League Division One · Matchday 23

Manchester United v Sunderland

2–1

Friday 1st January 1937 · Old Trafford · Att: 46,257

Manchester United beat Sunderland 2–1 at Old Trafford on Friday 1st January 1937 in the League Division One. George Mutch (6') and William Bryant (8') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
6' George Mutch 1–0
8' William Bryant 2–0
Half Time
83' Raich Carter 2–1
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 Thomas Breen

2 Hubert Redwood

3 William Roughton

4 James (1935-1939) Brown

5 Walter Winterbottom

6 Bert Whalley

7 William Bryant 8'

8 George Mutch 6'

9 Thomas Bamford

10 William McKay

11 Thomas Lang

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Scott Duncan

Manchester United

OPP

Johnny Cochrane

Sunderland

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 45 of 147

147

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

254

Goals For

208

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 4th March 1893. After this match United had played Sunderland 45 times: 20W 6D 19L.

5 Apr 1930 W 2–1 D1 29 Nov 1930 D 1–1 D1 4 Apr 1931 W 2–1 D1

1 Jan 1937 W 2–1 This match

21 Apr 1937 D 1–1 D1 29 Oct 1938 L 0–1 D1 4 Mar 1939 L 2–5 D1

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	73	43	18	12	150	77	58.9
Away	73	23	20	30	99	130	31.5
Neutral	1	1	0	0	5	1	100.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →