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Newcastle United 3-0 Leeds United - March 02, 1977 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 29

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

March 02, 1977

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Leeds United

Graham Oates

51'

Micky Burns

54'

Aiden McCaffrey

57'

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46' - Substitution Tony Currieis substituted by David McNiven

51' - Goal Graham Oates51

54' - Goal Micky Burns54

57' - Goal Aiden McCaffrey57

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Leeds United

Newcastle United Leeds United

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

Mahoney

Mike Mahoney

England

B.date25/10/1950

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

McCaffrey57

Aiden McCaffrey

England

B.date30/08/1957

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Oates51

Graham Oates

England

B.date14/03/1949

Age27 years

positionDefender

Nattrass

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Nulty

Geoff Nulty

England

B.date13/02/1949

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Craig

Tommy Craig

Scotland

B.date21/11/1950

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Cassidy

Tommy Cassidy

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1950

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Barrowclough

Stewart Barrowclough

England

B.date29/10/1951

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Burns54

Micky Burns

England

B.date21/12/1946

Age30 years

positionForward

Gowling

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mike Mahoney		26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aiden McCaffrey	57	19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Oates	51	27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		24	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		22	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoff Nulty		28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Craig		26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Cassidy		26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Barrowclough		25	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Micky Burns	54	30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leeds United

Harvey

David Harvey

Scotland

B.date07/02/1948

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Cherry

Trevor Cherry

England

B.date23/02/1948

Age29 years

positionDefender

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age32 years

positionDefender

Reaney

Paul Reaney

England

B.date22/10/1944

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Hampton

Peter Hampton

England

B.date12/09/1954

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Currie46

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Eddie Gray

Scotland

B.date17/01/1948

Age29 years

positionLeft Winger

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Clarke

Allan Clarke

England

B.date31/07/1946

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Harvey		29	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Cherry		29	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		24	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley		32	507	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Reaney		32	560	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Hampton		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray		22	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie	46	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eddie Gray		29	321	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		25	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Allan Clarke		30	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

236

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		David McNiven	46	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Graham Oates

Kenneth Mitchell

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Armfield

127

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Armfield vs Newcastle United

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 02, 1977

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Aiden McCaffrey scores at least 1 goals during the same game in Premier League

End of streak for Newcastle United after 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Leeds United (since 29/03/1975). It was the best streak for the club since 13/09/1966-23/08/1969 (8 matches).

Tommy Cassidy played his game number 100 in Premier League

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers27/11/1976

VNewcastle United 2-0 Sunderland27/12/1976

VNewcastle United 3-1 Sheffield United24/01/1977

LNewcastle United 1-3 Manchester City29/01/1977

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester City16/02/1977

VNewcastle United 2-0 Tottenham26/02/1977

Overall

VNewcastle United 3-1 Sheffield United24/01/1977

LNewcastle United 1-3 Manchester City29/01/1977

DBristol City 1-1 Newcastle United05/02/1977

DNewcastle United 2-2 Manchester City16/02/1977

LManchester United 3-1 Newcastle United19/02/1977

VNewcastle United 2-0 Tottenham26/02/1977

Current form

Away

DIpswich Town 1-1 Leeds United20/11/1976

VSunderland 0-1 Leeds United29/12/1976

DArsenal 1-1 Leeds United03/01/1977

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leeds United22/01/1977

VBirmingham City 1-2 Leeds United29/01/1977

VDerby County 0-1 Leeds United12/02/1977

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-2 Leeds United29/01/1977

VLeeds United 1-0 Birmingham City02/02/1977

LLeeds United 1-2 Coventry05/02/1977

VDerby County 0-1 Leeds United12/02/1977

VLeeds United 2-1 Tottenham19/02/1977

VLeeds United 1-0 Manchester City26/02/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	13	7
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	9	3
Drawless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	9	10
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	10
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.92	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.92

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Micky Burns	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Joe Jordan
Micky Burns	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Eddie Gray
Tommy Craig	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tommy Craig	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Micky Burns	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Joe Jordan

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

4 d

9 l

50 gf

36 ga

Away

30 matches

3 v

7 d

20 l

22 gf

67 ga

Total

58 matches

18 v

11 d

29 l

72 gf

103 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

20 v

7 d

3 l

67 gf

22 ga

Away

28 matches

9 v

4 d

15 l

36 gf

50 ga

Total

58 matches

29 v

11 d

18 l

103 gf

72 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 21, 1974
Home	3 - 0	December 21, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 26, 1966
Away	3 - 0	April 28, 1962

Latest head to head

September 18, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leeds United

2 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 31, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Newcastle United

2 - 3

Leeds United logo Leeds United

November 08, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Leeds United

3 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 29, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Leeds United

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 21, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

John Tudor	3 goals	1971 - 1974
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1966 - 1969
Malcolm Macdonald	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Alan Gowling	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Alan Kennedy	1 goal	1974 - 1974
John McNamee	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Peter Lorimer	7 goals	1966 - 1971
Allan Clarke	4 goals	1970 - 1975
Johnny Giles	4 goals	1969 - 1971
Paul Madeley	3 goals	1968 - 1973
Jack Charlton	3 goals	1966 - 1971
Terry Yorath	2 goals	1971 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Frank Clark	17 matches	1966 - 1974
Dave Craig	15 matches	1966 - 1975
Bobby Moncur	15 matches	1966 - 1974
Willie McFaul	15 matches	1966 - 1975
Tommy Gibb	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Malcolm Macdonald	10 matches	1971 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/11/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Paul Reaney	23 matches	1966 - 1976
Norman Hunter	21 matches	1966 - 1976
Billy Bremner	20 matches	1966 - 1976
Peter Lorimer	18 matches	1966 - 1975
Paul Madeley	17 matches	1967 - 1976
Jack Charlton	15 matches	1956 - 1972