At the last, Manchester United brought up their half-century. They finished 2025 with 50 Premier League points, one fewer than Fulham, far behind Brentford and Brighton, Everton and Crystal Palace, 26 shy of Aston Villa. The 50th came against Wolves and it was just the visitors’ third of a sorry season.
United began a year in 14th and ended it in sixth. A year ago, they had managed to lose six games in a month, for the first time since 1930. Now they have only lost six this season, though one was on penalties to Grimsby Town. Viewed one way, it is progress. Though perhaps only through the prism of the almost artificial low that was 2025, the 15th-placed, 42-point finish that reflected Ruben Amorim’s failings and choices.
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