1956–57 Manchester United F.C. season
75th season in existence of Manchester United / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1956–1957 season was Manchester United's 55th season in the Football League, and their 12th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1]
1956–57 season | ||||
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Chairman | Harold Hardman | |||
Manager | Matt Busby | |||
First Division | 1st | |||
FA Cup | Runners-up | |||
European Cup | Semi-finals | |||
Charity Shield | Winners | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Billy Whelan (26) All: Tommy Taylor (34) | |||
Highest home attendance | 75,598 vs Borussia Dortmund (17 October 1956) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 20,357 vs West Bromwich Albion (29 April 1957) | |||
Average home league attendance | 48,679 | |||
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United retained their league title this season, which was also notable for being the breakthrough season of forward Bobby Charlton, who made his debut on 6 October 1956 in the league match against Charlton Athletic a few days before his 19th birthday and scored twice, making 17 appearances and scoring 12 goals that season and collecting a league title medal, his appearances mostly coming at the expense of Dennis Viollet.[2] As Old Trafford didn't have floodlights installed at the time, United's first three European home games were played at Maine Road instead.[3] United reached the semi-finals of the European Cup, where they were beaten by eventual winners Real Madrid. They also reached the FA Cup final, where they lost 2–1 to Aston Villa in a game where they were handicapped by an injury to goalkeeper Ray Wood, meaning Jackie Blanchflower had to stand in for him in goal.