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Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea - February 20, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 29

Victoria Ground - Stoke-on-Trent - England

February 20, 1971

26 959

Stoke City

1 - 2

Chelsea

Terry Conroy

Derek Smethurst

Ian Hutchinson

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0' - Goal Terry Conroy0

0' - Goal Derek Smethurst photo Ian Hutchinson

0' - Goal Ian Hutchinson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

1 - 2

Chelsea

Stoke City Chelsea

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age33 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Pejic

Mike Pejic

England

B.date25/01/1950

Age21 years

positionDefender

Denis Smith

England

B.date19/11/1947

Age23 years

positionDefender

Jump

Stewart Jump

England

B.date27/01/1952

Age19 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Skeels

Eric Skeels

England

B.date27/10/1939

Age31 years

positionDefender

Marsh

John Marsh

England

B.date31/05/1948

Age22 years

positionFull-back

Haslegrave

Sean Haslegrave

England

B.date07/06/1951

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Bernard

Mike Bernard

England

B.date10/01/1948

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Terry Smith

England

B.date10/09/1951

Age19 years

positionForward

Burrows

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age29 years

positionWinger

Conroy0

Terry Conroy

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/10/1946

Age24 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks	33	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Pejic	21	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Smith	23	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Jump	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Skeels	31	284	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Marsh	22	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Haslegrave	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Bernard	23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Smith	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows	29	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Conroy	24	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Phillips

John Phillips

Wales

B.date07/07/1951

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age24 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age30 years

positionDefender

Dempsey

John Dempsey

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/03/1946

Age24 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age26 years

positionDefender

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Smethurst0

Derek Smethurst

South Africa

B.date24/10/1947

Age23 years

positionForward

Hutchinson0

Ian Hutchinson

England

B.date04/08/1948

Age22 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Phillips	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	24	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb	24	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	30	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Dempsey	24	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	26	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson	19	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	28	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Smethurst	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Hutchinson	22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

151

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Keith Weller

Peter Houseman

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

520

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Waddington vs Chelsea

4 victories

5 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 1971

Waddington vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

187

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Sexton vs Stoke City

7 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 1971

Sexton vs Waddington

7 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 1971

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Stoke City keeps its 6 consecutive losses vs Chelsea running (since 12/02/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/02/1965 (2 matches)

End of streak for Stoke City after 3 consecutive wins at home in Premier League (since 19/12/1970).

Stoke City keeps its 3 1-2 vs Chelsea running (since 13/04/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

+2	9	Coventry	30 pts	29 rd
-1	10	Crystal Palace	29 pts	29 rd
-1	11	Stoke City	28 pts	29 rd
	12	Everton	28 pts	29 rd
+1	13	Manchester United	28 pts	28 rd

General ranking

1	Leeds United	45 pts	29 rd
2	Arsenal	42 pts	28 rd
3	Chelsea	38 pts	30 rd
4	Wolverhampton	36 pts	29 rd
5	Liverpool	35 pts	29 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VStoke City 2-1 Millwall02/01/1971

VStoke City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion16/01/1971

DStoke City 3-3 Huddersfield Town23/01/1971

VStoke City 2-1 Coventry06/02/1971

VStoke City 1-0 Huddersfield Town08/02/1971

DStoke City 0-0 Ipswich Town13/02/1971

Overall

DHuddersfield Town 0-0 Stoke City26/01/1971

LSouthampton 2-1 Stoke City30/01/1971

VStoke City 2-1 Coventry06/02/1971

VStoke City 1-0 Huddersfield Town08/02/1971

DStoke City 0-0 Ipswich Town13/02/1971

VIpswich Town 0-1 Stoke City16/02/1971

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Chelsea12/12/1970

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Chelsea02/01/1971

DCrystal Palace 0-0 Chelsea13/01/1971

LEverton 3-0 Chelsea16/01/1971

VNewcastle United 0-1 Chelsea06/02/1971

LWolverhampton 1-0 Chelsea13/02/1971

Overall

LEverton 3-0 Chelsea16/01/1971

LChelsea 0-3 Manchester City23/01/1971

VChelsea 4-1 West Bromwich Albion30/01/1971

VNewcastle United 0-1 Chelsea06/02/1971

LWolverhampton 1-0 Chelsea13/02/1971

VChelsea 2-0 Nottingham Forest17/02/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	20	4
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	3
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
9	Victories (Competition total)	13
8	Victories (Home / Away)	5
10	Draws (Competition total)	10
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
9	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.21	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.34
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.93
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
0.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 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

Terry Conroy	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Keith Weller
John Ritchie	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Keith Weller
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	John Hollins

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

14 v

5 d

8 l

48 gf

28 ga

Away

30 matches

5 v

8 d

17 l

38 gf

54 ga

Total

57 matches

19 v

13 d

25 l

86 gf

82 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

17 v

8 d

5 l

54 gf

38 ga

Away

27 matches

8 v

5 d

14 l

28 gf

48 ga

Total

57 matches

25 v

13 d

19 l

82 gf

86 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 15, 1947
Home	6 - 1	February 15, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 17, 1964
Away	3 - 1	April 17, 1926

Latest head to head

November 21, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Chelsea

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

April 13, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Stoke City

1 - 2

Chelsea

March 17, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Chelsea

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

March 05, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Chelsea

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

February 12, 1969 - FA Cup 1968/1969

Chelsea

3 - 2

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Peter Dobing	5 goals	1964 - 1969
Dennis Viollet	3 goals	1965 - 1965
Harry Burrows	2 goals	1967 - 1969
David Herd	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Calvin Palmer	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Maurice Setters	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Peter Osgood	4 goals	1967 - 1970
Robert Tambling	3 goals	1964 - 1967
George Graham	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Bert Murray	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Alan Birchenall	2 goals	1968 - 1969
Charlie Cooke	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Eric Skeels	14 matches	1963 - 1970
Peter Dobing	13 matches	1963 - 1970
Harry Burrows	12 matches	1965 - 1970
Alan Bloor	12 matches	1964 - 1970
Calvin Palmer	9 matches	1963 - 1968
Anthony Allen	8 matches	1963 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Ron Harris	15 matches	1963 - 1970
John Hollins	14 matches	1964 - 1970
Peter Bonetti	14 matches	1963 - 1970
Robert Tambling	12 matches	1963 - 1970
Marvin Hinton	11 matches	1964 - 1970
Eddie McCreadie	9 matches	1963 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 20, 1971

Arsenal

3 2

Ipswich Town

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leeds United	45	29	19	7	3	50	20	+30
2	Arsenal	42	28	18	6	4	51	23	+28
3	Chelsea	38	30	14	10	6	41	33	+8
4	Wolverhampton	36	29	15	6	8	48	44	+4
5	Liverpool	35	29	11	13	5	29	16	+13
6	Tottenham	33	28	12	9	7	41	27	+14
+17	Manchester City	32	28	11	10	7	36	25	+11
-18	Southampton	32	29	12	8	9	39	32	+7
+29	Coventry	30	29	12	6	11	27	28	-1
-110	Crystal Palace	29	29	10	9	10	27	26	+1
-111	Stoke City	28	29	9	10	10	35	35	0
12	Everton	28	29	9	10	10	40	41	-1
+113	Manchester United	28	28	9	10	9	40	43	-3
-114	Newcastle United	28	29	10	8	11	30	34	-4
15	Derby County	27	28	10	7	11	39	39	0
16	West Bromwich Albion	26	29	8	10	11	43	52	-9
17	Huddersfield Town	23	29	6	11	12	27	38	-11
18	Ipswich Town	21	27	8	5	14	25	28	-3
19	Nottingham Forest	21	27	7	7	13	25	37	-12
20	West Ham	18	28	4	10	14	33	48	-15
21	Blackpool	14	29	3	8	18	24	52	-28
22	Burnley	14	28	2	10	16	19	48	-29

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Stoke City 1-2 Chelsea - February 20, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

Stoke City

1 - 2

Chelsea

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

Waddington vs Chelsea

Waddington vs Sexton

Manager

Sexton vs Stoke City

Sexton vs Waddington

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 Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking