United 3 City 0 First Division, 1 December 1906

In 1905, a financial scandal engulfed Manchester City. One of their players, Billy Meredith, had been found guilty of bribing an Aston Villa player as City chased the title and the Football Association later found the club to be breaking the wage cap, illegally paying players on the side. City were fined and ordered to auction off their players, many of whom had won the 1904 FA Cup. In total, 17 were suspended and banned, severely weakening City for their subsequent league campaign. It made the first topflight Manchester derby a rather predictable affair, with United cruising to a 3-0 win. A month later, in January 1907, on the expiry of the former City players’ bans, four of them joined United, among them Meredith, and the Reds clinched the First Division title the following season.