- 1962–63 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 1962–63 season Chairman 
Harold HardmanManager 
Matt BusbyFirst Division 19th FA Cup Winners Top goalscorer League:
Denis Law (23)
All:
Denis Law (29)Highest home attendance 63,437 vs Everton (29 August 1962) Lowest home attendance 27,496 vs Nottingham Forest (8 December 1962) Average home attendance 41,297 ← 1961–62 1963–64 → The 1962–63 season was Manchester United's 60th season in the Football League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of English football.
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First Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 18 August 1962 West Bromwich Albion H 2 – 2 Herd, Law 51,685 22 August 1962 Everton A 1 – 3 Moir 69,501 25 August 1962 Arsenal A 3 – 1 Herd (2), Chisnall 62,308 29 August 1962 Everton H 0 – 1 63,437 1 September 1962 Birmingham City H 2 – 0 Giles, Herd 39,847 5 September 1962 Bolton Wanderers A 0 – 3 44,859 8 September 1962 Leyton Orient A 0 – 1 24,901 12 September 1962 Bolton Wanderers H 3 – 0 Herd (2), Cantwell 37,721 15 September 1962 Manchester City H 2 – 3 Law (2) 49,193 22 September 1962 Burnley H 2 – 5 Law, Stiles 45,954 29 September 1962 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 1 40,520 6 October 1962 Blackpool A 2 – 2 Herd (2) 33,242 13 October 1962 Blackburn Rovers H 0 – 3 42,252 24 October 1962 Tottenham Hotspur A 2 – 6 Herd, Quixall 51,314 27 October 1962 West Ham United H 3 – 1 Quixall (2), Law 29,204 3 November 1962 Ipswich Town A 5 – 3 Law (4), Herd 18,483 10 November 1962 Liverpool H 3 – 3 Giles, Herd, Quixall 43,810 17 November 1962 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3 – 2 Law (2), Herd 27,305 24 November 1962 Aston Villa H 2 – 2 Quixall (2) 36,852 1 December 1962 Sheffield United A 1 – 1 Charlton 25,173 8 December 1962 Nottingham Forest H 5 – 1 Herd (2), Charlton, Giles, Law 27,496 15 December 1962 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 3 18,113 26 December 1962 Fulham A 1 – 0 Charlton 23,928 23 February 1963 Blackpool H 1 – 1 Herd 43,121 2 March 1963 Blackburn Rovers A 2 – 2 Charlton, Law 27,924 9 March 1963 Tottenham Hotspur H 0 – 2 53,416 18 March 1963 West Ham United A 1 – 3 Herd 28,950 23 March 1963 Ipswich Town H 0 – 1 32,792 1 April 1963 Fulham H 0 – 2 28,124 9 April 1963 Aston Villa A 2 – 1 Charlton, Stiles 26,867 13 April 1963 Liverpool A 0 – 1 51,529 15 April 1963 Leicester City H 2 – 2 Charlton, Herd 50,005 16 April 1963 Leicester City A 3 – 4 Law (3) 37,002 20 April 1963 Sheffield United H 1 – 1 Law 31,179 22 April 1963 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 1 Herd, Law 36,147 1 May 1963 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 – 3 Setters 31,878 4 May 1963 Burnley A 1 – 0 Law 30,266 6 May 1963 Arsenal H 2 – 3 Law (2) 35,999 10 May 1963 Birmingham City A 1 – 2 Law 21,814 15 May 1963 Manchester City A 1 – 1 Quixall 52,424 18 May 1963 Leyton Orient H 3 – 1 Charlton, Law, own goal 32,759 20 May 1963 Nottingham Forest A 2 – 3 Giles, Herd 16,130 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 18 Bolton Wanderers 42 15 5 22 55 75 35 19 Manchester United 42 12 10 20 67 81 34 20 Birmingham City 42 10 13 19 63 90 33 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 – A
Scorers Attendance 4 March 1963 Round 3 Huddersfield Town H 5 – 0 Law (3), Giles, Quixall 47,703 11 March 1963 Round 4 Aston Villa H 1 – 0 Quixall 52,265 16 March 1963 Round 5 Chelsea H 2 – 1 Law, Quixall 48,298 30 March 1963 Round 6 Coventry City A 3 – 1 Charlton (2), Quixall 44,000 27 April 1963 Semi-final Southampton N 1 – 0 Law 65,000 25 May 1963 Final Leicester City N 3 – 1 Herd (2), Law 100,000 Squad statistics
Pos. Name League FA Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK David Gaskell18 0 2 0 20 0 GK 
Harry Gregg24 0 4 0 28 0 FB 
Shay Brennan37 0 4 0 41 0 FB Noel Cantwell25 1 5 0 30 1 FB Tony Dunne25 0 3 0 28 0 HB Pat Crerand19 0 3 0 22 0 HB Bill Foulkes41 0 6 0 47 0 HB Frank Haydock1 0 0 0 1 0 HB Nobby Lawton12 0 0 0 12 0 HB Jimmy Nicholson10 0 0 0 10 0 HB Maurice Setters27 1 6 0 33 1 HB Nobby Stiles31 2 4 0 35 2 FW Bobby Charlton28 7 6 2 34 9 FW Phil Chisnall6 1 0 0 6 1 FW Johnny Giles36 4 6 1 42 5 FW David Herd37 19 6 2 43 21 FW Denis Law38 23 6 6 44 29 FW Sammy McMillan4 0 0 0 4 0 FW Ian Moir9 1 0 0 9 1 FW Mark Pearson2 0 0 0 2 0 FW Albert Quixall31 7 5 4 36 11 FW Dennis Walker1 0 0 0 1 0 – Own goals – 1 – 0 – 1 Notes and references
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