Manchester United 3 – 0 Birmingham City, 2005/06 – Football Research Archive

Manchester United 3 – 0 Birmingham City

Source OpenFootballUpdated 15 Oct 2026, 07:30 BSTSource changed on or before 15 Oct 2026Kickoff 26 Mar 2006, 16:00 BST

Manchester United

3 – 0Half time not held

Birmingham City

Match statistics

According to football-data.co.uk. Referee: M Dean.

Aggregate match statistics according to football-data.co.uk
Statistic	Manchester United	Birmingham City
Shots	8	7
Shots on target	5	5
Corners	2	9
Fouls committed	14	11
Yellow cards	0	3
Red cards	0	0

Yellow cards exclude the first yellow when a player is sent off for a second yellow. Missing values are not held.

Source file, line 306; read 16 Oct 2026, 06:46 BST.

Kickoff

26 Mar 2006, 16:00 BST

Published as 16:00 Europe/London

Ground

Old Trafford

Manchester United's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

69,070

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 31

Goals

3′GoalRyan Giggs (vc)Manchester United1 – 0
15′GoalRyan Giggs (vc)Manchester United2 – 0
83′GoalWayne Rooney (c)Manchester United3 – 0

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“2005–06 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1366449827, read 16 Oct 2026; “2005–06 Birmingham City F.C. season”, revision 1361530327, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia). Not held: full event data, team sheets, bookings, match officials, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 15 Oct 2026, 07:30 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: on or before 15 Oct 2026
This record last changed: 15 Oct 2026, 07:18 BST
Last correction: None

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