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WBA 2-1 Man United - January 29, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 27

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

January 29, 1972

WBA

2 - 1

Man United

Jeff Astle

Bobby Gould

24'

Brian Kidd

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0' - Goal Jeff Astle photo Bobby Gould

0' - Goal Bobby Gould0

24' - Goal Brian Kidd

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

2 - 1

Man United

WBA Man United

Team line-ups

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Nisbet

Gordon Nisbet

England

B.date18/09/1951

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Brown

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Astle0

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age29 years

positionForward

Gould0

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age25 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne	31	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	23	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson	24	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Nisbet	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford	21	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	20	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	26	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle	29	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age25 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

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Burns

Francis Burns

Scotland

B.date17/10/1948

Age23 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

Kidd24

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		29	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		25	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy O'Neil		19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		30	481	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Burns		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James		22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		34	699	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	24	22	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		31	375	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		25	416	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		27	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

285

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jeff Astle

George McVitie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian Kidd

Sammy McIlroy

OUT

Tony Dunne

Paul Edwards

OUT

Steve James

Alan Gowling

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

21 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

21 %

Howe vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

Howe vs O'Farrell

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank O'Farrell

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

O'Farrell vs WBA

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

O'Farrell vs Howe

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 1972

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Bobby Gould scores 1 goal vs Manchester United in his professional career with West Bromwich Albion

WBA keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw vs Man United running (since 20/08/1966). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/10/1905 (8 matches)

End of streak for WBA after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 08/01/1972). It was the best streak for the club since 16/10/1971-18/12/1971 (10 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Stoke City06/11/1971

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-3 Wolverhampton27/11/1971

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-3 Newcastle United11/12/1971

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool27/12/1971

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Sheffield United08/01/1972

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Coventry15/01/1972

Overall

LArsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion18/12/1971

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool27/12/1971

VIpswich Town 2-3 West Bromwich Albion01/01/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Sheffield United08/01/1972

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Coventry15/01/1972

LEverton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion22/01/1972

Current form

Away

LStoke City 2-1 Manchester United15/11/1971

VSouthampton 2-5 Manchester United27/11/1971

DStoke City 1-1 Manchester United11/12/1971

DIpswich Town 0-0 Manchester United18/12/1971

LWest Ham 3-0 Manchester United01/01/1972

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester United15/01/1972

Overall

DManchester United 2-2 Coventry27/12/1971

LWest Ham 3-0 Manchester United01/01/1972

LManchester United 1-3 Wolverhampton08/01/1972

DSouthampton 1-1 Manchester United15/01/1972

VManchester United 4-1 Southampton19/01/1972

LManchester United 0-1 Chelsea22/01/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
5	Victories (Competition total)	14
2	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	6
15	Losses (Competition total)	5
7	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
0.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.92
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.85
1.46	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.31
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 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

Tony Brown	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	George Best
Tony Brown	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	George Best
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Willie Morgan
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Willie Morgan
Tony Brown	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 10 matches	Denis Law

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

18 v

11 d

10 l

74 gf

58 ga

Away

40 matches

11 v

10 d

19 l

59 gf

81 ga

Total

79 matches

29 v

21 d

29 l

133 gf

139 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

19 v

10 d

11 l

81 gf

59 ga

Away

39 matches

10 v

11 d

18 l

58 gf

74 ga

Total

79 matches

29 v

21 d

29 l

139 gf

133 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 08, 1958
Home	5 - 1	December 19, 1925

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 08, 1970
Away	4 - 1	January 18, 1964

Latest head to head

August 23, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Man United

3 - 1

WBA

March 06, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

WBA

4 - 3

Man United

October 24, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Man United

2 - 1

WBA

April 08, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Man United

7 - 0

WBA

October 25, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

WBA

2 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Tony Brown	9 goals	1964 - 1971
Jeff Astle	8 goals	1966 - 1969
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1967
David Burnside	3 goals	1959 - 1959
Clive Clark	3 goals	1966 - 1966
Keith Smith	2 goals	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Denis Law	11 goals	1962 - 1970
George Best	10 goals	1964 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1962 - 1970
David Herd	6 goals	1962 - 1966
Alex Dawson	5 goals	1957 - 1961
Brian Kidd	5 goals	1968 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Bobby Hope	17 matches	1960 - 1971
Graham Williams	15 matches	1960 - 1969
Clive Clark	15 matches	1961 - 1969
Doug Fraser	14 matches	1964 - 1970
Stan Jones	13 matches	1961 - 1966
John Kaye	13 matches	1964 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Bobby Charlton	26 matches	1957 - 1971
Bill Foulkes	23 matches	1956 - 1969
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1962 - 1971
George Best	16 matches	1963 - 1971
Nobby Stiles	15 matches	1960 - 1970
Shay Brennan	15 matches	1959 - 1969