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Crystal Palace 1-3 Man United - September 11, 1971 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 8

Selhurst Park - London - England

September 11, 1971

Crystal Palace

1 - 3

Man United

Mel Blyth

Denis Law

Brian Kidd

Denis Law

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0' - Goal Mel Blyth0

0' - Goal Denis Law photo Brian Kidd

0' - Goal Brian Kidd photo Denis Law

0' - Goal Denis Law

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46' - Substitution John McCormickis substituted by John Loughlan46

60' - Substitution Alan Gowlingis substituted by John Aston

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

1 - 3

Man United

Crystal Palace Man United

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Jackson

John Jackson

England

B.date05/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

McCormick46

John McCormick

Scotland

B.date18/07/1936

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Hoadley

Phil Hoadley

England

B.date06/01/1952

Age19 years

positionDefender

Blyth0

Mel Blyth

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Payne

David Payne

England

B.date25/04/1947

Age24 years

positionDefender

Wall

Peter Wall

England

B.date13/09/1944

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Taylor

Anthony Taylor

Scotland

B.date06/09/1946

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age29 years

positionStriker

Jenkins

Ross Jenkins

England

B.date04/11/1951

Age19 years

positionStriker

Scott

Jim Scott

Scotland

B.date21/08/1940

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Jackson		29	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McCormick	46	35	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Hoadley		19	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Blyth		27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Payne		24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Wall		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Taylor		25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember		22	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ross Jenkins		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jim Scott		31	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

O'Neil

Tommy O'Neil

England

B.date25/10/1952

Age18 years

H1m70

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age33 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Gowling60

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Law00

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Kidd0

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		28	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		25	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		18	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	467	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		33	673	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling	60	22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		31	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		26	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		25	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd		22	182	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

255

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Loughlan	46	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Aston	60	24	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ross Jenkins

Gerald Queen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Denis Law

John Aston

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bert Head

255

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Head vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 11, 1971

Head vs O'Farrell

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

O'Farrell vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 1971

O'Farrell vs Head

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 1971

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Man United in Premier League running (since 10/10/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Man United has ended with the score 3-1 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 17/09/1969 (vs )

Crystal Palace keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored vs Man United running (since 14/02/1925). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCrystal Palace 3-5 Manchester United17/04/1971

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Everton01/05/1971

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Newcastle United14/08/1971

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool24/08/1971

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest28/08/1971

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Luton Town07/09/1971

Overall

LStoke City 3-1 Crystal Palace21/08/1971

LCrystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool24/08/1971

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest28/08/1971

LWolverhampton 1-0 Crystal Palace31/08/1971

LLeeds United 2-0 Crystal Palace04/09/1971

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Luton Town07/09/1971

Current form

Away

VManchester City 3-4 Manchester United05/05/1971

DDerby County 2-2 Manchester United14/08/1971

VChelsea 2-3 Manchester United18/08/1971

DWolverhampton 1-1 Manchester United28/08/1971

LEverton 1-0 Manchester United31/08/1971

VIpswich Town 1-3 Manchester United07/09/1971

Overall

VManchester United 3-1 Arsenal20/08/1971

VManchester United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion23/08/1971

DWolverhampton 1-1 Manchester United28/08/1971

LEverton 1-0 Manchester United31/08/1971

VManchester United 1-0 Ipswich Town04/09/1971

VIpswich Town 1-3 Manchester United07/09/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	27	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
1	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
0.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.86
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Robert Tambling	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	George Best
Robert Tambling	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	George Best
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Willie Morgan
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Willie Morgan
Robert Tambling	2 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	George Best

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

10 gf

12 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

11 matches

2 v

3 d

6 l

16 gf

25 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

13 gf

6 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

12 gf

10 ga

Total

11 matches

6 v

3 d

2 l

25 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	October 10, 1970
Home	2 - 1	February 14, 1925

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 12, 1924
Away	5 - 3	April 17, 1971

Latest head to head

April 17, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Crystal Palace

3 - 5

Man United

November 18, 1970 - League Cup 1970/1971

Man United

4 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

October 10, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

0 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

February 14, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

August 09, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Crystal Palace

2 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Robert Tambling	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Gerald Queen	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Alan Birchenall	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Mel Blyth	1 goal	1969 - 1969
John Sewell	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Denis Law	3 goals	1971 - 1971
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1970 - 1970
George Best	2 goals	1971 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1969 - 1970
John Fitzpatrick	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Willie Morgan	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

John Jackson	4 matches	1969 - 1971
John McCormick	4 matches	1969 - 1971
Anthony Taylor	4 matches	1969 - 1971
Gerald Queen	4 matches	1969 - 1971
John Sewell	3 matches	1969 - 1970
David Payne	3 matches	1970 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Tony Dunne	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	5 matches	1969 - 1971
George Best	5 matches	1969 - 1971
Brian Kidd	4 matches	1969 - 1970
Willie Morgan	4 matches	1969 - 1971
David Sadler	4 matches	1969 - 1971