David McCreery

Position: midfielder

Northern Ireland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	51	30	13	8	86	43	+43	58.82
A	55	13	14	28	72	107	-35	23.64
N	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	50.00
TOTALS	110	45	28	37	162	152	+10	40.91

Name: David McCreery

Birthdate: 16-09-1957

Age: 68

Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Height: 5' 7" (1.70m)

Weight: 10st 8lbs (67.13kg)

Years at Club: 1974-1979

Signing Info: Signed Trainee: 11/1972. Signed Professional: 04/1974

Previous Clubs:

Debut: 15/10/1974 v Portsmouth (A) 0-0 (League Division Two)

Farewell: Transferred to Queens Park Rangers, 08/1979, £200,000

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.	1974-1975	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2.	1975-1976	4	28	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	32
3.	1976-1977	2	25	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	37
4.	1977-1978	1	17	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	23
5.	1978-1979	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
TOTALS		7	87	1	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	110

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Manchester City	2	6
2.	West Ham United	1	3
3.	Middlesbrough	1	3
4.	Stoke City	1	3
5.	Coventry City	1	4
6.	Everton	1	5
7.	Arsenal	1	6

No	Opponent

1.	Ipswich Town	6	0
2.	Manchester City	6	2
3.	Arsenal	6	1
4.	Birmingham City	5	0
5.	Derby County	5	0
6.	Liverpool	5	0
7.	Aston Villa	5	0
8.	Norwich City	5	0
9.	Everton	5	1
10.	Leicester City	4	0
11.	Coventry City	4	1
12.	Leeds United	4	0
13.	Sunderland	4	0
14.	West Bromwich Albion	4	0
15.	Queens Park Rangers	4	0
16.	West Ham United	3	1
17.	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0
18.	Middlesbrough	3	1
19.	Stoke City	3	1
20.	Nottingham Forest	3	0
21.	Newcastle United	2	0
22.	Burnley	2	0
23.	Southampton	2	0
24.	Ajax Amsterdam	2	0
25.	Juventus	2	0
26.	Chelsea	2	0
27.	Porto	2	0
28.	Portsmouth	1	0
29.	Blackpool	1	0
30.	Sheffield United	1	0
31.	Tranmere Rovers	1	0
32.	Bristol City	1	0
33.	Saint Etienne	1	0
34.	Carlisle United	1	0
35.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0
36.	Watford	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Robson, Bobby	6
2.	Book, Tony	6
3.	Neill, Terry	6
4.	Paisley, Bob	5
5.	Saunders, Ron	5
6.	Bond, John	5
7.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	4
8.	Lee, Gordon	4
9.	Milne, Gordon	4
10.	Mackay, Dave	3
11.	Lyall, John	3
12.	Armfield, Jimmy	3
13.	Bingham, Billy	3
14.	Stokoe, Bob	3
15.	Clough, Brian	3
16.	Adamson, Jimmy	2
17.	Bell, Willie	2
18.	McMenemy, Lawrie	2
19.	Burkinshaw, Keith	2
20.	Ivic, Tomislav	2
21.	Giles, Johnny	2
22.	Trapattoni, Giovanni	2
23.	Eastham, George	2
24.	Sexton, Dave	2
25.	Neal, John	2
26.	Pedroto, Jose	2
27.	Smith, Jim	2
28.	St John, Ian	1
29.	Potts, Harry	1
30.	Goodwin, Freddy	1
31.	Mee, Bertie	1
32.	Sirrel, Jimmy	1
33.	Charlton, Jack	1
34.	Brown, Joe	1
35.	Waddington, Tony	1
36.	King, John	1
37.	Dicks, Alan	1
38.	Murphy, Colin	1
39.	Herbin, Robert	1
40.	Shellito, Ken	1
41.	Allen, Ronnie	1
42.	Moncur, Bobby	1
43.	Sibley, Frank	1
44.	Chung, Sammy	1
45.	Stein, Jock	1
46.	Burtenshaw, Steve	1
47.	Taylor, Graham	1
48.	Atkinson, Ron	1
49.	Docherty, Tommy	1
50.	Blanchflower, Danny	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Docherty, Tommy	71
2.	Sexton, Dave	39

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Ipswich Town	6
2.	Manchester City	6
3.	Arsenal	6
4.	Birmingham City	5
5.	Derby County	5
6.	Liverpool	5
7.	Aston Villa	5
8.	Norwich City	5
9.	Everton	5
10.	Leicester City	4
11.	Coventry City	4
12.	Leeds United	4
13.	Sunderland	4
14.	West Bromwich Albion	4
15.	Queens Park Rangers	4
16.	West Ham United	3
17.	Tottenham Hotspur	3
18.	Middlesbrough	3
19.	Stoke City	3
20.	Nottingham Forest	3
21.	Newcastle United	2
22.	Burnley	2
23.	Southampton	2
24.	Ajax Amsterdam	2
25.	Juventus	2
26.	Chelsea	2
27.	Porto	2
28.	Portsmouth	1
29.	Blackpool	1
30.	Sheffield United	1
31.	Tranmere Rovers	1
32.	Bristol City	1
33.	Saint Etienne	1
34.	Carlisle United	1
35.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
36.	Watford	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	103
2.	Holland	2
3.	Italy	2
4.	Portugal	2
5.	France	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	85
2.	League Cup	8
3.	FA Cup	7
4.	Europa League	4
5.	Cup Winners Cup	3
6.	League Division Two	2
7.	Charity Shield	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	51
2.	Highbury	4
3.	Maine Road	4
4.	Carrow Road	3
5.	Portman Road	3
6.	St Andrews	3
7.	Wembley	3
8.	Anfield	2
9.	Baseball Ground	2
10.	Boleyn Ground	2
11.	City Ground, Nottingham	2
12.	Elland Road	2
13.	Filbert Street	2
14.	Loftus Road	2
15.	Roker Park	2
16.	The Hawthorns	2
17.	White Hart Lane	2
18.	Ashton Gate	1
19.	Ayresome Park	1
20.	Bloomfield Road	1
21.	Bramall Lane	1
22.	Brunton Park	1
23.	Estadio das Antas	1
24.	Fratton Park	1
25.	Geoffrey Guichard	1
26.	Goodison Park	1
27.	Highfield Road	1
28.	Hillsborough	1
29.	Molineux	1
30.	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam	1
31.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
32.	Stadio Comunale	1
33.	The Dell	1
34.	Turf Moor	1
35.	Victoria Ground	1
36.	Villa Park	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

1.	01-05-1976	Southampton	L	0-1	FA Cup
2.	21-05-1977	Liverpool	W	2-1	FA Cup
3.	13-08-1977	Liverpool	D	0-0	Charity Shield

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.	15-10-1974	Portsmouth	0-0	A	0
2.	19-10-1974	Blackpool	3-0	A	0	Alex Forsyth 22', Lou Macari 60', Jim McCalliog 72'
3.	19-08-1975	Birmingham City	2-0	A	0	Sammy McIlroy 47', 82'
4.	20-09-1975	Ipswich Town	1-0	H	0	Stewart Houston 28'
5.	24-09-1975	Derby County	1-2	A	0	Gerry Daly 82'	Charlie George 31', 85'
6.	27-09-1975	Manchester City	2-2	A	1	David McCreery 29', Lou Macari 31'	Jimmy Nicholl 21' (o.g.), Joe Royle 31'
7.	04-10-1975	Leicester City	0-0	H	0
8.	25-10-1975	West Ham United	1-2	A	0	Lou Macari 55'	Alan Taylor 6', Bobby Gould 69'
9.	08-11-1975	Liverpool	1-3	A	0	Steve Coppell 52'	Steve Heighway 12', John Toshack 46', Kevin Keegan 78'
10.	12-11-1975	Manchester City	0-4	A	0		Dennis Tueart 1', 28', Joe Royle 14', Asa Hartford 78'
11.	15-11-1975	Aston Villa	2-0	H	0	Steve Coppell 15', Sammy McIlroy 55'
12.	22-11-1975	Arsenal	1-3	A	0	Stuart Pearson 58'	Alan Ball 1', Brian Greenhoff 25' (o.g.), George Armstrong 90'
13.	29-11-1975	Newcastle United	1-0	H	0	Gerry Daly 68'
14.	13-12-1975	Sheffield United	4-1	A	0	Stuart Pearson 3', 74' , Gordon Hill 31', Lou Macari 87'	Bill Dearden 52'
15.	27-12-1975	Burnley	2-1	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 51', Lou Macari 80'	Ray Hankin 34'
16.	17-01-1976	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	A	0	Gordon Hill 4'	John Duncan 63'
17.	31-01-1976	Birmingham City	3-1	H	0	Alex Forsyth 36', Lou Macari 43', Sammy McIlroy 88'	Peter Withe 60'
18.	07-02-1976	Coventry City	1-1	A	0	Lou Macari 82'	Leslie Cartwright 39'
19.	14-02-1976	Leicester City	2-1	A	0	Lou Macari 8', Gerry Daly 33'	Robert Lee 60'
20.	18-02-1976	Liverpool	0-0	H	0
21.	25-02-1976	Derby County	1-1	H	0	Stuart Pearson 27'	Bruce Rioch 57'
22.	28-02-1976	West Ham United	4-0	H	1	Alex Forsyth 49', Lou Macari 56', David McCreery 76', Stuart Pearson 88'
23.	13-03-1976	Leeds United	3-2	H	0	Stewart Houston 3', Stuart Pearson 42', Gerry Daly 61'	Trevor Cherry 87', Billy Bremner 88'
24.	16-03-1976	Norwich City	1-1	A	0	Gordon Hill 9'	Phil Boyer 63'
25.	20-03-1976	Newcastle United	4-3	A	0	Stuart Pearson 12', 58', John Bird 15' (o.g.), Pat Howard 49' (o.g.)	Mickey Burns 17', Malcolm McDonald 27', *Alan Gowling 41'
26.	27-03-1976	Middlesbrough	3-0	H	1	Gerry Daly 60' (pen), David McCreery 65', Gordon Hill 70'
27.	03-04-1976	Derby County	2-0	N	0	Gordon Hill 12', 84'
28.	10-04-1976	Ipswich Town	0-3	A	0		Mick Lambert 35', Trevor Whymark 79', Dave Johnson 84'
29.	17-04-1976	Everton	2-1	H	1	Roger Kenyon 56' (o.g.) , David McCreery 69'	George Telfer 20'
30.	19-04-1976	Burnley	1-0	A	0	Lou Macari 57'
31.	21-04-1976	Stoke City	0-1	H	0		Alan Bloor 87'
32.	24-04-1976	Leicester City	1-2	A	0	Peter Coyne 57'	Robert Lee 26', Chris Garland 47'
33.	01-05-1976	Southampton	0-1	N	0		Bobby Stokes 83'
34.	04-05-1976	Manchester City	2-0	H	0	Gordon Hill 48', Sammy McIlroy 52'
35.	01-09-1976	Tranmere Rovers	5-0	H	0	Gerry Daly 52' 83', Lou Macari 53', Stuart Pearson 61', Gordon Hill 78'
36.	04-09-1976	Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	H	0	Steve Coppell 16', Stuart Pearson 22'	Ralph Coates 55', Ian Moores 60', John Pratt 78'
37.	15-09-1976	Ajax Amsterdam	0-1	A	0		Ruud Krol 42'
38.	22-09-1976	Sunderland	2-2	H	0	Stuart Pearson 16', Jeff Clarke 87' (o.g.)	Ray Train 6', Tony Towers 80'
39.	25-09-1976	Manchester City	3-1	A	1	Steve Coppell 15', David McCreery 26', Gerry Daly 69'	Dennis Tueart 7'
40.	29-09-1976	Ajax Amsterdam	2-0	H	0	Lou Macari 42', Sammy McIlroy 65'
41.	02-10-1976	Leeds United	2-0	A	0	Gerry Daly 6', Steve Coppell 9'
42.	04-10-1976	Sunderland	2-2	A	0	Brian Greenhoff 46', Gerry Daly 89' (pen)	Tony Towers 7' (pen), Ray Train 87'
43.	06-10-1976	Sunderland	1-0	H	0	Brian Greenhoff 75'
44.	16-10-1976	West Bromwich Albion	0-4	A	0		*Johnny Giles 6', Tony Brown 35', Len Cantello 50', Ray Treacy 78'
45.	20-10-1976	Juventus	1-0	H	0	Gordon Hill 32'
46.	30-10-1976	Ipswich Town	0-1	H	0		Clive Woods 2'
47.	03-11-1976	Juventus	0-3	A	0		Roberto Boninsegna 29' 63', Romeo Benetti 85'
48.	01-12-1976	Everton	0-3	H	0		Martin Dobson 33', Andy King 37', 50'
49.	18-12-1976	Arsenal	1-3	A	0	Sammy McIlroy 6'	Malcolm Macdonald 5', 52', Liam Brady 45'+2
50.	27-12-1976	Everton	4-0	H	0	Stuart Pearson 47', Jimmy Greenhoff 61', Gordon Hill 71', Lou Macari 85'
51.	01-01-1977	Aston Villa	2-0	H	0	Stuart Pearson 16', 23'
52.	03-01-1977	Ipswich Town	1-2	A	0	Stuart Pearson 1'	Brian Greenhoff 79' (o.g.), Clive Woods 83'
53.	15-01-1977	Coventry City	2-0	H	0	Lou Macari 8', 19'
54.	26-02-1977	Southampton	2-2	A	0	Lou Macari 12', Gordon Hill 40'	David Peach 28' (pen), Nick Holmes 43'
55.	05-03-1977	Manchester City	3-1	H	0	Stuart Pearson 24', Gordon Hill 31', Steve Coppell 54'	Joe Royle 61'
56.	12-03-1977	Leeds United	1-0	H	0	Trevor Cherry 12' (o.g.)
57.	19-03-1977	Aston Villa	2-1	H	0	Stewart Houston 26', Lou Macari 76'	Brian Little 2'
58.	23-03-1977	West Bromwich Albion	2-2	H	0	Gordon Hill 43' (pen), Steve Coppell 90'	David Cross 18', *Bryan Robson 35'
59.	02-04-1977	Norwich City	1-2	A	0	Tony Powell 57' (o.g.)	Colin Suggett 7', Kevin Reeves 33'
60.	05-04-1977	Everton	2-1	A	0	Gordon Hill 1', 20'	Martin Dobson 73'
61.	09-04-1977	Stoke City	3-0	H	0	Stewart Houston 51', Lou Macari 60', Stuart Pearson 81'
62.	11-04-1977	Sunderland	1-2	A	0	Gordon Hill 15' (pen)	Kevin Arnott 3', Tony Towers 19' (pen)
63.	16-04-1977	Leicester City	1-1	H	0	Jimmy Greenhoff 75'	Steve Earle 46'
64.	19-04-1977	QPR	0-4	A	0		*Don Givens 1', Eddie Kelly 22', Peter Eastoe 46', 60'
65.	30-04-1977	QPR	1-0	H	0	Lou Macari 82'
66.	03-05-1977	Liverpool	0-1	A	0		Kevin Keegan 15'
67.	07-05-1977	Bristol City	1-1	A	0	Jimmy Greenhoff 50' (pen)	Chris Garland 5'
68.	11-05-1977	Stoke City	3-3	A	1	Gordon Hill 21', 60', David McCreery 22'	*Garth Crooks 41' 49', Alan Bloor 66'
69.	14-05-1977	Arsenal	3-2	H	0	Jimmy Greenhoff 11', Lou Macari 36', Gordon Hill 53'	Liam Brady 51', *Frank Stapleton 79'
70.	16-05-1977	West Ham United	2-4	A	0	Gordon Hill 1', Stuart Pearson 65'	Frank Lampard Snr 30', Geoff Pike 52', Bryan "Pop" Robson 60', 75'
71.	21-05-1977	Liverpool	2-1	N	0	Stuart Pearson 50', Jimmy Greenhoff 55'	Jimmy Case 52'
72.	13-08-1977	Liverpool	0-0	N	0
73.	20-08-1977	Birmingham City	4-1	A	0	Lou Macari 5' 22', 83', Gordon Hill 75'	Terry Hibbit 53'
74.	24-08-1977	Coventry City	2-1	H	1	Gordon Hill 8' (pen), David McCreery 74'	Ian Wallace 27'
75.	27-08-1977	Ipswich Town	0-0	H	0
76.	30-08-1977	Arsenal	2-3	A	1	David McCreery 45', Stuart Pearson 86'	Malcolm MacDonald 40',74', Liam Brady 46'
77.	03-09-1977	Derby County	1-0	A	0	Lou Macari 30'
78.	10-09-1977	Manchester City	1-3	A	0	Jimmy Nicholl 87'	*Brian Kidd 14', 48', Mick Channon 78'
79.	14-09-1977	Saint Etienne	1-1	A	0	Gordon Hill 78'	Christian Synaeghel 80'
80.	17-09-1977	Chelsea	0-1	H	0		Bill Garner 2'
81.	08-10-1977	Middlesbrough	1-2	A	0	Steve Coppell 35'	David Mills 39', Billy Ashcroft 56'
82.	19-10-1977	Porto	0-4	A	0		Duda 8', 24', 54', Oliveira 60'
83.	22-10-1977	West Bromwich Albion	0-4	A	0		John Wile 28', David Cross 34', 44' *Laurie Cunningham 44'
84.	29-10-1977	Aston Villa	1-2	A	0	Jimmy Nicholl 83'	Andy Gray 30', Alex Cropley 41'
85.	02-11-1977	Porto	5-2	H	0	Steve Coppell 8', 65', Murca 39' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.), Jimmy Nicholl 44'	Seninho 29', 85'
86.	05-11-1977	Arsenal	1-2	H	0	Gordon Hill 66'	Malcolm MacDonald 71', *Frank Stapleton 85'
87.	12-11-1977	Nottingham Forest	1-2	A	0	Stuart Pearson 5'	Kenny Burns 49', Archie Gemmill 72'
88.	19-11-1977	Norwich City	1-0	H	0	Stuart Pearson 73'
89.	07-01-1978	Carlisle United	1-1	A	0	Lou Macari 2'	Ian McDonald 8'
90.	29-03-1978	Aston Villa	1-1	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 52'	John Deehan 50'
91.	01-04-1978	Arsenal	1-3	A	0	Joe Jordan 37'	Malcolm MacDonald 36', 83', Liam Brady 69'
92.	08-04-1978	QPR	3-1	H	0	Stuart Pearson 42', 82' (pen), Ashley Grimes 57'	Stan Bowles 76' (pen)
93.	15-04-1978	Norwich City	3-1	A	0	Joe Jordan 67', Sammy McIlroy 69', Steve Coppell 78'	Phil Lythgoe 24'
94.	29-04-1978	Wolves	1-2	A	0	Brian Greenhoff 37'	Martin Patching 47', Melvyn Eves 76'
95.	19-08-1978	Birmingham City	1-0	H	0	Joe Jordan 70'
96.	23-08-1978	Leeds United	3-2	A	0	Gordon McQueen 12', Sammy McIlroy 37', Lou Macari 82'	Paul Hart 20', Frankie Gray 48' (pen)
97.	26-08-1978	Ipswich Town	0-3	A	0		Paul Mariner 16', 67', Brian Talbot 69'
98.	02-09-1978	Everton	1-1	H	0	Martin Buchan 90'	Andy King 6'
99.	09-09-1978	QPR	1-1	A	0	Jimmy Greenhoff 87'	Ian Gillard 5'
100.	16-09-1978	Nottingham Forest	1-1	H	0	Jimmy Greenhoff 66'	Ian Bowyer 6'
101.	04-10-1978	Watford	1-2	H	0	Joe Jordan 40'	Luther Blissett 46', 71'
102.	07-10-1978	Middlesbrough	3-2	H	0	Lou Macari 3', 30', Joe Jordan 76'	David Mills 26', Mickey Burns 66'
103.	11-11-1978	Birmingham City	1-5	A	0	Joe Jordan 13'	Kevin Dillon 23', Alan Buckley 32' 36', Don Givens 51', Jimmy Calderwood 90'
104.	30-12-1978	West Bromwich Albion	3-5	H	0	Brian Greenhoff 21', Gordon McQueen 30', Sammy McIlroy 32'	Tony Brown 27', 45', Len Cantello 28', *Laurie Cunningham 76', Cyrille Regis 84'
105.	16-04-1979	Coventry City	0-0	H	0
106.	18-04-1979	Nottingham Forest	1-1	A	0	Joe Jordan 47'	Trevor Francis 86'
107.	21-04-1979	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	A	0	Gordon McQueen 14'	Chris Jones 71'
108.	25-04-1979	Norwich City	1-0	H	0	Lou Macari 88'
109.	28-04-1979	Derby County	0-0	H	0
110.	16-05-1979	Chelsea	1-1	H	0	Steve Coppell 7'	Gary Johnson 21'

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