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Coventry 1-0 Newcastle United - August 28, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 5

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

August 28, 1971

1 - 0

Newcastle United

Jeff Blockley

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Jeff Blockley0

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46' - Substitution Roy Barryis substituted by Brian Alderson46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 0

Newcastle United

Coventry Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Barry46

Roy Barry

Scotland

B.date19/09/1942

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Blockley0

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age19 years

positionCentre Midfield

McGuire

Michael McGuire

England

B.date04/09/1952

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Young

Quintin Young

Scotland

B.date19/09/1947

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Joicey

Brian Joicey

England

B.date19/12/1945

Age25 years

positionForward

Hunt

Ernie Hunt

England

B.date17/03/1943

Age28 years

H1m70

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier		28	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Barry	46	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley		21	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin		25	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr		21	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		19	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGuire		18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Quintin Young		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Joicey		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernie Hunt		28	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

McFaul

Willie McFaul

Northern Ireland

B.date01/10/1943

Age27 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Young

David Young

England

B.date12/11/1945

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Craig

Dave Craig

Northern Ireland

B.date08/06/1944

Age27 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Burton

Alwyn Burton

Wales

B.date11/11/1941

Age29 years

positionDefender

Clark

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Moncur

Bobby Moncur

Scotland

B.date19/01/1945

Age26 years

positionDefender

Gibb

Tommy Gibb

England

B.date13/12/1944

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Cassidy

Tommy Cassidy

Northern Ireland

B.date18/11/1950

Age20 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age23 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Macdonald

Malcolm Macdonald

England

B.date07/01/1950

Age21 years

positionForward

Tudor

John Tudor

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Willie McFaul	27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Young	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Craig	27	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alwyn Burton	29	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark	27	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moncur	26	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Gibb	26	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Cassidy	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Macdonald	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Tudor	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Brian Alderson	46	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Tommy Cassidy

Keith Dyson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Noel Cantwell

192

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Cantwell vs Newcastle United

4 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 28, 1971

Cantwell vs Burkinshaw

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 28, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Keith Burkinshaw

Joe Harvey

433

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Burkinshaw vs Coventry

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 28, 1971

Burkinshaw vs Cantwell

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 28, 1971

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 13/03/1971). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/01/1969-30/08/1969 time period (13 matches).

End of streak for Newcastle United after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 18/08/1971).

End of streak for Coventry after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 14/08/1971).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-1 Manchester United13/04/1971

VCoventry 3-0 Burnley17/04/1971

DCoventry 0-0 Derby County27/04/1971

VCoventry 2-0 Newcastle United01/05/1971

DCoventry 1-1 Stoke City14/08/1971

DCoventry 2-2 Derby County24/08/1971

Overall

DCoventry 0-0 Derby County27/04/1971

VCoventry 2-0 Newcastle United01/05/1971

DCoventry 1-1 Stoke City14/08/1971

LIpswich Town 3-1 Coventry17/08/1971

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Coventry21/08/1971

DCoventry 2-2 Derby County24/08/1971

Current form

Away

VBlackpool 0-1 Newcastle United03/04/1971

DLiverpool 1-1 Newcastle United06/04/1971

LArsenal 1-0 Newcastle United17/04/1971

LCoventry 2-0 Newcastle United01/05/1971

LCrystal Palace 2-0 Newcastle United14/08/1971

DTottenham 0-0 Newcastle United18/08/1971

Overall

VNewcastle United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion28/04/1971

LCoventry 2-0 Newcastle United01/05/1971

LCrystal Palace 2-0 Newcastle United14/08/1971

DTottenham 0-0 Newcastle United18/08/1971

VNewcastle United 3-2 Liverpool21/08/1971

DNewcastle United 0-0 Huddersfield Town25/08/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	8	2
Winless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	5	1
Goalless streak	4	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	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
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (1 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

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Malcolm Macdonald
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Malcolm Macdonald
Ernie Hunt	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Malcolm Macdonald

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

3 d

2 l

20 gf

17 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

2 d

6 l

11 gf

19 ga

Total

21 matches

8 v

5 d

8 l

31 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

2 d

2 l

19 gf

11 ga

Away

11 matches

2 v

3 d

6 l

17 gf

20 ga

Total

21 matches

8 v

5 d

8 l

36 gf

31 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 04, 1939
Home	2 - 0	May 01, 1971

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 14, 1970
Away	4 - 1	January 20, 1968

Latest head to head

May 01, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Coventry

2 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

September 26, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Newcastle United

0 - 0

Coventry

April 14, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Newcastle United

4 - 0

Coventry

November 22, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Coventry

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 29, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Gerry Baker	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Ronnie Rees	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Jeff Blockley	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Bobby Gould	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Ian Gibson	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Wyn Davies	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Tommy Robson	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Tommy Gibb	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Keith Dyson	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Ernie Machin	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Billy Glazier	7 matches	1967 - 1971
Dave Clements	7 matches	1967 - 1971
Mick Coop	6 matches	1967 - 1970
Willie Carr	6 matches	1967 - 1971
Jeff Blockley	5 matches	1969 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Willie McFaul	7 matches	1967 - 1971
Wyn Davies	7 matches	1967 - 1971
Frank Clark	6 matches	1968 - 1971
Dave Craig	6 matches	1967 - 1971
Tommy Gibb	6 matches	1968 - 1971
Bobby Moncur	6 matches	1967 - 1970