- 1951–52 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 1951–52 season Chairman 
James W. Gibson (until September 1951)
Harold Hardman (from September 1951)Manager 
Matt BusbyFirst Division 1st FA Cup Third Round Top goalscorer League:
Jack Rowley (30)
All:
Jack Rowley (30)Highest home attendance 54,245 vs Manchester City (19 January 1952) Lowest home attendance 25,616 vs Huddersfield Town (3 November 1951) Average home attendance 41,374 ← 1950–51 1952–53 → The 1951–52 season was Manchester United's 49th season in the Football League, and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.
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Pre-season and friendlies
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 26 September 1951 Hapoel H 6 – 0 Rowley (2), Pearson (2), Walton, Aston 12,000 23 February 1952 Manchester City H 4 – 2 Pearson (2), Aston, Clempson 25,002 29 March 1952 Hibernian H 1 – 1 Clempson 20,098 9 May 1952 New Jersey XI N 4 – 0 Byrne (2), Berry, Carey 9,000 11 May 1952 Philadelphia All-Stars N 4 – 0 Rowley (2), Clempson, Byrne 5,000 13 May 1952 Montreal All-Stars N 10 – 0 Rowley (3), Downie (3), Clempson (3), McShane 6,400 18 May 1952 American League XI N 5 – 1 Clempson (2), Berry, Rowley, Downie 7,150 21 May 1952 Fall River All-Stars N 11 – 1 Rowley (7), Downie (3), Martin (o.g.) 3,102 25 May 1952 Stuttgart N 5 – 2 Byrne, Clempson, Downie/Rowley, Downie/Byrne, Rowley 5,874 27 May 1952 Chicago All-Stars N 6 – 1 Rowley (3), Downie (2), Aston 3,564 1 June 1952 Atlas N 2 – 0 Pearson, Byrne (pen.) 8 June 1952 Atlas N 4 – 3 Pearson (3), Byrne 12,000 12 June 1952 Toronto Ulster United N 4 – 2 Clempson, Aston, Downie, Pearson 10,000 14 June 1952 Tottenham Hotspur N 0 – 5 25,321 15 June 1952 Tottenham Hotspur N 1 – 7 Rowley 24,582 First Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 13 August 1951 West Bromwich Albion A 3 – 1 Rowley (3) 27,486 22 August 1951 Middlesbrough H 4 – 2 Rowley (3), Pearson 37,339 25 August 1951 Newcastle United H 2 – 1 Downie, Rowley 51,850 29 August 1951 Middlesbrough A 4 – 1 Pearson (2), Rowley (2) 44,212 1 September 1951 Bolton Wanderers A 0 – 1 52,239 5 September 1951 Charlton Athletic H 3 – 2 Rowley (2), Downie 26,773 8 September 1951 Stoke City H 4 – 0 Rowley (3), Pearson 48,660 12 September 1951 Charlton Athletic A 2 – 2 Downie (2) 28,806 15 September 1951 Manchester City A 2 – 1 Berry, McShane 52,571 22 September 1951 Tottenham Hotspur A 0 – 2 70,882 29 September 1951 Preston North End H 1 – 2 Aston 53,454 6 October 1951 Derby County H 2 – 1 Berry, Pearson 39,767 13 October 1951 Aston Villa A 5 – 2 Pearson (2), Rowley (2), Bond 47,795 20 October 1951 Sunderland H 0 – 1 40,915 27 October 1951 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2 – 0 Pearson, Rowley 46,167 3 November 1951 Huddersfield Town H 1 – 1 Pearson 25,616 10 November 1951 Chelsea A 2 – 4 Pearson, Rowley 48,960 17 November 1951 Portsmouth H 1 – 3 Downie 35,914 24 November 1951 Liverpool A 0 – 0 42,378 1 December 1951 Blackpool H 3 – 1 Downie (2), Rowley 34,154 8 December 1951 Arsenal A 3 – 1 Pearson, Rowley, own goal 55,451 15 December 1951 West Bromwich Albion H 5 – 1 Downie, Pearson, Berry 27,584 22 December 1951 Newcastle United A 2 – 2 Bond, Cockburn 45,414 25 December 1951 Fulham H 3 – 2 Berry, Bond, Rowley 33,802 26 December 1951 Fulham A 3 – 3 Bond, Pearson, Rowley 32,671 29 December 1951 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 0 Pearson 53,205 5 January 1952 Stoke City A 0 – 0 36,389 19 January 1952 Manchester City H 1 – 1 Carey 54,245 26 January 1952 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 – 0 Pearson, own goal 40,845 9 February 1952 Preston North End A 2 – 1 Aston, Berry 38,792 16 February 1952 Derby County A 3 – 0 Aston, Pearson, Rowley 27,693 1 March 1952 Aston Villa H 1 – 1 Berry 38,910 8 March 1952 Sunderland A 2 – 1 Cockburn, Rowley 48,078 15 March 1952 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 0 Aston, Clempson 45,109 22 March 1952 Huddersfield Town A 2 – 3 Clempson, Pearson 30,316 5 April 1952 Portsmouth A 0 – 1 25,522 11 April 1952 Burnley A 1 – 1 Byrne 38,907 12 April 1952 Liverpool H 4 – 0 Byrne (2), Downie, Rowley 42,970 14 April 1952 Burnley H 6 – 1 Byrne (2), Carey, Downie, Pearson, Rowley 44,508 19 April 1952 Blackpool A 2 – 2 Byrne, Rowley 29,118 21 April 1952 Chelsea H 3 – 0 Carey, Pearson, own goal 37,436 26 April 1952 Arsenal H 6 – 1 Rowley (3), Pearson (2), Byrne 53,651 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Manchester United 42 23 11 8 95 52 57 2 Tottenham Hotspur 42 22 9 11 76 51 53 3 Arsenal 42 21 11 10 80 61 53 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 12 January 1952 Round 3 Hull City A 0 – 2 43,517 Squad statistics
Pos. Name League FA Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK Reg Allen33 0 1 0 34 0 GK Jack Crompton9 0 0 0 9 0 FB Roger Byrne24 7 1 0 25 7 FB 
Johnny Carey38 3 1 0 39 3 FB Thomas McNulty24 0 1 0 25 0 FB Billy Redman18 0 0 0 18 0 HB 
Jackie Blanchflower1 0 0 0 1 0 HB Allenby Chilton42 0 1 0 43 0 HB Henry Cockburn38 2 1 0 39 2 HB Don Gibson17 0 0 0 17 0 HB Mark Jones3 0 0 0 3 0 HB Billy McGlen2 0 0 0 2 0 HB Jeff Whitefoot3 0 0 0 3 0 FW John Aston18 4 0 0 18 4 FW Johnny Berry36 6 1 0 37 6 FW Brian Birch2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Ernie Bond19 4 1 0 20 4 FW Laurie Cassidy1 0 0 0 1 0 FW Frank Clempson8 2 0 0 8 2 FW John Downie31 11 1 0 32 11 FW Harry McShane12 1 0 0 12 1 FW Stan Pearson41 22 1 0 42 22 FW Jack Rowley40 30 1 0 41 30 FW John Walton2 0 0 0 2 0 Notes and references
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