HEYWOOD UNITED v MANCHESTER UNITED 1907/08.Friendly

[capetown3673]

Could anyone provide me with the date this match was played. Many thanks.

[manchesterunitedman1]

capetown3673 wrote:

Could anyone provide me with the date this match was played. Many thanks.

An interesting question.

Heywood United played in the Manchester League but there were no Manchester United teams playing in that League as you will know, so the match in question has to be a friendly of some sorts as you have already mentioned and is likely to have been played by the Manchester United Reserves perhaps as the gap between Heywood and United's first X1 would have been as immense back then as it would be today.
There appears to be no records suggesting a match between the 2 clubs-hence your question perhaps, but to ask such a random question then something has to have instigated it?.

Maybe some sort of Benefit Match?

Interested to hear your reply.
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[Rocky]

Was it definitely 1907/08 or possibly 1908/09
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[capetown3673]

manchesterunitedman1 wrote:

capetown3673 wrote: Could anyone provide me with the date this match was played. Many thanks. An interesting question. Heywood United played in the Manchester League but there were no Manchester United teams playing in that League as you will know, so the match in question has to be a friendly of some sorts as you have already mentioned and is likely to have been played by the Manchester United Reserves perhaps as the gap between Heywood and United's first X1 would have been as immense back then as it would be today. There appears to be no records suggesting a match between the 2 clubs-hence your question perhaps, but to ask such a random question then something has to have instigated it?. Maybe some sort of Benefit Match? Interested to hear your reply.

Yes, a Heywood based friend of mine has a house built roughly on the site of the old Heywood United ground, I did some research and found that they had played Manchester United in a friendly but other than knowing the season was 1907/08 and the score being 2-0 to Heywood I couldn't find the exact date, I thought it may have been in some Man U records, my intention was when our current crisis is over ,to go to the local library and obtain a copy of the match report, get it framed and present it to my friend, having the exact date would have helped, but thank you for your help and interest.

[Rocky]

Not quite 1907/08 but I found this snippet for a game played on 22.09.08


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[capetown3673]

Rocky wrote:

Not quite 1907/08 but I found this snippet for a game played on 22.09.08

Brilliant Rocky I think that must be the game, where did you get the cutting,?

[Rocky]

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