I muri i te mutunga o te wahanga tuawaru i te tau 1969-1970 me te timatanga kino ki te tau 1970-1971, ka tukuna a Busby ki te whakahou i nga mahi whakahaere mo te wa poto, a ka hoki mai a McGuinness ki tana tuunga hei kaiako o te roopu rahui. I te Pipiri 1971, i tohua a Frank O'Farrell hei kaiwhakahaere, engari kaore i iti iho i te 18 marama i mua i te whakakapinga e Tommy Docherty i te Tihema 1972. I te wa i whakaorangia ai a Docherty a Manchester United mai i te whakahekenga i taua waa, ka kite i a raatau i te 1974; i taua wa ko te tokotoru o Best, Law, me Charlton i wehe i te karapu. I wikitoria te kapa i te whakamatau tuatahi ka tae ki te FA Cup whakamutunga i te 1976, engari i hinga ratou e Southampton. I tae atu ano ratou ki te whakamutunga i te 1977, ka whiua e Liverpool ki te 2-1. I peia a Docherty i muri tata mai i te whakakitenga o tana mahi me te kaitakaro o tana karapu, a Dave McGuinness i hoki mai ki tana tuunga
Ko te tau 1977