Transfers 1945-1957The following table shows all the players that Matt Busby has bought or sold during his career as manager of Manchester United.
| Arrivals | Departures |
Season |
Player | From | Fee |
Player | To | Fee |
1945/46 |
J.Delaney |
Celtic |
£4,000 |
J.Smith |
Blackburn |
£3,000 |
1946/47 |
J.Dale |
Witton |
£1,130 |
T.Breen N.Tapken |
Glentoran Darlington |
£600 £530 |
1947/48 |
J.Ball |
Wigan |
£2,000 |
J.Walton J.Dale H.Worrall |
Preston Port Vale Swindon |
£12,000 £1,000 £1,000 |
1948/49 |
J.Downie B.Stenson |
Bradford P.A. Altrincham |
£20,000 £500 |
J.Hanlon J.Morris R.Burke |
Bury Derby Huddersfield |
£5,500 £25,000 15,500 |
1949/50 |
T.Bogan R.Wood R.Allen R.Ritchie |
Preston Darlington QPR Bangor |
£3,500 £6,000 £11,000 £750 |
J.Anderson E.Buckle H.Williams R.McMorran |
Nott'm Forest Everton Witton Walsall |
£8,000 £6,500 £500 £1,000 |
1950/51 |
E.McIlvenny H.McShane |
Philadelphia Bolton |
£1,700 £5,000+J.Ball |
I.Feehan J.Ball C.Hughes J.Delaney S.Lynn T.Bogan T.Lowrie J.Warner |
Northampton Bolton Leeds Aberdeen Bradford P.A. Aberdeen   Oldham |
£525 Exchange £1,250 £3,100 £3,500 £8,000   £150 |
1951/52 |
J.Berry E.Bond |
Birmingham Layland |
£25,000 £250 |
C.Mitten L.Cassidy B.Birch |
Fulham Oldham Wolves |
£16,200 £450 6,000 |
1952/53 |
T.Taylor |
Barnsley |
£29,999 |
W.McGlen H.Killin E.Bond T.Ritchie F.Clempson R.Hampson |
Lincoln Lincoln Carlisle Reading Stockport Reading |
£3,000 £1,250 £5,000 £3,250 £2,000 £300 |
1953/54 |
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J.Downie S.Pearson F.Mooney H.McShane T.McNulty |
Luton Bury Blackburn Oldham Liverpool |
£9,500 £4,000 £600 £750 £6,000 |
1954/55 |
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H.Cockburn |
Bury |
£1,250 |
1955/56 |
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D.Gibson E.Lewis J.Scott |
Sheffield Wed. Preston Grimsby |
£8,000 £9,000 £1,500 |
1956/57 |
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P.Kennedy W.Whitehurst |
Blackburn Chesterfield |
£2,000 £750 |
1957/58 |
H.Gregg T.Heron |
Doncaster Portadown |
£23,000 £7,000 |
T.Barrett J.Doherty J.Whitefoot |
Plymouth Leicester Grimsby |
£1,000 £6,500 £8,000 |
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