12th October 1966 United won 2-1 in Florence in a friendly with goals from Bobby Charlton & George Best, Giampiero Vitali for Fiorentina. I don’t have this ticket but must have acquired this image sometime in the last 50 years. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

11th Oct 1975 & our superb start to our return to the top flight continued at Elland Road with a 2-1 win. Sammy McIlroy scored both our goals with Alan Clarke getting a consolation for Leeds. United were 2nd on goal average behind QPR. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

10th October 1979 and United travelled to the Hawthorns to play West Bromwich Albion in a League Division One game. Ron Atkinson managed Albion won 2-0 with goals from a certain Bryan Robson and John Deehan in front of 27,713. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

9th October 1984 & we’re sticking with the League Cup, this time a 2nd round 2nd leg tie at Turf Moor. Having won 4-0 at home this was a mere formality, but we added 3 more without reply. The scorers were Alan Brazil (2) & Jesper Olsen. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

8th October 1975 and another League Cup tie, this time a 3rd round match at Villa Park. United progressed to the 4th round with a 2-1 win with goals from Lou Macari and Steve Coppell. Villa’s consolation goal was scored by Andy Gray. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

7th October 1981 and Bryan Robson’s United debut at White Hart Lane in a League Cup 2nd round 1st leg tie. We lost the game 1-0 to a Steve Archibald goal for Spurs and also lost 1-0 at home sending us out of the cup at the 1st hurdle. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

6th October 1984 & our unbeaten start to the season came to a crashing end at Villa Park where we lost 3-0. Goals from Peter Withe, Allan Evans and Paul Rideout in front of 37,132 gave Villa the points and dropped United down to 6th. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

5th October 1977 United v St Etienne at Home Park, Plymouth. Due to the trouble at St Etienne we were forced to play 250 miles from Old Trafford. We won 2-0 (3-1 on aggregate), with goals from Stuart Pearson & Steve Coppell. Crowd 31,634#ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

4th October 1976 saw United at Roker Park for a League Cup 3rd rd replay. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, in a further replay at Old Trafford 2 days later we won 1-0. The goals at Sunderland were scored by Brian Greenhoff & Gerry Daly. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

3rd October 1984 United were in Hungary to play Raba ETO Gyor in the UEFA Cup 1st round. After winning the home leg 3-0 United cruised through with a 2-2 draw. Goals from Alan Brazil and an Arnold Muhren penalty in front of 26,000. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

2nd October 1976 saw United take a trip to Elland Road to play Leeds United. We stormed into a 2-0 lead through Gerry Daly on 6 mins, and Steve Coppell 3 mins later. The game ended 2-0 and took United top of the league. Crowd 44,512. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

1st October 1980 saw United in Poland for a UEFA Cup 1st round 2nd leg match against RTS Widzew Lodz. Having drawn the home leg 1-1, the 0-0 score line at the Stadio TKS saw United eliminated on the away goals rule. Attendance 35,000. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

30th September 1998. A 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich in the Olympiastadion which United should have won, if it hadn’t been for a Schmeichel error in the last minute. Dwight Yorke & Paul Scholes scored for us, Elber (2) for the Bavarians. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

29th September 1982 and a UEFA Cup game at the Estadio Luis Casanova v Valencia. A tough task as we had drawn at home 0-0, but Bryan Robson gave us a half time lead. But 2 goals from Solsona (pen) & Fernandez took the Spaniards through. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

28th September 1994, and a more satisfactory Return to Hell to play in the Ali Sami Yen stadium in Istanbul, home of Galatasaray. Another 0-0 draw, but now in a Group stage, the away draw was seen as a decent result. Attendance: 28,605.#ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

27th Sep 1983 United ventured behind the Iron Curtain to Czechoslovakia to play Dukla Prague. One of the rare times the away goals rule worked in our favour. We drew 2-2 to progress 3-3 on aggregate. Robson & Stapleton scored our goals. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

26th Sept 1979 & United crash out of the League Cup at Carrow Road. Despite Sammy McIlroy giving us the lead, we lose 4-1 to Norwich City. Own goals from Jimmy Nicholl & Martin Buchan plus Phil Hoadley & Justin Fashanu for the Canaries.#ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

25th September 1968 saw United’s 1st trip to South America to play Estudiantes de La Plata in the Intercontinental Cup. The game was played at Boca Juniors La Bombonera stadium in front of 55,000. We lost 1-0 to a Marcos Conigliaro goal.#ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

24th Sep 1975, United played Derby County at the Baseball Ground & lost 2-1. Charlie George gave the Rams the lead but Gerry Daly equalised 8 mins from time, but George hit the winner 2 mins later. The ticket is signed by David McCreery.#ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU

23rd September 1978. United had their 4th consecutive 1-1 draw, away at Highbury. Steve Coppell put United in front after half an hour but David Price equalised for Arsenal 5 minutes later. The attendance that day was 45,393. #ManchesterUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #UTFR #GGMU