Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side will start Tour 2019 next month by playing two fixtures in Oz, against Perth Glory and Leeds United, but in 1967 Matt Busby’s men tore through a Herculean eight games in the sixth-largest country in the world.
In fact, the Reds played a total of 12 matches on an epic post-season jaunt, which began just four days after the team were crowned champions of England for the seventh time.
The first destination was the USA, where a somewhat fatigued United lost to Benfica in Los Angeles and Dundee in San Francisco.