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Man United 1-0 Stoke City - December 31, 1983 / Division 1 1983/1984

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Division 1 1983/1984 - Round 21

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 31, 1983

Man United

1 - 0

Stoke City

Arthur Graham

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0' - Goal Arthur Graham0

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Stoke City

Man United Stoke City

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moran

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age31 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age26 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Moses

Remi Moses

England

B.date14/11/1960

Age23 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age27 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Graham0

Arthur Graham

Scotland

B.date26/10/1952

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Mühren

Arnold Mühren

Netherlands

B.date02/06/1951

Age32 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age18 years

H1m84

positionForward

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	25	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran	27	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	31	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury	24	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	26	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Remi Moses	23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	27	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arthur Graham	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Mühren	32	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside	18	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	27	135	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

152

Stoke City

Fox

Peter Fox

England

B.date05/07/1957

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

McAughtrie

David McAughtrie

Scotland

B.date30/01/1963

Age20 years

positionDefender

O'Callaghan

Brendan O'Callaghan

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1955

Age28 years

positionDefender

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age24 years

positionDefender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age21 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Hampton

Peter Hampton

England

B.date12/09/1954

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Maguire

Paul Maguire

Scotland

B.date21/08/1956

Age27 years

positionMidfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

James

Robbie James

Wales

B.date23/03/1957

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Painter

Ian Painter

England

B.date28/12/1964

Age19 years

positionForward

Chamberlain

Mark Chamberlain

England

B.date19/11/1961

Age22 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Fox	26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David McAughtrie	20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendan O'Callaghan	28	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Hampton	29	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Maguire	27	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	29	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie James	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Painter	19	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Chamberlain	22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Norman Whiteside

Garth Crooks

OUT

Gary Bailey

Jeffrey Wealands

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

137

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Atkinson vs Stoke City

5 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 31, 1983

Atkinson vs Asprey

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1983

Manager

Age

Match num

William Asprey

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Asprey vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1983

Asprey vs Atkinson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 31, 1983

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Sir Matt Busby head of (28/12/1970-02/06/1971), you can see a manager go over Ron Atkinson with 1.47 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.98).

It's the first time Arthur Graham scores a goal vs in Premier League since the 05/12/1981 (with Manchester United vs )

End of streak for Man United after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 19/12/1983).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 1-2 Aston Villa05/11/1983

VManchester United 4-1 Watford19/11/1983

DManchester United 1-1 Oxford United30/11/1983

LManchester United 0-1 Everton03/12/1983

VManchester United 4-2 Tottenham16/12/1983

DManchester United 3-3 Notts County27/12/1983

Overall

DOxford United 1-1 Manchester United07/12/1983

VIpswich Town 0-2 Manchester United10/12/1983

VManchester United 4-2 Tottenham16/12/1983

LOxford United 2-1 Manchester United19/12/1983

DCoventry 1-1 Manchester United26/12/1983

DManchester United 3-3 Notts County27/12/1983

Current form

Away

VPeterborough United 1-2 Stoke City25/10/1983

DAston Villa 1-1 Stoke City12/11/1983

LLiverpool 1-0 Stoke City19/11/1983

VHuddersfield Town 0-2 Stoke City22/11/1983

LSouthampton 3-1 Stoke City03/12/1983

DWolverhampton 0-0 Stoke City17/12/1983

Overall

DStoke City 1-1 Nottingham Forest26/11/1983

LSouthampton 3-1 Stoke City03/12/1983

LStoke City 2-4 Luton Town10/12/1983

DWolverhampton 0-0 Stoke City17/12/1983

LStoke City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday20/12/1983

VStoke City 2-0 Norwich City26/12/1983

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	6	4

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	19
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
11	Victories (Competition total)	3
7	Victories (Home / Away)	0
5	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
4	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.05
2.27	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.7
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.74
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.7

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (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

Frank Stapleton	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Robbie James
Frank Stapleton	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Robbie James
Arnold Mühren	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robbie James
Arnold Mühren	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Moran	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Robbie James

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

17 v

16 d

7 l

64 gf

36 ga

Away

41 matches

9 v

15 d

17 l

44 gf

68 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

82 matches

27 v

31 d

24 l

112 gf

106 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

17 v

15 d

9 l

68 gf

44 ga

Away

40 matches

7 v

16 d

17 l

36 gf

64 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

82 matches

24 v

31 d

27 l

106 gf

112 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 29, 1979
Home	4 - 0	September 29, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	January 07, 1893
Away	2 - 0	December 09, 1972

Latest head to head

September 03, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Stoke City

0 - 1

Man United

March 02, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Stoke City

1 - 0

Man United

October 09, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Man United

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

May 15, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Man United

2 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

January 23, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Stoke City

0 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1971
George Best	7 goals	1968 - 1972
David Herd	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1964 - 1972
Lou Macari	4 goals	1973 - 1980
Joe Jordan	2 goals	1980 - 1980

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	13 goals	1963 - 1974
Peter Dobing	4 goals	1963 - 1971
Alan Bloor	3 goals	1965 - 1977
Calvin Palmer	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Garth Crooks	2 goals	1977 - 1977

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	27 matches	1963 - 1973
George Best	25 matches	1964 - 1972
Alex Stepney	24 matches	1967 - 1977
Tony Dunne	21 matches	1963 - 1972
Denis Law	17 matches	1963 - 1972
Pat Crerand	17 matches	1963 - 1971

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

Alan Bloor	25 matches	1965 - 1977
Denis Smith	19 matches	1969 - 1982
Terry Conroy	19 matches	1968 - 1977
Eric Skeels	18 matches	1963 - 1975
Peter Dobing	17 matches	1963 - 1972
John Ritchie	17 matches	1963 - 1974