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S Wednesday 1-2 Arsenal - May 04, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

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Division 1 1967/1968 - Round 41

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

May 04, 1968

1 - 2

Arsenal

Jim McCalliog

Bobby Gould

John Radford

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0' - Goal Jim McCalliog0

0' - Goal Bobby Gould photo John Radford

0' - Goal John Radford

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46' - Substitution Jack Whithamis substituted by John Fantham46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

1 - 2

Arsenal

S Wednesday Arsenal

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

McCalliog0

Jim McCalliog

Scotland

B.date23/09/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Pugh

Graham Pugh

England

B.date12/02/1948

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Young

Gerry Young

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age31 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Eustace

Peter Eustace

England

B.date31/07/1944

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Whitham46

Jack Whitham

England

B.date08/12/1946

Age21 years

positionForward

Ritchie

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	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith		21	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vic Mobley		24	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Megson		31	358	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McCalliog		21	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Pugh		20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Young		31	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Eustace		23	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jack Whitham	46	21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Ritchie		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Ford		23	78	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

124

Arsenal

Wilson

Bob Wilson

Scotland

B.date30/10/1941

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Simpson

Peter Simpson

England

B.date13/01/1945

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age28 years

positionRight central defender

McNab

Robert McNab

England

B.date20/07/1943

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Storey

Peter Storey

England

B.date07/09/1945

Age22 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Court

David Court

England

B.date01/03/1944

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Sammels

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Gould0

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age21 years

positionStriker

Armstrong

George Armstrong

England

B.date09/08/1944

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Radford0

John Radford

England

B.date22/02/1947

Age21 years

positionStriker

Johnston

George Johnston

Scotland

B.date21/03/1947

Age21 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Bob Wilson	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Simpson	23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock	28	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert McNab	24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Storey	22	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Court	24	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels	22	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Armstrong	23	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Radford	21	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Johnston	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Fantham	46	29	320	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jack Whitham

John Fantham

OUT

Peter Springett

Peter Wicks

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Johnston

George Graham

OUT

Frank McLintock

Terry Neill

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Bertie Mee

103

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Mee vs S Wednesday

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on May 04, 1968

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Key figures

Only back at the time of Tom Whittaker head of Arsenal (01/06/1947-24/10/1956), you can see a maanger go beneath Bertie Mee with 33% of losses in Premier League (29%).

S Wednesday keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored vs Arsenal running (since 25/08/1964). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/10/1952-23/11/1957 time period (9 matches).

No Sheffield Wednesday manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Brown has reached 38% of losses .

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

+1	16	Sunderland	35 pts	41 rd
+1	17	Wolverhampton	34 pts	41 rd
-2	18	Sheffield Wednesday	34 pts	42 rd
+1	19	Coventry	32 pts	41 rd
+1	20	Sheffield United	32 pts	41 rd

General ranking

-1	8	Chelsea	46 pts	41 rd
	9	Newcastle United	41 pts	41 rd
+1	10	Arsenal	40 pts	40 rd
-1	11	Nottingham Forest	39 pts	41 rd
	12	West Ham	37 pts	41 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Newcastle United02/03/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea09/03/1968

LSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Liverpool23/03/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Chelsea06/04/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Everton16/04/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Nottingham Forest20/04/1968

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday13/04/1968

LEverton 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday15/04/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Everton16/04/1968

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Nottingham Forest20/04/1968

LManchester City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday25/04/1968

LArsenal 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday30/04/1968

Current form

Away

LBirmingham City 2-1 Arsenal12/03/1968

VFulham 1-3 Arsenal23/03/1968

DWest Ham 1-1 Arsenal29/03/1968

LEverton 2-0 Arsenal06/04/1968

LSouthampton 2-0 Arsenal10/04/1968

LSunderland 2-0 Arsenal20/04/1968

Overall

LSouthampton 2-0 Arsenal10/04/1968

VArsenal 2-1 Leicester13/04/1968

LArsenal 0-3 Southampton15/04/1968

LSunderland 2-0 Arsenal20/04/1968

VArsenal 2-0 Burnley27/04/1968

VArsenal 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday30/04/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	6	9
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

16	General ranking (Competition total)	11
14	General ranking (Home / Away)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	39
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
11	Victories (Competition total)	14
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
12	Draws (Competition total)	10
10	Draws (Home / Away)	4
18	Losses (Competition total)	15
4	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
61	Goals conceded (Competition total)	51
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	32
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.05
1.49	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.31
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
14	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
14	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (5 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	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	George Graham
John Ritchie	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	George Graham
John Ritchie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Terry Neill
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Terry Neill
John Ritchie	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	David Court

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

16 v

9 d

12 l

70 gf

56 ga

Away

41 matches

10 v

11 d

20 l

52 gf

79 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

79 matches

26 v

20 d

33 l

123 gf

137 ga

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

20 v

11 d

10 l

79 gf

52 ga

Away

37 matches

12 v

9 d

16 l

56 gf

70 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

79 matches

33 v

20 d

26 l

137 gf

123 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 31, 1907
Home	6 - 0	December 31, 1907

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 30, 1964
Away	4 - 0	March 30, 1964

Latest head to head

April 30, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Arsenal

3 - 2

S Wednesday

May 13, 1967 - Division 1 1966/1967

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Arsenal

September 06, 1966 - Division 1 1966/1967

Arsenal

1 - 1

S Wednesday

December 28, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Arsenal

5 - 2

S Wednesday

December 27, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

S Wednesday

4 - 0

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

John Hickton	4 goals	1965 - 1965
David Layne	3 goals	1962 - 1964
John Fantham	3 goals	1959 - 1965
John Ritchie	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Bobby Craig	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Keith Ellis	2 goals	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

George Eastham	4 goals	1960 - 1965
Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965
Alan Skirton	4 goals	1964 - 1965
Alex James	3 goals	1935 - 1935
David Court	3 goals	1963 - 1968
Geoff Strong	2 goals	1961 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/02/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

John Fantham	16 matches	1959 - 1968
Ron Springett	14 matches	1959 - 1967
Don Megson	14 matches	1959 - 1968
Alan Finney	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Gerry Young	10 matches	1963 - 1968
Peter Swan	10 matches	1959 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

George Eastham	12 matches	1960 - 1965
Terry Neill	11 matches	1960 - 1968
Alan Skirton	10 matches	1960 - 1965
Billy McCullough	10 matches	1960 - 1964
George Armstrong	9 matches	1962 - 1968
Jimmy Magill	8 matches	1959 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/09/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

May 04, 1968

Everton

3 0

Stoke City

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester City	56	41	25	6	10	82	40	+42
2	Manchester United	56	41	24	8	9	88	53	+35
3	Leeds United	53	40	22	9	9	68	34	+34
4	Liverpool	53	40	21	11	8	64	37	+27
5	Everton	49	40	22	5	13	61	38	+23
6	Tottenham	47	41	19	9	13	69	57	+12
+17	West Bromwich Albion	46	41	17	12	12	74	60	+14
-18	Chelsea	46	41	17	12	12	60	67	-7
9	Newcastle United	41	41	13	15	13	51	63	-12
+110	Arsenal	40	40	15	10	15	54	52	+2
-111	Nottingham Forest	39	41	14	11	16	51	58	-7
12	West Ham	37	41	14	9	18	72	68	+4
+113	Leicester	37	41	13	11	17	64	69	-5
-114	Burnley	36	41	13	10	18	61	71	-10
15	Southampton	36	41	13	10	18	66	83	-17
+116	Sunderland	35	41	12	11	18	49	60	-11
+117	Wolverhampton	34	41	13	8	20	64	74	-10
-218	Sheffield Wednesday	34	42	11	12	19	51	63	-12
+119	Coventry	32	41	9	14	18	51	71	-20
+120	Sheffield United	32	41	11	10	20	48	68	-20
-221	Stoke City	32	40	13	6	21	48	72	-24
22	Fulham	27	41	10	7	24	55	93	-38

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S Wednesday 1-2 Arsenal - May 04, 1968 / Division 1 1967/1968

S Wednesday

1 - 2

Arsenal

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

Mee 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 Arsenal

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking