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Ipswich Town 4-0 Norwich City - March 27, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 35

Portman Road - Ipswich - England

March 27, 1978

Ipswich Town

4 - 0

Norwich City

Mick Mills

David Geddis

Brian Talbot

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0' - Goal Mick Mills photo David Geddis

0' - Goal David Geddis photo Brian Talbot

0' - Goal Brian Talbot photo Brian Talbot

0' - Goal Brian Talbot0

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46' - Substitution Roger Osborneis substituted by Mick Lambert46

46' - Substitution Michael McGuireis substituted by Colin Suggett

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ipswich Town

4 - 0

Norwich City

Ipswich Town Norwich City

Team line-ups

Ipswich Town

Cooper

Paul Cooper

England

B.date21/12/1953

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Mills0

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age29 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Hunter

Allan Hunter

Northern Ireland

B.date30/06/1946

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Beattie

Kevin Beattie

England

B.date18/12/1953

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Wark

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Burley

George Burley

Scotland

B.date03/06/1956

Age21 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Osborne46

Roger Osborne

England

B.date09/03/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Geddis0

David Geddis

England

B.date12/03/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Talbot00

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Woods

Clive Woods

England

B.date18/12/1947

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Mariner

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Cooper		24	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		29	412	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Hunter		31	282	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Beattie		24	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark		20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Burley		21	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roger Osborne	46	28	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Geddis		20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		24	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Woods		30	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

171

Norwich City

Hansbury

Roger Hansbury

England

B.date26/01/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Jones

David Jones

Wales

B.date11/02/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Sullivan

Colin Sullivan

England

B.date24/06/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Powell

Tony Powell

England

B.date11/06/1947

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Downs

Greg Downs

England

B.date13/12/1958

Age19 years

positionLeft central defender

McGuire46

Michael McGuire

England

B.date04/09/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Ryan

John Ryan

England

B.date20/07/1947

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Keith Robson

England

B.date15/11/1953

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Paddon

Graham Paddon

England

B.date24/08/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Reeves

Kevin Reeves

England

B.date20/10/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Neighbour

Jimmy Neighbour

England

B.date15/11/1950

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Roger Hansbury		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Jones		26	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Sullivan		26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Powell		30	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Downs		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGuire	46	25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ryan		30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Robson		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Paddon		27	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Reeves		20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Neighbour		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mick Lambert	46	27	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Colin Suggett	46	29	165	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

Greg Downs

Colin Suggett

OUT

Jimmy Neighbour

Martin Peters

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

465

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Robson vs Norwich City

5 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 1978

Robson vs Bond

5 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Bond

217

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Bond vs Ipswich Town

3 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 1978

Bond vs Robson

3 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 27, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Ipswich Town after 6 consecutive matches without a win at home in Premier League (since 31/12/1977). It was the best streak for the club since 03/09/1963-07/12/1963 (9 matches).

Norwich City keeps its 17 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Premier League running (since 03/09/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/02/1974 (15 matches)

End of streak for Norwich City after 3 consecutive draws away from home in Premier League (since 28/02/1978). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/12/1977 (2 matches)

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VIpswich Town 4-1 Hartlepool United28/01/1978

LIpswich Town 0-1 Leeds United04/02/1978

VIpswich Town 3-0 Bristol Rovers28/02/1978

DIpswich Town 2-2 West Bromwich Albion04/03/1978

DIpswich Town 1-1 Coventry18/03/1978

DIpswich Town 1-1 Middlesbrough21/03/1978

Overall

DIpswich Town 2-2 West Bromwich Albion04/03/1978

VMillwall 1-6 Ipswich Town11/03/1978

DIpswich Town 1-1 Coventry18/03/1978

DIpswich Town 1-1 Middlesbrough21/03/1978

LWest Ham 3-0 Ipswich Town24/03/1978

DQueens Park Rangers 3-3 Ipswich Town25/03/1978

Current form

Away

DLeyton Orient 1-1 Norwich City06/01/1978

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Norwich City14/01/1978

LBristol City 3-0 Norwich City04/02/1978

DArsenal 0-0 Norwich City28/02/1978

DWolverhampton 3-3 Norwich City04/03/1978

DLeicester 2-2 Norwich City18/03/1978

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Norwich City28/02/1978

DWolverhampton 3-3 Norwich City04/03/1978

VNorwich City 2-1 Aston Villa11/03/1978

DNorwich City 0-0 Everton15/03/1978

DLeicester 2-2 Norwich City18/03/1978

LNorwich City 1-2 Coventry25/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	18	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	34
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
9	Victories (Competition total)	10
8	Victories (Home / Away)	1
11	Draws (Competition total)	15
5	Draws (Home / Away)	9
13	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	51
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	35
1.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.53	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.24
1.39	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.06

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	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

Paul Mariner	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	John Ryan
Trevor Whymark	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Kevin Reeves
John Wark	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	John Ryan
John Wark	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Ryan
John Wark	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Kevin Reeves

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

22 gf

14 ga

Away

12 matches

5 v

3 d

4 l

15 gf

12 ga

Total

24 matches

10 v

5 d

9 l

37 gf

26 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

4 v

3 d

5 l

12 gf

15 ga

Away

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

14 gf

22 ga

Total

24 matches

9 v

5 d

10 l

26 gf

37 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 15, 1977
Home	5 - 0	February 15, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	September 03, 1968
Away	4 - 2	September 03, 1968

Latest head to head

December 26, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Norwich City

1 - 0

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

April 09, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Norwich City

0 - 1

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

February 15, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Ipswich Town

5 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

March 31, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Norwich City

1 - 0

Ipswich Town logo Ipswich Town

September 23, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Ipswich Town

2 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Trevor Whymark	4 goals	1977 - 1977
Bryan Hamilton	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Mick Lambert	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Kevin Beattie	1 goal	1975 - 1975
David Johnson	1 goal	1973 - 1973
John Wark	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/08/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ipswich Town

Edward MacDougall	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Jimmy Bone	1 goal	1972 - 1972
John Ryan	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Martin Peters	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Philip Boyer	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Terry Anderson	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/08/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Trevor Whymark	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Allan Hunter	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Mick Mills	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Kevin Beattie	7 matches	1972 - 1977
Mick Lambert	6 matches	1972 - 1977
George Burley	6 matches	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/08/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ipswich Town

Kevin Keelan	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Duncan Forbes	6 matches	1972 - 1977
Dave Stringer	5 matches	1972 - 1975
Colin Suggett	5 matches	1973 - 1977
Tony Powell	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Martin Peters	5 matches	1975 - 1977