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Man United 2-1 Blackpool - April 27, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 42

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 27, 1966

2 - 1

Blackpool

Denis Law

18'

Bobby Charlton

30'

Alan Ball

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0' - Goal Alan Ball

18' - Goal Denis Law18

30' - Goal Bobby Charlton30

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46' - Substitution Des Horneis substituted by Jimmy Robson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Blackpool

Man United Blackpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age33 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler

David Sadler

England

B.date05/02/1946

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Cantwell

Noel Cantwell

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1932

Age34 years

positionLeft full-back

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

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Charlton30

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Aston

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age18 years

positionLeft Winger

Connelly

John Connelly

England

B.date18/07/1938

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

Law18

Denis Law

Scotland

B.date24/02/1940

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		33	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler		20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell		34	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		24	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		28	293	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles		23	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		27	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	30	28	409	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston		18	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Connelly		27	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Denis Law	18	26	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

189

Blackpool

Waiters

Anthony K Waiters

England

B.date01/02/1937

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

McPhee

John McPhee

Scotland

B.date21/11/1937

Age28 years

positionDefender

Thompson

Tommy Thompson

England

B.date09/03/1938

Age28 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Armfield

Jimmy Armfield

England

B.date21/09/1935

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Fisher

Hugh Fisher

Scotland

B.date09/01/1944

Age22 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

James

Glyn James

Wales

B.date17/12/1941

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Lea

Leslie Lea

England

B.date05/10/1942

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Horne46

Des Horne

South Africa

B.date12/12/1939

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Charnley

Ray Charnley

England

B.date29/05/1935

Age30 years

positionStriker

Ball0

Alan Ball

England

B.date12/05/1945

Age20 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

Waddell

Robert Waddell

Scotland

B.date05/09/1939

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Anthony K Waiters		29	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McPhee		28	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Thompson		28	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Armfield		30	296	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hugh Fisher		22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glyn James		24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leslie Lea		23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Des Horne	46	26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Charnley		30	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Ball		20	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Waddell		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

137

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jimmy Robson	46	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Connelly

Willie Anderson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Des Horne

Ronnie Brown

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

979

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Blackpool

21 victories

9 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on April 27, 1966

Busby vs Suart

10 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 27, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Suart

372

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Suart vs Man United

4 victories

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on April 27, 1966

Suart vs Busby

4 victories

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on April 27, 1966

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Key figures

Bobby Charlton scored 9 goals vs Blackpool in Premier League

It's the first time Denis Law scores a goal vs Blackpool in his professional career with Manchester United since the 22/03/1965 (with Manchester United vs Blackpool )

Man United keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Blackpool in Premier League running (since 23/02/1963). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/08/1948 (4 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Rotherham United12/02/1966

VManchester United 4-2 Burnley26/02/1966

VManchester United 2-1 Arsenal19/03/1966

VManchester United 3-1 Preston North End30/03/1966

LManchester United 1-2 Leicester09/04/1966

VManchester United 1-0 Partizan Belgrade20/04/1966

Overall

LManchester United 1-2 Leicester09/04/1966

LPartizan Belgrade 2-0 Manchester United13/04/1966

LSheffield United 3-1 Manchester United16/04/1966

VManchester United 1-0 Partizan Belgrade20/04/1966

LEverton 1-0 Manchester United23/04/1966

DEverton 0-0 Manchester United25/04/1966

Current form

Away

DArsenal 0-0 Blackpool05/03/1966

LSunderland 2-1 Blackpool12/03/1966

VLeeds United 1-2 Blackpool26/03/1966

LSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Blackpool04/04/1966

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Blackpool09/04/1966

VSheffield United 0-1 Blackpool11/04/1966

Overall

LSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Blackpool04/04/1966

VBlackpool 2-1 Sheffield United08/04/1966

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Blackpool09/04/1966

VSheffield United 0-1 Blackpool11/04/1966

LBlackpool 0-3 Nottingham Forest16/04/1966

DBlackpool 1-1 Newcastle United20/04/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	39
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
15	Victories (Competition total)	12
10	Victories (Home / Away)	4
13	Draws (Competition total)	9
7	Draws (Home / Away)	4
8	Losses (Competition total)	18
1	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

66	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	62
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	33
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.23
2.28	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.79
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.74

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	25
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
25	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 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	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Alan Ball
Denis Law	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Alan Ball
Denis Law	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Alan Ball
Denis Law	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Alan Ball
David Herd	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 9 matches	Alan Ball

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

24 v

7 d

6 l

75 gf

33 ga

Away

37 matches

15 v

8 d

14 l

60 gf

58 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

75 matches

40 v

15 d

20 l

139 gf

93 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

14 v

8 d

15 l

58 gf

60 ga

Away

37 matches

6 v

7 d

24 l

33 gf

75 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

75 matches

20 v

15 d

40 l

93 gf

139 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 27, 1960
Home	4 - 0	December 26, 1900

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 21, 1931
Away	2 - 0	February 23, 1957

Latest head to head

October 30, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Blackpool

1 - 2

Man United

March 22, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Man United

2 - 0

Blackpool

November 14, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Blackpool

1 - 2

Man United

September 16, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Blackpool

1 - 0

Man United

September 11, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Man United

3 - 0

Blackpool

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

Dennis Viollet	10 goals	1957 - 1961
Bobby Charlton	8 goals	1959 - 1963
David Herd	6 goals	1962 - 1965
Denis Law	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Liam Whelan	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Tommy Taylor	2 goals	1956 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ray Charnley	5 goals	1961 - 1963
Stan Mortensen	4 goals	1946 - 1948
Hugh Kelly	2 goals	1948 - 1958
Eddie Shimwell	2 goals	1948 - 1949
Jimmy McIntosh	2 goals	1948 - 1948
John McPhee	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

Bill Foulkes	19 matches	1956 - 1965
Bobby Charlton	14 matches	1957 - 1965
Shay Brennan	11 matches	1959 - 1965
Harry Gregg	9 matches	1958 - 1965
Dennis Viollet	9 matches	1956 - 1961
Maurice Setters	8 matches	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ray Charnley	14 matches	1958 - 1965
Jimmy Armfield	13 matches	1959 - 1965
Roy Gratrix	12 matches	1958 - 1963
Barrie Martin	9 matches	1959 - 1963
Dave Durie	9 matches	1958 - 1963
Anthony K Waiters	8 matches	1960 - 1965