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S Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea - April 06, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 35

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

April 06, 1968

2 - 2

Chelsea

John Ritchie

70'

John Fantham

89'

12'

John Hollins

27'

Tommy Baldwin

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

12' - Goal John Hollins

27' - Goal Tommy Baldwin

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

70' - Goal John Ritchie70

89' - Goal John Fantham89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

2 - 2

Chelsea

S Wednesday Chelsea

Team line-ups

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

Megson

Don Megson

England

B.date12/06/1936

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Wall

Adrian Wall

England

B.date25/11/1949

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Eustace

Peter Eustace

England

B.date31/07/1944

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Young

Gerry Young

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age31 years

positionLeft Midfielder

McCalliog

Jim McCalliog

Scotland

B.date23/09/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Fantham89

John Fantham

England

B.date06/02/1939

Age29 years

positionForward

Ritchie70

John Ritchie

England

B.date12/07/1941

Age26 years

positionForward

Ford

David Ford

England

B.date02/03/1945

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Springett		21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith		21	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vic Mobley		24	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Megson		31	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adrian Wall		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Eustace		23	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Young		31	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McCalliog		21	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Fantham	89	29	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie	70	26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Ford		23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

141

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age26 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age21 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age23 years

positionDefender

Hollins12

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Hinton

Marvin Hinton

England

B.date02/02/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age27 years

positionDefender

Birchenall

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Baldwin27

Tommy Baldwin

England

B.date10/06/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age26 years

positionStriker

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age25 years

positionLeft Winger

Osgood

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		26	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		23	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	12	21	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marvin Hinton		28	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie		27	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Baldwin	27	22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling		26	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke		25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood		21	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

155

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Fantham

Jack Whitham

OUT

Adrian Wall

Brian Usher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Webb

Peter Houseman

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Sexton vs S Wednesday

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 06, 1968

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Key figures

S Wednesday keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded at home in Premier League running (since 18/11/1967). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/03/1961-07/10/1961 time period (10 matches).

End of streak for Chelsea after 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Premier League (since 06/01/1968). It was the best streak for the club since 27/03/1967-07/10/1967 (10 matches).

S Wednesday keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals conceded running (since 19/03/1968).

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

	10	Nottingham Forest	34 pts	35 rd
	11	Arsenal	32 pts	33 rd
	12	Sheffield Wednesday	31 pts	35 rd
	13	Burnley	31 pts	34 rd
+1	14	Leicester	30 pts	34 rd

General ranking

-1	7	Newcastle United	38 pts	35 rd
	8	West Bromwich Albion	37 pts	34 rd
	9	Chelsea	36 pts	33 rd
	10	Nottingham Forest	34 pts	35 rd
	11	Arsenal	32 pts	33 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Plymouth27/01/1968

LSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Sunderland03/02/1968

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 Swindon Town17/02/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Newcastle United02/03/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea09/03/1968

LSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Liverpool23/03/1968

Overall

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea09/03/1968

LChelsea 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday12/03/1968

VStoke City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday16/03/1968

VWolverhampton 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday19/03/1968

LSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Liverpool23/03/1968

LSouthampton 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday30/03/1968

Current form

Away

VStoke City 0-1 Chelsea20/01/1968

LCoventry 2-1 Chelsea10/02/1968

VManchester United 1-3 Chelsea02/03/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea09/03/1968

VWest Ham 0-1 Chelsea23/03/1968

LBirmingham City 1-0 Chelsea30/03/1968

Overall

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea09/03/1968

VChelsea 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday12/03/1968

VChelsea 4-1 Leicester16/03/1968

DChelsea 0-0 Leeds United20/03/1968

VWest Ham 0-1 Chelsea23/03/1968

LBirmingham City 1-0 Chelsea30/03/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	3

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

12	General ranking (Competition total)	9
13	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	32
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
11	Victories (Competition total)	12
6	Victories (Home / Away)	6
8	Draws (Competition total)	11
7	Draws (Home / Away)	4
15	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	58
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	34
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
1.56	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.81
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.13

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (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

John Ritchie	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Peter Osgood
John Ritchie	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Peter Osgood
John Ritchie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Peter Osgood
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Peter Osgood
Jack Whitham	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 10 matches	Peter Osgood

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

19 v

11 d

3 l

78 gf

40 ga

Away

35 matches

10 v

12 d

13 l

34 gf

42 ga

Total

68 matches

29 v

23 d

16 l

112 gf

82 ga

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

13 v

12 d

10 l

42 gf

34 ga

Away

33 matches

3 v

11 d

19 l

40 gf

78 ga

Total

68 matches

16 v

23 d

29 l

82 gf

112 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 31, 1966
Home	6 - 1	December 31, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 19, 1950
Away	2 - 0	April 06, 1920

Latest head to head

March 12, 1968 - FA Cup 1967/1968

Chelsea

2 - 0

S Wednesday

March 09, 1968 - FA Cup 1967/1968

S Wednesday

2 - 2

Chelsea

November 11, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Chelsea

3 - 0

S Wednesday

April 08, 1967 - FA Cup 1966/1967

Chelsea

1 - 0

S Wednesday

December 31, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

S Wednesday

6 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

John Fantham	9 goals	1959 - 1966
Alan Finney	4 goals	1961 - 1964
John Ritchie	3 goals	1966 - 1968
Jim McCalliog	2 goals	1966 - 1966
David Ford	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Colin Dobson	2 goals	1961 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Robert Tambling	7 goals	1961 - 1968
Terry Venables	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Jimmy Greaves	3 goals	1958 - 1958
Ron Harris	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Peter Osgood	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Tommy Baldwin	2 goals	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Don Megson	19 matches	1959 - 1968
Ron Springett	15 matches	1959 - 1967
John Fantham	14 matches	1959 - 1968
Gerry Young	11 matches	1963 - 1968
Tom McAnearney	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Vic Mobley	9 matches	1964 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Ron Harris	14 matches	1962 - 1968
Peter Bonetti	13 matches	1961 - 1968
Robert Tambling	12 matches	1961 - 1968
John Hollins	11 matches	1964 - 1968
Eddie McCreadie	10 matches	1963 - 1968
Marvin Hinton	10 matches	1963 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jim McCalliog

105 matches

13 matches

1964 - 1968

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jim McCalliog

105 matches

13 matches

1964 - 1968

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Leeds United	47	34	19	9	6	59	26	+33
-12	Manchester United	47	35	20	7	8	69	45	+24
3	Manchester City	45	34	20	5	9	72	38	+34
4	Liverpool	45	33	18	9	6	53	29	+24
5	Tottenham	40	34	16	8	10	58	46	+12
+16	Everton	38	32	17	4	11	52	33	+19
-17	Newcastle United	38	35	12	14	9	47	48	-1
8	West Bromwich Albion	37	34	14	9	11	59	50	+9
9	Chelsea	36	33	12	12	9	52	60	-8
10	Nottingham Forest	34	35	13	8	14	45	48	-3
11	Arsenal	32	33	11	10	12	45	41	+4
12	Sheffield Wednesday	31	35	11	9	15	47	55	-8
13	Burnley	31	34	11	9	14	53	63	-10
+114	Leicester	30	34	10	10	14	52	59	-7
+215	Sunderland	29	35	10	9	16	43	56	-13
-216	Southampton	29	35	11	7	17	55	74	-19
+317	West Ham	28	33	11	6	16	63	59	+4
+318	Wolverhampton	28	35	11	6	18	58	70	-12
19	Coventry	28	35	8	12	15	44	62	-18
-420	Stoke City	27	33	11	5	17	40	56	-16
-321	Sheffield United	27	34	9	9	16	40	59	-19
22	Fulham	21	33	8	5	20	45	74	-29

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S Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea - April 06, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

S Wednesday

2 - 2

Chelsea

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

Sexton vs S Wednesday

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 Chelsea

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking