Premiership · Matchday 35

Charlton Athletic v Manchester United

0–4

Sunday 1st May 2005 · The Valley · Att: 26,789

Manchester United beat Charlton Athletic 4–0 at The Valley on Sunday 1st May 2005 in the Premiership. Paul Scholes (34'), Darren Fletcher (44'), Alan Smith (62') and Wayne Rooney (67') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
34' Paul Scholes 0–1
36' Paul Scholes
44' Darren Fletcher 0–2
Half Time
49' Roy Keane
62' Alan Smith 0–3
64' Phillip Neville for Scholes
65' Jose Pereira Kleberson for Keane
67' Wayne Rooney 0–4
69' Quinton Fortune for Rooney
85' Chris Perry
Full Time 0–4

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

8 Wayne Rooney 67'

14 Alan Smith 62'

18 Paul Scholes 34'

24 Darren Fletcher 44'

27 Mikael Silvestre

Substitutes

Phillip Neville

64' for Scholes

Jose Pereira Kleberson

65' for Keane

Quinton Fortune

69' for Rooney

Charlton Athletic Lineup

Starting XI

2 Luke Young D

7 Radostin Kishishev M

8 Matthew Holland M

11 Francis Jeffers F

13 Danny Murphy M

15 Talal El Karkouri D

16 Stephan Andersen G

18 Paul Konchesky D

19 Dennis Rommedahl M

21 Jonatan Johansson M

24 Jonathan Fortune D

Substitutes

1 Dean Kiely

5 Chris Perry on

9 Jason Euell on

10 Kevin Lisbie on

20 Bryan Hughes

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Alan Curbishley

Charlton Athletic

Match Information

Man Utd Charlton Athletic

62%

Possession

38%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Charlton Athletic History

Meeting 55 of 60

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

126

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Friday 25th March 1932. After this match United had played Charlton Athletic 55 times: 34W 11D 10L.

13 Sep 2003 W 2–0 PL 20 Apr 2004 W 2–0 PL 20 Nov 2004 W 2–0 PL

1 May 2005 W 4–0 This match

19 Nov 2005 W 3–1 PL 7 May 2006 W 4–0 PL 23 Aug 2006 W 3–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	32	24	5	3	78	25	75.0
Away	28	15	6	7	48	36	53.6

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →