1932–33 Manchester United F.C. season
English football club season
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The 1932–33 season was Manchester United's 37th season in the Football League. They improved on the previous season's 12th-place finish, but sixth in the final table was not enough for promotion from the Second Division.[1]
| 1932–33 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | James W. Gibson | ||
| Manager | Scott Duncan | ||
| Second Division | 6th | ||
| FA Cup | Third Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Bill Ridding (11) All: Bill Ridding (11) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 65,988 vs Swansea Town (6 May 1933) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 9,480 vs Charlton Athletic (7 September 1932) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 23,478 | ||
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Second Division
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 1932 | Stoke City | H | 0–2 | 24,996 | |
| 29 August 1932 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–0 | Spence | 12,946 |
| 3 September 1932 | Southampton | A | 2–4 | Reid, own goal | 7,978 |
| 7 September 1932 | Charlton Athletic | H | 1–1 | McLenahan | 9,480 |
| 10 September 1932 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–6 | Ridding | 23,333 |
| 17 September 1932 | Grimsby Town | H | 1–1 | Brown | 17,662 |
| 24 September 1932 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | Spence | 14,403 |
| 1 October 1932 | Preston North End | H | 0–0 | 20,800 | |
| 8 October 1932 | Burnley | A | 3–2 | Brown, Gallimore, Spence | 5,314 |
| 15 October 1932 | Bradford Park Avenue | H | 2–1 | Reid (2) | 18,918 |
| 22 October 1932 | Millwall | H | 7–1 | Reid (3), Brown (2), Gallimore, Spence | 15,860 |
| 29 October 1932 | Port Vale | A | 3–3 | Ridding (2), Brown | 7,138 |
| 5 November 1932 | Notts County | H | 2–0 | Gallimore, Ridding | 24,178 |
| 12 November 1932 | Bury | A | 2–2 | Brown, Ridding | 21,663 |
| 19 November 1932 | Fulham | H | 4–3 | Gallimore (2), Brown, Ridding | 28,803 |
| 26 November 1932 | Chesterfield | A | 1–1 | Ridding | 10,277 |
| 3 December 1932 | Bradford City | H | 0–1 | 28,513 | |
| 10 December 1932 | West Ham United | A | 1–3 | Ridding | 13,435 |
| 17 December 1932 | Lincoln City | H | 4–1 | Reid (3), own goal | 18,021 |
| 24 December 1932 | Swansea Town | A | 1–2 | Brown | 10,727 |
| 26 December 1932 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 3–2 | Spence (2), Reid | 33,776 |
| 31 December 1932 | Stoke City | A | 0–0 | 14,115 | |
| 2 January 1933 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 4–0 | Ridding (2), Chalmers, Spence | 30,257 |
| 7 January 1933 | Southampton | H | 1–2 | McDonald | 21,364 |
| 21 January 1933 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–1 | Frame, McDonald | 20,661 |
| 31 January 1933 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–1 | Stewart | 4,020 |
| 4 February 1933 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–0 | Ridding, Stewart | 15,275 |
| 11 February 1933 | Preston North End | A | 3–3 | Dewar, Hopkinson, Stewart | 15,662 |
| 22 February 1933 | Burnley | H | 2–1 | McDonald, Warburton | 18,533 |
| 4 March 1933 | Millwall | A | 0–2 | 22,587 | |
| 11 March 1933 | Port Vale | H | 1–1 | Hine | 24,690 |
| 18 March 1933 | Notts County | A | 0–1 | 13,018 | |
| 25 March 1933 | Bury | H | 1–3 | McLenahan | 27,687 |
| 1 April 1933 | Fulham | A | 1–3 | Dewar | 21,477 |
| 5 April 1933 | Bradford Park Avenue | A | 1–1 | Vincent | 6,314 |
| 8 April 1933 | Chesterfield | H | 2–1 | Dewar, Frame | 16,031 |
| 14 April 1933 | Nottingham Forest | A | 2–3 | Brown, Dewar | 12,963 |
| 15 April 1933 | Bradford City | A | 2–1 | Brown, Hine | 11,195 |
| 17 April 1933 | Nottingham Forest | H | 2–1 | Hine, McDonald | 16,849 |
| 22 April 1933 | West Ham United | H | 1–2 | Dewar | 14,958 |
| 29 April 1933 | Lincoln City | A | 2–3 | Dewar, Hine | 8,507 |
| 6 May 1933 | Swansea Town | H | 1–1 | Hine | 65,988 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bury | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 84 | 59 | 1.424 | 49 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 49 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 71 | 68 | 1.044 | 43 |
| 7 | Millwall | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 43 |
| 8 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 77 | 71 | 1.085 | 42 |
FA Cup
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January 1933 | Round 3 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–4 | Spence | 36,991 |
Squad statistics
| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GK |  John Moody |
42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| FB |  Tommy Frame |
33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| FB |  Tom Jones |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| FB | Jack Mellor |
40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| FB | Jack Silcock |
27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| FB | Henry Topping |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| HB | George McLachlan |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| HB | Hugh McLenahan |
24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| HB | Tom Manley |
19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| HB | Ernest Vincent |
40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| FW | Dick Black |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW |  Jim Brown |
25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 |
| FW | Stewart Chalmers |
22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| FW | Neil Dewar |
15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| FW | Arthur Fitton |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Stanley Gallimore |
12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| FW | Herbert Heywood |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Ernie Hine |
14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| FW | Samuel Hopkinson |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| FW | Willie McDonald |
21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| FW | Andy Mitchell |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Louis Page |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Tommy Reid |
11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| FW | Bill Ridding |
23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 |
| FW | Joe Spence |
19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 |
| FW | William Stewart |
21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| FW | Arthur Warburton |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| — | Own goals | — | 2 | — | 0 | — | 2 |