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S Wednesday 5-3 Chelsea - October 07, 1961 / Division 1 1961/1962

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2' - Goal Robert Tambling

19' - Goal Robert Tambling

27' - Goal John Fantham27

33' - Goal Bobby Craig33

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46' - Goal Colin Dobson46

51' - Goal John Fantham51

59' - Goal Billy Griffin59

79' - Goal Robert Tambling

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

5 - 3

Chelsea

S Wednesday Chelsea

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Springett

Ron Springett

England

B.date22/07/1935

Age26 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

Kay

Tony Kay

England

B.date13/05/1937

Age24 years

positionDefender

McAnearney

Tom McAnearney

Scotland

B.date06/01/1932

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Megson

Don Megson

England

B.date12/06/1936

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Johnson

Peter Johnson

England

B.date31/07/1931

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Swan

Peter Swan

England

B.date08/10/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Craig33

Bobby Craig

Scotland

B.date08/04/1935

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Griffin59

Billy Griffin

England

B.date24/09/1940

Age21 years

positionForward

Fantham2751

John Fantham

England

B.date06/02/1939

Age22 years

positionForward

Dobson46

Colin Dobson

England

B.date09/05/1940

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Finney

Alan Finney

England

B.date31/10/1933

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ron Springett		26	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Kay		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom McAnearney		29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Megson		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Johnson		30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Swan		24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Craig	33	26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Griffin	59	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Fantham	2751	22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Dobson	46	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Finney		27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age20 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Scott

Mel Scott

England

B.date26/09/1939

Age22 years

positionDefender

Sillett

John Sillett

England

B.date20/07/1936

Age25 years

positionFull-back

Harris

Allan Harris

England

B.date28/12/1942

Age18 years

positionLeft full-back

Anderton

Sylvan Anderton

England

B.date23/11/1934

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Venables

Terry Venables

England

B.date06/01/1943

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Tambling19792

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age20 years

positionStriker

Cliss

David Cliss

England

B.date15/11/1939

Age21 years

positionForward

Brabrook

Peter Brabrook

England

B.date08/11/1937

Age23 years

positionWinger

Harrison

Mike Harrison

England

B.date18/04/1940

Age21 years

positionLeft Winger

Bridges

Barry Bridges

England

B.date29/04/1941

Age20 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Scott		22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sillett		25	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Harris		18	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sylvan Anderton		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Venables		18	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	19792	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cliss		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Brabrook		23	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Harrison		21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Barry Bridges		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

21.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bobby Craig

Derek Wilkinson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Vic Buckingham

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Buckingham vs Chelsea

8 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 07, 1961

Buckingham vs Docherty

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Docherty

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Docherty vs S Wednesday

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 1961

Docherty vs Buckingham

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 1961

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Key figures

The last time S Wednesday has scored at least 5 goals vs Chelsea, It was on the 22/03/1909

S Wednesday keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Chelsea running (since 05/12/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/11/1932-13/02/1939 time period (12 matches).

It's the first time Colin Dobson scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 4-2 Bolton Wanderers23/08/1961

VSheffield Wednesday 5-1 Birmingham City26/08/1961

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Fulham09/09/1961

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Arsenal20/09/1961

LSheffield Wednesday 1-4 Ipswich Town30/09/1961

VSheffield Wednesday 5-2 Lyon04/10/1961

Overall

LLyon 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday12/09/1961

LSheffield United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday16/09/1961

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Arsenal20/09/1961

LLeicester 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday23/09/1961

LSheffield Wednesday 1-4 Ipswich Town30/09/1961

VSheffield Wednesday 5-2 Lyon04/10/1961

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-0 Chelsea22/04/1961

LManchester United 3-2 Chelsea23/08/1961

LAston Villa 3-1 Chelsea26/08/1961

LCardiff City 5-2 Chelsea06/09/1961

LWest Ham 2-1 Chelsea16/09/1961

LBlackpool 4-0 Chelsea30/09/1961

Overall

LCardiff City 5-2 Chelsea06/09/1961

VChelsea 6-1 Sheffield United09/09/1961

LWest Ham 2-1 Chelsea16/09/1961

LChelsea 2-3 Cardiff City20/09/1961

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn23/09/1961

LBlackpool 4-0 Chelsea30/09/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	10	2
Conceding streak	10	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	8	1
Winless streak	8	4
Drawless streak	9	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	18	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.73
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.18
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3.4

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (1 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

Keith Ellis	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Robert Tambling
John Fantham	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Robert Tambling
Tom McAnearney	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Tom McAnearney	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
John Fantham	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 11 matches	Robert Tambling

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

15 v

9 d

2 l

57 gf

28 ga

Away

27 matches

9 v

9 d

9 l

30 gf

32 ga

Total

53 matches

24 v

18 d

11 l

87 gf

60 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

9 v

9 d

9 l

32 gf

30 ga

Away

26 matches

2 v

9 d

15 l

28 gf

57 ga

Total

53 matches

11 v

18 d

24 l

60 gf

87 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 05, 1959
Home	4 - 0	August 22, 1956

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 19, 1950
Away	2 - 0	April 06, 1920

Latest head to head

April 26, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Chelsea

0 - 2

S Wednesday

February 25, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Chelsea

February 27, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

S Wednesday

1 - 1

Chelsea

December 05, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Chelsea

0 - 4

S Wednesday

February 15, 1958 - Division 1 1957/1958

S Wednesday

2 - 3

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

John Fantham	4 goals	1959 - 1961
Alan Finney	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Tom McAnearney	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Keith Ellis	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Bobby Craig	1 goal	1959 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Jimmy Greaves	3 goals	1958 - 1958
Frank Blunstone	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Ron Tindall	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Bobby Craig	4 matches	1959 - 1961
Ron Springett	4 matches	1959 - 1961
Don Megson	4 matches	1959 - 1961
Peter Swan	4 matches	1959 - 1961
Derek Wilkinson	4 matches	1959 - 1961
Alan Finney	4 matches	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/10/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Ron Tindall	6 matches	1957 - 1961
Reginald Matthews	5 matches	1957 - 1961
Peter Brabrook	5 matches	1957 - 1961
Jimmy Greaves	5 matches	1957 - 1961
John Sillett	4 matches	1958 - 1961
Peter Sillett	4 matches	1959 - 1961