1912–13 Manchester United F.C. season

31st season in existence of Manchester United

Manchester United 1912–13 football season

Manchester United

1912–13 season

Chairman

John Henry Davies

Manager

John Bentley

First Division

4th

FA Cup

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Enoch West (21)
All:
Enoch West (22)

Highest home attendance

45,000 vs Blackburn Rovers (5 October 1912)
45,000 vs The Wednesday (25 January 1913)

Lowest home attendance

8,000 vs Liverpool (23 November 1912)

Average home league attendance

22,311

Home colours

Away colours

← 1911–12

1913–14 →

The 1912–13 season was Manchester United's 21st season in the Football League and sixth in the First Division.^[1]

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2 September 1912	Woolwich Arsenal	A	0–0		11,000
7 September 1912	Manchester City	H	0–1		40,000
14 September 1912	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	Livingstone, Turnbull	25,000
21 September 1912	Everton	H	2–0	West (2)	40,000
28 September 1912	The Wednesday	A	3–3	West (2), Turnbull	30,000
5 October 1912	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	Wall	45,000
12 October 1912	Derby County	A	1–2	Turnbull	15,000
19 October 1912	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	Turnbull, West	12,000
26 October 1912	Middlesbrough	A	2–3	Nuttall (2)	10,000
2 November 1912	Notts County	H	2–1	Anderson, Meredith	12,000
9 November 1912	Sunderland	A	1–3	West	20,000
16 November 1912	Aston Villa	A	2–4	Wall, West	20,000
23 November 1912	Liverpool	H	3–1	Anderson (2), Wall	8,000
30 November 1912	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	Wall	25,000
7 December 1912	Sheffield United	H	4–0	Anderson, Turnbull, Wall, West	12,000
14 December 1912	Newcastle United	A	3–1	West (3)	20,000
21 December 1912	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0		30,000
25 December 1912	Chelsea	A	4–1	West (2), Anderson, Whalley	33,000
26 December 1912	Chelsea	H	4–2	Turnbull (2), Anderson, Wall	20,000
28 December 1912	Manchester City	A	2–0	West (2)	38,000
1 January 1913	Bradford City	H	2–0	Anderson (2)	30,000
4 January 1913	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Roberts	25,000
18 January 1913	Everton	A	1–4	Hamill	20,000
25 January 1913	The Wednesday	H	2–0	West, Whalley	45,000
8 February 1913	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0		38,000
15 February 1913	Derby County	H	4–0	West (2), Anderson, Turnbull	30,000
1 March 1913	Middlesbrough	H	2–3	Meredith, Whalley	15,000
8 March 1913	Notts County	A	2–1	Anderson, Turnbull	10,000
15 March 1913	Sunderland	H	1–3	Sheldon	15,000
21 March 1913	Woolwich Arsenal	H	2–0	Anderson, Whalley	20,000
22 March 1913	Aston Villa	H	4–0	Stacey, Turnbull, Wall, West	30,000
25 March 1913	Bradford City	A	0–1		25,000
29 March 1913	Liverpool	A	2–0	Wall, West	12,000
31 March 1913	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Blott	12,000
5 April 1913	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	Anderson, Wall	30,000
12 April 1913	Sheffield United	A	1–2	Wall	12,000
19 April 1913	Newcastle United	H	3–0	Hunter (2), West	10,000
26 April 1913	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0		3,000

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Sunderland (C)	38	25	4	9	86	43	2.000	54
2	Aston Villa	38	19	12	7	86	52	1.654	50
3	The Wednesday	38	21	7	10	75	55	1.364	49
4	Manchester United	38	19	8	11	69	43	1.605	46
5	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	13	9	79	43	1.837	45
6	Manchester City	38	18	8	12	53	37	1.432	44
7	Derby County	38	17	8	13	69	66	1.045	42
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	10	12	62	63	0.984	42
9	Oldham Athletic	38	14	14	10	50	55	0.909	42
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	12	13	57	50	1.140	38
11	Everton	38	15	7	16	48	54	0.889	37
12	Liverpool	38	16	5	17	61	71	0.859	37
13	Bradford City	38	12	11	15	50	60	0.833	35
14	Newcastle United	38	13	8	17	47	47	1.000	34
15	Sheffield United	38	14	6	18	56	70	0.800	34
16	Middlesbrough	38	11	10	17	55	69	0.797	32
17	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	6	20	45	72	0.625	30
18	Chelsea	38	11	6	21	51	73	0.699	28
19	Notts County (R)	38	7	9	22	28	56	0.500	23	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Woolwich Arsenal (R)	38	3	12	23	26	74	0.351	18	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
11 January 1913	First Round	Coventry City	H	1–1	Wall	11,500
16 January 1913	First Round Replay	Coventry City	A	2–1	Anderson, Roberts	20,042
1 February 1913	Second Round	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–0	Anderson, Wall	21,700
22 February 1913	Third Round	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0		26,932
26 February 1913	Third Round Replay	Oldham Athletic	H	1–2	West	31,180

References

^ "Manchester United Season 1912/13". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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Final)
Charity Shield

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Lower leagues

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Club seasons

First Division

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Bradford City
Chelsea
Derby County
Everton
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Notts County
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Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
The Wednesday
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Bradford Park Avenue
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Bury
Clapton Orient
Fulham
Glossop
Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town
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Preston North End
Stockport County
Wolverhampton Wanderers

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First Division	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Merthyr Town Millwall Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Stoke Swindon Town Watford West Ham United
Second Division	Newport County Swansea Town