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Chelsea 2-2 Newcastle United - March 18, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 33

Stamford Bridge - London - England

March 18, 1978

Chelsea

2 - 2

Newcastle United

Ron Harris

52'

(penalty) Kenny Swain

81'

22'

Micky Burns (penalty)

50'

Mark McGhee

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22' - Goal Micky Burns

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46' - Substitution John Blackleyis substituted by Peter Kelly

50' - Goal Mark McGhee

52' - Goal Ron Harris52

73' - Substitution Ray Wilkinsis substituted by Kenny Swain73

81' - Goal Kenny Swain81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 2

Newcastle United

Chelsea Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age36 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Locke

Gary Locke

England

B.date12/07/1954

Age23 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Droy

Michael Droy

England

B.date07/05/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Harris52

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age33 years

positionDefender

Wicks

Steve Wicks

England

B.date03/10/1956

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Wilkins73

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Lewington

Ray Lewington

England

B.date07/09/1956

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Britton

Ian Britton

Scotland

B.date19/05/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Walker

Clive Walker

England

B.date26/05/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Langley

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age20 years

positionForward

Finnieston

Steve Finnieston

Scotland

B.date30/11/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		36	588	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Locke		23	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Droy		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	52	33	619	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Wicks		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	73	21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Lewington		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Britton		23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Walker		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley		20	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Finnieston		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

154

Newcastle United

Mahoney

Mike Mahoney

England

B.date25/10/1950

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blackley46

John Blackley

Scotland

B.date12/05/1948

Age29 years

positionLeft central defender

Bird

John Bird

England

B.date09/06/1948

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Barton

David Barton

England

B.date09/05/1959

Age18 years

positionDefender

Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Scott

James Scott

England

B.date28/02/1960

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Walker

Nigel Walker

England

B.date07/04/1959

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

McGhee50

Mark McGhee

Scotland

B.date25/05/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Burns22

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age31 years

positionForward

Larnach

Michael Larnach

Scotland

B.date09/11/1952

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Mahoney		27	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Blackley	46	29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Bird		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Barton		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		25	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Scott		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Walker		18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark McGhee	50	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns	22	31	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Larnach		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Kenny Swain	8173	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Peter Kelly	46	21	9	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

James Scott

Stuart Robinson

OUT

David Barton

Peter Kelly

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ken Shellito

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Shellito vs Newcastle United

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Shellito vs McGarry

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McGarry vs Chelsea

7 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

McGarry vs Shellito

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 1978

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ken Shellito has reached 35% of draws in Premier League.

It's the first time Micky Burns scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

It's the first time Ron Harris scores 1 goal vs in Premier League

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VChelsea 5-3 Ipswich Town21/01/1978

VChelsea 6-2 Burnley31/01/1978

DChelsea 2-2 Manchester United11/02/1978

LChelsea 1-2 Leyton Orient27/02/1978

VChelsea 3-1 Liverpool04/03/1978

Overall

DChelsea 2-2 Manchester United11/02/1978

DLeyton Orient 0-0 Chelsea18/02/1978

LLeeds United 2-0 Chelsea25/02/1978

LChelsea 1-2 Leyton Orient27/02/1978

VChelsea 3-1 Liverpool04/03/1978

DDerby County 1-1 Chelsea11/03/1978

Current form

Away

LManchester City 4-0 Newcastle United26/12/1977

VLeeds United 0-2 Newcastle United02/01/1978

DPeterborough United 1-1 Newcastle United07/01/1978

LWest Ham 1-0 Newcastle United21/01/1978

LWrexham 4-1 Newcastle United06/02/1978

DDerby County 1-1 Newcastle United04/03/1978

Overall

DNewcastle United 2-2 Wrexham28/01/1978

LWrexham 4-1 Newcastle United06/02/1978

LNewcastle United 0-1 Ipswich Town25/02/1978

DDerby County 1-1 Newcastle United04/03/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester United11/03/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Birmingham City15/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	9	3
Conceding streak	10	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	4	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	29
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
9	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
10	Draws (Competition total)	5
7	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	18
3	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	33
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	52
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.92
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.92

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Tommy Langley	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Micky Burns
Tommy Langley	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Micky Burns
Ian Britton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Micky Burns
Clive Walker	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Irving Nattrass

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

23 v

11 d

9 l

81 gf

54 ga

Away

42 matches

11 v

10 d

21 l

49 gf

67 ga

Total

85 matches

34 v

21 d

30 l

130 gf

121 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

21 v

10 d

11 l

67 gf

49 ga

Away

43 matches

9 v

11 d

23 l

54 gf

81 ga

Total

85 matches

30 v

21 d

34 l

121 gf

130 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 25, 1961
Home	6 - 2	April 22, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 16, 1974
Away	3 - 0	September 12, 1914

Latest head to head

October 22, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Chelsea

February 22, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

3 - 2

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November 16, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Newcastle United

5 - 0

Chelsea

March 16, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Chelsea

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 20, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Jimmy Greaves	10 goals	1958 - 1961
Ron Tindall	9 goals	1957 - 1961
Tommy Baldwin	5 goals	1966 - 1972
Robert Tambling	4 goals	1966 - 1968
Peter Brabrook	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1969 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1972 - 1975
Len White	5 goals	1958 - 1960
Bryan Robson	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Albert Bennett	3 goals	1965 - 1967
Wyn Davies	3 goals	1966 - 1967
John Tudor	3 goals	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Ron Harris	21 matches	1965 - 1977
John Hollins	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Bonetti	17 matches	1960 - 1977
Peter Houseman	13 matches	1967 - 1975
Eddie McCreadie	12 matches	1965 - 1973
Charlie Cooke	12 matches	1966 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1955. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Frank Clark	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Bobby Moncur	14 matches	1965 - 1974
Willie McFaul	14 matches	1966 - 1975
Dave Craig	13 matches	1965 - 1973
Wyn Davies	9 matches	1966 - 1971
Tommy Gibb	9 matches	1968 - 1973