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Man United 0-2 Norwich City - August 30, 1989 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 4

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 30, 1989

Man United

0 - 2

Norwich City

Dale Gordon

Robert Fleck (penalty)

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0' - Goal Dale Gordon photo Robert Fleck

0' - Goal Robert Fleck

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46' - Substitution Clayton Blackmoreis substituted by Lee Martin photo Mark Robins

46' - Substitution Bryan Robsonis substituted by Mark Robins46

46' - Substitution Ian Culverhouseis substituted by Tim Sherwood

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

0 - 2

Norwich City

Man United Norwich City

Team line-ups

Man United

Leighton

Jim Leighton

Scotland

B.date24/07/1958

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Phelan

Mike Phelan

England

B.date24/09/1962

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Bruce

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Blackmore46

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Robson46

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Sharpe

Lee Sharpe

England

B.date27/05/1971

Age18 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Webb

Neil Webb

England

B.date30/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Leighton		31	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Phelan		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce		28	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		29	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore	46	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	46	32	331	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Sharpe		18	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Webb		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		25	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		25	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Norwich City

Gunn

Bryan Gunn

Scotland

B.date22/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Linighan

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age27 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Butterworth

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Culverhouse46

Ian Culverhouse

England

B.date22/09/1964

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Bowen

Mark Bowen

Wales

B.date07/12/1963

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Phillips

David Phillips

Wales

B.date29/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Cook

Paul Cook

England

B.date22/02/1967

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Gordon0

Dale Gordon

England

B.date09/01/1967

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Rosario

Robert Rosario

England

B.date04/03/1966

Age23 years

H1m91

positionForward

Fleck0

Robert Fleck

Scotland

B.date11/08/1965

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bryan Gunn		25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan		27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth		25	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Culverhouse	46	24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Bowen		25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Phillips		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Cook		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dale Gordon		22	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Rosario		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Fleck		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Lee Martin	46	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mark Robins	46	19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tim Sherwood	46	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Pallister

Lee Martin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Cook

Tim Sherwood

OUT

Robert Rosario

Dean Coney

OUT

Ian Butterworth

Ian Crook

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

134

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Ferguson vs Norwich City

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1989

Ferguson vs Stringer

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Stringer

100

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Stringer vs Man United

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1989

Stringer vs Ferguson

4 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1989

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Neil Webb played his game number 150 in Premier League

Man United keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded vs Norwich City running (since 26/10/1988). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/04/1977 (2 matches)

Norwich City keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 19/08/1989).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-2 Derby County15/04/1989

LManchester United 0-1 Coventry29/04/1989

VManchester United 1-0 Wimbledon FC02/05/1989

LManchester United 1-2 Everton10/05/1989

VManchester United 2-0 Newcastle United13/05/1989

VManchester United 4-1 Arsenal19/08/1989

Overall

LQueens Park Rangers 3-2 Manchester United08/05/1989

LManchester United 1-2 Everton10/05/1989

VManchester United 2-0 Newcastle United13/05/1989

VManchester United 4-1 Arsenal19/08/1989

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Manchester United22/08/1989

LDerby County 2-0 Manchester United26/08/1989

Current form

Away

LEverton 1-0 Norwich City15/04/1989

DSouthampton 0-0 Norwich City19/04/1989

LArsenal 5-0 Norwich City01/05/1989

LLuton Town 1-0 Norwich City13/05/1989

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Norwich City17/05/1989

VSheffield Wednesday 0-2 Norwich City19/08/1989

Overall

VNorwich City 1-0 Everton06/05/1989

LLuton Town 1-0 Norwich City13/05/1989

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Norwich City17/05/1989

VSheffield Wednesday 0-2 Norwich City19/08/1989

DNorwich City 1-1 Nottingham Forest23/08/1989

DNorwich City 0-0 Queens Park Rangers26/08/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
4-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (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

Steve Bruce	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	David Phillips
Steve Bruce	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	David Phillips
Bryan Robson	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Dale Gordon

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

12 v

7 d

3 l

35 gf

13 ga

Away

22 matches

7 v

7 d

8 l

33 gf

34 ga

Total

44 matches

19 v

14 d

11 l

68 gf

47 ga

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

8 v

7 d

7 l

34 gf

33 ga

Away

22 matches

3 v

7 d

12 l

13 gf

35 ga

Total

44 matches

11 v

14 d

19 l

47 gf

68 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 24, 1979
Home	5 - 0	November 24, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 26, 1979
Away	2 - 1	October 26, 1988

Latest head to head

February 25, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Norwich City

2 - 1

Man United

October 26, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Man United

1 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

March 05, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Norwich City

1 - 0

Man United

October 17, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Man United

2 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

December 27, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Man United

0 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Joe Jordan	6 goals	1978 - 1981
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1982 - 1987
Lou Macari	4 goals	1974 - 1979
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1985
Steve Coppell	3 goals	1978 - 1980
Stuart Pearson	2 goals	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Wayne Biggins	2 goals	1985 - 1987
Philip Boyer	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Justin Fashanu	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Malcolm Allen	1 goal	1989 - 1989
Graham Paddon	1 goal	1979 - 1979
David Williams	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Martin Buchan	16 matches	1972 - 1981
Gary Bailey	14 matches	1979 - 1985
Steve Coppell	14 matches	1975 - 1982
Sammy McIlroy	13 matches	1974 - 1980
Arthur Albiston	12 matches	1978 - 1985
Lou Macari	12 matches	1973 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/01/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Tony Powell	10 matches	1975 - 1980
Kevin Keelan	10 matches	1972 - 1979
Martin Peters	10 matches	1975 - 1980
Dave Watson	9 matches	1981 - 1985
Chris Woods	9 matches	1981 - 1985
Graham Paddon	9 matches	1972 - 1981