Middlesbrough 0 – 2 Manchester United, 2008/09 – Football Research Archive

Middlesbrough 0 – 2 Manchester United

Source OpenFootballUpdated 15 Oct 2026, 07:31 BSTSource changed on or before 15 Oct 2026Kickoff 2 May 2009, 12:45 BST

Middlesbrough

0 – 2Half time 0 – 1

Manchester United

Match statistics

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

Aggregate match statistics according to football-data.co.uk
Statistic	Middlesbrough	Manchester United
Shots	11	13
Shots on target	5	4
Corners	3	3
Fouls committed	7	7
Yellow cards	1	1
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 343; read 16 Oct 2026, 06:47 BST.

Kickoff

2 May 2009, 12:45 BST

Published as 12:45 Europe/London

Ground

Riverside Stadium

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

Attendance

33,767

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 35

Goals

25′GoalRyan Giggs (vc)Manchester United0 – 1
51′GoalPark Ji-sungManchester United0 – 2

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 (“2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1368059680, read 16 Oct 2026; “2008–09 Middlesbrough F.C. season”, revision 1327093628, 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, 07:31 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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