	0-4	A		Garry Parker 3', Stuart Pearce 19', Nigel Clough 21', Steve Chettle 25'
44.	16-03-1991			Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	Clayton Blackmore 38'	Terry Wilson 46'
45.	18-03-1992			Nottingham Forest	0-1	A		Nigel Clough 59'
46.	29-08-1992			Nottingham Forest	2-0	A	Mark Hughes 16', Ryan Giggs 49'
47.	22-08-1994			Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	Andrei Kanchelskis 23'	Stan Collymore 26'
48.	27-11-1995	?		Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	Eric Cantona 67' (pen)	Paul McGregor 19'
49.	26-12-1996			Nottingham Forest	4-0	A	David Beckham 24', Nicky Butt 44', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 67', Andrew Cole 76'
50.	06-02-1999			Nottingham Forest	8-1	A	Dwight Yorke 2', 67', Andrew Cole 7', 50', Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 80', 88', 90'+1, 90'+4	Alan Rogers 6'
51.	25-01-2023			Nottingham Forest	3-0	A	Marcus Rashford 6', Wout Weghorst 45', Bruno Fernandes 89'
52.	16-04-2023			Nottingham Forest	2-0	A	Antony dos Santos 32', Diogo Dalot 76'
53.	30-12-2023			Nottingham Forest	1-2	A	Marcus Rashford 78'	Nicolas Dominguez 64', Morgan Gibbs-White 82'
54.	28-02-2024			Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	Casemiro 89'
55.	01-04-2025			Nottingham Forest	0-1	A		*Anthony Elanga 5'
56.	01-11-2025			Nottingham Forest	2-2	A	Casemiro 34', Amad Diallo 81'	Morgan Gibbs-White 48', Nicolo Savona 50'