1929–30 Manchester United F.C. season

48th season in existence of Manchester United

Manchester United 1929–30 football season

Manchester United

1929–30 season

Chairman

George Lawton

Manager

Herbert Bamlett

First Division

17th

FA Cup

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Harry Rowley (12)
Joe Spence (12)
All:
Harry Rowley (12)
Joe Spence (12)

Highest home attendance

57,201 vs Manchester City (5 October 1929)

Lowest home attendance

5,656 vs Bolton Wanderers (7 December 1929)

Average home league attendance

19,223

Home colours

Away colours

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The 1929–30 season was Manchester United's 34th season in the Football League.

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
31 August 1929	Newcastle United	A	1 – 4	Spence	43,489
2 September 1929	Leicester City	A	1 – 4	Rowley	20,490
7 September 1929	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 0	Mann	22,362
11 September 1929	Leicester City	H	2 – 1	Ball, Spence	16,445
14 September 1929	Middlesbrough	A	3 – 2	Rawlings (3)	26,428
21 September 1929	Liverpool	H	1 – 2	Spence	20,788
28 September 1929	West Ham United	A	1 – 2	Hanson	20,695
5 October 1929	Manchester City	H	1 – 3	Thomas	57,201
7 October 1929	Sheffield United	A	1 – 3	Boyle	7,987
12 October 1929	Grimsby Town	H	2 – 5	Ball, Rowley	21,494
19 October 1929	Portsmouth	A	0 – 3		18,070
26 October 1929	Arsenal	H	1 – 0	Ball	12,662
2 November 1929	Aston Villa	A	0 – 1		24,292
9 November 1929	Derby County	H	3 – 2	Ball, Hanson, Rowley	15,174
16 November 1929	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2 – 7	Ball, Hanson	14,264
23 November 1929	Burnley	H	1 – 0	Rowley	9,060
30 November 1929	Sunderland	A	4 – 2	Spence (2), Ball, Hanson	11,508
7 December 1929	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 – 1	Ball	5,656
14 December 1929	Everton	A	0 – 0		18,182
21 December 1929	Leeds United	H	3 – 1	Ball (2), Hanson	15,054
25 December 1929	Birmingham	H	0 – 0		18,626
26 December 1929	Birmingham	A	1 – 0	Rowley	35,682
28 December 1929	Newcastle United	H	5 – 0	Boyle (2), McLachlan, Rowley, Spence	14,862
4 January 1930	Blackburn Rovers	A	4 – 5	Boyle (2), Ball, Rowley	23,923
18 January 1930	Middlesbrough	H	0 – 3		21,028
25 January 1930	Liverpool	A	0 – 1		28,592
1 February 1930	West Ham United	H	4 – 2	Spence (4)	15,424
8 February 1930	Manchester City	A	1 – 0	Reid	64,472
15 February 1930	Grimsby Town	A	2 – 2	Reid, Rowley	9,337
22 February 1930	Portsmouth	H	3 – 0	Reid (2), Boyle	17,317
1 March 1930	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 – 4	Reid	17,714
8 March 1930	Aston Villa	H	2 – 3	McLachlan, Warburton	25,407
12 March 1930	Arsenal	A	2 – 4	Ball, Wilson	18,082
15 March 1930	Derby County	A	1 – 1	Rowley	9,102
29 March 1930	Burnley	A	0 – 4		11,659
5 April 1930	Sunderland	H	2 – 1	McLenahan (2)	13,230
14 April 1930	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2 – 2	McLenahan, Rowley	12,806
18 April 1930	Huddersfield Town	H	1 – 0	McLenahan	26,496
19 April 1930	Everton	H	3 – 3	McLenahan, Rowley, Spence	13,320
22 April 1930	Huddersfield Town	A	2 – 2	Hilditch, McLenahan	20,716
26 April 1930	Leeds United	A	1 – 3	Spence	10,596
3 May 1930	Sheffield United	H	1 – 5	Rowley	15,268

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	74	74	1.000	39
16	Middlesbrough	42	16	6	20	82	84	0.976	38
17	Manchester United	42	15	8	19	67	88	0.761	38
18	Grimsby Town	42	15	7	20	73	89	0.820	37
19	Newcastle United	42	15	7	20	71	92	0.772	37

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 January 1930	Round 3	Swindon Town	H	0 – 2		33,226

References

"Manchester United Season 1929/30". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
"Premier League 1929/1930". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

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