Manchester United ended 2024 with their worst Premier League calendar year points tally and the club’s worst since 1989, with the team picking up just 51 points between January and December after Monday’s 2-0 home defeat against Newcastle United.
Head coach Ruben Amorim, who replaced the sacked Erik ten Haag in November, has won just four and lost six of his 11 matches in charge in all competitions, with United now close to the Premier League’s relegation zone on both points and position. Champions League qualification spot.
The six defeats in December were United’s most since September 1930, and they conceded 18 goals in the month, the most since March 1964.
Manchester United lost 6 matches in December, their most in a month since September 1930 (7).
United’s points total for the calendar year is some distance the lowest since the Premier League’s inception in 1992-93. The club’s previous low was set in 2022 when United registered 59 points in a 12-month period — the first time the team had failed to win at least 60 points in a year of Premier League games.
United’s current run mirrors the form displayed by Sir Alex Ferguson’s side in 1989 when the team managed just 50 points all year.
In December 1989, United fans called for Ferguson to be sacked with supporters unfurling banners at Old Trafford urging him to resign. Six months later, Ferguson won his first major trophy for the club, lifting the FA Cup.
United, who face runaway league leaders Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, have now suffered five defeats in a month for the first time since 1962 and Newcastle’s defeat ensured they lost three consecutive home league games for the first time since 1979.
