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WBA 3-0 Bristol City - December 26, 1979 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 22

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

December 26, 1979

WBA

3 - 0

Bristol City

Gary Owen

Peter Barnes

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0' - Goal Gary Owen photo Peter Barnes

0' - Goal Peter Barnes photo Peter Barnes

0' - Goal Peter Barnes0

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46' - Substitution Jimmy Mannis substituted by Geert Meijer

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

3 - 0

Bristol City

WBA Bristol City

Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age30 years

positionDefender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Trewick

John Trewick

England

B.date03/06/1957

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Owen0

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Barnes00

Peter Barnes

England

B.date10/06/1957

Age22 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age22 years

positionForward

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden	24	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	27	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson	26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Trewick	22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	22	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Barnes	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	32	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis	21	88	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

Bristol City

Shaw

John Shaw

England

B.date04/02/1954

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Merrick

Geoff Merrick

England

B.date29/04/1951

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Kenyon

Roger Kenyon

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Mann46

Jimmy Mann

England

B.date15/12/1952

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Tainton

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age31 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Gow

Gerry Gow

Scotland

B.date29/05/1952

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Sweeney

Gerry Sweeney

Scotland

B.date10/07/1945

Age34 years

positionMidfield

Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date03/03/1956

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Whitehead

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age30 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Mabbutt

Kevin Mabbutt

England

B.date05/12/1958

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Shaw		25	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Merrick		28	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Kenyon		30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Mann	46	27	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton		31	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Gow		27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Sweeney		34	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Fitzpatrick		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead		24	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle		30	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Mabbutt		21	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Geert Meijer	46	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ally Robertson

Ally Brown

OUT

John Deehan

David Mills

OUT

Gary Owen

Martyn Bennett

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Mabbutt

Tom Ritchie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

110

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Atkinson vs Bristol City

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1979

Atkinson vs Dicks

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

591

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs WBA

4 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1979

Dicks vs Atkinson

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1979

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Key figures

End of streak for WBA after 6 consecutive matches without a win (since 13/11/1979).

No West Bromwich Albion manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Atkinson has done less than 1.05 goals conceded per game .

WBA keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Bristol City in Premier League running (since 27/03/1978). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Southampton20/10/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-1 Coventry27/10/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Norwich City30/10/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Norwich City10/11/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Everton01/12/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Arsenal15/12/1979

Overall

LNorwich City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion13/11/1979

LLeeds United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion17/11/1979

DWolverhampton 0-0 West Bromwich Albion24/11/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Everton01/12/1979

LStoke City 3-2 West Bromwich Albion08/12/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Arsenal15/12/1979

Current form

Away

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Bristol City20/10/1979

VLeeds United 1-3 Bristol City03/11/1979

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Bristol City13/11/1979

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Bristol City17/11/1979

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Bristol City01/12/1979

LNorwich City 2-0 Bristol City15/12/1979

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Bristol City17/11/1979

VBristol City 1-0 Manchester City24/11/1979

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Bristol City01/12/1979

LBristol City 1-3 Tottenham08/12/1979

LNorwich City 2-0 Bristol City15/12/1979

LBristol City 0-1 Southampton21/12/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Winless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	7	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
8	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.81
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

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

Bryan Robson	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Tom Ritchie
Bryan Robson	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kevin Mabbutt
Peter Barnes	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Tom Ritchie
Tony Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Tom Ritchie
Bryan Robson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Tom Ritchie

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

6 v

6 d

2 l

22 gf

13 ga

Away

13 matches

5 v

2 d

6 l

16 gf

17 ga

Total

27 matches

11 v

8 d

8 l

38 gf

30 ga

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

6 v

2 d

5 l

17 gf

16 ga

Away

14 matches

2 v

6 d

6 l

13 gf

22 ga

Total

27 matches

8 v

8 d

11 l

30 gf

38 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 30, 1930
Home	3 - 0	August 30, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	December 26, 1977
Away	3 - 1	February 10, 1906

Latest head to head

April 17, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Bristol City

1 - 0

WBA

January 01, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

WBA

3 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

March 27, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

WBA

2 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

December 26, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Bristol City

3 - 1

WBA

April 05, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Bristol City

1 - 2

WBA

Best historical scorers against Bristol City

David Cross	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Tony Brown	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Ally Brown	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Willie Johnston	1 goal	1978 - 1978
John Wile	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Tom Ritchie	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Peter Cormack	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Gerry Gow	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Norman Hunter	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Keith Fear	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Kevin Mabbutt	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol City

John Wile	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Ally Robertson	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Bryan Robson	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Laurie Cunningham	5 matches	1977 - 1979
Tony Godden	5 matches	1977 - 1979
Derek Statham	5 matches	1977 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/12/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

John Shaw	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Trevor Tainton	6 matches	1976 - 1979
Clive Whitehead	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Gerry Sweeney	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Tom Ritchie	5 matches	1976 - 1979
Norman Hunter	5 matches	1976 - 1979