League Division One · Matchday 22

Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United

0–4

Monday 28th December 1936 · Burnden Park · Att: 11,801

Manchester United beat Bolton Wanderers 4–0 at Burnden Park on Monday 28th December 1936 in the League Division One. William Bryant (20', 49') and William McKay (34', 69') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
20' William Bryant 0–1
34' William McKay 0–2
Half Time
49' William Bryant 0–3
69' William McKay 0–4
Full Time 0–4

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 20', 49'

8 George Mutch

9 Thomas Bamford

10 William McKay 34', 69'

11 Thomas Lang

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Scott Duncan

Manchester United

OPP

Charles Foweraker

Bolton Wanderers

United vs Bolton Wanderers History

Meeting 46 of 119

119

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

193

Goals For

155

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 9th December 1893. After this match United had played Bolton Wanderers 46 times: 13W 12D 21L.

3 Sep 1934 L 1–3 D2 12 Sep 1934 L 0–3 D2 25 Dec 1936 W 1–0 D1

28 Dec 1936 W 4–0 This match

31 Aug 1938 D 2–2 D1 29 Apr 1939 D 0–0 D1 25 Dec 1946 D 2–2 D1

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	60	34	10	16	109	61	56.7
Away	58	19	15	24	84	92	32.8
Neutral	1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0

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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 →