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1914–15 Manchester United F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| club | Manchester United | ||||
| season | 1914–15 | ||||
| manager | Jack Robson | ||||
| chairman | John Henry Davies | ||||
| league | First Division | ||||
| league result | 18th | ||||
| cup1 | FA Cup | ||||
| cup1 result | First round | ||||
| league topscorer | |||||
| George Anderson (10) | |||||
| season topscorer | |||||
| George Anderson (10) | |||||
| highest attendance | 20,000 | ||||
| (v. Manchester City, 5 September 1914) | |||||
| lowest attendance | 5,000 | ||||
| (v. Newcastle United, 28 November 1914) | |||||
| average attendance | 13,262 | ||||
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| prevseason | 1913–14 | ||||
| nextseason | 1915–16 |
George Anderson (10) George Anderson (10) (v. Manchester City, 5 September 1914) (v. Newcastle United, 28 November 1914) The 1914–15 season was Manchester United's 23rd season in the Football League and eighth in the First Division.
During the season a match-fixing scandal occurred when a league match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on 2 April 1915 was fixed in United's favour, with players from both sides benefiting from bets placed upon the result. An investigation by the Football Association was launched and found that players from both sides had been involved in rigging the match: Sandy Turnbull, Arthur Whalley and Enoch West of United, and Jackie Sheldon, Tom Miller, Bob Pursell and Thomas Fairfoul of Liverpool; Sheldon was a former United player himself and was found to be the plot's ringleader.
This was also the last season before no competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
First Division
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F–A | Scorers | Attendance | |||
| 2 September 1914 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–3 | O'Connell | 13,000 |
| 5 September 1914 | Manchester City | H | 0–0 | 20,000 | |
| 12 September 1914 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–3 | 10,000 | |
| 19 September 1914 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2–0 | West (2) | 15,000 |
| 26 September 1914 | Notts County | A | 2–4 | Turnbull, Wall | 12,000 |
| 3 October 1914 | Sunderland | H | 3–0 | Anderson, Stacey, West | 16,000 |
| 10 October 1914 | The Wednesday | A | 0–1 | 19,000 | |
| 17 October 1914 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 0–0 | 18,000 | |
| 24 October 1914 | Everton | A | 2–4 | Anderson, Wall | 15,000 |
| 31 October 1914 | Chelsea | H | 2–2 | Anderson, Hunter | 15,000 |
| 7 November 1914 | Bradford City | A | 2–4 | Hunter, West | 12,000 |
| 14 November 1914 | Burnley | H | 0–2 | 12,000 | |
| 21 November 1914 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0–2 | 12,000 | |
| 28 November 1914 | Newcastle United | H | 1–0 | West | 5,000 |
| 5 December 1914 | Middlesbrough | A | 1–1 | Anderson | 7,000 |
| 12 December 1914 | Sheffield United | H | 1–2 | Anderson | 8,000 |
| 19 December 1914 | Aston Villa | A | 3–3 | Norton (2), Anderson | 10,000 |
| 26 December 1914 | Liverpool | A | 1–1 | Stacey | 25,000 |
| 1 January 1915 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 1–2 | Anderson | 8,000 |
| 2 January 1915 | Manchester City | A | 1–1 | West | 30,000 |
| 16 January 1915 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 4–1 | Potts (2), Stacey, Woodcock | 8,000 |
| 23 January 1915 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 3–3 | Woodcock (2), own goal | 7,000 |
| 30 January 1915 | Notts County | H | 2–2 | Potts, Stacey | 7,000 |
| 6 February 1915 | Sunderland | A | 0–1 | 5,000 | |
| 13 February 1915 | The Wednesday | H | 2–0 | West, Woodcock | 7,000 |
| 20 February 1915 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 0–0 | 10,000 | |
| 27 February 1915 | Everton | H | 1–2 | Woodcock | 10,000 |
| 13 March 1915 | Bradford City | H | 1–0 | Potts | 14,000 |
| 20 March 1915 | Burnley | A | 0–3 | 12,000 | |
| 27 March 1915 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–1 | Woodcock | 15,000 |
| 2 April 1915 | Liverpool | H | 2–0 | Anderson (2) | 18,000 |
| 3 April 1915 | Newcastle United | A | 0–2 | 12,000 | |
| 5 April 1915 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 0–5 | 15,000 | |
| 6 April 1915 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–1 | 2,000 | |
| 10 April 1915 | Middlesbrough | H | 2–2 | O'Connell, Turnbull | 15,000 |
| 17 April 1915 | Sheffield United | A | 1–3 | West | 14,000 |
| 19 April 1915 | Chelsea | A | 3–1 | Norton, West, Woodcock | 13,000 |
| 26 April 1915 | Aston Villa | H | 1–0 | Anderson | 8,000 |
FA Cup
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F–A | Scorers | Attendance | ||||
| 9 January 1915 | First Round | The Wednesday | A | 0–1 | 23,248 |
References
References
- "Manchester United Season 1914/15". StretfordEnd.co.uk.
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