Manchester United FC

Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Football League, Division One

Old Trafford is an area of Stretford, in the Trafford borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is 2 miles southwest of Manchester city centre. The crossroads sites of two old tollgates roughly delineate the borders of the area; Brooks's Bar to the east and Trafford Bar to the west. Old Trafford was a crossing point over the River Irwell in ancient times. The name Old Trafford possibly derives from the time when there were two Trafford Halls, Old Trafford Hall and New Trafford Hall. The old hall was situated close to what is now the White City Retail Park, and was said to have been the home of the de Trafford family since 1017, until the family moved to the new hall in what is now Trafford Park, sometime between 1672 and 1720. The name of the area around Old Trafford Hall may subsequently have become shortened to Old Trafford. The old hall was demolished in 1939. Old Trafford expanded and became an urban area after the building of the Manchester Ship Canal in the 1890s, and the subsequent development of nearby Trafford Park Industrial Estate, in the early 20th century. Trafford Park provided employment for thousands of local residents. Employment was also provided on a smaller scale, notably by the railways, Duerr's Jams, Vimto, Arkady Soya Mill and Ludwig Oppenheimer Mosaics. Slum clearances during the 1960s and early 1970s saw some of the old Victorian housing stock demolished. However, after the perceived failure of the deck-access concrete crescents of Hulme, Old Trafford's residents preferred renovation to demolition. As a result, there are still many Victorian terraced streets in the area.

Old Trafford

Manchester United was formed in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) depot at Newton Heath. The team initially played games against other departments and rail companies, but on 20 November 1880, they competed in their first recorded match; wearing the colours of the railway company – green and gold – they were defeated 6–0 by Bolton Wanderers' reserve team. By 1888, the club had become a founding member of The Combination, a regional football league. Following the league's dissolution after only one season, Newton Heath joined the newly formed Football Alliance, which ran for three seasons before being merged with the Football League. This resulted in the club starting the 1892–93 season in the First Division, by which time it had become independent of the rail company and dropped the "LYR" from its name. After two seasons, the club was relegated to the Second Division. In January 1902, with debts of £2,670, the club was served with a winding-up order. Captain Harry Stafford found four local businessmen, including John Henry Davies (who became club president), each willing to invest £500 in return for a direct interest in running the club and who subsequently changed the name; on 24 April 1902, Manchester United was officially born and in 1910 they moved to Old Trafford, where they have played ever since.

Stretford End

This Pieman travelled to Old Trafford by a Football Special train chartered by the Spurs Supporters Club. The service from London Euston took us to Warwick Road station (adjacent to Lancashire County Cricket Club). The walk to the ground took around 20 minutes. However, this was due to being in a police escort. Ten minutes would be a more realistic time. Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in a lively encounter.

Attendance: 52,026
Programme: 15p

Subsequent visits to Old Trafford

• 14 March 1979 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - FA Cup, 6th Round Replay - Attendance: 54510
• 05 September 1979 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Cup, 2nd Round 2nd Leg - Attendance: 48292
• 09 January 1980 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (AET ) - FA Cup, 3rd Round Replay - Attendance: 53762
• 12 April 1980 - Manchester United 4 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 53151
• 17 February 1981 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 40642
• 30 March 1981 - Manchester United U18 1 Tottenham Hotspur U18 0 - FA Youth Cup, Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Attendance: tbc
• 31 August 1981 - Manchester United 0 Nottingham Forest 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 51496
• 28 October 1981 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Cup, 2nd Round 2nd Leg - Attendance: 55890
• 17 April 1982 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 50724
• 13 November 1982 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 47869
• 16 December 1983 - Manchester United 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - League Division One - Attendance: 33616
• 20 October 1984 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 54516
• 16 November 1985 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 54575
• 07 December 1986 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - League Division One - Attendance: 35267
• 26 September 1987 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 47601
• 05 February 1989 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Division One - Attendance: 41423
• 25 October 1989 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - League Cup, 3rd Round - Attendance: 45759
• 16 December 1989 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 36230
• 20 May 1991 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 46791
• 02 May 1992 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - League Division One - Attendance: 44585
• 09 January 1993 - Manchester United 4 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 35648
• 16 October 1993 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 44655
• 15 March 1995 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 43802
• 24 March 1996 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 50508
• 29 September 1996 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 54943
• 05 January 1997 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - FA Cup, 3rd Round - Attendance: 52495
• 10 January 1998 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 55281
• 11 April 1999 - Newcastle United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (AET ) - FA Cup, Semi-Final - Attendance: 53609
• 16 May 1999 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 55189
• 06 May 2000 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 61629
• 02 December 2000 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 67583
• 08 April 2001 - Arsenal 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - FA Cup, Semi-Final - Attendance: 63050
• 06 March 2002 - Manchester United 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 67059
• 21 September 2002 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 67611
• 20 March 2004 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 67634
• 04 January 2005 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 67962
• 22 October 2005 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 67856
• 09 September 2006 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75453
• 26 August 2007 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75696
• 27 January 2008 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - FA Cup, 4th Round - Attendance: 75369
• 24 January 2009 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - FA Cup, 4th Round - Attendance: 75014
• 25 April 2009 - Manchester United 5 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - Premier League - Attendance: 75458
• 01 December 2009 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - League Cup, 5th Round - Attendance: 57212
• 24 April 2010 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 75268
• 30 October 2010 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75223
• 22 August 2011 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75498
• 29 July 2012 - Brazil U23 3 Belarus U23 1 - Olympics - Attendance: tbc
• 29 July 2012 - Egypt U23 1 New Zealand U23 1 - Olympics - Attendance: tbc
• 29 September 2012 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - Premier League - Attendance: 75566
• 01 January 2014 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - Premier League - Attendance: 75265
• 15 March 2015 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75112
• 08 August 2015 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75261
• 12 December 2016 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75271
• 28 October 2017 - Manchester United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 75034
• 27 August 2018 - Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3 - Premier League - Attendance: 74400
• 04 December 2019 -  Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Premier League - Attendance: 73252
• 12 February 2022 - Manchester United 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - Premier League - Attendance: 73458
• 19 October 2022 - Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Premier League - Attendance: 73677

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