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West Ham 4-0 Crystal Palace - October 28, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 15

Boleyn Ground - London - England

October 28, 1972

West Ham

4 - 0

Crystal Palace

John McDowell

Trevor Brooking

Bryan Robson

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0' - Goal John McDowell photo Trevor Brooking

0' - Goal Trevor Brooking photo Trevor Brooking

0' - Goal Trevor Brooking photo Bryan Robson

0' - Goal Bryan Robson0

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

4 - 0

Crystal Palace

West Ham Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

West Ham

Ferguson

Bobby Ferguson

Scotland

B.date01/03/1945

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

McDowell0

John McDowell

England

B.date07/09/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Tommy Taylor

England

B.date26/09/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Charles

Clive Charles

England

B.date03/10/1951

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/09/1948

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Brooking00

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age24 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Holland

Pat Holland

England

B.date13/09/1950

Age22 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Robson0

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/11/1945

Age26 years

positionStriker

Ayris

Johnny Ayris

England

B.date08/01/1953

Age19 years

positionRight Winger

Best

Clyde Best

Bermuda

B.date24/02/1951

Age21 years

H1m87

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bobby Ferguson	27	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McDowell	21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Taylor	21	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Clive Charles	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore	31	528	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Lampard	24	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking	24	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Holland	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Robson	26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Ayris	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clyde Best	21	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

136

Crystal Palace

Hammond

Paul Hammond

England

B.date26/07/1953

Age19 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Blyth

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Phillip

Iain Phillip

Scotland

B.date14/02/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

McCormick

John McCormick

Scotland

B.date18/07/1936

Age36 years

positionCentral defender

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Hinshelwood

Martin Hinshelwood

England

B.date16/06/1953

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Craven

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age30 years

positionRight Winger

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age31 years

positionStriker

Pinkney

Alan Pinkney

England

B.date01/01/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Hammond	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth	28	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iain Phillip	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne	25	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McCormick	36	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor	26	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Hinshelwood	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven	25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Pinkney	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clive Charles

Billy Bonds

OUT

Bobby Ferguson

Peter Grotier

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Greenwood

576

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Greenwood vs Crystal Palace

3 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Greenwood vs Head

5 victories

5 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bert Head

309

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Head vs West Ham

0 victory

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Head vs Greenwood

0 victory

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Videos

Comments

Key figures

West Ham keeps its 11 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Crystal Palace running (since 04/03/1922). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Bryan Robson scores 1 goal vs Crystal Palace in Premier League with West Ham

End of streak for West Ham after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 04/10/1972).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Ham 5-2 Leicester19/08/1972

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United02/09/1972

VWest Ham 2-1 Bristol City06/09/1972

VWest Ham 4-0 Norwich City16/09/1972

VWest Ham 2-0 Birmingham City30/09/1972

VWest Ham 3-1 Sheffield United14/10/1972

Overall

LTottenham 1-0 West Ham23/09/1972

VWest Ham 2-0 Birmingham City30/09/1972

LStockport 2-1 West Ham04/10/1972

DIpswich Town 1-1 West Ham07/10/1972

VWest Ham 3-1 Sheffield United14/10/1972

LManchester City 4-3 West Ham21/10/1972

Current form

Away

LStoke City 2-0 Crystal Palace12/08/1972

DEverton 1-1 Crystal Palace22/08/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Crystal Palace26/08/1972

LTottenham 2-1 Crystal Palace09/09/1972

LSouthampton 2-0 Crystal Palace23/09/1972

DWolverhampton 1-1 Crystal Palace14/10/1972

Overall

LCrystal Palace 0-2 West Bromwich Albion16/09/1972

LSouthampton 2-0 Crystal Palace23/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Norwich City30/09/1972

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Coventry07/10/1972

DWolverhampton 1-1 Crystal Palace14/10/1972

LCrystal Palace 2-3 Arsenal21/10/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	8	5
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	11	8
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	9	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	2
5	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.71
2.83	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.36
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 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	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	John Craven
Bryan Robson	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Martin Hinshelwood
Bryan Robson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	John Craven

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

3 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

11 gf

3 ga

Total

10 matches

5 v

5 d

0 l

17 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

3 gf

11 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

3 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Total

10 matches

0 v

5 d

5 l

6 gf

17 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 31, 1923
Home	2 - 0	March 11, 1922

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

February 19, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

West Ham

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

October 30, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Crystal Palace

0 - 3

West Ham

March 06, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

West Ham

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

October 24, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

1 - 1

West Ham

March 24, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Crystal Palace

0 - 0

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Clyde Best	3 goals	1969 - 1972
Geoff Hurst	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Bobby Howe	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Billy Bonds	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Ade Coker	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

	Anthony Taylor	1 goal	1970 - 1970
	David Payne	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Frank Lampard	6 matches	1969 - 1972
Billy Bonds	6 matches	1969 - 1972
Bobby Moore	6 matches	1969 - 1972
Geoff Hurst	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Tommy Taylor	4 matches	1970 - 1972
Clyde Best	3 matches	1969 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Mel Blyth	6 matches	1969 - 1972
Anthony Taylor	6 matches	1969 - 1972
John Jackson	6 matches	1969 - 1972
John McCormick	6 matches	1969 - 1972
David Payne	6 matches	1969 - 1972
Gerald Queen	5 matches	1969 - 1972