# 1906–07 Manchester United F.C. season

The 1906–07 season was Manchester United's 15th season in the Football League.

## First Division

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 September 1906 | Bristol City | A | 2 – 1 | Picken, Roberts | 5,000 |
| 3 September 1906 | Derby County | A | 2 – 2 | Schofield (2) | 5,000 |
| 8 September 1906 | Notts County | H | 0 – 0 | | 30,000 |
| 15 September 1906 | Sheffield United | A | 2 – 0 | Bell, Downie | 12,000 |
| 22 September 1906 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1 – 2 | Peddie | 45,000 |
| 29 September 1906 | Derby County | H | 1 – 1 | Bell | 25,000 |
| 6 October 1906 | Stoke City | A | 2 – 1 | Duckworth (2) | 7,000 |
| 13 October 1906 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1 – 1 | Wall | 20,000 |
| 20 October 1906 | Sunderland | A | 1 – 4 | Peddie | 18,000 |
| 27 October 1906 | Birmingham | H | 2 – 1 | Peddie (2) | 14,000 |
| 3 November 1906 | Everton | A | 0 – 3 | | 20,000 |
| 10 November 1906 | Woolwich Arsenal | H | 1 – 0 | Downie | 20,000 |
| 17 November 1906 | The Wednesday | A | 2 – 5 | Menzies, Peddie | 7,000 |
| 24 November 1906 | Bury | H | 2 – 4 | Peddie, Wall | 30,000 |
| 1 December 1906 | Manchester City | A | 0 – 3 | | 40,000 |
| 8 December 1906 | Middlesbrough | H | 3 – 1 | Wall (2), Sagar | 12,000 |
| 15 December 1906 | Preston North End | A | 0 – 2 | | 9,000 |
| 22 December 1906 | Newcastle United | H | 1 – 3 | Menzies | 18,000 |
| 25 December 1906 | Liverpool | H | 0 – 0 | | 20,000 |
| 26 December 1906 | Aston Villa | A | 0 – 2 | | 20,000 |
| 29 December 1906 | Bristol City | H | 0 – 0 | | 10,000 |
| 1 January 1907 | Aston Villa | H | 1 – 0 | Turnbull | 40,000 |
| 5 January 1907 | Notts County | A | 0 – 3 | | 10,000 |
| 19 January 1907 | Sheffield United | H | 2 – 0 | Turnbull, Wall | 15,000 |
| 26 January 1907 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1 – 0 | Turnbull | 25,000 |
| 2 February 1907 | Newcastle United | A | 0 – 5 | | 30,000 |
| 9 February 1907 | Stoke City | H | 4 – 1 | Picken (2), Meredith, own goal | 15,000 |
| 16 February 1907 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 4 – 2 | Meredith (2), Sagar, Wall | 5,000 |
| 23 February 1907 | Preston North End | H | 3 – 0 | Wall (2), Sagar | 16,000 |
| 2 March 1907 | Birmingham | A | 1 – 1 | Menzies | 20,000 |
| 16 March 1907 | Woolwich Arsenal | A | 0 – 4 | | 6,000 |
| 25 March 1907 | Sunderland | H | 2 – 0 | Turnbull, Williams | 12,000 |
| 30 March 1907 | Bury | A | 2 – 1 | Menzies, Meredith | 25,000 |
| 1 April 1907 | Liverpool | A | 1 – 0 | Turnbull | 20,000 |
| 6 April 1907 | Manchester City | H | 1 – 1 | Roberts | 40,000 |
| 10 April 1907 | The Wednesday | H | 5 – 0 | Wall (3), Picken, Sagar | 10,000 |
| 13 April 1907 | Middlesbrough | A | 0 – 2 | | 15,000 |
| 22 April 1907 | Everton | H | 3 – 0 | Bannister, Meredith, Turnbull | 10,000 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Newcastle United (C) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 74 | 46 | 1.609 | 51 | |
| 2 | Bristol City | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 47 | 1.404 | 48 | |
| 3 | Everton | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 70 | 46 | 1.522 | 45 | |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 45 | |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 52 | 1.500 | 44 | |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 59 | 47 | 1.255 | 44 | |
| 7 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | 44 | |
| 8 | Manchester United | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 56 | 0.946 | 42 | |
| 9 | Birmingham | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 52 | 1.000 | 38 | |
| 10 | Sunderland | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 66 | 0.985 | 37 | |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 63 | 0.889 | 36 | |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 59 | 0.949 | 35 | |
| 13 | The Wednesday | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 60 | 0.817 | 35 | |
| 14 | Preston North End | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 0.772 | 35 | |
| 15 | Liverpool | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 64 | 65 | 0.985 | 33 | |
| 16 | Bury | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 68 | 0.853 | 32 | |
| 17 | Manchester City | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 77 | 0.688 | 32 | |
| 18 | Notts County | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 46 | 50 | 0.920 | 31 | |
| 19 | Derby County (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 59 | 0.695 | 27 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Stoke (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 64 | 0.641 | 26 | Relegation to the Second Division |

## FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 12 January 1907 | First Round | Portsmouth | A | 2 – 2 | Picken, Wall | 24,329 |
| 16 January 1907 | First Round Replay | Portsmouth | H | 1 – 2 | Wall | 8,000 |

## Squad statistics

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Harry Moger | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| FB | Tommy Blackstock | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FB | Bob Bonthron | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| FB | Herbert Burgess | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| FB | Dick Holden | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| HB | Alex Bell | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| HB | Frank Buckley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| HB | Alex Downie | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| HB | Dick Duckworth | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| HB | Charlie Roberts (c) | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| HB | Arthur Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Jack Allan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Jimmy Bannister | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| FW | Clem Beddow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Bill Berry | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| FW | Alex Menzies | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| FW | Billy Meredith | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
| FW | Jack Peddie | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| FW | Jack Picken | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 5 |
| FW | Charlie Sagar | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| FW | Alf Schofield | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| FW | Sandy Turnbull | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| FW | George Wall | 38 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 13 |
| FW | Harry Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Dick Wombwell | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | William Yates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |