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Line 30: The 1972–73 season was [[Manchester United F.C.\|Manchester United]]'s 71st season in [[the Football League]], and their 28th consecutive season in the top division of [[Football in England\|English football]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1973.html \|title=Manchester United Season 1972/73 \|accessdate=21 December 2011\|publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk }}</ref> For the first and only season United took part in the [[Anglo-Italian Cup]], the [[1973 Anglo-Italian Cup\|1973 version]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/competitions/angloitalian.html \|title=United in the Anglo-Italian Cup \|accessdate=21 December 2011\|publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk }}</ref> In September 1972, Frank O'Farrell signed Welsh international centre-forward Wyn Davies from Manchester City for a fee of £60,000. The signing paid immediate dividends with Davies scoring on his United debut in a 3-0 win against Derby County. Shortly afterwards, O'Farrell paid Bournemouth, then in the Third Division, a reported £194,445 for the services of striker, Ted MacDougall. Despite these signings, United's results were poor and on 19 December 1972, [[Frank O'Farrell]] was sacked as United manager following a 5–0 defeat at [[Crystal Palace F.C.\|Crystal Palace]] that had left them in real danger of relegation, with little improvement having been made on United's dismal nine-match winless start to the league campaign.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Managers – Frank O'Farrell \|url=http://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-managers/frank-ofarrell.html \|work=AboutManUtd.com \|publisher=About ManUtd \|accessdate=9 March 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108055910/http://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-managers/frank-ofarrell.html \|archive-date=8 November 2011 \|~~dead-~~url-status=~~yes~~dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> On the same day, the club's directors also announced that the errant [[George Best]] would not be playing for them again.<ref>{{cite news \|first=Ben \|last=Blackmore \|title=Comebacks that are best forgotten \|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/53051.html \|work=ESPN.co.uk \|publisher=ESPN \|date=29 October 2010 \|accessdate=9 March 2012 }}</ref> Three days later [[Tommy Docherty]] was appointed as the new manager, after he resigned from the [[Scotland national football team\|Scotland national team]], and he guided United to survival. He also restored George Best to the team.

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