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Crystal Palace 5-2 Middlesbrough - August 23, 1980 / Division 1 1980/1981

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

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0' - Goal Gerry Francis photo Clive Allen

0' - Goal Clive Allen photo Clive Allen

0' - Goal Clive Allen0

0' - Goal Billy Ashcroft

45' - Goal Craig Johnston

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46' - Substitution Stephen Leahyis substituted by Tony Sealy46

46' - Substitution Craig Johnstonis substituted by Micky Burns

90' - Goal Tony Sealy90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

5 - 2

Middlesbrough

Crystal Palace Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Barron

Paul Barron

England

B.date16/09/1953

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Fenwick

Terry Fenwick

England

B.date17/11/1959

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

England

B.date10/11/1959

Age20 years

positionDefender

Cannon

Jim Cannon

Scotland

B.date02/10/1953

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Murphy

Jerry Murphy

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/09/1959

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Francis0

Gerry Francis

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Smillie

Neil Smillie

England

B.date19/07/1958

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Leahy46

Stephen Leahy

England

B.date23/09/1959

Age20 years

positionForward

Allen000

Clive Allen

England

B.date20/05/1961

Age19 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Flanagan

Mike Flanagan

England

B.date09/11/1952

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Barron		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Terry Fenwick		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Gilbert		20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Cannon		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jerry Murphy		20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas		20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Francis		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Smillie		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stephen Leahy	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Allen		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Flanagan		27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

McAndrew

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age24 years

positionDefender

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age23 years

positionDefender

Ashcroft0

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Johnston4546

Craig Johnston

England

B.date25/06/1960

Age20 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Hedley

Graeme Hedley

England

B.date01/03/1957

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Hodgson

David Hodgson

England

B.date06/08/1960

Age20 years

positionForward

Shearer

David Shearer

Scotland

B.date16/10/1958

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt		28	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew		24	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey		23	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft		27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs		31	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Johnston	4546	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Hedley		23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		25	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hodgson		20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Shearer		21	17	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

113

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tony Sealy	9046	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Micky Burns	46	33	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stephen Leahy

Vince Hilaire

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Venables

155

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Venables vs Middlesbrough

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1980

Venables vs Neal

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

148

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Neal vs Crystal Palace

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1980

Neal vs Venables

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 1980

Videos

Comments

Key figures

The last time Middlesbrough has conceded at least 5 goals , It was on the 18/03/1978 (vs )

The last time Middlesbrough has ended with the score 2-5 in Premier League, It was on the 10/04/1954 (vs )

Middlesbrough keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 03/05/1980).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 3-1 Bolton Wanderers08/03/1980

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Manchester United29/03/1980

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Brighton & Hove05/04/1980

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Leeds United12/04/1980

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool26/04/1980

LCrystal Palace 3-4 Tottenham19/08/1980

Overall

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Leeds United12/04/1980

LCoventry 2-1 Crystal Palace19/04/1980

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Liverpool26/04/1980

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Crystal Palace03/05/1980

LLiverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace16/08/1980

LCrystal Palace 3-4 Tottenham19/08/1980

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 2-0 Middlesbrough02/04/1980

DBolton Wanderers 2-2 Middlesbrough08/04/1980

LBrighton & Hove 2-1 Middlesbrough19/04/1980

LBristol City 3-1 Middlesbrough22/04/1980

LSouthampton 4-1 Middlesbrough03/05/1980

LManchester United 3-0 Middlesbrough16/08/1980

Overall

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Nottingham Forest26/04/1980

LSouthampton 4-1 Middlesbrough03/05/1980

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Liverpool06/05/1980

VMiddlesbrough 5-0 Arsenal19/05/1980

LManchester United 3-0 Middlesbrough16/08/1980

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Leeds United19/08/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
3.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

Neil Smillie	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Craig Johnston
Neil Smillie	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Neil Smillie	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Craig Johnston

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

2 v

3 d

3 l

11 gf

12 ga

Away

8 matches

0 v

5 d

3 l

4 gf

13 ga

Total

16 matches

2 v

8 d

6 l

15 gf

25 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

5 d

0 l

13 gf

4 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

3 d

2 l

12 gf

11 ga

Total

16 matches

6 v

8 d

2 l

25 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	October 17, 1964
Home	3 - 1	October 17, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 20, 1968
Away	3 - 1	May 04, 1968

Latest head to head

December 29, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Crystal Palace

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 25, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 15, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Crystal Palace

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

January 09, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

December 29, 1973 - Division 2 1973/1974

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

	David Swindlehurst	1 goal	1979 - 1979
	Gerry Francis	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Graeme Hedley	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Stan Cummins	1 goal	1979 - 1979
David Hodgson	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Jerry Murphy	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Gerry Francis	2 matches	1979 - 1979
David Swindlehurst	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Paul Hinshelwood	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Billy Gilbert	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Vince Hilaire	2 matches	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1979. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

John Craggs	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Anthony McAndrew	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Mark Proctor	2 matches	1979 - 1979
David Hodgson	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Billy Ashcroft	2 matches	1979 - 1979
David Armstrong	2 matches	1979 - 1979