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Burnley 2-1 S Wednesday - December 23, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 22

Turf Moor - Burnley - England

December 23, 1967

Burnley

2 - 1

S Wednesday

Andy Lochhead

Frank Casper

John Ritchie (penalty)

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0' - Goal Andy Lochhead photo Frank Casper

0' - Goal Frank Casper0

0' - Goal John Ritchie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Burnley

2 - 1

S Wednesday

Burnley S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Burnley

Thomson

Harry Thomson

Scotland

B.date25/08/1940

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Latcham

Les Latcham

England

B.date22/12/1942

Age25 years

positionDefender

Ternent

Ray Ternent

England

B.date09/09/1948

Age19 years

positionDefender

Waldron

Colin Waldron

England

B.date22/06/1948

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Merrington

David Merrington

England

B.date26/01/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Lochhead0

Andy Lochhead

Scotland

B.date09/03/1941

Age26 years

positionStriker

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Bellamy

Arthur Bellamy

England

B.date05/04/1942

Age25 years

H1m75

positionForward

Casper0

Frank Casper

England

B.date09/12/1944

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Irvine

Willie Irvine

Northern Ireland

B.date18/06/1943

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Thomson	27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Les Latcham	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Ternent	19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Waldron	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil	23	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Merrington	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Lochhead	26	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan	23	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arthur Bellamy	25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Casper	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Irvine	24	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

S Wednesday

Springett

Peter Springett

England

B.date08/05/1946

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age21 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Mobley

Vic Mobley

England

B.date11/10/1943

Age24 years

positionDefender

Branfoot

Ian Branfoot

England

B.date26/01/1947

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Megson

Don Megson

England

B.date12/06/1936

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Young

Gerry Young

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age31 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Ellis

Sam Ellis

England

B.date12/09/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

McCalliog

Jim McCalliog

Scotland

B.date23/09/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Ritchie0

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age26 years

positionForward

Whitham

Jack Whitham

England

B.date08/12/1946

Age21 years

positionForward

Fantham

John Fantham

England

B.date06/02/1939

Age28 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Springett	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith	21	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vic Mobley	24	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Branfoot	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Megson	31	335	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Young	31	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sam Ellis	21	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McCalliog	21	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jack Whitham	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Fantham	28	306	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

120

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ray Ternent

Fred Smith

OUT

Frank Casper

Dave Thomas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Potts

494

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Potts vs S Wednesday

12 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Potts vs Brown

6 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Brown

164

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Brown vs Burnley

3 victories

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Brown vs Potts

3 victories

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Burnley keeps its 7 consecutive wins vs S Wednesday at home running (since 26/12/1961). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 04/04/1958 (4 matches)

No Burnley manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Brown has done less than 1.44 goals scored per game .

John Ritchie scored 5 goals vs in Premier League

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

-1	9	West Bromwich Albion	23 pts	21 rd
-3	10	Tottenham	23 pts	22 rd
+3	11	Burnley	22 pts	22 rd
-1	12	Stoke City	21 pts	22 rd
-1	13	Nottingham Forest	20 pts	21 rd

General ranking

+4	5	Everton	24 pts	22 rd
+4	6	Arsenal	24 pts	21 rd
-2	7	Sheffield Wednesday	24 pts	21 rd
-2	8	Newcastle United	24 pts	22 rd
-1	9	West Bromwich Albion	23 pts	21 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBurnley 3-0 Nottingham Forest10/10/1967

DBurnley 1-1 Liverpool24/10/1967

DBurnley 1-1 Chelsea04/11/1967

VBurnley 2-0 Newcastle United18/11/1967

DBurnley 3-3 Arsenal29/11/1967

VBurnley 1-0 Arsenal02/12/1967

Overall

LManchester City 4-2 Burnley25/11/1967

DBurnley 3-3 Arsenal29/11/1967

VBurnley 1-0 Arsenal02/12/1967

LArsenal 2-1 Burnley05/12/1967

LSheffield United 1-0 Burnley09/12/1967

LCoventry 5-1 Burnley16/12/1967

Current form

Away

VSunderland 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday23/09/1967

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday14/10/1967

LLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/10/1967

LChelsea 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday11/11/1967

LStoke City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/11/1967

LNewcastle United 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday25/11/1967

Overall

LChelsea 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday11/11/1967

LStoke City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday15/11/1967

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 West Bromwich Albion18/11/1967

LNewcastle United 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday25/11/1967

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester City02/12/1967

VSheffield Wednesday 4-1 West Ham16/12/1967

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	3
Unbeaten streak	14	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	18	1
Conceding streak	0	3
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	5
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	13

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
7	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
8	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.6
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.78
1.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (2 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

Frank Casper	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	John Ritchie
Frank Casper	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Ritchie
Gordon Harris	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gordon Harris	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Andy Lochhead	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	John Ritchie

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

22 v

4 d

6 l

76 gf

29 ga

Away

35 matches

8 v

7 d

20 l

35 gf

69 ga

Total

67 matches

30 v

11 d

26 l

111 gf

98 ga

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

20 v

7 d

8 l

69 gf

35 ga

Away

32 matches

6 v

4 d

22 l

29 gf

76 ga

Total

67 matches

26 v

11 d

30 l

98 gf

111 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 03, 1898
Home	5 - 0	December 03, 1898

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	May 06, 1967
Away	4 - 2	October 05, 1929

Latest head to head

August 26, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Burnley

May 06, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

S Wednesday

7 - 0

Burnley

April 01, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Burnley

2 - 0

S Wednesday

May 09, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

S Wednesday

0 - 2

Burnley

April 11, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Burnley

2 - 1

S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

John Connelly	4 goals	1960 - 1961
Brian Miller	4 goals	1960 - 1963
Ray Pointer	4 goals	1961 - 1963
Jimmy Robson	4 goals	1959 - 1963
Willie Irvine	3 goals	1965 - 1966
Andy Lochhead	3 goals	1964 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Burnley

John Fantham	8 goals	1960 - 1967
Colin Dobson	4 goals	1962 - 1964
David Ford	3 goals	1967 - 1967
Keith Ellis	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Bobby Craig	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Derek Wilkinson	2 goals	1962 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Brian Miller	15 matches	1959 - 1967
Alex Elder	14 matches	1959 - 1967
Adam Blacklaw	14 matches	1959 - 1966
John Angus	14 matches	1959 - 1967
Gordon Harris	11 matches	1961 - 1967
Willie Morgan	10 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Don Megson	17 matches	1959 - 1967
Ron Springett	15 matches	1959 - 1967
John Fantham	14 matches	1959 - 1967
John Quinn	10 matches	1961 - 1967
Tom McAnearney	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Alan Finney	9 matches	1959 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/11/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 23, 1967

Fulham

2 2

Chelsea

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester United	31	22	12	7	3	40	25	+15
+12	Manchester City	30	22	13	4	5	50	26	+24
-13	Liverpool	29	22	11	7	4	33	17	+16
4	Leeds United	27	22	11	5	6	32	19	+13
+45	Everton	24	22	10	4	8	31	22	+9
+46	Arsenal	24	21	10	4	7	36	26	+10
-27	Sheffield Wednesday	24	21	9	6	6	33	29	+4
-28	Newcastle United	24	22	8	8	6	32	33	-1
-19	West Bromwich Albion	23	21	9	5	7	40	30	+10
-310	Tottenham	23	22	9	5	8	33	36	-3
+311	Burnley	22	22	8	6	8	39	42	-3
-112	Stoke City	21	22	8	5	9	30	33	-3
-113	Nottingham Forest	20	21	8	4	9	29	25	+4
-114	Wolverhampton	20	21	8	4	9	38	42	-4
15	Leicester	18	21	5	8	8	31	35	-4
16	Southampton	18	21	7	4	10	34	40	-6
17	Sunderland	17	21	6	5	10	26	37	-11
18	Chelsea	17	21	4	9	8	28	48	-20
19	West Ham	16	22	6	4	12	38	43	-5
20	Fulham	15	20	6	3	11	29	40	-11
+121	Sheffield United	15	21	5	5	11	21	37	-16
-122	Coventry	14	22	3	8	11	28	46	-18

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Burnley 2-1 S Wednesday - December 23, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

Burnley

2 - 1

S Wednesday

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Potts vs S Wednesday

Potts vs Brown

Manager

Brown vs Burnley

Brown vs Potts

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking