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Leeds United 1-2 Nottingham - May 15, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 24

Elland Road - Leeds - England

May 15, 1979

Leeds United

1 - 2

Nottingham

Trevor Cherry

John Hawley (o.g)

45'

Gary Mills

logo Leeds United LU

0' - Goal Trevor Cherry0

0' - Own goal John Hawley

45' - Goal Gary Mills

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46' - Substitution Kevin Hirdis substituted by Eddie Gray46

46' - Substitution Frank Clarkis substituted by David Needham

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

1 - 2

Nottingham

Leeds United Nottingham

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Harvey

David Harvey

Scotland

B.date07/02/1948

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hart

Paul Hart

England

B.date04/05/1953

Age26 years

positionDefender

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age34 years

positionDefender

Cherry0

Trevor Cherry

England

B.date23/02/1948

Age31 years

positionDefender

Gray

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Hird46

Kevin Hird

England

B.date11/02/1955

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Harris

Carl Harris

Wales

B.date03/11/1956

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Flynn

Brian Flynn

Wales

B.date21/10/1955

Age23 years

H1m61

positionMidfield

Graham

Arthur Graham

Scotland

B.date26/10/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Hawley0

John Hawley

England

B.date08/05/1954

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Harvey		31	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hart		26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley		34	599	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Cherry		31	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray		24	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Hird	46	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie		29	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Harris		22	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Flynn		23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arthur Graham		26	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hawley		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

167

Nottingham

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Clark46

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Burns

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Viv Anderson

England

B.date29/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Mills45

Gary Mills

England

B.date11/11/1961

Age17 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Bowyer

Ian Bowyer

England

B.date06/06/1951

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

O'Hare

John O'Hare

Scotland

B.date24/09/1946

Age32 years

positionForward

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

Robertson

John Robertson

Scotland

B.date20/01/1953

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		29	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark	46	35	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		30	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Viv Anderson		22	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Mills	45	17	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Bowyer		27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John O'Hare		32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Robertson		26	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Eddie Gray	46	31	387	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Needham	46	29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Hawley

Ray Hankin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Bowyer

Martin O'Neill

OUT

John O'Hare

Tony Woodcock

OUT

Gary Mills

John McGovern

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Adamson

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Adamson vs Nottingham

3 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 1979

Adamson vs Clough

0 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Clough

236

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Clough vs Leeds United

5 victories

3 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 1979

Clough vs Adamson

3 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on May 15, 1979

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Key figures

End of streak for Leeds United after 14 consecutive matches without a loss at home (since 22/11/1978). It was the best streak for the club since 06/11/1974-31/03/1975 (17 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Jimmy Adamson has done less than 16% of losses .

End of streak for Leeds United after 4 consecutive wins at home (since 14/04/1979). It was the best streak for the club since 25/10/1975-10/01/1976 (7 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeeds United 2-2 Norwich City03/03/1979

DLeeds United 1-1 Ipswich Town07/04/1979

VLeeds United 1-0 Aston Villa14/04/1979

VLeeds United 1-0 Everton21/04/1979

VLeeds United 5-1 Bolton Wanderers25/04/1979

VLeeds United 4-3 Queens Park Rangers04/05/1979

Overall

VLeeds United 1-0 Aston Villa14/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Leeds United16/04/1979

VLeeds United 1-0 Everton21/04/1979

VLeeds United 5-1 Bolton Wanderers25/04/1979

DBristol City 0-0 Leeds United28/04/1979

VLeeds United 4-3 Queens Park Rangers04/05/1979

Current form

Away

VChelsea 1-3 Nottingham Forest07/04/1979

VDerby County 1-2 Nottingham Forest14/04/1979

VBirmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest21/04/1979

VFC Köln 0-1 Nottingham Forest25/04/1979

LWolverhampton 1-0 Nottingham Forest30/04/1979

DNorwich City 1-1 Nottingham Forest05/05/1979

Overall

VFC Köln 0-1 Nottingham Forest25/04/1979

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Liverpool28/04/1979

LWolverhampton 1-0 Nottingham Forest30/04/1979

VNottingham Forest 1-0 Southampton02/05/1979

DNorwich City 1-1 Nottingham Forest05/05/1979

VNottingham Forest 3-1 Manchester City09/05/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	14	6
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	14	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	40
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
18	Victories (Competition total)	19
11	Victories (Home / Away)	8
14	Draws (Competition total)	18
4	Draws (Home / Away)	8
8	Losses (Competition total)	3
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

69	Goals scored (Competition total)	58
40	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.73	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.45
2.11	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.26
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.63
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.79

Betting aid

24	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 times)

Bookings

3	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

John Hawley	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Garry Birtles
Ray Hankin	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	John Robertson
Frank Gray	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	John Robertson
Frank Gray	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	John Robertson
Ray Hankin	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Tony Woodcock

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

13 v

9 d

4 l

43 gf

22 ga

Away

27 matches

6 v

10 d

11 l

32 gf

38 ga

Total

53 matches

19 v

19 d

15 l

75 gf

60 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

11 v

10 d

6 l

38 gf

32 ga

Away

26 matches

4 v

9 d

13 l

22 gf

43 ga

Total

53 matches

15 v

19 d

19 l

60 gf

75 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 27, 1972
Home	6 - 1	March 27, 1972

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 04, 1925
Away	3 - 1	February 07, 1978

Latest head to head

April 16, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Nottingham

0 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

April 15, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Nottingham

1 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

February 14, 1978 - League Cup 1977/1978

Nottingham

4 - 2

Leeds United logo Leeds United

February 07, 1978 - League Cup 1977/1978

Leeds United

1 - 3

Nottingham

November 19, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Leeds United

1 - 0

Nottingham

Best historical scorers against Nottingham

Peter Lorimer	13 goals	1965 - 1972
Allan Clarke	4 goals	1969 - 1972
Eddie Gray	4 goals	1966 - 1972
Johnny Giles	3 goals	1966 - 1969
Terry Hibbitt	2 goals	1966 - 1969
Billy Bremner	2 goals	1968 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Henry Newton	3 goals	1965 - 1969
Frank Wignall	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Ian Storey-Moore	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Peter Cormack	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Ronnie Rees	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Peter Withe	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nottingham

Billy Bremner	16 matches	1964 - 1972
Norman Hunter	16 matches	1964 - 1972
Gary Sprake	15 matches	1964 - 1972
Paul Madeley	14 matches	1966 - 1979
Peter Lorimer	14 matches	1965 - 1972
Terry Cooper	13 matches	1965 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Peter Hindley	13 matches	1965 - 1972
Henry Newton	13 matches	1964 - 1970
Bob McKinlay	11 matches	1964 - 1969
John Barnwell	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Barry Lyons	9 matches	1967 - 1971
John Winfield	9 matches	1966 - 1971