Francis Burns

Position: defender

Scotland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	76	48	15	13	145	81	+64	63.16
A	80	23	27	30	122	122	0	28.75
TOTALS	156	71	42	43	267	203	+64	45.51

Name: Francis Burns

Birthdate: 17-10-1948

Age: 77

Birthplace: Glenboig, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)

Weight: 10st 10lbs (68.4kg)

Years at Club: 1965-1972

Signing Info: Signed Trainee: 24/06/1964. Signed Professional: 19/10/1965

Previous Clubs:

Debut: 02/09/1967 v West Ham United (A) 3-1 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Southampton, 14/06/1972, £50,000

Passed Away:

Biography



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1967-1968	2	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	45
2.	1968-1969	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22
3.	1969-1970	3	32	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	42
4.	1970-1971	0	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
5.	1971-1972	1	17	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25
TOTALS		6	121	0	11	0	12	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	156

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Waterford	1	2
2.	Nottingham Forest	1	5
3.	Burnley	1	6
4.	Leeds United	1	6
5.	West Ham United	1	7
6.	Tottenham Hotspur	1	8
7.	Southampton	1	9

No	Opponent

1.	Stoke City	9	0
2.	Southampton	9	1
3.	Tottenham Hotspur	8	1
4.	Manchester City	8	0
5.	West Ham United	7	1
6.	Coventry City	7	0
7.	Liverpool	7	0
8.	Chelsea	7	0
9.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	0
10.	Burnley	6	1
11.	Arsenal	6	0
12.	Leeds United	6	1
13.	West Bromwich Albion	6	0
14.	Nottingham Forest	5	1
15.	Everton	5	0
16.	Derby County	5	0
17.	Sheffield Wednesday	4	0
18.	Newcastle United	4	0
19.	Leicester City	4	0
20.	Ipswich Town	4	0
21.	Sunderland	3	0
22.	Middlesbrough	3	0
23.	Hibernians	2	0
24.	Sheffield United	2	0
25.	Sarajevo	2	0
26.	Gornik Zabrze	2	0
27.	Fulham	2	0
28.	Waterford	2	1
29.	AC Milan	2	0
30.	Crystal Palace	2	0
31.	Blackpool	2	0
32.	Real Madrid	1	0
33.	Estudiantes De La Plata	1	0
34.	Exeter City	1	0
35.	Wrexham	1	0
36.	Northampton Town	1	0
37.	Portsmouth	1	0
38.	Huddersfield Town	1	0
39.	Preston North End	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Waddington, Tony	9
2.	Bates, Ted	9
3.	Nicholson, Bill	8
4.	Mercer, Joe	8
5.	Greenwood, Ron	7
6.	Cantwell, Noel	7
7.	Shankly, Bill	7
8.	Sexton, Dave	7
9.	Potts, Harry	6
10.	Mee, Bertie	6
11.	Revie, Don	6
12.	Robson, Bobby	6
13.	Catterick, Harry	5
14.	McGarry, Bill	5
15.	Clough, Brian	5
16.	Brown, Alan	4
17.	Harvey, Joe	4
18.	Gillies, Matt	4
19.	Ashman, Alan	3
20.	Anderson, Stan	3
21.	Tagliaferro & Bugeja	2
22.	Harris, John	2
23.	Carey, Johnny	2
24.	Geogradlic, Ibro	2
25.	Allen, Ronnie	2
26.	Kalocsay, Geza	2
27.	Maguire, Vinny	2
28.	O'Farrell, Frank	2
29.	Rocco, Nereo	2
30.	Head, Bert	2
31.	Howe, Don	2
32.	McColl, Ian	1
33.	Hagan, Jimmy	1
34.	Munoz, Miguel	1
35.	Marshall, Jack	1
36.	Zubeldia, Osvaldo	1
37.	Broome, Frank	1
38.	Williams, Danny	1
39.	Neal, John	1
40.	Bowen, Dave	1
41.	Shannon, Les	1
42.	Tindall, Ron	1
43.	Greaves, Ian	1
44.	Stokoe, Bob	1
45.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	1
46.	Ball (snr), Alan	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Busby, Matt	81
2.	McGuinness, Wilf	50
3.	O'Farrell, Frank	25

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Stoke City	9
2.	Southampton	9
3.	Tottenham Hotspur	8
4.	Manchester City	8
5.	West Ham United	7
6.	Coventry City	7
7.	Liverpool	7
8.	Chelsea	7
9.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7
10.	Burnley	6
11.	Arsenal	6
12.	Leeds United	6
13.	West Bromwich Albion	6
14.	Nottingham Forest	5
15.	Everton	5
16.	Derby County	5
17.	Sheffield Wednesday	4
18.	Newcastle United	4
19.	Leicester City	4
20.	Ipswich Town	4
21.	Sunderland	3
22.	Middlesbrough	3
23.	Hibernians	2
24.	Sheffield United	2
25.	Sarajevo	2
26.	Gornik Zabrze	2
27.	Fulham	2
28.	Waterford	2
29.	AC Milan	2
30.	Crystal Palace	2
31.	Blackpool	2
32.	Real Madrid	1
33.	Estudiantes De La Plata	1
34.	Exeter City	1
35.	Wrexham	1
36.	Northampton Town	1
37.	Portsmouth	1
38.	Huddersfield Town	1
39.	Preston North End	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	143
2.	Malta	2
3.	Yugoslavia	2
4.	Poland	2
5.	Ireland	2
6.	Italy	2
7.	Spain	1
8.	Argentina	1
9.	Wales	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	121
2.	FA Cup	12
3.	European Cup	11
4.	League Cup	11
5.	Intercontinental Cup	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	75
2.	Victoria Ground	6
3.	Elland Road	5
4.	Maine Road	5
5.	The Dell	5
6.	Boleyn Ground	4
7.	Turf Moor	4
8.	Anfield	3
9.	Highbury	3
10.	Highfield Road	3
11.	Hillsborough	3
12.	Molineux	3
13.	The Hawthorns	3
14.	White Hart Lane	3
15.	Baseball Ground	2
16.	Filbert Street	2
17.	Goodison Park	2
18.	Portman Road	2
19.	Roker Park	2
20.	Selhurst Park	2
21.	St James Park, Newcastle	2
22.	Stamford Bridge	2
23.	Ayresome Park	1
24.	Bloomfield Road	1
25.	Bramall Lane	1
26.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
27.	County Ground, Northampton	1
28.	Craven Cottage	1
29.	Deepdale	1
30.	Empire Stadium	1
31.	La Bombonera	1
32.	Lansdowne Road	1
33.	Leeds Road	1
34.	St James Park, Exeter	1
35.	Stadio San Siro	1
36.	Stadion Kosevo	1
37.	Stadion Slaski	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

25-09-1968

Estudiantes De La Plata

0-1

Intercontinental Cup

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	02-09-1967	West Ham United	3-1	A	0	Brian Kidd 54', David Sadler 59', Jim Ryan 82'	Martin Peters 79'
2.	06-09-1967	Sunderland	1-1	A	0	Brian Kidd 5'	Colin Suggett 6'
3.	09-09-1967	Burnley	2-2	H	1	Francis Burns 86', Pat Crerand 90'	Andy Lochhead 44', 61'
4.	16-09-1967	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	A	0	George Best 75'	Brian Usher 32'
5.	20-09-1967	Hibernians	4-0	H	0	David Sadler 12', 58', Denis Law 42', 62'
6.	23-09-1967	Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	0	George Best 6', 87', Denis Law 85'	Alan Gilzean 1'
7.	27-09-1967	Hibernians	0-0	A	0
8.	30-09-1967	Manchester City	2-1	A	0	Bobby Charlton 22', 35'	Colin Bell 5'
9.	07-10-1967	Arsenal	1-0	H	0	John Aston Jnr 76'
10.	14-10-1967	Sheffield United	3-0	A	0	Brian Kidd 64', John Aston Jnr 75', Denis Law 87' (pen)
11.	25-10-1967	Coventry City	4-0	H	0	John Aston Jnr 31', 58', George Best 33', Bobby Charlton 68'
12.	28-10-1967	Nottingham Forest	1-3	A	0	George Best 71'	Joe Baker 26', 40', Frank Wignall 59'
13.	04-11-1967	Stoke City	1-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 75'
14.	08-11-1967	Leeds United	0-1	A	0		*Jimmy Greenhoff 25'
15.	11-11-1967	Liverpool	2-1	A	0	George Best 18', 40'	Roger Hunt 83'
16.	15-11-1967	Sarajevo	0-0	A	0
17.	18-11-1967	Southampton	3-2	H	0	John Aston Jnr 15', Brian Kidd 26', Bobby Charlton 41'	*Ron "Tudor" Davies 35', Martin Chivers 57'
18.	25-11-1967	Chelsea	1-1	A	0	Brian Kidd 35'	*Tommy Baldwin 21'
19.	29-11-1967	Sarajevo	2-1	H	0	John Aston Jnr 14', George Best 63'	Salih Delalic 87'
20.	02-12-1967	West Bromwich Albion	2-1	H	0	George Best 21', 26'	John Kaye 75'
21.	09-12-1967	Newcastle United	2-2	A	0	Brian Kidd 82', Tony Dunne 89'	James Iley 47', Thomas Robson 57'
22.	16-12-1967	Everton	3-1	H	0	David Sadler 3', John Aston Jnr 52', Denis Law 64'	Alex Young 75'
23.	23-12-1967	Leicester City	2-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 60', Denis Law 69'	John Sjoberg 52', Alan Tewley 87'
24.	26-12-1967	Wolves	4-0	H	0	George Best 10', 42', Brian Kidd 30', Bobby Charlton 50'
25.	30-12-1967	Wolves	3-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 46', John Aston Jnr 50', Brian Kidd 60'	Pat Buckley 1', Mike Bailey 67'
26.	06-01-1968	West Ham United	3-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 11', George Best 51', John Aston Jnr 77'	Trevor Brooking 22'
27.	20-01-1968	Sheffield Wednesday	4-2	H	0	George Best 16', 56', Bobby Charlton 64', Brian Kidd 67'	Jack Whitham 77', 88'
28.	27-01-1968	Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	H	0	George Best 4', Bobby Charlton 73'	Martin Chivers 2', 89'
29.	31-01-1968	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	A	0		Jimmy Robertson 104'
30.	03-02-1968	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	A	0	George Best 18', Bobby Charlton 88'	Martin Chivers 2'
31.	17-02-1968	Burnley	1-2	A	0	George Best 8'	Brian O'Neill 61', Martin Dobson 68'
32.	24-02-1968	Arsenal	2-0	A	0	Peter Storey 23' (o.g.), George Best 56'
33.	28-02-1968	Gornik Zabrze	2-0	H	0	Stefan Florenski 60' (o.g.), Brian Kidd 89'
34.	02-03-1968	Chelsea	1-3	H	0	Brian Kidd 52'	Bobby Tambling 16', *Tommy Baldwin 59', Peter Osgood 79'
35.	13-03-1968	Gornik Zabrze	0-1	A	0		Wlodzimierz Lubanski 72'
36.	16-03-1968	Coventry City	0-2	A	0		Ernie Machin 34', *Maurice Setters 52'
37.	23-03-1968	Nottingham Forest	3-0	H	1	David Herd 15', Shay Brennan 29', Francis Burns 69'
38.	27-03-1968	Manchester City	1-3	H	0	George Best 1'	Colin Bell 18', George Heslop 57', Francis Lee 82' (pen)
39.	30-03-1968	Stoke City	4-2	A	0	George Best 2', Alan Gowling 23', John Aston Jnr 69', Jim Ryan 78'	George Eastham 9', Peter Dobing 37'
40.	06-04-1968	Liverpool	1-2	H	0	George Best 2'	Ron Yeats 9', Roger Hunt 17'
41.	12-04-1968	Fulham	4-0	A	0	George Best 20', 34', Brian Kidd 40', Denis Law 50'
42.	13-04-1968	Southampton	2-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 42', George Best 44'	Terry Paine 13', *Ron "Tudor" Davies 34'
43.	15-04-1968	Fulham	3-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 12', George Best 35', John Aston Jnr 86'
44.	24-04-1968	Real Madrid	1-0	H	0	George Best 36'
45.	29-04-1968	West Bromwich Albion	3-6	A	0	Denis Law 60' (pen), Brian Kidd 80' 88'	Jeff Astle 10', 59', 75', Ronnie Rees 39', Tony Brown 58' (pen), Asa Hartford 70'
46.	17-08-1968	Manchester City	0-0	A	0
47.	21-08-1968	Coventry City	1-0	H	0	Jim Ryan 16'
48.	24-08-1968	Chelsea	0-4	H	0		*Tommy Baldwin 1', 38', Bobby Tambling 13', Alan Birchenall 65'
49.	31-08-1968	Sheffield Wednesday	4-5	A	0	George Best 10', Denis Law 12', 26', Bobby Charlton 36'	Jack Whitham 2', 45', 72', John Ritchie 15', Nobby Stiles 47' (o.g.)
50.	07-09-1968	West Ham United	1-1	H	0	Denis Law 59'	Geoff Hurst 67'
51.	14-09-1968	Burnley	0-1	A	0		Brian O'Neill 88'
52.	18-09-1968	Waterford	3-1	A	0	Denis Law 8', 41', 55'	John Matthews 65'
53.	21-09-1968	Newcastle United	3-1	H	0	George Best 16', 17', Denis Law 28'	Tommy Gibb 70'
54.	25-09-1968	Estudiantes De La Plata	0-1	A	0		Marcos Conigliaro 27'
55.	02-10-1968	Waterford	7-1	H	1	Nobby Stiles 37', Denis Law 41', 47', 60', 71', Francis Burns 68', Bobby Charlton 84'	Alexander Casey 69'
56.	05-10-1968	Arsenal	0-0	H	0
57.	09-10-1968	Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	A	0	Pat Crerand 35', Denis Law 53'	Cliff Jones 9', Alan Gilzean 21'
58.	07-12-1968	Leicester City	1-2	A	0	Denis Law 15' (pen)	David Nish 17' (pen), Rodney Fern 50'
59.	14-12-1968	Liverpool	1-0	H	0	Denis Law 53'
60.	21-12-1968	Southampton	0-2	A	0		*Ron "Tudor" Davies 5', Mick Channon 6'
61.	26-12-1968	Arsenal	0-3	A	0		George Armstrong 60', David Court 61', John Radford 77'
62.	04-01-1969	Exeter City	3-1	A	0	John Fitzpatrick 44', Johnny Newman 60' (o.g.), Brian Kidd 61'	Alan Banks 15'
63.	11-01-1969	Leeds United	1-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 52'	Mick Jones 28', Mike O'Grady 75'
64.	18-01-1969	Sunderland	4-1	H	0	Denis Law 23', 48', 53', George Best 88'	George Mulhall 72'
65.	23-04-1969	AC Milan	0-2	A	0		Angelo Sormani 33', Kurt Hamrin 49'
66.	15-05-1969	AC Milan	1-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 70'
67.	17-05-1969	Leicester City	3-2	H	0	George Best 3', Willie Morgan 4', Denis Law 47'	David Nish 1', Rodney Fern 71'
68.	09-08-1969	Crystal Palace	2-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 24', Willie Morgan 56'	Mel Blyth 11', Gerry Queen 40'
69.	13-08-1969	Everton	0-2	H	0		John Hurst 38', Alan Ball 70'
70.	16-08-1969	Southampton	1-4	H	0	Willie Morgan 8'	*Ron "Tudor" Davies 12', 16', 58', 87'
71.	19-08-1969	Everton	0-3	A	0		Alan Ball 8', John Morrissey 20', Joe Royle 25'
72.	23-08-1969	Wolves	0-0	A	0
73.	06-09-1969	Leeds United	2-2	A	0	George Best 62', 65'	David Sadler 23' (o.g.), Billy Bremner 83'
74.	13-09-1969	Liverpool	1-0	H	0	Willie Morgan 69'
75.	17-09-1969	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	A	0	Brian Kidd 11', George Best 82', 83'	Graham Pugh 38'
76.	20-09-1969	Arsenal	2-2	A	0	George Best 44', David Sadler 79'	Jon Sammels 1', *George Graham 27'
77.	23-09-1969	Wrexham	2-0	H	0	Brian Kidd 10', George Best 64'
78.	27-09-1969	West Ham United	5-2	H	1	Francis Burns 5', George Best 12', 82, Bobby Charlton 66' , Brian Kidd 86'	Geoff Hurst 26', 76'
79.	04-10-1969	Derby County	0-2	A	0		Kevin Hector 44', John Fitzpatrick 62' (o.g.)
80.	08-10-1969	Southampton	3-0	A	1	George Best 36', Francis Burns 49', Brian Kidd 60'
81.	11-10-1969	Ipswich Town	2-1	H	0	George Best 2', Brian Kidd 32'	Mick Mills 15'
82.	14-10-1969	Burnley	0-0	A	0
83.	18-10-1969	Nottingham Forest	1-1	H	0	George Best 47'	*Ian Storey-Moore 17' (pen)
84.	20-10-1969	Burnley	1-0	H	0	George Best 54' (pen)
85.	25-10-1969	West Bromwich Albion	1-2	A	0	Brian Kidd 27'	Tony Brown 52', Bobby Hope 69'
86.	01-11-1969	Stoke City	1-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 45'	Harry Burrows 86'
87.	08-11-1969	Coventry City	2-1	A	0	John Aston Jnr 43', Denis Law 72'	Ernie Hunt 85'
88.	12-11-1969	Derby County	0-0	A	0
89.	15-11-1969	Manchester City	0-4	A	0		Neil Young 38', Colin Bell 55', 88', David Sadler 56' (o.g.)
90.	19-11-1969	Derby County	1-0	H	0	Brian Kidd 68'
91.	22-11-1969	Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	1	Francis Burns 40', Bobby Charlton 45', 72'	Martin Chivers 66'
92.	29-11-1969	Burnley	1-1	A	0	George Best 5'	Geoff Nulty 44'
93.	03-12-1969	Manchester City	1-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 66'	Colin Bell 13', Francis Lee 88' (pen)
94.	06-12-1969	Chelsea	0-2	H	0		Ian Hutchinson 12', 38'
95.	13-12-1969	Liverpool	4-1	A	0	Ron Yeats 20' (o.g.), Ian Ure 60', Willie Morgan 64', Bobby Charlton 84'	Emlyn Hughes 25'
96.	26-12-1969	Wolves	0-0	H	0
97.	27-12-1969	Sunderland	1-1	A	0	Brian Kidd 10'	Joe Baker 70'
98.	03-01-1970	Ipswich Town	1-0	A	0	Mick O'Neil 90' (o.g.)
99.	10-01-1970	Arsenal	2-1	H	0	Carlo Sartori 45', Willie Morgan 48'	Peter Marinello 15'
100.	17-01-1970	West Ham United	0-0	A	0
101.	24-01-1970	Manchester City	3-0	H	0	Willie Morgan 44' (pen), Brian Kidd 53', 64'
102.	26-01-1970	Leeds United	2-2	H	0	David Sadler 54', Brian Kidd 67'	Mick Jones 57', Billy Bremner 60'
103.	31-01-1970	Derby County	1-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 36'
104.	07-02-1970	Northampton Town	8-2	A	0	George Best 27', 36', 51', 62', 72', 86', Brian Kidd 69', 78'	Dixie McNeil 81', Frank Large 89'
105.	25-02-1970	Middlesbrough	2-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 26', Willie Morgan 78' (pen)	John Hickton 74'
106.	28-02-1970	Stoke City	2-2	A	0	Carlo Sartori 13', Willie Morgan 79' (pen)	Dennis Smith 40', Harry Burrows 53'
107.	21-03-1970	Chelsea	1-2	A	0	Willie Morgan 75'	Ian Hutchinson 14', 19'
108.	28-03-1970	Manchester City	1-2	H	0	Brian Kidd 18'	Francis Lee 10' (pen), Mike Doyle 24'
109.	30-03-1970	Coventry City	1-1	H	0	Brian Kidd 2'	Neil Martin 80'
110.	26-09-1970	Blackpool	1-1	H	0	George Best 29'	Mick Burns 65'
111.	03-10-1970	Wolves	2-3	A	0	Alan Gowling 11', Brian Kidd 68'	Bobby Gould 2', 36', 52'
112.	07-10-1970	Portsmouth	1-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 61'
113.	17-10-1970	Leeds United	2-2	A	0	John Fitzpatrick 59', Bobby Charlton 85'	Jack Charlton 9', Rod Belfitt 47'
114.	24-10-1970	West Bromwich Albion	2-1	H	0	Denis Law 75', Brian Kidd 77'	Tony Brown 20'
115.	28-10-1970	Chelsea	2-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 28', George Best 70'	John Hollins 35'
116.	31-10-1970	Newcastle United	0-1	A	0		*Wyn Davies 51'
117.	07-11-1970	Stoke City	2-2	H	0	Denis Law 29', David Sadler 71'	Gerard Conroy 2', John Ritchie 72'
118.	30-01-1971	Huddersfield Town	2-1	A	0	Denis Law 26', John Aston Jnr 46'	Frank Worthington 35' (pen)
119.	06-02-1971	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	H	0	George Best 15', Willie Morgan 24' (pen)	Martin Peters 27'
120.	20-02-1971	Southampton	5-1	H	0	Willie Morgan 26', Alan Gowling 35', 42', 44', 88'	Jimmy Gabriel 67'
121.	23-02-1971	Everton	0-1	A	0		Tommy Wright 22'
122.	13-03-1971	Nottingham Forest	2-0	H	0	Denis Law 12', George Best 43'
123.	03-04-1971	West Ham United	1-2	A	0	George Best 56'	Geoff Hurst 4', Bobby Robson 10'
124.	10-04-1971	Derby County	1-2	H	0	Denis Law 70'	John O'Hare 38', 48'
125.	12-04-1971	Wolves	1-0	H	0	Alan Gowling 42'
126.	13-04-1971	Coventry City	1-2	A	0	George Best 60'	Ernie Hunt 5', 49'
127.	17-04-1971	Crystal Palace	5-3	A	0	Denis Law 43', 48', 66', George Best 58', 65'	Alan Birchenall 4', Bobby Tambling 24', Gerry Queen 82'
128.	19-04-1971	Liverpool	0-2	H	0		Steve Heighway 19', Paul Edwards 58' (o.g.)
129.	24-04-1971	Ipswich Town	3-2	H	0	George Best 27' (pen), Bobby Charlton 40', Brian Kidd 76'	Peter Morris 18', Frank Clarke 82'
130.	01-05-1971	Blackpool	1-1	A	0	Denis Law 6'	Tony Green 26'
131.	05-05-1971	Manchester City	4-3	A	0	Bobby Charlton 15', Denis Law 30', George Best 31', 75'	Freddie Hill 46', Francis Lee 80', Ian Mellor 82'
132.	23-08-1971	West Bromwich Albion	3-1	H	0	George Best 10', 57', Alan Gowling 37'	Tony Brown 89'
133.	25-09-1971	Liverpool	2-2	A	0	Denis Law 53', Bobby Charlton 72'	Bobby Graham 7', Brian Hall 24'
134.	02-10-1971	Sheffield United	2-0	H	0	George Best 83', Alan Gowling 86'
135.	27-10-1971	Stoke City	1-1	H	0	Alan Gowling 85'	John Ritchie 72'
136.	08-11-1971	Stoke City	0-0	A	0
137.	13-11-1971	Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 40', Denis Law 54', 82'	Martin Chivers 84'
138.	15-11-1971	Stoke City	1-2	A	0	George Best 37'	Peter Dobing 72', John Ritchie 88'
139.	20-11-1971	Leicester City	3-2	H	0	Brian Kidd 2', Denis Law 32', 46'	Alan Birchenall 41', Len Glover 78'
140.	27-11-1971	Southampton	5-2	A	0	George Best 7', 47', 58', Sammy McIlroy 43', Brian Kidd 84'	Jimmy Gabriel 51', *Ron "Tudor" Davies 59'
141.	04-12-1971	Nottingham Forest	3-2	H	0	Denis Law 17', Brian Kidd 37', 46'	Peter Cormack 41', Martin O'Neill 69'
142.	11-12-1971	Stoke City	1-1	A	0	Denis Law 28'	John Mahoney 27'
143.	18-12-1971	Ipswich Town	0-0	A	0
144.	27-12-1971	Coventry City	2-2	H	0	Denis Law 70', Steve James 78'	Quintin Young 35', Willie Carr 66'
145.	01-01-1972	West Ham United	0-3	A	0		Bryan "Pop" Robson 40', Clyde Best 55', Geoff Hurst 83' (pen)
146.	08-01-1972	Wolves	1-3	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 86'	Derek Dougan 21', John Richards 30' , *Jim McCalliog 75' (pen)
147.	15-01-1972	Southampton	1-1	A	0	Bobby Charlton 36'	Jimmy Gabriel 55'
148.	19-01-1972	Southampton	4-1	H	0	George Best 68', 115', David Sadler 94', John Aston Jnr 118'	Mick Channon 22'
149.	22-01-1972	Chelsea	0-1	H	0		Peter Osgood 48'
150.	29-01-1972	West Bromwich Albion	1-2	A	0	Brian Kidd 24'	Bobby Gould 60', Jeff Astle 78'
151.	05-02-1972	Preston North End	2-0	A	0	Alan Gowling 85', 88'
152.	12-02-1972	Newcastle United	0-2	H	0		John Tudor 37', Stewart Barrowclough 71'
153.	19-02-1972	Leeds United	1-5	A	1	Francis Burns 57'	Mick Jones 47', 58', 62', Allan Clarke 54', Peter Lorimer 74'
154.	26-02-1972	Middlesbrough	0-0	H	0
155.	29-02-1972	Middlesbrough	3-0	A	0	Willie Morgan 12' (pen), George Best 50', Bobby Charlton 68'
156.	08-03-1972	Everton	0-0	H	0

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