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Blackburn 1-4 Man United - May 07, 1966 / Division 1 1965/1966

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Division 1 1965/1966 - Round 36

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

May 07, 1966

Blackburn

1 - 4

Man United

Mike Harrison

36'

David Herd

27'

David Herd

31'

Bobby Charlton

45+25'

David Sadler

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3' - Goal David Herd

27' - Goal David Herd

31' - Goal Bobby Charlton

36' - Goal Mike Harrison36

70' - Goal David Sadler

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46' - Substitution Mike Englandis substituted by Malcolm Darling46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 4

Man United

Blackburn Man United

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Roberts

John Roberts

Australia

B.date24/03/1944

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Mulvaney

Dick Mulvaney

England

B.date05/08/1942

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Newton

Keith Newton

England

B.date23/06/1941

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

England46

Mike England

Wales

B.date02/12/1941

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Ferguson

Mike Ferguson

England

B.date09/03/1943

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Clayton

Ronnie Clayton

England

B.date05/08/1934

Age31 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

Byrom

John Byrom

England

B.date28/07/1944

Age21 years

positionForward

Harrison36

Mike Harrison

England

B.date18/04/1940

Age26 years

positionLeft Winger

Joyce

Walter Joyce

England

B.date10/09/1937

Age28 years

positionRight Winger

Jones

George Jones

England

B.date21/04/1945

Age21 years

positionForward

Douglas

Bryan Douglas

England

B.date27/05/1934

Age31 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Roberts		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dick Mulvaney		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Newton		24	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike England	46	24	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike Ferguson		23	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Clayton		31	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Byrom		21	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Harrison	36	26	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Walter Joyce		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Jones		21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Douglas		31	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

133

Man United

Gregg

Harry Gregg

Northern Ireland

B.date25/10/1932

Age33 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Sadler70

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

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Stiles

Nobby Stiles

England

B.date18/05/1942

Age23 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Charlton31

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Crerand

Pat Crerand

Scotland

B.date19/02/1939

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Herd273

David Herd

Scotland

B.date15/04/1934

Age32 years

positionForward

Ryan

Jimmy Ryan

Scotland

B.date12/05/1945

Age20 years

positionRight Winger

Aston

John Aston

England

B.date28/06/1947

Age18 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Harry Gregg		33	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sadler	70	20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Cantwell		34	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dunne		24	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shay Brennan		29	296	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nobby Stiles		23	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	31	28	411	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pat Crerand		27	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Herd	273	32	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Ryan		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aston		18	26	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

185

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Malcolm Darling	46	18	18	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

George Jones

Malcolm Darling

OUT

Dick Mulvaney

George Sharples

OUT

Keith Newton

Bobby Jones

OUT

Bryan Douglas

Billy Wilson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nobby Stiles

Denis Law

OUT

Bobby Charlton

John Fitzpatrick

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Matt Busby

982

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Busby vs Blackburn

11 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on May 07, 1966

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Key figures

Bobby Charlton scored 10 goals vs Blackburn in Premier League

End of streak for Man United after 9 consecutive matches without a win away from home (since 12/03/1966). It was the best streak for the club since 15/04/1960-10/12/1960 (14 matches).

David Herd scored 6 goals vs Blackburn in Premier League with Manchester United

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

LBlackburn 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday30/04/1966

LBlackburn 1-3 Blackpool02/05/1966

Overall

LLeicester 2-0 Blackburn12/04/1966

LBlackburn 0-1 West Bromwich Albion16/04/1966

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Blackburn23/04/1966

LBlackburn 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday30/04/1966

LBlackburn 1-3 Blackpool02/05/1966

LChelsea 1-0 Blackburn04/05/1966

Current form

Away

LPartizan Belgrade 2-0 Manchester United13/04/1966

LSheffield United 3-1 Manchester United16/04/1966

LEverton 1-0 Manchester United23/04/1966

DEverton 0-0 Manchester United25/04/1966

LWest Ham 3-2 Manchester United30/04/1966

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Manchester United04/05/1966

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Partizan Belgrade20/04/1966

LEverton 1-0 Manchester United23/04/1966

DEverton 0-0 Manchester United25/04/1966

VManchester United 2-1 Blackpool27/04/1966

LWest Ham 3-2 Manchester United30/04/1966

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Manchester United04/05/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	6	3
Winless streak	6	3
Drawless streak	18	13
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	7	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	9	2
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	39
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
8	Victories (Competition total)	16
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
4	Draws (Competition total)	14
1	Draws (Home / Away)	7
28	Losses (Competition total)	9
12	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

56	Goals scored (Competition total)	73
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	30
83	Goals conceded (Competition total)	56
31	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	38
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.87
1.53	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
2.08	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.9

Betting aid

28	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	24
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	13
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	28
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	14
0-2 (3 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

Andrew McEvoy	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	David Herd
George Jones	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	David Herd
Mike Harrison	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Denis Law
Mike Harrison	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mike Harrison	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	John Aston

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

15 v

7 d

9 l

70 gf

52 ga

Away

32 matches

8 v

9 d

15 l

38 gf

61 ga

Total

63 matches

23 v

16 d

24 l

108 gf

113 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

15 v

9 d

8 l

61 gf

38 ga

Away

31 matches

9 v

7 d

15 l

52 gf

70 ga

Total

63 matches

24 v

16 d

23 l

113 gf

108 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 10, 1926
Home	7 - 0	April 10, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 1965
Away	5 - 0	April 03, 1965

Latest head to head

November 06, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Man United

2 - 2

Blackburn

April 03, 1965 - Division 1 1964/1965

Blackburn

0 - 5

Man United

November 21, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Man United

3 - 0

Blackburn

February 22, 1964 - Division 1 1963/1964

Blackburn

1 - 3

Man United

October 28, 1963 - Division 1 1963/1964

Man United

2 - 2

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Man United

Mike Harrison	4 goals	1962 - 1965
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Frederick Pickering	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Alistair MacLeod	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Andrew McEvoy	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Bryan Douglas	1 goal	1958 - 1958

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	9 goals	1958 - 1965
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1959 - 1963
Denis Law	4 goals	1963 - 1965
David Herd	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Warren Bradley	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Mark Pearson	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ronnie Clayton	14 matches	1958 - 1965
Michael McGrath	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Bryan Douglas	12 matches	1958 - 1965
John Bray	9 matches	1959 - 1964
Fred Else	8 matches	1961 - 1965
Andrew McEvoy	8 matches	1959 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	14 matches	1958 - 1965
Bill Foulkes	13 matches	1958 - 1965
Shay Brennan	11 matches	1960 - 1965
Harry Gregg	11 matches	1958 - 1965
Nobby Stiles	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Tony Dunne	7 matches	1962 - 1965