A watan Yuni na shekarar 1971, an nada Frank O'Farrell a matsayin koci, amma ya kasance kasa da watanni 18 kafin a maye gurbinsa da Tommy Docherty a watan Disamba na shekarar 1972. Lokacin da aka nada Frank O'Farrell a matsayin koci, amma ya kasance kasa da watanni 18 kafin a maye gurbinsa da Tommy Docherty a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1972. Lokacin da Manchester United ta kare Manchester United daga raguwa a wannan kakar, sai kawai ya gan su a shekarar 1974; a wannan lokacin da Best, Docherty, da Charlton suka bar kulob din.
Shekara ta 1977