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Coventry 2-1 Man United - August 29, 1981 / Division 1 1981/1982

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Division 1 1981/1982 - Round 1

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

August 29, 1981

Coventry

2 - 1

Man United

Peter Bodak

Steve Whitton

Lou Macari

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0' - Goal Peter Bodak photo Steve Whitton

0' - Goal Steve Whitton0

0' - Goal Lou Macari

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logo Manchester United MU

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

2 - 1

Man United

Coventry Man United

Team line-ups

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Jacobs

Stephen Jacobs

England

B.date05/07/1961

Age20 years

positionDefender

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age25 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age21 years

positionDefender

Bodak0

Peter Bodak

England

B.date12/08/1961

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Thomas

Danny Thomas

England

B.date12/11/1961

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Daly

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Whitton0

Steve Whitton

England

B.date04/12/1960

Age20 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age21 years

H1m85

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth	26	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jacobs	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	25	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	21	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson	21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Bodak	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Thomas	19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt	25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Whitton	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson	21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age24 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Macari0

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age32 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age26 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age25 years

H1m83

positionForward

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	23	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	29	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	32	370	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	24	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	32	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	27	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	24	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	26	306	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

170

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jim Blyth

Les Sealey

OUT

Peter Bodak

Andy Blair

OUT

Steve Whitton

Thomas English

OUT

Danny Thomas

Ray Gooding

OUT

Stephen Jacobs

Mick Coop

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frank Stapleton

Joe Jordan

OUT

John Gidman

Mike Duxbury

OUT

Sammy McIlroy

Kevin Moran

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Sexton vs Man United

10 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1981

Sexton vs Atkinson

2 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Atkinson vs Coventry

7 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1981

Atkinson vs Sexton

5 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1981

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 18/03/1981). It was the best streak for the club since 11/10/1980-29/11/1980 (10 matches).

Coventry keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 18/04/1981).

Coventry keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 18/04/1981).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-4 Ipswich Town28/02/1981

VCoventry 4-1 Leicester14/03/1981

LCoventry 0-1 Tottenham28/03/1981

LCoventry 0-2 Manchester United11/04/1981

DCoventry 2-2 Stoke City18/04/1981

VCoventry 1-0 Southampton25/04/1981

Overall

LLeeds United 3-0 Coventry04/04/1981

LCoventry 0-2 Manchester United11/04/1981

DCoventry 2-2 Stoke City18/04/1981

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Coventry21/04/1981

VCoventry 1-0 Southampton25/04/1981

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Coventry02/05/1981

Current form

Away

LManchester City 1-0 Manchester United21/02/1981

LSouthampton 1-0 Manchester United07/03/1981

DAston Villa 3-3 Manchester United14/03/1981

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United28/03/1981

VCoventry 0-2 Manchester United11/04/1981

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United14/04/1981

Overall

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United28/03/1981

VManchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace04/04/1981

VCoventry 0-2 Manchester United11/04/1981

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United14/04/1981

VManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion18/04/1981

VManchester United 1-0 Norwich City25/04/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	7
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	4	9
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

No statistics here yet

Bookings

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Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

10 v

3 d

6 l

27 gf

22 ga

Away

18 matches

4 v

6 d

8 l

17 gf

29 ga

Total

37 matches

14 v

9 d

14 l

44 gf

51 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

8 v

6 d

4 l

29 gf

17 ga

Away

19 matches

6 v

3 d

10 l

22 gf

27 ga

Total

37 matches

14 v

9 d

14 l

51 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 31, 1977
Home	3 - 0	December 31, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 25, 1967
Away	2 - 0	April 11, 1981

Latest head to head

April 11, 1981 - Division 1 1980/1981

Coventry

0 - 2

Man United

November 08, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Man United

0 - 0

Coventry

September 02, 1980 - League Cup 1980/1981

Coventry

1 - 0

Man United

August 26, 1980 - League Cup 1980/1981

Man United

0 - 1

Coventry

April 26, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Man United

2 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Ian Wallace	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Garry Thompson	2 goals	1979 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

George Best	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Lou Macari	5 goals	1976 - 1979
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
John Aston	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Sammy McIlroy	3 goals	1979 - 1980
Gordon Hill	2 goals	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Mick Coop	22 matches	1967 - 1981
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	12 matches	1973 - 1980
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Willie Carr	10 matches	1968 - 1972
Ernie Machin	9 matches	1967 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Martin Buchan	18 matches	1972 - 1981
Alex Stepney	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Sammy McIlroy	17 matches	1971 - 1980
Lou Macari	15 matches	1973 - 1981
Steve Coppell	14 matches	1975 - 1981
George Best	12 matches	1967 - 1973