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Newcastle United 2-1 Arsenal - January 18, 1969 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 28

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

January 18, 1969

2 - 1

Arsenal

Bryan Robson

Wyn Davies

Bobby Gould

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0' - Goal Bryan Robson photo Wyn Davies

0' - Goal Wyn Davies0

0' - Goal Bobby Gould

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46' - Substitution Ron Guthrieis substituted by Dave Elliott46

46' - Substitution George Grahamis substituted by Jimmy Robertson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Arsenal

Newcastle United Arsenal

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

McFaul

Willie McFaul

Northern Ireland

B.date01/10/1943

Age25 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Clark

Frank Clark

England

B.date09/09/1943

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Burton

Alwyn Burton

Wales

B.date11/11/1941

Age27 years

positionDefender

Moncur

Bobby Moncur

Scotland

B.date19/01/1945

Age23 years

positionDefender

Guthrie46

Ron Guthrie

England

B.date19/04/1944

Age24 years

positionFull-back

Gibb

Tommy Gibb

England

B.date13/12/1944

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Dyson

Keith Dyson

England

B.date10/02/1950

Age18 years

positionForward

Scott

Jim Scott

Scotland

B.date21/08/1940

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Robson0

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/11/1945

Age23 years

positionStriker

Foggon

Alan Foggon

England

B.date23/02/1950

Age18 years

H1m75

positionForward

Davies0

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Willie McFaul		25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Clark		25	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alwyn Burton		27	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moncur		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Guthrie	46	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Gibb		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Dyson		18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jim Scott		28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Robson		23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Foggon		18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies		26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age29 years

positionRight central defender

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age23 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Graham46

George Graham

Scotland

B.date30/11/1944

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Ure

Ian Ure

Scotland

B.date07/12/1939

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Sammels

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

Radford

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age21 years

positionStriker

Gould0

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age22 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson		24	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock		29	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab		25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey		23	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Graham	46	24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Ure		29	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels		23	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong		24	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford		21	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould		22	40	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
	M		Dave Elliott	46	23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Jimmy Robertson	46	24	7	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

George Graham

David Court

OUT

Ian Ure

Terry Neill

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Harvey

304

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Harvey vs Arsenal

4 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 1969

Harvey vs Mee

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 1969

Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

139

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Mee vs Newcastle United

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 1969

Mee vs Harvey

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 1969

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Key figures

It's the first time Bryan Robson scores a goal vs Newcastle United in his professional career since the 30/09/1967 (with vs )

Joe Harvey has registered 250 goal(s) conceded since the 01/07/1962 as the manager of Newcastle United next after this match..

Newcastle United keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Arsenal at home running (since 02/10/1965). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/01/1913-01/09/1923 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 1-0 Manchester City16/11/1968

VNewcastle United 1-0 Sporting CP20/11/1968

VNewcastle United 4-1 Southampton30/11/1968

VNewcastle United 2-1 Ipswich Town14/12/1968

VNewcastle United 4-0 Reading04/01/1969

VNewcastle United 2-1 Real Zaragoza15/01/1969

Overall

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Newcastle United21/12/1968

LLeeds United 2-1 Newcastle United26/12/1968

LReal Zaragoza 3-2 Newcastle United01/01/1969

VNewcastle United 4-0 Reading04/01/1969

LLeicester 2-1 Newcastle United11/01/1969

VNewcastle United 2-1 Real Zaragoza15/01/1969

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Arsenal19/10/1968

VNottingham Forest 0-2 Arsenal16/11/1968

VBurnley 0-1 Arsenal30/11/1968

DTottenham 1-1 Arsenal04/12/1968

VCoventry 0-1 Arsenal14/12/1968

DCardiff City 0-0 Arsenal04/01/1969

Overall

VCoventry 0-1 Arsenal14/12/1968

VArsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion21/12/1968

VArsenal 3-0 Manchester United26/12/1968

DCardiff City 0-0 Arsenal04/01/1969

VArsenal 2-0 Cardiff City07/01/1969

VArsenal 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday11/01/1969

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Drawless streak	6	5
Scoring streak	6	7
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	5	9
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	2	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
7	Victories (Competition total)	15
5	Victories (Home / Away)	6
9	Draws (Competition total)	7
5	Draws (Home / Away)	3
10	Losses (Competition total)	3
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.35	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.36
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.46	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.52
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.64

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (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

Bryan Robson	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	John Radford
Bryan Robson	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	John Radford
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Terry Neill
Bryan Robson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 8 matches	John Radford

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

30 v

10 d

8 l

110 gf

58 ga

Away

47 matches

16 v

10 d

21 l

57 gf

75 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

96 matches

47 v

20 d

29 l

168 gf

133 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

21 v

10 d

16 l

75 gf

57 ga

Away

48 matches

8 v

10 d

30 l

58 gf

110 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

96 matches

29 v

20 d

47 l

133 gf

168 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 03, 1925
Home	7 - 0	October 03, 1925

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 17, 1960
Away	3 - 0	October 29, 1949

Latest head to head

November 09, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Arsenal

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

February 10, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Arsenal

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

September 30, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Arsenal

February 25, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Arsenal

October 08, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Arsenal

2 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Bryan Robson	3 goals	1966 - 1967
Len White	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Wyn Davies	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Ivor Allchurch	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Dave Hilley	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Alan Suddick	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

David Herd	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1960 - 1961
George Graham	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Michael Boot	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Frank McLintock	1 goal	1965 - 1965
George Eastham	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Bobby Moncur	7 matches	1965 - 1968
Dave Craig	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Bryan Robson	6 matches	1966 - 1968
Frank Clark	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Gordon Marshall	5 matches	1966 - 1968
Ivor Allchurch	4 matches	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/12/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

George Armstrong	7 matches	1965 - 1968
Jon Sammels	7 matches	1965 - 1968
Jim Furnell	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Peter Simpson	6 matches	1965 - 1968
Peter Storey	6 matches	1966 - 1968
Ian Ure	6 matches	1965 - 1968