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Wilfred McGuinness (born 25 October 1937) is an English former football player and manager, who played for Manchester United and twice for England in his short playing career. McGuinness succeeded Sir Matt Busby as manager of Manchester United in 1969.
Following an eighth-place finish in the 1969–70 season and a poor start to the 1970–71 season, Wilf McGuinness was sacked as manager of Manchester United in December 1970 after just 18 months in charge. Matt Busby returned to the manager's position on a temporary basis, and McGuinness returned to his position as reserve team coach.
The 1970–71 season was Manchester United's 69th season in the Football League, and their 26th consecutive season in the top division of English football. [1] In a pre-season competition United participated in the Watney Cup, which was contested by the teams that had scored the most goals in each of the four divisions of the Football League the previous season who had not been promoted or ...
Wilf McGuinness: First Division: 8th: FA Cup: Third place: League Cup: Semi-finals: Top goalscorer: League: George Best (15) All: George Best (23) Highest home attendance: 63,418 vs Manchester City (17 December 1969) 63,418 vs Middlesbrough (25 February 1970) Lowest home attendance: 26,582 vs West Bromwich Albion (8 April 1970) Average home ...
Other notable "Busby Babes" include full-back Bill Foulkes, wingers Kenny Morgans and Albert Scanlon, forward Dennis Viollet, wing-half Wilf McGuinness, who later became manager of Manchester United, and forwards John Doherty, Colin Webster and Eddie Lewis. [4] McGuinness and Webster were not on the plane when it crashed at Munich.
Manchester United finished eighth under their new manager Wilf McGuinness, who had succeeded the retiring Sir Matt Busby in the close season. Manchester City managed only a mid table finish but lifted the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland finished the season relegated.
He became the first former United player to manage the club permanently since Wilf McGuinness. [15] On 21 November 2021, Solskjær left his post as the first full-time manager since Frank O'Farrell, and like McGuinness, to not win a trophy for United. He was replaced by first-team coach Michael Carrick on a caretaking basis until 2 December ...
Wilf McGuinness is sacked after 18 months in charge of Manchester United. Sir Matt Busby takes control of first-team affairs until the end of the season; 1971 1 July – Manchester United appoint Leicester City F.C.'s Frank O'Farrell as their permanent successor to Wilf McGuinness; 1972