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West Ham 2-2 Man United - September 02, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 7

Boleyn Ground - London - England

September 02, 1972

2 - 2

Man United

Bryan Robson

George Best

Ian Storey-Moore

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0' - Goal Bryan Robson photo Bryan Robson

0' - Goal Bryan Robson0

0' - Goal George Best photo Ian Storey-Moore

0' - Goal Ian Storey-Moore

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60' - Substitution Denis Lawis substituted by Sammy McIlroy

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

2 - 2

Man United

West Ham Man United

Team line-ups

West Ham

Grotier

Peter Grotier

England

B.date18/10/1950

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

McDowell

John McDowell

England

B.date07/09/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date26/09/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Bonds

Billy Bonds

England

B.date17/09/1946

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/09/1948

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Brooking

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age23 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Holland

Pat Holland

England

B.date13/09/1950

Age21 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Tyler

Dudley Tyler

England

B.date21/09/1944

Age27 years

positionWinger

Best

Clyde Best

Bermuda

B.date24/02/1951

Age21 years

H1m87

positionForward

Robson00

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/11/1945

Age26 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Grotier	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McDowell	20	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Taylor	20	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore	31	520	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Bonds	25	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Lampard	23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking	23	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Holland	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dudley Tyler	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clyde Best	21	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Robson	26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

133

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age19 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age34 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Law60

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age32 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Best0

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Storey-Moore0

Ian Storey-Moore

England

B.date17/01/1945

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		26	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		31	506	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		34	721	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	60	32	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		26	442	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		27	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Storey-Moore		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

275

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Sammy McIlroy	60	18	27	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

Bobby Charlton

John Fitzpatrick

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Greenwood

566

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Greenwood vs Man United

8 victories

7 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on September 02, 1972

Greenwood vs O'Farrell

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

O'Farrell vs West Ham

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 1972

O'Farrell vs Greenwood

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 02, 1972

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 04/04/1972). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/04/1969-06/09/1969 time period (7 matches).

George Best scored 11 goals vs West Ham in Premier League

Read the next 42 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWest Ham 2-2 Leeds United31/03/1972

VWest Ham 2-0 Tottenham01/04/1972

LWest Ham 0-2 Liverpool15/04/1972

VWest Ham 1-0 Southampton01/05/1972

VWest Ham 1-0 Coventry14/08/1972

VWest Ham 5-2 Leicester19/08/1972

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 West Ham12/08/1972

VWest Ham 1-0 Coventry14/08/1972

VWest Ham 5-2 Leicester19/08/1972

LWolverhampton 3-0 West Ham22/08/1972

LLiverpool 3-2 West Ham26/08/1972

LArsenal 1-0 West Ham29/08/1972

Current form

Away

DSheffield United 1-1 Manchester United04/04/1972

LLeicester 2-0 Manchester United08/04/1972

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Manchester United22/04/1972

LArsenal 3-0 Manchester United25/04/1972

LLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United15/08/1972

LEverton 2-0 Manchester United19/08/1972

Overall

LManchester United 1-2 Ipswich Town12/08/1972

LLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United15/08/1972

LEverton 2-0 Manchester United19/08/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Leicester23/08/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal26/08/1972

DManchester United 0-0 Chelsea30/08/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	3
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	3
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	6	6
Drawless streak	3	0
Goalless streak	5	2
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	0
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.33
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bryan Robson	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	George Best
Bryan Robson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	George Best
Bryan Robson	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	George Best

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

17 v

4 d

6 l

50 gf

33 ga

Away

26 matches

8 v

4 d

14 l

36 gf

60 ga

Total

53 matches

25 v

8 d

20 l

86 gf

93 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

14 v

4 d

8 l

60 gf

36 ga

Away

27 matches

6 v

4 d

17 l

33 gf

50 ga

Total

53 matches

20 v

8 d

25 l

93 gf

86 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 11, 1930
Home	5 - 1	October 11, 1930

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 06, 1967
Away	6 - 1	May 06, 1967

Latest head to head

January 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

West Ham

3 - 0

Man United

September 18, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

4 - 2

West Ham

April 03, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

West Ham

2 - 1

Man United

August 29, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 1

West Ham

January 17, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

West Ham

0 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Geoff Hurst	9 goals	1964 - 1972
John Dick	4 goals	1958 - 1961
Malcolm Musgrove	4 goals	1958 - 1962
John Byrne	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Clyde Best	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Ron Brett	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

George Best	10 goals	1964 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1960 - 1971
Denis Law	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Albert Scanlon	4 goals	1958 - 1960
Alex Dawson	3 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Bobby Moore	27 matches	1958 - 1972
Geoff Hurst	20 matches	1961 - 1972
Ken Brown	14 matches	1958 - 1965
Ronnie Boyce	13 matches	1963 - 1971
Martin Peters	12 matches	1962 - 1970
John Bond	11 matches	1958 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Bobby Charlton	27 matches	1958 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	19 matches	1958 - 1968
Tony Dunne	18 matches	1961 - 1972
Denis Law	17 matches	1962 - 1972
George Best	15 matches	1964 - 1972
David Sadler	15 matches	1964 - 1972