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Man United 4-2 Burnley - February 26, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 32

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

February 26, 1966

4 - 2

Burnley

Bobby Charlton

David Herd

40'

David Herd

45+18'

David Herd

45+22'

Andy Lochhead

50'

Willie Irvine

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3' - Goal Bobby Charlton3

8' - Goal Andy Lochhead

40' - Goal David Herd40

63' - Goal David Herd63

67' - Goal David Herd67

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50' - Goal Willie Irvine

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

4 - 2

Burnley

Man United Burnley

Team line-ups

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age33 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Foulkes

Bill Foulkes

England

B.date05/01/1932

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Tony Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/07/1941

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Brennan

Shay Brennan

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/05/1937

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age23 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charlton3

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Herd674063

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age31 years

positionForward

Law

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Best

George Best

Northern Ireland

B.date22/05/1946

Age19 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Connelly

John Connelly

England

B.date18/07/1938

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		33	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Foulkes		34	482	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		24	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		28	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles		23	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	3	28	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		27	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd	674063	31	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law		26	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Best		19	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Connelly		27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

235

Burnley

Thomson

Harry Thomson

Scotland

B.date25/08/1940

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buxton

Mick Buxton

England

B.date29/05/1943

Age22 years

positionDefender

Angus

John Angus

England

B.date02/09/1938

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Miller

Brian Miller

England

B.date19/01/1937

Age29 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Harris

Gordon Harris

England

B.date02/06/1940

Age25 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Merrington

David Merrington

England

B.date26/01/1945

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Coates

Ralph Coates

England

B.date26/04/1946

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Lochhead8

Andy Lochhead

Scotland

B.date09/03/1941

Age24 years

positionStriker

Irvine50

Willie Irvine

Northern Ireland

B.date18/06/1943

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Morgan

Willie Morgan

Scotland

B.date02/10/1944

Age21 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Thomson		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Buxton		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Angus		27	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Miller		29	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Harris		25	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil		22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Merrington		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ralph Coates		19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Lochhead	8	24	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Irvine	50	22	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Morgan		21	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Denis Law

John Aston

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mick Buxton

Alex Elder

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

965

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Burnley

19 victories

6 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1966

Busby vs Potts

8 victories

1 draw

9 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Potts

400

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Potts vs Man United

9 victories

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1966

Potts vs Busby

9 victories

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 1966

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Key figures

Burnley keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 15/01/1966). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/08/1964-15/09/1964 time period (8 matches).

David Herd scored 8 goals vs Burnley in his professional career with Manchester United

Burnley keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded in Premier League running (since 15/01/1966).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 5-1 Tottenham18/12/1965

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion27/12/1965

DManchester United 1-1 Sunderland08/01/1966

VManchester United 3-2 Benfica02/02/1966

VManchester United 6-2 Northampton Town05/02/1966

DManchester United 0-0 Rotherham United12/02/1966

Overall

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Manchester United29/01/1966

VManchester United 3-2 Benfica02/02/1966

VManchester United 6-2 Northampton Town05/02/1966

DManchester United 0-0 Rotherham United12/02/1966

VRotherham United 0-1 Manchester United15/02/1966

DStoke City 2-2 Manchester United19/02/1966

Current form

Away

LStoke City 3-1 Burnley27/12/1965

VBlackburn 0-2 Burnley01/01/1966

LSheffield United 2-1 Burnley15/01/1966

DBournemouth 1-1 Burnley22/01/1966

DArsenal 1-1 Burnley05/02/1966

LTottenham 4-3 Burnley12/02/1966

Overall

DBournemouth 1-1 Burnley22/01/1966

VBurnley 7-0 Bournemouth25/01/1966

LBurnley 1-2 Chelsea29/01/1966

DArsenal 1-1 Burnley05/02/1966

LTottenham 4-3 Burnley12/02/1966

DBurnley 1-1 Everton19/02/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	38	10
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	8	16
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	16
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
11	Draws (Competition total)	6
7	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.97	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.07
2.27	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.79
1.31	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-1 (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

David Herd	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Willie Irvine
Denis Law	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Willie Irvine
Denis Law	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Alex Elder
Denis Law	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Brian Miller
David Herd	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	12 goals during the last 16 matches	Willie Irvine

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

28 v

5 d

13 l

99 gf

54 ga

Away

47 matches

15 v

5 d

27 l

62 gf

100 ga

Total

93 matches

43 v

10 d

40 l

161 gf

154 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

27 v

5 d

15 l

100 gf

62 ga

Away

46 matches

13 v

5 d

28 l

54 gf

99 ga

Total

93 matches

40 v

10 d

43 l

154 gf

161 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 12, 1961
Home	6 - 0	April 12, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	February 13, 1901
Away	5 - 2	September 22, 1962

Latest head to head

September 11, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Burnley

3 - 0

Man United

February 20, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Man United

2 - 1

Burnley

February 13, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Man United

3 - 2

Burnley

October 06, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Burnley

0 - 0

Man United

December 28, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Man United

5 - 1

Burnley

Best historical scorers against Burnley

Dennis Viollet	9 goals	1959 - 1961
David Herd	6 goals	1961 - 1965
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1958 - 1961
Denis Law	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Liam Whelan	3 goals	1957 - 1957
Albert Scanlon	2 goals	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ray Pointer	7 goals	1958 - 1962
John Connelly	6 goals	1960 - 1962
Andy Lochhead	6 goals	1962 - 1963
Gordon Harris	3 goals	1961 - 1965
Jimmy McIlroy	3 goals	1958 - 1962
Jimmy Robson	3 goals	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Burnley

Bill Foulkes	19 matches	1957 - 1965
Bobby Charlton	15 matches	1957 - 1965
Tony Dunne	11 matches	1960 - 1965
Shay Brennan	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Nobby Stiles	10 matches	1960 - 1965
David Gaskell	9 matches	1959 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/04/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Adam Blacklaw	13 matches	1959 - 1965
John Angus	13 matches	1959 - 1965
Alex Elder	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Brian Miller	12 matches	1959 - 1965
John Connelly	10 matches	1958 - 1963
Ray Pointer	10 matches	1958 - 1963