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Man United 2-1 Newcastle United - March 17, 1973 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 34

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 17, 1973

Man United

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Jim Holton

44'

Mick Martin

54'

Irving Nattrass

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0' - Goal Irving Nattrass

44' - Goal Jim Holton44

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46' - Substitution Jimmy Smithis substituted by Terry McDermott

54' - Goal Mick Martin54

60' - Red card Jim Holton60

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Man United Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Man United

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Young

Tony Young

England

B.date24/12/1952

Age20 years

positionDefender

Holton4460

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age23 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Graham

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Martin54

Mick Martin

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1951

Age21 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age35 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Young		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton	4460	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		23	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mick Martin	54	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		35	749	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		28	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd		23	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

133

Newcastle United

Burleigh

Martin Burleigh

England

B.date02/02/1951

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Clark

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Craig

Dave Craig

Northern Ireland

B.date08/06/1944

Age28 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Howard

Pat Howard

England

B.date07/10/1947

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Nattrass0

Irving Nattrass

England

B.date12/12/1952

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age18 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age25 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Smith46

Jimmy Smith

Scotland

B.date20/01/1947

Age26 years

positionForward

Macdonald

Malcolm Macdonald

England

B.date07/01/1950

Age23 years

positionForward

Barrowclough

Stewart Barrowclough

England

B.date29/10/1951

Age21 years

positionRight Winger

Tudor

John Tudor

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Martin Burleigh		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark		29	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Craig		28	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Howard		25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Irving Nattrass		20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Smith	46	26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Macdonald		23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stewart Barrowclough		21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Tudor		26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Terry McDermott	46	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jim Holton

Ian Storey-Moore

OUT

Mick Martin

Alex Forsyth

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Docherty vs Newcastle United

4 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Docherty vs Burkinshaw

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

Joe Harvey

512

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Burkinshaw vs Man United

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

Burkinshaw vs Docherty

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 17, 1973

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Key figures

End of streak for Newcastle United after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 10/02/1973).

The last time Man United has ended with the score 2-1 vs Newcastle United at home, It was on the 10/10/1925

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 10/02/1973).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LManchester United 0-2 Stoke City09/12/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Leeds United23/12/1972

DManchester United 2-2 West Ham20/01/1973

DManchester United 0-0 Everton24/01/1973

VManchester United 2-1 Wolverhampton10/02/1973

VManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1973

Overall

DManchester United 0-0 Everton24/01/1973

DCoventry 1-1 Manchester United27/01/1973

VManchester United 2-1 Wolverhampton10/02/1973

LIpswich Town 4-1 Manchester United17/02/1973

VManchester United 2-1 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1973

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester United10/03/1973

Current form

Away

DDerby County 1-1 Newcastle United16/12/1972

LLeeds United 1-0 Newcastle United26/12/1972

LIpswich Town 1-0 Newcastle United06/01/1973

DArsenal 2-2 Newcastle United27/01/1973

DWolverhampton 1-1 Newcastle United17/02/1973

VNorwich City 0-1 Newcastle United24/02/1973

Overall

LNewcastle United 0-2 Luton Town03/02/1973

DNewcastle United 1-1 Coventry10/02/1973

DWolverhampton 1-1 Newcastle United17/02/1973

VNorwich City 0-1 Newcastle United24/02/1973

VNewcastle United 2-0 Derby County28/02/1973

VNewcastle United 1-0 Stoke City10/03/1973

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
7	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	9
6	Draws (Home / Away)	5
15	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
1.66	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 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

Bobby Charlton	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Malcolm Macdonald
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Malcolm Macdonald
Bobby Charlton	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Bobby Charlton	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Lou Macari	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	Malcolm Macdonald

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

25 v

12 d

9 l

103 gf

62 ga

Away

46 matches

15 v

8 d

23 l

62 gf

95 ga

Total

92 matches

40 v

20 d

32 l

165 gf

157 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

23 v

8 d

15 l

95 gf

62 ga

Away

46 matches

9 v

12 d

25 l

62 gf

103 ga

Total

92 matches

32 v

20 d

40 l

157 gf

165 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	May 04, 1968
Home	6 - 0	May 04, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 10, 1927
Away	7 - 1	September 10, 1927

Latest head to head

October 21, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Man United

February 12, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

0 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 23, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Newcastle United

0 - 1

Man United

February 27, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 31, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

George Best	6 goals	1968 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1958 - 1972
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1957 - 1959
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1967 - 1971
Alex Dawson	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Liam Whelan	3 goals	1956 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Bryan Robson	4 goals	1969 - 1970
Len White	4 goals	1959 - 1960
Ron McGarry	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Wyn Davies	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Gordon Hughes	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Ivor Allchurch	2 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Bobby Charlton	22 matches	1958 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	16 matches	1956 - 1968
George Best	14 matches	1965 - 1972
Tony Dunne	13 matches	1965 - 1972
David Sadler	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Pat Crerand	11 matches	1965 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Frank Clark	12 matches	1965 - 1972
Willie McFaul	10 matches	1968 - 1972
Bobby Moncur	10 matches	1965 - 1972
Alwyn Burton	9 matches	1965 - 1971
Dave Craig	9 matches	1965 - 1972
Tommy Gibb	9 matches	1968 - 1972