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Manchester United
Set maker:  A&BC Chewing Gum
Set details: 1970/71 Footballers, Orange backs
Number in set: 255
Checklists: Series 1 (1-84), Series 2 (85-169), Series 3 (170-255), Team checklist
Links: Arsenal, Blackpool, Burnley, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Checklists, Variants and error cards.
1. Goalkeeper
70/71 League App. Gls
Alex Stepney 21 0
Jimmy Rimmer 21 0
2. Right back
70/71 League App. Gls
Paul Edwards 14 0
John Fitzpatrick 12 0
Willie Watson 8 0
Tony Dunne 6 0
Tom O'Neill 1 0
Nobby Stiles 1 0
3. Left back
70/71 League App. Gls
Tony Dunne 29 0
Francis Burns 13 0
4. Right half
70/71 League App. Gls
Pat Crerand 23 0
John Fitzpatrick 19 2
5. Centre half
70/71 League App. Gls
Paul Edwards 15 0
Ian Ure 14 0
Steve James 12 0
David Sadler 1 0
6. Left half
70/71 League App. Gls
David Sadler 31 1
Nobby Stiles 8 0
Francis Burns 1 0
John Fitzpatrick 1 0
Steve James 1 0
7. Right wing
70/71 League App. Gls
Willie Morgan 20 3
Denis Law 7 2
George Best 6 4
Nobby Stiles 5 0
Francis Burns 2 0
John Fitzpatrick 1 0
Alan Gowling 1 0
8. Inside right
70/71 League App. Gls
George Best 17 7
Denis Law 14 4
Alan Gowling 7 2
John Fitzpatrick 2 0
Brian Kidd 1 0
Nobby Stiles 1 0
9. Centre forward
70/71 League App. Gls
Bobby Charlton 42 5
10. Inside left
70/71 League App. Gls
Brian Kidd 23 7
Alan Gowling 9 6
Denis Law 6 7
Nobby Stiles 3 0
George Best 1 1
11. Left wing
70/71 League App. Gls
John Aston 18 3
George Best 16 6
Willie Morgan 4 0
Carlo Sartori 2 2
Brian Kidd 1 1
Denis Law 1 2
Substitutes

70/71 League App. Gls
Carlo Sartori 4 0
Francis Burns 3 0
John Aston 1 0
Alan Gowling 1 0
Brian Kidd 1 0

1970/71 League record

  P W D L F A Pts
Home 21 9 6 6 29 24  
Away 21 7 5 9 36 42  
Total 42 16 11 15 65 66 43
League position: 8th

Team facts - 1970/71

Home ground Old Trafford
Ground capacity

63,500

Manager Frank O'Farrell
Club captain Bobby Charlton

Previous 5 seasons...

1965/66 Division 1 - 4th
1966/67

Division 1 - 1st

1967/68

Division 1 - 2nd

1968/69

Division 1 - 11th

1969/70

Division 1 - 8th

Next 4 seasons...

1971/72 Division 1 - 8th
1972/73

Division 1 - 18th

1973/74 Division 1 - 21st
1974/75 Division 2 - 1st

1970/71 F.A. Cup

 Rnd

Opponent

Result
3 v. Middlesbrough 0-0, 1-2

1970/71 League Cup

 Rnd

Opponent

Result
2 v. Aldershot 3-1
3 v. Portsmouth 1-0
4 v. Chelsea 2-1
5 v. Crystal Palace 4-2
SF v. Aston Villa 1-1, 1-2

1970/71 League home record

15/08/70 v. Leeds United L 0-1  
19/08/70 v. Chelsea D 0-0  
29/08/70 v. West Ham United D 1-1 Fitzpatrick
02/09/70 v. Everton W 2-0 Best, Charlton
12/09/70 v. Coventry City W 2-0 Charlton, Best
26/09/70 v. Blackpool D 1-1 Best
10/10/70 v. Crystal Palace L 0-1  
24/10/70 v. W.B.A. W 2-1 Kidd, Law
07/11/70 v. Stoke City D 2-2 Sadler, Law
28/11/70 v. Huddersfield Town D 1-1 Best
12/12/70 v. Manchester City L 1-4 Kidd
19/12/70 v. Arsenal L 1-3 Sartori
16/01/71 v. Burnley D 1-1 Aston
06/02/71 v. Tottenham H. W 2-1 Morgan (pen.), Best
20/02/71 v. Southampton W 5-1 Gowling 4, Morgan
27/02/71 v. Newcastle Utd. W 1-0 Kidd
13/03/71 v. Nottingham For. W 2-0 Best, Law
10/04/71 v. Derby County L 1-2 Law
12/04/71 v. Wolver. Wand. W 1-0 Gowling
19/04/71 v. Liverpool L 0-2  
24/04/71 v. Ipswich Town W 3-2 Best (pen.), Charlton, Kidd

1970/71 League away record

22/08/70 v. Arsenal L 0-4  
25/08/70 v. Burnley W 2-0 Law 2
05/09/70 v. Liverpool D 1-1 Kidd
19/09/70 v. Ipswich Town L 0-4  
03/10/70 v. Wolver. Wand. L 2-3 Gowling, Kidd
17/10/70 v. Leeds United D 2-2 Fitzpatrick, Charlton
31/10/70 v. Newcastle United L 0-1  
14/11/70 v. Nottingham For. W 2-1 Gowling, Sartori
21/11/70 v. Southampton L 0-1  
05/12/70 v. Tottenham H. D 2-2 Best, Law
26/12/70 v. Derby County D 4-4 Kidd, Best, Law 2
09/01/71 v. Chelsea W 2-1 Morgan (pen.), Gowling
30/01/71 v. Huddersfield Town W 2-1 Law, Aston
23/02/71 v. Everton L 0-1  
06/03/71 v. W.B.A. L 3-4 Kidd, Best, Aston
20/03/71 v. Stoke City W 2-1 Best 2
03/04/71 v. West Ham United L 1-2 Best
13/04/71 v. Coventry City L 1-2 Best
17/04/71 v. Crystal Palace W 5-3 Law 3, Best 2
01/05/71 v. Blackpool D 1-1 Law
05/05/71 v. Manchester City W 4-3 Best 2, Charlton, Law