THE RECORDS MADE

GENERAL RECORDS

The football league

The FA Premiership

The FA Cup

The League Cup

Europe

 

 

Football league:

BIGGEST HOME WIN: 10-1 vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers.....15/10/1892

BIGGEST AWAY WIN: 7-0 vs. Grimsby Town.....26/12/1899

BIGGETS HOME DEFEAT: 1-7 vs. Newcastle.....10/9/1927

0-6 vs. Aston Villa.....14/03/1914

vs. Huddersfield Town.....10/09/30

BIGGEST AWAY DEFEAT: 0-7 vs. Blackburn Rovers.....10/04/26

vs. Aston Villa.....14/03/14

vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers.....26/12/1931

 

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDENCE: 70,504 vs. Aston Villa.....27/12/1920

83,260 vs. Arsenal.....17/01/1948 (Played at MAINE ROAD)

MOST APPEARENCES: Bobby Charlton. 604 + 2 as substitute

LEADING GOALSCORER: B Charlton. 199 goals

MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS:14.....15/10/1904-03/01/1905

MOST CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS:14.....26/04/1930-25/10/1930

MOST GOALS IN A GAME: On Numerous occasions four goals have been scored, never five.

MOST GOALS IN A SEASON: 32, Dennis Viollet.....1959/60

 

FA Premiership:

BIGGEST HOME WIN: 9-0 vs. Ipswich town 4/03/95

BIGGEST AWAY WIN: 6-0 vs. Bolton Wanderers 25/02/96

BIGGETS HOME DEFEAT: 0-3 on many different occasions

BIGGEST AWAY DEFEAT: 0-5 vs. Newcastle

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDENCE: United have crowds of over 55,000 every week at Old Trafford

MOST APPEARENCES: D Irwin

LEADING GOALSCORER: E Cantona 53

MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS: 9 05/04/1993- 18/08/1993

MOST CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS: 2

MOST GOALS IN A GAME: 5 Andy Cole vs. Ipswich 4/03/95

MOST GOALS IN A SEASON: Andy Cole 21 (at the moment)

The FA Cup:

BIGGEST HOME WIN: 8-0 vs. Yeovil Town- 5th round 12/02/49

BIGGEST AWAY WIN: 8-2 vs. Northampton Town-5th round 07/02/70

BIGGETS HOME DEFEAT: 2-7 vs. Sheffield Wednesday-4th round replay 01/02/61

BIGGEST AWAY DEFEAT: 1-7 vs. Burnley-1st round replay 13/02/01

0-6 vs. Sheffield Wednesday-2nd round 20/02/04

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDENCE: 82,271 vs. Bradford Park Avenue-4th round (AT MAINE ROAD) 29/01/49

66,673 vs. Huddersfield Town-2nd round (AT OLD TRAFFORD) 02/02/24

MOST APPEARENCES: 79- B Charlton

LEADING GOALSCORER: 34- D Law

MOST GOALS IN A GAME: 6 George Best vs. Northampton town 07/02/70

Did you know that from 18th February 1928-16th January 1937 United failed to win a single FA Cup tie at Old Trafford.

The League Cup:

BIGGEST HOME WIN: 7-2 vs. Newcastle United 27/10/76

BIGGEST AWAY WIN: 6-2 vs. Arsenal 28/11/90

BIGGETS HOME DEFEAT: 0-3 vs. Everton 01/12/76 vs. Tottenham Hotspur 25/10/89 vs. York City 20/09/95

BIGGEST AWAY DEFEAT: 1-5 vs. Blackpool 14/09/66

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDENCE: 63,418 vs. Manchester City (2-2) semi-final 17/12/69

MOST APPEARENCES: 52 Bryan Robson

LEADING GOALSCORER: 19 Brian McClair

MOST GOALS IN A GAME: 3 G Hill, M Hughes (Twice), B McClair, L Sharpe

 

Europe:

BIGGEST HOME WIN: 10-0 vs. Anderlect (AT MAINE ROAD) 26/09/56

BIGGEST AWAY WIN: 6-0 vs. Shamrock Rovers 25/09/57

BIGGETS HOME DEFEAT: 0-1 vs. Fenerbache, Juventus.

BIGGEST AWAY DEFEAT: 0-5 vs. SC Lisbon 18/03/64

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDENCE: 75,598 vs. Borrusia Dortmund (AT MAINE ROAD) 17/10/56

MOST APPEARENCES: 35 W Foulkes

LEADING GOALSCORER: 14 D Law

MOST GOALS IN A GAME: 4 D Viollet vs. Anderlect 26/09/56

D Law vs. Waterford 02/10/68

 

 

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