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Blackburn 1-2 S Wednesday - April 30, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 41

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

April 30, 1966

Blackburn

1 - 2

S Wednesday

Andrew McEvoy

David Ford

John Fantham

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0' - Goal Andrew McEvoy0

0' - Goal David Ford photo John Fantham

0' - Goal John Fantham

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 2

S Wednesday

Blackburn S Wednesday

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Else

Fred Else

England

B.date31/03/1933

Age33 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Wilson

Billy Wilson

England

B.date10/07/1946

Age19 years

H1m74

positionDefender

Sharples

George Sharples

England

B.date20/09/1943

Age22 years

positionDefender

Newton

Keith Newton

England

B.date23/06/1941

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Clayton

Ronnie Clayton

England

B.date05/08/1934

Age31 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

England

Mike England

Wales

B.date02/12/1941

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Ferguson

Mike Ferguson

England

B.date09/03/1943

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Harrison

Mike Harrison

England

B.date18/04/1940

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Britt

Martin Britt

England

B.date17/01/1946

Age20 years

H1m82

positionStriker

McEvoy0

Andrew McEvoy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/07/1938

Age27 years

positionForward

Douglas

Bryan Douglas

England

B.date27/05/1934

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Fred Else	33	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wilson	19	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Sharples	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Newton	24	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Clayton	31	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike England	24	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Ferguson	23	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Harrison	26	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Britt	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrew McEvoy	27	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Douglas	31	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

149

S Wednesday

Springett

Ron Springett

England

B.date22/07/1935

Age30 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age19 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Megson

Don Megson

England

B.date12/06/1936

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Pugh

Graham Pugh

England

B.date12/02/1948

Age18 years

positionMidfield

McCalliog

Jim McCalliog

Scotland

B.date23/09/1946

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Quinn

John Quinn

England

B.date30/05/1938

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Young

Gerry Young

England

B.date01/10/1936

Age29 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Ellis

Sam Ellis

England

B.date12/09/1946

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Eustace

Peter Eustace

England

B.date31/07/1944

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Ford0

David Ford

England

B.date02/03/1945

Age21 years

positionRight Winger

Fantham0

John Fantham

England

B.date06/02/1939

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ron Springett	30	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith	19	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Megson	29	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Pugh	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim McCalliog	19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Quinn	27	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Young	29	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sam Ellis	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Eustace	21	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Ford	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Fantham	27	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Brown

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Brown vs Blackburn

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 1966

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Key figures

Wilf Smith played his game number 50 in Premier League

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

Blackburn keeps its 5 consecutive losses vs S Wednesday running (since 28/03/1964). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/11/1948 (3 matches)

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 2-0 Sunderland26/02/1966

VBlackburn 3-2 Norwich City09/03/1966

LBlackburn 2-3 Leeds United19/03/1966

LBlackburn 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday26/03/1966

LBlackburn 0-2 Leicester08/04/1966

LBlackburn 0-1 West Bromwich Albion16/04/1966

Overall

LSheffield United 2-0 Blackburn29/03/1966

LBlackburn 0-2 Leicester08/04/1966

LNewcastle United 2-1 Blackburn09/04/1966

LLeicester 2-0 Blackburn12/04/1966

LBlackburn 0-1 West Bromwich Albion16/04/1966

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Blackburn23/04/1966

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday12/02/1966

VHuddersfield Town 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday05/03/1966

VBlackburn 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday26/03/1966

LLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

LBurnley 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday11/04/1966

LFulham 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday16/04/1966

Overall

LLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Tottenham09/04/1966

LBurnley 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday11/04/1966

LFulham 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday16/04/1966

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Chelsea23/04/1966

VSheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa27/04/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	16	10
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	16	4
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	7	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
8	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
25	Losses (Competition total)	17
10	Losses (Home / Away)	14

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
77	Goals conceded (Competition total)	58
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	43
1.46	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.59	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.57
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.39

Betting aid

26	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
0-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (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

Andrew McEvoy	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	John Fantham
George Jones	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	John Fantham
Mike Harrison	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Mike Harrison	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mike England	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	John Fantham

Historical head to head

Home

49 matches

24 v

15 d

10 l

87 gf

54 ga

Away

47 matches

9 v

9 d

29 l

44 gf

102 ga

Total

96 matches

33 v

24 d

39 l

131 gf

156 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

29 v

9 d

9 l

102 gf

44 ga

Away

49 matches

10 v

15 d

24 l

54 gf

87 ga

Total

96 matches

39 v

24 d

33 l

156 gf

131 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 26, 1910
Home	6 - 1	November 26, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 28, 1896
Away	6 - 1	August 29, 1931

Latest head to head

March 26, 1966 - FA Cup 1965/1966

Blackburn

1 - 2

S Wednesday

December 04, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Blackburn

January 29, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Blackburn

0 - 1

S Wednesday

August 22, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Blackburn

March 28, 1964 - Division 1 1963/1964

S Wednesday

5 - 2

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Andrew McEvoy	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Peter Dobing	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1959 - 1960
John Byrom	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Mike Harrison	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Christopher Crowe	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

John Fantham	5 goals	1960 - 1965
David Layne	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Bobby Craig	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Gerry Young	2 goals	1961 - 1963
Alan Finney	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Derek Wilkinson	2 goals	1962 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Bryan Douglas	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Ronnie Clayton	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Andrew McEvoy	10 matches	1959 - 1965
Keith Newton	9 matches	1961 - 1965
Fred Else	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Mike England	8 matches	1962 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

John Fantham	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Ron Springett	12 matches	1959 - 1965
Don Megson	12 matches	1960 - 1965
Alan Finney	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Peter Swan	10 matches	1959 - 1964
Gerry Young	8 matches	1960 - 1965