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Stoke City 2-4 Man United - March 30, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 34

Victoria Ground - Stoke-on-Trent - England

March 30, 1968

Stoke City

2 - 4

Man United

George Eastham

Peter Dobing

37'

George Best

23'

Alan Gowling

45+24'

John Aston

78'

Jimmy Ryan

logo Stoke City SC

2' - Goal George Best

9' - Goal George Eastham9

23' - Goal Alan Gowling

37' - Goal Peter Dobing37

69' - Goal John Aston

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46' - Substitution Alex Elderis substituted by Mike Bernard46

46' - Substitution David Herdis substituted by Jimmy Ryan

78' - Goal Jimmy Ryan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

2 - 4

Man United

Stoke City Man United

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age30 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Moore

John Moore

England

B.date09/09/1945

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Allen

Anthony Allen

England

B.date27/11/1939

Age28 years

positionDefender

Elder46

Alex Elder

Northern Ireland

B.date25/04/1941

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

Bentley

Bill Bentley

England

B.date21/10/1947

Age20 years

positionLeft full-back

Bloor

Alan Bloor

England

B.date16/03/1943

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Stevenson

Willie Stevenson

Scotland

B.date26/10/1939

Age28 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Eastham9

George Eastham

England

B.date23/09/1936

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Dobing37

Peter Dobing

England

B.date01/12/1938

Age29 years

positionForward

Vernon

Royston Vernon

Wales

B.date14/04/1937

Age30 years

positionForward

Burrows

Harry Burrows

England

B.date17/03/1941

Age27 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Moore		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Allen		28	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Elder	46	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Bentley		20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Bloor		25	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Eastham	9	31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Dobing	37	29	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Royston Vernon		30	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Burrows		27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date18/08/1946

Age21 years

positionDefender

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Burns

Francis Burns

Scotland

B.date17/10/1948

Age19 years

positionLeft full-back

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Herd46

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age33 years

positionForward

Aston69

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

Gowling23

Alan Gowling

England

B.date16/03/1949

Age19 years

positionForward

Best2

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		22	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Fitzpatrick		21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		30	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Burns		19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		30	498	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		29	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd	46	33	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston	69	20	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Gowling	23	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best	2	21	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

176

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Mike Bernard	46	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jimmy Ryan	7846	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anthony Allen

Gerry Bridgwood

OUT

Royston Vernon

Mike Bernard

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Aston

Denis Law

OUT

Alan Gowling

Nobby Stiles

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Waddington

379

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Waddington vs Man United

2 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 30, 1968

Waddington vs Busby

2 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 30, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

1072

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Stoke City

9 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 30, 1968

Busby vs Waddington

6 victories

5 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 30, 1968

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Pat Crerand played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Stoke City keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 13/03/1968). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/12/1967-17/02/1968 time period (10 matches).

It's the first time in his career that Alan Gowling scores at least 1 goals during the same game in his professional career with

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

+1	14	Southampton	29 pts	34 rd
-1	15	Leicester	27 pts	32 rd
	16	Stoke City	27 pts	32 rd
	17	Sheffield United	27 pts	33 rd
+2	18	Coventry	27 pts	34 rd

General ranking

+2	1	Manchester United	47 pts	34 rd
-1	2	Leeds United	45 pts	33 rd
-1	3	Manchester City	45 pts	33 rd
	4	Liverpool	43 pts	32 rd
+2	5	Tottenham	38 pts	33 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VStoke City 2-1 Newcastle United06/01/1968

LStoke City 0-1 Chelsea20/01/1968

VStoke City 4-1 Cardiff City27/01/1968

LStoke City 0-3 West Ham17/02/1968

VStoke City 2-0 West Ham26/02/1968

LStoke City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday16/03/1968

Overall

VSouthampton 1-2 Stoke City03/02/1968

LStoke City 0-3 West Ham17/02/1968

VStoke City 2-0 West Ham26/02/1968

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Stoke City13/03/1968

LStoke City 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday16/03/1968

LTottenham 3-0 Stoke City23/03/1968

Current form

Away

LTottenham 1-0 Manchester United31/01/1968

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United03/02/1968

LBurnley 2-1 Manchester United17/02/1968

VArsenal 0-2 Manchester United24/02/1968

LGornik Zabrze 1-0 Manchester United13/03/1968

LCoventry 2-0 Manchester United16/03/1968

Overall

VManchester United 2-0 Gornik Zabrze28/02/1968

LManchester United 1-3 Chelsea02/03/1968

LGornik Zabrze 1-0 Manchester United13/03/1968

LCoventry 2-0 Manchester United16/03/1968

VManchester United 3-0 Nottingham Forest23/03/1968

LManchester United 1-3 Manchester City27/03/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	17	21
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	7	10
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

16	General ranking (Competition total)	3
15	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
11	Victories (Competition total)	19
8	Victories (Home / Away)	7
5	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
15	Losses (Competition total)	7
6	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	64
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.94
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.59
1.58	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.24
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.41

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	23
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
0-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (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

Harry Burrows	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	18 goals	George Best
Harry Burrows	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	George Best
Harry Burrows	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Denis Law
Harry Burrows	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Denis Law
Harry Burrows	4 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	George Best

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

13 v

8 d

3 l

49 gf

20 ga

Away

26 matches

5 v

10 d

11 l

25 gf

42 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

51 matches

18 v

18 d

15 l

76 gf

66 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

11 v

10 d

5 l

42 gf

25 ga

Away

24 matches

3 v

8 d

13 l

20 gf

49 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

51 matches

15 v

18 d

18 l

66 gf

76 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	January 07, 1893
Home	7 - 1	January 07, 1893

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 08, 1951
Away	2 - 0	February 21, 1948

Latest head to head

November 04, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Man United

1 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

May 13, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

Man United

0 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

January 28, 1967 - FA Cup 1966/1967

Man United

2 - 0

Stoke City logo Stoke City

September 07, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Stoke City

3 - 0

Man United

February 19, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Stoke City

2 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

John Ritchie	6 goals	1963 - 1966
Calvin Palmer	2 goals	1964 - 1966
Peter Dobing	2 goals	1963 - 1965
Royston Vernon	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Dennis Viollet	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Alan Bloor	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

David Herd	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Denis Law	6 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	2 goals	1964 - 1967
John Connelly	2 goals	1964 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Eric Skeels	9 matches	1963 - 1967
Calvin Palmer	7 matches	1963 - 1967
Peter Dobing	7 matches	1963 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	7 matches	1963 - 1966
Anthony Allen	7 matches	1963 - 1967
George Kinnell	6 matches	1963 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Tony Dunne	12 matches	1963 - 1967
Pat Crerand	12 matches	1963 - 1967
Bill Foulkes	12 matches	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1963 - 1967
George Best	11 matches	1964 - 1967
Nobby Stiles	10 matches	1964 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Dennis Viollet

132 matches

188 matches

1956 - 1967

Maurice Setters

87 matches

194 matches

1960 - 1967

Harry Gregg

2 matches

246 matches

1957 - 1967

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Harry Gregg

2 matches

246 matches

1957 - 1967

Maurice Setters

87 matches

194 matches

1960 - 1967

Dennis Viollet

132 matches

188 matches

1956 - 1967

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/08/1956. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 30, 1968

Coventry

1 0

Wolverhampton

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

April 03, 1968

Newcastle United

0 0

Leicester

Line-ups available

April 22, 1968

Chelsea

2 1

Burnley

Line-ups available

April 23, 1968

Sheffield United

2 3

Fulham

Line-ups available

April 29, 1968

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

May 01, 1968

WBA

3 1

West Ham

Line-ups available

May 07, 1968

Arsenal

4 3

Leeds United

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+21	Manchester United	47	34	20	7	7	68	43	+25
-12	Leeds United	45	33	18	9	6	56	26	+30
-13	Manchester City	45	33	20	5	8	72	37	+35
4	Liverpool	43	32	17	9	6	51	28	+23
+25	Tottenham	38	33	15	8	10	52	45	+7
-16	Newcastle United	37	33	12	13	8	47	43	+4
-17	Everton	36	31	16	4	11	50	33	+17
8	West Bromwich Albion	35	32	14	7	11	59	50	+9
9	Chelsea	35	32	12	11	9	50	58	-8
10	Nottingham Forest	34	34	13	8	13	44	42	+2
11	Arsenal	32	32	11	10	11	45	39	+6
+112	Sheffield Wednesday	30	34	11	8	15	45	53	-8
-113	Burnley	30	33	11	8	14	53	63	-10
+114	Southampton	29	34	11	7	16	54	68	-14
-115	Leicester	27	32	9	9	14	51	59	-8
16	Stoke City	27	32	11	5	16	39	53	-14
17	Sheffield United	27	33	9	9	15	40	56	-16
+218	Coventry	27	34	8	11	15	43	61	-18
-119	West Ham	26	32	10	6	16	58	59	-1
-120	Wolverhampton	26	34	10	6	18	52	69	-17
21	Sunderland	26	33	9	8	16	40	55	-15
22	Fulham	20	32	8	4	20	44	73	-29

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Stoke City 2-4 Man United - March 30, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

Stoke City

2 - 4

Man United

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

Waddington vs Man United

Waddington vs Busby

Manager

Busby vs Stoke City

Busby vs Waddington

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 Man United

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

Players with most games played vs Man United

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking