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1964–65 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester United F.C.
season	1964–65
manager	Matt Busby
chairman	Harold Hardman
league	First Division
league result	1st
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Semi-finals
cup2	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
league topscorer
Denis Law (28)
season topscorer
Denis Law (39)
lowest attendance	25,721 vs Birmingham City (16 December 1964)
average attendance	44,886
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prevseason	1963–64
nextseason	1965–66

Denis Law (28) Denis Law (39) The 1964–65 season was Manchester United's 63rd season in the Football League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of English football. They finished the season as league champions for the sixth time in their history, with teenage winger George Best making headlines by establishing himself in the first team and finding the net 10 times in the league and 14 times in all competitions, though Denis Law was once again the club's top goalscorer with 28 goals in the league and 39 in all competitions.

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
22 August 1964	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2	Charlton, Law	52,007
24 August 1964	West Ham United	A	1–3	Law	37,070
29 August 1964	Leicester City	A	2–2	Law, Sadler	32,373
2 September 1964	West Ham United	H	3–1	Best, Connelly, Law	45,123
5 September 1964	Fulham	A	1–2	Connelly	36,291
8 September 1964	Everton	A	3–3	Connelly, Herd, Law	63,024
12 September 1964	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	Herd (2), Connelly	45,012
16 September 1964	Everton	H	2–1	Best, Law	49,968
19 September 1964	Stoke City	A	2–1	Connelly, Herd	40,031
26 September 1964	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4–1	Crerand (2), Law (2)	53,058
30 September 1964	Chelsea	A	2–0	Best, Law	60,769
3 October 1964	Burnley	A	0–0		30,761
10 October 1964	Sunderland	H	1–0	Herd	48,577
17 October 1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4–2	Law (2), Herd, own goal	26,763
24 October 1964	Aston Villa	H	7–0	Law (4), Herd (2), Connelly	35,807
31 October 1964	Liverpool	A	2–0	Crerand, Herd	52,402
7 November 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	Herd	50,178
14 November 1964	Blackpool	A	2–1	Connelly, Herd	31,129
21 November 1964	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–0	Best, Connelly, Herd	49,633
28 November 1964	Arsenal	A	3–2	Law (2), Connelly	59,627
5 December 1964	Leeds United	H	0–1		53,374
12 December 1964	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	Law	28,126
16 December 1964	Birmingham City	H	1–1	Charlton	25,721
26 December 1964	Sheffield United	A	1–0	Best	37,295
28 December 1964	Sheffield United	H	1–1	Herd	42,219
16 January 1965	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	Law (2)	43,009
23 January 1965	Stoke City	H	1–1	Law	50,392
6 February 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1		58,639
13 February 1965	Burnley	H	3–2	Best, Charlton, Herd	38,865
24 February 1965	Sunderland	A	0–1		51,336
27 February 1965	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	Charlton (2), Connelly	37,018
13 March 1965	Chelsea	H	4–0	Herd (2), Best, Law	56,261
15 March 1965	Fulham	H	4–1	Connelly (2), Herd (2)	45,402
20 March 1965	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1		33,549
22 March 1965	Blackpool	H	2–0	Law (2)	42,318
3 April 1965	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–0	Charlton (3), Connelly, Herd	29,363
12 April 1965	Leicester City	H	1–0	Herd	34,114
17 April 1965	Leeds United	A	1–0	Connelly	52,368
19 April 1965	Birmingham City	A	4–2	Best (2), Cantwell, Charlton	28,907
24 April 1965	Liverpool	H	3–0	Law (2), Connelly	55,772
26 April 1965	Arsenal	H	3–1	Law (2), Best	51,625
28 April 1965	Aston Villa	A	1–2	Charlton	36,081

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 January 1965	Round 3	Chester City	H	2–1	Best, Kinsey	40,000
30 January 1965	Round 4	Stoke City	A	0–0		53,009
3 February 1965	Round 4
Replay	Stoke City	H	1–0	Herd	50,814
20 February 1965	Round 5	Burnley	H	2–1	Crerand, Law	54,000
10 March 1965	Round 6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	5–3	Law (2), Best, Crerand, Herd	53,581
27 March 1965	Semi-final	Leeds United	N	0–0		65,000
31 March 1965	Semi-final
Replay	Leeds United	N	0–1		46,300

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
23 September 1964	First round
First leg	Djurgården	A	1–1	Herd	6,537
27 October 1964	First round
Second leg	Djurgården	H	6–1	Law (3), Charlton (2), Best	38,437
11 November 1964	Second round
First leg	Borussia Dortmund	A	6–1	Charlton (3), Best, Herd, Law	25,000
2 December 1964	Second round
Second leg	Borussia Dortmund	H	4–0	Charlton (2), Connelly, Law	31,896
20 January 1965	Third round
First leg	Everton	H	1–1	Connelly	50,000
9 February 1965	Third round
Second leg	Everton	A	2–1	Connelly, Herd	54,397
12 May 1965	Quarter-final
First leg	Strasbourg	A	5–0	Law (2), Charlton, Connelly, Herd	30,000
19 May 1965	Quarter-final
Second leg	Strasbourg	H	0–0		34,188
31 May 1965	Semi-final
First leg	Ferencváros	H	3–2	Herd (2), Law	39,902
6 June 1965	Semi-final
Second leg	Ferencváros	A	0–1		50,000
16 June 1965	Semi-final
Play-off	Ferencváros	A	1–2	Connelly	60,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	IRL Pat Dunne	37	0	7	0	11	0	55	0
GK	ENG David Gaskell	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
FB	IRL Shay Brennan	42	0	7	0	11	0	60	0
FB	IRL Noel Cantwell	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
FB	IRL Tony Dunne	42	0	7	0	11	0	60	0
HB	SCO Paddy Crerand	39	3	7	2	11	0	57	5
HB	SCO John Fitzpatrick	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
HB	ENG Bill Foulkes	42	0	7	0	11	0	60	0
HB	ENG Maurice Setters	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
HB	ENG Nobby Stiles	41	0	7	0	11	0	59	0
FW	ENG John Aston, Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	NIR George Best	41	10	7	2	11	2	59	14
FW	ENG Bobby Charlton	41	10	7	0	11	8	59	18
FW	ENG John Connelly	42	15	7	0	11	5	60	20
FW	SCO David Herd	37	20	7	2	11	6	55	28
FW	ENG Albert Kinsey	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
FW	SCO Denis Law	36	28	6	3	10	8	52	39
FW	SCO Ian Moir	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG David Sadler	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	1

References

"Manchester United Season 1964/65". StretfordEnd.co.uk.

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