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Newcastle United 2-4 Middlesbrough - January 14, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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18' - Goal Tommy Cassidy18

34' - Goal Stuart Boam

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46' - Substitution Mickey Barkeris substituted by Michael Larnach46

50' - Goal Billy Ashcroft

51' - Goal Mark McGhee51

61' - Goal Billy Ashcroft

70' - Goal Stan Cummins

75' - Substitution Billy Ashcroftis substituted by John Hickton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

2 - 4

Middlesbrough

Newcastle United Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

Carr

Kevin Carr

England

B.date06/11/1958

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Barker46

Mickey Barker

England

B.date23/02/1956

Age21 years

positionDefender

McCaffrey

Aiden McCaffrey

England

B.date30/08/1957

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Craig

Dave Craig

Northern Ireland

B.date08/06/1944

Age33 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Blackhall

Ray Blackhall

England

B.date19/02/1957

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Hudson

Ray Hudson

England

B.date24/03/1955

Age22 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Cassidy18

Tommy Cassidy

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1950

Age27 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Burns

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age31 years

positionForward

Gowling

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age28 years

positionForward

McGhee51

Mark McGhee

Scotland

B.date25/05/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Carr		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mickey Barker	46	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aiden McCaffrey		20	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Craig		33	308	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		25	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Blackhall		20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Hudson		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Cassidy	18	27	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns		31	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling		28	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark McGhee	51	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

Platt

Jim Platt

Northern Ireland

B.date26/01/1952

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ashcroft506175

Billy Ashcroft

England

B.date01/10/1952

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

McAndrew

Anthony McAndrew

Scotland

B.date11/04/1956

Age21 years

positionDefender

Ramage

Alan Ramage

Brazil

B.date29/11/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

Bailey

Ian Bailey

England

B.date20/10/1956

Age21 years

positionDefender

Boam34

Stuart Boam

England

B.date28/01/1948

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Craggs

John Craggs

England

B.date31/10/1948

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Armstrong

David Armstrong

England

B.date26/12/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Cummins70

Stan Cummins

England

B.date06/12/1958

Age19 years

positionForward

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age31 years

positionForward

Mills

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Platt		25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Ashcroft	506175	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony McAndrew		21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Ramage		20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Bailey		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Boam	34	29	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Craggs		29	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Armstrong		23	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stan Cummins	70	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney		31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills		26	146	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Michael Larnach	46	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Hickton	75	33	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McGarry vs Middlesbrough

4 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on January 14, 1978

McGarry vs Neal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 14, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Neal

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Neal vs Newcastle United

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 14, 1978

Neal vs McGarry

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 14, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Stuart Boam scores 1 goal vs Newcastle United in his professional career

It's the first time Billy Ashcroft scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Newcastle United in his professional career

Dave Craig played his game number 300 in Premier League

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNewcastle United 1-2 Arsenal19/11/1977

VNewcastle United 2-0 Leicester03/12/1977

VNewcastle United 4-0 Wolverhampton17/12/1977

LNewcastle United 0-2 Nottingham Forest28/12/1977

LNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool31/12/1977

VNewcastle United 2-0 Peterborough United11/01/1978

Overall

LManchester City 4-0 Newcastle United26/12/1977

LNewcastle United 0-2 Nottingham Forest28/12/1977

LNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool31/12/1977

VLeeds United 0-2 Newcastle United02/01/1978

DPeterborough United 1-1 Newcastle United07/01/1978

VNewcastle United 2-0 Peterborough United11/01/1978

Current form

Away

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Middlesbrough29/10/1977

VAston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough12/11/1977

LBristol City 4-1 Middlesbrough26/11/1977

LEverton 3-0 Middlesbrough10/12/1977

DLeicester 0-0 Middlesbrough26/12/1977

LLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough02/01/1978

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Aston Villa17/12/1977

DLeicester 0-0 Middlesbrough26/12/1977

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Manchester City27/12/1977

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Norwich City31/12/1977

LLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough02/01/1978

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Coventry07/01/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	8
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	10
7	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.42
1.58	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.83

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Micky Burns	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	David Mills
Micky Burns	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	David Mills
Micky Burns	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	David Armstrong

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

21 v

8 d

8 l

65 gf

38 ga

Away

39 matches

8 v

12 d

19 l

42 gf

56 ga

Total

76 matches

29 v

20 d

27 l

107 gf

94 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

19 v

12 d

8 l

56 gf

42 ga

Away

37 matches

8 v

8 d

21 l

38 gf

65 ga

Total

76 matches

27 v

20 d

29 l

94 gf

107 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 29, 1962
Home	6 - 1	August 29, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 14, 1931
Away	5 - 0	February 14, 1931

Latest head to head

August 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

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March 26, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 04, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

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January 31, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Middlesbrough

3 - 3

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August 20, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Alan Kennedy	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Malcolm Macdonald	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Alan Gowling	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Irving Nattrass	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Micky Burns	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

David Armstrong	2 goals	1977 - 1977
David Mills	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Willie Maddren	1 goal	1976 - 1976
John Hickton	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Irving Nattrass	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Alan Kennedy	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Tommy Craig	6 matches	1975 - 1977
Stewart Barrowclough	6 matches	1974 - 1977
Micky Burns	6 matches	1975 - 1977
Tommy Cassidy	5 matches	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/11/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Stuart Boam	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Willie Maddren	7 matches	1974 - 1977
David Armstrong	7 matches	1974 - 1977
David Mills	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Jim Platt	6 matches	1974 - 1977
Graeme Souness	6 matches	1974 - 1977