1919–20 Manchester United F.C. season: Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
Tassedethe (talk | contribs) m v2.04 - Repaired 1 link to disambiguation page - (You can help) - Jack Robson |
|||
(7 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|38th season in existence of Manchester United}} |
|||
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} |
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} |
||
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}} |
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}} |
||
{{Infobox football club season |
{{Infobox football club season |
||
| club = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |
|||
| season = 1919–20 |
|||
| manager = [[Jack Robson (football manager)|Jack Robson]] |
|||
| chairman = [[John Henry Davies]] |
|||
| league = [[1919–20 Football League|First Division]] |
|||
| league result = 12th |
|||
| cup1 = [[1919–20 FA Cup|FA Cup]] |
|||
| cup1 result = Second Round |
|||
| cup2 = |
|||
| cup2 result = |
|||
| league topscorer = <br />[[Joe Spence (footballer born 1898)|Joe Spence]] (14) |
|||
| season topscorer = <br />[[Joe Spence (footballer born 1898)|Joe Spence]] (14) |
|||
| highest attendance = 45,000 vs [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] (26 December 1919) |
|||
| lowest attendance = 13,000 vs [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|The Wednesday]] (1 September 1919) |
|||
| pattern_la1 = |pattern_b1 = _whitecollar |pattern_ra1 = |pattern_sh1 = |pattern_so1 = |
|||
| average attendance = 27,777 |
|||
| leftarm1 = E20E0E |body1 = E20E0E |rightarm1 = E20E0E |shorts1 = FFFFFF |socks1 = 000000 |
|||
| pattern_la2 = _blue_stripes |pattern_b2 = _bluestripes |pattern_ra2 = _blue_stripes |pattern_sh2 = |pattern_so2 = |
|||
| leftarm2 = FFFFFF |body2 = FFFFFF |rightarm2 = FFFFFF |shorts2 = FFFFFF |socks2 = 000000 |
|||
⚫ | |||
| leftarm2 = 3366CC |body2 = 3366CC |rightarm2 = 3366CC |shorts2 = FFFFFF |socks2 = 000000 |
|||
| nextseason = [[1920–21 Manchester United F.C. season|1920–21]] |
|||
⚫ | |||
}} |
}} |
||
The 1919–20 season was Manchester United's 24th season in [[the Football League]], ninth in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1920.html |title=Manchester United Season 1919/20 | |
The 1919–20 season was Manchester United's 24th season in [[the Football League]], ninth in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1920.html |title=Manchester United Season 1919/20 |access-date=10 December 2011 |publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk }}</ref> and first season back in [[the Football League]] and the [[FA Cup]] after the cancellation of competitive league football during [[World War I|First World War]]. |
||
Prior to the start of the season, the Football League expanded the number of teams taking part in the league to 22 teams, giving Manchester United their first taste of 42-match |
Prior to the start of the season, the Football League expanded the number of teams taking part in the league to 22 teams, giving Manchester United their first taste of a 42-match league season. |
||
==First Division== |
==First Division== |
||
Line 332: | Line 332: | ||
|20,000 |
|20,000 |
||
|} |
|} |
||
{{:1919–20 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|showteam=MU |only_totals=y}} |
|||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|Pos|Position}} |
|||
!Club |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}} |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}} |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}} |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}} |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} |
|||
!width=30|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}} |
|||
|- |
|||
|11||align=left|[[Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]] |
|||
|42||15||12||15||60||63||−3||'''42''' |
|||
|- |
|||
|'''12'''||align=left|'''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]''' |
|||
|'''42'''||'''13'''||'''14'''||'''15'''||'''54'''||'''50'''||'''+4'''||'''40''' |
|||
|- |
|||
|13||align=left|[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] |
|||
|42||15||10||17||61||65||−4||'''40''' |
|||
|} |
|||
<small>'''Pld''' = Matches played; '''W''' = Matches won; '''D''' = Matches drawn; '''L''' = Matches lost; '''GF''' = Goals for; '''GA''' = Goals against; '''Pts''' = Points</small> |
|||
==FA Cup== |
==FA Cup== |
Latest revision as of 23:58, 9 July 2022
1919–20 season | |||
---|---|---|---|
Chairman | John Henry Davies | ||
Manager | Jack Robson | ||
First Division | 12th | ||
FA Cup | Second Round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Joe Spence (14) All: Joe Spence (14) | ||
Highest home attendance | 45,000 vs Liverpool (26 December 1919) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 13,000 vs The Wednesday (1 September 1919) | ||
| |||
The 1919–20 season was Manchester United's 24th season in the Football League, ninth in the First Division,[1] and first season back in the Football League and the FA Cup after the cancellation of competitive league football during First World War.
Prior to the start of the season, the Football League expanded the number of teams taking part in the league to 22 teams, giving Manchester United their first taste of a 42-match league season.
First Division
[edit]Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 August 1919 | Derby County | A | 1–1 | Woodcock | 12,000 |
1 September 1919 | The Wednesday | H | 0–0 | 13,000 | |
6 September 1919 | Derby County | H | 0–2 | 15,000 | |
8 September 1919 | The Wednesday | A | 3–1 | Meehan, Spence, Woodcock | 10,000 |
13 September 1919 | Preston North End | A | 3–2 | Spence (2), Meehan | 15,000 |
20 September 1919 | Preston North End | H | 5–1 | Spence (2), Woodcock (2), Montgomery | 18,000 |
27 September 1919 | Middlesbrough | A | 1–1 | Woodcock | 20,000 |
4 October 1919 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–1 | Woodcock | 28,000 |
11 October 1919 | Manchester City | A | 3–3 | Hodge, Hopkin, Spence | 30,000 |
18 October 1919 | Manchester City | H | 1–0 | Spence | 40,000 |
25 October 1919 | Sheffield United | A | 2–2 | Hopkin, Woodcock | 18,000 |
1 November 1919 | Sheffield United | H | 3–0 | Hodges, Spence, Woodcock | 24,500 |
8 November 1919 | Burnley | A | 1–2 | Hodge | 15,000 |
15 November 1919 | Burnley | H | 0–1 | 25,000 | |
22 November 1919 | Oldham Athletic | A | 3–0 | Hodges, Hopkin, Spence | 15,000 |
6 December 1919 | Aston Villa | A | 0–2 | 40,000 | |
13 December 1919 | Aston Villa | H | 1–2 | Hilditch | 30,000 |
20 December 1919 | Newcastle United | H | 2–1 | Hodges, Spence | 20,000 |
26 December 1919 | Liverpool | H | 0–0 | 45,000 | |
27 December 1919 | Newcastle United | A | 1–2 | Hilditch | 45,000 |
1 January 1920 | Liverpool | A | 0–0 | 30,000 | |
3 January 1920 | Chelsea | H | 0–2 | 25,000 | |
17 January 1920 | Chelsea | A | 0–1 | 40,000 | |
24 January 1920 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1–2 | Woodcock | 20,000 |
7 February 1920 | Sunderland | A | 0–3 | 25,000 | |
11 February 1920 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–1 | Bissett | 15,000 |
14 February 1920 | Sunderland | H | 2–0 | Harris, Hodges | 35,000 |
21 February 1920 | Arsenal | A | 3–0 | Spence (2), Hopkin | 25,000 |
25 February 1920 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–2 | Spence | 20,000 |
28 February 1920 | Arsenal | H | 0–1 | 20,000 | |
6 March 1920 | Everton | H | 1–0 | Bissett | 35,000 |
13 March 1920 | Everton | A | 0–0 | 30,000 | |
20 March 1920 | Bradford City | H | 0–0 | 25,000 | |
27 March 1920 | Bradford City | A | 1–2 | Bissett | 18,000 |
2 April 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 0–1 | 30,000 | |
3 April 1920 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1–1 | Toms | 39,000 |
6 April 1920 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 4–1 | Bissett, Grimwood, Toms, Woodcock | 14,000 |
10 April 1920 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 5–3 | Bissett (2), Meredith, Toms, Woodcock | 25,000 |
17 April 1920 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–1 | Hopkin | 40,000 |
24 April 1920 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–5 | 30,000 | |
26 April 1920 | Notts County | H | 0–0 | 30,000 | |
1 May 1920 | Notts County | A | 2–0 | Meredith, Spence | 20,000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | West Bromwich Albion (C) | 42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 104 | 47 | 2.213 | 60 | |
2 | Burnley | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 59 | 1.102 | 51 | |
3 | Chelsea | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 51 | 1.098 | 49 | |
4 | Liverpool | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 44 | 1.341 | 48 | |
5 | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 72 | 59 | 1.220 | 48 | |
6 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 | 47 | |
7 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 45 | |
8 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 39 | 1.128 | 43 | |
9 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 75 | 73 | 1.027 | 42 | |
10 | Arsenal | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 56 | 58 | 0.966 | 42 | |
11 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 42 | |
12 | Manchester United | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 54 | 50 | 1.080 | 40 | |
13 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 65 | 0.938 | 40 | |
14 | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 69 | 0.855 | 40 | |
15 | Bradford City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 63 | 0.857 | 39 | |
16 | Everton | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 69 | 68 | 1.015 | 38 | |
17 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 52 | 0.942 | 38 | |
18 | Derby County | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 57 | 0.825 | 38 | |
19 | Preston North End | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 73 | 0.781 | 38 | |
20 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 64 | 77 | 0.831 | 37 | |
21 | Notts County (R) | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 0.757 | 36 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | The Wednesday (R) | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 64 | 0.438 | 23 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
FA Cup
[edit]Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 January 1920 | First Round | Port Vale | A | 1–0 | Toms | 14,549 |
31 January 1920 | Second Round | Aston Villa | H | 1–2 | Woodcock | 48,600 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Manchester United Season 1919/20". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2011.