document_title: Manchester derby

question_text: who won between manchester united and man city

text: Manchester derby

text: History[edit]

text: The first meeting between the two teams occurred on 12 November 1881, when St. Mark's (West Gorton) – who would later become Manchester City – hosted Newton Heath LYR – who would later become Manchester United. The game finished 3–0 in favour of Newton Heath and was described by the Ashton Reporter as "a pleasant game".[1] At this time, the clubs were just two of many fledgling sides in the Manchester area, and the fixture had no special significance. Both clubs grew in stature as the 1880s progressed, leading to their first meeting of the 1890s being billed as "a meeting of two local clubs, [Ardwick (City)] just rising to the highest standard in the football world whilst [Newton Heath] are nearly in the front rank".[2] The pair became the dominant teams in the Manchester area; the winner of the Manchester Cup was either Newton Heath or Ardwick every year between 1888 and 1893. Both teams joined the Football Alliance, a short-lived rival to the Football League. During this period both clubs made unsuccessful attempts to gain election to the League (Newton Heath in 1889, 1890 and 1891; Ardwick in 1891). Admission to the Football League finally came in 1892. Newton Heath joined the First Division, and Ardwick the new Second Division.[3]

text: Early years[edit]

text: The first Football League meeting between the teams came in the 1894–95 season, Newton Heath beating Manchester City 5–2 at Hyde Road. The first meeting between the clubs to take place at the highest level of English football occurred in December 1906, a 3–0 City win in a First Division match for which the gate receipts exceeded £1,000, a very large figure for the era.[4] At this time City were suffering the after-effects of a financial scandal in which the club were found guilty of making off-balance sheet payments to players. As a result, seventeen players were suspended and banned from ever representing the club again,[5] including the core of the team which had won the 1904 FA Cup. When the suspensions ended in January 1907, four players (Jimmy Bannister, Herbert Burgess, Billy Meredith and Sandy Turnbull) joined United, where they helped United gain their first league title in 1908. In contrast to modern antipathy, the transfers were generally welcomed for helping a fellow Manchester club.[6] The following season Turnbull became the first player to be sent off in a derby.[7]

text: Before the Second World War, many football supporters in Manchester watched City one week and United the next. After the war, a stronger rivalry developed and following both teams became uncommon.

text: Floodlights[edit]

text: The first floodlit Manchester derby was played on 26 February 1889 at the Belle Vue Athletic Ground. Wells electric lights were placed around the ground and a crowd of 10,000 watched Newton Heath defeat Ardwick 3–2. The match was played in aid of the Hyde Coal Mine disaster.[8]

text: The first competitive floodlit derby was the 1956 FA Charity Shield match, as Manchester United were defending league champions and Manchester City were FA Cup holders.[9] The game was a break with tradition as Charity Shield games were typically played at the home ground of the League Champions, but as Old Trafford had yet to install lights, the game was played at Maine Road.

text: The 1970s[edit]

text: Manchester derbies in the 1970s were frequently bad tempered. In the December 1970 derby, a tackle by United's George Best broke the leg of City's Glyn Pardoe; the severity of the injury almost resulted in the City defender losing his leg.[10] The following season, an entertaining 3–3 draw saw Francis Lee accuse George Best of diving and emphasised the point to the referee by throwing himself theatrically to the floor. The first derby of the 1973–74 season saw Mike Doyle and Lou Macari each receive a red card in a dour contest which finished 0–0 at Maine Road. Both players refused to leave the pitch, leading the referee to take both teams back to the dressing room until the two players accepted their dismissals.[11]

text: The Denis Law game[edit]

text: The return fixture came at Old Trafford on the penultimate day of the season (United still had an away game to play at Stoke) with United trying to avoid relegation with a win, although they were also relying on Norwich beating Birmingham that day for their result to matter. After 80 minutes, with no score, Francis Lee played the ball towards former United player Denis Law who was standing with his back to goal. Law back-heeled the ball past goalkeeper Alex Stepney into the net. This was Law's last appearance in league football, announcing his retirement soon after. In the closing minutes of the match, United supporters invaded the pitch and forced an abandonment. However, the result stood, and other results meant that United would have still been relegated if the match had ended in a United win or a draw.

text: United returned to the First Division a year later. The rest of the decade brought generally good fortunes for the two sides, as City won the League Cup in 1976 and were league runners-up a year later, while United reached three FA Cup finals in four seasons, although they had only one win in the competition.

text: The 1980s[edit]

text: The 1980s began with a 2–2 draw at Old Trafford between the two sides on 27 September 1980. It was the beginning of a relatively frustrating season in the league for United, who sacked manager Dave Sexton at the end of the campaign, while City dismissed manager Malcolm Allison soon afterwards and improved in the league under his successor John Bond, also reaching the FA Cup Final.[12]

text: By 1982–83, however, any suggestions that City were a better side than United were silenced as United finished third in the league and won the FA Cup, while City were relegated. The Old Trafford derby on 23 October 1982 ended in a 2–2 draw, but United won the return game at Maine Road 2–1 on 5 March 1983.[13]

text: City regained their First Division status for the 1985–86 season, and hosted United at Maine Road on 14 September 1985. United won this game 3–0, to extend their winning start to the league season to eight games. They would go on to win all of their opening 10 games and lead the First Division table into the new year, but eventually finished fourth. Although City finished 15th in the league this season, they did come to Old Trafford on 22 March 1986 and hold the hosts to a 2–2 draw, costing them two vital points as their title hopes continued to fade.[14]

text: 1986–87 brought relegation for City, while United finished 11th in a season which saw them replace Ron Atkinson with Alex Ferguson as manager on 6 November 1986. One of Atkinson's last games in charge of United was the visit to Maine Road in the league on 25 October, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Alex Ferguson first faced City as United manager on 10 January 1987 in the third round of the FA Cup, which United won 1–0. The league clash at Old Trafford came on 7 March 1987, which United won 2–0 to continue their improvement in form under Ferguson and push City closer to eventual relegation.[15]

text: The 1980s ended on a high note for City as they won promotion back to the First Division in 1989 and were paired with United for the derby match at Maine Road on 23 September 1989, just weeks into the 1989–90 season. City defeated United 5–1, but this would be their last win over United for 13 years.[16]

text: The 1990s[edit]

text: Goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who played for both United and City, can claim an unbeaten record in derby games – United were unbeaten during his 10 matches keeping goal for them against City, while in his single season at Maine Road, City beat United at home and picked up a point at Old Trafford.

text: However, in the 1990s, United dominated the fixture, going unbeaten in derbies for the full decade. In 1990–91, with both Manchester clubs competing in the top half of the table but not looking like real title contenders, the Maine Road clash in October delivered a pulsating 3–3 draw, but the return match at Old Trafford in early May saw United win 1–0 and the only goal of the game came from 17-year-old winger Ryan Giggs, scoring the first senior goal of what would prove to be an illustrious and uniquely successful career. The 1991–92 derbies were uneventful – a goalless draw at Maine Road in mid-November and a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford in early April. United finished the season runners-up after leading the league for much of the season, finally buckling under fixture congestion and a shortage of goals in the second half of the campaign.

text: The first Manchester derby following the creation of the Premier League for the 1992–93 season was a 2–1 win for United at Old Trafford on 6 December 1992. Making his United debut on that day was new signing Eric Cantona, who would go on to score eight goals in Manchester derbies over the next four seasons – the first in the return match at Maine Road that March which ended in a 1–1 draw. 1993–94 saw one of the finest Manchester derbies ever, when United overturned a 2–0 deficit at Maine Road to win 3–2, with Eric Cantona scoring twice. Cantona scored a double on St George's Day as United won 2–0 at Old Trafford. Cantona was on target again in the next Manchester derby in November 1994, though it was Andrei Kanchelskis who stole the show with a hat-trick in a 5–0 win. United won the return game 3–0 at Maine Road three months later. 1995–96 was the last season of the millennium which brought a Manchester derby, as City were relegated at the end of the season. The first derby of the season came at Old Trafford in mid-October with a 1–0 win for United in which Paul Scholes, still only 20, scored the only goal of the game and only a string of superb saves from United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel prevented City from gaining a surprise win. The return game in early April saw United win 3–2 at Maine Road, with yet another goal from Cantona, who had netted a highly controversial penalty after Uwe Rosler had put City 1–0 FA Cup fifth round two months earlier, which United went on to win 2–1.

text: The 2000s[edit]

text: Three years later, in the first Old Trafford derby of the new millennium in April 2001, saw the culmination of a long-standing feud between Roy Keane and Alf-Inge Håland, which Keane received a red card for making a knee-high tackle on Håland. The feud started in 1998, when United captain Keane suffered a cruciate ligament injury when he fouled Håland (then playing for Leeds, a team that also have an unpleasant rivalry with United). As Keane lay on the ground, Håland accused him of feigning injury. The game ended in a 1–1 draw; United were already league champions and City's two dropped points brought them closer to eventual relegation, which was confirmed in the penultimate game of the season. It was the first time in nine years that City had come away from Old Trafford unbeaten, and the first time in eight years that they had been unbeaten by United home or away in any competition.

text: In his autobiography, published in 2002, Keane admitted that the challenge was a premeditated attempt to injure, an admission which resulted in a £150,000 fine and a five-match ban during the autumn of that year.

text: On 9 November 2002, City, managed by Kevin Keegan, won the last ever derby at Maine Road 3–1, with Shaun Goater scoring his 100th and 101st goals for the club, and Nicolas Anelka scoring the other. This was City's first win over United since the 5–1 victory in 1989, ending a 13-year barren run for the blue half of Manchester. City would later go on to draw at Old Trafford in the same season 1–1, Shaun Goater again scoring the goal. This was the first season since 1991–92 that City had been unbeaten by United in either of their league meetings.

text: Goater also had a second goal disallowed for handball, which would have handed City their first derby double over United since 1970 and their first win at Old Trafford since the "Denis Law game" of 1974. City followed this up by winning the first ever derby match at their new stadium, the City of Manchester Stadium, 4–1, with goals from Robbie Fowler, Jon Macken, Trevor Sinclair and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

text: The 2007–08 derby games were both won by Manchester City, 1–0 at the City of Manchester Stadium on 19 August 2007, and 2–1 at Old Trafford on 10 February 2008 (four days after the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster; a well-observed one-minute silence preceded the match). Darius Vassell and Benjani scored for City in the 24th and 45th minutes respectively, and Michael Carrick scored a consolation goal for United in the 90th minute. It was the first time since April 1974 that City had beaten United in the league at Old Trafford and the first time they had won both league derby games since the 1969–70 season. United prevented City from winning a third consecutive derby match in the first derby of the 2008–09 season, Wayne Rooney scoring the game's only goal. Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in the same game for a bizarre handball. Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez then scored in the return match at Old Trafford to give United a 2–0 win.

text: 2010 onwards[edit]

text: The seasons following City's big money takeover, in 2008–09, saw two well-contested semi-final fixtures (League Cup and FA Cup) between the clubs. Controversy was generated prior to the start of the 2009–10 season, when City signed Carlos Tevez after his contract with United ended, and erected a billboard reading "Welcome to Manchester" at the top of Deansgate. The billboard provoked Alex Ferguson into claiming City were a "small club with a small mentality"[17] and subsequently called them "noisy neighbours"[18] during the season.

text: The 2009–10 season featured some tense matches, including two League Cup semi-final legs. Sir Alex Ferguson proclaimed the 2009–10 Manchester derby at Old Trafford as "probably [...] the best derby of all time".[19] Manchester United won this game 4–3 after Manchester City had equalised three times only for Michael Owen to score the winning goal after 95 minutes.[20] The match was voted the greatest Premier League game at the Premier League 20 Seasons Awards in 2012.[21] The sides were drawn against each other in the League Cup semi-finals, meaning a further two games. City won the first leg 2–1 after overturning a 1–0 deficit made by Ryan Giggs with goals from Carlos Tevez. United went 2–0 up in the second leg via Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick before Tevez made it 2–1, levelling the tie and setting the game up for extra time. However, Rooney scored a stoppage time header which won the tie for United and took them to their second consecutive League Cup final. On 17 April 2010, United beat City 1–0 thanks to a 90th minute Scholes goal, but the victory was to little avail as it was not enough to help United chase Chelsea down to win the Premier League title, pipping United by a point.

text: The 2010–11 season featured three Manchester derbies, with one victory for United, one draw and one victory for City. The victory for United was at Old Trafford, where Wayne Rooney defined the game through a spectacular bicycle kick, this game gave United some space to overcome the rest of the season and get their 19th league title. City's win came in the FA Cup semi-final, knocking United out on the way to their ninth FA Cup Final, and their first trophy since 1976. Consequently, the Community Shield that began the 2011–12 season was a Manchester derby, as United won the league the same day City won the FA Cup, 14 May. United won the Community Shield 3–2 at Wembley, coming from two goals behind to clinch the Shield in stoppage time.

text: On 23 October 2011, Manchester City beat United 6–1 at Old Trafford, giving the latter their first defeat of the season. Jonny Evans was sent off in the 47th minute after fouling Mario Balotelli, with the score at 1–0 to City. United pulled a goal back at 3–0 down before three goals for City sealed their victory. The 6–1 score was the biggest defeat suffered by Manchester United against City at Old Trafford since the 5–0 loss in 1955. It was also the first time since 1926 that City had scored six at Old Trafford, when the score that day also finished 6–1.

text: United and City met for the third time in the season in the third round of the FA Cup, resulting in a 3–2 win for United. The scoring opened in the tenth minute as Wayne Rooney headed neatly past stand-in keeper Costel Pantilimon, before Vincent Kompany received a red card in the 12th minute for a challenge on Nani. United went 3–0 up by half time, and successfully battled off a second half comeback from City in which they scored twice. The game was notable for the re-emergence of Paul Scholes, who came out of retirement and replaced Nani in the 59th minute.

text: City beat United 1–0 at the City of Manchester Stadium on 30 April 2012, with Vincent Kompany scoring a header just before the half-time whistle.[22] There was also a spat between City boss Roberto Mancini and Sir Alex Ferguson after a challenge on Danny Welbeck by Nigel de Jong. Ferguson claimed that Mancini harangued the fourth official Mike Jones throughout the match, while Mancini laughed off the incident, sarcastically claiming Ferguson never talks to, or harangues the referee –[23] an offence Ferguson has been found guilty of on numerous occasions, most recently in 2011 for which he received a five-match ban.[24] Consequently, the win put City top of the league on goal difference after being 8 points behind in the league in March.[25] Only two wins against Newcastle United and Queens Park Rangers were required for City to win the league, which they subsequently achieved. City ultimately won the last six league matches to clinch the league title on goal difference – the first time a tie-breaker was used to decide the championship since 1988–89, and repeated the 1967–68 league season, when City pipped United to the title after both teams went into their final games level on points.

text: The first Manchester derby of the 2012–13 season was won by Manchester United in the dying minutes of the game. United went ahead with two early goals from Wayne Rooney, before City came back and levelled the match with goals from Yaya Touré and the equaliser from Pablo Zabaleta in the 86th minute. Robin van Persie scored from a free kick that took a deflection off of Samir Nasri in the 92nd minute, to seal the win and three points in the league. Manchester United's victory ended Manchester City's run of being unbeaten in 37 games.[26] During the celebrations following the late winner by Robin van Persie, Rio Ferdinand was hit by a coin thrown by a fan, causing Ferdinand to suffer an injury near his left eye. Another fan invaded the pitch and attempted to confront Ferdinand, only to be restrained by Joe Hart. City won the second derby of the season at Old Trafford, the first time they had won two away derbies in a row since the 1970s.[citation needed]

text: The first Manchester derby of the 2013–14 season was won by City 4–1 at the City of Manchester Stadium on 22 September 2013. Sergio Agüero opened the scoring on the 16th minute followed by a goal from Yaya Touré just before half-time. In the second half, Agüero scored his second followed by a Samir Nasri goal three minutes later. Wayne Rooney scored a late free kick for United as a consolation goal. It was the first time in 26 years that the Derby had been contested by two new managers: Manuel Pellegrini for Manchester City and David Moyes for Manchester United. Manchester City went on to do the double over United with a third consecutive win at Old Trafford on 25 March 2014, and won the Premier League for the second time in three seasons. During the 2014–15 season, City defeated United 1–0 at City of Manchester Stadium in November 2014,[27] but United won their next encounter at Old Trafford in April 2015 with a final score of 4–2, a game which City goalkeeper Joe Hart dubbed "one of my worst days in a Man City shirt".[28]

text: The first derby of the 2015–16 campaign, contested at Old Trafford, ended in a 0–0 draw. This was the first time the derby had ended without any goals since 2010. United won the second derby of the season, hosted at the City of Manchester Stadium, after Marcus Rashford scored the only goal of the game at the 16-minute mark.[29]

text: Both clubs had managerial changes prior to the start of the 2016–17 campaign, with José Mourinho taking over Manchester United and Pep Guardiola taking over Manchester City. City took the bragging rights that season, winning 2–1 at Old Trafford on 10 September[30] before a goalless draw at the City of Manchester Stadium on 27 April in which Marouane Fellaini was sent off for headbutting Sergio Agüero.[31] In the 2017–18 season, City won 2–1 at Old Trafford for the second year in a row on 10 December,[32] and had the chance to win the league with victory over United at the City of Manchester Stadium on 7 April. They led 2–0 at half-time, but two goals from Paul Pogba and one from Chris Smalling meant City had to wait to secure the title;[33] however, City's victory against Tottenham the following weekend, combined with a defeat for United against West Bromwich Albion the next day, meant City won the title with five games to play.[34]

text: Statistics[edit]

text: As of 7 April 2018, there have been 176 competitive meetings between the teams. United have won 73, City 51 and the remaining 52 games finished as draws.

text: The biggest victories have been to City, who have won 6–1 on two occasions in the official league (both times in the away fixture at Old Trafford); on 23 January 1926 and 23 October 2011. But on 14 April 1941, during a war league derby match at Maine Road, United beat City 7–1,[35] which remains the biggest victory between the two sides overall, this result has been omitted as the official league was suspended but the derby still continued. Both teams have won 5–0 once (City in 1955, United in 1994). The largest attendance for a Manchester derby was 78,000 on 20 September 1947,[35] a time when both clubs were playing at Maine Road, as Old Trafford was being repaired following damage sustained in the Second World War.

text: Statistics are correct as of 7 April 2018.

text:
Competition
Played
City
Draw
United
City goals
United goals

Premier League
42
13
8
21
55
63

Football League First Division
104
30
39
35
147
141

Football League Second Division
12
2
4
6
13
21

FA Cup
9
3
0
6
12
18

EFL Cup
7
3
1
3
11
9

FA Community Shield
2
0
0
2
2
4

Total
176
51
52
73
240
256

text: Top goalscorers[36]

text:
Player
Club
Goals

 Wayne Rooney
Manchester United
11

 Joe Hayes
Manchester City
10

 Francis Lee
Manchester City
10

 Bobby Charlton
Manchester United
9

 Sergio Agüero
Manchester City
8

 Colin Bell
Manchester City
8

 Eric Cantona
Manchester United
8

 Brian Kidd
Manchester United
Manchester City
8

 Joe Spence
Manchester United
8

 Paul Scholes
Manchester United
7

 Dennis Viollet
Manchester United
7

text: All statistics exclude the abandoned match from the 1960–61 season. Italics denote players still currently playing for either Manchester City or Manchester United.

text: Honours[edit]

text: City won their first honour in 1904 with victory in the FA Cup and United in 1908 with the Football League First Division title. There have been four occasions where City and United, finished champions and runners-up in the league, the 1967–68, 2011–12, 2012–13, and 2017–18 seasons. On the first two occasions City pipped United to the title in the last game of the season, with both teams going into their final games level on points. In 2013 United finished 11 points clear to clinch their 20th title. City finished 19 points clear in 2018, breaking a record set by United in 1999–2000 season. Three semi-finals (two in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup) have been played between both clubs, but they have never met in the final of any senior competition.

text:
Team
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Community Shield
European Cup/Champions League
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Super Cup
Intercontinental Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
Total

Manchester City[37]
5
5
5
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
20

Manchester United[38]
20
12
5
21
3
1
1
1
1
1
66

Combined
25
17
10
25
3
1
2
1
1
1
86

text:
(Charity/Community Shields includes shared honours after a drawn match, as per competition regulations prior to 1993)[39]
Manchester United = 17 outright, 4 shared

text: Non-competitive derbies[edit]

text: A large number of non-competitive Manchester derbies have taken place. The majority of these occurred during the Second World War, when a total of 44 matches were played between the teams. In recent years, non-competitive matches between the teams have generally been testimonials, such as those for Paul Lake and Denis Irwin. In 1978, for Colin Bell's testimonial, players from City and United lined up side by side against a combined Liverpool and Everton team in a Manchester v Merseyside fixture.

text: Matches between non-first team sides representing the Manchester clubs also have an element of rivalry, with occasions when the reserve teams meet sometimes referred to as "mini-derbies".[40] This term is also used in reference to when supporters' offshoot clubs (Maine Road F.C. and F.C. United of Manchester) meet. The two clubs have met twice, in the 2006–07 season, with FC United winning the inaugural match 2–1 away at Bower Fold, Stalybridge, in front of 3,181 spectators.[41] United also won the second game 3–0 at Gigg Lane, Bury in a game watched by 3,605.[42] A friendly in 2009 saw Maine Road win 2–1. F.C. United's games against Salford City have also been referred to as a "mini Manchester derby", especially since Salford's takeover by the Class of '92.[43]

text: A friendly match played on 20 July 2017 in Houston, Texas marked the first Manchester derby to be contested outside the United Kingdom.[44] The match, part of the 2017 International Champions Cup, ended with United winning 2–0 in front of 67,401 spectators.[45]

text: All-time results[edit]

text: League[edit]

text:
Manchester City vs Manchester United

Date
Venue
Score
Competition
Attendance

3 November 1894
Hyde Road
2–5
Second Division
14,000

7 December 1895
Hyde Road
2–1
Second Division
18,000

3 October 1896
Hyde Road
0–0
Second Division
20,000

25 December 1897
Hyde Road
0–1
Second Division
16,000

26 December 1898
Hyde Road
4–0
Second Division
25,000

10 April 1903
Hyde Road
0–2
Second Division
30,000

1 December 1906
Hyde Road
3–0
First Division
40,000

18 April 1908
Hyde Road
0–0
First Division
40,000

19 September 1908
Hyde Road
1–2
First Division
40,000

21 January 1911
Hyde Road
1–1
First Division
40,000

2 September 1911
Hyde Road
0–0
First Division
35,000

28 December 1912
Hyde Road
0–2
First Division
38,000

6 December 1913
Hyde Road
0–2
First Division
40,000

2 January 1915
Hyde Road
1–1
First Division
30,000

11 October 1919
Hyde Road
3–3
First Division
30,000

27 November 1920
Hyde Road
3–0
First Division
35,000

22 October 1921
Hyde Road
4–1
First Division
24,000

12 September 1925
Maine Road
1–1
First Division
62,994

12 September 1928
Maine Road
2–2
First Division
61,007

8 February 1930
Maine Road
0–1
First Division
64,472

4 October 1930
Maine Road
4–1
First Division
41,757

9 January 1937
Maine Road
1–0
First Division
64,862

20 September 1947
Maine Road
0–0
First Division
71,364

11 September 1948
Maine Road
0–0
First Division
64,502

31 December 1949
Maine Road
1–2
First Division
63,704

15 September 1951
Maine Road
1–2
First Division
52,571

30 August 1952
Maine Road
2–1
First Division
56,140

5 September 1953
Maine Road
2–0
First Division
53,097

25 September 1954
Maine Road
3–2
First Division
54,105

3 September 1955
Maine Road
1–0
First Division
59,162

2 February 1957
Maine Road
2–4
First Division
63,872

28 December 1957
Maine Road
2–2
First Division
70,483

27 September 1958
Maine Road
1–1
First Division
62,912

19 September 1959
Maine Road
3–0
First Division
58,300

4 March 1961
Maine Road
1–3
First Division
50,479

10 February 1962
Maine Road
0–2
First Division
49,959

15 May 1963
Maine Road
1–1
First Division
52,424

21 January 1967
Maine Road
1–1
First Division
62,983

30 September 1967
Maine Road
1–2
First Division
62,942

17 August 1968
Maine Road
0–0
First Division
63,052

15 November 1969
Maine Road
4–0
First Division
63,013

5 May 1971
Maine Road
3–4
First Division
43,626

6 November 1971
Maine Road
3–3
First Division
63,326

18 November 1972
Maine Road
3–0
First Division
52,050

13 March 1974
Maine Road
0–0
First Division
51,331

27 September 1975
Maine Road
2–2
First Division
50,182

25 September 1976
Maine Road
1–3
First Division
48,861

10 September 1977
Maine Road
3–1
First Division
50,856

10 February 1979
Maine Road
0–3
First Division
46,151

10 November 1979
Maine Road
2–0
First Division
50,067

21 February 1981
Maine Road
1–0
First Division
50,014

10 October 1981
Maine Road
0–0
First Division
52,037

5 March 1983
Maine Road
1–2
First Division
45,400

14 September 1985
Maine Road
0–3
First Division
48,773

26 October 1986
Maine Road
1–1
First Division
32,440

23 September 1989
Maine Road
5–1
First Division
43,246

27 October 1990
Maine Road
3–3
First Division
36,427

16 November 1991
Maine Road
0–0
First Division
38,180

20 March 1993
Maine Road
1–1
Premier League
37,136

7 November 1993
Maine Road
2–3
Premier League
35,155

11 February 1995
Maine Road
0–3
Premier League
26,368

6 April 1996
Maine Road
2–3
Premier League
29,668

18 November 2000
Maine Road
0–1
Premier League
34,429

9 November 2002
Maine Road
3–1
Premier League
34,649

14 March 2004
City of Manchester
4–1
Premier League
47,284

13 February 2005
City of Manchester
0–2
Premier League
47,111

14 January 2006
City of Manchester
3–1
Premier League
47,192

5 May 2007
City of Manchester
0–1
Premier League
47,244

19 August 2007
City of Manchester
1–0
Premier League
44,955

30 November 2008
City of Manchester
0–1
Premier League
47,320

17 April 2010
City of Manchester
0–1
Premier League
47,019

10 November 2010
City of Manchester
0–0
Premier League
47,679

30 April 2012
City of Manchester
1–0
Premier League
47,253

9 December 2012
City of Manchester
2–3
Premier League
47,166

22 September 2013
City of Manchester
4–1
Premier League
47,156

2 November 2014
City of Manchester
1–0
Premier League
45,358

20 March 2016
City of Manchester
0–1
Premier League
54,557

27 April 2017
City of Manchester
0–0
Premier League
54,176

7 April 2018
City of Manchester
2–3
Premier League
54,259

City wins
Draws
United wins

25
25
29

Manchester United vs Manchester City

Date
Venue
Score
Competition
Attendance

1 January 1895
Bank Street
4–1
Second Division
12,000

5 October 1895
Bank Street
1–1
Second Division
18,000

25 December 1896
Bank Street
2–1
Second Division
20,000

16 October 1897
Bank Street
1–1
Second Division
40,000

10 September 1898
Bank Street
3–0
Second Division
40,000

25 December 1902
Bank Street
1–1
Second Division
35,000

6 April 1907
Bank Street
1–1
First Division
40,000

21 December 1907
Bank Street
3–1
First Division
35,000

23 January 1909
Bank Street
3–1
First Division
40,000

17 September 1910
Old Trafford
2–1
First Division
60,000

30 December 1911
Old Trafford
0–0
First Division
50,000

7 September 1912
Old Trafford
0–1
First Division
40,000

11 April 1914
Old Trafford
0–1
First Division
36,000

5 September 1914
Old Trafford
0–0
First Division
20,000

18 October 1919
Old Trafford
1–0
First Division
40,000

20 November 1920
Old Trafford
1–1
First Division
63,000

29 October 1921
Old Trafford
3–1
First Division
56,000

23 January 1926
Old Trafford
1–6
First Division
48,657

23 January 1929
Old Trafford
1–2
First Division
42,255

5 October 1929
Old Trafford
1–3
First Division
57,201

7 February 1931
Old Trafford
1–3
First Division
39,876

12 September 1936
Old Trafford
3–2
First Division
68,796

7 April 1948
Maine Road
1–1
First Division
71,690

22 January 1949
Maine Road
0–0
First Division
66,485

3 September 1949
Old Trafford
2–1
First Division
47,760

19 January 1952
Old Trafford
1–1
First Division
54,245

3 January 1953
Old Trafford
1–1
First Division
47,883

16 January 1954
Old Trafford
1–1
First Division
46,379

12 February 1955
Old Trafford
0–5
First Division
47,914

31 December 1955
Old Trafford
2–1
First Division
60,956

22 September 1956
Old Trafford
2–0
First Division
53,525

31 August 1957
Old Trafford
4–1
First Division
63,347

14 February 1959
Old Trafford
4–1
First Division
59,846

6 February 1960
Old Trafford
0–0
First Division
59,450

31 December 1960
Old Trafford
5–1
First Division
61,213

23 September 1961
Old Trafford
3–2
First Division
56,345

15 September 1962
Old Trafford
2–3
First Division
49,193

17 September 1966
Old Trafford
1–0
First Division
62,085

27 March 1968
Old Trafford
1–3
First Division
63,004

8 March 1969
Old Trafford
0–1
First Division
63,264

28 March 1970
Old Trafford
1–2
First Division
59,777

12 December 1970
Old Trafford
1–4
First Division
52,636

12 April 1972
Old Trafford
1–3
First Division
56,362

21 April 1973
Old Trafford
0–0
First Division
61,676

27 April 1974
Old Trafford
0–1
First Division
56,996

4 May 1976
Old Trafford
2–0
First Division
59,517

5 March 1977
Old Trafford
3–1
First Division
58,595

15 March 1978
Old Trafford
2–2
First Division
58,398

30 September 1978
Old Trafford
1–0
First Division
55,301

22 March 1980
Old Trafford
1–0
First Division
56,387

27 September 1980
Old Trafford
2–2
First Division
55,918

27 February 1982
Old Trafford
1–1
First Division
57,830

23 October 1982
Old Trafford
2–2
First Division
57,334

22 March 1986
Old Trafford
2–2
First Division
51,274

7 March 1987
Old Trafford
2–0
First Division
48,619

3 February 1990
Old Trafford
1–1
First Division
40,274

4 May 1991
Old Trafford
1–0
First Division
45,286

7 April 1992
Old Trafford
1–1
First Division
46,781

6 December 1992
Old Trafford
2–1
Premier League
35,408

23 April 1994
Old Trafford
2–0
Premier League
44,333

10 November 1994
Old Trafford
5–0
Premier League
43,738

14 October 1995
Old Trafford
1–0
Premier League
35,707

21 April 2001
Old Trafford
1–1
Premier League
67,535

9 February 2003
Old Trafford
1–1
Premier League
67,646

13 December 2003
Old Trafford
3–1
Premier League
67,643

7 November 2004
Old Trafford
0–0
Premier League
67,863

10 September 2005
Old Trafford
1–1
Premier League
67,839

9 December 2006
Old Trafford
3–1
Premier League
75,858

10 February 2008
Old Trafford
1–2
Premier League
75,970

10 May 2009
Old Trafford
2–0
Premier League
75,464

20 September 2009
Old Trafford
4–3
Premier League
75,066

12 February 2011
Old Trafford
2–1
Premier League
75,322

23 October 2011
Old Trafford
1–6
Premier League
75,487

8 April 2013
Old Trafford
1–2
Premier League
75,498

25 March 2014
Old Trafford
0–3
Premier League
75,203

12 April 2015
Old Trafford
4–2
Premier League
75,313

25 October 2015
Old Trafford
0–0
Premier League
75,329

10 September 2016
Old Trafford
1–2
Premier League
75,272

10 December 2017
Old Trafford
1–2
Premier League
74,487

United wins
Draws
City wins

33
26
20

text: Cup[edit]

text:
Date
Venue
Score
Competition
Attendance

3 October 1891
North Road
5–1
FA Cup First Round Qualifying
11,000

27 March 1926
Bramall Lane
0–3
FA Cup Semi-final
46,450

24 February 1955
Maine Road
2–0
FA Cup 4th Round
75,000

24 October 1956
Maine Road
0–1
FA Charity Shield
30,495

3 December 1969
Maine Road
2–1
League Cup Semi-final 1st Leg
55,799

17 December 1969
Old Trafford
2–2
League Cup Semi-final 2nd Leg
63,418

24 January 1970
Old Trafford
3–0
FA Cup 4th Round
63,417

9 October 1974
Old Trafford
1–0
League Cup 3rd Round
55,169

12 November 1975
Maine Road
4–0
League Cup 4th Round
50,182

10 January 1987
Old Trafford
1–0
FA Cup 3rd Round
54,294

18 February 1996
Old Trafford
2–1
FA Cup 5th Round
42,692

14 February 2004
Old Trafford
4–2
FA Cup 5th Round
67,228

19 January 2010
City of Manchester
2–1
League Cup Semi-final 1st Leg
46,067

27 January 2010
Old Trafford
3–1
League Cup Semi-final 2nd Leg
74,576

16 April 2011
Wembley Stadium
1–0
FA Cup Semi-final
86,549

7 August 2011
Wembley Stadium
2–3
FA Community Shield
77,169

8 January 2012
City of Manchester
2–3
FA Cup 3rd Round
46,808

26 October 2016
Old Trafford
1–0
EFL Cup 4th Round
75,196

text:
United wins
Draws
City wins

11
1
6

text: The first meeting between the sides in a national competition occurred in the first qualifying round of the 1891–92 FA Cup. In their early years the Manchester clubs sometimes regarded the FA Cup as a low priority. In the previous season Newton Heath named a reserve team for their tie against Bootle,[46] and Ardwick withdrew from their second round tie at Haliwell, opting to play a friendly against Higher Walton instead.[47] This time both clubs treated the match as a senior fixture. Newton Heath won 5–1 at North Road.

text: The second FA cup derby was a far more prestigious occasion – a semi-final at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane in 1926. City won 3–0, but were beaten in the final by Bolton Wanderers.[48] 29 years later City overcame United 2–0 in the Fourth Round, and again reached the final only to be runners-up.

text: The first League Cup derby was in the 1969–70 season. City won a two-legged semi-final 4–3 on aggregate, and this win went on to win the competition. One month later the teams met once more, in the FA Cup Fourth Round. United avenged their earlier defeat with a 3–0 win.[49] The clubs met in the League Cup twice more in the 1970s, both in the fourth round. In 1974–75 United won 1–0 at Old Trafford. This match is the only competitive derby to have occurred while the clubs were in different divisions.[50] Manchester United were in the Second Division, having been relegated the previous season. The following season the teams met in the competition again, with United a First Division team once more. City won 4–0 at Maine Road, and went on to win the competition.[51] However, the match also saw Colin Bell suffer a knee injury that eventually led to his retirement.[52]

text: In the 34 years following City's triumph in 1975, only three cup fixtures occurred perhaps symbolising City's worst decline of their 130-year history. All three cup fixtures were in the FA Cup, all at Old Trafford and all won by United. The only cup derby of the 1980s was a 1–0 United win in the 1987 FA Cup Third Round.[53] The next cup meeting was at Old Trafford in 1996, was decided by a hotly disputed penalty for United, described by The Independent as "like prosecuting someone for littering during a riot".[54] Eight years later the next cup meeting was at Old Trafford in the FA Cup with United emerging victorious in an eventful 4–2 victory which saw Gary Neville sent-off for head-butting Steve McManaman.[55]

text: Shared player history[edit]

text: Players who have played for both clubs[edit]

text: The first transfers of note between the clubs occurred in 1906. During the 1905–06 season City became embroiled in a financial scandal, which resulted in the suspension of seventeen players,[56] including most of the team that had won the 1904 FA Cup Final. United signed four of these players: Billy Meredith, Sandy Turnbull, Herbert Burgess and Jimmy Bannister. All four were subsequently part of the team which won United's first major trophy, the 1908 league championship.

text: In recent years, direct transfers between the clubs have been rare. Carlos Tevez joined City in 2009 having spent the previous two seasons at United. City then produced billboard posters featuring Tevez and the slogan "Welcome to Manchester".[57]

text:
Player
Manchester City career
Manchester United career

Span
League
apps
League
goals
Span
League
apps
League
goals

 William Douglas
1890–1894
36
0
1894–1896
56
0

 Bob Milarvie
1891–1896
69
12
1890–1891
22
4

 Adam Carson
1893–1894
7
3
1892–1893
13
3

 Alf Edge
1894
1
0
1891–1892
19
7

 Billy Meredith
1894–1906
1921–1924
339
28
129
0
1906–1921
303
35

 Bert Read
1895–1902
115
2
1902–1908
35
0

 Fred Williams
1896–1902
124
38
1902–1903
8
0

 Stockport Smith
1897–1900
54
22
1901–1902
16
0

 Joe Cassidy
1900–1901
32
14
1893
1895–1900
174
100

 Frank Barrett
1901–1902
5
0
1896–1900
118
0

 Hugh Morgan
1901–1902
12
1
1900–1901
20
4

 Daniel Hurst
1901–1902
15
0
1902–1903
16
4

 John Christie
1904–1907
10
0
1902–1904
1
0

 Jimmy Bannister
1902–1906
45
21
1906–1909
57
7

 Sandy Turnbull
1902–1906
110
53
1906–1915
220
90

 Herbert Burgess
1903–1906
85
2
1906–1910
49
0

 George Livingstone
1903–1906
81
19
1909–1915
43
4

 Horace Blew
1906
1
0
1906
1
0

 Herbert Broomfield
1908–1910
4
0
1907–1908
9
0

 Mickey Hamill
1920–1924
118
1
1911–1914
57
2

 Wilf Woodcock
1920–1922
15
2
1912–1920
58
20

 Len Langford
1930–1934
112
0
1934–1937
15
0

 Bill Ridding
1930–1931
9
4
1931–1934
42
14

 Bill Dale
1931–1938
237
0
1925–1931
64
0

 Harry Rowley
1932–1933
18
4
1928–1932
1934–1937
95
78
24
27

 Denis Law
1960–1961
1973–1974
44
24
21
9
1962–1973
309
171

 Brian Kidd
1976–1979
98
44
1963–1974
203
52

 Wyn Davies
1971–1972
45
8
1972–1973
16
4

 Sammy McIlroy
1985–1986
13
1
1971–1982
342
57

 Peter Barnes
1974–1979
1987–1988
115
8
15
0
1985–1987
20
2

 John Gidman
1986–1988
53
1
1981–1986
95
4

 Peter Beardsley
1998
6
0
1982–1983
0
0

 Mark Robins
1999
2
0
1986–1992
48
11

 Andrei Kanchelskis
2001
10
0
1991–1995
123
28

 Peter Schmeichel
2002–2003
29
0
1991–1999
292
0

 Terry Cooke
1999–2002
20
2
1994–1999
4
0

 Andy Cole
2005–2006
22
9
1995–2001
195
93

 Carlos Tevez
2009–2013
105
57
2007–2009
63
19

 Owen Hargreaves
2011–2012
1
0
2007–2011
27
2

text: Played for one, managed the other[edit]

text: Matt Busby made more than 200 appearances for Manchester City in the 1920s and 1930s, winning an FA Cup medal in 1934.[58] Immediately after the Second World War, Busby became Manchester United manager, completely transforming the club in a 24-year tenure. With United he won a European Cup, five league titles and two FA Cups, and rebuilt the team after eight players were killed in the Munich air disaster in 1958.

text: Steve Coppell played over 300 games as a right winger for United, winning the FA Cup in 1977. He became City manager in 1996, but resigned after only 32 days,[59] becoming the shortest serving manager in the club's history.[60]

text:
Manager
Played for
Managed

Team
Span
League
apps
League
goals
Team
Span
G
W
D
L
Win %

 Matt Busby
Manchester City
1928–1936
226
14
Manchester United
1945–1969
1970–1971
1120
21
565
11
263
3
292
7
50.45
52.38

 Steve Coppell
Manchester United
1975–1983
322
53
Manchester City
1996
6
2
1
3
33.33

 Mark Hughes
Manchester United
1980–1986
1988–1995
89
256
37
82
Manchester City
2008–2009
77
36
15
26
46.75

text: Managed both clubs[edit]

text: Ernest Mangnall is the only man to have managed both clubs. He oversaw United's first national trophy wins, gaining two league titles and one FA Cup.[61] In September 1912, Mangnall agreed to join City, but remained in charge of United for two more games. His final match in charge of United was a derby, which his new employers City won 1–0.[62] He signed Billy Meredith for United from City in 1906, and did the same again in 1921, but in the opposite direction. Off the field, he played an important role in both United's move to Old Trafford in 1910 and City's move to Maine Road in 1923.[63]

text:
Manager
Manchester City career
Manchester United career

Span
G
W
D
L
Win %
Span
G
W
D
L
Win %

 Ernest Mangnall
1912–1924
350
151
117
82
43.14
1903–1912
471
242
139
90
51.38