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Bristol City 3-1 Newcastle United - April 01, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 37

Ashton Gate - Bristol - England

April 01, 1978

Bristol City

3 - 1

Newcastle United

(o.g) Geoff Nulty

18'

Tom Ritchie

49'

Norman Hunter

54'

86'

Stewart Barrowclough

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18' - Own goal Geoff Nulty18

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46' - Substitution John Birdis substituted by James Scott

49' - Goal Tom Ritchie49

54' - Goal Norman Hunter54

86' - Goal Stewart Barrowclough

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bristol City

3 - 1

Newcastle United

Bristol City Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Bristol City

Shaw

John Shaw

England

B.date04/02/1954

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Rodgers

David Rodgers

England

B.date28/02/1952

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Merrick

Geoff Merrick

England

B.date29/04/1951

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Hunter54

Norman Hunter

England

B.date29/10/1943

Age34 years

positionCentral defender

Mann

Jimmy Mann

England

B.date15/12/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Tainton

Trevor Tainton

England

B.date08/06/1948

Age29 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Gow

Gerry Gow

Scotland

B.date29/05/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Sweeney

Gerry Sweeney

Scotland

B.date10/07/1945

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Cormack

Peter Cormack

Scotland

B.date17/07/1946

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Royle

Joe Royle

England

B.date08/04/1949

Age28 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Ritchie49

Tom Ritchie

Scotland

B.date02/01/1952

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Shaw		24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Rodgers		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Merrick		26	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Norman Hunter	54	34	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Mann		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Tainton		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Gow		25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Sweeney		32	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Cormack		31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Royle		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Ritchie	49	26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

Mahoney

Mike Mahoney

England

B.date25/10/1950

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bird46

John Bird

England

B.date09/06/1948

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Barton

David Barton

England

B.date09/05/1959

Age18 years

positionDefender

Blackley

John Blackley

Scotland

B.date12/05/1948

Age29 years

positionLeft central defender

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

Nulty18

Geoff Nulty

England

B.date13/02/1949

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Walker

Nigel Walker

England

B.date07/04/1959

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Burns

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age31 years

positionForward

McGhee

Mark McGhee

Scotland

B.date25/05/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Barrowclough86

Stewart Barrowclough

England

B.date29/10/1951

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Mahoney		27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Bird	46	29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Barton		18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Blackley		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		23	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		25	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoff Nulty	18	29	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Walker		18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns		31	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark McGhee		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Barrowclough	86	26	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		James Scott	46	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gerry Sweeney

Donald Gillies

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Blackley

Kenneth Mitchell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Dicks

513

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Dicks vs Newcastle United

1 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 01, 1978

Dicks vs McGarry

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 01, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

Success rate in this team:

22 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McGarry vs Bristol City

2 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 01, 1978

McGarry vs Dicks

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 01, 1978

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Comments

Key figures

Bristol City keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Newcastle United at home running (since 31/12/1910). It's a record streak. The first of history

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Dicks has done less than 1.2 goals scored per game .

John Bird played his game number 50 in Premier League

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBristol City 0-0 Leicester14/01/1978

VBristol City 3-0 Norwich City04/02/1978

DBristol City 2-2 Manchester City17/02/1978

LBristol City 0-1 Everton11/03/1978

VBristol City 3-0 Chelsea21/03/1978

LBristol City 0-1 Birmingham City25/03/1978

Overall

VLeeds United 0-2 Bristol City04/03/1978

LBristol City 0-1 Everton11/03/1978

LArsenal 4-1 Bristol City18/03/1978

VBristol City 3-0 Chelsea21/03/1978

LBristol City 0-1 Birmingham City25/03/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Bristol City27/03/1978

Current form

Away

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

DChelsea 2-2 Newcastle United18/03/1978

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Newcastle United25/03/1978

Overall

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester United11/03/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Birmingham City15/03/1978

DChelsea 2-2 Newcastle United18/03/1978

LNewcastle United 0-2 Everton24/03/1978

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Newcastle United25/03/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester City29/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	6	12
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	6	12

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	33
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
10	Victories (Competition total)	6
8	Victories (Home / Away)	2
11	Draws (Competition total)	7
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	20
5	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	60
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.12
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.93
1.28	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.82
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.93

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
14	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 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

Tom Ritchie	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Micky Burns
Tom Ritchie	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Micky Burns
Peter Cormack	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Micky Burns
Peter Cormack	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Micky Burns
Norman Hunter	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alan Kennedy

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

3 d

1 l

8 gf

9 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

4 gf

11 ga

Total

13 matches

3 v

5 d

5 l

12 gf

20 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

11 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

3 d

2 l

9 gf

8 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

5 d

3 l

20 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	December 31, 1910
Home	1 - 0	December 31, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 25, 1910
Away	3 - 0	April 25, 1910

Latest head to head

November 05, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

February 05, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Bristol City

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 28, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Newcastle United

0 - 0

Bristol City logo Bristol City

December 31, 1910 - Division 1 1910/1911

Bristol City

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

September 03, 1910 - Division 1 1910/1911

Newcastle United

0 - 1

Bristol City logo Bristol City

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

	Donald Gillies	1 goal	1977 - 1977
	Chris Garland	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/02/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bristol City

	Micky Burns	1 goal	1977 - 1977
	Dennis Martin	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/02/1977. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Gary Collier	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Gerry Sweeney	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Gerry Gow	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Geoff Merrick	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Donald Gillies	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Trevor Tainton	3 matches	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/08/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol City

Irving Nattrass	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Stewart Barrowclough	3 matches	1976 - 1977
Paul Cannell	2 matches	1976 - 1977
Mike Mahoney	2 matches	1976 - 1977
Micky Burns	2 matches	1977 - 1977
Alan Kennedy	2 matches	1976 - 1977