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Man United 1-0 S Wednesday - March 22, 1969 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 35

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 22, 1969

1 - 0

S Wednesday

George Best

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0' - Goal George Best0

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46' - Substitution Brian Woodallis substituted by Sam Ellis

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

S Wednesday

Man United S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date18/08/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

James

Steve James

England

B.date20/11/1949

Age19 years

positionRight full-back

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age26 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Aston

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Kidd

Brian Kidd

England

B.date29/05/1949

Age19 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age29 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Best0

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney	26	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Fitzpatrick	22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve James	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne	27	366	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles	26	354	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand	30	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston	21	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Kidd	19	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	29	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	22	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

186

S Wednesday

Springett

Peter Springett

England

B.date08/05/1946

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Mobley

Vic Mobley

England

B.date11/10/1943

Age25 years

positionDefender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Burton

Kenneth Burton

England

B.date11/02/1950

Age19 years

positionDefender

McCalliog

Jim McCalliog

Scotland

B.date23/09/1946

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Pugh

Graham Pugh

England

B.date12/02/1948

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Young

Gerry Young

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age32 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Eustace

Peter Eustace

England

B.date31/07/1944

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Irvine

Archibald Irvine

Scotland

B.date25/06/1946

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Woodall46

Brian Woodall

England

B.date06/06/1948

Age20 years

positionForward

Fantham

John Fantham

England

B.date06/02/1939

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Springett		22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vic Mobley		25	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith		22	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenneth Burton		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McCalliog		22	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Pugh		21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Young		32	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Eustace		24	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archibald Irvine		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Woodall	46	20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Fantham		30	343	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

127

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Sam Ellis	46	22	107	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

Brian Woodall

John Ritchie

OUT

Peter Eustace

David Ford

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

1130

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs S Wednesday

17 victories

10 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on March 22, 1969

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Key figures

It's the first time George Best scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 31/08/1968 (with vs )

Man United keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Premier League running (since 30/11/1968). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/09/1967-28/08/1968 time period (22 matches).

George Best scored 5 goals vs Sheffield Wednesday in Premier League with

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 1-1 Watford25/01/1969

VManchester United 6-2 Birmingham City24/02/1969

VManchester United 3-0 Rapid Vienne26/02/1969

LManchester United 0-1 Everton01/03/1969

LManchester United 0-1 Manchester City08/03/1969

VManchester United 8-1 Queens Park Rangers19/03/1969

Overall

LManchester United 0-1 Everton01/03/1969

DRapid Vienne 0-0 Manchester United05/03/1969

LManchester United 0-1 Manchester City08/03/1969

DEverton 0-0 Manchester United10/03/1969

LChelsea 3-2 Manchester United15/03/1969

VManchester United 8-1 Queens Park Rangers19/03/1969

Current form

Away

DSunderland 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/12/1968

VLeeds United 1-3 Sheffield Wednesday08/01/1969

LArsenal 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday11/01/1969

LBirmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/01/1969

LLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday01/02/1969

LCoventry 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday08/03/1969

Overall

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Birmingham City25/01/1969

LBirmingham City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/01/1969

LLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday01/02/1969

LSheffield Wednesday 0-5 Arsenal01/03/1969

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 West Bromwich Albion05/03/1969

LCoventry 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday08/03/1969

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	1
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	5	5
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
9	Victories (Competition total)	10
8	Victories (Home / Away)	3
10	Draws (Competition total)	11
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
13	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.34	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.73	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.69
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.23
0.87	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.19

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-0 (3 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

Denis Law	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Jack Whitham
George Best	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Jack Whitham
Willie Morgan	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Vic Mobley

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

27 v

9 d

6 l

81 gf

44 ga

Away

42 matches

9 v

9 d

24 l

50 gf

77 ga

Total

84 matches

36 v

18 d

30 l

131 gf

121 ga

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

24 v

9 d

9 l

77 gf

50 ga

Away

42 matches

6 v

9 d

27 l

44 gf

81 ga

Total

84 matches

30 v

18 d

36 l

121 gf

131 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 10, 1907
Home	5 - 0	April 10, 1907

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	February 01, 1961
Away	7 - 2	February 01, 1961

Latest head to head

August 31, 1968 - Division 1 1968/1969

S Wednesday

5 - 4

Man United

January 20, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Man United

4 - 2

S Wednesday

September 16, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Man United

April 10, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

S Wednesday

2 - 2

Man United

November 12, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Man United

2 - 0

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Bobby Charlton	11 goals	1960 - 1968
David Herd	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	5 goals	1956 - 1961
George Best	4 goals	1967 - 1968
Colin Webster	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Shay Brennan	2 goals	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Fantham	5 goals	1960 - 1967
Jack Whitham	5 goals	1968 - 1968
Gerry Young	3 goals	1961 - 1961
John Quinn	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Tony Kay	2 goals	1961 - 1962
Billy Griffin	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Bill Foulkes	27 matches	1956 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1958 - 1968
Shay Brennan	19 matches	1958 - 1968
Nobby Stiles	17 matches	1960 - 1968
Tony Dunne	15 matches	1962 - 1968
Maurice Setters	13 matches	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Don Megson	17 matches	1960 - 1968
John Fantham	16 matches	1959 - 1968
Gerry Young	14 matches	1959 - 1968
Ron Springett	14 matches	1959 - 1967
Peter Swan	10 matches	1959 - 1963
Alan Finney	9 matches	1959 - 1964