From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1926–27 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester United
season	1926–27
manager	John Chapman
(until 8 October 1926)
Lal Hilditch
(8 October 1926–13 April 1927)
Herbert Bamlett
(from 13 April 1927)
chairman	John Henry Davies
league	First Division
league result	15th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third Round
league topscorer
Joe Spence (18)
season topscorer
Joe Spence (19)
highest attendance	50,665 vs Tottenham Hotspur (27 December 1926)
lowest attendance	14,709 vs Bury (5 March 1927)
average attendance	26,274
pattern_la1		pattern_b1 = _red_V	pattern_ra1 =	pattern_sh1 =	pattern_so1 = _white_bands
leftarm1	FFFFFF	body1 = FFFFFF	rightarm1 = FFFFFF	shorts1 = FFFFFF	socks1 = 000000
pattern_la2		pattern_b2 =	pattern_ra2 =	pattern_sh2 =	pattern_so2 = _white_bands
leftarm2	E20E0E	body2 = E20E0E	rightarm2 = E20E0E	shorts2 = FFFFFF	socks2 = 000000
prevseason	1925–26
nextseason	1927–28

(until 8 October 1926) Lal Hilditch (8 October 1926–13 April 1927) Herbert Bamlett (from 13 April 1927) Joe Spence (18) Joe Spence (19) The 1926–27 season was Manchester United's 31st season in the Football League.

During the season on 7 October 1926, The Football Association announced that United manager John Chapman had been suspended from "taking part in football or football management for improper conduct in his position as Secretary-Manager of the Manchester United Football Club". No further explanation for the suspension was ever given. By the next match, two days later against Bolton Wanderers, Lal Hilditch had taken over on a temporary basis as player-manager. Hilditch managed the team until 13 April 1927 when Herbert Bamlett appointed as the new United manager.

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
28 August 1926	Liverpool	A	2–4	McPherson (2)	34,795
30 August 1926	Sheffield United	A	2–2	McPherson (2)	14,844
4 September 1926	Leeds United	H	2–2	McPherson (2)	26,338
11 September 1926	Newcastle United	A	2–4	McPherson, Spence	28,050
15 September 1926	Arsenal	H	2–2	Hanson, Spence	15,259
18 September 1926	Burnley	H	2–1	Spence (2)	32,593
25 September 1926	Cardiff City	A	2–0	Rennox, Spence	17,267
2 October 1926	Aston Villa	H	2–1	Barson, Rennox	31,234
9 October 1926	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–4		17,869
16 October 1926	Bury	A	3–0	Spence (2), McPherson	22,728
23 October 1926	Birmingham	H	0–1		32,010
30 October 1926	West Ham United	A	0–4		17,733
6 November 1926	The Wednesday	H	0–0		16,166
13 November 1926	Leicester City	A	3–2	McPherson (2), Rennox	18,521
20 November 1926	Everton	H	2–1	Rennox (2)	24,361
27 November 1926	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	Spence	17,280
4 December 1926	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0		33,135
11 December 1926	Sunderland	A	0–6		15,385
18 December 1926	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	Sweeney (2)	18,585
25 December 1926	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Spence	37,287
27 December 1926	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	McPherson (2)	50,665
28 December 1926	Arsenal	A	0–1		30,111
1 January 1927	Sheffield United	H	5–0	McPherson (2), Barson, Rennox, Sweeney	33,593
15 January 1927	Liverpool	H	0–1		30,304
22 January 1927	Leeds United	A	3–2	McPherson, Rennox, Spence	16,816
5 February 1927	Burnley	A	0–1		22,010
9 February 1927	Newcastle United	H	3–1	Hanson, Harris, Spence	25,402
12 February 1927	Cardiff City	H	1–1	Hanson	26,213
19 February 1927	Aston Villa	A	0–2		32,467
26 February 1927	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0		29,618
5 March 1927	Bury	H	1–2	Smith	14,709
12 March 1927	Birmingham	A	0–4		14,392
19 March 1927	West Ham United	H	0–3		18,347
26 March 1927	The Wednesday	A	0–2		11,997
2 April 1927	Leicester City	H	1–0	Spence	17,119
9 April 1927	Everton	A	0–0		22,564
15 April 1927	Derby County	H	2–2	Spence (2)	31,110
16 April 1927	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0	Hanson, Spence	24,845
18 April 1927	Derby County	A	2–2	Spence (2)	17,306
23 April 1927	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0		13,870
30 April 1927	Sunderland	H	0–0		17,300
7 May 1927	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	Hanson, Spence	6,668

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
8 January 1927	Round 3	Reading	A	1–1	Bennion	28,918
12 January 1927	Round 3
Replay	Reading	H	2–2	Spence, Sweeney	29,122
17 January 1927	Round 3
Replay	Reading	N	1–2	McPherson	16,500

References

"Manchester United Season 1926/27". StretfordEnd.co.uk.
Kelly, Steven F.. (1994). "Back Page United".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

manchester-united-f.c.-seasons english-football-clubs-1926–27-season

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1926–27 Manchester United F.C. season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report