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Arsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton - December 12, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 21

Highbury - London - England

December 12, 1970

38 816

Arsenal

2 - 1

Wolverhampton

George Graham

John Radford

Derek Dougan

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0' - Goal George Graham photo John Radford

0' - Goal John Radford0

0' - Goal Derek Dougan

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46' - Substitution Les Wilsonis substituted by John Richards

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Wolverhampton

Arsenal Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age30 years

positionRight central defender

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Rice

Pat Rice

Northern Ireland

B.date17/03/1949

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sammels

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Graham0

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Radford0

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	29	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	25	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	30	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	27	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Rice	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	25	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels	25	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham	26	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy	19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	26	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	23	216	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

168

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Wilson46

Les Wilson

England

B.date10/07/1947

Age23 years

positionDefender

Shaw

Bernard Shaw

England

B.date14/03/1945

Age25 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Munro

Frank Munro

Scotland

B.date25/10/1947

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

McCalliog

Jim McCalliog

Scotland

B.date23/09/1946

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Gould

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age24 years

positionStriker

Curran

Hugh Curran

Scotland

B.date25/09/1943

Age27 years

positionForward

Dougan0

Derek Dougan

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1938

Age32 years

positionForward

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age27 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes		23	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Les Wilson	46	23	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernard Shaw		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Munro		23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		22	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McCalliog		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hugh Curran		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Dougan		32	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe		27	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Richards	46	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Derek Parkin

Gerry Taylor

OUT

Derek Dougan

Kenny Hibbitt

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

249

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Mee vs Wolverhampton

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

Mee vs McGarry

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McGarry vs Arsenal

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

McGarry vs Mee

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 12, 1970

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 matches without conceding any goal (since 21/11/1970). It was the best streak for the club since 14/12/1968-11/01/1969 (6 matches).

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bertie Mee has done less than 1.47 goals scored per game .

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bill McGarry has done less than 1.34 goals scored per game .

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

	1	Leeds United	35 pts	22 rd
	2	Arsenal	33 pts	21 rd
	3	Tottenham	27 pts	21 rd
	4	Chelsea	27 pts	21 rd
+2	5	Liverpool	24 pts	20 rd

General ranking

+3	6	Manchester City	24 pts	20 rd
-1	7	Crystal Palace	24 pts	21 rd
-3	8	Wolverhampton	24 pts	21 rd
-1	9	Southampton	22 pts	21 rd
+1	10	Newcastle United	22 pts	21 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-0 Derby County31/10/1970

VArsenal 2-0 Sturm Graz04/11/1970

LArsenal 0-2 Crystal Palace09/11/1970

DArsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace14/11/1970

VArsenal 2-0 Liverpool28/11/1970

VArsenal 4-0 KSK Beveren02/12/1970

Overall

LArsenal 0-2 Crystal Palace09/11/1970

DArsenal 1-1 Crystal Palace14/11/1970

VIpswich Town 0-1 Arsenal21/11/1970

VArsenal 2-0 Liverpool28/11/1970

VArsenal 4-0 KSK Beveren02/12/1970

VManchester City 0-2 Arsenal05/12/1970

Current form

Away

DChelsea 2-2 Wolverhampton12/09/1970

VBurnley 2-3 Wolverhampton26/09/1970

VSouthampton 1-2 Wolverhampton10/10/1970

LLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton31/10/1970

DWest Ham 3-3 Wolverhampton14/11/1970

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton28/11/1970

Overall

LLiverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton31/10/1970

VWolverhampton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion07/11/1970

DWest Ham 3-3 Wolverhampton14/11/1970

LWolverhampton 2-3 Leeds United21/11/1970

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton28/11/1970

VWolverhampton 1-0 Blackpool05/12/1970

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	9	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	5
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
13	Victories (Competition total)	10
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	38
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.95	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.8
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.85
0.3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
4-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (2 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

John Radford	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Bobby Gould
Ray Kennedy	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Hugh Curran
John Radford	6 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 15 matches	Bobby Gould

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

20 v

10 d

6 l

88 gf

52 ga

Away

36 matches

12 v

9 d

15 l

54 gf

68 ga

Total

72 matches

32 v

19 d

21 l

142 gf

120 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

15 v

9 d

12 l

68 gf

54 ga

Away

36 matches

6 v

10 d

20 l

52 gf

88 ga

Total

72 matches

21 v

19 d

32 l

120 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	December 01, 1934
Home	7 - 0	December 01, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 07, 1959
Away	5 - 1	April 22, 1961

Latest head to head

March 28, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Arsenal

2 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

November 15, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Wolverhampton

2 - 0

Arsenal

April 07, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Arsenal

3 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

August 21, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Wolverhampton

0 - 0

Arsenal

March 16, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Arsenal

0 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Geoff Strong	5 goals	1962 - 1963
David Herd	4 goals	1959 - 1960
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1934
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1970
Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965
John Radford	3 goals	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Jimmy Murray	5 goals	1959 - 1963
Norman Deeley	5 goals	1959 - 1960
Peter Broadbent	4 goals	1959 - 1962
Ted Farmer	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Jesse Pye	3 goals	1946 - 1946
Christopher Crowe	3 goals	1962 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Geoff Strong	9 matches	1960 - 1964
Terry Neill	9 matches	1961 - 1969
John Barnwell	9 matches	1959 - 1963
Billy McCullough	9 matches	1960 - 1964
George Armstrong	8 matches	1963 - 1969
George Eastham	8 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ronald Flowers	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Peter Broadbent	10 matches	1958 - 1964
Robert Thomson	10 matches	1962 - 1968
Jimmy Murray	9 matches	1959 - 1963
Terry Wharton	9 matches	1961 - 1967
Gerry Harris	9 matches	1958 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jackie Henderson

103 matches

8 matches

1958 - 1961

Bobby Gould

67 matches

18 matches

1968 - 1970

Eddie Clamp

21 matches

134 matches

1954 - 1962

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Eddie Clamp

21 matches

134 matches

1954 - 1962

Bobby Gould

67 matches

18 matches

1968 - 1970

Jackie Henderson

103 matches

8 matches

1958 - 1961

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1954. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 12, 1970

WBA

3 1

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leeds United	35	22	14	7	1	37	15	+22
2	Arsenal	33	21	14	5	2	41	16	+25
3	Tottenham	27	21	10	7	4	33	17	+16
4	Chelsea	27	21	9	9	3	29	24	+5
+25	Liverpool	24	20	8	8	4	23	13	+10
+36	Manchester City	24	20	9	6	5	27	18	+9
-17	Crystal Palace	24	21	8	8	5	23	18	+5
-38	Wolverhampton	24	21	10	4	7	39	39	0
-19	Southampton	22	21	8	6	7	27	21	+6
+110	Newcastle United	22	21	8	6	7	24	24	0
-111	Coventry	22	21	9	4	8	20	20	0
12	Everton	21	21	7	7	7	30	31	-1
+413	West Bromwich Albion	19	21	6	7	8	35	40	-5
-114	Stoke City	19	22	5	9	8	26	30	-4
+115	Derby County	18	21	6	6	9	27	31	-4
-216	Manchester United	18	21	5	8	8	23	31	-8
-217	Huddersfield Town	18	21	5	8	8	20	28	-8
18	Ipswich Town	17	21	6	5	10	20	21	-1
19	West Ham	15	21	3	9	9	28	36	-8
20	Nottingham Forest	13	21	3	7	11	19	33	-14
+121	Blackpool	10	21	3	4	14	16	38	-22
-122	Burnley	10	21	2	6	13	14	37	-23

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Arsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton - December 12, 1970 / Division 1 1970/1971

Arsenal

2 - 1

Wolverhampton

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

Mee vs Wolverhampton

Mee vs McGarry

Manager

McGarry vs Arsenal

McGarry vs Mee

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 Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking