This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Manchester City 4-2 Stoke City - December 23, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 22

Maine Road - Manchester - England

December 23, 1967

4 - 2

Stoke City

Francis Lee

Neil Young

Francis Lee

Tony Coleman

Peter Dobing

Harry Burrows

logo Manchester City MC

0' - Goal Francis Lee photo Neil Young

0' - Goal Neil Young photo Francis Lee

0' - Goal Francis Lee photo Tony Coleman

0' - Goal Tony Coleman0

0' - Goal Peter Dobing photo Harry Burrows

0' - Goal Harry Burrows

logo Manchester City MC

46' - Substitution Bill Bentleyis substituted by Mike Bernard

logo Stoke City SC

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

4 - 2

Stoke City

Manchester City Stoke City

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Mulhearn

Ken Mulhearn

England

B.date16/10/1945

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age33 years

positionCentral defender

Pardoe

Glyn Pardoe

England

B.date01/06/1946

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Heslop

George Heslop

England

B.date01/07/1940

Age27 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age21 years

positionRight Midfielder

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age21 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Lee00

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age23 years

positionStriker

Young0

Neil Young

England

B.date17/02/1944

Age23 years

positionStriker

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Coleman0

Tony Coleman

England

B.date02/05/1945

Age22 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ken Mulhearn	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book	33	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glyn Pardoe	21	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Heslop	27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes	25	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell	21	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Young	23	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee	25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Coleman	22	33	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

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age29 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Allen

Anthony Allen

England

B.date27/11/1939

Age28 years

positionDefender

Skeels

Eric Skeels

England

B.date27/10/1939

Age28 years

positionDefender

Bentley46

Bill Bentley

England

B.date21/10/1947

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Elder

Alex Elder

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1941

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Bloor

Alan Bloor

England

B.date16/03/1943

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Bridgwood

Gerry Bridgwood

England

B.date17/10/1944

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Dobing0

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age29 years

positionForward

Mahoney

John Mahoney

Wales

B.date20/09/1946

Age21 years

positionForward

Vernon

Royston Vernon

Wales

B.date14/04/1937

Age30 years

positionForward

Burrows0

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age26 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Allen		28	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Skeels		28	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Bentley	46	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Elder		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Bloor		24	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Bridgwood		23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing		29	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mahoney		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Royston Vernon		30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows		26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mike Bernard	46	19	16	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

Gerry Bridgwood

George Eastham

OUT

John Mahoney

Terry Conroy

OUT

Bill Bentley

Calvin Palmer

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

128

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs Stoke City

8 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Mercer vs Waddington

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

367

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Waddington vs Manchester City

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Waddington vs Mercer

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 1967

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Tony Coleman scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Manchester City keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Stoke City in Premier League running (since 20/12/1952). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/04/1907-15/09/1934 time period (6 matches).

Francis Lee scored 5 goals vs in Premier League

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	Manchester United	31 pts	22 rd
+1	2	Manchester City	30 pts	22 rd
-1	3	Liverpool	29 pts	22 rd
	4	Leeds United	27 pts	22 rd
+4	5	Everton	24 pts	22 rd

General ranking

-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
-1	14	Wolverhampton	20 pts	21 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester City 1-1 Blackpool11/10/1967

VManchester City 2-0 Wolverhampton14/10/1967

VManchester City 1-0 Leeds United28/10/1967

VManchester City 6-0 Leicester11/11/1967

VManchester City 4-2 Burnley25/11/1967

VManchester City 4-1 Tottenham09/12/1967

Overall

VManchester City 6-0 Leicester11/11/1967

VWest Ham 2-3 Manchester City18/11/1967

VManchester City 4-2 Burnley25/11/1967

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester City02/12/1967

VManchester City 4-1 Tottenham09/12/1967

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester City16/12/1967

Current form

Away

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Stoke City23/10/1967

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Stoke City01/11/1967

LManchester United 1-0 Stoke City04/11/1967

VWolverhampton 3-4 Stoke City18/11/1967

LLeeds United 2-0 Stoke City02/12/1967

LLeeds United 2-0 Stoke City13/12/1967

Overall

VWolverhampton 3-4 Stoke City18/11/1967

LStoke City 0-1 Fulham25/11/1967

LLeeds United 2-0 Stoke City02/12/1967

VStoke City 1-0 Everton09/12/1967

LLeeds United 2-0 Stoke City13/12/1967

LStoke City 0-1 Arsenal16/12/1967

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	12	13
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	9
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	11
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
12	Victories (Competition total)	8
9	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.3
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.38
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (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

Neil Young	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Harry Burrows
Neil Young	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Harry Burrows
Tony Coleman	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Harry Burrows
Tony Coleman	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Harry Burrows
Francis Lee	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 19 matches	Harry Burrows

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

14 v

6 d

2 l

39 gf

17 ga

Away

22 matches

4 v

3 d

15 l

15 gf

39 ga

Total

44 matches

18 v

9 d

17 l

54 gf

56 ga

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

15 v

3 d

4 l

39 gf

15 ga

Away

22 matches

2 v

6 d

14 l

17 gf

39 ga

Total

44 matches

17 v

9 d

18 l

56 gf

54 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 26, 1927
Home	4 - 0	November 26, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 26, 1967
Away	1 - 0	December 08, 1951

Latest head to head

August 26, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Stoke City

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 12, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Manchester City

3 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

November 12, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Stoke City

0 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

February 05, 1964 - League Cup 1963/1964

Manchester City

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

January 15, 1964 - League Cup 1963/1964

Stoke City

2 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

	Colin Bell	3 goals	1967 - 1967
	Mike Summerbee	1 goal	1966 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Peter Dobing	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Calvin Palmer	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Harry Burrows	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Alan Bloor	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Harry Dowd	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Glyn Pardoe	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Tony Book	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Mike Summerbee	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Dave Connor	3 matches	1966 - 1967
George Heslop	3 matches	1966 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Alan Bloor	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Harry Burrows	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Eric Skeels	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Calvin Palmer	3 matches	1966 - 1967
George Eastham	3 matches	1966 - 1967
Anthony Allen	3 matches	1966 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Peter Dobing

82 matches

160 matches

1961 - 1967

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Peter Dobing

82 matches

160 matches

1961 - 1967

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/08/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 23, 1967

Fulham

2 2

Chelsea

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

Manchester City 4-2 Stoke City - December 23, 1967 / Division 1 1967/1968

Manchester City

4 - 2

Stoke City

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

Mercer vs Stoke City

Mercer vs Waddington

Manager

Waddington vs Manchester City

Waddington vs Mercer

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 Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking