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WBA 5-2 Stoke City - August 26, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 4

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

August 26, 1970

WBA

5 - 2

Stoke City

Tony Brown

Jeff Astle

Hugh Reed

45+45'

John Ritchie

Terry Conroy

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Tony Brown photo Tony Brown

0' - Goal Tony Brown photo Jeff Astle

0' - Goal Jeff Astle photo Jeff Astle

0' - Goal Jeff Astle0

0' - Goal John Ritchie photo Terry Conroy

0' - Goal Terry Conroy

46' - Substitution Len Cantellois substituted by Hugh Reed46

90' - Goal Hugh Reed90

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

logo Stoke City SC

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

WBA

5 - 2

Stoke City

WBA Stoke City

Team line-ups

WBA

Cumbes

James Cumbes

England

B.date04/05/1944

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age17 years

positionCentral defender

Merrick

Alan Merrick

United States

B.date20/06/1950

Age20 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age21 years

positionDefender

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Cantello45+1

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Hughes

Lyndon Hughes

England

B.date16/09/1950

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Brown00

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Astle00

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age28 years

positionForward

Hope

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	James Cumbes		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		17	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Merrick		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett		21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut		29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson		23	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	45+1	18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lyndon Hughes		19	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		24	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle		28	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope		26	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age32 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Pejic

Mike Pejic

England

B.date25/01/1950

Age20 years

positionDefender

Marsh

John Marsh

England

B.date31/05/1948

Age22 years

positionFull-back

Stevenson

Willie Stevenson

Scotland

B.date26/10/1939

Age30 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Bernard

Mike Bernard

England

B.date10/01/1948

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Bloor

Alan Bloor

England

B.date16/03/1943

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Ritchie0

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age29 years

positionForward

Conroy0

Terry Conroy

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/10/1946

Age23 years

positionForward

Dobing

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age31 years

positionForward

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age24 years

positionStriker

Burrows

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age29 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks	32	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Pejic	20	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Marsh	22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson	30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Bernard	22	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Bloor	27	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie	29	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Conroy	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing	31	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows	29	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Hugh Reed	9045+1	20	6	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

James Cumbes

John Osborne

OUT

Ray Wilson

Hugh Reed

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Willie Stevenson

George Eastham

OUT

Terry Conroy

Denis Smith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

165

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Ashman vs Stoke City

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1970

Ashman vs Waddington

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1970

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

487

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Waddington vs WBA

5 victories

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1970

Waddington vs Ashman

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1970

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Stoke City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 04/04/1970).

End of streak for WBA after 5 consecutive matches without a win (since 08/04/1970).

WBA keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 18/08/1970).

Read the next 3 key stats

General ranking

	7	Chelsea	5 pts	4 rd
	8	Tottenham	4 pts	4 rd
+8	9	West Bromwich Albion	4 pts	4 rd
	10	Crystal Palace	4 pts	4 rd
	11	Huddersfield Town	4 pts	4 rd

General ranking

-3	12	Coventry	4 pts	4 rd
+3	13	Everton	3 pts	4 rd
-2	14	Stoke City	3 pts	4 rd
+4	15	Newcastle United	3 pts	4 rd
-3	16	West Ham	3 pts	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Wolverhampton28/02/1970

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Newcastle United14/03/1970

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Tottenham28/03/1970

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Chelsea30/03/1970

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Nottingham Forest04/04/1970

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Crystal Palace15/08/1970

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Nottingham Forest04/04/1970

LManchester United 7-0 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1970

LStoke City 3-2 West Bromwich Albion15/04/1970

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Crystal Palace15/08/1970

DNottingham Forest 3-3 West Bromwich Albion18/08/1970

LBlackpool 3-1 West Bromwich Albion22/08/1970

Current form

Away

DIpswich Town 1-1 Stoke City07/03/1970

LChelsea 1-0 Stoke City17/03/1970

LNewcastle United 3-1 Stoke City21/03/1970

DBurnley 1-1 Stoke City27/03/1970

VCoventry 0-3 Stoke City04/04/1970

LDerby County 2-0 Stoke City22/08/1970

Overall

VCoventry 0-3 Stoke City04/04/1970

LStoke City 1-2 Chelsea13/04/1970

VStoke City 3-2 West Bromwich Albion15/04/1970

DStoke City 0-0 Ipswich Town15/08/1970

VStoke City 3-0 Newcastle United19/08/1970

LDerby County 2-0 Stoke City22/08/1970

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	11	0
Winless streak	1	5
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

17	General ranking (Competition total)	12
20	General ranking (Home / Away)	21

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

	Tony Brown	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	John Ritchie
	Jeff Astle	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	John Ritchie

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

21 v

5 d

11 l

80 gf

47 ga

Away

36 matches

7 v

12 d

17 l

40 gf

72 ga

Total

73 matches

28 v

17 d

28 l

120 gf

119 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

17 v

12 d

7 l

72 gf

40 ga

Away

37 matches

11 v

5 d

21 l

47 gf

80 ga

Total

73 matches

28 v

17 d

28 l

119 gf

120 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 18, 1965
Home	6 - 2	September 18, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 3	February 04, 1937
Away	3 - 1	September 17, 1969

Latest head to head

April 15, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Stoke City

3 - 2

WBA

September 17, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

WBA

1 - 3

Stoke City logo Stoke City

February 01, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Stoke City

1 - 1

WBA

November 16, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

WBA

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

March 13, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

WBA

3 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Jeff Astle	6 goals	1967 - 1970
Bobby Cram	4 goals	1964 - 1965
John Kaye	4 goals	1964 - 1965
Ken Foggo	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Tony Brown	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Colin Suggett	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

John Ritchie	7 goals	1963 - 1970
Peter Dobing	4 goals	1963 - 1968
Dennis Viollet	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Calvin Palmer	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Jimmy Greenhoff	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Royston Vernon	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Doug Fraser	13 matches	1963 - 1970
Jeff Astle	11 matches	1965 - 1970
Tony Brown	11 matches	1963 - 1970
Bobby Hope	10 matches	1964 - 1970
John Kaye	10 matches	1964 - 1969
Clive Clark	9 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Peter Dobing	14 matches	1963 - 1970
Eric Skeels	12 matches	1963 - 1969
Alan Bloor	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Harry Burrows	10 matches	1965 - 1970
Calvin Palmer	9 matches	1963 - 1967
John Ritchie	8 matches	1963 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Maurice Setters

61 matches

87 matches

1958 - 1967

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Maurice Setters

61 matches

87 matches

1958 - 1967

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+21	Leeds United	8	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7
+22	Manchester City	6	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
-13	Liverpool	6	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5
-34	Arsenal	6	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5
5	Derby County	6	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5
6	Nottingham Forest	5	4	1	3	0	6	4	+2
7	Chelsea	5	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1
8	Tottenham	4	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
+89	West Bromwich Albion	4	4	1	2	1	9	8	+1
10	Crystal Palace	4	4	1	2	1	2	2	0
11	Huddersfield Town	4	4	2	0	2	6	6	0
-312	Coventry	4	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
+313	Everton	3	4	0	3	1	7	8	-1
-214	Stoke City	3	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2
+415	Newcastle United	3	4	1	1	2	4	7	-3
-316	West Ham	3	4	0	3	1	4	7	-3
-317	Blackpool	3	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3
-318	Manchester United	3	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3
-119	Wolverhampton	2	4	1	0	3	5	10	-5
+120	Southampton	2	4	0	2	2	2	5	-3
-121	Burnley	2	4	0	2	2	2	5	-3
22	Ipswich Town	2	4	0	2	2	0	4	-4

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WBA 5-2 Stoke City - August 26, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

WBA

5 - 2

Stoke City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Ashman vs Stoke City

Ashman vs Waddington

Manager

Waddington vs WBA

Waddington vs Ashman

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Best historical scorers against WBA

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Players with most games played vs WBA

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking