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Chelsea 3-1 WBA - August 17, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 3

Stamford Bridge - London - England

August 17, 1968

Chelsea

3 - 1

WBA

Tommy Baldwin

Robert Tambling

54'

Tony Brown

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0' - Goal Tommy Baldwin photo Tommy Baldwin

0' - Goal Tommy Baldwin photo Robert Tambling

0' - Goal Robert Tambling0

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54' - Goal Tony Brown

80' - Substitution Graham Williamsis substituted by Ray Wilson

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Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age26 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age23 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Baldwin00

Tommy Baldwin

England

B.date10/06/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Birchenall

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Boyle

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Tambling0

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age26 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti	26	321	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	22	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	23	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	28	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Baldwin	23	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle	21	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	25	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood	21	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	26	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

157

WBA

Sheppard

Dick Sheppard

England

B.date14/02/1945

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Williams80

Graham Williams

Wales

B.date02/04/1938

Age30 years

positionDefender

Fraser

Doug Fraser

Scotland

B.date08/12/1941

Age26 years

positionDefender

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Kaye

John Kaye

England

B.date03/03/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Collard

Ian Collard

England

B.date31/08/1947

Age20 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Brown54

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age22 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Astle

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age26 years

positionForward

Krzywicki

Dick Krzywicki

Wales

B.date02/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m78

positionForward

Hope

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Rees

Ronnie Rees

Wales

B.date04/04/1944

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dick Sheppard		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Williams	80	30	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Fraser		26	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kaye		28	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Collard		20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	54	22	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle		26	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dick Krzywicki		21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope		24	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronnie Rees		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

122

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ray Wilson	80	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Charlie Cooke

Peter Houseman

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Sexton vs WBA

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 17, 1968

Sexton vs Ashman

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 17, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ashman vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 17, 1968

Ashman vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 17, 1968

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Comments

Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 13/04/1968).

WBA keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 11/05/1968).

WBA keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 11/05/1968).

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChelsea 2-0 Tottenham13/04/1968

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester City16/04/1968

VChelsea 2-1 Burnley22/04/1968

VChelsea 1-0 Sunderland27/04/1968

VChelsea 1-0 Wolverhampton29/04/1968

DChelsea 1-1 Nottingham Forest14/08/1968

Overall

VChelsea 2-1 Burnley22/04/1968

VChelsea 1-0 Sunderland27/04/1968

VChelsea 1-0 Wolverhampton29/04/1968

LWolverhampton 3-0 Chelsea04/05/1968

VSheffield United 1-2 Chelsea11/05/1968

DChelsea 1-1 Nottingham Forest14/08/1968

Current form

Away

DLiverpool 1-1 West Bromwich Albion08/04/1968

DNewcastle United 2-2 West Bromwich Albion12/04/1968

LLeeds United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion20/04/1968

DSunderland 0-0 West Bromwich Albion04/05/1968

LArsenal 2-1 West Bromwich Albion11/05/1968

LManchester City 6-1 West Bromwich Albion03/08/1968

Overall

DSunderland 0-0 West Bromwich Albion04/05/1968

LArsenal 2-1 West Bromwich Albion11/05/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Everton18/05/1968

LManchester City 6-1 West Bromwich Albion03/08/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday10/08/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Manchester United14/08/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	14	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	6	2
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	7	0
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	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
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

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

Robert Tambling	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Jeff Astle
Robert Tambling	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Robert Tambling	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Jeff Astle

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

15 v

15 d

12 l

77 gf

63 ga

Away

44 matches

14 v

11 d

19 l

47 gf

77 ga

Total

86 matches

29 v

26 d

31 l

124 gf

140 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

19 v

11 d

14 l

77 gf

47 ga

Away

42 matches

12 v

15 d

15 l

63 gf

77 ga

Total

86 matches

31 v

26 d

29 l

140 gf

124 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 03, 1960
Home	7 - 1	December 03, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 14, 1962
Away	3 - 0	December 16, 1967

Latest head to head

December 16, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Chelsea

0 - 3

WBA

August 19, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

WBA

0 - 1

Chelsea

April 10, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Chelsea

0 - 2

WBA

November 12, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

WBA

0 - 1

Chelsea

April 25, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Chelsea

2 - 3

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Jimmy Greaves	8 goals	1957 - 1960
Robert Tambling	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Barry Bridges	5 goals	1961 - 1965
Ron Tindall	3 goals	1957 - 1960
Charlie Livesey	2 goals	1959 - 1959
George Graham	2 goals	1964 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Derek Kevan	6 goals	1958 - 1962
Jeff Astle	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Tony Forrester	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Keith Smith	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Dennis Clarke	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Alec Jackson	2 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Peter Bonetti	13 matches	1960 - 1967
John Mortimore	11 matches	1957 - 1965
Ron Harris	9 matches	1964 - 1967
Robert Tambling	9 matches	1960 - 1967
Frank Blunstone	9 matches	1958 - 1964
Peter Brabrook	8 matches	1957 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Graham Williams	13 matches	1959 - 1967
Stan Jones	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Ray Potter	10 matches	1958 - 1966
Don Howe	9 matches	1958 - 1964
Clive Clark	9 matches	1961 - 1967
Bobby Hope	9 matches	1961 - 1967