Alex Dawson

Position: forward

Scotland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	45	21	10	14	84	63	+21	46.67
A	45	13	9	23	84	104	-20	28.89
N	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	33.33
TOTALS	93	35	20	38	175	174	+1	37.63

Name: Alexander Downie "Alex"Dawson

Birthdate: 21-02-1940

Age: 86

Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland

Height: 5' 10" (1.78m)

Weight: 13st 6lbs (85.28kg)

Years at Club: 1956-1962

Signing Info: Signed Trainee:06/1955, Signed Professional: 03/1957

Previous Clubs:

Debut: 22/04/1957 v Burnley (H) 2-0 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Preston North End, 10/1961, £18,000

Passed Away: 17/07/2020

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.	1956-1957	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
2.	1957-1958	5	12	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	18
3.	1958-1959	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11
4.	1959-1960	15	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	23
5.	1960-1961	16	28	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	34
6.	1961-1962	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
TOTALS		45	80	1	3	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	93

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Chelsea	6	5
2.	Everton	5	2
3.	Fulham	5	4
4.	Bolton Wanderers	5	6
5.	West Bromwich Albion	5	8
6.	Manchester City	4	2
7.	West Ham United	3	3
8.	Newcastle United	3	4
9.	Nottingham Forest	3	7
10.	Luton Town	2	1
11.	Middlesbrough	2	1
12.	Cardiff City	2	3
13.	Sheffield Wednesday	2	7
14.	Sunderland	1	1
15.	Portsmouth	1	2
16.	Aston Villa	1	2
17.	Blackburn Rovers	1	2
18.	Exeter City	1	2
19.	Preston North End	1	3
20.	Burnley	1	5

No	Opponent

1.	West Bromwich Albion	8	5
2.	Sheffield Wednesday	7	2
3.	Nottingham Forest	7	3
4.	Bolton Wanderers	6	5
5.	Burnley	5	1
6.	Chelsea	5	6
7.	Fulham	4	5
8.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	0
9.	Newcastle United	4	3
10.	Blackpool	4	0
11.	Cardiff City	3	2
12.	Birmingham City	3	0
13.	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0
14.	Preston North End	3	1
15.	Leicester City	3	0
16.	West Ham United	3	3
17.	Arsenal	3	0
18.	Portsmouth	2	1
19.	Aston Villa	2	1
20.	Blackburn Rovers	2	1
21.	Everton	2	5
22.	Exeter City	2	1
23.	Manchester City	2	4
24.	Sunderland	1	1
25.	Leeds United	1	0
26.	Derby County	1	0
27.	Luton Town	1	2
28.	Bradford City	1	0
29.	Middlesbrough	1	2

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Ridding, Bill	6
2.	Buckingham, Vic	5
3.	Walker, Billy	5
4.	Drake, Ted	5
5.	Catterick, Harry	5
6.	Potts, Harry	4
7.	Cullis, Stan	4
8.	Suart, Ron	4
9.	Mitten, Charlie	3
10.	Britton, Cliff	3
11.	Clark, Gordon	3
12.	Gillies, Matt	3
13.	Fenton, Ted	3
14.	Swindin, George	3
15.	Brown, Alan	2
16.	Lever, Eddie	2
17.	Taylor, Eric	2
18.	Livingstone, Doug	2
19.	Jezzard, Bedford	2
20.	Carey, Johnny	2
21.	Nicholson, Bill	2
22.	Wilson, Glen	2
23.	Beattie, Andy	2
24.	Merrick, Gil	2
25.	Jones, Bill	2
26.	McDowall, Les	2
27.	Morris, Trevor	1
28.	Houghton, Eric	1
29.	Turner, Arthur	1
30.	Seymour, Stan	1
31.	Anderson, Jimmy	1
32.	Edwards, Willis	1
33.	Storer, Harry	1
34.	Owen, Syd	1
35.	Duncan, Dally	1
36.	Jackson, Peter	1
37.	Marshall, Jack	1
38.	Dennison, Bob	1
39.	Mercer, Joe	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Busby, Matt	76
2.	Murphy, Jimmy	17

No	Opponent	Count

1.	West Bromwich Albion	8
2.	Sheffield Wednesday	7
3.	Nottingham Forest	7
4.	Bolton Wanderers	6
5.	Burnley	5
6.	Chelsea	5
7.	Fulham	4
8.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4
9.	Newcastle United	4
10.	Blackpool	4
11.	Cardiff City	3
12.	Birmingham City	3
13.	Tottenham Hotspur	3
14.	Preston North End	3
15.	Leicester City	3
16.	West Ham United	3
17.	Arsenal	3
18.	Portsmouth	2
19.	Aston Villa	2
20.	Blackburn Rovers	2
21.	Everton	2
22.	Exeter City	2
23.	Manchester City	2
24.	Sunderland	1
25.	Leeds United	1
26.	Derby County	1
27.	Luton Town	1
28.	Bradford City	1
29.	Middlesbrough	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	90
2.	Wales	3

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	80
2.	FA Cup	10
3.	League Cup	3

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	45
2.	Hillsborough	4
3.	Bloomfield Road	3
4.	Burnden Park	3
5.	City Ground, Nottingham	3
6.	Highbury	3
7.	Ninian Park	3
8.	Boleyn Ground	2
9.	Craven Cottage	2
10.	Filbert Street	2
11.	St James Park, Newcastle	2
12.	Stamford Bridge	2
13.	The Hawthorns	2
14.	Turf Moor	2
15.	Villa Park	2
16.	Baseball Ground	1
17.	Deepdale	1
18.	Elland Road	1
19.	Ewood Park	1
20.	Fratton Park	1
21.	Kenilworth Road	1
22.	Maine Road	1
23.	Molineux	1
24.	St Andrews	1
25.	St James Park, Exeter	1
26.	Valley Parade	1
27.	Wembley	1
28.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

03-05-1958

Bolton Wanderers

0-2

FA 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

1.	26-03-1958	Fulham	FA Cup	3
2.	30-04-1960	Everton	League Division One	3
3.	26-12-1960	Chelsea	League Division One	3
4.	31-12-1960	Manchester City	League Division One	3

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	22-04-1957	Burnley	2-0	H	1	Alex Dawson 65', Colin Webster 88'
2.	27-04-1957	Cardiff City	3-2	A	1	Albert Scanlon 43', 90' (pen), Alex Dawson 86'	Gerry Hitchens 47', 52'
3.	29-04-1957	West Bromwich Albion	1-1	H	1	Alex Dawson 24'	Len Millard 90' (pen)
4.	19-10-1957	Portsmouth	0-3	H	0		John Henderson 6', Ron Newman 43', Peter Harris 44'
5.	19-02-1958	Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	H	1	Shay Brennan 27', 70', Alex Dawson 85'
6.	22-02-1958	Nottingham Forest	1-1	H	1	Alex Dawson 75'	Stuart Imlach 31'
7.	01-03-1958	West Bromwich Albion	2-2	A	1	Ernie Taylor 6', Alex Dawson 44'	Ronnie Allen 12', Roy Hrobin 86'
8.	05-03-1958	West Bromwich Albion	1-0	H	0	Colin Webster 89'
9.	08-03-1958	West Bromwich Albion	0-4	H	0		Ronnie Allen 8', 81', Ian Greaves 35' (o.g), Derek Kevan 65'
10.	15-03-1958	Burnley	0-3	A	0		Jimmy McIlroy 48', Alan Shackleton 70', Albert Cheesebrough 71'
11.	22-03-1958	Fulham	2-2	N	0	Bobby Charlton 11', 43'	Arthur Stevens 13', Jimmy Hill 38'
12.	26-03-1958	Fulham	5-3	N	3	Alex Dawson 14', 33', 65', Shay Brennan 44', Bobby Charlton 90'	Arthur Stevens 27', Trevor Chamberlain 38', Roy Dwight 72'
13.	29-03-1958	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	A	0		Roy Shiner 40'
14.	31-03-1958	Aston Villa	2-3	A	1	Colin Webster 13', Alex Dawson 75'	William Myerscough 35', Gerald Hitchens 65', John Sewell 90'
15.	04-04-1958	Sunderland	2-2	H	1	Bobby Charlton 7', Alex Dawson 88'	Don Revie 43', Alan O'Neill 60'
16.	16-04-1958	Portsmouth	3-3	A	1	Colin Webster 19', Ernie Taylor 20', Alex Dawson 84'	Alex Govan 61', Derek Dougan 70', Peter Harris 90'
17.	19-04-1958	Birmingham City	0-2	H	0		Harry Hooper 2', Ken Green 26'
18.	21-04-1958	Wolves	0-4	H	0		Ron Flowers 34', Eddie Clamp 60', Norman Deeley 63', Peter Broadbent 67' (pen)
19.	23-04-1958	Newcastle United	1-1	H	1	Alex Dawson 11'	Len White 86'
20.	26-04-1958	Chelsea	1-2	A	0	Ernie Taylor 15'	David Cliss 13', Les Allen 24'
21.	03-05-1958	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	N	0		Nat Lofthouse 3', 55'
22.	23-08-1958	Chelsea	5-2	H	2	Bobby Charlton 6', 27', 52', Alex Dawson 70', 85'	Jimmy Greaves 41', 77'
23.	27-08-1958	Nottingham Forest	3-0	A	0	Bobby Charlton 18', 23', Albert Scanlon 20'
24.	30-08-1958	Blackpool	1-2	A	0	Dennis Viollet 9'	William Perry 35', Hugh Kelly 43' (pen)
25.	03-09-1958	Nottingham Forest	1-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 10'	Tom Wilson 60'
26.	13-09-1958	Newcastle United	1-1	A	0	Bobby Charlton 31'	Reg Davies 28'
27.	20-09-1958	Tottenham Hotspur	2-2	H	0	Colin Webster 68', 77'	Bobby Smith 37', 61'
28.	08-10-1958	Preston North End	0-2	H	0		Toomy Thompson 38', Dennis Hatsell 59'
29.	25-10-1958	West Bromwich Albion	1-2	H	0	Freddy Goodwin 55'	Bobby Robson 41', Derek Kevan 75'
30.	01-11-1958	Leeds United	2-1	A	0	Albert Scanlon 67', Freddy Goodwin 73'	Alan Shackleton 30'
31.	08-11-1958	Burnley	1-3	H	0	Albert Quixall 87'	Jimmy McIlroy 24' (pen), Ray Pointer 30', 70'
32.	15-11-1958	Bolton Wanderers	3-6	A	2	Alex Dawson 35', 65', Bobby Charlton 50'	Bryan Edwards 6', Dennis Stevens 15', 43', Ray Parry 70' (pen), Ralph Gubbins 57', 80'
33.	26-08-1959	Chelsea	0-1	H	0		Jimmy Greaves 26'
34.	26-09-1959	Preston North End	0-4	A	0		Sammy Taylor 15', Tom Finney 64' (pen), 89', Dave Sneddon 77'
35.	14-11-1959	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	A	1	Alex Dawson 73'	Dennis Stevens 89'
36.	05-12-1959	Blackpool	3-1	H	0	Mark Pearson 37', Dennis Viollet 49', 73'	Arthur Kaye 47'
37.	12-12-1959	Nottingham Forest	5-1	A	1	Alex Dawson 26', Dennis Viollet 43', 75', 81', Albert Scanlon 72'	Tom Wilson 12'
38.	19-12-1959	West Bromwich Albion	2-3	H	1	Alex Dawson 8', Albert Quixall 66' (pen)	Derek Hogg 39', Ronnie Allen 57', David Burnside 74'
39.	26-12-1959	Burnley	1-2	H	0	Albert Quixall 79'	Jimmy Robson 27', Ian Lawson 43'
40.	28-12-1959	Burnley	4-1	A	0	Dennis Viollet 16', 63', Albert Scanlon 89', 90'	Jimmy Robson 22'
41.	02-01-1960	Newcastle United	3-7	A	1	Alex Dawson 27', Albert Quixall 61', 80' (pen)	Gordon Hughes 7', Len White 16', 44', 54', George Eastham 66' (pen), Jackie Bell 76', Ivor Allchurch 86'
42.	09-01-1960	Derby County	4-2	A	0	Geoff Barrowcliffe 3' (o.g.), Albert Scanlon 24', Freddy Goodwin 33', Bobby Charlton 47'	Peter Thompson 52', Geoff Barrowcliffe 83' (pen)
43.	24-02-1960	Leicester City	1-3	A	0	Albert Scanlon 39'	Frank McLintock 26', Albert Cheesebrough 75', Gordon Wills 82'
44.	27-02-1960	Blackpool	6-0	A	0	Bobby Charlton 10', 54', 88', Dennis Viollet 50', 52', Albert Scanlon 74'
45.	05-03-1960	Wolves	0-2	H	0		Norman Deeley 37', Barry Stobart 85'
46.	19-03-1960	Nottingham Forest	3-1	H	1	Alex Dawson 26', Bobby Charlton 47', 51'	Shay Brennan 49' (o.g.)
47.	26-03-1960	Fulham	5-0	A	1	Dennis Viollet 19', 23', Johnny Giles 77', Mark Pearson 82', Alex Dawson 88'
48.	30-03-1960	Sheffield Wednesday	2-4	A	0	Dennis Viollet 52', Bobby Charlton 89'	William Griffin 35', 88', John Fantham 65', Derek Wilkinson 78'
49.	02-04-1960	Bolton Wanderers	2-0	H	0	Bobby Charlton 42', 88'
50.	09-04-1960	Luton Town	3-2	A	2	Warren Bradley 20', Alex Dawson 30', 32'	George Cummins 27', 54'
51.	15-04-1960	West Ham United	1-2	A	1	Alex Dawson 25'	Malcolm Musgrove 6', Mike Grice 8'
52.	16-04-1960	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	H	1	Alex Dawson 89'
53.	18-04-1960	West Ham United	5-3	H	2	Alex Dawson 25', 62', Bobby Charlton 34', 49', Albert Quixall 84'	Dave Dunmore 5', *Noel Cantwell 30' (pen), Tony Scott 37'
54.	23-04-1960	Arsenal	2-5	A	0	Mark Pearson 12', Johnny Giles 44'	Danny Clapton 7', Jimmy Bloomfield 16', 67', 79', Gerry Ward 88'
55.	30-04-1960	Everton	5-0	H	3	Alex Dawson 67', 75', 89', Warren Bradley 73', Albert Quixall 86'
56.	31-08-1960	Everton	4-0	H	2	Bobby Charlton 11', Alex Dawson 40', 86', James Nicholson 89'
57.	03-09-1960	Tottenham Hotspur	1-4	A	0	Dennis Viollet 43'	Bobby Smith 6', 85', Les Allen 20', 65'
58.	05-09-1960	West Ham United	1-2	A	0	Albert Quixall 44'	Ron Brett 18', Malcolm Musgrove 54'
59.	10-09-1960	Leicester City	1-1	H	0	Johnny Giles 19'	Jimmy Walsh 44'
60.	01-10-1960	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	A	0	Johnny Giles 75'	Billy McAdams 13'
61.	19-10-1960	Exeter City	1-1	A	1	Alex Dawson 78'	Graham Rees 15'
62.	22-10-1960	Newcastle United	3-2	H	1	Alex Dawson 10', Nobby Stiles 51', Maurice Setters 72'	Gordon Hughes 56', Bob Stokoe 87' (pen)
63.	24-10-1960	Nottingham Forest	2-1	H	0	Dennis Viollet 44', 59'	Colin Booth 8'
64.	26-10-1960	Exeter City	4-1	H	0	Albert Quixall 7', 85' (pen), Johnny Giles 25', Mark Pearson 31'	Jimmy Thompson 14' (pen)
65.	29-10-1960	Arsenal	1-2	A	0	Albert Quixall 26'	John Barnwell 9', *David Herd 21'
66.	02-11-1960	Bradford City	1-2	A	0	Dennis Viollet 25'	Gerry Smith 55', Bobby Webb 57'
67.	05-11-1960	Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	H	0
68.	12-11-1960	Birmingham City	1-3	A	0	Bobby Charlton 81'	Richard Neal 13', Johnny Gordon 72', Brian Taylor 75'
69.	19-11-1960	West Bromwich Albion	3-0	H	1	Alex Dawson 20', Dennis Viollet 31', Albert Quixall 77' (pen)
70.	26-11-1960	Cardiff City	0-3	A	0		Derek Hogg 30', 59', Brian Edgeley 43'
71.	03-12-1960	Preston North End	1-0	H	1	Alex Dawson 60'
72.	10-12-1960	Fulham	4-4	A	1	Bobby Charlton 4', Albert Quixall 8' (pen), 56', Alex Dawson 47'	Stan Brown 38', 42', Alan Mullery 45', Pat O'Connell 63'
73.	17-12-1960	Blackburn Rovers	2-1	A	0	Mark Pearson 12', 23'	Ally MacLeod 35'
74.	24-12-1960	Chelsea	2-1	A	1	Bobby Charlton 49', Alex Dawson 67'	Peter Brabrook 90'
75.	26-12-1960	Chelsea	6-0	H	3	Alex Dawson ??', ??', ??', James Nicholson ??', ??', Bobby Charlton ??'
76.	31-12-1960	Manchester City	5-1	H	3	Bobby Charlton 5', 48', Alex Dawson 19', 44', 65'	Colin Barlow 16'
77.	07-01-1961	Middlesbrough	3-0	H	2	Noel Cantwell 25', Alex Dawson 77', 84'
78.	16-01-1961	Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	H	0	Nobby Stiles 14', Mark Pearson 73'
79.	21-01-1961	Leicester City	0-6	A	0		Jimmy Walsh 21', 51', Ken Keyworth 31', 70, Gordon Willis 76', Howard Riley 85' (pen)
80.	28-01-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	A	0	Noel Cantwell 43' (pen)	Derek Wilkinson 14'
81.	01-02-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	2-7	H	1	Mark Pearson 4', Alex Dawson 60'	John Fantham 2', 52', Alan Finney 30', 80', Keith Ellis 32', 38', 64'
82.	04-02-1961	Aston Villa	1-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 85'	Bobby Thomson 47'
83.	11-02-1961	Wolves	1-2	A	0	James Nicholson 68'	Norman Deeley 8', Ron Flowers 53'
84.	18-02-1961	Bolton Wanderers	3-1	H	2	Alex Dawson 58', 79', Albert Quixall 70' (pen)	Billy McAdams 18'
85.	25-02-1961	Nottingham Forest	2-3	A	0	Bobby Charlton 10', Albert Quixall 48'	John Rowland 24', Colin Booth 84', Colin Addison 85'
86.	04-03-1961	Manchester City	3-1	A	1	Alex Dawson 18', Bobby Charlton 28', Mark Pearson 69'	David Wagstaffe 62'
87.	18-03-1961	Arsenal	1-1	H	0	Ian Moir 11'	Mel Charles 17'
88.	25-03-1961	Sheffield Wednesday	1-5	A	0	Bobby Charlton 89'	Noel Cantwell 4' (o.g.), Gerry Young 14', 52', 65', Bobby Craig 72'
89.	31-03-1961	Blackpool	0-2	A	0		Brian Peterson 32', Nobby Stiles 71' (o.g.)
90.	16-09-1961	Cardiff City	2-1	A	1	Albert Quixall 21' (pen), Alex Dawson 75'	Dai Ward 30'
91.	30-09-1961	Wolves	0-2	H	0		John Kirkham 41', Peter Broadbent 50'
92.	07-10-1961	West Bromwich Albion	1-1	A	1	Alex Dawson 74'	Derek Kevan 87'
93.	14-10-1961	Birmingham City	0-2	H	0		Bryan Orritt 26', Mike Hellawell 87'

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