Teams used to play twice over the four-day holiday, but the most recent time this happened for United was in 2006, when we were held to a goalless draw by Sunderland on Good Friday, before beating Tottenham 2-1 the following Monday.
While Easter may not be the feast of football it once was, the Reds still have plenty of Premier League classics to look back on from this time of year.
With football currently suspended, we thought we’d take you down memory lane, picking out five of our finest Easter wins from the Premier League era…
UNITED 2-1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (10 APRIL 1993)
The afternoon when we all felt 26 years of grinding, crushing league disappointment coming to an end, Just a point clear of Aston Villa, with six to play, memories of our late collapse the previous season came rushing back all around Old Trafford when John Sheridan converted a Wednesday penalty midway through the second half.