Back (left to right): William Dale, Samuel Ray Bennion, Alfred Steward, John Mellor, John Wilson, George Lydon.
Front: Charles Ramsden, Stanley Gallimore, Thomas Reid, Henry ‘Harry’ Rowley, George McLachlan and Clarence Hilditch.
Manchester United fans have every right to be angry and frustrated about their start to the season. They have not been playing very well but it is nothing compare to their start in the 1930/31 campaign when they lost their first twelve matches!
It was on this day in 1930 that it became thirteenth time lucky for United when they beat Birmingham City 2-0 at Old Trafford in front of a meagre crowd of only 11,479. Henry Rowley and Stanley Gallimore scored the only goals of the game.
Those United fans who thought that their team had turned a corner were sadly mistaken as they would have to wait another six games to record another win. They would end the season rock bottom of the First Division, recording seven wins from a possible 42. United shipped in 115 goals, the only time in their history that they would concede a century of goals over the course of a league season.
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