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1916–17 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester United
season	1916–17
manager	Jack Robson
chairman	John Henry Davies
league	Principal Tournament
league result	7th
cup1	Subsidiary Tournament
Group D
cup1 result	1st
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Group D The 1916–17 season was Manchester United's second season in the non-competitive War League.

With the ongoing First World War, once again Manchester United played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, which was expanded to 16 teams to give a more complete 30-game season. In the subsidiary tournament they contested Group D of the Lancashire Section, with the groups reduced to four teams in size to complement the increased playing season of the Principal Tournament. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.

On 8 August 1916, while fighting in France during the war, former United player Private Oscar Linkson went missing in the battle to seize Guillemont Station during the Battle of the Somme. His body was never recovered and he was recorded as missing presumed dead.

On 3 May 1917, Another United former player Sandy Turnbull was killed in France. Turnbull was killed in Arras while serving as a Lance Sergeant in the Eighth Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment of the British Army. His body was never found and he is commemorated on the Arras memorial.

Lancashire Section Principal Tournament

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1916	Port Vale	H	2–2	Woodcock (2)
9 September 1916	Oldham Athletic	A	2–0	Armstrong, O'Connell
16 September 1916	Preston North End	H	2–1	Woodcock (2)
23 September 1916	Burnley	A	1–7	Armstrong
30 September 1916	Blackpool	A	2–2	Woodcock (2)
7 October 1916	Liverpool	H	0–0
14 October 1916	Stockport County	A	0–1
21 October 1916	Bury	H	3–1	Armstrong (2), Own goal
28 October 1916	Stoke	A	0–3
4 November 1916	Southport Central	H	1–0	Woodcock
11 November 1916	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	Anderson, Woodcock
18 November 1916	Manchester City	H	2–1	Anderson, Woodcock
25 November 1916	Everton	A	2–3	Anderson, Woodcock
2 December 1916	Rochdale	H	1–1	Anderson
9 December 1916	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–5	Anderson
23 December 1916	Oldham Athletic	H	3–2	Anderson (2), Ogden
30 December 1916	Preston North End	A	2–3	Anderson, Woodcock
6 January 1917	Burnley	H	3–1	Anderson (2), Woodcock
13 January 1917	Blackpool	H	3–2	Woodcock (2), Crossley
20 January 1917	Liverpool	A	3–3	Anderson (3)
27 January 1917	Stockport County	H	0–1
3 February 1917	Bury	A	1–1	Woodcock
10 February 1917	Stoke	H	4–2	Woodcock (2), Ellis, Robinson
17 February 1917	Southport Central	A	1–0	Ellis
24 February 1917	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	Anderson
3 March 1917	Manchester City	A	0–1
10 March 1917	Everton	H	0–2
17 March 1917	Rochdale	A	0–2
24 March 1917	Bolton Wanderers	H	6–3	Woodcock (3), Anderson (2), Hilditch
6 April 1917	Port Vale	A	0–3

Lancashire Section Subsidiary Tournament Group D

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
31 March 1917	Stoke	A	1–2	Ellis
7 April 1917	Manchester City	H	5–1	Anderson (3), Woodcock (2)
9 April 1917	Port Vale	H	5–1	Anderson (3), Travis (2)
14 April 1917	Stoke	H	1–0	Woodcock
21 April 1917	Manchester City	A	1–0	Anderson
28 April 1917	Port Vale	A	2–5	McMenemy, Woodcock

References

"Manchester United In War League 1916/17". StretfordEnd.co.uk.
"England 1916/17". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] (RSSSF).
"Oscar Linkson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
"Alexander "Sandy" Turnbull". Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).

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