Premiership · Matchday 38

Everton v Manchester United

1–2

Sunday 11th May 2003 · Goodison Park · Att: 40,168

Manchester United beat Everton 2–1 at Goodison Park on Sunday 11th May 2003 in the Premiership. David Beckham (43') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (79') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
8' Kevin Campbell 1–0
28' Thomas Gravesen
40' Phillip Neville for Brown
43' David Beckham 1–1
45' Rio Ferdinand
45' Laurent Blanc for O'Shea
Half Time
50' Laurent Blanc
54' Tony Hibbert
60' Wayne Rooney
67' Phillip Neville
77' Alan Stubbs
78' Duncan Ferguson
78' Quinton Fortune for Solskjaer
79' Ruud van Nistelrooy pen 1–2
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

A 5th consecutive win in all competitions.
David Beckham's 11th goal of 2002-2003, and his 84th for United.
Ruud van Nistelrooy's 43rd goal of 2002-2003, and his 77th for United.

Starting XI

Player

6 Rio Ferdinand

7 David Beckham 43'

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy 79'

20 Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Substitutes

40' for Brown

45' for O'Shea

78' for Solskjaer

Everton Lineup

Starting XI

1 Richard Wright G

2 Steve Watson M

4 Alan Stubbs D

6 David Unsworth D

9 Kevin Campbell F ⚽

15 Gary Naysmith M

16 Thomas Gravesen M

18 Wayne Rooney F

20 Joseph Yobo D

26 Lee Carsley M

28 Tony Hibbert D

Substitutes

3 Alessandro Pistone on

10 Duncan Ferguson on

13 Steve Simonsen

17 Scot Gemmill

30 Nick Chadwick on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

David Moyes

Everton

Match Information

Man Utd Everton

55%

Possession

45%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Everton History

Meeting 164 of 216

216

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

326

Goals For

292

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 24th September 1892. After this match United had played Everton 164 times: 68W 36D 60L.

8 Sep 2001 W 4–1 PL 26 Dec 2001 W 2–0 PL 7 Oct 2002 W 3–0 PL

11 May 2003 W 2–1 This match

26 Dec 2003 W 3–2 PL 7 Feb 2004 W 4–3 PL 30 Aug 2004 D 0–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	105	59	26	20	183	98	56.2
Away	105	36	23	46	140	189	34.3
Neutral	6	2	1	3	3	5	33.3

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