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WBA 3-2 Burnley - August 24, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 5

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

August 24, 1968

WBA

3 - 2

Burnley

Ian Collard

Jeff Astle

Frank Casper

Andy Lochhead

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Ian Collard photo Jeff Astle

0' - Goal Jeff Astle photo Jeff Astle

0' - Goal Jeff Astle0

0' - Goal Frank Casper photo Andy Lochhead

0' - Goal Andy Lochhead

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Dave Thomasis substituted by Willie Brown

90' - Substitution Ian Collardis substituted by Ray Wilson90

logo Burnley BUR

Team line-ups

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Kaye

John Kaye

England

B.date03/03/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Williams

Graham Williams

Wales

B.date02/04/1938

Age30 years

positionDefender

Clarke

Dennis Clarke

England

B.date18/01/1948

Age20 years

positionDefender

Collard090

Ian Collard

England

B.date31/08/1947

Age20 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Brown

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age22 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Krzywicki

Dick Krzywicki

Wales

B.date02/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m78

positionForward

Hope

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Astle00

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age26 years

positionForward

Rees

Ronnie Rees

Wales

B.date04/04/1944

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne		27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut		27	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kaye		28	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Williams		30	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Clarke		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Collard	90	20	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		22	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dick Krzywicki		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope		24	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle		26	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronnie Rees		24	15	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

108

Burnley

Thomson

Harry Thomson

Scotland

B.date25/08/1940

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Latcham

Les Latcham

England

B.date22/12/1942

Age25 years

positionDefender

Todd

Sammy Todd

Northern Ireland

B.date22/09/1945

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Fred Smith

England

B.date25/12/1942

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Waldron

Colin Waldron

England

B.date22/06/1948

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Thomas46

Dave Thomas

England

B.date05/10/1950

Age17 years

positionLeft full-back

Coates

Ralph Coates

England

B.date26/04/1946

Age22 years

positionMidfield

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Casper0

Frank Casper

England

B.date09/12/1944

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Lochhead0

Andy Lochhead

Scotland

B.date09/03/1941

Age27 years

positionStriker

Bellamy

Arthur Bellamy

England

B.date05/04/1942

Age26 years

H1m75

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Thomson		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Les Latcham		25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sammy Todd		22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fred Smith		25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Waldron		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Thomas	46	17	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ralph Coates		22	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil		24	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Casper		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Lochhead		27	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arthur Bellamy		26	121	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ray Wilson	90	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Willie Brown	46	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Osborne

Dick Sheppard

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ashman vs Burnley

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1968

Ashman vs Potts

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Potts

520

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Potts vs WBA

12 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on August 24, 1968

Potts vs Ashman

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 24, 1968

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Key figures

Andy Lochhead scored 5 goals vs West Bromwich Albion in Premier League with Burnley

It's the first time Frank Casper scores 1 goal vs West Bromwich Albion in his professional career

It's the first time Andy Lochhead scores a goal vs West Bromwich Albion in his professional career with Burnley since the 31/12/1966 (with Burnley vs West Bromwich Albion )

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Liverpool18/04/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Birmingham City27/04/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 6-3 Manchester United29/04/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 West Ham01/05/1968

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

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

Overall

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

LChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion17/08/1968

DTottenham 1-1 West Bromwich Albion21/08/1968

Current form

Away

LNewcastle United 1-0 Burnley13/04/1968

VLeicester 0-2 Burnley16/04/1968

LChelsea 2-1 Burnley22/04/1968

LArsenal 2-0 Burnley27/04/1968

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Burnley10/08/1968

LEverton 3-0 Burnley13/08/1968

Overall

LBurnley 0-2 Sheffield United04/05/1968

VBurnley 3-0 Leeds United11/05/1968

DNottingham Forest 2-2 Burnley10/08/1968

LEverton 3-0 Burnley13/08/1968

VBurnley 1-0 Newcastle United17/08/1968

VBurnley 3-1 Southampton20/08/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

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

Jeff Astle	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Frank Casper
Jeff Astle	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Frank Casper
Jeff Astle	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Frank Casper

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

26 v

11 d

15 l

111 gf

63 ga

Away

51 matches

18 v

9 d

24 l

64 gf

93 ga

Total

103 matches

44 v

20 d

39 l

175 gf

156 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

24 v

9 d

18 l

93 gf

64 ga

Away

52 matches

15 v

11 d

26 l

63 gf

111 ga

Total

103 matches

39 v

20 d

44 l

156 gf

175 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	November 11, 1967
Home	8 - 1	November 11, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 03, 1953
Away	4 - 1	February 07, 1925

Latest head to head

April 06, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Burnley

0 - 0

WBA

November 11, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

WBA

8 - 1

Burnley

December 31, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Burnley

5 - 1

WBA

August 27, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

WBA

1 - 2

Burnley

March 19, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

WBA

1 - 2

Burnley

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Clive Clark	3 goals	1964 - 1967
Tony Brown	3 goals	1964 - 1967
Keith Smith	2 goals	1962 - 1962
Jeff Astle	2 goals	1966 - 1967
Bobby Hope	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Edmond Colquhoun	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Andy Lochhead	4 goals	1963 - 1966
John Connelly	4 goals	1961 - 1964
Ray Pointer	4 goals	1960 - 1962
Willie Irvine	4 goals	1964 - 1966
Brian O'Neil	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Brian Miller	2 goals	1960 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Clive Clark	15 matches	1961 - 1968
Ray Potter	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Graham Williams	10 matches	1961 - 1967
Bobby Hope	10 matches	1960 - 1967
Stan Jones	10 matches	1961 - 1966
Doug Fraser	10 matches	1963 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

John Angus	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Brian Miller	14 matches	1960 - 1966
Alex Elder	13 matches	1960 - 1966
Adam Blacklaw	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Gordon Harris	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Andy Lochhead	11 matches	1963 - 1968