1906–07 Manchester United F.C. season

The 1906–07 season was Manchester United's 15th season in the Football League.[1]

Manchester United

1906–07 season
Chairman	John Henry Davies
Manager	Ernest Mangnall
First Division	8th
FA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: George Wall (11) All: George Wall (13)
Highest home attendance	45,000 vs Bolton Wanderers (22 September 1906)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs Portsmouth (16 January 1907)
Average home league attendance	20,500
Home colours Away colours

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1906	Bristol City	A	2 – 1	Picken, Roberts	5,000
3 September 1906	Derby County	A	2 – 2	Schofield (2)	5,000
8 September 1906	Notts County	H	0 – 0		30,000
15 September 1906	Sheffield United	A	2 – 0	Bell, Downie	12,000
22 September 1906	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 – 2	Peddie	45,000
29 September 1906	Derby County	H	1 – 1	Bell	25,000
6 October 1906	Stoke City	A	2 – 1	Duckworth (2)	7,000
13 October 1906	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 1	Wall	20,000
20 October 1906	Sunderland	A	1 – 4	Peddie	18,000
27 October 1906	Birmingham	H	2 – 1	Peddie (2)	14,000
3 November 1906	Everton	A	0 – 3		20,000
10 November 1906	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1 – 0	Downie	20,000
17 November 1906	The Wednesday	A	2 – 5	Menzies, Peddie	7,000
24 November 1906	Bury	H	2 – 4	Peddie, Wall	30,000
1 December 1906	Manchester City	A	0 – 3		40,000
8 December 1906	Middlesbrough	H	3 – 1	Wall (2), Sagar	12,000
15 December 1906	Preston North End	A	0 – 2		9,000
22 December 1906	Newcastle United	H	1 – 3	Menzies	18,000
25 December 1906	Liverpool	H	0 – 0		20,000
26 December 1906	Aston Villa	A	0 – 2		20,000
29 December 1906	Bristol City	H	0 – 0		10,000
1 January 1907	Aston Villa	H	1 – 0	Turnbull	40,000
5 January 1907	Notts County	A	0 – 3		10,000
19 January 1907	Sheffield United	H	2 – 0	Turnbull, Wall	15,000
26 January 1907	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 – 0	Turnbull	25,000
2 February 1907	Newcastle United	A	0 – 5		30,000
9 February 1907	Stoke City	H	4 – 1	Picken (2), Meredith, own goal	15,000
16 February 1907	Blackburn Rovers	A	4 – 2	Meredith (2), Sagar, Wall	5,000
23 February 1907	Preston North End	H	3 – 0	Wall (2), Sagar	16,000
2 March 1907	Birmingham	A	1 – 1	Menzies	20,000
16 March 1907	Woolwich Arsenal	A	0 – 4		6,000
25 March 1907	Sunderland	H	2 – 0	Turnbull, Williams	12,000
30 March 1907	Bury	A	2 – 1	Menzies, Meredith	25,000
1 April 1907	Liverpool	A	1 – 0	Turnbull	20,000
6 April 1907	Manchester City	H	1 – 1	Roberts	40,000
10 April 1907	The Wednesday	H	5 – 0	Wall (3), Picken, Sagar	10,000
13 April 1907	Middlesbrough	A	0 – 2		15,000
22 April 1907	Everton	H	3 – 0	Bannister, Meredith, Turnbull	10,000

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
7	Woolwich Arsenal	38	20	4	14	66	59	44
8	Manchester United	38	17	9	13	53	56	42
9	Birmingham	38	15	8	15	52	52	38

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

FA Cup

[2]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
12 January 1907	First Round	Portsmouth	A	2 – 2	Picken, Wall	24,329
16 January 1907	First Round Replay	Portsmouth	H	1 – 2	Wall	8,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Harry Moger	38	0	2	0	40	0
FB	Tommy Blackstock	3	0	1	0	4	0
FB	Bob Bonthron	28	0	1	0	29	0
FB	Herbert Burgess	17	0	0	0	17	0
FB	Dick Holden	27	0	2	0	29	0
HB	Alex Bell	35	2	2	0	37	2
HB	Frank Buckley	3	0	0	0	3	0
HB	Alex Downie	19	2	1	0	20	2
HB	Dick Duckworth	28	2	2	0	30	2
HB	Charlie Roberts (c)	31	2	1	0	32	2
HB	Arthur Young	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Jack Allan	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Jimmy Bannister	4	1	0	0	4	1
FW	Clem Beddow	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	Bill Berry	9	0	0	0	9	0
FW	Alex Menzies	17	4	2	0	19	4
FW	Billy Meredith	16	5	2	0	18	5
FW	Jack Peddie	16	6	0	0	16	6
FW	Jack Picken	26	4	2	1	28	5
FW	Charlie Sagar	10	4	0	0	10	4
FW	Alf Schofield	10	2	0	0	10	2
FW	Sandy Turnbull	15	6	0	0	15	6
FW	George Wall	38	11	2	2	40	13
FW	Harry Williams	3	1	0	0	3	1
FW	Dick Wombwell	14	0	2	0	0	0
FW	William Yates	3	0	0	0	3	0

References

1. "Manchester United Season 1906–07". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
2. "FA Cup 1905/1906". Results. MUFCInfo.com. Archived from the original (TXT) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2009.