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Everton 3-1 S Wednesday - December 28, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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Division 1 1985/1986 - Round 24

Goodison Park - Liverpool - England

December 28, 1985

Everton

3 - 1

S Wednesday

Gary Stevens

45'

Gary Lineker

45'

Gary Lineker

90'

Gary Stevens (o.g)

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0' - Own goal Gary Stevens

45' - Goal Gary Stevens photo Gary Lineker

45' - Goal Gary Lineker45

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46' - Substitution Adrian Heathis substituted by Alan Harper46

46' - Substitution Mark Smithis substituted by Tony Gregory

90' - Goal Gary Lineker90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Everton

3 - 1

S Wednesday

Everton S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Everton

Southall

Neville Southall

Wales

B.date16/09/1958

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ratcliffe

Kevin Ratcliffe

Wales

B.date12/11/1960

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Stevens045

Gary Stevens

England

B.date27/03/1963

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Pointon

Neil Pointon

England

B.date28/11/1964

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Van Den Hauwe

Pat Van Den Hauwe

Wales

B.date16/12/1960

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Steven

Trevor Steven

England

B.date21/09/1963

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bracewell

Paul Bracewell

England

B.date19/07/1962

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Sheedy

Kevin Sheedy

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/10/1959

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Heath46

Adrian Heath

England

B.date11/01/1961

Age24 years

H1m68

positionForward

Lineker4590

Gary Lineker

England

B.date30/11/1960

Age25 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Sharp

Graeme Sharp

Scotland

B.date16/10/1960

Age25 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neville Southall		27	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Ratcliffe		25	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Stevens	45	22	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Pointon		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Van Den Hauwe		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Steven		22	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Bracewell		23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Sheedy		26	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Adrian Heath	46	24	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Lineker	4590	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graeme Sharp		25	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

138

S Wednesday

Hodge

Martin Hodge

England

B.date04/02/1959

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith46

Mark Smith

England

B.date21/03/1960

Age25 years

positionDefender

Shirtliff

Peter Shirtliff

England

B.date06/04/1961

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Morris

Chris Morris

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1963

Age22 years

positionDefender

Worthington

Nigel Worthington

Northern Ireland

B.date04/11/1961

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Madden

Lawrie Madden

England

B.date28/09/1955

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Megson

Gary Megson

England

B.date02/05/1959

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Blair

Andy Blair

Scotland

B.date18/12/1959

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Marwood

Brian Marwood

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Chamberlain

Mark Chamberlain

England

B.date19/11/1961

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age26 years

H1m85

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Martin Hodge		26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Smith	46	25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Shirtliff		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morris		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Worthington		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lawrie Madden		30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Megson		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Blair		26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Marwood		25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Chamberlain		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson		26	20	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Alan Harper	46	25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tony Gregory	46	17	3	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

Nigel Worthington

Mel Sterland

OUT

Mark Chamberlain

Lee Chapman

OUT

Mark Smith

Paul Hart

OUT

Andy Blair

Gary Shelton

OUT

Peter Shirtliff

Glynn Snodin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Kendall

256

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Kendall vs S Wednesday

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1985

Kendall vs Wilkinson

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Wilkinson

132

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Wilkinson vs Everton

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1985

Wilkinson vs Kendall

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1985

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Comments

Key figures

Everton keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 30/11/1985).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Howard Kendall has reached 52% of wins .

The last time Gary Lineker scored at least 2 goals during the same game vs Sheffield Wednesday in Premier League with , it was on the 03/09/1985 (avec vs )

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VEverton 6-1 Arsenal09/11/1985

DEverton 1-1 Nottingham Forest23/11/1985

VEverton 1-0 Manchester United04/12/1985

LEverton 1-2 Chelsea10/12/1985

LEverton 1-2 Leicester14/12/1985

VEverton 3-1 Manchester United26/12/1985

Overall

VEverton 1-0 Manchester United04/12/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Everton07/12/1985

LEverton 1-2 Chelsea10/12/1985

LEverton 1-2 Leicester14/12/1985

VCoventry 1-3 Everton21/12/1985

VEverton 3-1 Manchester United26/12/1985

Current form

Away

VLeicester 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday19/10/1985

LSwindon Town 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday29/10/1985

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday02/11/1985

DAston Villa 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday16/11/1985

LIpswich Town 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday30/11/1985

LChelsea 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday14/12/1985

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Southampton23/11/1985

LIpswich Town 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday30/11/1985

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Nottingham Forest07/12/1985

LChelsea 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday14/12/1985

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Manchester City21/12/1985

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Newcastle United26/12/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	34	14
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	5	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	6	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
13	Victories (Competition total)	12
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

51	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.61
2.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.26	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.48
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 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

Gary Lineker	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Brian Marwood
Graeme Sharp	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Brian Marwood
Trevor Steven	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Brian Marwood
Trevor Steven	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Brian Marwood
Graeme Sharp	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	Brian Marwood

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

32 v

17 d

5 l

123 gf

64 ga

Away

57 matches

20 v

14 d

23 l

86 gf

104 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

112 matches

53 v

31 d

28 l

212 gf

170 ga

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

23 v

14 d

20 l

104 gf

86 ga

Away

54 matches

5 v

17 d

32 l

64 gf

123 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

112 matches

28 v

31 d

53 l

170 gf

212 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	December 23, 1893
Home	8 - 1	December 23, 1893

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	May 05, 1951
Away	4 - 0	September 02, 1961

Latest head to head

September 03, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

S Wednesday

1 - 5

Everton

May 04, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Everton

December 01, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Everton

1 - 1

S Wednesday

November 29, 1977 - League Cup 1977/1978

S Wednesday

1 - 3

Everton

April 04, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Everton

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Dixie Dean	16 goals	1927 - 1937
Royston Vernon	7 goals	1960 - 1964
Alex Young	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Torrance Gillick	4 goals	1935 - 1936
Derek Temple	4 goals	1963 - 1966
Alex Scott	3 goals	1964 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/03/1927. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Everton

John Fantham	4 goals	1963 - 1966
Tom McAnearney	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Keith Ellis	3 goals	1960 - 1962
John Quinn	2 goals	1962 - 1965
David Layne	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Bobby Craig	2 goals	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/03/1927. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Brian Labone	22 matches	1959 - 1969
Dixie Dean	16 matches	1927 - 1937
Gordon West	16 matches	1962 - 1970
Brian Harris	12 matches	1959 - 1966
Alex Young	12 matches	1961 - 1968
Tommy Wright	12 matches	1965 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1926. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Don Megson	19 matches	1960 - 1968
John Fantham	18 matches	1959 - 1969
Ron Springett	17 matches	1959 - 1966
Gerry Young	14 matches	1963 - 1970
Peter Eustace	12 matches	1964 - 1969
Alan Finney	11 matches	1959 - 1965