1933/34 Season - Review

NUFC Season 1933/34

Manager	A Cunningham
Lge Pos	D1 - 21st
FA Cup	3rd
Lge Cup
Euro
Attendance	25,104
Top Scorer	Weaver [14]

Total disaster as a team containing half a dozen internationals managed to get itself relegated, so ending United's 36 year stay in the top flight.

Injuries certainly played a part as key men such as McMenemy and Weaver missed a number of games and the side was very unsettled (27 players used).

But there was no real excuse for United's disastrous run of form after Christmas which yielded only 10 points from 17 games and led to them dropping eight places from 13th.

New arrivals included Robbie Williams who took over from Jack Allen as centre-forward and Bill Imrie who arrived in April from Blackburn.

The season had started badly with only one win in the first ten games but a decent run up to Christmas ensured that they clambered up into mid table. The holiday period brought two exceptional results: a 7-3 victory at Everton and a 9-2 victory over Liverpool a week later in a game that was level at 2-2 at half-time.

For the second season in a row they fell at the first hurdle in the FA Cup; Wolves winning 1-0.