Manchester United 1 – 0 Birmingham City, 2009/10 – Football Research Archive

Manchester United 1 – 0 Birmingham City

Source OpenFootballUpdated 15 Oct 2026, 07:31 BSTSource changed on or before 15 Oct 2026Kickoff 16 Aug 2009, 13:30 BST

Manchester United

1 – 0Half time 1 – 0

Birmingham City

Match statistics

According to football-data.co.uk. Referee: L Mason.

Aggregate match statistics according to football-data.co.uk
Statistic	Manchester United	Birmingham City
Shots	26	6
Shots on target	17	4
Corners	13	2
Fouls committed	13	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 10; read 16 Oct 2026, 06:47 BST.

Kickoff

16 Aug 2009, 13:30 BST

Published as 13:30 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

75,062

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 1

Goals

34′GoalWayne Rooney (c)Manchester United1 – 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 (“2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1378386577, read 16 Oct 2026; “2009–10 Birmingham City F.C. season”, revision 1303978149, 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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