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Newcastle United 4-1 S Wednesday - March 31, 1986 / Division 1 1985/1986

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0' - Goal Paul Stephenson photo Paul Gascoigne

0' - Goal Paul Gascoigne photo Peter Beardsley

0' - Goal Peter Beardsley photo Billy Whitehurst

0' - Goal Billy Whitehurst0

0' - Goal Carl Shutt

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46' - Substitution Ian Stewartis substituted by Anthony Cunningham46

46' - Substitution Gary Sheltonis substituted by Mark Chamberlain

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

4 - 1

S Wednesday

Newcastle United S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

McKellar

David McKellar

Scotland

B.date22/05/1956

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Anderson

John Anderson

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/11/1959

Age26 years

positionRight central defender

Roeder

Glenn Roeder

England

B.date13/12/1955

Age30 years

positionDefender

Clarke

Jeff Clarke

England

B.date18/01/1954

Age32 years

positionDefender

Bailey

John Bailey

England

B.date01/04/1957

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Stephenson0

Paul Stephenson

England

B.date02/01/1968

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

McCreery

David McCreery

Northern Ireland

B.date16/09/1957

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Gascoigne0

Paul Gascoigne

England

B.date27/05/1967

Age18 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

Stewart46

Ian Stewart

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1961

Age24 years

H1m70

positionForward

Beardsley0

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age25 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Whitehurst0

Billy Whitehurst

England

B.date10/06/1959

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David McKellar		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Anderson		26	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Roeder		30	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Clarke		32	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Bailey		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Stephenson		18	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David McCreery		28	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Gascoigne		18	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Stewart	46	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley		25	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Whitehurst		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

S Wednesday

Hodge

Martin Hodge

England

B.date04/02/1959

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Morris

Chris Morris

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1963

Age22 years

positionDefender

Hart

Paul Hart

England

B.date04/05/1953

Age32 years

positionDefender

Madden

Lawrie Madden

England

B.date28/09/1955

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Sterland

Mel Sterland

England

B.date01/10/1961

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Snodin

Glynn Snodin

England

B.date14/02/1960

Age26 years

H1m68

positionFull-back

Megson

Gary Megson

England

B.date02/05/1959

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Shelton46

Gary Shelton

England

B.date21/03/1958

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Marwood

Brian Marwood

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age26 years

H1m85

positionForward

Shutt0

Carl Shutt

England

B.date10/10/1961

Age24 years

H1m80

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Martin Hodge		27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morris		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hart		32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lawrie Madden		30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Sterland		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glynn Snodin		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Megson		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Shelton	46	28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Marwood		26	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Shutt		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Anthony Cunningham	46	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mark Chamberlain	46	24	16	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

Paul Hart

Peter Shirtliff

OUT

Gary Shelton

Nigel Worthington

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Willie McFaul

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McFaul vs S Wednesday

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1986

McFaul vs Wilkinson

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1986

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Wilkinson

149

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Wilkinson vs Newcastle United

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 1986

Wilkinson vs McFaul

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1986

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Newcastle United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 15/03/1986). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/11/1985-08/02/1986 time period (13 matches).

Only back at the time of Harry Catterick head of Sheffield Wednesday (01/07/1958-01/07/1961), you can see a maanger go beneath Howard Wilkinson with 29% of losses in Premier League (23%).

It's the first time Billy Whitehurst scores 1 goal vs Sheffield Wednesday in his professional career

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNewcastle United 2-2 Everton01/01/1986

LNewcastle United 0-2 Brighton & Hove04/01/1986

VNewcastle United 3-2 Coventry01/02/1986

VNewcastle United 1-0 Arsenal01/03/1986

VNewcastle United 3-1 Ipswich Town15/03/1986

DNewcastle United 2-2 Tottenham22/03/1986

Overall

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Newcastle United08/02/1986

VNewcastle United 1-0 Arsenal01/03/1986

VNewcastle United 3-1 Ipswich Town15/03/1986

VOxford United 1-2 Newcastle United19/03/1986

DNewcastle United 2-2 Tottenham22/03/1986

LEverton 1-0 Newcastle United29/03/1986

Current form

Away

DLiverpool 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday01/01/1986

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday16/01/1986

LWatford 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday01/02/1986

LLuton Town 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday01/03/1986

VCoventry 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/03/1986

LWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday22/03/1986

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 5-1 Birmingham City08/03/1986

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 West Ham12/03/1986

VCoventry 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/03/1986

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Leicester18/03/1986

LWest Ham 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday22/03/1986

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Liverpool29/03/1986

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	0
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	34
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
14	Victories (Competition total)	16
9	Victories (Home / Away)	6
10	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

49	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	47
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.48	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.18
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.38
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.41

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
23	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 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

Peter Beardsley	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Brian Marwood
Peter Beardsley	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Brian Marwood
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Brian Marwood
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Brian Marwood
Peter Beardsley	10 goals during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Mel Sterland

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

33 v

7 d

10 l

103 gf

54 ga

Away

50 matches

9 v

17 d

24 l

52 gf

81 ga

Total

100 matches

42 v

24 d

34 l

155 gf

135 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

24 v

17 d

9 l

81 gf

52 ga

Away

50 matches

10 v

7 d

33 l

54 gf

103 ga

Total

100 matches

34 v

24 d

42 l

135 gf

155 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 09, 1955
Home	5 - 0	April 09, 1955

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 01, 1956
Away	5 - 1	December 20, 1952

Latest head to head

December 26, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

S Wednesday

2 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 30, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

S Wednesday

4 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 27, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Newcastle United

2 - 1

S Wednesday

April 14, 1984 - Division 2 1983/1984

Newcastle United

0 - 1

S Wednesday

November 19, 1983 - Division 2 1983/1984

S Wednesday

4 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Bryan Robson	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Peter Beardsley	3 goals	1984 - 1985
Albert Bennett	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Wyn Davies	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Alan Suddick	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Imre Varadi	2 goals	1982 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Lee Chapman	3 goals	1984 - 1985
Bobby Craig	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Brian Marwood	2 goals	1985 - 1985
Mike Prendergast	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jack Whitham	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Gary Shelton	1 goal	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Frank Clark	10 matches	1965 - 1969
Wyn Davies	8 matches	1966 - 1969
Bryan Robson	8 matches	1966 - 1969
Alwyn Burton	7 matches	1966 - 1969
John Anderson	7 matches	1982 - 1985
David McCreery	6 matches	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Gerry Young	12 matches	1961 - 1969
Don Megson	10 matches	1961 - 1969
Wilf Smith	9 matches	1966 - 1969
John Fantham	8 matches	1961 - 1969
Vic Mobley	8 matches	1965 - 1969
Peter Eustace	8 matches	1965 - 1969