Premiership · Matchday 12
Charlton Athletic v Manchester United
1–3
Manchester United beat Charlton Athletic 3–1 at The Valley on Saturday 19th November 2005 in the Premiership. Alan Smith (37') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (70', 85') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 37' Alan Smith 0–1
- 38' Wesley Brown
- Half Time
- 65' Darren Ambrose 1–1
- 70' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–2
- 71' Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 75' Ji-Sung Park for Ronaldo
- 85' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–3
- 85' Kieran Richardson for van Nistlerooy
- 89' Phil Bardsley for Fletcher
- Full Time 1–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Ji-Sung Park
75' for Ronaldo
Kieran Richardson
85' for van Nistlerooy
Phil Bardsley
89' for Fletcher
Charlton Athletic Lineup
Starting XI
2 Luke Young D
3 Hermann Hreidarsson D
7 Radostin Kishishev M
10 Darren Bent F
13 Danny Murphy M
15 Talal El Karkouri D
16 Stephan Andersen G
18 Darren Ambrose M ⚽
19 Dennis Rommedahl F
22 Chris Powell D
25 Alexey Smertin M
Substitutes
5 Chris Perry
14 Jerome Thomas on
20 Bryan Hughes
36 Thomas Myhre
38 Jay Bothroyd on
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
United vs Charlton Athletic History
Meeting 56 of 60
60
Played
39
Won
11
Drawn
10
Lost
126
Goals For
61
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Friday 25th March 1932. After this match United had played Charlton Athletic 56 times: 35W 11D 10L.
20 Apr 2004 W 2–0 PL 20 Nov 2004 W 2–0 PL 1 May 2005 W 4–0 PL
19 Nov 2005 W 3–1 This match
7 May 2006 W 4–0 PL 23 Aug 2006 W 3–0 PL 10 Feb 2007 W 2–0 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 |
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 →