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West Ham 5-2 Coventry - March 14, 1969 / Division 1 1968/1969

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0' - Goal Billy Bonds photo Martin Peters

0' - Goal Martin Peters photo Geoff Hurst

0' - Goal Geoff Hurst photo Geoff Hurst

0' - Goal Geoff Hurst photo John Sissons

0' - Goal John Sissons0

0' - Goal Ernie Machin photo Ernie Hunt

0' - Goal Ernie Hunt

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

5 - 2

Coventry

West Ham Coventry

Team line-ups

West Ham

Ferguson

Bobby Ferguson

Scotland

B.date01/03/1945

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moore

Bobby Moore

England

B.date12/04/1941

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Bonds0

Billy Bonds

England

B.date17/09/1946

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Stephenson

Alan Stephenson

England

B.date26/09/1944

Age24 years

positionDefender

Redknapp

Harry Redknapp

England

B.date02/03/1947

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Boyce

Ronnie Boyce

England

B.date06/01/1943

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Brooking

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Peters0

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age25 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hurst00

Geoff Hurst

England

B.date08/12/1941

Age27 years

H1m81

positionForward

Sissons0

John Sissons

England

B.date30/09/1945

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

Howe

Bobby Howe

England

B.date22/12/1945

Age23 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bobby Ferguson	24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Moore	27	356	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Bonds	22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Stephenson	24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Redknapp	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Boyce	26	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking	20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters	25	282	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Geoff Hurst	27	308	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Sissons	23	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Howe	23	9	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

159

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

Curtis

George Curtis

England

B.date05/05/1939

Age29 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Clements

Dave Clements

Northern Ireland

B.date15/09/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Machin0

Ernie Machin

England

B.date26/04/1944

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Martin

Neil Martin

Scotland

B.date20/10/1940

Age28 years

positionForward

Hunt0

Ernie Hunt

England

B.date17/03/1943

Age25 years

H1m70

positionForward

Hannigan

Ernest Hannigan

Scotland

B.date23/01/1943

Age26 years

positionSecond striker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier	25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Curtis	29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr	19	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Clements	23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Machin	24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Martin	28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernie Hunt	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernest Hannigan	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Jeff Blockley

Brian Hill

OUT

Ernest Hannigan

Trevor Shepherd

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Greenwood

402

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Greenwood vs Coventry

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 14, 1969

Greenwood vs Cantwell

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 14, 1969

Manager

Age

Match num

Noel Cantwell

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Cantwell vs West Ham

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 14, 1969

Cantwell vs Greenwood

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 14, 1969

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Key figures

It's the first time Billy Bonds scores 1 goal vs Coventry in Premier League

No Coventry manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Noel Cantwell has reached 1.58 goals conceded per game .

West Ham keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Coventry at home running (since 04/11/1950). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/09/1948 (2 matches)

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Ham 4-0 Leicester16/11/1968

VWest Ham 2-1 Manchester City30/11/1968

DWest Ham 1-1 Leeds United14/12/1968

VWest Ham 3-2 Bristol City04/01/1969

DWest Ham 1-1 Liverpool22/02/1969

VWest Ham 3-1 Newcastle United01/03/1969

Overall

VHuddersfield Town 0-2 West Ham25/01/1969

DLeicester 1-1 West Ham01/02/1969

DWest Ham 1-1 Liverpool22/02/1969

LMansfield Town 3-0 West Ham26/02/1969

VWest Ham 3-1 Newcastle United01/03/1969

VNottingham Forest 0-1 West Ham08/03/1969

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Coventry07/12/1968

LManchester City 4-2 Coventry21/12/1968

LSouthampton 1-0 Coventry11/01/1969

LEverton 2-0 Coventry25/01/1969

LLeeds United 3-0 Coventry01/02/1969

LChelsea 2-1 Coventry10/03/1969

Overall

LEverton 2-0 Coventry25/01/1969

LLeeds United 3-0 Coventry01/02/1969

VCoventry 5-0 Queens Park Rangers25/02/1969

VCoventry 3-1 Sunderland04/03/1969

VCoventry 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday08/03/1969

LChelsea 2-1 Coventry10/03/1969

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	15	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	8	2
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	1
Winless streak	5	1
Drawless streak	12	15
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
11	Victories (Competition total)	7
8	Victories (Home / Away)	2
13	Draws (Competition total)	6
5	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	17
1	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	47
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.77	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.13
2.64	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.73
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.57
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.93

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (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

Geoff Hurst	21 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Ernie Hunt
Geoff Hurst	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Tony Hateley
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ernie Hunt
Geoff Hurst	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Neil Martin

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

9 v

4 d

2 l

31 gf

9 ga

Away

16 matches

5 v

4 d

7 l

15 gf

23 ga

Total

31 matches

14 v

8 d

9 l

46 gf

32 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

7 v

4 d

5 l

23 gf

15 ga

Away

15 matches

2 v

4 d

9 l

9 gf

31 ga

Total

31 matches

9 v

8 d

14 l

32 gf

46 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	January 01, 1921
Home	7 - 0	January 01, 1921

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 11, 1950
Away	1 - 0	April 10, 1950

Latest head to head

October 01, 1968 - League Cup 1968/1969

Coventry

3 - 2

West Ham

September 25, 1968 - League Cup 1968/1969

West Ham

0 - 0

Coventry

August 24, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

Coventry

1 - 2

West Ham

May 04, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

West Ham

0 - 0

Coventry

December 08, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Coventry

1 - 1

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Martin Peters	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Geoff Hurst	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Trevor Brooking	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Maurice Setters	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Ernie Hunt	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Gerry Baker	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Dave Clements	1 goal	1968 - 1968
John Tudor	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Harry Redknapp	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Bobby Moore	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Ronnie Boyce	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Martin Peters	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Geoff Hurst	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Bobby Ferguson	5 matches	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Billy Glazier	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Dave Clements	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Ernie Machin	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Ernest Hannigan	5 matches	1967 - 1968
Dietmar Bruck	4 matches	1967 - 1968
Brian Hill	4 matches	1968 - 1968