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Man United 1-1 Stoke City - October 27, 1971 / League Cup 1971/1972

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League Cup 1971/1972 - Round of 16

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

October 27, 1971

47 062

Man United

1 - 1

Stoke City

Alan Gowling

85'

John Ritchie

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0' - Goal John Ritchie

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60' - Substitution Brian Kiddis substituted by John Aston60

85' - Goal Alan Gowling85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 1

Stoke City

Man United Stoke City

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age19 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Burns

Francis Burns

Scotland

B.date17/10/1948

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age34 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Kidd60

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Gowling85

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		25	278	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Burns		23	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		34	682	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	60	22	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling	85	22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		25	400	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		27	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		31	362	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

233

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age33 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Denis Smith

England

B.date19/11/1947

Age23 years

positionDefender

Pejic

Mike Pejic

England

B.date25/01/1950

Age21 years

positionDefender

Jump

Stewart Jump

England

B.date27/01/1952

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Marsh

John Marsh

England

B.date31/05/1948

Age23 years

positionFull-back

Bloor

Alan Bloor

England

B.date16/03/1943

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Bernard

Mike Bernard

England

B.date10/01/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Ritchie0

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age30 years

positionForward

Conroy

Terry Conroy

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/10/1946

Age25 years

positionForward

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age25 years

positionForward

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age25 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks	33	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Smith	23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Pejic	21	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Jump	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Marsh	23	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Bloor	28	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Bernard	23	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie	30	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Conroy	25	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney	25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	25	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

122

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Aston	60	24	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Francis Burns

Tony Dunne

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Ritchie

Peter Dobing

OUT

Denis Smith

Willie Stevenson

OUT

Jimmy Greenhoff

Sean Haslegrave

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

O'Farrell vs Stoke City

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1971

O'Farrell vs Waddington

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

555

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Waddington vs Man United

2 victories

11 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1971

Waddington vs O'Farrell

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1971

Videos

Comments

Key figures

David Sadler played his game number 10 vs Stoke City in his professional career

Stoke City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in League Cup running (since 08/09/1971). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 22/10/1963 (2 matches)

George Best played his game number 400 in his professional career with Manchester United

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion23/08/1971

VManchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town04/09/1971

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham18/09/1971

VManchester United 2-0 Sheffield United02/10/1971

DManchester United 1-1 Burnley06/10/1971

VManchester United 1-0 Derby County16/10/1971

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Sheffield United02/10/1971

DManchester United 1-1 Burnley06/10/1971

VHuddersfield Town 0-3 Manchester United09/10/1971

VManchester United 1-0 Derby County16/10/1971

VBurnley 0-1 Manchester United18/10/1971

VNewcastle United 0-1 Manchester United23/10/1971

Current form

Away

VSouthport 1-2 Stoke City08/09/1971

LDerby County 4-0 Stoke City11/09/1971

LWest Ham 2-1 Stoke City25/09/1971

DOxford United 1-1 Stoke City06/10/1971

VSheffield United 2-3 Stoke City09/10/1971

LIpswich Town 2-1 Stoke City23/10/1971

Overall

DStoke City 0-0 Liverpool02/10/1971

DOxford United 1-1 Stoke City06/10/1971

VSheffield United 2-3 Stoke City09/10/1971

VStoke City 1-0 Coventry16/10/1971

VStoke City 2-0 Oxford United18/10/1971

LIpswich Town 2-1 Stoke City23/10/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	8	11
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	8	11
Invincibility streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

George Best	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Bobby Charlton	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Willie Morgan	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Bobby Charlton	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Ritchie

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

11 v

13 d

5 l

46 gf

29 ga

Away

28 matches

5 v

10 d

13 l

28 gf

54 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

58 matches

17 v

23 d

18 l

78 gf

85 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

13 v

10 d

5 l

54 gf

28 ga

Away

29 matches

5 v

13 d

11 l

29 gf

46 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

58 matches

18 v

23 d

17 l

85 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 08, 1951
Home	4 - 0	September 08, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	January 07, 1893
Away	2 - 0	October 11, 1952

Latest head to head

March 20, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Stoke City

1 - 2

Man United

November 07, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

2 - 2

Stoke City logo Stoke City

February 28, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Stoke City

2 - 2

Man United

November 01, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

March 24, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Man United

1 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Denis Law	7 goals	1963 - 1970
David Herd	6 goals	1963 - 1967
George Best	3 goals	1968 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	3 goals	1964 - 1969
John Connelly	2 goals	1964 - 1966
John Aston	2 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Ritchie	8 goals	1963 - 1971
Peter Dobing	3 goals	1963 - 1968
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Calvin Palmer	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Royston Vernon	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Bobby Charlton	18 matches	1963 - 1971
George Best	18 matches	1964 - 1971
Pat Crerand	17 matches	1963 - 1971
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1963 - 1971
Nobby Stiles	12 matches	1964 - 1969
Bill Foulkes	12 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Eric Skeels	14 matches	1963 - 1971
Peter Dobing	12 matches	1963 - 1970
Alan Bloor	12 matches	1965 - 1971
Harry Burrows	10 matches	1965 - 1971
John Ritchie	8 matches	1963 - 1971
Anthony Allen	8 matches	1963 - 1968