League Division One · Matchday 06

Chelsea v Manchester United

1–4

Saturday 28th September 1907 · Stamford Bridge · Att: 40,000

Manchester United beat Chelsea 4–1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday 28th September 1907 in the League Division One. Billy Meredith (7', 89'), Sandy Turnbull (28') and James Bannister (48') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
7' Billy Meredith 0–1
25' Jimmy Windridge 1–1
28' Sandy Turnbull 1–2
Half Time
48' James Bannister 1–3
89' Billy Meredith 1–4
Full Time 1–4

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

7 Billy Meredith 7', 89'

8 James Bannister 48'

9 Jimmy Turnbull

10 Sandy Turnbull 28'

11 George Wall

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Ernest Mangnall

Manchester United

OPP

David Calderhead (Snr)

Chelsea

United vs Chelsea History

Meeting 3 of 199

199

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

312

Goals For

238

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Monday 25th December 1905. After this match United had played Chelsea 3 times: 1W 2D 0L.

25 Dec 1905 D 0–0 D2 13 Apr 1906 D 1–1 D2

28 Sep 1907 W 4–1 This match

25 Jan 1908 W 1–0 D1 1 Feb 1908 W 1–0 FAC 7 Nov 1908 L 0–1 D1

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	94	42	32	20	148	88	44.7
Away	94	37	25	32	149	136	39.4
Neutral	11	3	4	4	15	14	27.3

All 199 meetings with Chelsea →

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 →