League Division One · Matchday 39

Manchester United v Liverpool

4–1

Monday 6th April 1931 · Old Trafford · Att: 8,058

Manchester United beat Liverpool 4–1 at Old Trafford on Monday 6th April 1931 in the League Division One. Thomas Reid (3', 85'), Hugh McLenahan (10') and Harry Rowley (75') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
3' Thomas Reid 1–0
10' Hugh McLenahan 2–0
Half Time
67' Alan Scott 2–1
75' Harry Rowley 3–1
85' Thomas Reid 4–1
Full Time 4–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

8 Hugh McLenahan 10'

9 Thomas Reid 3', 85'

10 Harry Rowley 75'

11 Samuel Hopkinson

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Herbert Bamlett

Manchester United

OPP

George Patterson

Liverpool

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 46 of 218

218

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

296

Goals For

294

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th April 1894. After this match United had played Liverpool 46 times: 15W 12D 19L.

21 Sep 1929 L 1–2 D1 25 Jan 1930 L 0–1 D1 3 Apr 1931 D 1–1 D1

6 Apr 1931 W 4–1 This match

21 Nov 1936 L 2–5 D1 27 Mar 1937 L 0–2 D1 7 Sep 1938 L 0–1 D1

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	105	53	32	20	176	111	50.5
Away	100	27	25	48	105	168	27.0
Neutral	13	5	4	4	15	15	38.5

All 218 meetings with Liverpool →

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 →