Manchester United 1980s squad

Name: Manchester United 1980s squad
Creator: Flawless
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Every player who appeared for Manchester United in the 1980s — 97 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.

Martin Buchan racked up the most apps of anyone here — 456 in all. Brian McClair leads the scoring with 88. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Joe Jordan: 37 goals in 109 apps. The squad breaks down as 10 goalkeepers, 29 defenders, 38 midfielders and 20 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Apps	Goals	Legend
Lou Macari	MF	329	78	90
Bryan Robson	MF	345	74	90
Martin Buchan	DF	456	4	90
Sammy McIlroy	MF	342	57	90
Steve Coppell	MF	322	53	90
Arthur Albiston	DF	379	6	89
Gary Pallister	DF	317	12	88
Mark Hughes	FW	256	83	88
Steve Bruce	DF	309	36	88
Gary Bailey	GK	294	—	88
Mike Duxbury	DF	299	6	88
Gordon Strachan	MF	160	33	87
Paul Ince	MF	206	25	87
Frank Stapleton	FW	223	60	86
Lee Sharpe	MF	193	21	86
Joe Jordan	FW	109	37	86
Brian McClair	FW	355	88	86
Kevin Moran	DF	231	21	86
Jesper Olsen	MF	139	21	85
Stewart Houston	DF	205	13	84
Jimmy Nicholl	DF	197	3	84
Clayton Blackmore	DF	186	19	84
Gordon McQueen	DF	184	20	84
Norman Whiteside	MF/FW	206	47	83
Paul McGrath	DF	163	12	82
Jimmy Greenhoff	FW	97	26	82
Ray Wilkins	MF	160	7	81
Remi Moses	MF	150	7	80
Peter Davenport	MF/FW	92	22	80
Mickey Thomas	MF	90	11	79
Ashley Grimes	MF	90	10	79
Arnold Mühren	MF	70	13	77
Colin Gibson	DF/MF	79	9	77
Jim Leighton	GK	73	—	77
Neil Webb	MF	75	8	76
John Gidman	DF	95	4	76
Mal Donaghy	DF	89	0	75
Chris Turner	GK	64	—	75
Mike Phelan	MF	102	2	75
Graeme Hogg	DF	83	1	74
Mark Robins	FW	48	11	74
Garry Birtles	FW	58	11	73
Lee Martin	DF	73	—	73
Gary Walsh	GK	50	—	73
Paddy Roche	GK	46	—	72
Andy Ritchie	MF	42	13	72
Alan Brazil	FW	31	8	71
Russell Beardsmore	MF	56	4	71
Viv Anderson	DF	54	3	69
Arthur Graham	MF	37	5	69
Danny Wallace	FW	47	6	68
Billy Garton	DF	41	0	67
Scott McGarvey	FW	35	5	67
Liam O'Brien	MF	31	2	65
John Sivebæk	DF	31	1	65
Ralph Milne	MF	23	3	63
Chris McGrath	MF	28	1	63
Peter Barnes	MF	20	2	62
Nikola Jovanović	DF	21	4	61
Jeff Wealands	GK	5	—	60
Terry Gibson	FW	23	1	60
Stephen Pears	GK	4	—	60
Mark Bosnich	GK	3	—	59
Garth Crooks	FW	7	2	59
Tony Gill	MF	10	1	58
Tom Sloan	MF	11	0	57
Laurie Cunningham	MF	5	1	56
Steve Paterson	DF	6	0	56
Mark Higgins	DF	6	0	56
Alan Davies	MF	7	0	55
Giuliano Maiorana	MF	7	0	55
David Wilson	MF	4	0	54
Derek Brazil	DF	2	0	54
Nicky Wood	FW	3	0	53
Fraser Digby	GK	0	—	53
Peter Hucker	GK	0	—	53
Deiniol Graham	FW	2	0	53
Anthony Whelan	DF	1	0	52
Mark Dempsey	MF	1	0	52
Peter Beardsley	FW	0	0	51
Shaun Goater	FW	0	0	51
Andy Rammell	FW	0	0	51
Dave Hanson	FW	0	0	51
Joe Hanrahan	FW	0	0	51
Dennis Cronin	FW	0	0	51
Simon Ratcliffe	DF	0	0	51
Andy Hill	DF	0	0	51
Brian Carey	DF	0	0	51
Martin Lane	DF	0	0	51
Mike Rowbotham	MF	0	0	50
Alan McLoughlin	MF	0	0	50
Paul McGuinness	MF	0	0	50
Aidan Murphy	MF	0	0	50
Andy Robinson	MF	0	0	50
Mark Todd	MF	0	0	50
Martin Russell	MF	0	0	50
David Evans	DF	—	—	47

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