FA Cup · 3rd Round

Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers

6–1

Saturday 20th February 1909 · Bank Street · Att: 38,500

Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 6–1 at Bank Street on Saturday 20th February 1909 in the FA Cup. Jimmy Turnbull (??', ??', ??') and Sandy Turnbull (??', ??', ??') scored for United.

Timeline

Kick Off
Minute not recorded
— Jimmy Turnbull
— Jimmy Turnbull
— Jimmy Turnbull
— Sandy Turnbull
— Sandy Turnbull
— Sandy Turnbull
— Tinker Davies
Full Time 6–1

Running score not shown: the recorded goals for this match don’t include every minute, or don’t reconcile with the final score.

Match Facts

United's biggest win over Blackburn Rovers at the time, in their 13th meeting.

Starting XI

Player

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Ernest Mangnall

Manchester United

OPP

Robert Middleton

Blackburn Rovers

United vs Blackburn Rovers History

Meeting 13 of 113

113

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

211

Goals For

165

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 3rd September 1892. After this match United had played Blackburn Rovers 13 times: 5W 3D 5L.

19 Oct 1907 W 5–1 D1 15 Feb 1908 L 1–2 D1 14 Nov 1908 W 3–1 D1

20 Feb 1909 W 6–1 This match

20 Mar 1909 L 0–3 D1 20 Nov 1909 L 2–3 D1 2 Apr 1910 W 2–0 D1

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	55	31	14	10	118	62	56.4
Away	57	20	15	22	91	103	35.1
Neutral	1	1	0	0	2	0	100.0

All 113 meetings with Blackburn Rovers →

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