Season

1929-30

Manchester UnitedHerbert Bamlett

17thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

−0.5
goal difference
1.6 scored · 2.1 conceded
43
Played
35%
Win rate

Season in brief

17th of 22 in the First Division, down from 12th the year before. Home form carried the season — 50% of home matches won against 19% away. Joe Spence led the scoring with 12 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 67 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Sheffield Wednesday42P · 26W 8D 8L · GD +4860
  3. 15Bolton Wanderers42P · 15W 9D 18L · GD 039
  4. 16Middlesbrough42P · 16W 6D 20L · GD -238
  5. 17Manchester United42P · 15W 8D 19L · GD -2138
  6. 18Grimsby Town42P · 15W 7D 20L · GD -1637
  7. 19Newcastle United42P · 15W 7D 20L · GD -2137
  9. 21Burnley42P · 14W 8D 20L · GD -1836
  10. 22Everton42P · 12W 11D 19L · GD -1235

Slice: the final First Division table for 1929-30, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

43 matches
31 Aug 1929 @ Newcastle United: 1–42 Sep 1929 @ Leicester City: 1–47 Sep 1929 v Blackburn Rovers: 1–011 Sep 1929 v Leicester City: 2–114 Sep 1929 @ Middlesbrough: 3–221 Sep 1929 v Liverpool: 1–228 Sep 1929 @ West Ham United: 1–25 Oct 1929 v Manchester City: 1–37 Oct 1929 @ Sheffield United: 1–312 Oct 1929 v Grimsby Town: 2–519 Oct 1929 @ Portsmouth: 0–326 Oct 1929 v Arsenal: 1–02 Nov 1929 @ Aston Villa: 0–19 Nov 1929 v Derby County: 3–216 Nov 1929 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 2–723 Nov 1929 v Burnley: 1–030 Nov 1929 @ Sunderland: 4–27 Dec 1929 v Bolton Wanderers: 1–114 Dec 1929 @ Everton: 0–021 Dec 1929 v Leeds United: 3–125 Dec 1929 v Birmingham City: 0–026 Dec 1929 @ Birmingham City: 1–028 Dec 1929 v Newcastle United: 5–04 Jan 1930 @ Blackburn Rovers: 4–511 Jan 1930 v Swindon Town: 0–218 Jan 1930 v Middlesbrough: 0–325 Jan 1930 @ Liverpool: 0–11 Feb 1930 v West Ham United: 4–28 Feb 1930 @ Manchester City: 1–015 Feb 1930 @ Grimsby Town: 2–222 Feb 1930 v Portsmouth: 3–01 Mar 1930 @ Bolton Wanderers: 1–48 Mar 1930 v Aston Villa: 2–312 Mar 1930 @ Arsenal: 2–415 Mar 1930 @ Derby County: 1–129 Mar 1930 @ Burnley: 0–45 Apr 1930 v Sunderland: 2–114 Apr 1930 v Sheffield Wednesday: 2–218 Apr 1930 v Huddersfield Town: 1–019 Apr 1930 v Everton: 3–322 Apr 1930 @ Huddersfield Town: 2–226 Apr 1930 @ Leeds United: 1–33 May 1930 v Sheffield United: 1–5
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.