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Newcastle United 2-2 Norwich City - April 26, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 41

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

April 26, 1978

Newcastle United

2 - 2

Norwich City

Alan Kennedy

22'

Micky Burns

70'

57'

John Ryan

85'

Kevin Reeves

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22' - Goal Alan Kennedy22

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46' - Substitution Keith Robsonis substituted by Philip Lythgoe

57' - Goal John Ryan

70' - Goal Micky Burns70

85' - Goal Kevin Reeves

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

2 - 2

Norwich City

Newcastle United Norwich City

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

Carr

Kevin Carr

England

B.date06/11/1958

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blackley

John Blackley

Scotland

B.date12/05/1948

Age29 years

positionLeft central defender

Barton

David Barton

England

B.date09/05/1959

Age18 years

positionDefender

Kelly

Peter Kelly

Scotland

B.date06/12/1956

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Kennedy22

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Walker

Nigel Walker

England

B.date07/04/1959

Age19 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Callachan

Ralph Callachan

Scotland

B.date29/04/1955

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Barrowclough

Stewart Barrowclough

England

B.date29/10/1951

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

McGhee

Mark McGhee

Scotland

B.date25/05/1957

Age20 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Larnach

Michael Larnach

Scotland

B.date09/11/1952

Age25 years

positionForward

Burns70

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age31 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Carr		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Blackley		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Barton		18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Kelly		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy	22	23	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Walker		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ralph Callachan		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Barrowclough		26	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark McGhee		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Larnach		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns	70	31	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

Baker

Clive Baker

England

B.date14/03/1959

Age19 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Sullivan

Colin Sullivan

England

B.date24/06/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Bond

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Powell

Tony Powell

England

B.date11/06/1947

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Jones

David Jones

Wales

B.date11/02/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Robson46

Keith Robson

England

B.date15/11/1953

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Ryan57

John Ryan

England

B.date20/07/1947

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Halsey

Mark Halsey

England

B.date01/12/1959

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Peters

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age34 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Reeves85

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	Clive Baker		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Sullivan		26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Powell		30	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Jones		26	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Robson	46	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ryan	57	30	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Halsey		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters		34	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Reeves	85	20	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Neighbour		27	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Philip Lythgoe	46	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Kelly

Irving Nattrass

OUT

Kevin Carr

Mike Mahoney

OUT

Ralph Callachan

Kenneth Mitchell

OUT

Mark McGhee

Mickey Barker

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Keith Robson

Graham Paddon

OUT

Colin Sullivan

Colin Suggett

OUT

Clive Baker

Roger Hansbury

OUT

Mark Halsey

Philip Lythgoe

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

Success rate in this team:

17 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McGarry vs Norwich City

9 victories

6 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1978

McGarry vs Bond

2 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 26, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Bond

223

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Bond vs Newcastle United

2 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1978

Bond vs McGarry

0 victory

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1978

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Key figures

Newcastle United keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Norwich City in Premier League running (since 17/04/1974). It's a record streak. The first of history

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bill McGarry has done less than 1.03 goals scored per game .

Newcastle United keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a loss vs Norwich City at home running (since 27/12/1938). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester United11/03/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Birmingham City15/03/1978

LNewcastle United 0-2 Everton24/03/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester City29/03/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa08/04/1978

LNewcastle United 0-3 Queens Park Rangers22/04/1978

Overall

DCoventry 0-0 Newcastle United04/04/1978

DNewcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa08/04/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Newcastle United12/04/1978

LArsenal 2-1 Newcastle United15/04/1978

LAston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United17/04/1978

LNewcastle United 0-3 Queens Park Rangers22/04/1978

Current form

Away

DArsenal 0-0 Norwich City28/02/1978

DWolverhampton 3-3 Norwich City04/03/1978

DLeicester 2-2 Norwich City18/03/1978

LIpswich Town 4-0 Norwich City27/03/1978

LBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1978

LLiverpool 3-0 Norwich City22/04/1978

Overall

LIpswich Town 4-0 Norwich City27/03/1978

DNorwich City 0-0 Derby County29/03/1978

VNorwich City 3-0 Leeds United01/04/1978

LBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1978

LNorwich City 1-3 Manchester United15/04/1978

LLiverpool 3-0 Norwich City22/04/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	4
Winless streak	9	19
Drawless streak	1	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	9	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	21	3
Drawless streak	3	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	40
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
6	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
9	Draws (Competition total)	16
5	Draws (Home / Away)	9
25	Losses (Competition total)	13
11	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
73	Goals conceded (Competition total)	63
35	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	44
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.23
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
1.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.2

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	25
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	15
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
16	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (4 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	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	John Ryan
Micky Burns	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Kevin Reeves
Micky Burns	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	John Ryan
Micky Burns	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Ryan
Micky Burns	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 4 matches	John Ryan

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

8 v

3 d

2 l

26 gf

8 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

5 d

6 l

18 gf

23 ga

Total

28 matches

12 v

8 d

8 l

44 gf

31 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

6 v

5 d

4 l

23 gf

18 ga

Away

13 matches

2 v

3 d

8 l

8 gf

26 ga

Total

28 matches

8 v

8 d

12 l

31 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 12, 1977
Home	5 - 1	March 12, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 13, 1963
Away	1 - 0	April 15, 1938

Latest head to head

October 05, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Norwich City

2 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 12, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Newcastle United

5 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

October 02, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Norwich City

3 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

November 22, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Norwich City

1 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 18, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Newcastle United

5 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Alan Gowling	4 goals	1975 - 1977
Tommy Craig	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Malcolm Macdonald	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Geoff Nulty	2 goals	1975 - 1975
John Tudor	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Aiden McCaffrey	2 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Martin Peters	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Edward MacDougall	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Kevin Reeves	2 goals	1977 - 1977
David Cross	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Michael McGuire	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Colin Sullivan	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Stewart Barrowclough	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Alan Kennedy	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Pat Howard	6 matches	1972 - 1975
Irving Nattrass	6 matches	1973 - 1977
Mike Mahoney	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Malcolm Macdonald	5 matches	1973 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Kevin Keelan	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Colin Suggett	8 matches	1973 - 1977
Duncan Forbes	6 matches	1972 - 1977
Philip Boyer	5 matches	1974 - 1976
Tony Powell	5 matches	1975 - 1977
David Jones	5 matches	1975 - 1977