Chairman John Henry Davies First Division 18th | Manager Jack Robson FA Cup First Round | |
Top goalscorer League:
George Anderson (10)
All:
George Anderson (10) Highest home attendance 20,000 vs Manchester City (5 September 1914) | ||
The 1914–15 season was Manchester United's 23rd season in the Football League and eighth in the First Division.
During the season a match-fixing scandal occurred when a league match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on 2 April 1915 was fixed in United's favour, with players from both sides benefiting from bets placed upon the result. An investigation by the Football Association was launched and found that players from both sides had been involved in rigging the match: Sandy Turnbull, Arthur Whalley and Enoch West of United, and Jackie Sheldon, Tom Miller, Bob Pursell and Thomas Fairfoul of Liverpool; Sheldon was a former United player himself and was found to be the plot's ringleader.
This was also the last season before no competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
First Division
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points