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1917–18 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester United
season	1917–18
manager	Jack Robson
chairman	John Henry Davies
league	Principal Tournament
league result	8th
cup1	Subsidiary Tournament
Group B
cup1 result	2nd
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Group B The 1917–18 season was Manchester United's third 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, in a 30-game season. In the subsidiary tournament they contested Group B of the Lancashire Section, in a group of four teams. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.

On 9 October 1917 while Fighting in France during the First World War, former United player Arthur Beadsworth was killed while serving as a Sergeant in the Seventh Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment of the British Army.

Lancashire Section Principal Tournament

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 1917	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–0	Anderson (3), Meehan, Woodcock
8 September 1917	Blackburn Rovers	H	6–1	Anderson (4), Woodcock (2)
15 September 1917	Rochdale	A	0–3
22 September 1917	Rochdale	H	1–1	Woodcock
29 September 1917	Manchester City	A	1–3	Anderson
6 October 1917	Manchester City	H	1–1	Woodcock
13 October 1917	Everton	A	0–3
20 October 1917	Everton	H	0–0
27 October 1917	Port Vale	H	3–3	Anderson, Connor, Ellis
3 November 1917	Port Vale	A	2–2	Anderson, Ellis
10 November 1917	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	Ellis
17 November 1917	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–4	Anderson, Ellis
24 November 1917	Preston North End	A	2–1	Anderson (2)
1 December 1917	Preston North End	H	0–0
8 December 1917	Blackpool	H	1–0	Ellis
15 December 1917	Blackpool	A	3–2	Woodcock (2), Meehan
22 December 1917	Burnley	A	5–0	Anderson (3), Connor, Meehan
29 December 1917	Burnley	H	1–0	Connor
5 January 1918	Southport Central	A	0–3
12 January 1918	Southport Central	H	0–0
19 January 1918	Liverpool	A	1–5	Woodcock
26 January 1918	Liverpool	H	0–2
2 February 1918	Stoke	H	1–5	Woodcock
9 February 1918	Stoke	A	2–1	Ellis, Woodcock
16 February 1918	Bury	A	0–0
23 February 1918	Bury	H	2–1	Massey, Woodcock
2 March 1918	Oldham Athletic	A	2–1	Ellis, Woodcock
9 March 1918	Oldham Athletic	H	0–2
16 March 1918	Stockport County	A	2–0	Buckley (2)
23 March 1918	Stockport County	A	1–2	Buckley

Lancashire Section Subsidiary Tournament Group B

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
29 March 1918	Manchester City	A	0–3
30 March 1918	Stoke	H	2–1	Stafford, Woodcock
1 April 1918	Manchester City	H	2–0	Buckley, Woodcock
6 April 1918	Stoke	A	0–0
13 April 1918	Port Vale	H	2–0	Bourne (2)
20 April 1918	Port Vale	A	0–2

References

"Manchester United In War League 1917/18". StretfordEnd.co.uk.
"England 1917/18". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] (RSSSF).
"Arthur Beadsworth". Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).

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