1906–07 Manchester United F.C. season

25th season in existence of Manchester United

Manchester United 1906–07 football season

Manchester United

1906–07 season

Chairman

Manager

8th

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

← 1905–06 1907–08 →

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

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	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Newcastle United (C)	38	22	7	9	74	46	1.609	51
2	Bristol City	38	20	8	10	66	47	1.404	48
3	Everton	38	20	5	13	70	46	1.522	45
4	Sheffield United	38	17	11	10	57	55	1.036	45
5	Aston Villa	38	19	6	13	78	52	1.500	44
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	18	8	12	59	47	1.255	44
7	Woolwich Arsenal	38	20	4	14	66	59	1.119	44
8	Manchester United	38	17	8	13	53	56	0.946	42
9	Birmingham	38	15	8	15	52	52	1.000	38
10	Sunderland	38	14	9	15	65	66	0.985	37
11	Middlesbrough	38	15	6	17	56	63	0.889	36
12	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	7	17	56	59	0.949	35
13	The Wednesday	38	12	11	15	49	60	0.817	35
14	Preston North End	38	14	7	17	44	57	0.772	35
15	Liverpool	38	13	7	18	64	65	0.985	33
16	Bury	38	13	6	19	58	68	0.853	32
17	Manchester City	38	10	12	16	53	77	0.688	32
18	Notts County	38	8	15	15	46	50	0.920	31
19	Derby County (R)	38	9	9	20	41	59	0.695	27	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Stoke (R)	38	8	10	20	41	64	0.641	26	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

FA Cup

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
Pos.	Name	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

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

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