Manchester United 1950-1951

Points · Division One 1950-1951

2nd in the Division One after 42 matches

Manchester United finished 2nd in the Division One with 56 points from 42 games in 1950-1951, scoring 83 goals in all competitions. They won 27, drew 8 and lost 11 of their 46 games in all competitions under Matt Busby.

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form

Season at a Glance

Goals Scored

Conceded

Played

How this season compares

of 123 seasons

1.93

Points per game

32nd-best of 123 full seasons

1.80

Goals per game

50th-best of 123 full seasons

0.91

Conceded per game

28th-best of 123 full seasons

59%

Win rate

24th-best of 123 full seasons

In the Division One, United ranked 5th of 22 for goals scored (+0.23 per game vs the league average) and 1st for fewest conceded. That was 2 places higher than 1949-1950 (+6 points).

Cup Runs

Top Scorers

All Results

46 matches

August 1950 2W · 0D · 2L

Fulham H

D1 Pearson

1–0

19 Aug 44,042 1-0-0 W1

Liverpool A

D1 Rowley

1–2

23 Aug 30,211 1-0-1 L1

Bolton Wanderers A

0–1

26 Aug 40,431 1-0-2 L2

Liverpool H

D1 Downie

1–0

30 Aug 34,835 2-0-2 W1

September 1950 4W · 2D · 1L

Blackpool H

D1 Bogan

1–0

2 Sep 53,260 3-0-2 W2

Aston Villa A

D1 Rowley 2, Pearson

3–1

4 Sep 42,724 4-0-2 W3

Tottenham Hotspur A

0–1

9 Sep 60,621 4-0-3 L1

Aston Villa H

0–0

13 Sep 33,021 4-1-3 D1

Charlton Athletic H

D1 Rowley, Pearson, Delaney

3–0

16 Sep 36,619 5-1-3 W1

Middlesbrough A

D1 Pearson 2

2–1

23 Sep 48,051 6-1-3 W2

Wolverhampton Wanderers A

0–0

30 Sep 45,898 6-2-3 D1

October 1950 2W · 1D · 1L

Sheffield Wednesday H

D1 Downie, McShane, Rowley

3–1

7 Oct 40,651 7-2-3 W1

Arsenal A

0–3

14 Oct 66,150 7-2-4 L1

Portsmouth H

0–0

21 Oct 41,842 7-3-4 D1

Everton A

D1 Rowley 2, Pearson, Snr

4–1

28 Oct 51,142 8-3-4 W1

November 1950 1W · 2D · 1L

Burnley H

D1 McShane

1–1

4 Nov 39,454 8-4-4 D1

Chelsea A

0–1

11 Nov 51,882 8-4-5 L1

Stoke City H

0–0

18 Nov 30,031 8-5-5 D1

West Bromwich Albion A

D1 Birch

1–0

25 Nov 28,146 9-5-5 W1

December 1950 1W · 1D · 4L

Newcastle United H

D1 Birch

1–2

2 Dec 34,502 9-5-6 L1

Huddersfield Town A

D1 Snr 2, Birkett

3–2

9 Dec 26,713 10-5-6 W1

Fulham A

D1 Pearson 2

2–2

16 Dec 19,649 10-6-6 D1

Bolton Wanderers H

D1 Pearson, Snr

2–3

23 Dec 35,382 10-6-7 L1

Sunderland A

D1 Snr

1–2

25 Dec 41,215 10-6-8 L2

Sunderland H

D1 Snr, Bogan 2

3–5

26 Dec 35,176 10-6-9 L3

January 1951 4W · 0D · 0L

Oldham Athletic H

FAC Pearson, Snr, Whyte (og), Birch

4–1

6 Jan 37,161 11-6-9 W1

Tottenham Hotspur H

D1 Birch, Rowley

2–1

13 Jan 43,283 12-6-9 W2

Charlton Athletic A

D1 Snr, Birkett

2–1

20 Jan 31,978 13-6-9 W3

Leeds United H

FAC Pearson 3, Rowley

4–0

27 Jan 55,434 14-6-9 W4

February 1951 4W · 0D · 1L

Middlesbrough H

D1 Pearson

1–0

3 Feb 44,633 15-6-9 W5

Arsenal H

FAC Pearson

1–0

10 Feb 55,058 16-6-9 W6

Wolverhampton Wanderers H

D1 Rowley, Birch

2–1

17 Feb 42,022 17-6-9 W7

Birmingham City A

FAC

0–1

24 Feb 50,000 17-6-10 L1

Sheffield Wednesday A

D1 Pearson, Downie, Rowley, McShane

4–0

26 Feb 25,693 18-6-10 W1

March 1951 6W · 1D · 0L

Arsenal H

D1 Downie, Snr 2

3–1

3 Mar 46,202 19-6-10 W2

Portsmouth A

0–0

10 Mar 33,148 19-7-10 D1

Everton H

D1 Snr, Downie, Pearson

3–0

17 Mar 29,317 20-7-10 W1

Derby County H

D1 Downie, Snr

2–0

23 Mar 42,009 21-7-10 W2

Burnley A

D1 McShane, Snr

2–1

24 Mar 36,656 22-7-10 W3

Derby County A

D1 Pearson, Downie, Rowley, Snr

4–2

26 Mar 25,860 23-7-10 W4

Chelsea H

D1 Pearson 3, McShane

4–1

31 Mar 25,779 24-7-10 W5

April 1951 3W · 0D · 1L

Stoke City A

0–2

7 Apr 25,690 24-7-11 L1

West Bromwich Albion H

D1 Rowley, Pearson, Downie

3–0

14 Apr 24,764 25-7-11 W1

Newcastle United A

D1 Rowley, Pearson

2–0

21 Apr 45,209 26-7-11 W2

Huddersfield Town H

D1 McShane 2, Rowley (pen), Snr 2, Downie

6–0

28 Apr 25,560 27-7-11 W3

May 1951 0W · 1D · 0L

Blackpool A

D1 Downie

1–1

5 May 22,864 27-8-11 D1

Home & Away

Venue	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%	CS	Avg Att
Home	24	17	4	3	51	17	+34	71%	14	38,752
Away	22	10	4	8	32	25	+7	45%	5	38,633

Home crowds averaged 38,752, away 38,633. Their biggest crowd was 66,150 v Arsenal, the smallest 19,649 v Fulham.

Season Records

6–0

Biggest win

v Huddersfield Town · 28 Apr 1951

0–3

Heaviest defeat

v Arsenal · 14 Oct 1950

Longest win streak

Longest unbeaten run

Longest winless run

Clean sheets

Failed to score

1–0

Most common score

6 times

United completed the league double over Charlton Athletic, Derby County, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and West Bromwich Albion. They lost both league meetings with Bolton Wanderers and Sunderland.

When Goals Were Scored

Scored Conceded

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76+

United's average goal came in the 40', the average one conceded in the 38'. They scored 4 from the 81st minute on and conceded 2. Penalties: 1 scored, 2 conceded. Own goals: 1 for, 2 against.

Min	Scorer	Opponent	Comp	Before	Date
63'	Stan Pearson	vs Fulham	D1	0–0	19 Aug 1950
12'	William Liddell	@ Liverpool	D1	0–0	23 Aug 1950
30'	Jack Rowley	@ Liverpool	D1	0–1	23 Aug 1950
37'	Reg Allen OG	@ Liverpool	D1	1–1	23 Aug 1950
78'	Nat Lofthouse	@ Bolton Wanderers	D1	0–0	26 Aug 1950
23'	John Downie	vs Liverpool	D1	0–0	30 Aug 1950
8'	Thomas Bogan	vs Blackpool	D1	0–0	2 Sep 1950
14'	Jack Rowley	@ Aston Villa	D1	0–0	4 Sep 1950
61'	Stan Pearson	@ Aston Villa	D1	1–0	4 Sep 1950
65'	Jack Rowley	@ Aston Villa	D1	2–0	4 Sep 1950
80'	Trevor Ford	@ Aston Villa	D1	3–0	4 Sep 1950
44'	Sonny Walters	@ Tottenham Hotspur	D1	0–0	9 Sep 1950
10'	Jack Rowley	vs Charlton Athletic	D1	0–0	16 Sep 1950
44'	Stan Pearson	vs Charlton Athletic	D1	1–0	16 Sep 1950
77'	Jimmy Delaney	vs Charlton Athletic	D1	2–0	16 Sep 1950
13'	Stan Pearson	@ Middlesbrough	D1	0–0	23 Sep 1950
41'	Lloyd Delapenha	@ Middlesbrough	D1	1–0	23 Sep 1950
58'	Stan Pearson	@ Middlesbrough	D1	1–1	23 Sep 1950
7'	John Downie	vs Sheffield Wednesday	D1	0–0	7 Oct 1950
31'	Harry McShane	vs Sheffield Wednesday	D1	1–0	7 Oct 1950
37'	Jack Rowley	vs Sheffield Wednesday	D1	2–0	7 Oct 1950
89'	Hugh McJarrow	vs Sheffield Wednesday	D1	3–0	7 Oct 1950
16'	Henry Cockburn OG	@ Arsenal	D1	0–0	14 Oct 1950
60'	Doug Lishman	@ Arsenal	D1	0–1	14 Oct 1950
71'	Peter Goring	@ Arsenal	D1	0–2	14 Oct 1950
40'	Jack Rowley	@ Everton	D1	0–0	28 Oct 1950
46'	James McIntosh	@ Everton	D1	1–0	28 Oct 1950
62'	Jack Rowley	@ Everton	D1	1–1	28 Oct 1950
75'	Stan Pearson	@ Everton	D1	2–1	28 Oct 1950
86'	John Aston Snr	@ Everton	D1	3–1	28 Oct 1950
35'	William Holden	vs Burnley	D1	0–0	4 Nov 1950
60'	Harry McShane	vs Burnley	D1	0–1	4 Nov 1950
59'	Hugh Billington	@ Chelsea	D1	0–0	11 Nov 1950
60'	Brian Birch	@ West Bromwich Albion	D1	0–0	25 Nov 1950
39'	Brian Birch	vs Newcastle United	D1	0–0	2 Dec 1950
64'	George Hannah	vs Newcastle United	D1	1–0	2 Dec 1950
86'	Thomas Walker	vs Newcastle United	D1	1–1	2 Dec 1950
13'	John Aston Snr	@ Huddersfield Town	D1	0–0	9 Dec 1950
32'	Vic Metcalfe pen	@ Huddersfield Town	D1	1–0	9 Dec 1950
42'	Jeff Taylor	@ Huddersfield Town	D1	1–1	9 Dec 1950
56'	Clifford Birkett	@ Huddersfield Town	D1	1–2	9 Dec 1950
75'	John Aston Snr	@ Huddersfield Town	D1	2–2	9 Dec 1950
10'	Arthur Stevens	@ Fulham	D1	0–0	16 Dec 1950
27'	Arthur Stevens pen	@ Fulham	D1	0–1	16 Dec 1950
52'	Stan Pearson	@ Fulham	D1	0–2	16 Dec 1950
62'	Stan Pearson	@ Fulham	D1	1–2	16 Dec 1950
2'	Harry Webster	vs Bolton Wanderers	D1	0–0	23 Dec 1950
11'	Stan Pearson	vs Bolton Wanderers	D1	0–1	23 Dec 1950
38'	Nat Lofthouse	vs Bolton Wanderers	D1	1–1	23 Dec 1950
49'	John Aston Snr	vs Bolton Wanderers	D1	1–2	23 Dec 1950
62'	Nat Lofthouse	vs Bolton Wanderers	D1	2–2	23 Dec 1950
2'	John Aston Snr	@ Sunderland	D1	0–0	25 Dec 1950
5'	Tommy Wright	@ Sunderland	D1	1–0	25 Dec 1950
62'	Tommy Wright	@ Sunderland	D1	1–1	25 Dec 1950
2'	John Aston Snr	vs Sunderland	D1	0–0	26 Dec 1950
3'	Billy Bingham	vs Sunderland	D1	1–0	26 Dec 1950
29'	Ivor Broadis	vs Sunderland	D1	1–1	26 Dec 1950
30'	Ivor Broadis	vs Sunderland	D1	1–2	26 Dec 1950
40'	Ivor Broadis	vs Sunderland	D1	1–3	26 Dec 1950
44'	Thomas Bogan	vs Sunderland	D1	1–4	26 Dec 1950
61'	Dickie Davis	vs Sunderland	D1	2–4	26 Dec 1950
75'	Thomas Bogan	vs Sunderland	D1	2–5	26 Dec 1950
28'	Stan Pearson	vs Oldham Athletic	FAC	0–0	6 Jan 1951
42'	John Aston Snr	vs Oldham Athletic	FAC	1–0	6 Jan 1951
43'	Les Smith	vs Oldham Athletic	FAC	2–0	6 Jan 1951
49'	Archie Whyte OG	vs Oldham Athletic	FAC	2–1	6 Jan 1951
73'	Brian Birch	vs Oldham Athletic	FAC	3–1	6 Jan 1951
7'	Eddie Baily	vs Tottenham Hotspur	D1	0–0	13 Jan 1951
15'	Brian Birch	vs Tottenham Hotspur	D1	0–1	13 Jan 1951
50'	Jack Rowley	vs Tottenham Hotspur	D1	1–1	13 Jan 1951
10'	Gordon Hurst	@ Charlton Athletic	D1	0–0	20 Jan 1951
39'	John Aston Snr	@ Charlton Athletic	D1	0–1	20 Jan 1951
46'	Clifford Birkett	@ Charlton Athletic	D1	1–1	20 Jan 1951
7'	Stan Pearson	vs Leeds United	FAC	0–0	27 Jan 1951
24'	Jack Rowley	vs Leeds United	FAC	1–0	27 Jan 1951
25'	Stan Pearson	vs Leeds United	FAC	2–0	27 Jan 1951
30'	Stan Pearson	vs Leeds United	FAC	3–0	27 Jan 1951
37'	Stan Pearson	vs Middlesbrough	D1	0–0	3 Feb 1951
17'	Stan Pearson	vs Arsenal	FAC	0–0	10 Feb 1951
9'	Dennis Wilshaw	vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	D1	0–0	17 Feb 1951
46'	Jack Rowley	vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	D1	0–1	17 Feb 1951
54'	Brian Birch	vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	D1	1–1	17 Feb 1951
1'	James Higgins	@ Birmingham City	FAC	0–0	24 Feb 1951
3'	Stan Pearson	@ Sheffield Wednesday	D1	0–0	26 Feb 1951
36'	John Downie	@ Sheffield Wednesday	D1	1–0	26 Feb 1951
55'	Jack Rowley	@ Sheffield Wednesday	D1	2–0	26 Feb 1951
70'	Harry McShane	@ Sheffield Wednesday	D1	3–0	26 Feb 1951
14'	John Downie	vs Arsenal	D1	0–0	3 Mar 1951
16'	John Aston Snr	vs Arsenal	D1	1–0	3 Mar 1951
32'	John Aston Snr	vs Arsenal	D1	2–0	3 Mar 1951
39'	Cliff Holton	vs Arsenal	D1	3–0	3 Mar 1951
1'	John Aston Snr	vs Everton	D1	0–0	17 Mar 1951
11'	John Downie	vs Everton	D1	1–0	17 Mar 1951
37'	Stan Pearson	vs Everton	D1	2–0	17 Mar 1951
40'	John Downie	vs Derby County	D1	0–0	23 Mar 1951
68'	John Aston Snr	vs Derby County	D1	1–0	23 Mar 1951
18'	Harry McShane	@ Burnley	D1	0–0	24 Mar 1951
21'	Roy Stephenson	@ Burnley	D1	1–0	24 Mar 1951
60'	John Aston Snr	@ Burnley	D1	1–1	24 Mar 1951
20'	Stan Pearson	@ Derby County	D1	0–0	26 Mar 1951
26'	Jack Stamps	@ Derby County	D1	1–0	26 Mar 1951
36'	Reg Harrison	@ Derby County	D1	1–1	26 Mar 1951
40'	John Downie	@ Derby County	D1	1–2	26 Mar 1951
44'	Jack Rowley	@ Derby County	D1	2–2	26 Mar 1951
84'	John Aston Snr	@ Derby County	D1	3–2	26 Mar 1951
13'	Stan Willemse	vs Chelsea	D1	0–0	31 Mar 1951
28'	Stan Pearson	vs Chelsea	D1	0–1	31 Mar 1951
33'	Stan Pearson	vs Chelsea	D1	1–1	31 Mar 1951
38'	Harry McShane	vs Chelsea	D1	2–1	31 Mar 1951
75'	Stan Pearson	vs Chelsea	D1	3–1	31 Mar 1951
27'	Harry Oscroft	@ Stoke City	D1	0–0	7 Apr 1951
42'	Albert Mullard	@ Stoke City	D1	0–1	7 Apr 1951
27'	Jack Rowley	vs West Bromwich Albion	D1	0–0	14 Apr 1951
84'	Stan Pearson	vs West Bromwich Albion	D1	1–0	14 Apr 1951
85'	John Downie	vs West Bromwich Albion	D1	2–0	14 Apr 1951
7'	Jack Rowley	@ Newcastle United	D1	0–0	21 Apr 1951
35'	Stan Pearson	@ Newcastle United	D1	1–0	21 Apr 1951
6'	Harry McShane	vs Huddersfield Town	D1	0–0	28 Apr 1951
25'	Jack Rowley pen	vs Huddersfield Town	D1	1–0	28 Apr 1951
40'	John Aston Snr	vs Huddersfield Town	D1	2–0	28 Apr 1951
50'	John Downie	vs Huddersfield Town	D1	3–0	28 Apr 1951
65'	John Aston Snr	vs Huddersfield Town	D1	4–0	28 Apr 1951
67'	Harry McShane	vs Huddersfield Town	D1	5–0	28 Apr 1951
32'	John Downie	@ Blackpool	D1	0–0	5 May 1951
60'	William Perry	@ Blackpool	D1	1–0	5 May 1951

Squad

24 players

Player	League		FA Cup		Total
Player	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls	Apps	Gls
John Aston Snr	41	15	4	1	45	16
Reg Allen	40	–	4	–	44	–
Stan Pearson	39	18	4	5	43	23
Johnny Carey	39	–	4	–	43	–
Jack Rowley	39	14	3	1	42	15
Allenby Chilton	38	–	4	–	42	–
Henry Cockburn	35	–	4	–	39	–
Thomas Gibson	32	–	3	–	35	–
Harry McShane	30	7	1	–	31	7
John Downie	29	10	–	–	29	10
William McGlen	26	–	1	–	27	–
William Redman	16	–	2	–	18	–
Clifford Birkett	9	2	4	–	13	2
Jimmy Delaney	13	1	–	–	13	1
Brian Birch	8	4	4	1	12	5
Thomas Bogan	11	3	–	–	11	3
Thomas McNulty	4	–	1	–	5	–
Mark Jones	4	–	–	–	4	–
Frank Clempson	2	–	–	–	2	–
Jack Crompton	2	–	–	–	2	–
Edward McIlvenny	2	–	–	–	2	–
Jeffery Whitefoot	2	–	–	–	2	–
Laurence Cassidy	1	–	–	–	1	–
Thomas Lowrie	–	–	1	–	1	–

Division One Table

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	25	10	7	82	44	+38	60
2	Manchester United	42	24	8	10	74	40	+34	56
3	Blackpool	42	20	10	12	79	53	+26	50
4	Newcastle United	42	18	13	11	62	53	+9	49
5	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	73	56	+17	47
6	Middlesbrough	42	18	11	13	76	65	+11	47
7	Portsmouth	42	16	15	11	71	68	+3	47
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	7	16	64	61	+3	45
9	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	53	59	-6	43
10	Burnley	42	14	14	14	48	43	+5	42
11	Derby County	42	16	8	18	81	75	+6	40
12	Sunderland	42	12	16	14	63	73	-9	40
13	Stoke City	42	13	14	15	50	59	-10	40
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	8	19	74	61	+13	38
15	Aston Villa	42	12	13	17	66	68	-2	37
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	11	18	53	61	-8	37
17	Charlton Athletic	42	14	9	19	63	80	-16	37
18	Fulham	42	13	11	18	52	68	-17	37
19	Huddersfield Town	42	15	6	21	64	92	-28	36
20	Chelsea	42	12	8	22	53	65	-12	32
21	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	8	22	64	83	-19	32
22	Everton	42	12	8	22	48	86	-38	32