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Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry - April 21, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 40

Ayresome Park - Middlesbrough - England

April 21, 1981

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Coventry

Gerry Daly

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0' - Goal Gerry Daly

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46' - Substitution Micky Burnsis substituted by Billy Askew46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Coventry

Middlesbrough Coventry

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Nobbs

Keith Nobbs

England

B.date19/09/1961

Age19 years

positionDefender

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age24 years

positionDefender

McAndrew

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age25 years

positionDefender

Bell

Charlie Bell

Andorra

B.date14/11/1958

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Proctor

Mark Proctor

England

B.date30/01/1961

Age20 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Angus

Michael Angus

England

B.date28/10/1960

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Burns46

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age34 years

positionForward

Cochrane

Terry Cochrane

Northern Ireland

B.date23/01/1953

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Shearer

David Shearer

Scotland

B.date16/10/1958

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt		29	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Nobbs		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey		24	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew		25	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Charlie Bell		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Proctor		20	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Angus		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		26	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns	46	34	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Cochrane		28	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Shearer		22	43	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

106

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age23 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age21 years

positionDefender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age25 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Gooding

Ray Gooding

England

B.date16/02/1959

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Daly0

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Blair

Andy Blair

Scotland

B.date18/12/1959

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age24 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

English

Thomas English

England

B.date18/10/1961

Age19 years

positionForward

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age21 years

H1m85

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey	23	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	20	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	32	435	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Gooding	22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Blair	21	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt	24	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas English	19	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson	21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Billy Askew	46	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Terry Cochrane

Garry MacDonald

OUT

Keith Nobbs

Irving Nattrass

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ray Gooding

Gary Bannister

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

191

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Neal vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 1981

Neal vs Milne

2 victories

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

332

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Milne vs Middlesbrough

7 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 1981

Milne vs Neal

7 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 1981

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Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Coventry running (since 11/04/1978). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/09/1977 (2 matches)

Middlesbrough keeps its 6 consecutive losses vs Coventry running (since 19/08/1978). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/01/1965 (2 matches)

John Neal has registered 50 sharing points since the 01/07/1977 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland07/02/1981

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Barnsley14/02/1981

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Stoke City21/02/1981

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Wolverhampton07/03/1981

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 West Bromwich Albion28/03/1981

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove11/04/1981

Overall

LNorwich City 2-0 Middlesbrough17/03/1981

LSouthampton 1-0 Middlesbrough21/03/1981

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 West Bromwich Albion28/03/1981

LBirmingham City 2-1 Middlesbrough04/04/1981

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove11/04/1981

LEverton 4-1 Middlesbrough18/04/1981

Current form

Away

LTottenham 3-1 Coventry14/02/1981

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Coventry17/02/1981

LEverton 3-0 Coventry21/02/1981

LBrighton & Hove 4-1 Coventry07/03/1981

LSunderland 3-0 Coventry21/03/1981

LLeeds United 3-0 Coventry04/04/1981

Overall

VCoventry 4-1 Leicester14/03/1981

LSunderland 3-0 Coventry21/03/1981

LCoventry 0-1 Tottenham28/03/1981

LLeeds United 3-0 Coventry04/04/1981

LCoventry 0-2 Manchester United11/04/1981

DCoventry 2-2 Stoke City18/04/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	13	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	18	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	39
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
15	Victories (Competition total)	11
13	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
18	Losses (Competition total)	19
1	Losses (Home / Away)	13

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	45
35	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
54	Goals conceded (Competition total)	67
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.79
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.72
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.95

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	25
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	16
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (4 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Craig Johnston	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Gerry Daly
Bosko Jankovic	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Thomas English
Bosko Jankovic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gerry Daly
Bosko Jankovic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Shearer	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Garry Thompson

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

17 gf

14 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

2 d

6 l

9 gf

15 ga

Total

20 matches

5 v

6 d

9 l

26 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

2 d

2 l

15 gf

9 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

14 gf

17 ga

Total

20 matches

9 v

6 d

5 l

29 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 07, 1978
Home	3 - 0	January 07, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 05, 1964
Away	2 - 1	April 05, 1980

Latest head to head

December 26, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Coventry

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 05, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Middlesbrough

1 - 2

Coventry

January 01, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Coventry

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 11, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Coventry

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 19, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Middlesbrough

1 - 2

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

David Mills	4 goals	1974 - 1977
Graeme Souness	3 goals	1974 - 1976
Alan Foggon	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Stuart Boam	1 goal	1976 - 1976
John Hickton	1 goal	1975 - 1975
David Armstrong	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Ian Wallace	3 goals	1978 - 1980
Alan Green	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Ray Graydon	2 goals	1977 - 1977
James Holmes	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Gerry Daly	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Gary Gillespie	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

John Craggs	13 matches	1974 - 1980
David Armstrong	13 matches	1974 - 1980
Stuart Boam	10 matches	1974 - 1978
David Mills	9 matches	1974 - 1978
Jim Platt	9 matches	1974 - 1980
Anthony McAndrew	8 matches	1976 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Tommy Hutchison	11 matches	1974 - 1980
Mick Coop	8 matches	1975 - 1980
Alan Green	7 matches	1975 - 1978
Bobby McDonald	7 matches	1977 - 1980
Barry Powell	7 matches	1976 - 1978
James Holmes	6 matches	1974 - 1977