1911–12 Manchester United F.C. season

{{Short description|30th season in existence of Manchester United}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester United

| season = 1911–12

| manager = Ernest Mangnall

| chairman = John Henry Davies

| league = First Division

| league result = 13th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Fourth Round

| cup2 = FA Charity Shield

| cup2 result = Winners

| league topscorer =
Enoch West (17)

| season topscorer =
Enoch West (23)

| highest attendance = 59,300 vs Blackburn Rovers (9 March 1912)

| lowest attendance = 6,000 vs Bury (17 February 1912)

| average attendance = 21,972

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| prevseason = 1910–11

| nextseason = 1912–13

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The 1911–12 season was Manchester United's 20th season in the Football League and fifth in the First Division.{{cite web |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1912.html |title=Manchester United Season 1911/12 |access-date=10 February 2010 |publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk }}

FA Charity Shield

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Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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|25 September 1911

|Swindon Town

|N

|8–4

|Halse (6), Turnbull, Wall

|10,000

First Division

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Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

!League
position

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|2 September 1911

|Manchester City

|A

|0–0

|

|35,000

|9th

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|9 September 1911

|Everton

|H

|2–1

|Halse, Turnbull

|20,000

|7th

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|16 September 1911

|West Bromwich Albion

|A

|0–1

|

|35,000

|10th

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|23 September 1911

|Sunderland

|H

|2–2

|Stacey (2)

|20,000

|12th

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|30 September 1911

|Blackburn Rovers

|A

|2–2

|West (2)

|30,000

|12th

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|7 October 1911

|Sheffield Wednesday

|H

|3–1

|Halse (2), West

|30,000

|11th

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|14 October 1911

|Bury

|A

|1–0

|Turnbull

|18,000

|6th

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|21 October 1911

|Middlesbrough

|H

|3–4

|Halse, Turnbull, West

|20,000

|9th

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|28 October 1911

|Notts County

|A

|1–0

|Turnbull

|15,000

|7th

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|4 November 1911

|Tottenham Hotspur

|H

|1–2

|Halse

|20,000

|10th

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|11 November 1911

|Preston North End

|H

|0–0

|

|10,000

|9th

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|18 November 1911

|Liverpool

|A

|2–3

|Roberts, West

|15,000

|13th

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|25 November 1911

|Aston Villa

|H

|3–1

|West (2), Roberts

|20,000

|8th

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|2 December 1911

|Newcastle United

|A

|3–2

|West (2), Halse

|40,000

|8th

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|9 December 1911

|Sheffield United

|H

|1–0

|Halse

|12,000

|7th

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|16 December 1911

|Oldham Athletic

|A

|2–2

|Turnbull, West

|20,000

|6th

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|23 December 1911

|Bolton Wanderers

|H

|2–0

|Halse, Turnbull

|20,000

|3rd

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|25 December 1911

|Bradford City

|H

|0–1

|

|50,000

|6th

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|26 December 1911

|Bradford City

|A

|1–0

|West

|40,000

|2nd

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|30 December 1911

|Manchester City

|H

|0–0

|

|50,000

|4th

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|1 January 1912

|Arsenal

|H

|2–0

|Meredith, West

|20,000

|3rd

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|6 January 1912

|Everton

|A

|0–4

|

|12,000

|4th

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|20 January 1912

|West Bromwich Albion

|H

|1–2

|Wall

|8,000

|4th

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|27 January 1912

|Sunderland

|A

|0–5

|

|12,000

|8th

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|10 February 1912

|Sheffield Wednesday

|A

|0–3

|

|25,000

|9th

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|17 February 1912

|Bury

|H

|0–0

|

|6,000

|10th

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|2 March 1912

|Notts County

|H

|2–0

|West (2)

|10,000

|10th

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|16 March 1912

|Preston North End

|A

|0–0

|

|7,000

|12th

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|23 March 1912

|Liverpool

|H

|1–1

|Nuttall

|10,000

|12th

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|30 March 1912

|Aston Villa

|A

|0–6

|

|15,000

|13th

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|5 April 1912

|Arsenal

|A

|1–2

|Turnbull

|14,000

|14th

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|6 April 1912

|Newcastle United

|H

|0–2

|

|14,000

|16th

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|9 April 1912

|Tottenham Hotspur

|A

|1–1

|Wall

|20,000

|15th

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|13 April 1912

|Sheffield United

|A

|1–6

|Nuttall

|7,000

|17th

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|17 April 1912

|Middlesbrough

|A

|0–3

|

|5,000

|17th

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|20 April 1912

|Oldham Athletic

|H

|3–1

|West (2), Wall

|15,000

|14th

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|27 April 1912

|Bolton Wanderers

|A

|1–1

|Meredith

|20,000

|16th

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|29 April 1912

|Blackburn Rovers

|H

|3–1

|Hamill, Meredith, West

|20,000

|13th

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FA Cup

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Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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|13 January 1912

|First Round

|Huddersfield Town

|H

|3–1

|West (2), Halse

|19,579

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|3 February 1912

|Second Round

|Coventry City

|A

|5–1

|Halse (2), West (2), Turnbull

|17,130

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|24 February 1912

|Third Round

|Reading

|A

|1–1

|West

|24,069

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|29 February 1912

|Third Round
Replay

|Reading

|H

|3–0

|Turnbull (2), Halse

|29,511

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|9 March 1912

|Fourth Round

|Blackburn Rovers

|H

|1–1

|own goal

|59,300

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|14 March 1912

|Fourth Round
Replay

|Blackburn Rovers

|A

|2–4

|West (2)

|39,296

References

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{{Manchester United F.C. seasons}}

{{1911–12 in English football}}

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