This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Man United 2-2 Tottenham - January 27, 1968 / FA Cup 1967/1968

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

FA Cup 1967/1968 - 3rd round

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 27, 1968

Man United

2 - 2

Tottenham

Bobby Charlton

George Best

Martin Chivers

logo Manchester United MU

0' - Goal Bobby Charlton photo George Best

0' - Goal George Best0

0' - Goal Martin Chivers photo Martin Chivers

0' - Goal Martin Chivers

logo Manchester United MU

46' - Substitution Terry Venablesis substituted by Cliff Jones

logo Tottenham TOT

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 2

Tottenham

Man United Tottenham

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date18/08/1946

Age21 years

positionDefender

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Burns

Francis Burns

Scotland

B.date17/10/1948

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton0

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age18 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Best0

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Aston

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Fitzpatrick	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler	21	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Burns	19	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne	26	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	30	488	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand	28	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	18	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	27	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	21	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston	20	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

168

Tottenham

Jennings

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Jimmy Robertson

Scotland

B.date17/12/1944

Age23 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Beal

Phil Beal

England

B.date08/01/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Knowles

Cyril Knowles

England

B.date13/07/1944

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Kinnear

Joe Kinnear

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/12/1946

Age21 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Venables46

Terry Venables

England

B.date06/01/1943

Age25 years

positionMidfield

England

Mike England

Wales

B.date02/12/1941

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Mackay

Dave Mackay

Scotland

B.date14/11/1934

Age33 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

Mullery

Alan Mullery

England

B.date23/11/1941

Age26 years

positionRight Midfielder

Chivers00

Martin Chivers

England

B.date27/04/1945

Age22 years

positionForward

Gilzean

Alan Gilzean

Scotland

B.date22/10/1938

Age29 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings		22	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Robertson		23	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Beal		23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cyril Knowles		23	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Kinnear		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Venables	46	25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike England		26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Mackay		33	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Mullery		26	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Chivers		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gilzean		29	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Cliff Jones	46	32	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mike England

Jimmy Greaves

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

1061

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Busby vs Tottenham

18 victories

8 draws

14 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 1968

Busby vs Nicholson

10 victories

3 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Nicholson

458

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Nicholson vs Man United

10 victories

3 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 1968

Nicholson vs Busby

10 victories

3 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 1968

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Tottenham after 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most in FA Cup (since 28/01/1967). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/05/1961 (6 matches)

End of streak for Man United after 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Tottenham at home (since 19/10/1912). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Man United after 12 consecutive wins at home (since 20/09/1967). It was the best streak for the club since 06/01/1951-08/09/1951 (16 matches).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-1 Sarajevo29/11/1967

VManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1967

VManchester United 3-1 Everton16/12/1967

VManchester United 4-0 Wolverhampton26/12/1967

VManchester United 3-1 West Ham06/01/1968

VManchester United 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday20/01/1968

Overall

VManchester United 3-1 Everton16/12/1967

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United23/12/1967

VManchester United 4-0 Wolverhampton26/12/1967

VWolverhampton 2-3 Manchester United30/12/1967

VManchester United 3-1 West Ham06/01/1968

VManchester United 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday20/01/1968

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Tottenham25/11/1967

LLyon 1-0 Tottenham29/11/1967

LManchester City 4-1 Tottenham09/12/1967

LWest Ham 2-1 Tottenham23/12/1967

VFulham 1-2 Tottenham30/12/1967

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Tottenham17/01/1968

Overall

LTottenham 0-1 Leicester16/12/1967

LWest Ham 2-1 Tottenham23/12/1967

DTottenham 2-2 Fulham26/12/1967

VFulham 1-2 Tottenham30/12/1967

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Tottenham17/01/1968

VTottenham 1-0 Arsenal20/01/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	12	4
Unbeaten streak	23	13
Drawless streak	12	4
Scoring streak	16	11
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	15	3
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	10	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

22 v

8 d

6 l

73 gf

39 ga

Away

34 matches

7 v

11 d

16 l

41 gf

69 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

71 matches

29 v

19 d

23 l

115 gf

111 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

16 v

11 d

7 l

69 gf

41 ga

Away

36 matches

6 v

8 d

22 l

39 gf

73 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

71 matches

23 v

19 d

29 l

111 gf

115 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 22, 1910
Home	5 - 0	January 22, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 10, 1932
Away	5 - 1	September 12, 1959

Latest head to head

September 23, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Man United

3 - 1

Tottenham

August 12, 1967 - Charity Shield 1967

Man United

3 - 3

Tottenham

January 14, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Man United

1 - 0

Tottenham

September 10, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Tottenham

2 - 1

Man United

December 18, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Man United

5 - 1

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

Denis Law	11 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1959 - 1967
David Herd	7 goals	1962 - 1967
David Pegg	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Albert Quixall	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Nobby Stiles	2 goals	1961 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Jimmy Greaves	10 goals	1962 - 1966
Bobby Smith	5 goals	1957 - 1960
Cliff Jones	4 goals	1962 - 1965
Terry Medwin	3 goals	1962 - 1962
Alan Gilzean	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Jimmy Robertson	3 goals	1964 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Bill Foulkes	26 matches	1956 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	25 matches	1957 - 1967
Nobby Stiles	15 matches	1961 - 1967
Tony Dunne	14 matches	1962 - 1967
Shay Brennan	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Pat Crerand	13 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Jimmy Greaves	15 matches	1962 - 1967
Maurice Norman	15 matches	1957 - 1965
Ron Henry	14 matches	1958 - 1965
Cliff Jones	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Dave Mackay	12 matches	1960 - 1967
Bill Brown	11 matches	1960 - 1965