Another struggle against relegation but the average attendance - boosted by some big end of season turn outs - stayed steady at just over 32,000. The lowest turnout was 16,253 for the visit of Man City; the best was 57,643 for the Tyne-Wear derby.
The early season terrace songs reflected the poor start to the season with "We're going down in a sinking submarine" and "When the Board go marching out" both getting a regular airing.
But it was the increasingly lewd songs and chants that were causing most consternation and the Supporters Club and directors were in unison on this. Len Coates, secretary of the Supporters Club said "at recent matches some of the chants have been obscene. Good natured bantering with opposing supporters has long been accepted by travelling supporters, but there is no excuse whatsoever for the unpleasant references made to them this season."
Lord Westwood stated "some of the songs are very dirty and embarrassing".
Meanwhile the club itself started playing records at the match "supplied by and obtainable from Messrs, Jeavons, Percy Street and Pudding Chare".
In reality there were bigger issues arising as the spectre of hooliganism continued to raise it's ugly head. It was a national issue with numerous incidents of missile throwing, ambushes and souvenir collecting.
Not surprisingly the general disaffection amongst United supporters occasionally manifested itself in violence. The worst trouble was encountered in the home game against Everton when fighting broke out on The Leazes and coins and bottles were thrown onto the pitch.
The Supporters Club stated it was "greatly disturbed by recent demonstrations at the club by so-called supporters" and urged true fans to cooperate with the police and the club to deal with them.
The National Federation of Supporters' Clubs secretary Tony Pullein suggested that if things continued "someone will be seriously or fatally injured one day" and asked Supporters' Clubs to set up "silent vigilante committees who would report any incidents to the police".
Officials from The Football League met up with some of Britain's Chief Constables in Manchester to discuss possible solutions and Newcastle announced that it had devised - in conjuction with Northumbria Police - a "secret plan" for dealing with the trouble makers. Unfortunately therefore we cannot tell you what it was.
One United supporter went to court to claim that the police had no powers inside the ground as it was private property but the case was thrown out on the basis that they are in the ground at the club's request and have full authority to enforce law and order.
Whilst hooliganism was the main concern the clubs were getting increasingly concerned about the number of "pitch invasions" by youngsters. These were usually joyous events in celebration of a goal but had been known to turn ugly like when Wolves star Derek Dougan turned to celebrate his goal with a supporter and found himself being punched in the face by a Millwall devotee.
When Wyn Davies scored against Chelsea hundreds swarmed on causing "untold damage" (to the playing surface) and prompting the referee to threaten to abandon the match. They swarmed back on at the end of the match too making it "very difficult" for the players to leave the field.
Concerned about potential sanctions and damage to the pitch the club warned that the Boys' gates would be closed and that the police had been empowered to remove any invaders from the ground.
Despite the prevailing disillusionment the FA Cup could still stoke the imagination and almost 10,000 fans made the trip to Nottingham for the FA Cup Fourth Round tie with Forest. Joe Harvey praised their "incredible loyalty" whilst Jim Iley more pointedly stated that it proved "what a small minority must cause the unsporting barracking at home games".
Fans attending the City Ground, Nottingham, were warned not to bring any flags or banners on poles as the police would confiscate them.
The Supporter's Club was going from strength to strength and now had over 6000 members. Profits for the season topped the £1,000 mark and the organisers were keen to use this money for the benefit of the club. Secretary Len Coates revealed that they were having regular meetings with the club in an effort to form a closer bond with the club's Development Association.
The Association had been set up primarily to raise cash for the maintenance and development of the ground into a "first-class" facility.
In return they wanted more permanent premises at St James' Park. At that time they only had a small space in the Gymnasium on match days to supplement their Tuesday evening residence at the British Railways Social Club on Forth Banks.
The BBC attempted to end the ban on live televised football by offering three quarters of a million pounds for a three year deal. The ban had been imposed because of falling attendances and the offer was turned down.