- 1964–65 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 1964–65 season Chairman Harold Hardman Manager Matt Busby First Division 1st FA Cup Semi-finals Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-finals Top goalscorer League:
Denis Law (28)
All:
Denis Law (39)Highest home attendance 56,261 vs Chelsea (13 March 1965) Lowest home attendance 25,721 vs Birmingham City (16 December 1964) Average home attendance 44,886 ← 1963–64 1965–66 → The 1964–65 season was Manchester United's 62nd season in the Football League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of English football.
Contents
First Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 22 August 1964 West Bromwich Albion H 2 – 2 Charlton, Law 52,007 24 August 1964 West Ham United A 1 – 3 Law 37,070 29 August 1964 Leicester City A 2 – 2 Law, Sadler 32,373 2 September 1964 West Ham United H 3 – 1 Best, Connelly, Law 45,123 5 September 1964 Fulham A 1 – 2 Connelly 36,291 8 September 1964 Everton A 3 – 3 Connelly, Herd, Law 63,024 12 September 1964 Nottingham Forest H 3 – 0 Herd (2), Connelly 45,012 16 September 1964 Everton H 2 – 1 Best, Law 49,968 19 September 1964 Stoke City A 2 – 1 Connelly, Herd 40,031 26 September 1964 Tottenham Hotspur H 4 – 1 Crerand (2), Law (2) 53,058 30 September 1964 Chelsea A 2 – 0 Best, Law 60,769 3 October 1964 Burnley A 0 – 0 30,761 10 October 1964 Sunderland H 1 – 0 Herd 48,577 17 October 1964 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 4 – 2 Law (2), Herd, own goal 26,763 24 October 1964 Aston Villa H 7 – 0 Law (4), Herd (2), Connelly 35,807 31 October 1964 Liverpool A 2 – 0 Crerand, Herd 52,402 7 November 1964 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 – 0 Herd 50,178 14 November 1964 Blackpool A 2 – 1 Connelly, Herd 31,129 21 November 1964 Blackburn Rovers H 3 – 0 Best, Connelly, Herd 49,633 28 November 1964 Arsenal A 3 – 2 Law (2), Connelly 59,627 5 December 1964 Leeds United H 0 – 1 53,374 12 December 1964 West Bromwich Albion A 1 – 1 Law 28,126 16 December 1964 Birmingham City H 1 – 1 Charlton 25,721 26 December 1964 Sheffield United A 1 – 0 Best 37,295 28 December 1964 Sheffield United H 1 – 1 Herd 42,219 16 January 1965 Nottingham Forest A 2 – 2 Law (2) 43,009 23 January 1965 Stoke City H 1 – 1 Law 50,392 6 February 1965 Tottenham Hotspur A 0 – 1 58,639 13 February 1965 Burnley H 3 – 2 Best, Charlton, Herd 38,865 24 February 1965 Sunderland A 0 – 1 51,336 27 February 1965 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3 – 0 Charlton (2), Connelly 37,018 13 March 1965 Chelsea H 4 – 0 Herd (2), Best, Law 56,261 15 March 1965 Fulham H 4 – 1 Connelly (2), Herd (2) 45,402 20 March 1965 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 1 33,549 22 March 1965 Blackpool H 2 – 0 Law (2) 42,318 3 April 1965 Blackburn Rovers A 5 – 0 Charlton (3), Connelly, Herd 29,363 12 April 1965 Leicester City H 1 – 0 Herd 34,114 17 April 1965 Leeds United A 1 – 0 Connelly 52,368 19 April 1965 Birmingham City A 4 – 2 Best (2), Cantwell, Charlton 28,907 24 April 1965 Liverpool H 3 – 0 Law (2), Connelly 55,772 26 April 1965 Arsenal H 3 – 1 Law (2), Best 51,625 28 April 1965 Aston Villa A 1 – 2 Charlton 36,081 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Manchester United 42 26 9 7 89 39 61 2 Leeds United 42 26 9 7 83 52 61 3 Chelsea 42 24 8 10 89 54 56 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 9 January 1965 Round 3 Chester City H 2 – 1 Best, Kinsey 40,000 30 January 1965 Round 4 Stoke City A 0 – 0 53,009 3 February 1965 Round 4
ReplayStoke City H 1 – 0 Herd 50,814 20 February 1965 Round 5 Burnley H 2 – 1 Crerand, Law 54,000 10 March 1965 Round 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 5 – 3 Law (2), Best, Crerand, Herd 53,581 27 March 1965 Semi-final Leeds United N 0 – 0 65,000 31 March 1965 Semi-final
ReplayLeeds United N 0 – 1 46,300 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 23 September 1964 First round
First legDjurgården A 1 – 1 Herd 6,537 27 October 1964 First round
Second legDjurgården H 6 – 1 Law (3), Charlton (2), Best 38,437 11 November 1964 Second round
First legBorussia Dortmund A 6 – 1 Charlton (3), Best, Herd, Law 25,000 2 December 1964 Second round
Second legBorussia Dortmund H 4 – 0 Charlton (2), Connelly, Law 31,896 20 January 1965 Third round
First legEverton H 1 – 1 Connelly 50,000 9 February 1965 Third round
Second legEverton A 2 – 1 Connelly, Herd 54,397 12 May 1965 Quarter-final
First legStrasbourg A 5 – 0 Law (2), Charlton, Connelly, Herd 30,000 19 May 1965 Quarter-final
Second legStrasbourg H 0 – 0 34,188 31 May 1965 Semi-final
First legFerencváros H 3 – 2 Herd (2), Law 39,902 6 June 1965 Semi-final
Second legFerencváros A 0 – 1 50,000 16 June 1965 Semi-final
Play-offFerencváros A 1 – 2 Connelly 60,000 Squad statistics
Pos. Name League FA Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK Pat Dunne 37 0 7 0 11 0 55 0 GK David Gaskell 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 FB Shay Brennan 42 0 7 0 11 0 60 0 FB Noel Cantwell 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 FB Tony Dunne 42 0 7 0 11 0 60 0 HB Pat Crerand 39 3 7 2 11 0 57 5 HB John Fitzpatrick 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 HB Bill Foulkes 42 0 7 0 11 0 60 0 HB Maurice Setters 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 HB Nobby Stiles 41 0 7 0 11 0 59 0 FW John Aston, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 FW George Best 41 10 7 2 11 2 59 14 FW Bobby Charlton 41 10 7 0 11 8 59 18 FW John Connelly 42 15 7 0 11 5 60 20 FW David Herd 37 20 7 2 11 6 55 28 FW Albert Kinsey 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 FW Denis Law 36 28 6 3 10 8 52 39 FW Ian Moir 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 FW David Sadler 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 – Own goals – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 Notes and references
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